Routine

It seems to take me longer and longer to get settled into a different routine. You may have noticed! The hours of the day seem short. Meals to fix, laundry to do and all the other ordinary stuff and all that gets set aside for the things I like to do until the time comes when it can no longer be ignored. I wonder when that will happen!
My walks have become a priority. Peggy, Lil and I walk every evening at 6:00 and the time flies. It only takes 20 minutes so it is not a big sacrifice and it is good for us. There are quite a few people in the park who walk with regularity.
I  get my first mile in with Butch or alone depending. This morning he played shuffleboard so I was on my own on the first one. Irma hollered at me to tell me she had found a dress-up dress at Ropa for Elise. It is beautiful! It looks like a miniature bridal dress. So part of today was spent getting it washed and ready to send. This dress even has a train. The train could be used for a veil if she prefers. It is really the perfect dress for play. I removed the bows for washing and the train is not attached so this is even fancier than it is in the picture-lots of ruffles and lace.

Perking

I bought a percolator. I had a much despised coffee pot that I plan to sell on the next park garage sale. Neither Butch nor I can pour coffee out of it without drips. So after reading about percolators I decided it could be a good kind of coffee pot to have. It is new to me because back in the day when everyone had one I didn't drink coffee. They say the coffee tastes better and we already know it is MUCH hotter. The brew time is about a minute per cup. And being retired I can wait that long. So we are having percolated coffee these days.

Stumble Upon

Stumble upon is a website that collects really neat things found on the Internet. Of course not everyone likes everything but this mornings stumble upon offering was one I enjoyed very much. Particularly number one.
Go have a look see.
http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/1hNKjD/l43NzusN:qPzEfa1f/www.buzzfeed.com/peggy/cheap-and-easy-decorating-hacks-that-are-borderline-geniu?sub=2601289_1629733

Laughing with old friends

Peggy, Kay and I got together this afternoon. It feels so good to be back here with these two who make me laugh.
Kay was telling us that Bill was having some breathing troubles this summer while they were on vacation. She suspected a problem with his pacemaker but when they ruled that out an appointment was made with his regular doctor. Regular doctor asked him if he was taking his water pills. He said, " No because my legs are not swollen."  His doctor told him he had fluid on his lungs and needed the water pills for his lungs not his legs. So the problem has been solved and Kay has revoked Dr. Bill's license for self diagnosis. And that is just one of the things we were chuckling about this afternoon.
I walked with Butch this morning and Lil at 6:00 PM. So that brings me up to speed on the 2 miles a day I did most of the summer with Colleen. It feels good to get the blood moving again.
Years ago when a  friend of ours found out he was diabetic the doctor told him exercise was critical. Even more important than food. I remembered that and when I was diagnosed as pre-diabetic I tried even harder to make exercise a priority and this years blood test no longer indicated I was pre-diabetic. All tests were in normal range. That was very good news to me. So now when a stretch goes by without regular exercise I get antsy to get moving. It feels very reassuring to be back out there beating the pavement.
Weather forecast for tomorrow has a high of 71. That is very much acceptable to us. When the temps are low and it is windy we batten down the hatches by closing all the day/night shades to keep our tiny home as comfy as possible. It keeps some of the cold out. But with  71 for a high I can open all the shades and get back to spying on my neighbors!
 

Cold caught us

It is 44 degrees as I write. With 30 MPH winds out of the north. It started cooling down last night and we knew it was coming. A north tailwind may have been okay coming down but the setting up would have been no fun at all. We are to have a few days of this but then back into the 80's on Saturday.
We were off to the grocery store early this morning. I loaded up the cart and thought it was going to be over a 100 dollars but was surprised it was only 67. Good old HEB!
We had been living off short rations while en route. And perhaps too much eating out. We also ate out before we went to the grocery store. Butch had 2 large breakfast taco's with eggs,sausage and cheese and I had one. They come with refried beans. Butch had coffee. The tortillas are homemade, in fact you can watch them being made while you wait for your order. Total for the bill was $7.11 and that is with tax. The living down here is easy and cheap!
Crafts this afternoon at 1:00. I will get to see what people have been working on. Fun!

Arrived at Magnolia Park!

We made it through a small window of weather. Nice day for travel and the trip went smoothly. I asked Butch if he was going to Milano road to get to the park. We like to come at the entrance from the east as it gives a better angle to get in the drive. Usually we turn on Midway but last year the potholes were huge thus the reason for the question but as it turned out there was an ugly accident at the Midway turn and that sealed it to go to Milano. It all worked out. Temp was  79 when we arrived and a bit on the humid side. But tonight north winds have moved in and it is getting colder by the minute. Supposed to be a high of 52 tomorrow. I am beginning to think we cannot get far enough south without encountering the drug cartels of Mexico. So we will endure the temps on this side of the border.
We were met by many of our friends and that is always a treat. We will get around to some sit down visits soon with all of them.
I took Butch by both his hands and looked deeply into his eyes and said I will see you next April. We are both quite busy while here and many times it is Butch in one direction and me in another. It started this evening. We were out on a walk and Pecan Bill had some electric issues and ran us down with his golf cart and took Butch in another direction. Make no mistake about it we both like our life here and wouldn't want it any other way.
This morning when I took the last garbage to the bin and Butch was hooking up I passed by these plants with their diamond like drops of precip and took a quick pic.