The Gals Take A Trip!

Ken won a steak dinner a few months back and never got it so we went to the Moose (10 or us) for Fillet Mignon Friday night.  They Call Me Pat is a great cook!  Every piece of meat was done to our order and melted in our mouths.  Maurene, Kathy, Deb, Rita and I are joining the women's part.  After dinner we played pool.  Kathy gave her good advice.  The rest went home and us 4 decided to play pool all the way home.

So we stopped at the Pine Nut (been wanting to go there).  We are basically cheap so so played six Legion/Moose games in only two games ($.75) and headed to the Legion.  They were just finishing up the Friday Fun Pool and we got the new table.  Then they started Karoke (groan!) but we persevered and ended up singing to Proud Mary as a Quartet at the top of our lungs. Have no idea if anyone else was singing.  :)  We were GOOD!!  :)

Saturday was drop #2 for BB - a new adventure every time.  The driver blew on by the turnoff so I did a horn honking-light flicking chase down Broadway.  Caught him at the Veteran's Home and we u turned it in Alco and headed back.  We had 8 new folks so next time should be good also.  I'm going to get a psycho-colored sign and write: BB DRIVER TURN RIGHT AT THE NEXT STREET!!!.  Street signage isn't big in TorC.
Sunday Kathy picked us up in the van and I drove us to Albuquerque!!  Wootwoot!! Deb, Kathy & I were on a TRIP! for three nights/4 days.  Kathy to gamble and us to just veg with a tiny bit of gambling on the way.  We stopped at Socorro and had brunch.  They have live music on Fri, Sat and Sun during the day.  He was good.  They also have art on the walls depicting NM.

We like this place they give you sopapillos FIRST!!  The rest of the food was good also (well maybe not the rice - too much red chile powder).

Yes, we wore one of our Sista' Necklaces.

Man oh man!  The Hard Rock parking lot was jammed full!  This is a sight we've never seen and had to park way over by the trucks.  They were having their Winter Wedding Expo and there was much bling, googaw and spiky shoes on all females when we went in.  Kathy went gambling, Deb & I Kumihimoed and Beaded until about 8 when Kathy came back and we went swimming/hot tubing  And the first day ended wonderfully after and shower and shampoo.

The next morning we breakfasted at the hotel where Deb had this delightful concoction - Me?  I had LOTS of Coffee with my creamer hoping to keep my only 5 hour of sleep headache at bay until I could find a Wally World and get about 9 Happy Sleeping Pills!

Last time we came Linda/Maurene got stuck in an elevator - Wow!  Look!  It's STILL broken!!!  Yuk! Yuk!  We DO love the other two sistas.

Kathy got her GPS practice and we headed to our destination.  First we found a bead store that knew a tiny bit about Kumihimo where Deb got a couple of tips.







The gal showed us flat Kumihimo.  Hmm! I'm thinking KaCe might like this so got him a little wheel. We headed on down the road and found the Bead Store Wyn told me about-Thunderbird Supply.

They had MANY Big bobins with silk cord on them.  Hmmmm!  Does Deb need these big  bobbins?  I got the clasps I needed here and we continued on to Route 66 for Five Buck Chuck and gambling.  Bummer!!  Five Buck Chuck is only on Thursdays and Fridays now.  So we had Eight Ninety-Five Chuck.  Pretty good.  Deb has us all drinking water with squirty flavor in it. I'm about off DP.  (Of course will use it for DIRE Emergencies!!) mmm (Don't Ask!)

We then wandered around and I found the Big Fishing Tournament Group Game in the back.  I quickly won a little and cashed out as did Deb and we watched Kathy mow'em down.



It was fun!  Here she is at the No Name Delete Everything From Your Phone If We Catch You Casino!



We went back to Hard Rock taking a different "learning turn" way.  Kathy went down to the Casino first with Deb and I going later.

Just as I got to the front and was about ready to put money in when I heard "Kathleen Madsen you have 5 minutes to come collect a money envelope".  She picked a good prize $300 cash.  It was double prize day!!






