Monday December 30th 2013

 

One more day left in 2013!  This year has really gone fast!

We haven’t done a lot but a few of the high points from the last couple of days and a few pictures are coming up…  Linda has been down with a slight case of the Texas Crud and I have the sniffles.  Could be a lot worse.

We went to ROPA Saturday with a bunch of ladies from the park.  We are looking for costumes for the New Years Eve play which is a murder mystery dinner that takes place in the early 1900s, probably around 1905.  We did pretty good in finding the costumes!  We stopped for lunch at a little Mexican Restaurant which was pretty good!

Lets see if I can name them all… On the right is Cheryl, Mary, Mary, Mary, Nan, Judy and me. No is wasn’t a mistake with all the mary’s.  They are Proud Mary, St. Mary and Holy Mary!  Had a really decent lunch.

We stopped at a lot of thrift stores and ROPAs.  We finished at Wal Mart.  Linda had to get some tape for my tie.

We had a Christmas Dinner at the club house and I know this isn’t in order but I better put it in while I remember it….

I think we had about 25 or 30 people show up which was really good!  There are a lot of people that haven’t made it to the Valley yet and a few that just don’t join in.  Excellent food!  Good fellowship.

OK, back home we worked on our costumes for the play.  I am a piano player and Linda is a girl dressed like a boy working on a boat!  I will get pictures of the others tomorrow night at the play.  I think we will be surprised at the costumes they wear!

Linda did a excellent job on the tie and she looks great dressed as a boy. She did a good job on the costumes.  Hate to say it but my outfit is almost all women’s clothes. What the heck though, it’s a party!

We went to church Sunday at Palm Valley.  The Youth Pastor had the service and he did an excellent job!  We enjoyed it.  Linda didn’t go but Don and Cheryl went with us.

Guess that is about all for now so I guess I will say Night Y’all….

Wednesday December 25th 2013

 

Happy Birthday Jesus and Merry Christmas to all!

John 3:16 says “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life”!  Now, what is the reason for this season?  Don’t think it is sending cards and giving gifts, which is nice, but this is Jesus birthday, His day, and we should celebrate HIM!  Our Savior, our Redeemer, our Hope!!!  Christmas is way to commercial and seems to be losing the meaning, but I am thankful for all that God has given me and allowed me to do!

We went to church last night with Don and Cheryl.  Has a very nice program and I even took another picture!!!

They had a lot of singing and Pastor Rick Gannon gave a very short message with and invitation!!  Some churches don’t give the invitations anymore and I think that is kind of sad.

Linda fixed her pretzel salad for the  dinner tomorrow at the clubhouse.  Looking good!!  I love pretzel salad.

I fixed the faucet in our camper.  Not sure what happened to the old one but it started leaking.  The new faucet has a light in it! I think it is kind of cool, no battery, no electricity but when you turn it on the light comes on.  Blue for cold and turns red when the water gets hot.  Not an expensive faucet so I hope it lasts.  I will have to take a picture of it sometime.

Guess that is about all for today,  bye Y’all…

Monday December 23rd 2013

 

The cold front made it here last night.  Got a little cool sleeping.  I didn’t put on our comforter last night because it was still to warm.  I turned on the furnace this morning though.

Yesterday we went to a different church.  It was Palm Valley Community church.  I liked it, very large church and the pastor, Rick Gannon, had a very good sermon on the women in the lineage of Jesus.  I had never thought about it but most of the women mentioned were not Jewish!  I knew about Rahab, but Bathsheba wasn’t Jewish either according to Pastor. I think the point he was making was that through His lineage there were people that were like us but still in His lineage.   He was very entertaining and brought a very good message.

This church reminded me of the church we went to in Bowling Green KY.  In large churches like this they usually don’t have an Invitation but I think he has one at probably every service.   I like that.

We went to church with Don and Cheryl then stopped for breakfast at Nelda’s which was pretty good.  We didn’t do much of anything else the rest of the day.

I got a new kitchen faucet for the camper and I put that in on Saturday I think. I had a terrible time getting the old one out!  Usually the new one is the problem, well, it was to, but not as bad as getting the old one out.  After I got it and put the new one in I couldn’t tighten it down, the sink was in the way so I had to take the sink out.  That was unusually easy.  Then tightening the new one down was easy.  I need to get some putty for the sink before I tighten it down.  The new faucet worked great and no leaks.  The faucet has a light.  It is and LED light that doesn’t have batteries.  It works, not sure about the hot side which is supposed to turn red, I didn’t have the water heater on.  Later….

Guess that is about all for now.  Christmas is coming and so is New Years Day.  Merry Christmas Y’all…..

