The first car offer.

We arose and Evelyn went to exercise while I walked the park for a short while. I had to get back and get ready for the man who wants to look at the Jeep. He and his wife arrived right on time and took it for a test drive. We talked for a while (they were from Oklahoma) and then they left. Evelyn had worked on making an etouffee like soup while I talked with them and we ate a bit early so she could get up to the party site to help the hostesses. Evelyn got dressed, and I drove her to the hall to pick up the box containing the gifts for the mothers in the colonia in Mexico. It was too large and full to carry to the Outback. We also had to take an urn of coffee for the Ladies Leisure meeting. It featured two young girls from UTPA who told of some of the traditions Hispanic families observe at Christmas. One of the major traditions is making tamales, and they showed how that was done and even brought some to share. Meanwhile I went to pick up my bicycle that needed two tires (I thought it needed one on the back) for $33. I then took the gift for the Angel Tree to the church. I stopped at Best Tire on the outside chance that Jaime might have a tire but he didn’t. I came back home and washed the dishes and some plastic Christmas cups that Bonny gave us for the party. I washed far more than I thought we would need. She came home much later than I had anticipated and was tired so we took a short nap. We then walked to our friend’s house to ask them to come for eggnog and cards this evening, but he is in charge of a game called “pitch” at the hall and couldn’t come. We came back and she made sausage and Sauer kraut for dinner. We decided to invite the couple across the street for cards. I had hoped they would leave before 8 so I could watch CSI, but they didn’t. We had a good time and they did leave around 8:45. I watched Without a Trace instead. I haven’t seen one episode of CSI this season but will probably see the ones I missed on TNT sometime anyway. I need to call the prospective buyers. He called and made an offer of $5900 but that seems low to me. I had gone to the Mid Valley Town Crier earlier and placed an ad for $6750. I will try to talk him into waiting until the ads run out. I also worked on trying to find the source of a fetid odor coming from under the unit. I can’t see a thing under the mobile, even with my high powered flashlight. I don’t think we can do anything except try to cover the smell. I will have to call someone for advice.