We
got up REALLY early this morning and were at the ballroom at 5:10 to line up to
buy tickets for 2 dances in January and one in February. And we were not the first people in line –
there were 4 ahead of us! Our ballroom
is too small for the number of people in the park so if you want tickets at a
table with friends you have to go through this routine each month. One of the dances sold out today and the
others have scattered tickets available.
You are supposed to only be able to buy 2 tickets per site and can buy 2
tickets for friends if you have their name badge. Terry & I cheated and we each got 4
tickets for all the dances. Now we have
3 couples who are “indebted” to us and can line up early for February and
March!! I forgot to mention that the
activity office does not open until 8 so we had 3 hours to chat with a lot of
other dance-a-holics!
We
had a bowl of cereal when we got back and Terry had a catnap in his chair.
We
took Ron & Terri to Costco to buy a battery for their car but Costco does
not carry the right one. So we stopped
at Sears and they got one there. We dropped
them off and then went out for diesel & some groceries and grabbed a
burger. I browned up some meat that had
been in the freezer long enough and put a stew in the crock pot as it was a
cool, breezy day suited for stew.
Just
before 3 we walked to the hair salon so I could make an appointment to get my
hair cut and then Terry went to listen to music in the courtyard while I went
for a walk. When I got back to the
courtyard, I found that it was cool enough that the music had been moved into
the ballroom so I went home and changed into shoes that are better for dancing
than sneakers. Again, with courtyard
music moved indoors, there is a lot of line dancing so we were able to
practice.
Ron
& Terri came over for a drink before we had dinner. Terry was in bed very early and I stayed up
to finish watching a TV show and was in bed fairly early as well.
Jan 3rd – Thurs
Terry left at 7:50 to play
golf. I spent time on the computer with
emails & the blog before I vacuumed and cleaned up some spots on the
carpet.
At 11, I went with Terri to
pick up Bob & Darlene at the Mesa airport.
On the way back, Bob took us all for lunch at Fat Willy’s where shared
Rueben sandwiches were very good and the perfect amount of food. I searched for recipes on the internet and
then went for a walk. I got back just as
Terry & Ron returned from golf which was made more challenging by a lot of wind.
Dennis & Gloria rode by
on their bikes and stopped to visit with Moe & Trish so we joined them to
chat for a while.
At 3 we went to listen to
music in the courtyard which was outside and it was actually quite nice sitting
in the sunshine. We ended up with 2
tables with men at one and the ladies at the other which made for non-stop talk
& laughter. The music was not the
best for dancing so we didn’t feel light we missed out on anything.
When the music finished at 5,
we went right over to Ron & Terri’s for dinner with Bob & Darlene. Ron cooked a small turkey on the BBQ and it
was very good. After great food, too
much drink and more laughs, we headed home about 11.
Jan 4th – Fri – HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MARG &
ERNIE
After calling sister Marg to
wish her a Happy Birthday, we went to get a few groceries so I could make some
cookies. I told Julie that I would make
a birthday cake for Ernie and decided to make filled chocolate cookies and put
a letter on each cookie. The batch makes
4 dozen “sandwiches” and each cookie sheet held 12 cookies so I had to bake 8
pans of cookies. But it turned out
really well and on a second pan of completed cookies I wrote a farewell message
for Jerry & Becky. I also made
devilled eggs for the get together at Larry & Julie’s.
We took the cookies over
about 2:30 and found that Julie was not doing very well with her breathing so
we came back for the eggs & a bottle of wine and walked back. I helped Julie with the last of her
appetizers and everyone started arriving.
We had scads of food and everyone enjoyed the cookies.
We all cleaned everything up
and left shortly after 5 so Julie could go to the hospital to get her breathing
under control. She should have cancelled
the party but she absolutely hates to miss out on anything!!! She called later to say that she had to stay
overnight in the hospital for tests.
We went to Moe & Trish’s
for another drink and came home just before 8.
I heated up some leftover stew for a light dinner and we had to drive to
Larry & Julie’s to get our camera that I forgot on a table. And so ends another busy day.
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