Well, it's been a while since my last blog so will give you a brief synopsis of the last month.
We were staying at Blaze's favorite RV park in Georgetown, TX, Berry Springs; it's his favorite as Sheryl at the office gives him bacon treats everyday, in fact, several times a day or as often as he can get Pat to take him to the office.
I visited my office several times and put in lots of work. I visited my daugher in Temple. We had a great time getting pedicures, shopping and going to a Mystery Dinner. Cody has a new girlfriend (where's that guy at Christmas who stated he was giving up women) and Vanna is still seeing her beau. Both kids are doing well in school with Cody graduating at the end of May.
We left Georgetown on Thursday, April 5th driving to Lewisville, TX to stay for a week at the State Park. We chose this park as it is close to Wayne, Pat's 1st wife's father who lives in Flower Mound. The park area is very nice, they have 2 golf courses, baseball and soccer fields and of course Lake Lewisville. I got my hour walk in most days. We enjoyed visits with Wayne and Sarah, Wayne's friend at the retirement home, several times during our stay and even got to visit with Jenny, Wayne's granddaughter before we left.
We went to dinner one night with 2 couples from Pat's past, Don and Dianne (Pat & Karen used to live in the same Mobile home Park as Don & Dianne back in the 70's) and Dwayne and Linda.
Friday we left Lewisville to start our travels east, heading towards Hot Springs, Arkansas. We hope to do a lot of bike riding on the roads in Arkansas. Stay tuned for pics and tales of our adventures in the days to come.......
Saturday, April 14, 2012
Friday, March 9, 2012
3/4/12 to 3/9/12 Austin & Georgetown
Sunday...... We arrived at our home in Austin around noon and just hung out at the house.
Monday..... Got up early and went to work while Pat got to work on fixing the steps into the RV. It was an all day job getting the steps fixed. I made my hour walk in the neighborhood and enjoyed the sunshine.
Tuesday.....I worked and Pat took the RV in to have serviced and inspected. We didn't get the RV back until late in the afternoon so didn't get away from Austin until around 6:30 heading to Berry Springs RV Park in Georgetown. The lady at the RV park was thrilled to have us back (actually she was thrilled to see Blaze again-she loves Blaze).
Wednesday.......I worked in the morning. Pat went into Austin to meet with Steve Beck, a friend from PSI, to see about having a pond dug on his property. After working in the morning I headed into Austin to get my hair colored and cut. It's overcast and rainy today and the future forecast is for more of the same only colder.
Thursday.....I worked and made a quick walk around the RV park in the afternoon before it starting raining and the cold front blew in with the temp going from 73 down to 43 in a matter of minutes. (Don't you just love Texas weather?)
Friday.... Woke up to 42 degree temp and rain today. I worked on the Blog this morning since it's been weeks since I last blogged.
It's supposed to rain most of today and the weekend. I'll be working and staying dry and warm... Till next blog.......
Monday..... Got up early and went to work while Pat got to work on fixing the steps into the RV. It was an all day job getting the steps fixed. I made my hour walk in the neighborhood and enjoyed the sunshine.
Tuesday.....I worked and Pat took the RV in to have serviced and inspected. We didn't get the RV back until late in the afternoon so didn't get away from Austin until around 6:30 heading to Berry Springs RV Park in Georgetown. The lady at the RV park was thrilled to have us back (actually she was thrilled to see Blaze again-she loves Blaze).
Wednesday.......I worked in the morning. Pat went into Austin to meet with Steve Beck, a friend from PSI, to see about having a pond dug on his property. After working in the morning I headed into Austin to get my hair colored and cut. It's overcast and rainy today and the future forecast is for more of the same only colder.
Thursday.....I worked and made a quick walk around the RV park in the afternoon before it starting raining and the cold front blew in with the temp going from 73 down to 43 in a matter of minutes. (Don't you just love Texas weather?)
Friday.... Woke up to 42 degree temp and rain today. I worked on the Blog this morning since it's been weeks since I last blogged.
It's supposed to rain most of today and the weekend. I'll be working and staying dry and warm... Till next blog.......
2/23/12 to 3/1/12 La Feria, TX & 3/2-3/3 Kingsville, TX
Thursday...... Pretty much a usual day, worked more hours than should have but the weekend is coming.
