Tuesday, December 11, 2012

Dec 8th to 10th - Mesa

Dec 8th – Sat – Mesa
Moe & Trish asked us to join them for a bike ride to Wild Berry restaurant for breakfast.  As we were leaving, we passed Gord & Ron and asked if they wanted to join us.  One voice said “yes” but we weren’t sure if he meant it.  When we arrived at the Wild Berry (after stopping for air for Trish’s bike), Gord was waiting for us and had put in his name for a table for 5.  We had good breakfasts and stopped at a vegetable market across the street before riding home.  We had to ride up & down a couple of streets to reach 5 miles on the odometer so it isn’t a long ride but lots of fun.
We went with Moe & Trish to WalMart as Terry was looking for more rope lights and Trish wanted an odometer for her bike.  We ended up getting decent (we hope) headlight & taillight sets for our bikes but no rope lights.
We had an early dinner and were just finishing when Trish came over with a glass of wine.  Moe was napping & resting a sore knee and she wanted to visit.  Then we were off to a dance here in the park.  Moe & Trish ended up not going because of Moe’s knee.  The band was not our favorite but played danceable music and there was enough room to dance.

Dec 9th – Sun
We played golf with Moe & Trish, Ernie & Dianne and Bruce & Ann.  We originally made tee times for 8:30 but someone mentioned yesterday that the weather was going to cool off a lot so I changed the tee times to 11:24 and the weather at that time turned out to be perfect.  I had a good game but Terry struggled a lot. 
Trish put chili in the crock pot before going golfing and invited all the golfers plus Dennis & Gloria for an early dinner.  We set up tables & chairs in the vacant site between us and Moe & Trish as the sun would be there the longest.  I made a couple of pans of cornbread while we were setting up & having a drink.  Trish added a yummy salad so we had another great dinner.  After eating most of us put on long pants & jackets, we got out a couple of buddy burners and a blanket for Ann who was still wearing capris.  When it got too cold, most of us moved into Moe & Trish’s to finish our last drink.

Dec 10th – Mon
Terry had to get up at 3:00 am to put up the awning as it got really windy.  He had to take off rope lights, bucket light, the shade on the end and undo the tie downs so he was cold when he came back to bed.
It was cool enough this morning to wear long pants & jackets to play bocce ball at 10.  At the end of the second game I was in the sunny end and finally took off my jacket.  I was starting to make lunch when Trish came over and said they were going to the courtyard for lunch so I put away what I was making and we joined them.
We bought a small battery-powered lamp at Big Lots but it didn’t throw enough light so we took it back and bought food for a food bank box in the Activity Center.  We then had some time to read and play computer games before going to Dennis & Gloria’s for dinner.
Moe & Trish also came to D & G’s for a good dinner.  Unfortunately, we played Ponytail Canasta after dinner.  Obviously the guys won both games!!

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