Another nice day in the valley, well the wind was a bit cool, but I went back to wearing shorts and no jacket, so pretty nice.
A couple of the guys showed up, so I rode with them this morning. We went up Foothills to feed the donkey carrots, but it was pretty quiet this morning, just trotted up to the fence and waited for us. You probably noticed I say it as we have yet to identify the gender. Then on down to Idaho and back for about 6 miles. As Larry wasn't there we rode at a pretty good clip, so it was a good workout.
On my return Marg was ready to go out for a few groceries she needed for the happy hour we are hosting at our place tomorrow. She is going to the Fort with the gamblin' gals tomorrow, so had to get as much done as possible today. I got fuel as we went to Fry's and with the 10 cents off points, it was under $2 per gallon. I saw some posts from home where it is quite a bit over $1 per litre, so this is a great price here. I also got a 5 gallon bottle of water. They have been lasting a bit longer with the cooler weather, but I expect that will change now.
On the way home we stopped at Jack In The Box and got some lunch. Marg got a 4 for $4, it was: a fountain drink, small burger, fries, 2 tacos. I got a dish that had a scrambled omelet, potato nuggets and 3 strips of bacon for under $5. We went through the drive through and took it home just to make for a quick lunch.
Marg did a load of laundry, just one load as she is trying to do it in smaller batches so she doesn't have to spend a whole day messing with it. Then she got a snack plate made up as we needed one to take to a birthday party in the park. I went to play pool and played with two guys who are a lot better than me. As there were 3 of us it was 2 against 1 with the person who breaks playing alone. I'm not entirely certain, but I think I may have lost more than won. We were pretty noisy and had lots of laughs, so it was fun.
When I got back we went over to Tequila Lane for Harley's birthday party. They had quite a few people invited, with some form each street in the park. There were a few people who were new to me so I introduced myself, we all know what it's like to be new and people in this park are really good about making newbies feel welcome. One couple are from Michigan, the other from Montana. Oh yeh, Rob the chef who is planning to hold learn to cook for men was there. They had a chocolate cake to die for and the surprising thing was it came from Safeway.
Friday, 6 January 2017
Thursday, 5 January 2017
Thursday
What a nice day. Nice to see the sun doing it's job here, after all it is the Valley of the Sun.
Started off with coffee and a nice fritter at the morning meeting. I guess they call it a coffee klatch, and there were some new folks there today as well as some of the regular people returning for their winter stay. They do cards for anyone that has been ill or lost someone close and there were 4 cards circulated this morning. One unusual thing this AM was we have a chef in the park who is offering to hold a learn to cook session for guys only. Little does he know that there are lots of women here who don't cook. Anyway some of the guys are excited about it, but most of the guys I hang out with seem to be taking the - I'm married, so how would I benefit from that, approach. I'm undecided, stayed tuned.
After I went for a bike ride with Pat & Gary and made about 5 or 6 miles. On the way out we stopped at the donkey where Pat fed it a few carrots. Kind of funny as it seems to know when someone is coming to feed it and starts braying and I mean very loudly. The other day when we just road by, it never made a peep, but today it came running right up to the fence making a racket.
When I got back it was close to lunch, so just read for a bit and then had a sandwich. By then it was time to head down to the pool room to assemble the troops for the big tournament road trip. There were only a half dozen of us, so I drove to Mountainview where I was paired with one of the new guys in the park. We played a guy and lady, who were quite good, but we beat them 2 games to 1 and had some fun in the process. My partner has a bit of a way to go on strategy in this version of 8 ball, but he played fine. The team we played were similar so the games were close and challenging.
Marg did a laundry load and a bunch of work around the house. There is always something to do here. I did a few repairs, mainly the breezeway door that we were having trouble with the closing and staying latched. Then it was off to happy hour where there was a larger group tonight. Marg had arranged to have happy at our place Saturday and that we would be supplying hotdogs, buns and beans. We always get a larger group at our place and have a bit of fun with it. Sometimes at the other places it's not quite as lively.
Supper was a nice chicken pot pie Marg made from scratch earlier this morning. It was very good and had the advantage that she was able to put it in the oven before leaving for happy and it was ready when we came back. In the past we had bought chicken pot pie at Costco and it was no where near as good as the one we had tonight. You may recall the peach cobbler, well it was the finishing touch to another fine meal.
