Wednesday, May 26, 2010
SKP Saguaro Co-op, Benson, AZ: Mar 8-31
Ah, back at the co-op and able to visit all our STUFF! What fun! Also fun to see old friends we hadn't seen in months/years. Due to spending so much time in the cold with the ventless propane heater running -- and feeling like it was too cold to open the windows much -- we accumulated quite a crop of mold in all the closets and other nooks & crannies. We spent the first two weeks here emptying out every closet and cupboard and scrubbing them down well with bleach and spraying with Lysol. This enabled us to go through and get rid of a lot of things we no longer needed. In order to make room for things we wanted to keep but didn't want to have with us in the trailer, we also had to clean out the casita. We made numerous trips to the "Neiman Marcus Table" at the clubhouse, which is where you donate things for others to purchase for a donated price of their choosing. We took many bags of trash to the Dumpster and mailed off several boxes of "treasures" that needed to stay in the family. When we left, the casita was in excellent order, with boxes on shelves all labeled and organized. The books were all categorized and alphabetized and also cataloged in a spread sheet.
Continuing the Mac theme, Willie purchased our friend Lloyd Treichel's used MacBook, and she is working on mastering it. It will take some time, but there are friends in Boulder who will help.
We only played bridge twice, due to the longish (35-miles one way) drive to the nearest sanctioned game in Sierra Vista. We line danced at the club house and found it to be nice exercise but pretty "tame" for our tastes. We then tried the line dancing at the Benson Community Center, led by Mary McCool. These turned out to be LOTS of fun with some really challenging dances taught later in the evening. We also became friends with Mary and went to her house twice to learn & teach some dances. GREAT FUN TO SHARE!!
We spent many evenings playing silly card games with friends at the clubhouse --- most frequently Shoot -- a version of Euchre for 6 or 8 people that is really silly and LOTS of fun.
Continuing the Mac theme, Willie purchased our friend Lloyd Treichel's used MacBook, and she is working on mastering it. It will take some time, but there are friends in Boulder who will help.
We only played bridge twice, due to the longish (35-miles one way) drive to the nearest sanctioned game in Sierra Vista. We line danced at the club house and found it to be nice exercise but pretty "tame" for our tastes. We then tried the line dancing at the Benson Community Center, led by Mary McCool. These turned out to be LOTS of fun with some really challenging dances taught later in the evening. We also became friends with Mary and went to her house twice to learn & teach some dances. GREAT FUN TO SHARE!!
We spent many evenings playing silly card games with friends at the clubhouse --- most frequently Shoot -- a version of Euchre for 6 or 8 people that is really silly and LOTS of fun.
# posted by Doug and Willie @ 10:16 AM 
