Saturday, Jan 20th

A much cooler day in the Valley of the Sun, well it finally appeared mid-afternoon.  A weather system moved in that brought temps down into the 60's and we even had a sprinkle of rain.  It was enough to wet the ground, but when reporting on it they were in 100'ths of an inch.  I'm not certain we would even call it a rain at home.  LOL  By the time the sun went down it was quite chilly and is forecast to be that way for a couple of days.
  We went out early as there were a couple of large parks having sales today.  The one at Rancho Mirage is one we take in every year and Marg always finds something she needs.  This year it was a couple of stools that will be making the trip all the way back home.  There were a couple of other things, but that wins her find of the day.  Linda went with us and she pretty much power shops these things and came back with a lot of treasures.  Me, well I did get out of the truck at one and bought a punch and branch clipper.  We finished just before the rain started, but the girls were talking about going back as the deals would get really good then.  Yeh right!
  When we got back she made ham and eggs with hash browns.  Well did you forget it's Saturday, breakfast at the hall, well I missed that and just had a bowl of cereal so they could get an early start.  Kind of the quid pro quo!  Yes it was good, but anything she makes always is.
  I went and played some pool in the afternoon.  With the rain I thought the place would be full, but there was just one other guy and me.  We had some good games and a little fun.  Marg went out and picked up a few things.  There was some cleaner that she was out of and looking for that she finally found as well as some other great deals.  Oh yes, the ladies wear store she likes happened to be next door and she had a bit of success there as well.

Tonight was the sit down dinner in the hall at 5 that we had tickets for.  This is something they have been doing for a few years now and it's a chicken breast dinner with cake for desert.  It's very good and they give you lots to eat, so well attended.  Our next door neighbour wanted to, but was unable to go, so Marg had arranged to get her dinner to-go that we delivered it to her.  A very enjoyable evening.