Year 8 Week 6 in the USA Howdy Partner!
12 February 2015 | Tucson, Arizona USA
Mary Margaret /Sunny
Time is flying by and I am continually amazed by how quickly it is passing. We still have lots on our "to do" list and it is slowly disappearing. However, it also continues to grow - go figure!!
Before we started sailing, we took dance lessons, as part of our connecting with each other after our children went off to school. We fell in love with dancing and I felt like I "created" a dancing monster because at one point we were dancing EVERY night during the week! Dave loved it so much. Anyway, we became fairly good so that we would dance in public at weddings, parties etc. But, when we started sailing there were few and far between opportunities to dance. And like anything in life if you do not use it you definitely will lose it! So when our daughter married we took a refresher class in dancing and enjoyed it immensely. So now, our son, David Paul, is soon to be married and it has been even longer since we have danced - yes indeed! We are taking dance lessons again! We have had two of them and do so enjoy it. We are so rusty but it is fun to dust off our dancing shoes and to take to the dance floor again. We CERTAINLY are NOT Fred and Ginger but we do laugh a lot and see the humor in life and our dancing. All of you if you have the time and can afford it take some dance lessons. It is great exercise and just lifts your spirits after you get on the dance floor. Or as Dave says "If I had known how much women loved men who dance I would have taken lessons a long time ago!!" For those of you wondering I took golf lessons to reconnect with Dave. I enjoyed them but have a hard time connecting with the ball! I have a pretty good short game so when I am on the course with Dave, I tee off, pick up my ball and let him get to the green and then I throw my ball close to the green and putt out! It saves a LOT of frustration on everyone's part since I have NEVER hit the ball farther than 75 feet and that was a good hit!!! However, I do get my money's worth since I get the course score after the first hole!!!!
Our weekend outing with the grandchildren and kids was to Old Tucson. This is a lovely historic old town were many movies have been made and are still being filmed. It is a tourist destination and very family oriented. There were shows and demonstrations about the old West. They also have a fair amount of children's activities to do. Isaac enjoyed a horseback riding ride and they have a restored carousel that we all enjoyed! They have a train ride around the entire park that we could all experience as well. We had lunch at Old Town and we enjoyed our break! Between all the walking and the sun - the weather has been and is amazing - we all were tired! We saw a few more shows, the saloon girls and a shootout and then went home!
We see the children and family about four to five times a week. We have a lovely and fun time with them but there is no need to go into detail so until we speak again... we wish you all well.