Sunday, Jan 13th

Rained last night and as a result a bit cool.  The cloud cover was only patchy during the day and it was actually quite pleasant.
  I got organized early enough to make the worship service in the clubhouse this morning.  The attendance was a bit less than the last time I went before Christmas.  The message was good and the sermon was uplifting.  It was kind of funny that the pastor had a new Christmas theme tie and was just waiting for me to notice.  I left right after the service to make a road trip with Marg.
  We had talked about going to Ikea and with our search for a stand for the computer we thought that might offer a solution.  It was quite far from here, 35 minutes at 70 mph; a bit past the big outlet mall called Arizona Mills.  There were several pieces we saw that could have worked, but we decided to look at a few other options.  We did have lunch there: Marg had the Swedish meatballs, me a pork tenderloin in a rhubarb/habanero sauce.  Both dishes were very good.  We did find a few things at Ikea, most notably Marg got a hi density foam pillow with a  special shape to it, something she was having a difficult time finding, as well as a few other accessories.  A stop at Walgreen on the way home for a couple of things.  Marg found an apple cider [1 litre] that was discounted 70% that she bought for a dollar something.
  When we got back to the park we just sat around in the breezeway for a bit.  Well I did, Marg had a couple visitors, one is a Jack Russell terrier that knows she has dog treats.  Supper was soup and sandwich as we were not hungry from our big lunch.
  After supper it was ice cream social, so we both had a small dish, well Marg had a piece of cake as well.  Feeling the effects of all the walking around Ikea, we left right after to put our feet up.