Moving up, but not moving on?

Sometimes things just fall into place and you have to realize it was meant to be. A couple who stopped by on Sunday to check out our Community was with Holiday Retirement. Their title is Regional Support Team, or relief managers. They fill in when managers go on vacation or quit and their replacements can't be on-site right away.

MB and I have often thought that we’d like to do that. We sent an email to our Regional Director to consider us if there was an opening. He emailed back that he has an immediate opening and after a few questions back and forth, we said let’s go for it and after his boss approved, we’re now the Regional Support team for the West Coast “lease-up” Region. Lease-up just means the newer communities that are still in the start up phase like the one we are in now. So…

Starting mid-October we are on the go. While we don’t know our first assignment yet it could be in Seattle, Reno, Las Vegas, Northern or Southern California. We fly to our assignment and rent a car using our company credit cards. The assignment could be for 2-4 weeks at a time. By the way, we will still have Temecula as our home base and live here in the Community. We’ll keep the same address, except the new apartment number is 106. we’re not planning on changing our phone numbers or email addresses.

We’re really excited and can't wait to get started. We’ll keep you posted.

Moving Again

Here we go again. This time it’s our fault. We asked for a transfer to be closer to MB’s dad “Buddy” Joe. Last time we asked they said no, but this time it’s a go. The truck comes to pick up our furniture on Friday and we report for duty on Monday.

Where are we going you ask? Temecula, California. The name of the community is The Chateau at Harveston. It’s in a large development with a 2-3 acre lake in the middle of the complex with boats and a clubhouse [we think].

Our community is only about a year and a half old and is gorgeous. See for yourself…

Our apartment is just to the left of the covered parking area. Isn’t it cute? We’ll get a couple of bikes and enjoy rides around Harveston. Our days off will be Wednesday and Thursday, but for those of you nearby, come join us any day for dinner [12:30 pm]. We’d love to see you!!

BTW, our new address is…

40024 Harveston Drive # 99, Temecula, CA 92591

Here's a link to see more… http://www.holidaytouch.com/Our-Communities/the-chateau-at-harveston.aspx

Visiting Rose and Dennis

We needed a Rose and Dennis fix, so when we discovered that we could have a 3 day weekend last week, we took advantage of it and headed off to Phoenix. It was a lovely day for a drive with the top down. When we got there pizza and wine with lots and lots of laughing. We really miss them.

It was great to get back to Phoenix and of course wining and dining with Dennis and Rose. We had a great time eating and laughing. Amongst other restaurants we found a new place in Queen Creek called the Deli. It’s a great little wine bistro with a scratch kitchen. All of their food made on site. Great coleslaw, pickles and some of the best pastrami that we’ve ever had. Just to prove that we were there, here's a couple of pics…

Rio Norte invades Ruidoso

As part of our ongoing activities with our residents we chartered a bus to go to the Inn of the Mountain Gods in Ruidoso, New Mexico. Oh, and by the way they have a casino. We do this about every six months. Last trip MB and Sheri were the chaperones, this was Doug and my turn.

Waiting for the bus to arrive…

I forgot to mention that I got kicked out of the casino. As it turns out you're not supposed to have a backpack in the casino, so I was invited out. It didn’t dampen my day as I was planning on spending most of my time in the hotel. If you recall from earlier posts, they have a great view in the lobby. My back pack had a book and some cigars. The bar had one of my favorite beers, so my disappointment was very short lived. Doug and I spent the day talking and enjoying the view. I didn’t even crack the book.

Guess who was waiting when we got home…

I assumed she was happy to see me and then I realized that we stopped at a pistachio farm and she was hoping that I got some pistachios. She was right.

Happy St. Paddy’s Day

With our penchant for parties, no holiday goes by without a special celebration. All was green for the Irish tradition. And while we can't serve green beer or any beer for that matter, we did have a green drink… lemonade.

Bob got in the spirit…

MB was no slacker…

And the winner of the best St Patrick’s Day garb…

The sea of green in the atrium for the entertainment…

Newlywed Game

Not so newlywed game would be a better name as the ‘newlyest’ couple was married in 1967 [for you math challenged that’s 43 years]. We had a lot of fun as Bob ‘Eubanks’ Hunt was the host and the questions designed by MB and our Enrichment Coordinator were fun. My favorite… in bed, if my husband was a basketball team he’d be the [a] Heat, [b] Trailblazers or [c] Rockets.

The winners [top left] are the King and Queen of our Valentine’s Day party.

Grand Entrance Event

Our company is having quarterly promotions. This quarter is a move in incentive and to support that concept MB came up with a series of games. Of course we had entertainment too. This was a dance group and in between their numbers, we had the games.

Remember the first suitcases with wheels? You know the ones before they discovered inline skate wheels, the suitcases that wobbled and fell over a lot. We found one at a goodwill store so one game was to see how far you could roll it. We stuffed it with awkward stuff so it would tip over easily. Here's what it looked like.

Another was to pack, so MB put a bunch of stuff in a box and you had to trash it or put it in the kitchen box or bedroom box. You only had 30 seconds, so you had to work fast.

The next day we had a great dinner followed by banana splits. Here's Bob scooping it up.

Bob thought they came for his banana splits, but everyone really came for the chance to win a $100 bill.