Veteran's Day Ceremony

74º here in La Feria, TX at 10:00 am Sunday as I start this.  Heavy overcast and forecast of off-and-on rain all day.
We have been here at our winter home one month now. Am almost getting used to it -- can even find my way to the bathroom in the middle of the night!

Since our office personnel are not in the office on Saturdays -- the real Veteran's Day -- a ceremony was held on Friday morning.

Had a good attendance by the park people

Phyllis conducted a short program after having the residents pick up cookies and/or rolls with coffee.

Rochelle, John, and Robert - she is office assistant, and
the other two are maintenance men -- are at right of this photo.

Bob did a few readings.  Phyllis is at right of this photo.
I also read an item on thoughts from a non-veteran.

The attending Veterans who winter in our park.

Phyllis in her office

I continue to putter around the place - almost finished off
the surround of the kitchen window to the Texas Room.

Saturday -- We usually watch very little sports on TV - usually just the "home" teams of colleges in Iowa and Nebraska.  We watched Iowa State get beat, then Nebraska get beat and finally Iowa get beat.  Not a good day for the "home teams".

Some Mexican workers are taking out a really old trailer.  It had
a broken axle last week and they replaced it.  Only had one tire
on this side with air in it -- and they are leaving the "tip-outs" out.

They have it on the street, and pulled out of here with only one tire
on this side having air in it.  Don't know how far they are going........

Putting a second coat on piece that will go at the outer edge
of the front steps.

Rode our trikes about 4 miles this morning -- 80º now with
a "feel like" of 84º at 1:00 PM

Just got back from neighbors place, picking the few lemons
from his tree.  Have gotten the last several years and probably
only a fourth of a crop this year.

Phyllis has about 25-30 people lined up to go to Gatti's  for bingo and pizza/pasta on Monday.

Finally did some tallying of miles we have pulled this Micro Lite Travel Trailer of ours.

Had pulled it 17,964 miles when we parked it here in the Park last winter.  Had the wheel bearings packed (was told this should be done every 10,000 miles, but even though had recorded all the times we were hitched to the trailer had never tallied it up.

And, since that time of packing the wheel bearings we have pulled the trailer for 6,465 miles with a total of 24,429 on it.  Think will replace the tires before we pull out next spring.  No fun having a flat when running down the highway.

GROANER'S CORNER:((  An attorney telephoned the governor just after midnight, insisting that he talk to him regarding a matter of utmost urgency. An aide eventually agreed to wake up the governor. 'So, what is it?' grumbled the governor.  'Judge Garber has just died' said the attorney, 'and I want to take his place.'  The governor replied: 'Well, it's OK with me if it's OK with the undertaker.'

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You might be a redneck if...

More than one living relative is named after a Southern Civil War general.

You think the stock market has a fence around it.

Your boat has not left the driveway in 15 years.

Your front porch collapses and kills more than three dogs.

Your coffee table used to be a telephone cable spool.

You keep a can of Raid on the kitchen table.

You've ever used a toilet seat as a picture frame.

Your home has more miles on it than your car.

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Knock Knock!
Who's there?
Cash.
Cash who?
No thanks, but I'd like some peanuts!

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Be well, do good things, and keep in touch --  Lynn