January 5th

Rained yesterday, rained today and is forecast to rain until Friday.  It seems a series of storms off the Pacific are moving east and as one passes through, the next brings more moisture.  It rained in the morning, then let up a bit sprinkling occasionally and by the evening was raining pretty darn hard.  Some of the guys went golfing today, but when they left it was raining & when they got back they said they played the first 4 holes in it and then it got better.  The temperature was pleasant when it quit, but quite a bit cooler in the rain.
  We went out and I picked up some downspout for the rain gutters and tomorrow will see if I was successful moving the water away from the patio.  The store is a bit unique in that it mainly sells aluminum carports and all the accessories and it carries a lot of RV parts, like plumbing, windows, doors, siding, etc.
  After lunch I went down to play some pool.  Played with a couple of characters, so we had lots of laughs.  My game was much better today and I enjoyed much better success than yesterday.  I changed to my fiberglass cue and things just seemed to go right.
  Brent phoned, he and Cindy were out in Goldfield at the ghost town.  They had all the boys until Saturday and as well his sister Wendy and her family, so were not as mobile as they were today.  They have been staying in Goodyear in a 4,000 sq ft house, so the opposite end of Phoenix and were looking around.  Had a nice visit with them and it gave them a chance to warm up after being outdoors for a couple of hours.  I think he said they are going back tomorrow, but liked it, so will be back.  Emma was really cute, she gave us a brief display of her highland dancing, as a result of the lessons she has taken.
  Marg made a nice pasta/chicken dish for supper and it was great.  I like this kind of dish, so kidded her that it was in exchange for my rubbing her down with Vicks last night.  I even did the soles of her feet and I don't think she even coughed once, so got a better nights sleep.
  After supper we went to bingo and sat with our friends.  It was good and to make it better, Marg won.  It really boosted her spirits, as last year she wasn't winning very often and was getting discouraged with it.  With this early win, she has definitely decided to go out with the gamblin' gals this week.  Some her friends also won tonight, Doris was first, so it was a fun thing.
  Will see about the golf tomorrow, if it's raining in the morning, it will be some errands and stuff around here, fingers crossed.