Joan
Joan and Maurice (Canadians) live next door to me winters in a motorhome with a big screened patio. No pets CURRENTLY. Daughter Andrea (Canada) with son-in-law Willie and granddaughter Victoria just visited last month. Joan runs the Western Horizons RV Resort. (Eddie thinks HE does, but anyone will tell you otherwise.) It's an unpaid, thankless task, but she has help: Pat, Suzanne, and Jill in the office and Maggy in the kitchen. And Joan's beloved spouse Maurice (pronounced Morris because he thinks Maurice sounds like a hairdresser) is the neighborhood computer and satellite Go-To man. He also plays Santa Claus.
Joan is long-suffering (if you know Eddie and Maurice...), patient, diplomatic, VERY dry sense of humor, hard-working, energetic, and extremely giving of her time. She likes wine.
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| Joan |
Jill
Jill and Kim are fulltime RVers, Texans, that live in the WHR park winters in their fifth wheel. ("Volunteers", formerly called workampers) They have two GORGEOUS spoiled Shelties, Sugar and Shadow. Jill is my other Mom. (Jan and I are her twin daughters but Jan's older...). Jill is loving, generous, affectionate, giving, and VERY funny! Plays poker like a pro. Also likes wine. She's a breast cancer survivor: her bravery, strength and refusal to submit humble me. She carries dog biscuits in her pockets in case she encounters one. I made Jill a fairly tacky necklace that says "Life is good" and she wears it every day.
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| Jill |
Sally
Sal and Al live one street below me in a trailer with a bright yellow bodega: stocked to the rafters, we call it The Store. Need a can of mushroom soup? Sal has it. These are the most Still-In-Love-After-Umpteen-Years-Of-Marriage people I've ever encountered. Sal is warm, vibrant, alive with curiosity and has a bizarre zest for adventure. And I've read this, but rarely see it: her eyes actually twinkle! Sal makes this drink called a Caesar: Vodka, Clamato, Hotness, etc. (Also called a Seizure...) They've been hit quite badly several times by the banditos that plague our neighborhood. Of all people! They probably would have GIVEN the banditos anything if they'd just asked. Incredibly, they are Glass-Half-Full people and remain cheerful and optimistic. And they wear matching outfits. Really! Sal has more energy and youth than all the rest of us put together.
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Here's a shot of all three of them, all in one place, drinking to my health at my birthday lunch at Jorge's.
As an afterthought, I'm adding photos of their spouses, taken from the Men's Calendar...
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| Maurice (Santa) |
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| Kim |
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| Al |
Might as well add the first four amigas' spouses' photos, huh?
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| Jose |
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| Jan's John |
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| Jim |
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| Bette's John |
Adding the first four amigas (Bette, Delfie, Jan, and Karen) to these three makes for a very full and fun life in my little neighborhood. And yes, our spouses' photos are definitely Photoshopped...
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