Apricity West 3

December 30, 2022 - Friday

Happy 11th birthday to precious grandson, Zachary Clark! 😘

Line danced in morning - later to steak night at the Elks Lodge. There were 180 diners at this shindig - the joint was rocking with that many people. 

Meet Chef Ed (not at the Elk’s) who happened to bring in a chocolate cake with chocolate frosting. And happened to sit next to us… It was delicious and he and Rich shared chef stories. 

December 31, 2022 - Saturday

Work campers, Melissa and Jim, planned a New Year’s Eve party at the Activity Center. At least 100 people showed up and had a grand time. 

Harvey played in the band and Dot Wilson reserved a table for friends (including us 😍) and brought snacks as well…

Dick and Jackie Driver swing around the room. 


The band played and the line dancers had been preparing a few dances too. The band played until 11:30 and 34 people were still standing at midnight - they must have been the youngins, as most of us oldies left before 10pm. 

We sat with Carol, Rick’s wife and asked about how they met. Rick is the one that sang Christmas in Dixie in my last blog. They (she 15 and he 16) met on a blind date at the church hay ride - they will celebrate their 60th anniversary next month! 

 

January 1, 2023 - Sunday

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

This was THE LONGEST day due to rain, rain, rain! Very unusual to have this much rain  and chill in Arizona! So I did year-end paperwork and practiced my rock painting for the class next week. 

Rich did another bird house…

January 2, 2023 - Monday

Went to Surprise to visit John, Eileen and her sister, Susan. They spent Christmas with family over in California. We went to the Wolfhound for lunch and they enjoyed their Guinness. 

 

January 3, 2023 - Tuesday

Today was the first chair yoga class here. We watched Jane Adams on DVD and it felt sooooo good to stretch every joint in my body. It is much easier on my arthritic hip than line dancing!

 

Then to Dot and Harvey’s to practice music.Their cat, Zipper, is as old as Lily (15) and not doing well. 

 

January 4, 2023 - Wednesday

Had lunch at the Elk’s and the grocery shopping trip from HE**! Little did we know the first Wednesday of the month is Senior Citizen day at Safeway - seniors get 10% off their food items. We were in the store for an hour and a half - dodging people in the aisles and waiting at the checkout behind a needy customer who compared all of here items to the ad! Ugh!

 

January 5, 2023 - Thursday

Practice with Joanne and then jam session after! I only have 3 more weeks to play with them before we leave for Tucson. 

Another birdhouse finished…

Tata until next week…