Thanksgiving week

57º with rain at 10:00 am Monday morning as I start this in La Feria, TX.  Phyllis will start cooking turkeys Wednesday for about 55 people on Thanksgiving Day.

I helped serve Ice Cream last night at the Rec Hall.  Here Don
Ferguson is getting ready while his brother Lawrence, in the doorway,
is listening to Phyllis give the announcements to the crowd.

This is the group listening to Phyllis

After Ice Cream we played Pegs & Jokers with Felix and Betty on the left,
and Pat and Lois, on the right

Saturday Phyllis and Pat cooked breakfast for about 30 people
at the Rec Hall

I made the gravy, after this photo adding the Jimmy Dean Sausage

Don making the coffee

Toni pouring orange juice

The servers finally sitting down to our breakfast

Some of the crowd chowing down

Gabbing, as most of these are done eating.

All of the people fit in the Friendship Room - as the
hall is closed for some construction work on the walls.

Nana's on the web 

 Saturday we went with Finkens and Winslows to Nana's Taqueria in Weslaco

Celebrating Darlene's Sunday birthday with Phyllis

Bill Winslow and the Finkens

food arrived - all delicious.

We are back at Winslows, Darlene with her
'take out" box.

This is from website, but is my meal - the Progreso Ground
Beef Taco Combo - 4 corn tortilla tacos with ground beef, cabbage,
tomato, grilled onions, cilantro & baked potato with fountain drink
Also shows the cup of  charro beans that we all got.

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Saturday evening playing manipulation card game at Winslows.

After the card game we enjoyed Darlene's pinapple pie.

GROANER’S CORNER:(( There were these two elderly people living in a Florida mobile home park. He was a widower and she a widow. They had known one another for a number of years. Now, one evening there was a community supper in the big activity center. These two were at the same table, across from one another. As the meal went on, he made a few admiring glances at her and finally gathered up his courage to ask her, "Will you marry me?"  After a dramatic pause and precisely six seconds of 'careful consideration,' she answered. "Yes. Yes, I will."  The meal ended with a few more pleasant exchanges and they went to their respective places. Next morning, he was troubled. "Did she say 'yes' or did she say 'no'?"  He couldn't remember. Try as he would, he just could not recall. Not even a faint memory. With trepidation, he went to the telephone and called her.  First, he explained to her that he didn't remember as well as he used to. Then he reviewed the lovely evening past.  As he gained a little more courage, he then inquired of her, "When I asked if you would marry me, did you say 'Yes' or did you say 'No'?"  He was delighted to hear her say, "Why, I said, 'Yes, yes I will' and I meant it with all my heart."  Then she continued, "And I am so glad you called, because I couldn't remember who had asked me."

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A man drinks a shot of whiskey every night before bed.  After years of this his wife wants him to quit, so she gets 2 shot glasses, filling 1 with water the other with whiskey.  She gets him to the table with the glasses and has his bait box there too.  She says "I want you to see this." She puts a worm in the water it swims around. She puts a worm in the whiskey and the worm dies. She says "so what do you have to say about this experiment?"  He says "IF I DRINK WHISKEY I WON'T GET WORMS!"

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

Bit of a "Cool Spell" in the Valley

62º here in La Feria as I start this at 10:45 am Sunday.  Was 55º when got up.  Last night, as predicted, a "cold" front came through with high winds from the north - dropped from 78º to 74º! in about an hour.  Then a little cooler overnight.  Predicted high for today is 69º and we have 25MPH winds right now.

Been a bit since I mentioned the different reading I am doing, so here goes:

Lee's years after the Civil war.
He was quite a gentleman.

Almost done with this abbreviated version 

of Mr. Franklin's life.

Red this last year, but picked it up and
read it again.  Fine book about living
in British Columbia 200 miles north
of Vancouver in the 1930's to 1960's

In the middle of this one now.  Gives a
different slant than many books - 
written from the "far left" 
in today's thoughts.

Just started on this fine book of the western
cattle industry; given to me by Cam's this
summer.  Gives earliest history of the cattle
industry in the US, works up through
the various cattle trails from Texas
to Kansas, Nebraska, Wyoming, etc.

Quite an in-depth look at Jefferson
Davis' life.  Interesting.

Just working on this book.  Gives a
little different slant than his biography.

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GROANER’S CORNER:((  Two Irishmen, Patrick & Michael, were adrift in a lifeboat following a dramatic escape from a burning freighter. While rummaging through the boat's provisions, Patrick stumbled across an old lamp. Secretly hoping that a genie would appear, he rubbed the lamp vigorously. To the amazement of Patrick, a genie came forth. This particular genie, however, stated that he could only deliver one wish, not the standard three. Without giving much thought to the matter, Patrick blurted out, "Make the entire ocean into Guinness!" The genie clapped his hands with a deafening crash, and immediately the entire sea turned into the finest brew ever sampled by mortals. Simultaneously, the genie vanished.  Only the gentle lapping of Guinness on the hull broke the stillness as the two men considered their circumstances. Michael looked disgustedly at Patrick whose wish had been granted. After a long, tension-filled moment, he spoke:  "Nice going Patrick! Now we're going to have to pee in the boat."
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A local priest and a pastor were fishing on the side of the road. They thoughtfully made a sign saying, "The End is Near! Turn yourself around now before it's too late!" and showed it to each passing car. One driver who drove by didn't appreciate the sign and shouted at them, "Leave us alone, you religious nuts!"  All of a sudden they heard a big splash, looked at each other, and the priest said to the pastor, "You think maybe we should have just said 'Bridge Out' instead?"
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Sometime later, Lynn

Warm day - before a cool down on Saturday evening.

