Fun Day with Friends

Thursday, October 20, 2016
This morning I worked on a Christmas tree made with small squares of Christmas fabric pinned to a foam cone.  Then just before 10:00 I headed to the pool on my bike for water aerobics - an activity I've been truly enjoying every day since I arrived here.  There are just a few of us who go giving us lots of space and time to chat as well.  Harriett and I got to talking about going out for lunch and we made a decision on the spot to go out today.  Lucy stopped by so we asked her to join us - a time to enjoy sharing memories of the days when we worked on the Hillcrest board together for three years.

So we were off as soon as we could clean up and get ready.  I drove us up to Dade City where we went to Lunch on Limoges a favorite spot where we went back in the days when we worked together.  The restaurant is in a shop filled with women's specialty clothing, unusual lamps, clocks and other home items, as well as some unusual books and toys.  The tables are covered with two cloths one turquoise and one purple with pink cloth napkins and real flowers in small vases.  The waitresses wear very nice white uniforms what have lace on them giving just a wonderful welcoming ambiance.  Shortly after we sat down I noticed one of our long time friends, Mary Christof looking at some of the merchandise.  I went over and spoke with her and then saw her husband John at their table.  It was great to see them.  They are already at the Florida State October gathering with their RV so I told them we'd be there tomorrow and spend more time with them then.

Lucy, Harriett and I really enjoyed a couple of hours just sharing memories and talking about what we've been doing over the last summer.  Jean, our vice chair when we worked together, has just found out she has metastized cancer and Harriett had visited her so we shared memories of her as well.  She is the person who created our beautiful glass barrier between the kitchen and living area in our motorhome.  We think of her often.

After lunch we we made a stop at the hospice resale shop that we passed on our return to Zephyrhills just to see if a pan was still there that Lucy and Emma Jean had seen when they were there a couple of days ago when they picked up a couple of other casseroles I could use with the casserole carriers I've made for the baskets that will be given out at the State Rally in February.  Unfortunately it wasn't there but Lucy spotted another blue juice glass that matched four others she had bought for our house so she got that.  They are beautiful and will be a nice addition to our dishes at the place.

I worked some more on the Christmas tree in the afternoon with the hope of finishing it so I could show it to Lucy and Emma Jean in the evening when we were going to be back together in the evening but I ran out of fabric.  I'll have to go and pick up a bit more so I can complete it as soon as possible.

This evening we enjoyed a wonderful dinner at Dale and Emma Jeans with Jan and Lucy joining us. What fun it was to spend time together around the table.  There were many stories to share.








Crafting a Christmas tree
Dinner at Cooks