Saturday, February 28, 2015

• High fog, ligh breeze, cool, temp: 44, high: 63. After today, next 5 or 6 days to be over 80.
• At our weekly Saturday morning pancake breakfast, we were treated to French toast. Delicious.
• Some sort of shooting with 2 killings occurred in Progreso Nuevo overnight/early morning. No details available yet. So don't know if we'll go there today.
• Late morning, several of us decided to drive over to the Rio Grande Valley Outlet Mall instead of going to the flea market. It was just too cold. So Randy, Denise, Diane, and I drove over. We all shopped for a variety of items. Jim & Nolan had fun at home while we were gone. Nolan learned to drive the golf cart.
• I purchased 2 pairs of shoes, a shirt, and a Spring jacket all at the Bass outlet store. See pictures below
• Upon returning, J&D and R&D went over to Pharr South for supper and to play Bingo. I stayed home with Nolan. 
• And with our shopping trip and the rain, I didn't get in my bike ride. Ugh.
• Nolan & I were going to bike out to Burger King for supper, but it was raining. So we scrounged out the refrigerator.

 This is a picture of Nolan after he learned to drive the golf cart

 These 2 picture are for Dan, Kath, & Dave to evaluate my shoes purchase at the Bass store.

Sunday, February 22, 2015

• Cloudy, calm, warm, temp: 68, high: 84.
• With the doors on the Hall locked in preparation for the Sunday service, I biked over to the Burger King for morning coffee. Later I biked over to the Tierra Del Sol golf course relaxing on the driving range.
• Late morning, I went on my daily bike ride. Today I went into The Plantation for just over 3 1/2 miles.
• While Jim went to a car show with Bill & Gloria, the rest of us went to the El Dorado restaurant in Alamo for dinner.
• The movie this evening is The Grande Budapest Hotel which I have seen, so only Jim & Diane attended.
• Sorry, no pictures this evening. Maybe tomorrow.

Friday, February 20, 2015

• Breezy, clear & warm, temp: 61, high: 80. 
• Today was not a very good day. Everything that could go wrong, did.
• Jim had committed me to chauffeur a neighbor, Norma, someplace tonight. Knocked on her door at 9 AM, no answer. Knocked again at 1 PM, no answer. Finally at 3:30 after I talked to her sister, Mary, Norma came by to tell me that the event is next Friday. Ugh.
• Jim drove to PT at 9:30.
• Candy had asked me to sharpen 50 pencils for the Minnesota Picnic tomorrow and that there was a pencil sharpener in the library.
• At about 9, I went to the library, located the sharpener, but it was an El Cheapo that would have taken hours to sharpen 50 wooden pencils. So I went to the office to borrow their electric sharpener. It burnt out after sharpening about 6. 
• During all of this, I should have been helping to set up chairs for this evening's auction. Instead I was wasting time on poor pencil sharpeners.
• After Jim got home from PT, I drove up to Staples to purchase an electric pencil sharpener.
• Around noon, Jim & Diane drove down to Riverside Club for lunch & the associated polka jam. I declined their kind invitation.
• After unpacking my new sharpener, I sharpened the 50 pencils in about 20 minutes.
• The wind is blowing in excess of 30 MPH today, so I walked to Burger King for lunch.
• After lunch I took the new sharpener to the office to replace the one I had wrecked.
• About 3, Dave called to brief me on his appointment at the VA for his back. He was fairly upset as they did some very painful procedures. Thanks Dave, for keeping me up to speed on your health.
• This evening I'm attending the spaghetti dinner & auction at the Hall. Jim's on the dish washing crew. See picture below.
• The spaghetti was great. The auction is still progressing and will probably continue for at least a couple more hours.
• Jim & Diane left afterward to go to Bingo at Paradise Park in McAllen.
• Finally, the wind was just to high (over 40 mph) all day to ride bike. Ugh.
• The pictures below were taken at the Spaghetti Dinner & Auction at the Hall (& kitchen) this evening.

Everyone eating spaghetti in The Hall

Look who's doing dishes in the kitchen 

 Several up front examining the contributions to be auctioned later.

More contributions to be auctioned later

He looks like he's experienced at this job

Monday, January 19, 2015

• Another pleasant morning, calm, high clouds, temp: 55, high: 72.
• Had regular Monday breakfast with Canadian friends at Taco Fiesta. Had 11 this morning.
• Dan & Dawn made it to Reno this morning. I tracked them all the way through the mountains. Amtrak was on schedule. Hope they send me more pictures today.
• J&D and C&D drove up to Bertha's Salon to get their haircuts. I stayed home to research a project since I had one recently.
• Biked over to Dollar General to get something, stopping at Burger King on my way home for lunch
• I drove Jim to PT at 3 PM
• Got my 2 mile bike ride in at 4:30 on a lovely evening: clear, calm, bright sun, temp: 68. Perfecto!
• Here's some pictures from Dan sent from Reno. Thanks for the pictures, Dan & Dawn. Say hello from us to Mike & Mary.

Don't know who this belongs to nor the significance

Mike & Mary in the woods (probably near their Lake Tahoe home)

Mary & Mike (clowning)

Beautiful mountain peak

Friday, December 19, 2014

• Gloomy cloudy, cool morning today. Scattered showers early, temp: 63, high: 72.
• Mailed off J&D's envelope of 4 mail items to Kristina. Will go out today. Should be in B.E. by Monday.
• Really slow day. Dreary, cold, damp, clammy. Read a book & watched TV in the morning.
• This afternoon, I worked on flight arrangements to Phoenix to see Margaret & Ron.
• For my daily exercise, I biked down to the Burger King for supper.
• Current TV is forecasting weather over 80 for Christmas day.