School days

This morning was part two of the AARP Driving  Course.  We had a chatty Kathy in the front row - she must have taken part one elsewhere.  Annoying!

The local newspaper sent a reporter to cover the class.  Must have been a slow news day.

Went to Bank of America for Terry to get something notarized.

Home for a bite of lunch.  Then Post Office for Terry to send a package.  Belks, Beall's, and Aldi's rounded out the afternoon's errands

Brought the groceries home and left again to recycle our newspapers at Temple Shalom.

On to Lake Minoa Recreation Center to pick up tickets for a play we will see at the end of the month.

Gas and an outside car wash finished off that round of errands.

Dinner at home and Terry is opening her mail. 

 Yes, they sent it express with a tracking number!  Terry signed up to receive texts updating the status of the package.  The last text said "package left on front porch."  Sure enough it was on the porch!  Yea!

Today another group of mail was to be sent to us by our respective post offices. Stay tuned to the on-going Mail saga!

Up at the crack of dawn

We got up early to go to Colony Cottage to take day one of a two-day AARP Safe Driving course.  Our insurance companies give us a discount for taking the course.  Fortunately no chatty southern belle was in the class this year.

After the class we went for lunch at Beef O'Grady's.  Good food, awful service.

Terry took her glasses to Peepers for another adjustment and we checked out Beall's Outlet and Anthony's but bought nothing.

Terry checked mailbox - no mail.  Called Des Plaines PO again!  Mail was on someone's desk not mailed until yesterday.  Sent Express with - wait for it- a tracking number!  Not in The Villages yet.  We are hopeful!

Another package due to be mailed tomorrow!

Stopped at Walgreens for a few things.  They only had 7 of Terry's prescription - back on Friday!

Ethel forgot to pay us for a concert we are going to so dropped it off today on their way to Walmart.

Working on our computers and Terry is watching Shark Tank.  Hope there is a 12 step program for her to enter!

One crack Two Bam

Started the day tracking my Premium Forwarded mail.  Fortunately we found it at the PO in Lady Lake.  Thanks to Skokie for the tracking number.  Des Plaines PO did not put tracking on Terry's package and it has not come as yet.

We got a few things at Dollar Tree and then Publix before our guests arrived.

We played mah jongg with Joy, Joyce and Ethel.

We each got mah jongg once!

Terry took the photo.

Craft Fair

We went to the Craft Fair at Spanish Springs.  Organized better this year with more walking room.

Just got one item.

In between vendors we stopped for lunch at Too Jays - yummy!

Also visited our favorite jewelry store- Picture You.

Got a card at Dollar Tree and then came home to read and relax!

Set up for mah jongg tomorrow!

Not too exciting but great day.

Flea Market

We went to the flea market and had our gourmet hot dog on buttered and toasted bun- yummy!

The hot dog was followed with a freshly made waffle cone filled with ice cream!  To die for!

We then stopped at Beall's Outlets.  Yes, more than one.

We were on a mission for something Terry thought their employees would enjoy.  Mindy did not like the idea- so mission was scrubbed! 

Not a total loss - I bought two pairs of shoes.  My gym shoes were worn out.  We had a funeral for them when we got home.

We also bought some extra spoons and washcloths for the house.

Then we went to Publix for a few things and came home to a quiet night of reading

Shabbat Shalom

We finally got Terry's computer on the Internet!

I ran some errands while Terry played catch up now that we got the Internet up and running on her laptop.

We moved the modem so it would be closer.  Grandson and Comcast all helped with suggestions.  Simple fix once we got a clue of what the problem was.

Had a good dinner at Cheng's Chinese with Ethel and Steve before going to Temple Shalom.

Services are similar to ours plus a great choir.

It's a Small World!

We were invited to Diane and Tom's for what has been their annual welcome back to The Villages New Year's Day Party.

A couple we had not met before were there.  A little Village geography and it turns out Judy and Jim are neighbors in New York with our FL landlord.

That meant a photo op, which was promptly sent to our landlords Patti and Jack!