We had a lot more rain last
night and a bit of wind today. After
buying more groceries, I did some baking and candy making. I had to kick Terry off the computer to work
on emails & the blog.
We invited Dennis &
Gloria over for dinner and cards. We
played 2 games of ponytail canasta – the guys whipped us on the first game but
the ladies struggled back to win the second game.
Dec 16th – Sun
I did more baking and Terry
played his favorite computer game before he & Moe returned Dennis’ heater
from Ernie’s. The weather forecast is
for nicer weather so Terry put the awning & chairs back out. He didn’t feel like squeezing the chairs into
the storage compartment so we have been carrying them in the back seat of the
truck to keep them out of the rain & wind.
There has been a gap between
the arms & back on Terry’s recliner so we decided today was the day to
figure out what was wrong. After pulling
out the solid row of staples holding the cover in the back, we saw that the
LONG staples holding a board across the back to the end grain of a board on the
side were put in too close to the edge and the side board had split which let
the whole bottom pull apart about 2 inches.
Terry managed to snip off the ends of the staples and we got a couple of
long screws from Moe to make the repair.
Unfortunately, the staples for our electric staple gun had come out of
the box and were in tiny pieces in the bottom of a bag. So we had to make a trip to Home Depot before
we got it all back together.
Trish invited us for dinner
but first they came to our place for a drink and a game of canasta which the
ladies won. Then we went to their place
for dinner but returned to our rig for another game of cards – which was close
but won by the ladies. We set up a
square table in the living room area which is nicer for playing cards than
sitting 2 people on each side of the rectangular dining table with one end
against the wall.
Dec 17th – Mon
I put together goodie plates
& cards to be delivered to friends.
After we dropped them all off, we had to stop at a grocery store as I
have to bake for us and a few more plates.
When we returned, I made
lunch and then did more baking & candy making – 2 batches of peanut brittle
and shortbread cookies in the fridge to be baked tomorrow.
At 4:20 we headed to the
ballroom for a Christmas dinner & entertainment. The doors were supposed to open at 4:30 and
by the time they actually opened at 4:45 there was a long line of people
waiting in the hallway. Dinner was roast
pork, stuffing, sweet potatoes, green beans, rolls & cake for dessert. We took our booze bag so we could have a
drink with dinner as did most other diners.
At 6:30 it was time for the
entertainment which was a high school orchestra called the Starlight Serenade
consisting totally of stringed instruments (violins, violas, cellos and others
I don’t know) and one piano. About 15
musicians set up on the stage with the larger instruments, chairs & music
stands and when they were ready to begin an additional 45 musicians streamed in
the two doors and filled the sides and front of the ballroom. The music was varied and recognized by most
people. It was a superb show lasting
just under an hour. The students have to
commit to an extra hour each morning for the first half of the school year to
practice. The 45 strolling musicians
have to memorize all the songs.
We hung around a bit after
dinner as the incredibly poised young people chatted with the audience and then
had a quiet evening.
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