Sunday, February 10th, 2013

The week started off on a sad note for me. I received an email from my cousin (Ariane 3) in Germany on Sunday with the news that her mom (whom we are both named after, my dad's only sister, Auntie Ariane) had passed away that morning. As I sit here writing this, I'm remembering that my dad was diagnosed with his cancer in October and passed away in February, the same as my Auntie Ariane, a sign perhaps?

On  Monday I went to my beading class and tried a new pattern, which will take a few more classes to perfect. Wednesday I decided to check out the paper crafts class, try something new, it was great. We made 2 three dimensional cards/pictures of the front of a house with a window box full of flowers and a bicycle out front. They are so pretty, I hung one up in the motor home and the other I sent to my mom for Valentine's Day. Can't wait for next week.

The drama club here in the park has been practising for the last 2 months for the production of "Let's Do Broadway".  We went to the Thursday night show and it was a blast. After the musical we met our friend's Aunt Dorothy, whom we haven't seen for years. She lives across the road in one of the other RV parks here. Turns out she's getting married (she's 81, he's 88!) here at our park on March 3rd and we told her we'd be there with bells on. On Friday we joined the couple that were beside us when we were staying in Mesa before Christmas for fish and chips and had a wonderful visit.

The wind was howling here Friday night when we left and as we arrived back at the motor home and got the groceries we stopped for on our way home out of the trunk and inside the rain started pouring. It was quite the storm that lasted most of the night.  Saturday was sunny, but the wind was still blowing and cold, so I stayed inside doing laundry and reading. Today was much warmer, the wind not so bad, so we went for a nice long 2 hour walk. We ended the walk at the next door neighbours for a few beers and a last visit. They are heading back home to Alberta early tomorrow morning, back to work Friday. He's looking forward to retirement this time next year and spending the winter here.

I made stir fry for supper and now we'll sit back, stay warm and watch a little TV until bed!