December 25, 2018

Merry Christmas!  

Mimosas to start our Christmas breakfast.













Michelle and Jerry entertained us and fed us a spectacular breakfast on Christmas morning. 



I wondered where she would seat us all, but they had it all under control. Everyone had a seat at a table and there was so much food we were still not hungry by dinner time.

Clockwise left to right: 
myself, Maureen, Tony, Marg, Jerry (standing) Ray and Michelle (standing)

on the menu: 
Eggs benedict, hash browns, sausages

Christmas dinner was excellent too, but I didn't take pictures. We were full to capacity in the club house and there was more food than you can imagine. 

December 24, 2018

Preparing the turkeys for Christmas dinner tomorrow.....











Michel helped out in the kitchen this year. 


Ray did the cooking,  Michel did the peeling and buttering?? 

Marg (Ray's wife) 'supervised' and assisted in the clean up....

December 23 , 2018

The last group lunch at the VFW before Christmas. December 19th. 

Michel has been enjoying his hikes on Mondays.

On this hike they wandered up behind Palm Springs. Here they are looking upon Bob Hope's house. 

Yesterday Jerry and Michelle joined him on yet another hike.  There are miles and miles of different trails to explore and he is certainly enjoying himself.....

A hike up to the flags!!

December 10, 2018

We've been at Desert Oasis here in Desert Hot Springs for over a month and I have to admit that posting to  my blog has not been at the top of my 'to do' list. We've been busy. We've met new people and re-acquainted ourselves with people we met last year. Michel and I started a walk-aerobics (Leslie Samsone) class that has been well received. There are 8-10 of us jumping around every morning. Then it's off to Water aerobics for me. Then that is enough exercise for me.... Michel has been playing water volleyball with the group. And that pretty much takes care of our mornings Monday to Friday.  

Michel has been hiking with a group from another park every Monday, and he's enjoying the trails he's never been on and the views from the tops of the hills.









Monday night is Texas Hold'em and Michel has participated; Tuesday is Crib (we haven't participated yet) Wednesday I go to Bingo with a small group of ladies to another park (I have won over $200 so far) and Thursday night is Dominos which I enjoy. So... yes we have been busy. 

We had a lovely Thanksgiving Dinner with friends in the park, and a fun sing along afterwards. 











Our old friends Rich and Tina are in this area now, so we've had a few good visits with them.  And we see Steve and Doreen too from time to time. I do believe this winter will go by fast. 

November 18, 2018

Thursday afternoon we had a nice Happy Hour with new friends Jerry and Michelle, from Comox, BC.  










They are renting the penthouse (small apartment) above the office in our park. Very nice young couple. They plan to return again next year. Everyone loves this park once they spend some time here.....









Yesterday we went with Steve and Doreen and Doug to Los Algodonas. We shopped around, sampled some yummy flavored tequila and had a few beers with lunch. 

Just a fun day thing!! 

November 05, 2018

After not posting for most of the summer, it will take a little discipline to remember to take pictures in order to post....

We left home on October 28th heading with our home to our winter destination of Desert Hot Springs.

Along the way we stopped into an RV furniture spot in Nampa, Idaho. We thought we may be here for the night, but the service was outstanding and we picked out our sofa (lots to choose from in the show room) and they had our old one gone and the new one installed inside of two hours.   "Color me Happy!!" 






We arrived at our park, Desert Oasis, on Friday and settled in for the winter.

Yesterday we went with Steve and Doreen, and Doug and Trudy up to Yucca Valley for BBQ at Pappy and Hariett's.

This was the beautiful sunset when we left at 5 o'clock.

Dinner was awesome - the ribs were great! We had a very good evening, even came back to our little home for night cap before saying good night.

August 22, 2018

Summer is almost gone and my blogging has been non-existent!  Not that we haven't been doing anything, we just haven't been doing much to blog about. So this is what we've been up to for the summer...






We just said good-bye to my grandson Tristan and his lovely girlfriend Riley. They drove from Red Deer to spend a few days with Grandma.... awww Grandma loves it!!













They did a little touring of the area on their own and we did a little touring with them.








We played a little bocce ball in the yard in the daylight, then a little game of sequence in the evening.

Mostly we just visited.  It was great to have them here. Thank you sweetie for taking the time and making the trip.....

we drove up to Jewel Lake,
but the smoke was pretty bad up there
so we didn't stay very long.

Most of our summer we've spent pretty close to home, with one trip to Kelowna in August. We haven't even had much company. Bob and Ann were here for my birthday (July 20) and we had a few more friends come over for a while in the evening. 

We've been to two concerts at the Legion this summer.

We listened to the sounds of Aaron Halliday, who is an excellent tribute to Alan Jackson;  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4SxmWUow2SQ

and Sugar Brown, who has been all over the country singing the blues

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMU8EuimVoY

Both entertainers were pretty high class entertainment for a small place like Greenwood Legion.

I guess that about sums it up, we still play cards once a week with Leo and Solange, and we've seen Steve and Doreen on occasion but, looking back I guess we've had a pretty quiet summer.