Getting to know ...

Went to the Black & White Ball last night ... Our neighbors suggested we'd like it...12 piece orchestra playing Benny Goodman  type music...the Sun City Dance Club's annual big deal.  People were in tuxes and flashy dresses...current and retro!  I was very happy I at least thought to bring a long dress 😁  We had a good time...if you dance in the middle of the floor noone cares that you dont know the foxtrot...we stayed away for the Tango 😏 Met two new couples There were LOTS of dancers who knew what they were doing. We decided to go to the dance lessons on Tuesday afternoons...

Friday night we enjyed a 29 yr old musician/singer who could play keyboard, sing and play an antique trumpet...seemingly at the same time. He was excellent
Events end at 9:30 here
Enjoyed Chili and wings here today with two couples to encourage the Broncos into the Super Bowl. Everyone enjoyed that they squeeked it out!

Well, my first day, Tuesday, with the grandladies golf was less than sterling...the ladies were nice ( i did get scolded once for " not being ready to hit" ...when actually, I had driven ahead of her  to hit and apologized to HER).  I was cold, hit erratically and was grateful to be finished!!!!.  Then I didn't play great tennis Wednesday ( glad it was not my rating day !)   Today I played better golf with Tom and took a lesson with Cassidy..." Keep my wrists cocked as long as I can and TURN my hips to let my arms swing in front and around".  We are signed up for an event Saturday evening and will go to music in the plaza tomorrow...organizing golf for the next two weeks

One Week into it...e

To WHOMEVER i speak now, I begin with..." We are brand new here and I need a little help..." They always smile and...help: registering onto the info website, tickets to a show, pickleball club joining.  If one figures out the pertinent websites, one could be "busy" 24/7... The computerclub lady warned me about that!!!
Had a "cactus practice" group golf lesson this morning..Tom enjoyed a Rotary meeting...i asked around for help from all my new friends and we went to a show that I might have dismissed as " honky tonk"...and it was fabulous!  Called Honky tonk piano, it reminded me of Micky Poage in Vail: incredible talent, only 29 yrs old, knew his audience and played for it ( not tooo old)
Tomorrow we golf , have a social event in the evening...Sunday, the Bronco game

Not much to photograph from here...there is a lot of flat .. and monochromatic houses...Tom had to point out to me that there are 4 different shades of cream/tan/yellowish tan/???  If it rains next week we will dash out of town to see if we see a desert bloom!

Overwhelmed & Underequipped

...That was a bit how I described myself in motherhood... But this is even more confusing:  with countless websites and clubs to know about, " bookmarks" to organize and airfares to find to bring the "kids" down to visit... i feel like I am constantly re- grouping...AND we have been grocery shopping nearly every day...whew!  I am finally feeling better about the weathwr..i.e. Not checking the weather app every 30 seconds...but I wore leggings and a warm jacket for tennis today...thinking tomorrow Afternoon golf will be warmer. Did i ever mention that I don't even OWN sleeved golf or tennis shirts????
I emailed the golf " chief" (again) this evening with a quesrion I KNOW she has already answered...and she responded that she can't wait to meet me: i am hysterical... I think thats a good thing...she sounded like it was good. :  ). At least OK
Tennis this morning was fun, the first three women I played with were from...Colorado.  I played pretty well ( thank goodness) but all newcomers have to be rated by the pro...I like that since I think I am better than my rating...I might be humbled.
I feel like I am " out of my element". And that will be ok..what is rather bizarre, tho is that occasionally I feel like I am in a time "warp". Everyone here is our age.  This truly came home when we looked to buy lunch near the pro shop...the seller in the snack bar was not a college kid, but a gray haired person like me!  Unsettling

Who knew?  Apparently all the church going Catholics have moved to Arizona...Definitely a crowd of gray hair in a VERY large church
Spent the rest of the AM and early afternoon joining Sam's Club ( i didn't KNOW you could purchase a 4 pound box of cereal 🙄 ) and looking for some decorative  items for the house..hmmm,
Guided the Broncos to victory and another week of comparisons of quarterbacks and speculations about age and potential retirements...

We have golf  and tennis scheduled, many interesting " clubs" to join, lunch with a Denver friend tomorrow...I seriously miss family...
It IS getting warmer...very slowly...I will play tennis in the morning...temp in the low 40s?.😐

It has been SOOO cold in Phoenix.  The sky is blue, the golf was better than average ( for me) but I do not even OWN sleeved golf shirts and I am wearing fleece and jackets...it will be 42 degrees  when we play a couples event  in 9 hours...i will be wearing a turtleneck and a cashmere sweater.
( and a jacket and maybe more...)
We DID play golf today with a very nice guy from Omaha  ( yes) and he called after to invite us to meet for dinner with he and his wife...that's what its all about...fun evening with really good mexican food.   I'll play tennis on Monday...pretty busy around here, hardly time for naps...maybe we will rest tomorrow night 👍🏻 soon i will discover how to access CURRENT photos to include here...

14 hours... " On the road again..."

14 hours traveling...including 2 1/2'hours at the ONLY Apple store in New Mexico (Albuquerque) found us in Grants New Mexico , tired and pretty darn hungry.  The mexican restaurant we vetted out on yelp....apparently didn't make it , or it is closed on Tuesdays...so the tilapia at Denny' was good.
Having said that:  we were in awe of the incredible beauty  and the VAST open lands in the south of Colorado. Grants in the dark is a humble town...Tom said it is apparantly very pretty here...we'll see it in the morning

I cannot find the linkto add photos here... But i will get better

Traveling to Arizona Winter 2016