Once in awhile-now and again-this is us

we met at ted’s around 11. first we had to make a stop at a thrift store to get Christmas hats and sweaters. I forgot our stuff at home.  jerry’s sweater was a little small but the only one they had. I got a chico brand blouse that still had the price tag on it. $98, and I paid $3, and I really like it.

ted had all his old photos out and gave me a lot of them. some the cousins might like to see. also, he gave me some of the prints he’s made over the years. it was a lot of fun as we tried another variety of german beer. ted likes to drink his beer from a champagne glass. i might try that. speaking of beer, i know you don’t drink any more frank, but you’ll  have to take a Benadryl and join us for a beer made in bourbon barrels. you too linda.

we went downtown so ted could take our Christmas card photo this year with a reno feel to it. i’ll save that one until Christmas.

we headed for the casino next. it’s grown since we all were in reno and had lunch there. remember cousins?  it was more of a coffee shop then.

we tried betting on a few horses in the sports book. del mar was running it’s last 2 races. ted made all our 2 dollar bets for us.

it was a  lot of fun. we got close but no one won any money.

that’s jerry’s horse in the lead but another one came from behind and won.

then we went to the Friday night seafood buffet.  this is our third trip in two months that we have been tempted with so many choices of food. the salmon was really good, but I liked the cheese enchiladas that I had the other night the best. I had a spinach salad that was delicious too.

jerry pigged out on all the things that came in shells.

we went back to ted’s and jerry and ted had some cognac as we visited. I had a glass of wine we brought from our gift basket at the ranch. we were going to have a fire, but never got around to lighting it.

we had checked out of the campground and spent another night in ted’s driveway. good-bye keystone rv park.

tomorrow the sad part comes.  we have to leave.

stay tuned.

ps. I saw in walmarts ad last week that next Wednesday, veterans day, we should all put one green light on our porches or somewhere in our home visible to the outside, to honor our vets.  you can go to ‘greenlightavet.com’ to find out more. also don’t forget to put your flag out.  thanks, jill