Fun Day with Tom

Tax preparation is underway at HR Block, but today was a fun day for Tom and me.

First we went to the movies and saw Room. Then we went shopping and I got some new coats and other things. Then we ate at the Hibachi Grill.

It was fun to drive fairly unrestricted roads after the big Blizzard of 2016!

Winter has arrived

Did I mention it snowed the other day? What a surprise. Now the wind is howling and the last temperature reading I saw (via my smart phone) was 17 degrees. Oy!

So tax season is on! Today is the day the IRS is open for business, even though we've been preparing tax returns since the 4th.

The one Sugarfootin' Sunday this month was a lot of fun....standing room only by the time I got there after work....or should I say dancing room only?

There was a reunion meeting in Piscataway last week. Things are moving along and it was good to see everyone. I got a little off track on the way home and it took me longer than it should have, but it was good to see parts of the state I'd never seen before! :-) (thank you GPS, you troublemaker!)

I have been very busy with two or three things every day. Biggies were lobbying in Trenton, senior meeting, senior book club, dancing, lunch with Gee Gee, DEAR lunch, the reunion meeting, work at HRB, BCREA exec meeting, SHIP counseling, Lynn and Wayne's Open House, quick drive to Virginia to see the Goffs, brunch with the Commans.

Now they are talking possible snowstorm Friday night/Saturday. Hmm....I liked the freakishly unseasonably warm weather we had for so long much better......

Tom and Jill at Covered Dish

Jerry Eric Erna

Reunion meeting

Former student at Dooney's

Margie Toni Me in Trenton

Meeting Amelia

Quick visit in VA

Brunch at Prospectors

Tom the photographer

Ro Tom at the Brewin's Open House

Lynn in the kitchen

Rosina Roberta at DEAR lunch at Dooney's

A new year and a visit with the Goffs

It's actually been the new year for over a week now.

Meanwhile, how fun it was today to see so many Goffs and visit with them in Arlington at Sandra and Bill's home.

The Wascuras are heading for Cameroon for three years (!) and we were so happy to meet Amelia for the first time before they left.

Happy holidays!

We were away in Florida for about two weeks and had fun. Tom was the sole driver both ways and all went well ....except for a mailbox/taillight incident having nothing to do with traffic...but that's a tale for another day.

We got to visit with Diana and Linda and Joanne, which was great. We were sad to miss Wilma, but got to talk anyway.

It continues to amaze me at the number of acquaintances we have that visited Disney World in and around the time period we were in the area.

Since we've been home we have danced and seen the new Star Wars and gone out to a lot of lunches and dinners (well, I have anyway!). Tom got himself an I-pod at last and he is very happy. More health things are ongoing, but we are dealing with them.

Hooray for newly thinner Margie (hi!) and all her cruise and vacation tripping.

Thanksgiving it is!

12;35 a.m Tom and I are heading to bed early tonight. In the  morning we'll be heading out to the surgery center for his cyst removal (outpatient surgery).

We had a great Thanksgiving dinner tonight. We'll enjoy it again for the next few days. Why so early? There's a good reason. Really.

I see I mostly missed most of November in terms of keeping up with the blog. Let's see.....dancing, of course. Two concerts....Keith Anderson and Love and Theft. Read five books.Saw four movies. Enjoyed Bruce's Concert band at the library auditorium.Loved and sang along with the Moorestown Theater Company's production of The Pajama Game, had big fun at Game Day at the library. I played Collaborative Scrabble with some new friends I met there. I did some craft-y card and notebook cover making with the Eastampton Seniors, enjoyed meeting the author at our last book club gathering, and am happily increasing my contacts with old schoolmates on a daily basis. So fun!

I had lunch with Gemma and two lunches with Gee Gee Otto this month. Whoo hoo! I also had lunch with my Delran retired friends. (I eat lunch out a lot these days. Hmmm.....)

I can't believe next week is December already. O M G.   :-)

November!

So I'm thinking I haven't written for awhile....the usual. But that means we're too busy having fun, right?

I put all the photos from Sue and Patrick's visit on my gratis via comcast website:  http://rosallee.weebly.com/relatives-and-friends

It was great to see them.

Other things have probably happened but I can't think of them right now....but most recently we were in Atlantic City for the NJREA and then NJEA Convention and had fun.

We are looking forward to the concert at Prospector's tonight- Keith Anderson- and we have extended our upcoming Florida trip plans and will more than likely be driving because of the logistics.

Good news! I passed the test for my next certification level with H& R Block. Now my title will be Senior Tax Consultant (formerly Senior Tax Advisor 5).

This Friday is the big event for helping Medicare beneficiaries review/sign up for plans during the Annual Open Enrollment period (which will be ending Dec. 7th)

Sugarfootin'

I'm heading for Prospectors soon. I hope I remember how to dance....it's been so long.

Poor Tom hobbled home from golf Wednesday with a pulled or strained calf muscle that has him laid up for awhile. No bowling for at least a month. Golf...? Don't think so. Dancing...not now. Driving...meet the new chauffeur! Seriously, it's nice to be able to do things for him for a change.

Also in thoughts and prayers for healing are Ted (of Ann) and Michelle (of Melissa and Prospectors).

I've been doing some classes and meetings and lunches and Township events.

At the BCREA Fall Meeting/Lunch

Book Group

At Fall Focus

Sue and Patrick were on the East Coast and popped in for an unexpected but very welcome visit!
We went to Grounds for Sculpture and took pictures.


Hard to believe a week from today it will be November!