Monday, December 24, 2012

Dec 21st to 23rd - Mesa

Dec 21st – Fri
We had another lazy morning and a late breakfast.  We went out for a few groceries and when we got back we found that Moe had borrowed our chairs & table already instead of waiting for Terry to help him.  We went to Ernie & Dianne’s to help set up the wireless feature of their new printer.  Their wifi hotspot has not worked wirelessly so we got ours to set up the printer and then went with them to Verizon to figure out the hotspot problem.  They have an older version and the Verizon tech thought they might need a software update.  It was going to take a while so we went next door to The Good Egg for coffee and a light lunch.  We tried the hotspot on the way home and it worked but was SLOW.
At 3 we went to Moe & Trish’s for a pizza & wings party.  Also there were Larry & Julie, Jamie & Lorraine, Dennis & Gloria, Ernie & Dianne, Chuck & Echo, Bruce and Jerry & Becky.  As usual, when it cooled down we got out a couple of buddy burners.

Dec 22nd – Sat
We rode our bikes around to visit – Larry & Julie (with a steak bone for Bandit) and Mike & Susie – and just to ride.  We dug out a couple of suitcases for Moe to chose from since he discovered that he didn’t bring his along and he was packing for their trip to Hawaii.
Late in the afternoon, Moe & Trish came over with a drink to chat for a while.  I put dinner together while we visited.
We went to a dance at 7.  It wasn’t sold out so there was lots of dancing room but the band wasn’t very good. 

Dec 23rd – Sun
We got up at 5:45 to take Moe & Trish to the airport..  There was frost on the windshield which needed a squirt of washer fluid to melt.  When we got back, we turned on the furnace and crawled back into bed.
We have noticed a slight water leak by the kitchen cabinet and in the past few weeks a corner of carpet has remained damp.  It is right by the hot water tank but you can’t see anything from outside so today Terry decided to take a panel off the cabinet.  After getting the panel part way off and determining that it was not going to come off completely, I looked in our bar cupboard and saw some screws to take a couple of boards off in there.  But once the boards were off we could not see any water on the bit of floor that was visible.  A small amount of water was dripping outside so Terry thought it would be worthwhile to take out the leveling board on that side and maybe all the water would leak outside.  We certainly did not want to hook up to move the rig off the board so Terry jacked up the wheel & pulled out the board.  Then we had to make a trip to Home Depot to replace molding which broke a long time ago.  Have to wait & see what happens.
We went to Dennis & Gloria’s for an “Olive Garden” dinner – soup, salad & breadsticks.  The soup recipe, salad dressing and breadsticks were from the restaurant and the result was a very good dinner.  Ernie & Dianne were also there and we played Ponytail Canasta after eating.  We played 2 games and each team won a game.  It was nice enough to eat & play cards outside with a couple of heaters but we were getting cold at the end.

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