In
between computer games this morning, I took time to catch up the blog
and Terry helped the guys take down tarps from the Grey Cup party.
After breakfast we took the bike to Fry's for a few groceries. While
I was putting away and doing a little dinner prep, Terry rode over to
welcome Don & Susan who just arrived today.
A new
musician in the courtyard – Paul Taylor – was very good and we
got our usual work out on the dance floor. Susan was mobbed with
huggers when she arrived.
Dennis
& Gloria were coming over at 7:30 to print Chris' boarding pass
for tomorrow so I went to few neighbors and suggested that if Chris
came over also that we have a little farewell gathering. We ended up
with Terri, Gail, Brad & Clare and Joe & Stella joining us
for drinks, multiple conversations at once & lots of laughs.
Dec 2nd –
Tues
Gloria
called fairly early to say that Chris (with help from Mom?) had the
toy hauler all cleaned up and ready to go back to storage. We had
lots of help to finish closing it up – dump tanks, get the
satellite dish off the roof, put away loose items in the kitchen –
and Terry backed into the storage slot in one go. After locking it
up, we spent some time across the street with a guy who had a swivel
wheel “trailer” for sale.
Now
it was time to have a very late breakfast at Wild Berry. I finally
drove the motorcycle around the park with Terry on the back doing a
bit of coaching – like how to start the darn thing! We stopped and
had a nice chat with Ralph & Elsie.
Music
at the courtyard was good – Midnight Moon – and we didn't let too
many songs go by without line dancing especially since Bobbie (line
dance teacher) was there to suggest different dances. I had enough
leftovers from yesterday for my dinner so Terry got the Tuesday
special (meatloaf) at the courtyard – great solution for both of
us!
There
were a lot of people at line dance lessons. We learned 3 new dances
– actually only one of them was new to people who took lessons last
year – and had newbies turning every which way. Tons of fun. It
was raining when we finished so Terry pulled the motorcycle under the
awning and wiped it off. Yes, I did suggest putting the cover on
earlier!
Dec 3rd –
Wed
Terry
moved the motorcycle back out before taking the truck to pick up
other golfers this morning. I eventually took a big bag of books to
Susan and stayed to talk with her & Don for a long time. Don
made me feel guilty for not posting pictures regularly so I worked on
captions & deleting similar pictures and actually uploaded one
album and started compiling another.
Rockafella
provided good music for dancing in the courtyard. Then we went to
Dennis & Gloria's for dinner along with Duane & Sue. After
dinner the women allowed the men to beat us in a close game of
Ponytail Canasta. It was sprinkling when we walked back.
Dec 4th –
Thurs
It
poured rain most of last night so I put on my rubber boots to walk
with Terri to coffee & doughnuts. Before I left, I took coffee
to Terry in bed as he decided he would rather stay there & watch
TV than going to the weekly meeting. The Camping World ambassadors
sponsored coffee & doughnuts again and the rain actually kept the
ballroom from being totally packed. We were shocked to hear that a
bar of soap was thrown in each pool and someone felt they needed to
take an extension cord from a light over the jigsaw puzzles. Manager
Kerry said they are very committed to stopping this sort of thing and
promised a “rent adjustment” for information that helps identify
the perpetrators.
A
Christmas parade in the park was planned for today but was canceled
due to rain so we had time to goof off before and after a late
breakfast for lunch. Once the rain stopped and the sun came out it
warmed up nicely.
MCY
was also canceled today so HH at Joe & Stella's (they are going
home for 6 weeks) started slightly before the planned time of 4:00.
At 5:00, we and Ron & Terri moved to Bob & Sandi's for
dinner.
We
sat outside – in a screen gazebo – for drinks & appies before
moving inside for a nice dinner. We stayed later than Ron &
Terri and crashed as soon as we got home.
Dec 5th –
Fri
We
took Joe & Stella to the airport at 8:30 and stopped for
groceries at Fry's on the way back. Groceries included doughnuts &
a bagel for breakfast which we haven't had for a long time.
After
putting everything away, I mixed computer games with food prep for
Sunday and some light cleaning. Reese stopped by to show us his new
CanAm Spyder which he bought yesterday.
Just
after 2 we went to the courtyard and had lunch. The singer –
Michael Ewing aka the AZ Cowboy – started early so we were soon
settling our lunch with line dancing.
We
came back to drop off our drink glasses and took the motorcycle to
the Fiesta Community Center for a happy hour put on by the sales
office for “Rvers and Renters”. It was already packed when we
got there but there was room for a couple of chairs at a table with
some friends. Ron & Terri and Brian & Bev arrived after some
people left so they sat next to us. We ended up being the last group
to leave. We helped put chairs away and sales rep Debra said we
could take home part boxes of wine if we folded tables so we did that
too.
We
toured around a bit on the way back to look at Christmas lights in
the park and ended up stopped to see Phyllis. We were just in time
to help her change a light bulb in a fixture over her bed. She
called her friend MaryEllen to join us so we had a nice chat and
shared the wine with them.
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