Today was a full day. We started by joining our friends at Mi Challitas for breakfast. There were only eight of us today, because Hardy and Judy are still out of town. We had fun planning for Jean’s End of the World party.
After breakfast we went with Jean to Sam’s Club. Jean had a coupon that had been printed in the newspaper for a one-day pass. When we arrived, we first had to stand in line for nearly half an hour for Jean to register and get a pass number. Altogether we didn’t have a very positive experience. Jean wasn’t able to find the things she had hoped to buy. The store was crowded and just didn’t seem to have the same variety and quality of offerings we find at Costco in the Dallas area. Then when we checked out, we were charged a 10% non-member “upcharge.” We all agreed we wouldn’t be back.
When we got home, Ken set up the chairs and tables and solar lights outside. He deployed the rear window awning and set up our LED path light “bushes.” Meanwhile I got out our Christmas decorations and figured out how to set them up in our new home. They came out looking rather festive.
This evening we attended our second McAllen Community Concert. It was a piano performance, and rather an unusual one. The pianist, Yana Reznik, is an entertainer as much as a musician. She is definitely a talented pianist and plays with passion and grace. She’s on a mission to spread the love of classical music around the world. She told several stories of the lives of composers and how they influenced their music—mainly tragic stories—but she managed to keep the mood light and injected plenty of humor.
We are fighting mosquitoes. We’re hoping that they will go away soon, since we recall having this problem another year. We were told that it’s rather unusual for the mosquitoes to be a problem still in December. They are certainly out in full force this year, and that’s especially worrisome since they could be carrying West Nile virus.
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