Welcome to T-Mobile

When Ted could no longer get Messages, he attempted to contact Verizon and he could not reach them.  When they tried returning his failed calls they couldn’t understand each other, so we threw in the towel.  After dinner with Dave and Karen on Friday we went to T-Mobile which was right there in that strip mall.  We were able to keep our phones and phone numbers, they paid off the $400 balance remaining on the two phones, cut our monthly bill in half, gave us Netflix for life, and Paramount+ and Apple TV for one year.  What a deal.  It is working so far.  Now we need to see what kind of coverage we will have at home and while traveling.  Fingers crossed.  There is no contract so we can get out of it if we need to.  

Saturday we attended Mass and had dinner with Bill and Ornell.  We continued on our own to Mission West to see a live performance by Ron Mosier.  He put on a fantastic show.  Ted shot at Mission Skeet on Sunday while I played mahjong and we went to Pizzaria with Sue and Niles afterwards where I had great lasagna!

We had to return to T Mobile on Monday to tell them how we wanted our phone payoff credited.  The authorization had not come through yet so that was a waste of time.  I played mahjong Tuesday and won the first two games in record time.  Barb and I left early because Lark Drive was having a block party and I met up with Ted to attend.  There has been so much turnover that we as renters have been here longer than most everyone else.  We are in the second photo, on the left.  Ted is in a green shirt and I am on his right in pink.

Wednesday we met up with Paul and Ruth, Haulin’ Hitchhiker protégés, back to the early 2000s, when we both owned HitchHiker 5th wheels.  They now have a Newmar too so we all attended the Newmar owners monthly luncheon at the Golden Corral.  It was good to catch up with them.  They told us the old HitchHiker gang is having a rally in Shipshewana in October.  If we still have the motorhome we may just meet up with them all on our way back to Texas.  

Sue and I had a girls’ day out to Mexico on Thursday to get her dog his medicine and to pick up a few things I still needed.  We were unable to find Ted’s eye drops!  I think we have enough for the rest of the year but I will have to put them on Ted’s med list in the Medicare D questionnaire next year to be sure we get the best plan for him.  Good Rx lists it at $259 but I have no idea what it will be with our own insurance.  We stopped at a Tea Room in Hidalgo for lunch.  It was a cute place and the food was good.  We learned of three fun tours in the area to look at as day trips for the ladies.

Friday was back to mahjong and a bit of laundry.  Saturday was a big day.  The village garage sale was going on but we forgot all about it until we noticed the increased traffic.  Kathy’s children had cleared out the coach house across the street and probably some things from inside the motorhome.  I hope they got rid of some things.  They have been here 10 years so a lot has accumulated.  In another 4-6 weeks they will take Kathy back to Minnesota and get her settled in assisted living.  Smokin’ on the Rio BBQ cook off was held in Mercedes.  We have judged the food for several years but they changed the times and beans and chicken were up at 10 and 12.  That meant we couldn’t do ribs or brisket until 2 at the earliest.  With church at 4 it became a problem so we passed.  

It has been nice attending Mass with Bill and Ornell and then going to dinner.  We took them to Southern Fried and they loved it.  We are running out of our haunts!  They returned to the campground next door while we went to Fiesta Village to see a 50s singer.  He was a fun entertainer.  Lots of singing along, jeopardy type questions and funny answers from the audience.  

There was a Super Bowl party at the clubhouse but we chose to stay home in our recliners with our own pizza.  We have attended them in the past and most people are more interested in talking, drinking and eating than the game.  Once we sat in the front row of hard chairs and at half time we turned around and we were the only two people still there!

Great game and to our delighted surprise, Kansas City won.   

Chiefs WIN it!

Chiefs WIN it!

OMG The CHIEFS WIN IT!!!