I was up at 7:30 am and the wind was calm and it was still fairly warm (70*); a half hour later, the wind became very strong all of sudden and the awning banged up against the trailer. I tried to bring it in but it wouldn’t work and that’s when I noticed a wire had cut so here I was outside in strong winds, trying to control the awning and re-connect the wire. Allan came out and gave me hand and we finally got the awning in. Just as I finished, the rain began, more like a drizzle and when I checked the thermometer, the temperature had dropped 10 degrees to 60*F. WOW!!! I also reinforced the tie-downs on the satellite dish.
At 3 pm, we went to the club house to listen to live music and danced the Happy Hour away. Beer is $6 for a jug and entertainment cost us $2, can’t beat that! The wind has calm down a bit and the sun is trying to shine through; it is a balmy 60*F. I BBQ’ed pork chop for dinner with potatoes and veggies.
Brrrrrrrr! A cold day; we only reached 55*F and cloudy. Art and Rose Marie came over for a visit this morning as we were getting ready to go to town. He was interested in the Tablet we bought and they took with them so we loaned it to him to try out. Debbie also came over to invite Val for a shopping spree in McAllen tomorrow and she accepted. I set up the X-mas tree and the lights around the place. We went to town to find a cable I needed and to take a pillow back to Costco that Val bought a couple weeks ago. We had a delicious lunch at a local Deli then we made a stop at Walmart, filled up the truck then came home. Walmart has this deal that you buy a gift card, use that card at the Gas Station for a fill up, you save $0.10/gallon so my diesel cost $3.72/gal. Pretty good savings! The average price around her is $3.84/gal. I can refill the card anytime and re-use it for more savings.
We went to Art and Rose-Marie and Art told me he wanted a bigger screen and gave me a stick full of e-books to download. We went to Debbie’s and her husband Al to load Val’s I-Pod with music as he has a load full of it.
We came home and had dinner then watched the tube.
We got up this morning to 39*F temperature but it soon went up to mid 60’s by early afternoon. After her exercises, Val went shopping in McAllen with 3 other girls. I am sure she will have a good time. As for me, I worked on the computer for a while then took Tucker for his jaunt. It is sunny today and the sun feels really nice after these last days of cloud and cold temperature.
I picked up the mail and found a letter from the Royal Bank which I had been waiting for. I faxed that over to our Life Insurance then came home and got our stuff ready for dinner. Val got home around 4 pm and she said she had a great time with the girls. We walked over to the club house and had hamburger dinner with our friends from our street. After dinner, we went over to Al and Debbie to see if her I Pod was loaded but Al never had a chance to get around to it. We made plans to meet tomorrow and go see “The Life of Pi” in 3D at a local theatre. After this, we came home to watch “Survivors”
After our usual morning routine of exercises and walks, we went out with Debbie and her husband Al to the local theater to see “Life of Pi” in 3D; what a strange movie! It was interesting but slow with a twist to it. Afterwards, we went to a local restaurant that served sushi and Japanese food. Surprisingly, it was really good considering it was run by Mexican and not one Oriental in the place. Once home, Kim came over to return my GPS cord and asked if I would help Carol with the computer program for Geo-Cache so I went over. She is really into this Geo-cache. I showed her how to create list and download them.
It was cloudy all day but it did warm up to mid 70’s
This was a busy day! After our morning routine, we went to McAllen to shop. First we stopped at Costco where we bought some meat, coffee and bourbon ($12 for 1.75 liter) then on to find a Radio Shack but first we stopped at “PETER PIPER PIZZA” which is quite popular. The pizza was quite good but the atmosphere was more for a family then regular population. What I mean is it was quite noisy because of the arcade in the rear and long tables as in a hall. Anyway, we did find a Radio Shack and got what we needed. We then went to HEB and got some groceries then back home. Traffic was heavy everywhere, you sure can tell X-Mas shopping is in full swing. At home, after putting everything away, we went over to Ed for HH. We had BBQ steaks for dinner and watched the tube in the evening. Weather today was cloudy, windy and warm!
It was windy all night and still is. It is humid, warm with sunny breaks between the overcast sky. Forecast is for 85*F (26-28*C) today! Val did laundry and we read and stuck around home all day; too hot and humid to do anything else. We had an early dinner and at 6:30 pm, we walked over to the hall and danced the night away, sort of. We sat with our neighbours and Kim & Carol joined us. The musician was good and is well liked by this crowd but he only played, slow dances, waltz and some cha-cha or something like that. At the end he finally played a couple of rock & roll songs. By 10:15 pm, the hall is cleaned and emptied and we walked home. Very warm still, we sat outside for a while before going in under the A/C and go to bed.
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