Friday..... Went into Harlingen to the movies to see the comedy Wanderlust with Jennifer Anniston and lunch at Chili's. Enjoyed the movie, was still laughing as we left the theatre watching the out takes. Overcast skies with spotty rain.
Saturday.....It's raining....so we opted to go to Weslaco to the movies and see Safe House with Denzel Washington. What a thriller and lots of action. The seats in this movie house were not as comfortable as Harlingen. When we came out of theatre the sun was trying to come out.
Sunday...... Still raining....we are tired of the rain and mosquitoes and the fleas. Poor Blaze, we have bathed, purchased a flea collar, sprayed our outside area, sprayed Blaze with all kinds of poisons and he still has fleas. I think it's time for the Vet, and, oh, we have also bought spray to spray down the RV.
Monday...... Worked, walked, grocery shopped. Did see some sun later in the day.
Tuesday....It's WINDY but no rain. I got my 3 mile walk in before it starting blowing. Today it was off to the the Border Veterinary Hospital to purchase pills for Blaze's fleas. They had to weigh him and he is at 10 1/2 lbs. He's gained weight as we all do as we age. He's gained 1/2 lb since last year. We got the pills,and hopefully have taken all precautions in and around the RV to assure there are no more fleas. With these pills once he takes them the fleas are dead within 30 minutes and lasts for 30 days. Thank goodness.
Wednesday.....Just the usual, work, walk.
Thursday..... Same-o, Same-o
Friday.......Today we left Kenwood RV park in La Feria heading for Kingsville. We wished James and Barbara farewell. They are staying in La Feria till the end of April. The park is clearing out more and more every day with winter Texans going back to their homes in the North.
Once we arrived in Kingsville I got my office set up and worked until around 1:30 then we headed to the King Ranch where we took a tour of the King Ranch. We both enjoyed the tour.
Saturday..... We drove into town and visited the King Ranch Museum then back to the RV to chill.
Friday..... Went into Harlingen to the movies to see the comedy Wanderlust with Jennifer Anniston and lunch at Chili's. Enjoyed the movie, was still laughing as we left the theatre watching the out takes. Overcast skies with spotty rain.
Saturday.....It's raining....so we opted to go to Weslaco to the movies and see Safe House with Denzel Washington. What a thriller and lots of action. The seats in this movie house were not as comfortable as Harlingen. When we came out of theatre the sun was trying to come out.
Sunday...... Still raining....we are tired of the rain and mosquitoes and the fleas. Poor Blaze, we have bathed, purchased a flea collar, sprayed our outside area, sprayed Blaze with all kinds of poisons and he still has fleas. I think it's time for the Vet, and, oh, we have also bought spray to spray down the RV.
Monday...... Worked, walked, grocery shopped. Did see some sun later in the day.
Tuesday....It's WINDY but no rain. I got my 3 mile walk in before it starting blowing. Today it was off to the the Border Veterinary Hospital to purchase pills for Blaze's fleas. They had to weigh him and he is at 10 1/2 lbs. He's gained weight as we all do as we age. He's gained 1/2 lb since last year. We got the pills,and hopefully have taken all precautions in and around the RV to assure there are no more fleas. With these pills once he takes them the fleas are dead within 30 minutes and lasts for 30 days. Thank goodness.
Wednesday.....Just the usual, work, walk.
Thursday..... Same-o, Same-o
Friday.......Today we left Kenwood RV park in La Feria heading for Kingsville. We wished James and Barbara farewell. They are staying in La Feria till the end of April. The park is clearing out more and more every day with winter Texans going back to their homes in the North.
Once we arrived in Kingsville I got my office set up and worked until around 1:30 then we headed to the King Ranch where we took a tour of the King Ranch. We both enjoyed the tour.
Saturday..... We drove into town and visited the King Ranch Museum then back to the RV to chill.
Thursday, February 23, 2012
Saturday 2/11/12 to Wednesday, 2/22/12 La Feria, TX
Saturday......It stopped raining and started out sunny but then turned overcast. We opted to go to the Gladys Porter Zoo in Brownsville. They had many different breeds of monkey's, a great reptile house (Helen, if you are looking at the pics you might want to skip the last few as they are S's) See pics
Friday, February 10, 2012
Monday 2/6/12 through Friday 2/10/12 - La Feria, TX
Monday... Still couldn't get my VPN to work so the office had to get their IT people to work on it. Hopefully tomorrow I can get back to work.
