Rose is 2!!!!! Happy birthday!

Happy Birthday Sweet Rose.   We are so thankful to have you in our lives.  It was so much fun to have you in Brownsville visiting us.  Everyone in the park LOVES you.   May God bless you your whole life.

Valentine pot luck at church:
Up to walk about 6:45.  I joined Gail for the first part of it.  It had rained so no pickle ball.  I went to Port Isabel with Jean and Nancy.  They picked up their winnings from the raffle.  We tried to get our vases from the flower design exhibit, but the case they were in had to be opened by a couple guys who weren't there.  We went to the movies in Brownsville.  I saw Instant Family.   Denny listened to a couple you tubes on playing a guitar.   At 4:30 Denny and I left for a potluck.  Randy and Julie sang and played at it.

Monday

I was up and walking my 45.  At 8:30 there was pickle ball.  After pickle ball we practiced for the Jam session.  Nancy and I made salads for potluck.  Denny helped Bill with his place.  At 1 we went to the jam session.  We took orange juice, but when we added a creamy juice it curdled. Uffta!!   Potluck at 6.  Denny stopped at John T. afterwards to work on computer/phone stuff.  I called Nancy P. and set up a time to meet in Progresso on Wednesday.  Bill let Denny take his guitar back to our trailer because Denny said sometime he might like to play guitar.

Sunny Day .... YES

Well, I was just happy to be able to be out in the sun after church.  I walked in the am and it was still chilly enough for a fleece and coat.  After devos I went back to bed until 8.  An ambulance came in the park about 5 am.  A neighbor had fallen and they took him to the er/hospital.  Missy texted today and said that I letter I had sent about January 10th got to them about a month later.  :)  After church I listened to a book on the computer.  Denny washed the car.  At 5 there was pickleball.  Denny picked me up about 5:30 to go to a concert at church.   YUP today I realized I had not greeted Anabel on my blog on her birthday.  Matt, you are not the only one I forgot.  Uffta!!

Pastillos and jam

Walked to treadmill and walked 45 minutes.  Talked with Missy before I went out.  Back home for devos and to go to breakfast.  No ice-cycle pickle ball.  Only 40 degrees.  I walked to Fays and helped her crimp pastileos.  At home Denny was cleaning.  I helped some what.  Then I went to take a bag of clothes to good will.   At 2:45 we headed to Finchers.  The guitar players were there.  Jeff, brother-in-law Phillip, and Jim.  - It was a fun time with lots of laughter and songs.  The dance was at 7.  It was a nice time.  Great day in the Valley.

100 year old Brooks celebrating 100th day of school:

Chilly Gray Day

It was so windy and chilly, I started to walk, but decided to walk the 45 on the treadmill.  Denny worked on the computer downloading bank statements.  We had a big salad for lunch about 2.  Then we watched The Stray.  At 5 we headed to church to get our pictures taken for the directory.  We stopped at the ice House, but no one waited on us so we came home and visited with Jean and Nancy.  Linda called and they may be at our place about next Sunday.  Sounds good.

Bill's roof goes on

Walked early am.  45 minutes and walked the last 20 minutes with Gail.  Now I was missing my little gal this am.  First time in a week that I haven't spent the first 2 hours of the day with her.  Then Luke and Karen sent the snowy picture of her.   Uffta!!  It makes the chilly 50 degree day here tomorrow look like a heat wave.  In am I moved stuff around in the closet.  I remembered about pickleball at 9 and headed down there.  Denny went to help Bill with putting the roof on his garage.  There were 10 of us ladies for Bible study: Julie M. Julie D, Sharon, Kay, Wendy, Barbara, Mert, Becky, Hilda.   After study I went to Bill's, most of the roof is on.  Yoga was at 4.  Denny grilled wonderful pork chops that Nancy had gotten on sale: 4 chops that only cost $3.17.  So good. I played ponytail after supper and at home we watched Top Chef.

Karen and Rose go north

Rose woke before 7, we shared a banana and grapefruit and headed out on the bike.  Gloria's light was on, John was up, Gloria said she was awake and so she got up to make coffee, nice visit.  We started to ride again and then I stopped at the card room and watched the 7 am news.  Rose played with the candles, glass nuggets and figurines.  It was so cute.  Karen took breakfast out to the deck.  I had started to think it was a little chilly ...BUT the weather here is a heat wave when compared with Karen going home to Minneapolis tonight.  So we happily ate outside on the deck.  Rose and I went to the pool to swim for 30 minutes.  The water was warm and she loved it.  She was SO cute laughing, bouncing, kicking , and splashing in the water. We left for the ladies luncheon, Of course  Rose was a hit.  The food was good, but it took a while for Nancy and Jean get theirs ... so they took their food to go.  We left for the airport and the drop off went well.  It has been so great to have them here for a couple extra days.  Thank you Jesus.   We got the second night table for out bedroom at the mini mall.  This proverb might be our wellness challenge motto!!!!

I didn't do a fact check on the lower picture, but the whole concept is so sad I can hardly bear it.  I am so glad the horror of the law was addressed last night.  Lord, help and heal our land. 

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