Monday, January 21, 2019

Chilly by Florida standards.....

Wow, believe it or not I woke up this morning to temperatures near freezing, 4 C. in fact, with real feel 1 C. If it were not for the palm trees I would have thought I had been zapped back to Manitoba in my sleep. The past couple of days have been real winter for Florida although I keep telling our friends they have no idea of cold. I must admit that I will be wearing  long pants today, a rare event for me here. Definitely, there will be no pool! BRRRR.

This week we attended a  travel show put on by one of the local travel agencies. It was a wonderful event with great presentations and lots of different vendors with travel information. Free drinks and appetizers as well. A nice bonus. We saw a few places we would like to travel to  and how we might like to do it.  Also, were able to weed out what really did not appeal to either of us which is helpful when looking through the information. Now to win the lottery and be able to do it all. 

Friday night we had friends over for supper and to play cards.Roars of laughter could be heard as we muddled our way through the games and tried to keep track of what card was wild for each round. By 11 pm us old folks had snacks eaten, cards put away and said a cheery farewell to each other. We will all be ready for another round of five crowns next week. 

Trivia night finished off the week on Saturday. A great turn out of about 50 people presented to test their brains and vie for the cash. Teams were 5-6 people and some people had not met until that evening so it was a great way for new people to get to know other residents. The team that won 1st place was a team of all new residents that had not met which was really nice for them. Everybody cheered for them as well adding to their delight. People are already planning their teams for next month.

Rogers golf game is improving due to practice but also the new to him clubs he has acquired. He says his game is evolving and the better clubs have made a big difference. Whatever the reason he seems to be enjoying the outings and looks forward to the weekly games. I can see 2 games a week in his future.

As we start a new week it is hard to believe that January is more than half over. We do not have mush planned this week but I am sure the days will fill up  quickly.

Take care all and stay warm!

Carol









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