Rain in the Rio Grande Valley today!

 61 degrees here in La Feria, TX at 6:30 pm Thursday.  Got .84" of rain, most of it when we were loading up while leaving Walmart.

Did some shopping for the Rec Hall at Sam's Club and the rain was building huge to the west.

Made it into Walmart, but heavy rain on the roof as we shopped and was pouring as we loaded and drove west on Interstate 2.  Traffic was very slow and all were driving cautiously -- between 40 & 50 mph.

Pulled under the carport enough to be able to unload items from the cab while it was still raining.

With rainy weather out, I spent part of the day taking out the 8-year old water filter unit and replaced it with a new unit.  Had bought the old one at Lowes and when we went there this fall to get replacement filter cartridges found they no longer carry that brand.  The holding bracket holding the filtered-water faucet under the sink had become so rusted that it twisted whenever we used it.  I had Cornish-Cobbled some caulk trying to hold it last year. 

It is so hard reaching up under/behind the sink to tighten the nut holding the faucet that this one is a little loose, but a least it doesn't have the rustable little bolts the other had.  Did have to go to the local Ace Hardware store twice, switching out connecting hoses.

Yesterday I put up a new handrail for the steps going from our entrance platform down to the Texas Room.  This is one handle off a post hole digger I snagged from the junk pile last year.  The other handle was broken where it bolted to the metal.

Harold, this is for you.  When saw it in the newspaper I thought of your telling of one of your grandkids.

Gas prices had been pretty uniform at $3.079 to $3.099 throughout the Valley. This week the fell to just below $3.00 at most places, though we saw one at $3.079 today.  Filled up at Walmart at $2.959 because it wouldn't take me gift card which would have made it $2.929.  Picture at right is kitty-corner from Kenwood.  The new station right beside us is still being built.  A few huge tanks are laying beside it now for the underground storage.

The Park put on a BBQ hotdog and hamburger lunch on Wednesday.

On Tuesday we went to Men of A-Chord practice in Mission, TX, stopped for a bit at Costco in Pharr (and, of course--had their all-beef foot long hotdog for lunch).  After we got back we went to the CVS here in La Feria for our Moderna booster Covid-19 shots, then made it back to the Rec Hall for the celebration of November birthdays.

Patrick Sumner, Judy Chroninger, Larry Ferguson and Janet Engle had November birthdays.

A few photos I took while at the two-hour practice session in the garage at Frank & Pam Frisoni's in Mission, Texas.  We will be returning to the regular practice place at the Methodist Church in McAllen next week.

At left - Jerry Bowman sings Lead with me and Dennis Bush and Pam Frisoni

:(( An 80-year-old couple were having problems remembering things, so they decided to go to their doctor to get checked out to make sure nothing was wrong with them.  When they arrived at the doctor's they explained to the doctor about the problems they were having with their memory. After checking the couple out, the doctor told them that they were physically okay but might want to start writing things down and make notes to help them remember things.  The couple thanked the doctor and left. Later that night while watching TV, the man got up from his chair and his wife asked, "Where are you going?" He replied, "To the kitchen." She asked, "Will you get me a bowl of ice cream?" He replied, "Sure." She then asked him, "Don't you think you should write it down so you can remember it?" He said, "No, I can remember that."  She then said, "Well I would also like some strawberries on top. You had better write that down because I know you'll forget that." He said, "I can remember that, you want a bowl of ice cream with strawberries." She replied, "Well I also would like whipped cream on top. I know you will forget that so you better write it down."  With irritation in his voice, he said, "I don't need to write that down! I can remember that." He then fumes into the kitchen. After about 20 minutes he returned from the kitchen and handed her a plate of bacon and eggs. She stared at the plate for a moment and said angrily: "I TOLD you to write it down! You forgot my toast!"

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Later, Lynn