Need to Put My Nose to the Grindstone

Our time here has just flown by. There are three things I still need to do, one being the dentist.  But we are invited out this week again. Don and Trudy are coming next week and we will spend time with them. They had dr appts and could not come down for the winter. Simon and Garfunkel is Tuesday and a tour of the Gelman stained glass windows museum is coming up.  These are located at the Basilica of Our Lady of San Juan of the Valley in San Juan TX. The Basilica itself is worth a visit. We have attended Mass there.  A small museum is attached to the church and life size metal sculptures of the Stations of the Cross are spread throughout the gardens. I am looking forward to this trip. 

We were able to see our favorite comedy duo Spittin’ Image on Saturday night.  We tried to see them in Ohio last summer but couldn’t get the dates to work out!  Great musicians and singers as well as comedians.

Monday we went to the dentist and after cleaning and photos he suggested I get two very old (silver) fillings replaced in two upper molars. One filling looked like a bow, it had separated into several pieces. The other one was not as bad.  He was concerned about a back molar on the bottom but after a panorama X-ray he determined it was a wisdom tooth, was no worse than the other two but was doing absolutely nothing because it didn’t hit my upper teeth.  He said if it gives me trouble to have it pulled.  It would serve no purpose to try to save it with a root canal and crown.  I didn’t see that coming but I made an appt for next Tuesday to get the two upper fillings replaced.  Ted was fine.

Tuesday was Mardi Gras so when we left the clubhouse after playing mahjong, the golf carts were lining up for the parade and the Jambalaya was cooking in the kitchen.  

We were leaving at 6:15 to see The Simon & Garfunkel Story so we left the bead throwing and partying to the others.

 

The McAllen Performing Arts Center is gorgeous and the show was fantastic.  We were not in “peanut heaven” but Floor, Row 33, Center. Very good view of the two actors who looked very much like Art and Paul, but more importantly, sounded like them.  They started the story in their school day friendship telling their personal story and singing the songs about what was going on in their own lives and the world at large.  Certainly makes the words more meaningful when put in that context.