Terry followed Moe to the car
wash so Moe could leave his car for detailing.
They stopped for breakfast on the way back so I didn’t have to cook –
just made toast & PB and fruit for me.
Trish came over with a book for me to read and we ended up going through
the only 2 cookbooks that I own – Costco’s.
Dennis & Gloria stopped
as they were riding by on their bikes and mentioned that they were looking for
something to hang on their walls. They
had never been to Garden Ridge so we picked them up and went there – no luck –
and then went to Home Goods which they had also not known about – no luck their
either.
We ate dinner early and then
went to the Halloween dance. As I
mentioned before, our “costumes” were just T-shirts and we were amazed at the
number and variety of ambitious costumes.
Gloria & I had the same distinct T-shirt and we sat together. The band was North Star who we really enjoy
so we danced a lot. People were
disappointed when they couldn’t get tickets so the activity office crammed in
more tables which made the dance floor a little smaller and very crowded with
dancers. We had a great time.
Nov 1st – Thurs
Terry went golfing this
morning and I was nearly late for coffee & doughnuts as I forgot about it
until I was getting dressed. Then I went
shopping at Bealls & Khols where I never have enough time to browse when
Terry is with me. I ended with a stop at
WalMart for groceries. I still had time
to read when I got back.
Terry & I went for a bike
ride to see Bill and find out how Lauri was doing as she was hospitalized for
her breathing problem. He was not home
so we went to Neal & Judi’s as we figured they would know about Lauri. They had just finished cleaning up after
rearranging some landscaping to allow them to park their new golf cart. We were checking everything out when Bill
came by. He had been at the hospital and
said Lauri will be there at least until Saturday. A specialist had finally been called in and
he said her lungs are a mess and probably have been getting worse for some
time. Lauri was moved from the active
care ward of the COPD facility for continued rest & monitoring.
When we were returning, we
saw Susie who was just coming to our street so we all sat in the shade to
chat. Before long we were joined by
Terri and then Darlene came over to show off all her purchases from the Izod
outlet store. By the time we finished expanding
the circle and adding chairs from our neighbors, there were 15 friends having
drinks & enjoying each other’s company.
I was just getting things out to make dinner when Moe came back and
invited us for dinner as they had a crock pot of spaghetti sauce ready. By the time the last people left, it was 7:30
when we got to Moe & Trish’s for a lovely dinner.
Nov 2nd – Fri
Terry & Moe went shopping
– for squirt guns!! – to use at the pool party this afternoon. They had to go to several stores and stopped
for breakfast as well so I had time for blogs, emails & reading. When they got back with their toys they had
to terrorize the neighbors as they tried them out.
The pool party started at 3
but people were lining up to get in so we went over about 2:15 and joined the
line to get in at 2:30. The weather was
perfect – plenty warm but not so hot that you
couldn’t enjoy sitting in the sun.
Of course we had to get in the pool often to cool off and to use the
squirt guns to shoot at everyone sitting around the pool. In fact, you didn’t always have to get in the
pool to cool off. A few games were
played and a band provided music. The
new activity director –Jenn - was a very good sport and jumped in the pool a
couple of times after she got wet by being squirted with guns.
The pool party ended at 6 and
we came back for dinner. Terry had been
inviting people over for an after dinner gathering but Darlene came by and said
it was time for everyone to meet at their place. So after we ate, we went across the
road. Some of our friends went to
another pool party out of the park and joined us at Bob & Darlene’s along
with 2 couples that arrived on our street this afternoon. Wolf & Barbara are friends of Joe &
Stella who will be here just a few days. Brad & Clare are booked for a month. I came home about 9 and the gathering broke
up just before 10.
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