Our month visit with Bob and Nancy ended today. They left this morning heading toward AZ with stops at various points in between. We drove over with Lady to say our goodbyes first thing. They were on their way a little after 9. We had a good month's visit and we'll met up with them again in the spring at the Everest rally in Tennessee.
We went to the Riverside Cafe with them yesterday for the boat ride. The first "sailing" at 3 was booked so we went on the 4:00 departure. It was interesting to see how close Mexico is and how open the border is. On the Mexico side was parks, public and private, and on the Texas side there were RV parks (what else, it's South Texas). The ride was an hour long and we went as far as the dam and then headed back. We drove into town afterwards and had supper at Tony Romo's. It was time for some ribs (and Shrimp for Nancy). Their ribs are very good. Still no Famous Dave's but still very good.
I headed up to the office after they left and did my thing there for a couple of hours. It was cool and cloudy again today so Reid watched movies and I read and napped. We need some down time from our hectic week last week. Tomorrow it's to Sam's club for med's and groc shopping, oh what fun.
Monday, December 29, 2008
Saturday, December 27, 2008
Saturday Dec 27
My guys left today..The word kid doesnt really fit anymore does it. Danny is 26 and Stephanie is 23. We had a super good week and this morning we had to be up at 3:45am to head over to the airport. We were probally a little early but that's ok we didn't want any line delays. Danny is back in his home town now and Steph is in Atlanta she has about an hours drive to get home.
It was windy this morning but now it's very calm and 88 degrees. Phyliss, Larry, Jim and Linda did you see that it's 88 degrees. Reid started watching movies cause it was so windy but we were ready for a nap by 11. I, of course, took one but I don't believe Reid did. He'll be asleep early tonight want he.
We have plans to go to the river tomorrow for a boat ride with Nancy and Bob and then out for ribs. We've put in a call to some other friends to see if they'd like to go too but haven't heard back yet from them. Bob and Nancy are leaving on Monday so we want see them again till May.
I hope they've had fun. It's been a cool month for them but still warmer than MI right.
that's it for now
It was windy this morning but now it's very calm and 88 degrees. Phyliss, Larry, Jim and Linda did you see that it's 88 degrees. Reid started watching movies cause it was so windy but we were ready for a nap by 11. I, of course, took one but I don't believe Reid did. He'll be asleep early tonight want he.
We have plans to go to the river tomorrow for a boat ride with Nancy and Bob and then out for ribs. We've put in a call to some other friends to see if they'd like to go too but haven't heard back yet from them. Bob and Nancy are leaving on Monday so we want see them again till May.
I hope they've had fun. It's been a cool month for them but still warmer than MI right.
that's it for now
Thursday, December 25, 2008
Merry Christmas
It was the best Christmas ever!! I don't worry about being political correct cause I know the reason we celebrate Christmas so I don't care if anyones offended....
I've had a great few days..You know me with birthdays I don't just celebrate one day so why should Christmas be any different. On Tues morning our daughter arrived in town and we got to spend the day together. Danny was due in at 10:30 so we just visited till it was time to go get him. About 4pm we got a call from Danny that his flight out of Nashville was delayed and then we worried for the next 5 hrs that he'd might miss his connecting flight out of Houston and he made it by just minutes. He was only about 35 minutes late getting here and we were waiting at the airport for him to arrive. So now my Christmas fun has begun. Christmas Eve I cooked most of the day while Reid and Danny golfed..(what's up with that) anyway I'd decided I was fixing a Christmas dinner with turkey and all the trimmings and I did. (back to that in a minute). Wed night we had a dinner invite with some friends of ours and we had a wonderful meal of mexican dishes..The best mexican food I've had in South Texas. On Christmas day the weather was in the 70's and partly sunny it was just beautiful. As I'm sitting around with my kids having the best Christmas ever....and I finally realized having them here for Christmas wasn't our gift to them, having them fly in for 3 days was Reid's gift to me. I just couldn't be happier. Today was busy, I now know I can fit a 13 lb turkey in my rv oven (the down side is Reid also knows this so there will probally be more turkey meals in our future) I hadn't fixed a holiday meal in about 5 yrs so I was hoping it would all turn out and it did, the turkey was beautifully brown and tasty. We also had Bob and Nancy over, They are leaving on Monday so we got in one more meal together. Tomorrow is another golf day for the guys and Stephanie and I are going to try braving shopping. We'll see how that goes. The kids will fly out on Sat morning so that will be sad but we'll see then again in the spring.
We know that Jim and Linda are heading down soon and so are Larry and Phyllis, take it easy getting here and we can't wait to see you guys.
Hope everyones Christmas was the best ever love you guys.
I've had a great few days..You know me with birthdays I don't just celebrate one day so why should Christmas be any different. On Tues morning our daughter arrived in town and we got to spend the day together. Danny was due in at 10:30 so we just visited till it was time to go get him. About 4pm we got a call from Danny that his flight out of Nashville was delayed and then we worried for the next 5 hrs that he'd might miss his connecting flight out of Houston and he made it by just minutes. He was only about 35 minutes late getting here and we were waiting at the airport for him to arrive. So now my Christmas fun has begun. Christmas Eve I cooked most of the day while Reid and Danny golfed..(what's up with that) anyway I'd decided I was fixing a Christmas dinner with turkey and all the trimmings and I did. (back to that in a minute). Wed night we had a dinner invite with some friends of ours and we had a wonderful meal of mexican dishes..The best mexican food I've had in South Texas. On Christmas day the weather was in the 70's and partly sunny it was just beautiful. As I'm sitting around with my kids having the best Christmas ever....and I finally realized having them here for Christmas wasn't our gift to them, having them fly in for 3 days was Reid's gift to me. I just couldn't be happier. Today was busy, I now know I can fit a 13 lb turkey in my rv oven (the down side is Reid also knows this so there will probally be more turkey meals in our future) I hadn't fixed a holiday meal in about 5 yrs so I was hoping it would all turn out and it did, the turkey was beautifully brown and tasty. We also had Bob and Nancy over, They are leaving on Monday so we got in one more meal together. Tomorrow is another golf day for the guys and Stephanie and I are going to try braving shopping. We'll see how that goes. The kids will fly out on Sat morning so that will be sad but we'll see then again in the spring.