Thursday so the day ended with animal races. One of us won all 8 races, you can guess who she is. It will be a bit of time before I hear the end of this as I only won 4 races. The worst was I always bet the elephant and after it won twice I never. Wouldn't you know it, but the thing won a third time and I had to endure a lot of joking about my lack of faith. A fun night in the park.
Started off with coffee and a nice fritter at the morning meeting. I guess they call it a coffee klatch, and there were some new folks there today as well as some of the regular people returning for their winter stay. They do cards for anyone that has been ill or lost someone close and there were 4 cards circulated this morning. One unusual thing this AM was we have a chef in the park who is offering to hold a learn to cook session for guys only. Little does he know that there are lots of women here who don't cook. Anyway some of the guys are excited about it, but most of the guys I hang out with seem to be taking the - I'm married, so how would I benefit from that, approach. I'm undecided, stayed tuned.
After I went for a bike ride with Pat & Gary and made about 5 or 6 miles. On the way out we stopped at the donkey where Pat fed it a few carrots. Kind of funny as it seems to know when someone is coming to feed it and starts braying and I mean very loudly. The other day when we just road by, it never made a peep, but today it came running right up to the fence making a racket.
When I got back it was close to lunch, so just read for a bit and then had a sandwich. By then it was time to head down to the pool room to assemble the troops for the big tournament road trip. There were only a half dozen of us, so I drove to Mountainview where I was paired with one of the new guys in the park. We played a guy and lady, who were quite good, but we beat them 2 games to 1 and had some fun in the process. My partner has a bit of a way to go on strategy in this version of 8 ball, but he played fine. The team we played were similar so the games were close and challenging.
Marg did a laundry load and a bunch of work around the house. There is always something to do here. I did a few repairs, mainly the breezeway door that we were having trouble with the closing and staying latched. Then it was off to happy hour where there was a larger group tonight. Marg had arranged to have happy at our place Saturday and that we would be supplying hotdogs, buns and beans. We always get a larger group at our place and have a bit of fun with it. Sometimes at the other places it's not quite as lively.
Supper was a nice chicken pot pie Marg made from scratch earlier this morning. It was very good and had the advantage that she was able to put it in the oven before leaving for happy and it was ready when we came back. In the past we had bought chicken pot pie at Costco and it was no where near as good as the one we had tonight. You may recall the peach cobbler, well it was the finishing touch to another fine meal.
Wednesday, 4 January 2017
Wednesday, January 4th
The day started out a bit chilly, but again warmed quickly as the sun rose in the sky.
I went out for the golf with the park group to Apache Sun. The course was in nice shape, but owing to the high humidity this morning, the fairways were very wet. The greens and tee boxes were OK because they had run the mower over them before we got there. This was a big disadvantage to me as I rely heavily on the ball rolling on the fairway after landing. LOL. The game started out a little shaky, but I ended up with a respectable round, for me anyway. I was able to par the last two holes, so that's the kind of thing that stays with you and keeps you coming back.
By the time I got back it was a nice day. I put my clubs away and we had a nice lunch at home. We had a walk around the park that started off as a visit to the mail box. We stopped at Dale & Sheryl's where he was cleaning out the cactus garden. There is a large area and it gets a bit overgrown. They also had a lizard on their patio. They were leaving it alone, which is good advice here, but another lady came by and picked it up. It was really lethargic probably sunning itself after the cool night air, as they are reptiles and are more active in hot weather. Everyone had to try petting it, even Marg & I. It had sharp scale one way and was smooth the other. When I looked it up on Google, apparently it has very strong jaws and a nasty bite.
Apparently there was an ambulance & fire truck on our street at 4 AM this morning and there were a few people around asking if we knew anything about it. Marg found out from the neighbour that it was for them, as he was having trouble breathing. He spent the day in the hospital and was released, apparently it was a problem with his heart. Nice folks, she was the original owner of the trailer we call home and now have one across the street, so we have come to know them pretty well.
