Tuesday, Jan 29th

Wow we are closing in on the end of January, hard to believe how quickly time passes.  The weather seems to be improving here, not like the rest of the country, where it seems a winter storm is taking it's toll.  It seems that is a very common topic around here - what's the weather like where you come from.  People are often surprised that our home temps are not as cold as theirs with us living a lot further north.
  I started the day riding the bike with the guys.  There were only 3 of us today.  The Phoenix open is on this week and a couple of them went today as they had an opportunity in the Ping box on #16, always an amusing experience.  We rode about 7 miles today, on our enhanced east route.  It was a nice morning to ride, except for the wind.
  Marg did some laundry this morning, a never ending job I guess.  She likes to keep on top of it rather than have it pile up.  One of her buddies, Linda, stopped by; she got a new to her golf cart and as it's her first one she seems to make a lot of laps around the park.  When I got back I got out my California duster.  It's a big stringy duster, almost a 2 hand effort.  I use it mainly to dust the exterior of the trailer, but also use it on the vehicle.  It has some unique properties in that it needs to sit out on some newspaper for at least 48 hours prior to use where an oily like substance comes off it.  You can wash it once in a while, but its not recommended, rather just shake the dust off.  When done with it you put it in a plastic bag like carrier until next time.  Lots of people around here have them and they work just fine.
  We had a quick lunch and then Marg went to water aerobics.  They have been going at 1 for a while until the air in the mornings is warmer.  They had a pretty good turnout, about 10 or so, but they never had the taped program today.  They have all done it so many times the they can pretty much do it from memory.  She does a modified version of the program so that it doesn't irritate her leg or hip.
  I had a couple of visitors, one was Smitty who helped me with the golf cart.  It's much improved by the way, the shoes seem to be seating much better.  The other visitor was Kenny and the talk got around to small airplanes they have owned or flown.  Some pretty funny stuff, some scary as well.
  Happy hour was at Kenny's today, so one we always attend.  It was a bit smaller group, so much better for conversation.  It was a bit cooler today, but still very nice, so I had shorts on.  A couple of people questioned whether it was that nice, asking what would your kids say.  They must have remembered the kids always say that is like a weather vane for them.  If I have shorts on, it's nice enough for anyone to wear them.  LOL
  Supper was dine in tonight.  It usually works better on bingo night.  We were concerned tonight that the money ball is getting large enough to attract a crowd.  When we got there, that turned out not to be the case, it was actually a smaller crowd than last week.  We were both close numerous times and I got really lucky winning twice, something that has not happened before.  Marg was down to one number on the last game, which is usually the highest paying one of the evening.  The money ball was not won, so will be over $600 next week.  Now that would be sweet.