My
bocce game in the elimination rounds for our park this morning turned out
perfect. I didn’t really want to play in
the park-wide tournament but when we were down 14-7 at one point I didn’t want
to lose by that much! We came back to
lose 15-14 so I was happy.
Terry
and Dave & Margo were there by the time my game was over so we all rode our
bikes to pick grapefruit & oranges.
Terry thought he knew where to go but after we made a loop through a
residential area with dead ends, we came back to the park and asked Rick where
to go. We also borrowed his homemade
fruit picker as most of the lower fruit has been picked. We went to a street where a huge orchard was
removed for a walled subdivision. Two
rows of trees were left between the walls and the sidewalk and anyone can pick
the fruit. We got grapefruit and 2 types
of oranges.
It
was noon when we returned the picker, so Rick & Vi offered us a drink which
we accepted. Next we had to make a trip
to Fry’s for birthday cards and a couple of grocery items. And then it was time to go to the bocce
courts again but this time for a birthday party for Suz. We helped Larry & Suz finish setting up
and then got down to the serious job of having fun with the 36 other
guests. We had time to play bocce before
Larry finished grilling the burgers & brats which we enjoyed along with the
tons of food brought by everyone. We
started talking with a couple from Saskatchewan and were in the last group to
leave. We started before 3 so it was
only 7:50 when we got home.
Feb 19th – Tues
One
type of the oranges we got yesterday is really sweet so we will have to get
more.
We
didn’t have anything scheduled in the morning or early afternoon so we got the
rest of our pictures scanned into the computer.
It is really nice to have it done and now we can get rid of our old
printer.
We
joined Dave & Margo at the courtyard to listen to music but the singers did
not show up. One of the line dance
instructors got her music system and did some line dances so it turned out
OK. I left a bit early to make dinner as
we have line dance lessons at 6:15. By
the time we ate I wasn’t feeling too well so Terry went by himself. Luckily they learned only one new dance so I
will be able to catch up.
When
I came back before dinner, I folded up all our lawn chairs and put them in the
back seat of the truck as rain is forecast for tonight.
Feb 20th – Wed
Rain
and wind last night. We went grocery
shopping this morning and I started dinner prep. Gloria & I are making dinner for Ernie
& Dianne and Doug & Shirley to thank them for playing music at our
parties. I am doing the dinner and
Gloria is looking after appetizers, drinks & dessert as well as having it
at their place. I am making a dish
called Javanese Chicken which is 10 ingredients that each person layers on
their plate in a specific order.
At
1 we went to listen to music which was moved from the courtyard to the ballroom
due to “inclement” weather – lots of rain & wind. The time was changed from the usual 3-5 to
1-3 since there is another function in the ballroom at 5 and time was needed
for setup. We did a lot of line dances
and a few two-steps. One of the line
dance instructors gave me a quick lesson on the dance that I missed last night.
We
packed everything up and drove to Dennis & Gloria’s about 3:30 – the other
guests were due at 4. Everything was
excellent – appies, dinner & hot fudge sundaes for dessert. We played a game of Arizona Rummy before
having dessert and Terry won.
There
was thunder and more rain during the evening but it is supposed to get better
tomorrow.
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