Laundry
day again. Terry saw Joyce and she said the laundry room was packed.
I had everything ready to go so I went to check and found plenty of
empty washers – just scattered about. We didn't get all the
ingredients that I needed for Seafood Lasagne so after we finished
the laundry we had to go to Albertsons.
We
picked Ron & Terri up at the airport and got back before 4.
Terry & Terri went to MCY and I stayed home to cook as we invited
Ron & Terri and Bob & Sandi for dinner. We were talking with
Bob & Sandi before Ron & Terri arrived and they told us that
they had just finished booking tickets for a cruise. Terry said “I
wish we were going” and - voila – we decided to join them!
Sandi called her travel agent and left a message asking her to call
us tomorrow.
We
had a good dinner and a wonderful evening with great friends.
Dec 30th –
Tues
Terry
talked to the travel agent and got reservations for the cruise to the
western Caribbean! We will be driving with Bob & Sandi to
Houston TX (1000 miles) and leaving from there on Jan 17th.
We stop in Cozumel, Belize City and Roatan Honduras. We get back to
Houston on the 24th.
Of
course we went to the courtyard & danced as usual.
Terry
got ribs at the courtyard for dinner but I got the better deal –
leftover lasagne from last night!
We had a quiet evening.
Dec 31st –
Wed
Lazy
morning!
We
went to Burger King for lunch and walked to the Dollar Store nearby
looking for eye masks for tonight's dance. We didn't find what I
thought I wanted so we went to a couple other places and finally
ended up at another Dollar Store and got the same masks we looked at
first! I had to make a couple of modifications when we got back.
The
masks were for the New Year's Eve dance with a “Black & White
Masquerade” theme. It started at 8:45 with heavy appies and
“dinner” music from Johnny K & Kompany. Once most people
finished eating, the band switched to livelier music. It was very
crowded but our small line dance group found little corners. The
band played until after 1:00 so we were ready to call it quits.
Jan
1st – Thurs
We
joined a group of 8 other bikes and 11 riders to ride to Filly's for
lunch. We had a slight delay when Debra had a problem with her bike
and stopped at a service station. The front bikes didn't stop so she
asked us to catch up to Chief and tell him to come back. By the time
we made the decision to head back, Debra had discovered she was out
of gas so we met them continuing on and did a “Chinese fire drill”
to get everyone going in the right direction.
We
had a nice surprise – snow on the Superstition Mountains. I
managed to get some good pictures with Terry's camera as the traffic
was very slow due to lots of people pulling over to take pictures of
this rare occurrence. One the way back after lunch at Filly's, we
stopped at What The Hell Bar for a drink. The weather cooled down
quite a bit from when we left the park at noon.
There
was no music in the courtyard so Terry figured it was time to head to
a casino. We went to the Wild Horse and had a hard time finding
empty machines at first. Then it started to thin out a bit and Terry
got most of our money back before we left. It was late when we got
back but we were hungry so we had dessert.
Jan 2nd –
Fri
Dennis
& Gloria stopped by after getting tickets to tell us what table
they got for the Valentine Dinner & Dance. After they left, we
went to the activity office to get our tickets for February. Then we
told Ron & Terri and went back with Terri so she could get
tickets. All set!
After
music in the courtyard we joined Richard & Nancy for dinner at
The Duchess. When they brought us back they came in for a drink and
more chatting.
Jan 3rd –
Sat
Terry
went to check on the toy hauler repairs – they had the siding
replaced but no decals and hadn't worked on any other items.
Today
was the first day for music in the courtyard from 1:00 to 3:00 on
Saturdays. It wasn't too cool (a big propane heater helps) and we
had a great time dancing.
We
needed new sheets so we went to WalMart and also did grocery shopping
there. I don't know if it is a regular occurrence late on Saturday
afternoon but there were empty shelves all over the grocery
department – no 2% half gallons of milk, egg shelves about ¾
empty, picked over produce. We got chicken from the deli so I only
had to add a salad for dinner.
We
went to a dance here at 7:00 – the Needham Twins were playing and
we have enjoyed them in the past. The dance was not sold out so the
line dancers were able to stake out a portion of the dance floor.
Jan 4th –
Sun
I put
cabbage rolls together and had to send Terry to the store as the seal
was broken on the jar of sauerkraut. Then I made all the rolls and
realized I left out one ingredient so I had to take them all apart,
add the eggs and make them up again. Finally I had them simmering on
the NuWave cooktop which I really like.
We
didn't do anything much “constructive” until it was time to head
to the Fiesta community center for Ernie's birthday party. Ernie &
Dianne run the weekly music jam and a group of their friends were
playing when we arrived. After one line dance at the “back” of
the room, Terry asked it he could move a couple of empty tables from
the front to the back and then everyone could watch the musicians &
dancers at once.
Dianne
cooked a couple of turkeys and a ham and everyone brought the usual
wonderful, delicious assortment of accompanying dishes. More music
& dancing after dinner until the party broke up about 8. We
stopped on the way back to visit with Jerry & Becky.
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