Bee Gees

After going to the Library, where I got a library card for The Villages, we went to Walmart to do a little shopping. 

Then went home to get ready for dinner at Diane and Tom's with their Chicagoland friends who are visiting The Villages: Gloria and Lynn and Karen and Tom.  Karen and Tom are newly weds.  His first wife, Karen, had died and her first husband, Tom, had died!

After dinner we went to the Savannah Center to see a Bee Gees Tribute Band.  It was fun, but I really was not familiar with most of their music.

 

As the concert started my telephone vibrated and it was a call from our "adopted" sister Betty, which I thought I'd return at intermission.  However, there was no intermission.  When we left the theater, I had a message from  Betty, telling us that her husband, Phil, was on a ventilator.  We called after we dropped off one of the couples back at Diane and Tom's.  It's not looking good, but we'll be praying for Phil.

Lazy Day

We had planned to go to see Frank Lloyd Wright buildings about two hours away, but the forecast was for rain, so instead we took a day off and are NOT RUNNING AROUND today.

We have not left the house.  Both of us finished our bridge homework and agreed that we don't have a clue.  This week was the opening bidder's rebids - my mind is swimming!

Terry and I had picked up a package of wild rice soup when we were at Entenmann's Outlet the other day and thought today would be a good day to try it and to add some leftover chicken.  It was great!  Here's a photo of the package.  Online it is available through Amazon.  Will look at Entenmanns again when we are out that way.

If you have been paying attention, you know that it is my favorite soup!  Color me happy!

We both are catching up on some reading.  Terry transferred some books to her Nook and is reading on that.  I'm still playing catch up with the magazines that I brought from home.  Of course, the weekly mail keeps bringing more.

In a few minutes, I have to participate in a Niles Township Food Pantry Foundation meeting, via telephone, so I'm working on this lazy day.

We just hear thunder, so maybe the threat of rain is going to be real for the evening.

Just heard from another friend from high school and we are going to have a Kelvyn Park reunion for lunch on Monday with six of us!

Small World

We left the house about 2:30 p.m. to go to the Arts and Crafts Fair in Lady Lake.  It is Super Bowl Sunday, and it was quiet there (yesterday, I'm told, was well attended).  We got a parking space right in front and as we got out of the car we could hear music from the stage.  The girl's voice sounded so familiar, and as we got closer, I said to Terry that I thought it was the same group that played at Oakton College for the Empty Bowls Charity Event.

We walked around and waited for the group's set to be over and then went up and asked if they had been in Des Plaines in the Fall.  It was the same group-Patchouli!  Bought one of their CD's and had them autograph it.  They are really good.  Her folks live in Florida so they try to get warm-climes winter gigs.

On the other side of the park was a barber shop quartet.

After the craft fair, where we did not purchase anything but the CD, we went to Dollar Tree to purchase a few cards, etc.

Then went to Belks as Clinque was having a sale/free gift, and I was running low on my makeup.  Bought a few other things too.

Terry talked to Stacy, and Dave is doing okay.  He's going to be laid up for a few weeks.  She's waiting on him hand and foot and is tired.

Went to Aldi's and Walgreens and then headed home to watch the Super Bowl - NOT!  Probably will finish my bridge homework.  I swear I read it and promptly forget it - you need how many points to respond????

Nice Day in The Villages

We went to pick up our mail on Tom and Diane's porch and then drove over to the Chili Cook Off, at the Polo Field.  You paid $5 for a wrist band which entitled you to as much chili as you could eat.

We'd never seen so many golf carts in one place.  There were numerous booths each serving chili in little cups.  We were supposed to vote for our favorite, but we did not.  They used to have this event at Spanish Springs (one of the Squares) but it was too small a venue.  The Polo Field is enormous and the carts and cars just kept streaming in.  The traffic on Buena Vista was tied up as people were pulling into the venue.

We had to go to H&R Block and have their chili (after all Terry had worked for them at one time).  Their chili was pretty good. 

