Let the party begin!

Well I was wrong about the timing of the stucco. The drywall has to go on first (the pounding on the walls could loosen the stucco) and the doors need to be in so the stucco can butt up to the door casings. The drywall is on and taped and yesterday the doors arrived so I think the next step is the stucco but I’m not sure.

Contractor, Rob, looking at new patio door he just delivered

Not much was done Thanksgiving week since it was a short week for most folks.

The beginning of November I did a sub shop on a rainy evening but the sandwiches were wonderful!

I have been having problems with my eyes so I have been to the ophthalmologist twice in November and the diagnosis is ocular migraines with glaucoma. I’m using eye drops in my left eye and trusting they will help.

Veteran’s Day we met Dawn, Vince and Bethany at Chili’s and the fellows had a free meal. We went at 4:30 PM and that was a great time as we were seated immediately. We had a great meal and Dawn and Vince came to our place for cheesecake for dessert.

November 15 after church we met at the new house for a 'first picnic'.

Dawn getting things ready for our "picnic" in the new house
 

Bethany and Vince getting ready to chow down at our picnic

It was the first time Colby and Krista had seen the house.  Our church had a Harvest Feast on Saturday November 21 and there was so much food left over everyone could have had another meal and there was still leftovers.  We had a fun time and met some new people.

Bethany, Colby and Krista at our 'picnic' in the new house with the drywall installed

November 19 we took the motorhome to Camping World in Avondale to 'rotate the tires' as sitting too long in not good for it. We had a good trip and made a couple of purchases so Larry could make a repair on our fresh water hose reel. He took it out and re-did it and re-plumbed it so it no longer leaks and the rusty bottom is all freshly painted. It looks great like usual as he does a great job!

Larry working in the fresh water bay repairing the hose reel (minus the hose)

Water bay with new hose installed on the repaired and re-plumbed hose reel

Our next door neighbor (84 years old) had a flat tire so Larry changed it for her and also repaired her kitchen faucet and since he wouldn’t take anything for it she gave him a Lemon Meringue Pie from Village Inn for Thanksgiving. It was really good and I like it because he shared with me even though he did the work.


November 22 we went to Colby and Krista’s new house for their Housewarming Party. Their house is really decorated nicely and even though there were 50 people at the party it did not seem crowded. Thanksgiving we were back at Colby and Krista’s and had a wonderful meal with 12 attending. The younger ones had fun playing a game on the TV while us 'older ones' had good conversation. The 'party' lasted six hours.

Colby and Krista's Housewarming Party

Thanksgiving dinner at Colby and Krista's  

Another shot of our Thanksgiving meal

November 29 we again had a meal at the church after the morning service to celebrate 'family'. We had pulled pork sandwiches, potato salad, baked beans and cookies. They had a bounce house for the kids so they had a lot of fun even though the temperature was cool (60º).

In re-reading this it sounds like all we did was eat and party all month!