MONDAY MORNING COFFEE Please join us for Monday Morning Coffee every Monday in the Clubhouse. We will begin serving Coffee and Donuts at 8:00 am and announcements will begin promptly at 8:30 am. Please wear your name or ID badge to receive your free coffee and donut. We also suggest for everyone to bring their…
Activities
Activity News
Announcement: Hurricane Shelter in Tanglewood
by Pam Batey •
Registration for Hurricane ShelterIt’s Hurricane Season, again. This year the Registration forms are much easier to complete. One is for Household Residents and the other for Pet Registration. Please fill them out even if you don’t plan to use the Clubhouse as your Shelter. It will aid the HTA work crew’s when they set up…
Activity News
Karaoke, Anyone?
by Shirley Kabet •
KARAOKE! Karaoke is back in the Tanglewood club house! Join us on these Saturdays. Come, get out of the heat and have some fun with your friends and neighbors. Meet new people and maybe even get up to sing. Saturday, August 7th, from 2-4 pm Saturday, August 21st, from 2-4 pm Saturday,…
Trips & Travel News
August Newsletter for Trips and Travel
by Shirley Kabet •
The clever folks at the Trips and Travel Committee have produced a flier that includes all current trips that have not been filled yet. Click on this link to take a quick look at what’s available, then you can investigate further on the appropriate TWRT article. It’s not complicated, trust me. Click here. AUGUST NEWSLETTER …
Coffee Potpourri
The Geezer Report
by Tom McKeever •
Perhaps, the best way to start this (hopefully) periodic column is to define the word “geezer.” According to most etymology sources, a “geezer” is an eccentric old man – perhaps, too old – and set in his ways. Now a “mid-way octogenarian”, there are many who are certain that I fit that description. How…
Trips & Travel News
Two One-Day Trips to Consider
by Shirley Kabet •
The Trips and Travel Committee have put together two one-day bus trips. Tarpon Springs is the home of the sponge fishing industry, plus several terrific Greek Restaurants. Take a boat ride on a working sponger, do a little shopping, and then sit down to a fabulous meal. The Agricultural Tour is a sell-out every year…
Trips & Travel News
Trip to Nashville and Memphis
by Shirley Kabet •
Our Trips and Travel Committee wants you to get out of town. Have a hankerin’ to see Memphis and Nashville, Tennessee? Click on this link and get all the information, then head on over to Monday Morning Coffee to pay for your seat on the bus. Your place is not locked in until you have…
Trips & Travel News
Trips & Travel – Demo Derby!
by Shirley Kabet •
demo derby This link (above) will get you to the poster of the Demo Derby in Auburndale. Trips and Travel is getting together a bus on November 13. The cost is $75, and you can sign up and pay at any Monday Morning Coffee.
Coffee Potpourri
Billie’s Joke of the Week, July 16
by Shirley Kabet •
Jacob, aged 71, and Carol, aged 70, live in Florida and are all excited about their decision to get married. They go for a stroll to discuss the wedding, and on the way, they pass a drugstore. Jacob suggests they go in. Jacob addresses the man behind the counter: “Are you the owner?” The Pharmacist…
Word of the Week
My Word! July 26
by Betsey Ellis •
Xylopyrographyxy·lo·pyrographyNounThe art of engraving designs on wood with a hot pokerXylopyrography has fallen out of fashion as hot pokers are not readily available.Really? You want to know where this one comes from? I don’t.