Thursday, Nov 6th

  An early start to the day today, I had to be out the door by 7 AM.  Pat picked me up for golf, he got a deal at the Links at Queen Creek.  It was $20 for 9 holes with a cart and it included a breakfast sandwich [just like a bacon & egger at A&W].  The course had a group playing off the front 9, we started on #10. The course was very wet and seemed like a very heavy dew, but they either watered or flooded it over the night.  By the second hole we had our jackets off and it was drying up quickly.  It played quick with a twosome and we were under 2 hours.  The funny part was we ended with the same score which for me was quite respectable and I never lost a ball.
  When I got home, Marg had gone out for a little retail therapy.  There is a new Ross store in the area vacated by Frys, so she went there and Bells.  It turned out pretty successful.  The main win was a purse, which for her is no small thing as she has been looking for a long time.  I believe there is a fairly long list of needs to be met and this one must have hit on every one of them to rate a purchase.  There were a few other really good deals she managed to find while there.  The latest purchases had an exchange rate of $1.34, so that really puts a damper on anything that is not good value.
  After lunch we went to check on the UPS outlet as the note on our door said the credit card we were expecting would be there after 1:00, but it wasn't.  He thought it should be shortly, so we went over the strip mall across the road.  I went to Harbour Freight, Marg to Big Lots.  She came out with about 3 bags of good deals on stuff for the house and I got a parts holder for screws and what not.  Then we went over to Bashas where we picked up some stuff she was having difficulty finding.  There was some slow cooker sauces and she got a great deal on some sirloin steaks to use in making a stew in the slow cooker later this week.  She also got some coolers [4 for $2.99], a bottle of Baileys and a couple bottles of wine at a very good price.  We found the Swedish  vodka Bill likes on sale, it was $6.29 for a 750 ml bottle, but as we don't drink it never brought any home.  Checked back for the UPS, but the drive had still been there not there to drop it off.
  Back at our place I had some stuff to scan and post for the tenants association here on its facebook page.  The combination of pictures and information are what drive traffic to the site and contribute to increased participation.  We have been so successful that the tenants site eclipses the parks site by several times.  While I was doing this we got a call that the UPS parcel had arrived, so Marg went and picked it up.
  Supper was a beef dip, using one of the sauces we picked up early this afternoon, accompanied with a salad.  After supper we went for a walk around the park.  There were not as many people out at that time, so we only had to stop and visit about 3 times.  I took a flashlight and my scorpion black light along.  We checked several likely spots, but never saw any scorpions tonight.  I was careful poking around as there are still some active snakes although they are usually inactive when it gets chilly at night.  They will be hibernating soon until it warms up again in February or March.  One of our neighbours scared one up on Friday when he was cleaning around his shed.