Tuesday...Today is the day that all the crafts people bring their wares to the RV Park. Pat came and got me as they had some T-shirts with Wine sayings and of course sparkles. I purchased a great pair of flip flops - the straps are zebra with gemstones, so cool and then 2 shirts. One shirt says "Pick me, Squeeze me, Make me Wine" of course in sparkly letters with grapes and a wine glass. The other shirt says, and ya'll are going to like this, it's so me, "On My Diet Wine is My Fruit".
After shopping we went with Larry and Cindy to Progresso, Mexico to have lunch at Garcia's and buy some dog heartworm meds on the cheap. Larry drove and it took forever to get into Mexico, the line was long and I'm not sure why unless they were stopping a lot of cars. They didn't stop us to inspect our vehicle, but since the line was so long and 2 lanes had to go into 1 lane people were getting impatient and there was a guy that tried to barge his way into our lane. We thought he was going to hit Larry's car but instead he hit the person in front of him since he was riding their bumper. Pat gave him the thumbs up sign as we went past and he gave Pat the finger.
At Garcia's, Cindy and I both had the Filet Mignon, baked potato, vegetables and salad, the guys had broiled frog legs, onion rings, rice and salad. It's hard to believe we can get all of this for only $8.95 each entree and that includes dessert. Oh yes, we all had Margaritas, except Pat, he had a couple of beers. The Margaritas were excellent. The line getting back into the States was just as long as getting into Mexico, we waited a long time. Cindy and I were wishing we had gotten a Margarita to go. It was a full day.
Wednesday...... It has started raining, rained all night and all day. I worked for 8 hours today to make up for those days when I couldn't work.
Thursday........It's still raining. We drove to the Bass Pro Shop just to be able to get out of the RV and walk around. They had a restaurant and a bowling alley "Fish Bowl" in this building. They had everything from dishes to jewelry, furniture "Camo" and of course all the sporting goods.
Friday......It's still overcast with a threat of rain. Pat cooked today, made meatloaf, mashed potatoes and salad. We had Cindy and Larry over for lunch. It was delish! Till next time
Tuesday...Today is the day that all the crafts people bring their wares to the RV Park. Pat came and got me as they had some T-shirts with Wine sayings and of course sparkles. I purchased a great pair of flip flops - the straps are zebra with gemstones, so cool and then 2 shirts. One shirt says "Pick me, Squeeze me, Make me Wine" of course in sparkly letters with grapes and a wine glass. The other shirt says, and ya'll are going to like this, it's so me, "On My Diet Wine is My Fruit".
After shopping we went with Larry and Cindy to Progresso, Mexico to have lunch at Garcia's and buy some dog heartworm meds on the cheap. Larry drove and it took forever to get into Mexico, the line was long and I'm not sure why unless they were stopping a lot of cars. They didn't stop us to inspect our vehicle, but since the line was so long and 2 lanes had to go into 1 lane people were getting impatient and there was a guy that tried to barge his way into our lane. We thought he was going to hit Larry's car but instead he hit the person in front of him since he was riding their bumper. Pat gave him the thumbs up sign as we went past and he gave Pat the finger.
At Garcia's, Cindy and I both had the Filet Mignon, baked potato, vegetables and salad, the guys had broiled frog legs, onion rings, rice and salad. It's hard to believe we can get all of this for only $8.95 each entree and that includes dessert. Oh yes, we all had Margaritas, except Pat, he had a couple of beers. The Margaritas were excellent. The line getting back into the States was just as long as getting into Mexico, we waited a long time. Cindy and I were wishing we had gotten a Margarita to go. It was a full day.
Wednesday...... It has started raining, rained all night and all day. I worked for 8 hours today to make up for those days when I couldn't work.
Thursday........It's still raining. We drove to the Bass Pro Shop just to be able to get out of the RV and walk around. They had a restaurant and a bowling alley "Fish Bowl" in this building. They had everything from dishes to jewelry, furniture "Camo" and of course all the sporting goods.
