Saturday - Jan 16th

An interesting day.  Started off with breakfast in the park, have not done this for a while and it was great.  Got there with the early group and a had breakfast with friends, while Marg had time to get ready for the day.  The pancakes were good and although I would like to believe mine are better, they were probably about the same.
  After 3 ladies in the park joined Marg for some yard sale adventure.  There were two parks listed as having yard sales today, so we went to Rock Shadows & Rancho Mirage.  The first was OK, but the second was the one that got everyone out and about.  It's a large park and is pretty much mobile homes rather than rv's, a very nice park.  The ladies prowled around and each got something they took a fancy to.  I pretty much sat in the truck and read my pocket book.  After they all got back we drove around a bit looking for a unit that had something Sue wanted a second look at, but it seems it sold after she left.
  Back at the trailer, Marg baked brownies.

  She had some small cupcake type holders and that she made them in and sprinkled chocolate shavings on top.  They look awesome.  They are for the celebration of life tomorrow, so no I didn't get to taste one.  Earlier I posted the two notices of the celebration, so with any luck there will be a good turn out for it.
  After a bite of lunch I went to play pool.  There were enough guys for 2 tables and we played for a couple of hours.  For some reason the balls were dropping pretty good for me.  We started with one tables, so I went to the second, even though I would have preferred to play with the first one.  It is kind of an understanding that we try to accommodate everyone, rather than just playing with the guys you want, so that it doesn't become cliché or exclusive.
  The latter part of the afternoon we headed out to the Arizona Opry.  We had tickets and the show tonight was the variety show.  It was good, to me better than the country show.  Nancy & Lynette rode with us [2 of the gamblin' gals] and we all got to sit together.  The food was good and as usual I ate the chocolate cake as an appetizer.  It is a long standing thing they actually encourage and it makes certain you always have room for desert.  Probably 3/4 of the guests do the same.  It turned out one of the Barleen twins had a divorce and her husband was a large part of the entertainment, so had left the show.  This caused a bit of speculation or concern, but I think it was  good example of the show must go on and certainly did.  It was after 10 when we got back home and everyone seemed to have a good time.
  The weather was overcast, but still pretty good, although a jacket was nice.  Everyone is talking about it and looking forward to next week when it is supposed to get warmer.