In the afternoon I went to play pool. Did fairly well actually, but the fellow I played is not a regular, rather one I convinced anyone can play, so he came to try it out. Marg went to Walmart to pick up a few groceries. I know it may seem we shop lots for them, but we have cupboard and fridge space, so are like the European model just picking up what we can use for the next few days. Marg also stopped in to contribute to the happy hour ladies latest idea. They are each putting in something and going to buy the stuff to have special coffee's at happy. The guys are not participating? I don't think they are, in any event it is not something that appeals to me, but who knows.
Supper tonight was stew and it was still great. That's the beauty of stew, it is often better the second day and we still had lots of it. She made some biscuits to have with it again tonight and they were even better than yesterday. When she had the biscuits in the oven, she also made a peach cobbler and as luck would have it, there was a pail of ice cream from the earlier grocery trip. A great supper. Then it was time to head out for poker and on the way Kenny & Doris drove up, they just got back from their Christmas trip home and were pretty tired from a long day. I called Marg to let her know and she went over with a care package, that included: stew, biscuits, milk, bread, shortbread cookies, butter tarts, peach cobbler.
When she returned she did all the on-line banking and sorted through our receipts. She always checks them to the credit card records to be sure there are no surprises. I went and played poker where we only had 4 players tonight. I have been doing well with poker until tonight, where I took what can only be described as a beating. Probably the worst one I have had since playing with these guys over that last half dozen years. It was still fun.
I went out for the golf with the park group to Apache Sun. The course was in nice shape, but owing to the high humidity this morning, the fairways were very wet. The greens and tee boxes were OK because they had run the mower over them before we got there. This was a big disadvantage to me as I rely heavily on the ball rolling on the fairway after landing. LOL. The game started out a little shaky, but I ended up with a respectable round, for me anyway. I was able to par the last two holes, so that's the kind of thing that stays with you and keeps you coming back.
By the time I got back it was a nice day. I put my clubs away and we had a nice lunch at home. We had a walk around the park that started off as a visit to the mail box. We stopped at Dale & Sheryl's where he was cleaning out the cactus garden. There is a large area and it gets a bit overgrown. They also had a lizard on their patio. They were leaving it alone, which is good advice here, but another lady came by and picked it up. It was really lethargic probably sunning itself after the cool night air, as they are reptiles and are more active in hot weather. Everyone had to try petting it, even Marg & I. It had sharp scale one way and was smooth the other. When I looked it up on Google, apparently it has very strong jaws and a nasty bite.Apparently there was an ambulance & fire truck on our street at 4 AM this morning and there were a few people around asking if we knew anything about it. Marg found out from the neighbour that it was for them, as he was having trouble breathing. He spent the day in the hospital and was released, apparently it was a problem with his heart. Nice folks, she was the original owner of the trailer we call home and now have one across the street, so we have come to know them pretty well.
In the afternoon I went to play pool. Did fairly well actually, but the fellow I played is not a regular, rather one I convinced anyone can play, so he came to try it out. Marg went to Walmart to pick up a few groceries. I know it may seem we shop lots for them, but we have cupboard and fridge space, so are like the European model just picking up what we can use for the next few days. Marg also stopped in to contribute to the happy hour ladies latest idea. They are each putting in something and going to buy the stuff to have special coffee's at happy. The guys are not participating? I don't think they are, in any event it is not something that appeals to me, but who knows.
Supper tonight was stew and it was still great. That's the beauty of stew, it is often better the second day and we still had lots of it. She made some biscuits to have with it again tonight and they were even better than yesterday. When she had the biscuits in the oven, she also made a peach cobbler and as luck would have it, there was a pail of ice cream from the earlier grocery trip. A great supper. Then it was time to head out for poker and on the way Kenny & Doris drove up, they just got back from their Christmas trip home and were pretty tired from a long day. I called Marg to let her know and she went over with a care package, that included: stew, biscuits, milk, bread, shortbread cookies, butter tarts, peach cobbler.
When she returned she did all the on-line banking and sorted through our receipts. She always checks them to the credit card records to be sure there are no surprises. I went and played poker where we only had 4 players tonight. I have been doing well with poker until tonight, where I took what can only be described as a beating. Probably the worst one I have had since playing with these guys over that last half dozen years. It was still fun.
Tuesday, 3 January 2017
Tuesday, January 3rd.
The day started out cloudy and cool, but the rains from the winter storms seem to have moved on and the forecast seems to indicate a warming trend and that is what most of us snowbirds signed on for.
