Thursday, January 17, 2013

Jan 14th to 16th - Mesa

Jan 14th – Mon
After we went to the ballroom to pick up some tickets, I worked on invitations for our BBQ party.  We received our forwarded mail and went through it.  We went out for lunch and then stopped at Kohls and WalMart on an unsuccessful search for a couple of items and a few groceries.
We went to the ballroom to listen to karaoke.  We don’t usually listen as there are some BAD singers but Ann was going to sing so we wanted to hear & support her.  She does really well and Bruce also sang one song.  It finished a little late at 5:20 and we headed home for dinner and a quiet evening.

Jan 15th – Tues
At 10 we went to the Fiesta community center to listen to Ernie & Dianne and a couple of friends practice playing guitars and singing.  There were no chairs set up and no other people so we, Moe, Duane and Dianne (when she wasn’t singing) practiced a couple of line dances.  At noon, people came in to set up chairs for a music jam at 1.
Terry & Moe went to get lunch at the courtyard while I made myself a sandwich and sorted out the laundry.  Then we went back to Fiesta (just another section of the RV park), did the laundry there and went next door to listen to music while the laundry was being done.  There is also a jigsaw puzzle set up in this laundry room so I worked on that a bit.  It was not real relaxing when I was drying the clothes as a repair guy was having problems fixing a washer and was repeating beating on the machine with a hammer.  Then he drowned the offending part with WD40 and the whole room smelled awful.
We went to Home Depot to get a board to place in front of our outside TV and protect the screen when we travel.  Music in the courtyard was moved inside due to the cold weather so we line danced to music by Curtis.  Then we went to Duane & Sue’s with Bob & Darlene for another drink.  Luckily we had a few snacks as we didn’t have time for dinner before going to line dance lessons at 7.  We arrived at 7:02 and found the class already mostly done walking through a new dance so we were behind before we started!  Terry’s eye was watering like crazy (happens one in a while) so I sent him home and learned the second dance.
We had some leftover spaghetti for a late dinner and called it a day.

Jan 16th – Wed
I had just finished printing invitations for the BBQ when Dennis stopped by to visit while Gloria was practicing with the Drillettes – a marching group in the park.  I did some research on Ipads and tablets and then made lunch.
We went shopping to check out tablets – Verizon, Best Buy, Costco – and were more confused than when we started.
At 4 we went to Bob & Darlene’s for happy hour and were joined by Ron & Terri, Brian & Bev, Mike & Susie, Moe & Trish, new acquaintances Dale & Deb, Brad & Clare and Duane & Sue.  At 5:30, 4 buddy burners were brought over & lighted for some warmth.  Just after 6:30 the last of the happy hour group left and we and Moe & Trish went inside to have dinner with Bob & Darlene.    Around 8 Dennis & Gloria stopped in to tell us that Valentine dance tickets are going on sale tomorrow morning.  Of course Darlene had to pour them a drink so they were there for a while.  Terry came back to our rig at one point to turn on the electric mattress pad so it was nice & cozy when we came home at 10.

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