May 10

I'm so bad..I'm sorry I haven't posted..there's been various reasons I haven't posted and I'll get to that..I will update the past couple of months. We left Mission on March 23 and headed to San Antonio for a week. It rained most of the time we were there. We did try a couple of new restaurants while in town. San Antonio still holds the record for most favorites restauarants. The first one was called PoPo's and it's famous for it's plate collection. The decorative plates are hanging all over the walls and they have over 2100 in their collection. The food didn't disappoint. It was fantastic. On another day we met Bobbie at a fish and chip place but it's been over two months and I can't think of the name of it right now but it will come to me later.
Once our week was up we headed toward Tennessee. We droved toward more bad weather..In fact the weather was wet and dreary and cold for the next several days. We arrived at the state park in TN on Apr 7th..To our surprise, the powers that be had raised the rates from 17.00 a night to 25.00 we thought that was awful but we stayed cause we were waiting on a rally to begin later in the month. By this time we'd already met up with Bob and Nancy..they had been spending the winter in Fl and were now ready to start heading to MI.
Several of the people attending the rally arrived early so we talked and laughed for a full week with friends from all over the country. I'd have to say the highlight of the rally was the last night when the stand up comedian performed. (nuff said)
We left the state park and went to a membership park with Bob and Nancy for a week before each of us headed our own way. We got to the rv park near our home area on April 28. I've spent the last two weeks visiting friends and family. Last Sat we went to our favorite rib restaurant...Famous Daves...Hadn't had that since Nov so we really enjoyed that.
The weather has be ok..mild temps but plenty of rain. We're expecting more storms after midnight tonight.
During all this traveling and visiting we've done, my computer crashed...I'm rough on computers...so there was several days I didn't have a computer, it felt like months but Reid said it was a few days. so there's my reasons for not blogging in a while..
The rest of the month is going to be busy too, we have some appointments this week, then next weekend we're heading to Atlanta...to see my kids...they both have free weekends at the same time so we're meeting up with them on Sat and seeing a Braves game together on Sunday. I can't wait. It's been a long time since the four of us have been together. At the end of the month our niece is getting married and there's going to be lots of family in town for that so that will be fun.
that's it for now.

march 12

I'm sorry it's been so long since my last post..I've tried several times but kept getting an error message..It was this site not me..ok enough said.
Wow! where has the time gone..We've been in Mission since Jan 9th and we'll be leaving on March 23.. We have enjoyed this past two months here and want to get more involved next season.. Once you except that the wind is going to be gusty some days you've won the battle..Most days I can handle it but some days.......The temps have been great and who can complain about 80 degrees in Feb and March.
Our lot improvements are done and it looks great.. The rocks are down and the trees planted and the shed is painted..with the exception of some trim that Reid's going to work on today I think.
Most of our friends have already moved on but we have plans to met up with some of them this summer. We met up with some that we've known for a couple of years and met some new friends that we'll get to see each winter.
We have park wide "coffee breaks" on Thurs for met and greets and we're going to a St Patrick's Day supper on the 17th.. That should be fun..I'm a people person you know.
I have been walking alot this winter and riding my bike some too. Reid decided a couple weeks ago to try golfing again. He seems to be enjoying it. He went yesterday.
I will try to post more often now that we'll be on the move for the next several months.

Feb 11

It was a busy week last week but only cause we made it busy. We headed to So Padre Island on Tues. We were invited to go with Larry and Phyllis. They had been before and knew a great place to eat. The restaurant was called Dirty Al's and it was terrific. We had a short wait but it was worth it. We drove around the island but the wind was high and sand blowing everywhere so we headed back toward Mission. We stopped at an rv park in Brownsville to visit with a couple that we'd met at Seven Oaks. We hung around about an hr but then had to get home. Lady was waiting for supper.
Wed and Thur we spent getting stuff we needed for our lot improvements. We had to get border brick and trees. the brick took some running around cause one store didn't seem to have enough but we found what we needed and we have those bricks in place waiting now on the rock. It was ordered today and should be here some time this week. The trees we're planted on Wed and they are doing good. I don't have a green thumb so if they died it wouldn't surprise me.
On Friday we went to Pepe's with Larry and Phyllis and Gary. We'd heard it's a must see and it was. I wouldn't recommend going if you're hungry and need a quick meal. (don't get me wrong the food was good but it took a long time to get it) If you have the afternoon free and want to hang out with friends and listen to music or dance..have a beer it's the place to go..you know me I don't drink but I do like listening to music and watching people dance. It was something fun to do. Saturday we decided to grill out so we called George and Wilma to see if they were free and they were so they came over. We grilled burgers and had potato salad and baked beans. We visited a while and they headed back to their park. The closer it gets to March all of us will be heading to other locations and we're looking forward to getting together later in the summer or again back here next winter.

