An entertaining March

This month has been a bit of a whirlwind. You hear folks talk about how they stay busier in retirement than when they were working, and think yeah, right. But I'm beginning to see the truth of it. And I figure that's because you get involved with more social activities when you don't have to pull a 40 hour work week. Plus lots of us are smack in the middle of what they call the sandwich generation. Our last chick to leave the nest is about to wrap up her law degree, and we're wrangling the husband's parents who are knocking on the door of 90. 

The lake house continues to be a delight. The husband has been referring to it as San Diego weather here lately, so we're enjoying lots of time on the back porch. We got the lake pump and sprinkler system turned on again, so the yard is greening up nicely. The azaleas are in full bloom, and just gorgeous. A neighbor on our street has one of the  tallest azalea plantings I've ever seen. And the azaleas bushes in the neighbor's yard two doors down blaze like they're on fire when the evening sun hits them.

The husband's aunt was in town visiting his parents for the past week. We took them out on the pontoon boat twice and they seemed to enjoy checking out scenery from the water. It's not the most flattering pic of me below, mid-laugh, but there ya go. The husband and I were even motivated to do a bit of kayaking a couple days ago. We wrestled our big tandem kayak out of its rack and launched it from the PWC lift, which was super convenient. It was a beautiful late afternoon paddle, even though I cackled at our antics since I imagine we must have resembled Laurel & Hardy with our novice kayaking skills.

With our warmer temps and sunny skies, we've definitely noticed an uptick of boat traffic from our back porch. Recent sightings include my favorite, one of our local sailboaters out on the water. Plus jet skis as well as ski and wake boats. We've even seen folks pulling kids on tubes, and a few wake surfers in action.

Last Saturday, I volunteered to be one of the host homes for our women's club annual uncorked wine tour in the neighborhood. I spent Friday baking five pans of chocolate Neiman Marcus bars and making 130 little plastic shot glasses of whipped Boursin cheese topped with fig preserves and hot honey. These were my sweet and savory nibbles to compliment the sauvignon blanc and tempranillo we served to the six groups that rotated through my house. The prep of cleaning and prepping was a bit nerve wracking, but it was for a great cause because this is our spring fundraiser for the women's club. And I honestly had fun visiting with all of my new friends and neighbors here in the Bay.

This upcoming weekend, we will be attending the bandana bash Saturday night and Palm Sunday buffet the following day. Like I said in my last post, our community is always coming up with fun ways to socialize and celebrate life. I'm so glad the Lord led us here, because it has truly been a blessing to be welcomed with open arms and have this immediate sense of belonging with so many kind people.