Feb 24th – Sun
It
was windy last night and clear but still windy this morning so of course Terry
wanted to go to a casino. We had
purchased a coupon for Ft. McDowell casino that gave us $40 slot play and a
free breakfast for $25 so that is where we went. I won enough early to keep me playing and
cover some of Terry’s losses.
We
chatted with Ron & Terri before walking over to see Dennis &
Gloria. We ended up staying there for a
couple of drinks. I had to get creative
to make dinner – guess I better stock up the freezer & pantry! We have been burning the candle at both ends
so we were ready to have a quiet evening.
Feb 25th – Mon
Dennis
dropped by for coffee and said Gloria was going to the drop-in medical clinic a
bit later to see if her cough is anything serious.
Dave
& Margo went with us to Total Wine and then Costco where we shopped and had
a hot dog for lunch. We stopped to show
them the Garden Ridge store. Margo
really enjoyed wandering through the store but I was the only one who bought
anything.
When
we got back it was time to go to the courtyard to listen to music. We kept adding chairs to our table to include
Dave & Margo, Ernie & Dianne, Duane & Sue, Jerry & Bella and a
visit from Suz. It was warm in the sun
but a light jacket felt good in the shade.
We
filled our truck with Duane & Sue and Jerry & Bella (Jerry plays pool
with Duane) and went to the China City buffet.
I guess I will go grocery shopping tomorrow!!
Feb 26th – Tues
We
rode our bikes to check on Gloria and found that she got some medications
yesterday and was back in bed trying to knock out the chesty cough that is
sticking with her. We went to Larry
& Julie’s to see how Julie was feeling.
Larry hit the gas instead of the brake on their golf cart yesterday and
threw Julie out of the cart. She landed
on her tail bone and hit her head so she was pretty sore today but luckily
nothing seems broken.
Then
we finally did our grocery shopping.
Shortly after putting everything away, we went to the courtyard to have
lunch. North Star was playing at 3 so we
stayed after we ate as the place was filling up early. We didn’t dance too much as the dance area
was too crowded for line dancing.
We
took water jugs to fill on our short drive to line dancing which was held at
the Fiesta community center rather than the main ballroom. We went early (6:10) and got in lots of
review before many others arrived. Then
the whole class reviewed 3 dances and learned a new one.
I
made grilled cheese sandwiches and asparagus for a late dinner.
Feb 27th – Wed
This
morning I put together an appetizer for later this afternoon and worked on
email & the blog.
At
10:30, we took Dave & Margo, Terri and Dennis to Organ Stop Pizza for a
private lunch & show for about 200 Val Vista Village residents. After paying, we picked up a bowl of salad
& added dressing before finding a spot to sit. There was a very organized method for
everyone to head to serving tables for the pizza buffet. The organist gave a little welcome speech and
part way through his playing time he demonstrated all of the 40 instruments at
his command and also some of the special sound effects that were used when
organs accompanied silent movies. It was
a great experience which we will repeat next year.
We
rode our bikes to take lettuce trimmings to the tortoises, walked to pick up a
bag of ice, helped Terri set up a couple of tables and carried chairs across
the street for a happy hour gathering.
We used an empty site for the HH which was mostly in sun and worked very
well. There was quite a large group to
say goodbye to Bruce & Ann. The
hardy partiers moved to our site and we tried out our new patio heater which
didn’t work right. Ron brought his
heater over as well so the small group stayed sort of warm. Vi is sick so Rick came by himself on his
bike. Terry put the bike in the truck
and drove Rick home as we thought he might lose his way or crash! Gloria came for a short time as did Darlene
who is also not feeling up to par. Hope
we dodged all the bugs!
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