We know that Jim and Linda are heading down soon and so are Larry and Phyllis, take it easy getting here and we can't wait to see you guys.
Hope everyones Christmas was the best ever love you guys.
Saturday, December 20, 2008
Saturday Dec 20
What a week this was. First of all, what I thought was my allergies turned out to be a cold. I was miserable for over a week. Just your usually coughing, stuffy head, sneezing, watery eyes, and yes, I lost my voice for a couple of days. Reid smiled a lot for those days.
The weather outside didn't help. I don't believe the sun came out for 4 days, could have been longer I was inside and in bed for most of it. I just felt too bad to do much.
We were able to close on the deal for the new lot. In case I didn't mention it, We invested in another lot here in our park. A finished double lot complete with a RV cover and Casita went up for sale behind our orginal site and we decided to buy it. We closed on it on Wed but didn't get moved on to it till late Friday. The guy who sold it was having trouble getting his rv to run to get it moved. (He already had another lot on the other side of us that he decided to develop so we basically changed sides of the road with him.) Anyway we're on it and getting everything orginazied.
My most exciting news is both our kids are getting to visit for Christmas. Yeah.. We've know for weeks that Danny was flying in on Tues to spend a few days but Stephanie only last week got leave approved so she's also flying in Tues to stay till Sat. I can't wait. We'll have so much fun..I know Danny's wanting to golf with his Dad, Steph and I will find something to keep us entertained. I'm doing all our favorites for Christmas dinner and I'll baby them as much as they will let me...everyone take care...
The weather outside didn't help. I don't believe the sun came out for 4 days, could have been longer I was inside and in bed for most of it. I just felt too bad to do much.
We were able to close on the deal for the new lot. In case I didn't mention it, We invested in another lot here in our park. A finished double lot complete with a RV cover and Casita went up for sale behind our orginal site and we decided to buy it. We closed on it on Wed but didn't get moved on to it till late Friday. The guy who sold it was having trouble getting his rv to run to get it moved. (He already had another lot on the other side of us that he decided to develop so we basically changed sides of the road with him.) Anyway we're on it and getting everything orginazied.
My most exciting news is both our kids are getting to visit for Christmas. Yeah.. We've know for weeks that Danny was flying in on Tues to spend a few days but Stephanie only last week got leave approved so she's also flying in Tues to stay till Sat. I can't wait. We'll have so much fun..I know Danny's wanting to golf with his Dad, Steph and I will find something to keep us entertained. I'm doing all our favorites for Christmas dinner and I'll baby them as much as they will let me...everyone take care...
Saturday, December 13, 2008
Dec 13 Sat
This month is moving fast. I'm staying busy with projects here at the park plus my walking and biking. Reid is golfing on the days that the wind isn't too high. We had a luncheon at the rec center last Sat. It was fun. It was for the ladies in the park and about 50 were there. That night we grilled out with friends. There was 6 of us and we had burgers, hot dogs and all the sides.
Sunday we went to the flea market and then tried a new place to eat called the Crazy Buffet for lunch..it was good. On Tues we had our first park craft fair..There were lots of booths but I didn't get to shop for working at one of the booths..but I still had fun. We've tried a couple of new places to eat this month. One is Mama's Pizzeria and it was great. Reid has been looking for a good pizza place and now we've found it. We also tried Palenque. Not sure how to say that but it was mexican and I thought the best flavor of mexican food we've found here. Reid wasn't crazy about what he ordered but he did say he'd try it again and order something different. We like trying new places but we still have our old favorites, We went to Eric's today for Shrimp and fries..
We're in the process of buying another lot...yes..another one. we'll be renting out our lot and living on the other one. It's got a covered top for the rv and a "texas room" for cooking and tv watching. We'll be moving over to it this week. Today we went shopping for stuff for the new place. Christmas came early for me.
Next week is another busy week. I have a couple of days to volunteer at the rec center and then I'm doing some Christmas shopping one day. As of right now I believe we'll be in the new place after Wednesday so I'll get my tree up and decorated. I don't go overboard but I do have some Christmas stuff to set out. That's my week...
Sunday we went to the flea market and then tried a new place to eat called the Crazy Buffet for lunch..it was good. On Tues we had our first park craft fair..There were lots of booths but I didn't get to shop for working at one of the booths..but I still had fun. We've tried a couple of new places to eat this month. One is Mama's Pizzeria and it was great. Reid has been looking for a good pizza place and now we've found it. We also tried Palenque. Not sure how to say that but it was mexican and I thought the best flavor of mexican food we've found here. Reid wasn't crazy about what he ordered but he did say he'd try it again and order something different. We like trying new places but we still have our old favorites, We went to Eric's today for Shrimp and fries..
We're in the process of buying another lot...yes..another one. we'll be renting out our lot and living on the other one. It's got a covered top for the rv and a "texas room" for cooking and tv watching. We'll be moving over to it this week. Today we went shopping for stuff for the new place. Christmas came early for me.
Next week is another busy week. I have a couple of days to volunteer at the rec center and then I'm doing some Christmas shopping one day. As of right now I believe we'll be in the new place after Wednesday so I'll get my tree up and decorated. I don't go overboard but I do have some Christmas stuff to set out. That's my week...
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