We went riding this morning and there were 5 riders, so our biggest group this winter and that was with the guy who organized everything yesterday not going along due to a cough. We made about 5 miles today and a couple of the guys went on to make it 10. There was one who just got here, another two who aren't ready for the longer ride who dropped out as we circled back past the park. Knowing I never just got here, you can figure out which I am. It was pretty good weather for riding and we encountered a few other groups of riders. We rode by the donkey without stopping and the one fellow who usually brings a carrot was feeling guilty when the donkey never even came to the fence. LOL
Marg had everything out to make a stew and we busy slicing, dicing, chopping, trimming when I got back. She made it in her large crock pot, so there is lots. It was funny she just had a small one and I talked her into a larger crock pot. Now it is the one she mainly uses. If you have to ask why, then you really don't know how she cooks. Although there are just two of us, if another 6 happened to drop in there would be enough for dinner.
After I got back Marg & I decided to try the wallpaper on the kitchen backsplash. I was concerned that it might be a problem, having sat in our trailer since last winter, but it was fine. Marg is very happy with the pattern and the look, so it's all good. The walls are less than ideal and consequently the job is less than perfect. But as Richard always says: "You can't tell from the road" and judging from what Marg said, it might just be. It wasn't a big job, except we had to take all the electrical plates off as well as the window casing. I am anxious to see how it looks after it dries so I can tell whether the wall sizing was a good idea.
By the time we finished and got everything cleaned up, it was middle of the afternoon. We went down and checked Kenny & Doris's place as they are planning to be here tomorrow and we have been keeping an eye on it. Plus I had to pick up the paper. They were away for a couple of weeks and didn't want it piling up on the driveway, so I read it and then drop it at another guys place so he can read it as well. It's a form of recycling and I think he puts it in the recycle bin after.
Supper was predetermined, but rather than dumplings, Marg made biscuits to have with it. They were very good and plentiful. In fact there were enough left over to have a few with jam on them. Don't knock it if you haven't tried it. They were like scones with butter and homemade strawberry jam, very nice.
After supper it was off to bingo in the rec hall. Marg was close so many times. In fact we were both one number away and it was the same number. Other times she was one number on more than one card. But alas success eluded her, but I broke the drought and got a win for $30. While not enough to put us on easy street, we basically played for free. With the way things have been going, that was a big improvement.
We went riding this morning and there were 5 riders, so our biggest group this winter and that was with the guy who organized everything yesterday not going along due to a cough. We made about 5 miles today and a couple of the guys went on to make it 10. There was one who just got here, another two who aren't ready for the longer ride who dropped out as we circled back past the park. Knowing I never just got here, you can figure out which I am. It was pretty good weather for riding and we encountered a few other groups of riders. We rode by the donkey without stopping and the one fellow who usually brings a carrot was feeling guilty when the donkey never even came to the fence. LOL
Marg had everything out to make a stew and we busy slicing, dicing, chopping, trimming when I got back. She made it in her large crock pot, so there is lots. It was funny she just had a small one and I talked her into a larger crock pot. Now it is the one she mainly uses. If you have to ask why, then you really don't know how she cooks. Although there are just two of us, if another 6 happened to drop in there would be enough for dinner.
After I got back Marg & I decided to try the wallpaper on the kitchen backsplash. I was concerned that it might be a problem, having sat in our trailer since last winter, but it was fine. Marg is very happy with the pattern and the look, so it's all good. The walls are less than ideal and consequently the job is less than perfect. But as Richard always says: "You can't tell from the road" and judging from what Marg said, it might just be. It wasn't a big job, except we had to take all the electrical plates off as well as the window casing. I am anxious to see how it looks after it dries so I can tell whether the wall sizing was a good idea.
By the time we finished and got everything cleaned up, it was middle of the afternoon. We went down and checked Kenny & Doris's place as they are planning to be here tomorrow and we have been keeping an eye on it. Plus I had to pick up the paper. They were away for a couple of weeks and didn't want it piling up on the driveway, so I read it and then drop it at another guys place so he can read it as well. It's a form of recycling and I think he puts it in the recycle bin after.
