Sunday, January 5th., 2025…… Today was kind of busy for us. We
started out with walking and feeding the dogs and getting breakfast. Later, we
headed off to Sweet Home to our sister club’s new beginner’s class. We chose to
go there today instead of the beginner’s dance that was going on in Salem. They
have plenty of support up there (we heard later that they had 5 squares!). We had some time after this class to go home
and fix and eat dinner before leaving again for our beginner’s class. As of
tonight, they have had all of the Mainstream calls and are officially done.
Tonight they practiced and did some variations just for practice. Their
graduation is coming up in a few weeks. Then Shaun will move into Plus. Cathye
is thinking about taking this class but we will be gone for several weeks while
on our cruise. Shaun will give me a list of the calls she will miss and I will
work with her on them. We’ll see if she
follows through and goes. After class,
we decided to skip the afterparty and go home and rest for the evening.
Monday, January 6th., 2025…… We slept in this morning but were
up and going after that. We did our dog walk and then went to the gym and then
to Kevin’s for breakfast. We have sun today!
So, we went to work this morning, moving all of the Christmas boxes into
the garage. I did have to put a charger on Cat’s lawn tractor for the battery
and let that run. After a nice break, I went out and moved the mowers and got everything
put back up on the shelves. I took pics beforehand so it was super easy and
everything fit! We were done for the
day!
Tuesday, January 7th., 2024…… Cathye and Robin and Lona are
driving up to Vancouver (WA) to visit with a long time local girlfriend who has
moved there. I think it’s her birthday and they are planning on going to The
Cracker Barrel there for lunch. Robin came by at 9:00am to pick her up. I don’t
expect them back until later this afternoon. I vacuumed the house and then
worked on last week’s blog and got that posted. I also worked on my ‘book’ for
the year. In that book, I always tape in schedules for races for Nascar, IndyCar,
F1, and motocross, as well as Mecum and Barrett-Jackson auctions. The dates and
times are there so I can record them throughout the season. Motocross starts
this weekend! I also use that book for America’s Got Talent, Tough as Nails,
The Summit, and The Masked Singer. I have separate books each for: Survivor, The Amazing Race and Dancing With
the Stars. Yeah, I’m a tv nerd! I left
and went to Charlotte’s Late Bloomer Workshop and helped out there. After that,
I came back home and fixed dinner and relaxed from the day. Cathye got home around 5:00pm and ate a bit
and we settled in to tv and spa and then bed.
Wednesday, January 8th., 2025…… HAPPY BIRTHDAY SIS! We had no plans today other than dinner with family. We’re going to take
Penny and Butch and Cherrelyn to dinner at The Point this afternoon. We did
spend some time watching the SoCal fires on tv. It’s hard to believe that so
many homes were swept up in the 5 fires in the area. All of our friends and
family down there are safe and away from those areas affected. We went off to Walmart to get Penny a gift
card, then to Walgreen’s to pick up a Prescription. Then we headed over to
Grace’s house to drop off the New Year’s decorations so she could get them back
into the Club’s trailer. Later, Butch and Penny came by and we visited for a
bit before headed off together to Sweet Home. We met Cherrelyn there and all
had a nice meal.
We got back and those guys left. We settled in and watched tv for the rest of the evening.
Thursday, January 9th., 2025…… A nice day for us! Sunny and warmer than normal. The coast saw temps in the mid-60s. We got up to 57°. But as the sun went down, it got considerably colder. Temps are supposed to get down to the low 30s tonight. Rain tomorrow. We went to the gym and then to Kristi’s. We stopped at Walmart on the way back. I had called Illya, Cherrelyn's tattoo guy, who has moved to Eugene from Venice Beach in SoCal. I am looking at getting an eagle on my right forearm...
and our guy that did my last one has moved to Portland. We drove down and met with him. We made an appointment for both of us next week. Cathye is getting a butterfly on her shoulder...
Tonight was the Notre Dame/Penn St. semi-final football game so I watched that. Then we watched some taped shows, hit the spa, and then went to bed.
Friday, January 10th., 2025…… I don’t think we left the house at all today. When we got up this morning it was raining pretty hard, so we skipped walking the dogs. It was not freezing rain, so we liked that! Temps today in the 40s. We just hung around and relaxed for the day. Later, Cathye made The Pioneer Woman’s cheeseburger pie recipe that I had seen on Facebook. I was her sous chef. It turned out nice! And it was pretty tasty. Not fancy or hard to make.
I watched the second playoff game which was Texas/Ohio St. It
will be Notre Dame vs. Ohio St. in the championship game. The rest of the night
we watched our shared programs and tried to get caught up. Spa, then bed.
Saturday, January 11th., 2025…… We slept in this morning and then
got up and showered and walked the dogs. They missed out yesterday so there
were many smells today! Later, after breakfast, I worked on the blog and then
watched the NFL wild card games, Chargers/Texans, and then later,
Steelers/Ravens. Later, we ate dinner and then got dressed and headed off to
Corvallis for a dance. It is the last of the local dances supporting the new
classes. Our class has had all of the calls so they are ready. If they went to
6 of the 8 new-dancer dances, they would earn a “new dancer ambassador’ swinger
for their Club badge. The dance was fun but there weren’t too many of our Club
members there for support. There was another dance in Sweet Home that was
competing and I guess most of them chose that one. We had fun and helped out a
few of our class members. Cathye is doing better with her stamina. She is
dancing a full tip again, so maybe she is kicking this thing, whatever it is! When
we got home, we let the girls out then watched tv for a while then headed off
to bed.
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