We then found the No Deal Game!! What a hooot!!!  We had such a good time!  I'd won some at the other place on a Frog Machine - what a Hoot also. So I stuffed it in here.  You have to pace yourself after the Big Deal and was down to almost pennies.  They both stuffed $20's in my hand but I only took Deb's and we continued playing.  I left there with more money than I'd had even after paying Deb back.  We went and split a fish sandwich (Deb/Me) and some fries and went to the room.
We decided that Wednesday we'd go play that again and settled in for the night.
Wednesday we played it for 3 hours - going up and down on the money pole.  Kathy always up; me kind of up and Deb almost always broke by the time the "Big Game" rolled around (10 minutes from the last one).  I left with enough money to go visit a new bead store :) and buy dinner at the Legion.  It was a stupendous time!!  No pressure to always do "group" things.  Thanks Kathy for sharing your free room with us!!

Cautiously Optimistic

January is winding down and the weather is slowly coming around.  Sitting outside and wearing shorts was real good today.  64* is just 48 short hours away.  Linda/Newell and Maurene/Bill are away for the month so it just us pigeons left on The Alley and Suballey #1 (where Kathy and Doug  & Rita live). We aren't letting grass grow under our feet while they are away.  We have a few trips planned: Mexico; Old Town Mesilla & Gambling/Shopping.
    Ken went to the doc and we all agreed (her and I) that maybe trying another type of Happy Pill might be a good idea.  This was NOT welcomed by Ken but he went along.  We left there with an elaborate way to wean off the old one and an aggressive way to jump start the new one!  His neck muscles were about the size of the choker cables he used to use and mobility was pretty much 0.  Well! 14 days later life if good!  His neck is looser and his mood is evening out.  So we are cautiously optimistic about the pain.  It's gone from a 8-9 to a 2-3.
Sixteen of us went to the Arrey Cafe for Steak Dinner the 11th.  We call and go early as it is a small place.  Bill and Maurene were leaving the 18th so we got it in early.  Haha!  Bill won two steak dinners so they decided to go early the 19th.  Two weeks at the Arrey!
State by state: Minesota, Wyoming, New Hampshire, Texas, new Hampshire & Colorado.


 

Colorado, Minesota, Texas, Missouri and Colorado.
Rita is a newbie to our group.  Hailing from CO she fits right in - and has GOOD Urology jokes to boot.

We went to the Moose to play pool.  They have two tables and chairs on wheels.  Here - Deb and Kathy give Maurene tips FROM THEIR CHAIRS!  For crying out loud!!

We've started keeping score for the new year.  The teams are MauKat and DePhil.  Kathy used to play pool league and is really a good player.  I am good when I don't think too much and many of my "What the hell!" shots work.  Kathy wandered over to look into the member only gambling room.  Yup! She's gonna join.  :)  And Maurene's gonna join and I'm going to join.  That way Ken won't have to go all the time for afternoon pool and to put the quarters into the table.

 One of our favorite places to eat is Carmen's Kitchen.  It seats about 24.  I love her tostadas and Ken likes her green chile smothered burrito with EVERYTHING on it.  Her green chile sauce is the one I now use.  Her baker/waitress gal is Kayla.

 Montana Sue and hubby Skip stopped in Deming on their way to Tucson and doc apts.  She wanted to know if we were going to Mexico soon and Wala! a Mexican trip was planned.  I need to replace the oilcloth covers for the bookcases and across the front but forgot the measurements so took picutres to contemplate them...........hmmmmmmmmmmmmm

 We took Rita with us.  She was like a kid in a candy store - all eyes and ahhh!
We started at the Pink Store and had lunch there.  After we ordered I looked up and here came the Pharmacist saying,  "O good!  Take your time eating and come to the store last.  I'm expecting your order any time."  I usually call and give our orders a week before we go to give her time to order.

  Skip, Kathy and Deb  SO proud Debbie is showing a fork and not another item.  Love'ya Sista!!!

 Rita, Sue and Skip

 We shoppedd til we dropped then asked to be taken back over the border in the limo.  A GREAT day!