Friday......It's still overcast with a threat of rain. Pat cooked today, made meatloaf, mashed potatoes and salad. We had Cindy and Larry over for lunch. It was delish! Till next time
2/1/12 thru 2/5/12, La Feria, TX
Wednesday.....Nothing special, same-o, same-o.
Thursday..... Larry & Cindy, Pat and I rode to South Padre Island today to visit the Turtle sanctuary, Sea Turtle, Inc. There is a turtle at the sanctuary that is famous, been on TV, YouTube, etc as she has a carbon fiber dorsal fin that has been attached to her body so that she doesn't have to swim in circles. Allison is her name and she arrived at the sanctuary as a hand-size, bloodied turtle with little chance of survival in 2005. Rescuers believe a shark probably chomped the three flippers. Two-flipper turtles can be adopted by zoos and three-flipper turtles can be safely returned to the wild, but with only one, a turtle spins and struggles to break the surface to breathe. They are usually euthanized. She lost all but 1 leg when very small and the original rudder was made by a man from Colorado. If you'd like to read more about Allison you can google her.
After out turtle adventure we dined at Daddy's. I had the shrimp kabob and it was great. Cindy had her usual at Daddy's, Oyster Rockefeller. I tasted the 3 cheese sauce served on the oysters and it was to die for. Pat and Larry had the Thursday special which was Shrimp marinara and the shrimp had Cajun seasoning, they were spicy!
Friday.......Pat and Larry went to Play golf then they picked up Cindy and went to eat at Lin's, a Chinese buffet. I bowed out as not really into Chinese and since I'm still dieting didn't want to be tempted by a buffet, but when Pat returned and told me about the place I may make an exception and go there to eat before we leave the area. Pat said the place was quite impressive as they have like 4 long tables of food with every kind of anything you can think of, including a table of salads and I believe the price is something like $8.99.
I wasn't able to work much on Thursday or Friday since the office is having Fire Wall problems and is to have replaced by Friday at 3:00 PM. Due to the fire wall problem I'm unable to get my VPN to hook up with the office so my Outlook won't work. I'm hoping Monday I can get busy and get some things done.
Saturday...... Got up early and went shopping at Walmart & HEB, since Friday is payday and the Super Bowl Sunday we figured there would be a crowd at the store. Believe it or not, but I'm going to cook tomorrow. I want to make some kind of Green Chili Casserole or Enchiladas. I'm also making a Margarita Salad to go with my entree. The dressing is what makes the Margarita Salad, you guessed it, it has Tequila and Orange Liqueur in it, among other things. I'll let you know how it turns out.
Sunday.....Well I cooked my Green Chili Casserole and was a little disappointed in the results. It was not as spicy as I would have liked and the Margarita Salad dressing could have used a bit more alcohol, which I have added to use another time. It was edible and I guess that's all that matters.
Thursday..... Larry & Cindy, Pat and I rode to South Padre Island today to visit the Turtle sanctuary, Sea Turtle, Inc. There is a turtle at the sanctuary that is famous, been on TV, YouTube, etc as she has a carbon fiber dorsal fin that has been attached to her body so that she doesn't have to swim in circles. Allison is her name and she arrived at the sanctuary as a hand-size, bloodied turtle with little chance of survival in 2005. Rescuers believe a shark probably chomped the three flippers. Two-flipper turtles can be adopted by zoos and three-flipper turtles can be safely returned to the wild, but with only one, a turtle spins and struggles to break the surface to breathe. They are usually euthanized. She lost all but 1 leg when very small and the original rudder was made by a man from Colorado. If you'd like to read more about Allison you can google her.
After out turtle adventure we dined at Daddy's. I had the shrimp kabob and it was great. Cindy had her usual at Daddy's, Oyster Rockefeller. I tasted the 3 cheese sauce served on the oysters and it was to die for. Pat and Larry had the Thursday special which was Shrimp marinara and the shrimp had Cajun seasoning, they were spicy!
Friday.......Pat and Larry went to Play golf then they picked up Cindy and went to eat at Lin's, a Chinese buffet. I bowed out as not really into Chinese and since I'm still dieting didn't want to be tempted by a buffet, but when Pat returned and told me about the place I may make an exception and go there to eat before we leave the area. Pat said the place was quite impressive as they have like 4 long tables of food with every kind of anything you can think of, including a table of salads and I believe the price is something like $8.99.