Supper was predetermined, but rather than dumplings, Marg made biscuits to have with it. They were very good and plentiful. In fact there were enough left over to have a few with jam on them. Don't knock it if you haven't tried it. They were like scones with butter and homemade strawberry jam, very nice.
After supper it was off to bingo in the rec hall. Marg was close so many times. In fact we were both one number away and it was the same number. Other times she was one number on more than one card. But alas success eluded her, but I broke the drought and got a win for $30. While not enough to put us on easy street, we basically played for free. With the way things have been going, that was a big improvement.
Monday, 2 January 2017
Monday, January 2nd
I think I have this back on track now, posting at the end of the day. It really helps with remembering what happened today, well it is being written by a senior and before you say anything negative think - could my comment be construed as Elder Abuse. LOL
The day was cool, but the rains have stopped. The day warmed as the sun came out but was still jacket weather and although some have gone to short pants, I am still in jeans.
I worked on the bathroom a bit this morning. The trim pieces on the taps in the shower were loose, so I took them off to put some caulking behind them. I'm really not certain if there was water getting behind them, don't think there was so this was preventative maintenance. Then after lunch I did some prep work on the wall above the kitchen counter tops. Last year Marg bought some wallpaper she wants to put on there and I had simply forgot about it. I mixed up some wall sizing and coated the wall with it and then let it sit to dry for tomorrow. I'm not a big fan of wallpaper, but this is a small project, so should be OK. Marg put a couple of loads of laundry through the machine in the breezeway. Having it has really made the task a lot more manageable according to her and because of the nature of the machine she only partially dries in it and then hangs things on her drying racks. This has the added benefit of very fresh smelling garments at the end of the process. She remarked a while back that with her laundry at home, she would hardly believe drying like this would be satisfying to her, but is really is.
After lunch I went to play some pool. Ended up in a 4 person game and the competition was pretty challenging. In fact I think I lost more than won today, but pretty good guys to play with, so it was all good. A couple of the guys are getting accustomed to the Arizona 1-15 8 Ball game and it is a bit of an adjustment.
When I got back it was happy hour, so we went to see what was new. As it turns out there were a couple of new people in the park who just got in. They had been here in previous years, so it was like old home week seeing them again. The second old trailer was pulled out of the park today, the first was last week. There is a third one that will probably pulled out in the next few days. When a trailer is sold, the transfer must be approved by the park manager if you want to keep it in the park. The one today had not done that and there were some problems, so they were advised the rental arrangement would not continue. The first trailer out was a decision by the owners to get rid of it and park their motorhome on the lot and I think the one yet to be towed out is for that same reason. See we learn things at happy!
After we decided to dine out, so went to the Village Inn. Supper was pretty good and they make a strawberry/rhubarb pie that is really good, so that was how I finished my meal of corned beef hash. Marg had a salad starter rather than desert, especially with the choices for pie they have. I'm very concerned with her ability to make informed choices when she makes decisions on important matters like this one. Her entrée was chicken fried chicken, it's a southern U.S. thing. How else would you fry chicken; as a duck? Anyway it is pretty darn good.
The day was cool, but the rains have stopped. The day warmed as the sun came out but was still jacket weather and although some have gone to short pants, I am still in jeans.
I worked on the bathroom a bit this morning. The trim pieces on the taps in the shower were loose, so I took them off to put some caulking behind them. I'm really not certain if there was water getting behind them, don't think there was so this was preventative maintenance. Then after lunch I did some prep work on the wall above the kitchen counter tops. Last year Marg bought some wallpaper she wants to put on there and I had simply forgot about it. I mixed up some wall sizing and coated the wall with it and then let it sit to dry for tomorrow. I'm not a big fan of wallpaper, but this is a small project, so should be OK. Marg put a couple of loads of laundry through the machine in the breezeway. Having it has really made the task a lot more manageable according to her and because of the nature of the machine she only partially dries in it and then hangs things on her drying racks. This has the added benefit of very fresh smelling garments at the end of the process. She remarked a while back that with her laundry at home, she would hardly believe drying like this would be satisfying to her, but is really is.
After lunch I went to play some pool. Ended up in a 4 person game and the competition was pretty challenging. In fact I think I lost more than won today, but pretty good guys to play with, so it was all good. A couple of the guys are getting accustomed to the Arizona 1-15 8 Ball game and it is a bit of an adjustment.
