Dec 18th to 20th - Mesa

Dec 18^th – Tues

We waited for the furnace to warm up the rig before getting up and being lazy some more.  We went to the Walking Stick Casino to pass some time before we picked up Mike & Susie at the airport.  We spent a couple of hours there and lost $2!!  Of course, as it usually works, we started winning when we had to leave.

Mike & Susie’s plane was delayed so we made a few loops around the airport before they called to say they had landed.  Of course, just at that point, a security guard had us make another loop.

We hadn’t eaten so we headed to the courtyard grill just before 3 for a burger.  Curtis was entertaining but I left to finish up some baking and left Terry to dance.  Moe & Trish came back with Terry when the music finished at 5 and we chatted with them a bit.

Last week the line dance instructors told us to come early to lessons so we could learn a dance called the Wooden Nickel.  We got there at 6:15 and there were already about 6 people there learning another dance.  We worked on the Wooden Nickel until 7 when the regular class started.  We reviewed 3 dances and learned another so we are really confused now!

Dec 19^th – Wed

I finished my candy making and put together some more goodie plates.  Terry started up a couple of cars belonging to friends who are away for a month or so to make sure they would start and to charge the batteries a bit.  After a late breakfast, we delivered goodies and then headed back to the casino.  Unfortunately, the luck that we had just before we left yesterday was not with us today!

We left the casino about 4 and kind of forgot about rush hour traffic which turned out to be not too bad.  We stopped at Fry’s for a couple of items and ended up buying steaks for dinner.  Terry got the BBQ going as soon as we got back and managed to grill mostly in the daylight.  Then we had a lazy evening of TV & reading.

Dec 20^th – Thurs

We went to Moe & Trish’s to see if they needed anything from Costco and met their friends Chuck & Echo who are staying here through January.  Trish gave us her 2 item shopping list and we went to Costco.  After checking out, we had lunch at the snack bar there.  We stopped at Fry’s for some items not available at Costco and headed back.

I set up my sewing machine to mend a pair of Terry’s jeans and to shorten 2 new pairs of jeans for me.  Terry was bored so he headed to the courtyard to listen to music.  At 4:15 Trish popped in to say happy hour was at their house.  Just as I was leaving, Terry came back so he changed clothes and joined us.  At 4:45 we all went to the Arizona Opry which is a dinner show.  It is also known as Barleen’s and we went a couple of times last year.  Dianne makes reservations in the spring to get good tables and tonight there were 12 in our group at adjoining tables.  The dinner & show were wonderful as usual.