I wasn't able to work much on Thursday or Friday since the office is having Fire Wall problems and is to have replaced by Friday at 3:00 PM. Due to the fire wall problem I'm unable to get my VPN to hook up with the office so my Outlook won't work. I'm hoping Monday I can get busy and get some things done.
Saturday...... Got up early and went shopping at Walmart & HEB, since Friday is payday and the Super Bowl Sunday we figured there would be a crowd at the store. Believe it or not, but I'm going to cook tomorrow. I want to make some kind of Green Chili Casserole or Enchiladas. I'm also making a Margarita Salad to go with my entree. The dressing is what makes the Margarita Salad, you guessed it, it has Tequila and Orange Liqueur in it, among other things. I'll let you know how it turns out.
Sunday.....Well I cooked my Green Chili Casserole and was a little disappointed in the results. It was not as spicy as I would have liked and the Margarita Salad dressing could have used a bit more alcohol, which I have added to use another time. It was edible and I guess that's all that matters.
Saturday, February 4, 2012
Wednesday 1/25/12 to Tuesday 1/31/12 La Feria, TX
Wednesday & Thursday were just normal days with work, walking, laundry.... nothing special.
Friday.....We went to lunch at the 83 Bar and Grill with Mel & Bebe and Larry & Cindy meeting Sandy, who used to cook chili back in the day. Well, it was great fun as Sandy had some great stories. I think we spent at least 2 hours at the restaurant.
Saturday......Gary & Mieko left to get back home in East Texas. It was great fun meeting and getting to know both of them. Mieko does origami and gave me a beautiful card with an origami flower she designed. Later in the morning we went with Mel & Bebe to the Flea Market. I bought a solar yard light. It's a globe that turns colors at night. I guess I'm going to have to save it until we move to another location as we are in the shade for most of the day at our site and then we have a huge vapor light that shines on our site at nite. Anyway the guys had a beer while shopping and I drank a glass of wine. Mel and Bebe left and then we met up with Lynn, Cindy & Larry in the bar/restaurant at the flea market while they drank a beer then back to the RV. We spent happy hour with a new couple Mike and Mary who had invited us earlier in the week. It was pretty windy at their place but we stayed long enough for me to ruin my diet with pizza and a brownie (Pat made the brownies).
Sunday.... Pat got up early to ride into Harlingen and meet up with the bunch of bikers that ride the area each Saturday. He made it back around 12:00. We didn't do much but laze around on Sunday afternoon. I did get my walk in and after pizza and brownies needed the walk.
Monday...... The guys were going to go play golf today but it started raining so they have postponed golf until tomorrow.
Tuesday........A nothing special day, just the usual.
Friday.....We went to lunch at the 83 Bar and Grill with Mel & Bebe and Larry & Cindy meeting Sandy, who used to cook chili back in the day. Well, it was great fun as Sandy had some great stories. I think we spent at least 2 hours at the restaurant.
Saturday......Gary & Mieko left to get back home in East Texas. It was great fun meeting and getting to know both of them. Mieko does origami and gave me a beautiful card with an origami flower she designed. Later in the morning we went with Mel & Bebe to the Flea Market. I bought a solar yard light. It's a globe that turns colors at night. I guess I'm going to have to save it until we move to another location as we are in the shade for most of the day at our site and then we have a huge vapor light that shines on our site at nite. Anyway the guys had a beer while shopping and I drank a glass of wine. Mel and Bebe left and then we met up with Lynn, Cindy & Larry in the bar/restaurant at the flea market while they drank a beer then back to the RV. We spent happy hour with a new couple Mike and Mary who had invited us earlier in the week. It was pretty windy at their place but we stayed long enough for me to ruin my diet with pizza and a brownie (Pat made the brownies).
Sunday.... Pat got up early to ride into Harlingen and meet up with the bunch of bikers that ride the area each Saturday. He made it back around 12:00. We didn't do much but laze around on Sunday afternoon. I did get my walk in and after pizza and brownies needed the walk.
Monday...... The guys were going to go play golf today but it started raining so they have postponed golf until tomorrow.
Tuesday........A nothing special day, just the usual.
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