When I got back it was happy hour, so we went to see what was new. As it turns out there were a couple of new people in the park who just got in. They had been here in previous years, so it was like old home week seeing them again. The second old trailer was pulled out of the park today, the first was last week. There is a third one that will probably pulled out in the next few days. When a trailer is sold, the transfer must be approved by the park manager if you want to keep it in the park. The one today had not done that and there were some problems, so they were advised the rental arrangement would not continue. The first trailer out was a decision by the owners to get rid of it and park their motorhome on the lot and I think the one yet to be towed out is for that same reason. See we learn things at happy!
After we decided to dine out, so went to the Village Inn. Supper was pretty good and they make a strawberry/rhubarb pie that is really good, so that was how I finished my meal of corned beef hash. Marg had a salad starter rather than desert, especially with the choices for pie they have. I'm very concerned with her ability to make informed choices when she makes decisions on important matters like this one. Her entrée was chicken fried chicken, it's a southern U.S. thing. How else would you fry chicken; as a duck? Anyway it is pretty darn good.
January 1st
HAPPY NEW YEAR 2017!
Somehow I have got a day behind again. Late nights and posting in the morning seems to be the cause, these RV parks are tough on a guy when I'm not accustomed to it.
It was a rainy day again, but mostly just periodic showers. Well even the cactus needs a bit of rain, so the first part of January is when we expect it. There were lots of fireworks through the early hours yesterday that made a guy wonder if it was gun shots. A strange phenomenon here is a tradition of firing guns in the air at midnight, one that is apparently very common in Mexico as well. There are lots of people trying to stop it from happening in both places as there have been some terrible accidental deaths from it. This year in Mexico a young boy died and a while back in Arizona a teenage girl died. Apparently both were struck in the head by a falling bullet, well duh, what do people think happens to the bullets shot in the air, especially in cities. There is an act before the state legislature in Az to stop discharge of firearms in cities, a law that is already in place in some other states.
We pretty much stayed in until around noon and did some posting on the tenants association FB site. The number of hits on the photos from the New Years party were very high, so the system was busy and I had to split up the file of pics to load them up. I think we had about 2,500 hits in the early morning. After we went out to Harbour Freight. They issued some coupons that were only valid New Years day, so we couldn't pass that up. Even Marg used one as she bought a couple of solar lights. Her lights were about $5 for the two and she got a free tape measure [$3.50 value], well I picked the free item for her. LOL I bought a jig saw for $22 and used my 25% off coupon, but they let me get a free item as well, so picked out a magnetic strip used to hold tools on a peg board. Life is good. The place was packed so we each chose of different line to the check out, Marg beat me out by about 20 minutes. Well I did get to pass some time chatting with a couple of old guys in the line who were essentially doing the same thing as me.
We stopped in at Big sporting goods on the way back. We checked them out pretty thoroughly, but could not find anything that appealed to either of us. It wasn't that busy, post holiday shopping seems to be more of a big deal in Canada than here.
We had supper at home and then went to Ice Cream social. Marg had a sundae and I had a banana split. Well I didn't really want one [not], but I needed a picture of one for the tenants association FB site. I wanted to promote the event, maybe I should have got a free one as it was really for the greater good that I ordered it. You know, just trying to keep up the traffic levels on the FB page.
Somehow I have got a day behind again. Late nights and posting in the morning seems to be the cause, these RV parks are tough on a guy when I'm not accustomed to it.
It was a rainy day again, but mostly just periodic showers. Well even the cactus needs a bit of rain, so the first part of January is when we expect it. There were lots of fireworks through the early hours yesterday that made a guy wonder if it was gun shots. A strange phenomenon here is a tradition of firing guns in the air at midnight, one that is apparently very common in Mexico as well. There are lots of people trying to stop it from happening in both places as there have been some terrible accidental deaths from it. This year in Mexico a young boy died and a while back in Arizona a teenage girl died. Apparently both were struck in the head by a falling bullet, well duh, what do people think happens to the bullets shot in the air, especially in cities. There is an act before the state legislature in Az to stop discharge of firearms in cities, a law that is already in place in some other states.
