Happy Thanksgiving

We have been in Mission for over a month now and getting back into the swing of things. Computer Club here at the park is meeting every Monday morning and they have asked me to teach the beginners class. I was a little worried about this as I am no pro at computers but said OK anyway. Thanks to some DVD's I bought from Geeks On Tour, I have used them in class and they seem to have saved the day. Now mind you, I do some of the class on my own as well, but the videos have helped a lot. The first weeks lesson was on using the mouse, and basics such as WordPad, the desktop, etc. The second week was learning about getting on the Internet and a little about how to navigate around. This past week, we went into email. We have everyone open a Gmail account from Google and that way everyone is following along on the same screen. Most of them bring their laptops and we have tables set up and it looks and feels like a real classroom. The club also has and advance class which follows the beginners and I feel if I learn just one thing each week, I have learned.

I have also started back with line dancing. They are meeting about 4 days a week, so far I have not made all 4 days in one week. Just seems I have something else going on. They also have a beginners and an advance class. I was going to the beginners (and I still do quite a bit), but I really get a little bored, as every time a new person shows up, it is like stating all over again. With my dancing background, I think I catch on pretty well, so I have decided to attend more of the advance classes. I may go to some beginners classes also.

The park will be having their big Thanksgiving dinner at the hall on Thursday. We have signed up to bring a desert so I will be making pumpkin pie. They have different colored pages to sign up on and that is the group you will sit with during dinner. We are with the orange group. Each color group has serving tables with their food so the lines aren't too long. We have been in some parks, that if you are one of the last tables to be called to get your food, everything is picked over and some of it is gone and by the time you sit down to eat, the people who were first are getting up and heading home. Real get together time there, don't you think?

The park had it's first craft sale and I had my table, but November is not a good month. First of all there are a lot of people who do not come down till after Thanksgiving. Also, people have spent money traveling here, have expenses when they get here, food to buy, etc. so they are not spending there money at craft sales. I made a whopping $13.50 and then had to pay out $3 for the table. Wasn't hardly enough to buy lunch, so went home to eat. I am hoping Dec. will be better. I am making some poinsettia pot holders for the Christmas sale. Hope they are different enough that they will sale.

We have been spending time visiting other parks where you can own your own land and looking at other units. One of the things on our wish list was to have a space to park the RV on the same lot and most of the parks you can't do that. We even went and looked into new mobile homes. Saw some really nice ones, but with the price and then having to buy a lot, and the set up fees and putting on a Texas room, it would be way over our budget. We kept going back to one unit we spotted and even made two showings of it. The owners live in Canada and were not down here yet, Roger talked to them on phone, but we decided to wait till they got here. We went to see them on Sunday and after talking to them for a long time, we decided to buy it. We have put money down on it and will work out all the details later. They want to stay down here till March so we will not be moving till then. It does have a pad for RV with sewer, water and we will put in the elec. hook up for RV. It is 2 bedroom, 2 bath, living, kitchen, laundry and yes, a Texas room. It also has a large covered deck and one small shed and one large shed that is set up as a work shop with over head storage. It is at Valley View park and our friends live right behind this place so it will be handy. We are excited about it, but it will be a long wait till March.

May you all have a very Happy Thanksgiving and enjoy your family and friends.