77º here in La Feria, TX at 9:23 am Friday as I start this - predicted high of 87º.  Predicted high Sunday is 77º with predicted lows both Saturday and Sunday of 55º.

Finished putting screening over all of the newer roof at the gutter.

Got the boards I painted  Wednesday on
the ceiling yesterday

Been trying to put 5 miles or so on the trike each
day.  Got in 5 miles yesterday - this 2 miles this morning.

This was in this week's Winter Texan Times.
I am in the yellow shirt at the left.

Part of the article referring to Men of A-Chord

Rest of article with reference
to Men of A-Chord - shows dates
of performances January-March

"Get Out The Way - I'm heading for bingo"

With me fixing my own lunch many of these days,
I get to have things like this.  Used it to top a lettuce salad.

Contractors are finishing the wall in the upper area that has
never been done in the last 25 years.

Shows how it will be finished around the stage and storage
area.  It is planned to finished the ceiling  next summer.

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GROANER'S CORNER:((  Little Johnny's preschool class went on a field trip to the fire station. The firefighter giving the presentation held up a smoke detector and asked the class: "Does anyone know what this is?"  Little Johnny's hand shot up and the firefighter called on him.
Little Johnny replied: "That's how Mommy knows supper is ready!"

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A new girl called Carly came to Jimmy's school.  Jimmy really fancied her, but was already going out with Lorraine.  Some time later he heard that Lorraine's family were emigrating.  On her leaving day he went to see her off.  On his way home, he was singing to himself: "I can see Carly now Lorraine has gone.''

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Q. How do you know a blonde has been on your computer?

A. There is whiteout all over the screen.

Later, Lynn

Thursday

77º degrees here in La Feria, TX at 9:00 am as I start this - high predicted of 85º

Ever been in a place where you wonder how you
got there and how you will get back?

Been a while since I posted.  Monday we went to Gatti's Pizza with about 25 people from the park.  Phyllis ran the Bingo with Don Ferguson calling the numbers -  rolls were served while playing Bingo and then they were let loose on the salad bar, pizza and potato bar/spaghetti bar.

I cut and painted scrap plywood for by the front step.

Think it helps give a "finished" look to it.

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Tuesday I drove the 30-some miles west to McAllen
to practice with the Men of A-Chord barbershop group.

Still small group as many not in the Valley from the North.  Had quite a few Leads - part I sing.  Two hours a week is not much practice and I am trying to put in practice at home.

Yesterday I started putting screens on the newer roof portion of the Texas room.  Works fine until the sun gets shining direct and heating up.  Will work on it as soon as this is posted.

Yesterday I finally started working on these
strips I bought in November of 2016.

Got them painted - will put them on the
ceiling to cover the joints of ceiling tile.

Phyllis spent much of yesterday at DonWes Flea Market with a booth that Kenwood had set up advertising for people to bring their RV's to the park.  Talked with quite a few and handed out literature.  Seemed to be some serious interest.

Today she and Manager Rosie are to attend a meeting for Park Activity Directors at the Snow To Sun RV Park.

GROANER’S CORNER:((  A man solves the problem of too many visiting relatives.  He borrowed money from the rich ones and loaned it to the poor ones.   Now none of them come back.

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- I used to eat a lot of natural foods until I learned that most people die of natural causes.

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Two sisters, one blonde and one brunette, inherit the family ranch. Unfortunately, after just a few years, they are in financial trouble. In order to keep the bank from repossessing the ranch, they need to purchase a bull so that they can breed their own stock. The brunette balances their checkbook, then takes their last $600 dollars out west to another ranch where a man has a prize bull for sale.  Upon leaving, she tells her sister, "When I get there, if I decide to buy the bull, I’ll contact you to drive out after me and haul it home."  The brunette arrives at the man’s ranch, inspects the bull, and decides she does want to buy it. The man tells her that he can sell it for $599, no less. After paying him, she drives to the nearest town to send her sister a telegram to tell her the news.  She walks into the telegraph office, and says, "I want to send a telegram to my sister telling her that I’ve bought a bull for our ranch. I need her to hitch the trailer to our pickup truck and drive out here so we can haul it home."
The telegraph operator explains that he’ll be glad to help her, then adds, "It’s just 99 cents a word."
Well, after paying for the bull, the brunette only has $1 left. She realizes that she’ll only be able to send her sister one word.  After thinking for a few minutes, she nods, and says, "I want you to send her the word, ‘comfortable.’"  The telegraph operator shakes his head. "How is she ever going to know that you want her to hitch the trailer to your pickup truck and drive out here to haul that bull back to your ranch if you send her the word, ‘comfortable’?"  The brunette explains, "My sister’s blonde. She’ll read it very slow."

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Knock Knock
Who's there?
Egg!
Egg who?
Eggcited to meet you.

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GREAT TRUTHS THAT LITTLE CHILDREN HAVE LEARNED:
1) No matter how hard you try, you can't baptize cats..
2) When your Mom is mad at your Dad, don't let her brush your hair.
3) If your sister hits you, don't hit her back. They always Catch the second person.
4) Never ask your 3-year old brother to hold a tomato.
5) You can't trust dogs to watch your food..
6) Don't sneeze when someone is cutting your hair..
7) Never hold a Dust-Buster and a cat at the same time.
8) You can't hide a piece of broccoli in a glass of milk.
9) Don't wear polka-dot underwear under white shorts.
10) The best place to be when you're sad is Grandma's lap. 

More later ----- Lynn

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