We pretty much stayed in until around noon and did some posting on the tenants association FB site. The number of hits on the photos from the New Years party were very high, so the system was busy and I had to split up the file of pics to load them up. I think we had about 2,500 hits in the early morning. After we went out to Harbour Freight. They issued some coupons that were only valid New Years day, so we couldn't pass that up. Even Marg used one as she bought a couple of solar lights. Her lights were about $5 for the two and she got a free tape measure [$3.50 value], well I picked the free item for her. LOL I bought a jig saw for $22 and used my 25% off coupon, but they let me get a free item as well, so picked out a magnetic strip used to hold tools on a peg board. Life is good. The place was packed so we each chose of different line to the check out, Marg beat me out by about 20 minutes. Well I did get to pass some time chatting with a couple of old guys in the line who were essentially doing the same thing as me.
We stopped in at Big sporting goods on the way back. We checked them out pretty thoroughly, but could not find anything that appealed to either of us. It wasn't that busy, post holiday shopping seems to be more of a big deal in Canada than here.
We had supper at home and then went to Ice Cream social. Marg had a sundae and I had a banana split. Well I didn't really want one [not], but I needed a picture of one for the tenants association FB site. I wanted to promote the event, maybe I should have got a free one as it was really for the greater good that I ordered it. You know, just trying to keep up the traffic levels on the FB page.
Sunday, 1 January 2017
New Years Eve
It was a rainy day and a little cooler, but we knew that for a few days before hand. It's very seldom you get surprise weather here in the Phoenix area. We pretty much stayed in for the morning waiting for the weather to clear off a bit as it rained pretty hard at times. It changed to a series of small showers but hung in there all day long.
After lunch Marg went out to buy groceries and found some good deals at the Fry's store. Apparently lots of other folks had the same idea as the store was very busy. Lots of people picking up things for the New Years party of function, I guess. I went to play pool, but most of the guys were at the rec centre playing crib. There is a group that play every Saturday afternoon, although I'm not certain what the structure is, but think they each put money in for a prize. I looked around a bit and found a pool player. Dale & I played for a couple of hours. He was a bit rusty to start, but when we quit I think we were pretty even on win/loss. It was a fun way to spend the afternoon.
We had a nice happy New Year facetime with the Smith's in Birmingham at their midnight, so right around 5 PM here. It was nice to see their family all together to celebrate first footings.
We had a supper a bit later than normal as we were going out to the New Years eve party in the rec hall, which started at 8PM.
It was taped music, but Malcolm always puts together a good variety and pipes it through the sound system. The entertainment committee did a nice job on decorating the hall and they charged $5 per person to cover the snacks and stuff. They also had a 50/50 draw and the winner was the person who purchased their strip of tickets just before Marg's. The winning number was 102 & her lowest number was 105, it was like bingo all over again. LOL. Attendance at the party was pretty good and everyone came to party. We sat with a good bunch and had lots of laughs. On the way down we were having second thoughts about our decision to go, but quickly got over them when we started having fun. We danced quite a few times, even most of a polka. Almost gave ourselves a heart attack with the polka, but we danced our hearts out, well almost they were pounding so hard when we sat down. We stayed until midnight and helped the crew clean up the hall. There was to be a church service in the morning, so they had to get the decorations taken down and the room put back in order. It was nice to see lots of other people with the same idea, so clean up went pretty quick.
HAPPY NEW YEAR to everyone, may 2017 be a good and prosperous year for you and your family.
After lunch Marg went out to buy groceries and found some good deals at the Fry's store. Apparently lots of other folks had the same idea as the store was very busy. Lots of people picking up things for the New Years party of function, I guess. I went to play pool, but most of the guys were at the rec centre playing crib. There is a group that play every Saturday afternoon, although I'm not certain what the structure is, but think they each put money in for a prize. I looked around a bit and found a pool player. Dale & I played for a couple of hours. He was a bit rusty to start, but when we quit I think we were pretty even on win/loss. It was a fun way to spend the afternoon.
We had a nice happy New Year facetime with the Smith's in Birmingham at their midnight, so right around 5 PM here. It was nice to see their family all together to celebrate first footings.
We had a supper a bit later than normal as we were going out to the New Years eve party in the rec hall, which started at 8PM.
HAPPY NEW YEAR to everyone, may 2017 be a good and prosperous year for you and your family.
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