- Light breeze, cloudy, warm, temp: 66, high: 76.
- Early, Jim & Diane drove up to McAllen to see the PT doctor for a wrap-up on the physical therapy and to get any ongoing instructions.
- While Jim & Diane went to the doctor and in the cool calm of the morning, I did my daily 3 mile bike ride around the park.
- After Jim & Diane got home, Phil, Jim & I departed for the Livestock Show in Mercedes, TX, about 25 miles East of us.
- Livestock show had lots of cattle, pigs, some goats & sheep. It includes some current and some antique machinery. See pictures below.
- D&C and J&D and I had supper at Wendy's as we're in the process of packing the house for the trip on Thursday.
- After supper, J&D joined D&C for the last evening of cards as we'll need to go to bed early tomorrow night as we plan on leaving Thursday morning at about 3 AM.
- Will be meeting Dave at Jim's between 1 & 4 Friday afternoon and back at RidgePointe by 5 or 6 PM depending on Dave's schedule.
- And tonight I have lots of pictures taken at the Livestock show in Mercedes, TX. Most were taken on "machinery hill". Enjoy!
- High light fog, light breeze, very pleasant, temp: 58, high: 74 .
- At 9:00, I helped set about 300 chairs for the jam hosted at Paradise Park this afternoon.
- Mid morning, Dave called to find out about my new return plans. He also briefed me on news in his family. Thanks, Dave for the phone call.
- After Dave's call it started to rain lightly and has been doing that off & on all day. Ugh. My miss my bike ride again.
- RuthC who had fallen and been in the hospital for last 3 1/2 weeks asked if I could look at her computer as it wouldn't turn on for her. I did and it's now working.
- Had lunch at the Hall and attended the first half of the jam that started at 12:30. After attending the Live from Nashville performance last evening, the jam was just a bit boring.
- After lunch Jim & Dan went to Bertha's Salon for haircuts. I decided to wait until I return to RidgePointe where I can get caught up on news in the barbershop there.
- This evening's entertainment is called simply, Mario. He did a variety of music - but just a bit too much country to suit my taste. He was a good performer with a beautiful, very deep bass voice.
- And tonight I have to brag a bit about my youngest grandson who is a Junior at the University of Minnesota majoring in (I forgot). He is also in the University Marching Band and Maroon Campus Band. The picture below is of a concert they gave last evening. They played some very interesting music by Holst and by Mozart.
- Dramatic weather change: light sprinkle, breezy, high clouds, quite cool, temp: 51, high: 53. Most of the day the temps were in the mid 50s. Never reached 50 again.
- Had 7 at breakfast with our Canadian friends.
- Upon returning, I called BobbieT and then went over to spend a couple hours on her computer problems. Narrowed the problem to either an old router or a very old computer or both. Probably haven't heard the last from this neighbor.
- Both Jim and Diane went for Jim's 2 PM PT appointment.
- And at 2 o'clock, it's still only 45 degrees and light rain. May not make my bike ride today.
- Spent a couple hours this afternoon at the Hall working on my Smartphones 2015 presentation that I'll be giving at RidgePointe in 6 classes later this year.
- Tonight I'm going to The New Shanghai Circus at the McAllen Civic Center auditorium. Show was very good. About 20 young Chinese people did a wide variety of balance and strength acts. Most enjoyable.
- No pictures from me tonight but lots on the 2 links in the above paragraph.
- pleasant morning: high, thin clouds; light breeze, temp: 64, high: 78.
- the trip to the Harlingen airport last evening was uneventful. Traffic was light. Wendy's plane was on time. We were home in bed by nearly 11.
- this morning is our regular Saturday morning pancake breakfast in the Hall. Today the menu was sausage & eggs. Mmm . . . good.
- Spent a couple hours in the library penning a message to RidgePointe helpers on providing a series of classes on Smartphones, from purchasing one to organizing files.
- Late morning, several of us traveled to a Lutheran church in McAllen for a Lutefisk dinner. I did have to bites. But confirmed that indeed I really do not like Lutefisk. Fortunately, they had Swedish meat balls as an alternate main dish.
- Late afternoon on our way to see the Bernie & Red show at Victoria Palms, we stopped at a Subway for a light supper. The picture below is from there.
- Then last evening we drove on to Victoria Palms to see the very entertaining show of Bernie & Red. Probably one of the best in the valley this Winter.
- Nice morning, temp: 67, high: 76. High winds forecast.
- My son, Dan, & his wife, Dawn, stayed overnight just outside of Tulsa, OK on their way to Pharr.
- Kathy sent me a nice gift card to Cinemark Theaters. So this morning, while I still have a car and before Dan & Dawn arrive this evening, I'm going to go see "The Theory of Everything" a movie based on a book I've read by noted physicist, Stephen Hawking. Perhaps then I'll be able to answer the question my RidgePointe friends have for me after they saw it.
- On my way to the theater, Jim called me. He sounded excellent. Of course he's still on pain meds. He described the surgery to me and sounded in great spirits.
- And, by the way, the movie was excellent. It was mostly about the personal life of Stephen Hawking rather than about his physics. I really enjoyed it.
- Napped.
- Biked 2 miles despite wind gusts of 40 mph.
- Dan took his APRS tracking equipment with him, so I'm able to look at a map see where he is. Right now he's just south of San Antonio at 6 PM on Tuesday. Should get here between 9 & 10.
- Below are a couple of the nicer decorated trailers.