Feb 4

Time sure flys doesn't it. Now to update you. We decided to buy a lot here in South Texas since we plan to spend the winters here. We'd been looking around and found one we really liked for the price. On Jan 29th we left 7 oaks and heading to the new place. I did enjoy our time at 7 oaks. The people was the friendiest I've ever seen and there was so much to do to stay busy. We spent last week getting set up and making decisions on the patio and landscaping etc. On Thurs we had girls day out. Four of us heading out to shop. we had a blast. After shopping we found a Chinese restaurant and the food was really good.
The weekend was busy, they usually are. Saturday we grilled out and Larry and Phyllis came over. We made plans to play cards on Sunday. We had breakfast plans with George and Wilma on Sunday morning. The four of us have figured out that Sundays are not good days to eat out, everyone in town eats out on Sundays. (Ha) This week we have a couple of things we're going to try to do but nothing definate yet. Right now the guys are pouring the concrete for the patio. We bought a shed for storage and that needs to be painted (where's Bob when I need him). I think we're going to paint it later this week. Well I guess that's my updates.

jan 24 Thur

Wow two post in the same week. I think that's a record. the weather has been less than perfect but we're dealing..even Reid. We know this want last and we'll just wait it out. Lady had her big day today..she went to the groomers. They did a great job for little money..we've paid more before and didn't as good of a cut. This Saturday is forcasted to be better and if it is we're going to the flea market. We know of a game that we want and they have it there. Also oranges. I got a bag of oranges there last time and they were the sweetest oranges I've had in a long time.
I guess right not that's our weekend plans..We'd love to cook out but it's hard to plan that with the wind changing around here all the time.
With all this cold and drizzle I haven't been walking as much as I like to. But that should change soon

Jan 20

I can't believe it's been 20 days since I've updated my life. We left Port A and went to Rockport
for a week. That was a nice quiet park set up like a state park with shady, green trees, and a lake and rumor had it a gator in the lake but I never saw it. We found some great restaurants there. one called the big fisherman was great..what we didn't notice was a lunch menu so we ordered off the reg one and we each got a seafood platter. Well these platter arrived with 8 pieces of fish each plus 6 or 7 shrimp, mounds of scallops with sides.. I brought home enough for another meal..it was good. We also found a diner that was very good and cheap. I treated that day the bill was about 11 dollars. Ha.
we left the 9th and headed south. We've been here for the past week and a half and we've gone from 80's and sunny to 40's and raining. Over all most days have been downers weather wise..if it's not raining then it's real windy. Reid isn't happy with the weather so far and I'm not sure how long we'll stay in this area. Our plans were to be in this area till mid mar but I don't believe we'll hang out that long unless the weather stays dry and calm
I've enjoyed this park..there's plenty to do as far as planned activities and the people are so friendly. I've been walking and biking and attending Sunday Services and we had a Ladies Luncheon last week that was fun.
This week is forcasted to be warmer but raining so we'll see what happens. I could be seeing I-10 heading east before I know it.

Jan 1, 2008 Happy New Years

Wow!! here we are in 2008. Seems like 07 just started. We spent New Yrs Eve at our place playing cards and having snacks with Wilma and George. They left by 10:15 and Reid was asleep by 10:30. I welcomed in the new yr surfing the internet.. I was looking for a restauant for lunch today. I did hear someone on the beach blowing the car horn so some people were still out and about at midnight.
We are leaving this park tomorrow. We will be going only a short distance away for the next week. Our friends are leaving too so we did lunch together today. We went to Castaways they have seafood and also burgers. It was fun and not crowded. then we came back here and chilled. Watched some football and the some more of 24.. ( I watched football then we watched 24) Reid doesn't want anyone thinking he'd watch football.
The weather changed again to cold and windy, but I believe it's going to get better after tomorrow. Of course anything under 70 is cold to me.