Sunday we leave for GAMBLING/SHOPPING!! Hope to bring back some good pictures of.....well antics!

Oh yeah!! We take the seats in to get reupholstered this week!!  Woohoo!  Now if that doesn't resort to "the New Mexico way!"  and we get them back in 2015!  :)

2012ooooops 2013! Takes a while to change the 2 to a 3.

Well an interesting new year has started.  Right off the bat it was Wednesday when we get propane delivered direct to our door.  Well when Clay attempted to call there was no answer.  About 11 we went to town and we just happened to follow the Butte ProPANE truck to home base   Ken went inside where two ladies were talking and they just continued to ignore him.  Finally the driver came in and the long/short of it was they are no longer delivering to motorhomes effective Jan 1.  hmmmmm.  Two weeks ago when they delivered his lips were zipped REAL tight and nothing was mentioned.  So we are once again reminded we are in New Mexico and they do things different here.
So now we begin the new cycle with a half full tank.  WE are okay as we've had the auxiliary hose since the beginning.  But Clay and who knows how many others are up the creek...............  Ken was a little more than disgusted...................which brought me to another realization (later).  Clay got Chip to come plumb a valve in and he'll get a tank and we'll simply join the 5th wheelers that get propane on their own.  There are a LOT of motorhome in the area so not sure how Butte will handle if they ALL get their propane somewhere else.  Clay and us will no longer be supporting them.

 New Year's Eve we went to the Legion to play pool.  Cliff/Karen were here on their way to AZ and it was almost Lisa's last night so we enjoyed a great time.  Ken was finally turning a corner so I didn't mind leaving him/Wiley to their own devices.  We LOVE having two tables to play on.  We have relegated the guys to the old one and we take the new one.  That ISN'T going to last long. And the other thing that won't be happening is Kathy/Maurene (aka Maurkat) stomping Deb/Phyllis (aka Dephil) into the ground.  We are going to have Kathy teach us about banking ALL of us not just Maurene.  :):)
As you can see here 2013 must be the year of the
tongue.  :)  2012 was the year of the butt and 2011 was the year of the finger.  Can't WAIT to find out what '14 will be.  I'm actually kinda nervous about that.
We began the year right with our Thursday pool beginning from 0/0 in the pool stakes.  WOOTWOOT!  The official score is Maurkat 5 and Dephil 5.  We like it!!! (I will not say HOW they lost that many - wouldn't want to be THAT nasty.  heheheheh!)
Lisa and Kathy visiting by the new table.

 Deb, Lisa, Karen and Kathythepoolshark!

 And then there is Dave.  Bless his little heart.  Dave doesn't drink beer,  However once last year when life sent him a lemon he walked in straight to the table picked up the pitcher and drained it.  So when he walked in, looked at the tables to see no pitchers with beer in them he walked straight to the bar, ordered a mug and pretty much drained it.  Then he said he forgot his phone and got stuck.  He DID have his jeep with the winch but no shovel to dig a hole to bury the tire to attach to and pull himself out.  So he walked 8.1 miles to the Legion where he found a sucke,.,,,,,errr wonderful Mayno to take him back to get his jeep.  Poor Dave.  Last wee he got a peice of steel in his eye and took forever to find tghe RIGHT guy to finally buff the rust ring out and get him healed up.  Have I said lately they do things different here in New Mexico?

Maurene (the Maur of Maurkat) and Cliff seriously contemplate their next shot.  We are all praying for Maurene as she faces some medical procedure next week which might delay their foray over to AZ with Newell/Linda and Dave/Deb.  

I've come to the conclusion Ken needs to change happy pills.  He has doubled them a month ago but they sure aren't keeping him happy so go back Monday to find something newer.  Zoloft's been around awhile.

I am half way through changing my cassette books on tape to mp3 on my computer.  My boombox died so borrowed one from Wyn/Ki.  IT has decided the only function it will do is play and pause.  So that works for me.  I should be done early next week with this project and can send the books somewhere else.  I STILL have some VHS's to do but may take a few weeks off from that project.