Not Much Again

Yesterday was an extremely rotten day. I heard it raining fairly hard at 5:00 a.m. and it continued to rain throughout the day. Temps did not get out of the 40’s! I heard from friends in western Nebraska that they had highs in the mid to upper 50’s! I don’t think it was quite that nice in eastern Nebraska though. The rain has stopped here and temps are supposed to rise some today and more for the weekend – into the 70’s. The most important thing is that we will be seeing the sun!

Monday we had big excitement in our neighborhood. People three spaces west bought a new park model so the old one was moved off and there was a happy hour in their empty spot while waiting for the new one to arrive. We all then moved to the side and watched when the new one was backed in. I forgot to take a picture.

Monday night we went to Darrold and Sondra’s to learn to play Joker. That is a big game here and we had never played. It is a board game a little like Sorry, but uses a board and cards. It will take a while to learn all the strategy involved. (Darrold and Sondra were our next door neighbors last year (in their 5th wheel) until they bought a mobile just across the street and down a few spaces – they are from Iowa.) Denny and Linda, also from Iowa were there too.

Last year I helped Sondra clean the mobile before they moved in and Darrold dubbed me Hazel (from the old TV show – Hazel was George Baxter’s maid). So now they all call me Hazel! I had best wear my name tag around all the time. We bought permanent ones this year, but of course they didn’t have any 09 dangles left, so we only got one for the 2010 season. After 5 years, you trade them in for a 5 year one, and so on.

Tuesday was laundry day. It seemed like it took all day too. I don’t like the new but old dryers. I discovered that the price is still the same however. (I reported previously that it was higher.)

We had planned an outing with the Iowans for Wednesday, but we canceled due to inclement weather. Curt was so bored that he organized all the plastic containers in the cabinets. They contain all the various cords, RV repair stuff, indoor tools, batteries, and lots of miscellaneous junk. Wow! He had to be really bored. I rearranged stuff too. I found that it would work okay to move the computer desk to face outward instead of diagonally, which allowed me to put the Christmas tree on a wooden box (brought in from outside) on next to the window also. I like it much better there. I can’t rearrange much other furniture!

I had line dancing so that got me out of the house for a couple hours. We have learned quite a few new dances and practiced some old ones. New people keep showing up every time and we are still waiting for some old regulars.
This morning I got a haircut by Olga. Olga’s shop is just down the road about a half mile or so from our park. I went to her last year on recommendation of a friend and she is every bit as good as my regular stylist in Omaha, but she charges much less. Olga probably in her mid thirties, a chunky, talkative, no-nonsense Hispanic lady with a hearty laugh. When you call or stop for an appointment, she always says she is getting so busy now that all of us are here. Yet I can usually get in with a day or two notice.

She remembered me from last year and said, “Winter Texans that have a lot of hair are good for business.” She means because my hair is thick, I come often to have it shaped and texturized. She also said “once I know someone, if I think something about their hair is ugly, I will tell them” (she doesn’t want to hurt anyone’s feelings, but once she gets to know them, she feels more freedom to be honest)! But she liked my cut and she cut it the same. She also liked my highlights and said she will will do them again for me when she thinks it is time. What a great place to go!

When I got home, I defrosted the freezer and rearranged to make room for more stuff. Fixing something and rearranging something is a daily chore.

Pictures are: Newly relocated Christmas tree, name tags, outside look at the Texas room, playing joker with: left to right: Sondra, Denny, Hazel, Darrold, Linda. (Curt took picture).