another dreary day

I was up at 0645 yesterday and it's cold and dark at that hour! I tried to go back to sleep but couldn't, my brain was active and I couldn't shut it down. So I fixed my coffee and enjoyed the quiet.

Jim got up around 0800 and after breakfast, dishes and bed making I invited him to walk with me around the resort, to my surprise he said yes! So we gathered up Boo, dressed warmly and headed out. Just what we needed to do on this overcast morning. Not to many people were out but we greeted the few that braved the chilly air.

Back home we settled in to watch movies all day. I did take a break after lunch to go shopping with Anne. We both needed a couple items and found what we needed at Walmart in Pinitas. I even found a three dollar hat that should I lose it won't be a big loss!

Anne and I also planned our dinner. She made a meat loaf and mashed potatoes, while I made corn muffins, gravy and steamed veggies. She also had some cole slaw that we enjoyed. We enjoyed a glass of wine and some conversation with our meal.

Once home I showered and then did up our dishes. The rest of the evening we watched more movies! Jim squeezed in a quick shower.

Happy New Year

Once again I need to catch up! What can I say? For one thing I'm glad the Holiday Season is over.

Let's go back to Thursday, it was a long day. In the morning we had Couples Dancing, can't say we're getting the hang of it but it is interesting! When class let out we headed over to Karen and Dave's, can't remember why but Jim and I ended up having lunch with them. Karen likes to feed everyone and has no problem with last minute plans.

After lunch Karen and I went with Anne to HEB, what a zoo! But we needed to pick up some last minute items for our table. We made our purchases and headed home. When I got inside Jim was sleeping.....first time the sun had been out in days and he was napping. Not sure how long he'd been sleeping but he slept another couple hours after I got home. When he got up he grabbed a beer and went next door. I made some coffee and joined him and we sat with Anne and Scotty for a bit.

We didn't really have any dinner. We knew we'd have lots to eat at the party, New Years Eve at the clubhouse! Around seven we started getting ready. We both looked nice but I don't have pictures of us.

Jim took all these pictures. At our table were 4 couples, Anne and Scotty, Karen and Dave, Carol and Tom (we met them one time before) and ourselves.


Carol and Tom

Miss Anne looking mighty happy

Scotty and Anne dancing

Our 'dj' Cassandra, she did a real good job with the music. Good mix of country and rock, old and new and some fun stuff like the Chicken Dance and YMCA. During the evening prizes were given out and Jim won a Texas pin for his Chicken Dance and Carol won for the same dance. She had never done it before and claimed she only won because she copied Jim!

Diana and John

Vern and Pat

Dave and Karen

Cassandra

Anne was feeling no pain and dancing in her chair

Line dancing

Trudi and Dan, they won for YMCA

Harvey and Gail

Anne and Scotty

Ron and Mary

Jim and Carol

The party ended at midnight after four hours, we had way to much food to eat from sandwiches to sweets. We brought a lot of wine to drink but only went through two bottles.

Friday I know I went for a walk with Anne, just a stroll around the resort. We checked our garden and found more plants coming up! Then we checked mail and stopped in at the office to wish the staff a Happy New Year.

The day was pretty nice with the sun out, a good way to start the new year. Today was my turn to nap and while I did Jim got the truck cleaned up. Pat and Vern invited us for dinner at five. I steamed some broccoli and cauliflower to take. Five couples gathered and we had a lovely meal, pork grilled outside along with scalloped potatoes, my veggie dish and bread that Anne brought. Karen made two pies for dessert, one strawberry and one chocolate.

We ate outside but once the sun went down it got quite chilly! Vern built a fire in his pit and it helped but before long we had to leave, it was just to cold to sit out.

Once home a hot shower and the furnace running helped warm me up!

Today was another nice day but still much cooler than we like. During the afternoon clouds moved in and I think we might get some rain tomorrow.

For dinner tonight we went with the Scott's and had pizza at Pizza Hut. Those ten dollar pizza's are pretty tasty! We stopped at Karen and Dave's for dessert and I think we finished off the pie's from last night.

Once home we showered and watched TV. Dr Who on BBCA and the show that followed, Demons....not sure I care for it.

Now it's time for bed!