Nov 25th to 27th - Mesa

Nov 25^th – Mon

Terry played golf this morning.  After posting the blog and passing another Candy Crush level, I headed out for some shopping.  But first I had to stop to see Ann for a bit and then Sharon next door to Ann.  It was a lovely sunny morning to stand outside & visit.

I had a good time checking out everything in Kohl’s and actually buying a few items.  Terry had returned shortly before I got back so we went to the courtyard.  When we got back, Richard & Nancy showed up with their contribution to Thanksgiving dinner as they will arrive later.  They stayed for a drink & nonstop talking as usual.  I had some leftovers to make an easy dinner before watching TV and crashing.

Nov 26^th – Tues

We did some grocery shopping and stopped at WalMart to get a small crock pot which we used for cocktail wieners a bit later. 

The occasion for appies today was a Street Hockey game on 7^th street.  It was organized by Jim & Caroline who own a park model across from Larry & Julie and also the fishing resort on Jewel Lake that we visited this summer.  They used PVC & sheets to make very nice goals and marked center & end lines with red duct tape on the pavement.  They had a bunch of hockey sticks and some poor person had to empty beer cans to use as pucks.  Each team had 2 guys & 1 woman and played two 3 minute halves.  They started at 5 minutes but it was too long for old people trying to keep up with those in a bit better shape!  They had a chart for winner &loser brackets with Jim & Caroline’s team eventually winning and doing a victory lap with the trophy.

We missed the street hockey game last year and were happy to attend this year.  Terry played but I wimped out & cheered.  A couple of guys hit the pavement, the “puck” cut Brad’s lip, someone broke a nail(!) and lots of people had shins hit with sticks but luckily there were no serious injuries to players or spectators who were sometimes in the middle of the action.

Then it was right on to line dancing at 6:30 so we could take advantage of extra lessons before the regular class from 7 to 8-ish.  After that we went to Dennis & Gloria’s to watch the finale of DWTS.

Nov 27^th – Wed

We went to get Terry’s motorcycle license today with the usual long lines & waits at the MVD.  I know, everyone else uses DMV but AZ has to be different!  On the way back we stopped at a couple of large motorcycle stores and got gloves for both of us and a jacket for Terry.

We went to music in the courtyard (MCY) and did a lot of line dancing to The Weezul Brothers.

Then it was time to make a quick appy and go to Larry & Julie’s for another party.  This one was to introduce people to Terry & Tina (good friends of L&J and new owners of a park model across the street from L&J) and “Parrish & family”.  Parrish is Bill & Laurie’s son and is visiting them with his wife, son & daughter.  There was a huge crowd with a high noise level from so many conversations.  It was quite cool but a lot of people could sit in the carport and there were a couple of heaters for those on the street.  We finally headed for home about 10.