It is
our turn to make lunch after golf tomorrow so we did some prep –
wash potatoes for baking, pick up plates & crock pot from the toy
hauler & slice onions are a few things that come to mind.
Breakfast at home today.
We
went shopping for stuff to decorate our CanAm for the park Christmas
parade and to look for something to wear to an “ugly Christmas
sweater” party. Linda (CanAm owner) dropped in to talk about the
parade and liked my idea for decorating so we are going to try to
turn it into reality on Monday morning.
I was
making dinner when Terry walked over to borrow a roaster oven from
Gloria. On the way back he saw Bob & Sandi and Henry & Diane
sitting in Bob & Sandi's gazebo and they asked us over for a
drink. Put dinner on hold, have a drink and a good chat, finish
dinner & gobble it down, change clothes and go to a dance here in
the park – phew!
The
band was Tory Edwards who is an amazing fiddle player. Unfortunately
they started 20 minutes late at max volume, took two 20 minute breaks
and included one “rock” set which is not our favorite. We saw
the band earlier this year at Mesa Regal and really enjoyed them so
were disappointed. However, the line dance group claimed an end of
the dance floor and did a lot of dances.
Dec
7th – Sun
I got
potatoes in the roaster oven and corn & meat into crock pots
before going golfing this morning. The course was really wet nearly
the whole game so balls didn't roll very far once they hit the grass
and started throwing up a rooster tail of water.
When
we got back, I discovered that the potatoes weren't done so I put
some in the microwave and took some to Terri to put in her microwave.
Terry set up tables & chairs so we could all sit at some type of
table to eat. We were pretty much ready with lunch when people
started arriving at 12:30. The backed potato lunch was well received
& enjoyed by everyone – or at least they were all polite enough
to say so!! – and the rice krispie squares totally disappeared.
Thanks to Sandi, Ann & Terri for doing dishes!
We
went to see Ralph & Elsie to discuss the Christmas parade and
then stopped at Dale & Sharon's to see if they wanted to join us
in the parade. We got there close to 4:00 and finally left just
before 8 after sitting around a propane fireplace in their
carport/sitting area drinking beer & wine and talking non-stop.
We had been invited to a party at the bocce courts but didn't make it
there. I made dessert for dinner!
Dec 8th –
Mon
Linda,
Elsie & Sharon arrived at 10 to make decorations for our CanAms.
It took a little figuring before we got down to serious
“construction”. We sent the guys to the store a couple of times
for more supplies. We took a break for lunch and then worked until
it was time to put stuff away and head to the courtyard at 3 to
listen to Rich Mancini who we really enjoy and he now knows which
dances we like for line dancing.
A
quiet evening for a change?
Dec 9th –
Tues
Golf
and laundry this morning - you can probably guess who did which
activity! I did my usual walking back & forth and had a nice
chat with Diane in the laundry room. Somewhere along the line I put
a roast in the crock pot.
I was
going to walk to Albertson's for more exercise but decided I needed
to practice driving the motorcycle outside the park so I took it to
get a couple of yams. It is only a block away so I took a longer
route back and did just fine. I stopped to let Elsie know that we
have one more CanAm in the parade and dropped off a phone number with
Al.
Terry
got back with just a little time to spare before going to MCY. The
popular band North Star was playing and the courtyard really filled
up. They extended music until just before 6 so I was happy that
dinner was ready so we could go to line dance lessons at 6:30. There
was a grand opening of the fitness center complex at 6 but we decided
that dinner & line dance lessons were more important.
Nope
– not done yet. Ron & Terri are leaving on Thursday for a
couple of weeks so Terry decided we should have a “little”
farewell gathering at 8:30. We left dance lessons a bit early and
just had time to set up chairs and buddy burners before the first
people arrived. We were good neighbors and had people & noise
done just after 10 when we had a little quiet time with Ron &
Terri.
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