We are back at Wilderness Lakes!

Last week was a very busy week!  On Tuesday Ted and I met Jeri and Stach at the Spice House for lunch and then after lunch, Jeri and I took off for Harrah's for two nights!   On the way there we stopped off at the Bernardo Winery (and no, not for wine) for some shopping at the Cotton Cottage.  It's a great little dress shop.  The owner knows her inventory and seems to have a good eye on what looks good on her customers!  She has a lot of bright things!  After shopping for a bit we headed on down the road.

I didn't do so well gambling but I did bring money home so that was a good thing!  On Wednesday we went to Bates Nut Farm for a ladies night.  They had a fashion show, a singer that had appeared on American Idol (that I didn't know) who sang a bit of country, a wine tasting and a nice dinner.  It was a nice break from the casino!

Thursday Jeri dropped me off at my nails and then Ted picked me up and later dropped me at Paula's house, she is one of the Girls Night Out ladies!  She was having a Tupperware party.  It had been forever since I had been to a Tupperware party but I did buy a couple of things and we had some good snacks and wine.  The lady made us a cake in Tupperware in 8 minutes in the microwave and it was really good...definitely easy!

Friday we went to Yuma to pick up our new tow car (dinghy)!  Because we are South Dakota residents if we take possession in California they want sales tax and registration fees including a new fee of $200 for a new vehicle...WHAT!  So the salesman drove to Yuma, one of his guys followed him and we had to drive our truck!  We got to Yuma, went to a notary, signed the form for taking possession in Arizona and got it notarized and then we had our car!  Jeri and Stach had offered to ride over with us so we had lunch at Cracker Barrel and then Jeri and I headed back to San Diego in the car and Ted and Stach in the truck.  By the time we made it back to the dealership, it was time for dinner so we ate again with them!  A long and tiring day considering we were doing nothing but riding (and lots of talking by us ladies)!  This is our 2013 Ford Focus with manual transmission for easy towing with four wheels on the ground!

Saturday was baseball playoffs.  Ted had gone on Tuesday night the first night of the playoffs and Trent's team won and again on Thursday.  On Saturday the game was very exciting and his team was playing the team that was in first place.  Trent was pitching and having a bit of a hard time but in four innings he kept them to two runs.  His team had scored four runs.  The other team caught up and went ahead in the fifth inning.  In the sixth inning the score was 8-7 (them).  Trent got up to bat, two men on base, had a real easy swing and OVER THE FENCE the ball went!  We were all jumping up and down!  It was now 8-10 (us)!  This was his second home run and his first with his North City team. Unfortunately in the bottom of the sixth they went ahead 11-10 and won the game.  Trent's team came in second in the playoffs!  Boy was it exciting!

Here is a picture of a picture of Trent in his North City uniform!

Saturday evening was Mallorie's (Jeri and Stach's granddaughter) play.  She is a senior at Horizon High School and her Dad, Tony directed the play.  The play was Bye Bye Birdie!  Tony updated the play a bit with some neon and cell phones!  The kids did a great job and Mallorie played the mother of Albert Peterson, Conrad Birdie's agent.  She was really funny and we were really proud of her!

This is Mallorie after the play (she normally doesn't have blue old lady hair):

On Sunday Ted and I were busy packing up "stuff"!  We rented storage so when we turn in our Fifth Wheel and pick up the motor home we won't have very much to switch over.  We have about 19 boxes in storage so far!  We took the boxes over to storage, got cleaned up and headed to Harbor Island.  Stach was having a birthday on Monday and he decided to have his birthday dinner on Sunday evening and he chose Tom Ham's Lighthouse.  We didn't know it but they had been closed and have remodeled it!  It looked nice but the changes in the menu were not favorable.  They are quite a bit more expensive!  We all found things to eat and our dinners were very good.  It was a beautiful afternoon and evening:

Looking back at beautiful downtown San Diego!

Susan and Ted...Jeri & Stach!

Aren't they cute!

The birthday boy loves his seafood!

We arrived back up at Wilderness yesterday.  It's a bit warmer up here and today was a little windy.  We took the truck in today for the last oil change and filters!

Birthday celebrations, home runs, a fun play and a great friends..."Ain't Life Grand!"