We also stopped at the Sheriff's booth, where they were dressed as prisoners, and you had to walk through a jail cell set up to get the chili!

Diane and Tom called when they arrived at the Cook Off, and we got to see them for a minute before we left.

It was a beautiful day in The Villages and the weather could not have been better.

We went home and rested a little before Sharon, Norm, Steve and Ethel came over for dinner.  Had a nice visit with them and enjoyed hearing what activities they each hoped to take advantage of while here.

Jeans by Jean

We were out of the house by 10 a.m. to go to a Craft Fair in Leesburg so Terry could find Jean, the jeans purse lady, to buy another purse.

Terry has a friend who she thinks could make these and she bought another one in order to show them to her. Also, the one she bought today is a little bigger and holds all of her treasures. 

Because I had my jeans purse at the fair, Jean gave me another tie!

That was a 30 mile round trip! See photos below

We ran home to grab a bite of left over deli and then ran to our bridge lessons.  Our minds are tired - too much information about bidding up there.  I'm afraid if someone bumps into me, it will all spill out!

There is a lake near where we play bridge and we decided to explore it.  Some lovely houses along the lake.  Terry says if we win the lottery, we'll buy a house there.  I don't think any real estate agent here should count on that happening any time soon.

Terry's son-in-law, Dave, had surgery on his collar bone today, due to an ATV accident, up in Wisconsin.  The doctor, in Wisconsin, thought he did not need surgery but the doctor here thought he did.  Today he had the surgery and the doctor told Stacy that there were multiple breaks.  He's in recovery as I write this and she cannot see him for another hour.  He'll be laid up for about four weeks.

We went shopping at Bealls Outlet and bought very little and then went to Publix to buy the makings for dinner for tomorrow night when our friends from home, Ethel and Steve, and Sharon and Norman, come over for dinner.

We ate our leftover ribs and are now catching up with emails.  Should be a quiet night!

Crank Calls

At 6:30 a.m. we got TWO calls on the house telephone.  We never answer the house number because everyone calls us on our cell telephones.

The second time, I answered and it was some company trying to fax something and a voice said "if you don't wish to receive a fax from us, hit pound."  I hit pound and said a few very nasty words under my breath.

Judy and Jeff went to Crystal River to swim with the manatees.  They wanted us to go - but we don't swim with anything or anyone!  Rick came over for lunch and we had a nice deli lunch (a repeat of yesterday).  Then he went back to his hotel to do some work and we took naps, did laundry, etc.!

We all met up again for dinner at Sonny's Bar B Q and had yummy ribs again.  This is Terry's new diet - she had better put lots of money into her checkbook for the next weigh in at Weight Watchers.

We then walked through the vendors at Sumter Landing and listened to the music.  Jeff bought a straw hat that will stay on in 40 mile per hour winds!  Jeff and his new hat are on the right in the photo.

We all came back to the house and played cards and then answered questions from a Jewish Trivia book that I had picked up at Barnes and Noble.  Rick was not interested in cards and stayed to play a little trivia and then went back to his hotel to prepare for an early departure back to New Jersey.

We said our good-byes until the next time!

Family and Mt. Dora

Judy, Jeff and Rick came over for lunch and then Rick and Jeff promptly started to recline.  Oh yes, Glazers need their rest!

Judy, Terry and I went to Mt. Dora while the boys got more beauty rest!

Mt. Dora is a cute town about one hour away. 

Judy found the "Be Happy" store and was the big spender for the afternoon.

I sat on a bench while Judy found another bargain and checked my email.  Remember, Glazers need their rest.

There is a lighthouse at the end of the road and Judy and Terry are standing so it looks as if the lighthouse is between them.

John Lennon was sitting on a bench, and you thought he was dead!  Judy has her hand on his knee - she's a Beattle fan, so it is okay.  Also, Jeff was not with us.

We all met up with the rested boys at Carraba's for a delicious dinner.  After dinner we went back to the camp ground to see Judy and Jeff's new RV and talk about our grandparents and how and when they came to the states.