Monday, February 20, 2023

Sunday Mixed Doubles 2/19/2023

Sally and I organize the Sunday Mixed Doubles event every other Sunday, alternating with Bev who has done it for years. It is quite easy to get overloaded with activities and Bev appreciates getting help with it. Even events that are greatly enjoyed can get to be too much of a good thing. Trophy Gardens has a plethora of activities to choose from and some very talented people to teach nearly anything you can think of to do.

Sunday Mixed Doubles 2/19/2023
The top winners of the day were:
Barb Utech and Jeff Golly with 10 wins out of 10 games.
Bev McEnaney and Butch Brooker with 8 wins out of 10 games.
Teri Thibodeau and Paul Kelleher with 7 wins out of 10 games.
Barb Brooker and Darrel Millard with 6 wins out of 10 games.
We commend the 7 teams who assisted the winners in having the success they did.
Donna Hanke and Kinley Poulson
Diane Golly and Don Riley
Sally Kelleher and Elmer Hanke
Betsie Brown and Don Wulf
Claudette Hogenson and Marcel Tessier
Janet Brown and Jerry Thibodeau
Lola Wulf and Bob Nance
Playing in this social event is a great way to widen your circle of friends and meet new people. The new sign-up sheet is up on the east wall of the pool hall. So think about sharpening up those pool-playing skills and joining in the fun on Sunday afternoons.
See you in the pool hall!!
Barb Brooker
The "Other Stuff" will have to wait till later as I have cleaning and laundry on my agenda as well.😇

Activity Overload

 It boils down to decisions that I understand get more difficult with age. Butch and I were quick deciders all our lives with mostly good results. We can still make quick ones today, they just take longer. (It's a joke.)

The number of activities taking place in Trophy Gardens this month could boggle the soundest of minds. If you cannot find your niche, you aren't trying. Trivia is still taking place on Tuesday nights in the main hall. And we have a dedicated group that is hanging in there but we had two teams who decided to do something different last night and that is A-OK. My guess is they were resting. 


Tuesday, February 7, 2023

Iowa Potluck

Yesterday afternoon we attended the Iowa Potluck supper in Trophy Gardens Main hall. There was a guestimate of 70 people in attendance. The twins, Mary and Marge host it each season and they do an excellent job. These things do not happen by themselves and it gets a bit more of a challenge when we hit the 'birthday button' each year. An abundance of volunteers magically appears and that helps too. 

After the meal, we played trivia. We were divided into teams by the tables we were seated. There were 20 questions all about Iowa. Our table won an ice cream treat from DQ by answering 17 questions correctly.

I am sure they thought it might have been a bit slanted in our direction with me heading up trivia every week. But the truth be known, putting the questions together isn't that much help. Butch, Darrel, and Linda were much quicker and more correct with the answers. Also, there is a guy back in Iowa that helped a great deal and he wasn't even here. Denny Lautner is an expert on Iowa trivia and he came to the trivia sessions we had each Thursday in our pool hall. And every now and then he would give us a few Iowa questions so I guess you could say we practiced.

Monday, February 6, 2023

Is anyone still out there?

 I do apologize for forgetting all about this blog! If you are still checking in now and then, please let me know by sending a message to keep.movin.on@gmail.com with "still looking" in the subject line.

Here are the results of the Sunday February 5th  Mixed Doubles Pool Hall event


First place with 8 out of 11 wins was 

Arja T.  and Lonnie Hull


Second Place with 7 wins out of 11 are, in no particular order,

Barb Utech and Greg Dowhaniuk

Diane Golly and Don Wolf

Betsie Brown and Paul Kelleher

Barb Brooker and Ed Thompson


Third place with 6 wins out of 11, in no particular order, are

Janet Brown and Darrel Millard

Bev McEnaney and Marcel Tessier

Gini Thompson and Lorne Evans