Friday, November 28, 2014

Nov 25th to 27th - Mesa

Nov 25th – Tues
I put a roast in the crock pot to experiment with that cut (sirloin from Costco) for pulled pork.
I am looking after our bi-weekly Saturday golf game while Dar is away so after breakfast we rode around on the motorcycle to find people and see if they could play this week. It ended up taking a while as it was after noon when we went to Chris & Anne's so we had to have a beer after checking out the park model they bought just before they left last season.
We needed a few groceries so we rode to Fry's. We went to MCY to listen to The Breeze and danced less than usual but enjoyed being able to sit in the sun to compensate for a bit cooler weather.
After dinner we went to line dance lessons for 2 hours. We reviewed the dances that we learned in the last 3 weeks so didn't have to concentrate and learn a new dance. We watched DWTS when we got back as we had it recorded. I was happy that Alphonso won.

Nov 26th – Wed
At 8:57 I remembered that I had an appointment for a haircut so I checked the calendar and saw that it was for 9:00. I had Terry run me up there on the motorcycle and found Holly in the middle of a cut & style that she had to fit in because of a water outage yesterday so I ended up waiting for over ½ hour.
We finally contacted everyone for golf so we drew names for pairings and I sent out emails. Of course AOL picked today to not have old mail available and I had to enter all the addresses rather than using an email sent by Dar. OK, there were only 9 and some were already in my contact list!!
At noon we joined a group of 10 other motorcycles for a ride to Saguaro Lake where we had lunch on the patio in perfect weather. We stopped at Ft. McDowell casino on the way back and some of the group hit the bar for a beer and others played slots for an hour. We got back about 4 so Terry immediately went to the courtyard and I stayed home to do a bit of tidying up and then walked to Albertsons for a few groceries.
John & Gloria came for dinner which was easy as I had leftover pulled pork and just added an appetizer, apple slaw & dessert.

Nov 27th – Happy Thanksgiving
Terry golfed with Bruce, Ron & Chris (D&G's son) today so I had another morning to putter around – computer stuff, cleaning, walk with Terri to get water and visiting on the street with neighbors in the lovely sunshine. When Terry got back I was trying to line up some music on a tablet for later and getting very frustrated as our new computer does not recognize the tablet.
I put a casserole in the oven and we headed to Dennis & Gloria's site for Thanksgiving dinner with 38 friends. Since our toy hauler is in the adjacent site, we used that paved patio & parking area to set up 7 tables and put the food in D&G's carport. We scheduled an hour for assembling & chatting and ate at 3:00. Three of the tables were in the sun and it was quite warm (high of 82) but wonderful.
After dinner, tables were folded & stacked and the chairs were moved to the carport & sidewalk. We did/taught some line dances on the street before Ernie & Dianne and Duane provided entertainment with their guitars & singing. Viv added a lovely song with no musical accompaniment. By 7 Terry was exhausted from the golf, dancing and too much food so we headed home. It think he was asleep by 7:10! I watched TV & played computer games.

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