Friday December 20th 2013

 

This month is certainly going fast!  Christmas is almost here!  We went to Wal Mart yesterday.  It was very warm and windy.  It was actually very windy. I took a picture on the way home….

It isn’t a cloudy day but the dust was really bad.  Not just in spots was it bad but all over. It was hard to imagine that it wasn’t cloudy.  The dust was really bad.

When we were out we stopped at a Mexican restaurant for lunch.  They call them Tacquerias (which probably isn’t spelled right) and this one wasn’t to good.  Linda had a chicken fajitas and I had something else.  Not sure what it was called but wasn’t the greatest.

Linda is finally getting over whatever she had but still isn’t doing to great.  She gets tired really fast and sleeps more than usual.

I’m trying to figure out what else we did during my time of not writing.  I helped Joe and Don on Joe’s ceiling.  That was quite a bit of work, then he put up ceiling fans.  That was also quite a bit of work.  I don’t remember ceiling fans being so complicated.  I didn’t do much of the work so I guess I shouldn’t complain.

The dogs are settling in and I think are pretty comfortable.  Chloe loves to sit on the step when I have the door open.  She sits there for a long time.  When she sees Sparky sitting, or laying, by me it is time for her to butt in and try to take over.  They are doing a little better but Chloe is still the boss.

Guess that is about all.. We are going with Don and Cheryl this afternoon.  Going to check out the days of operation of the other Pulga we went to about 20 miles away, and that was last year so we can’t remember the day that we went.  Going to eat at Furr’s today to give it a try.  Been years since we have eaten at Furr’s.

Guess it is time to say Night Y’all….

Saturday December 14th 2013

 

Well, we made it through Friday the 13th without any major accidents.  Linda is still really not feeling good.  May have to take her to see a doctor or something. 

Not a lot going on, I went to Wal Mart yesterday morning and picked up some things, still didn’t get everything.  If it isn’t on the list I will probably not pick it up.  I took Sparky with me and I guess it was better than staying home.

I went to Leo’s and picked up some chicken that I have enjoyed.  It was a little more expensive than last year, like most everything else.  The propane went up a little bit but it is still not to bad.

I’ve been reading a book about FDR.  It is very interesting.  Learned a few things that I didn’t know.  The book is very large and will take me a few weeks to read it.

Sure wish I had more to write about but we have just been staying home and Linda is still not feeling well.

Guess that is about all…Night Y’all..

December 10th 2013 (Tuesday)

 

We haven’t been doing much of anything.  Staying home and trying to keep warm. Yesterday it wasn’t to bad, still cool and cloudy but it wasn’t windy. We still stayed home and kept warm.

I am sure that we will probably stay home today and try to keep warm.  I have a few things to do, we got an insurance bill and I’m not sure what it is for. There is no policy number on it and the bill isn’t one I have ever seen before even though it is from a place where we have insurance through.  Time to get on the phone I guess.

I’m not going to write much today, haven’t taken hardly any pictures so won’t have any to put on here so I am just going to say Night Y’all….

Sunday December 8th 2013

 

I’ve started using the date I write the blog instead of the day I am talking about. Right now it is just a little after 7AM and I really haven’t done anything today except get up. Not real exciting!

So on Friday Linda cooked a turkey, and we had our Thanksgiving dinner, well, actually She cooked it on Wednesday and we took it off the bones then had the dinner on Friday.

Doesn’t she look so happy???  You can tell we are using our good china.  The dinner was excellent.  Love turkey!

Last night we went to the Rick Brown dinner.  They are members of the church we go to and they put on a dinner and entertainment. They have two groups from local schools come and perform.  The first was from Rowe High School in Mission and their group was called Raz-Ma-Taz and they put on and excellent musical (Christmas).  We even bought tickets for their high school play in January…

These kids had some good talent, good voices, also acting.

The second group was from  La Joya ISD.  They put on a really good show also. Mariachi type of show.  These first four kids had more moves and energy that I ever thought of having!!!

 

They did traditional Mexican dances that I could only imagine. Not sure how anyone could do what they did.  Very good..

The next was a band and they were excellent also…

Hard to believe that High School kids have this much talent. 

Anyway, we had a good time and a good dinner.  Relaxed when we got home.  I have to get ready to go to church now so adios y’all….

Wednesday November 4th 2013

 

Did I mention we switched to Direct TV and we have had a lot of problems with Direct, especially with the moving around. They aren’t the same as Dish Network, there is no charge when you move with Dish but Direct wanted to charge over $100 each time we move and we will be moving a lot so I cancelled and we went back to Dish.  Cost a bundle to get out of Direct and I’m still having problems.  They need the receivers back, no problem, except they took a long time to send the box to return the receiver and I’m sure I’m not done paying yet, what a bummer. Just a hint to anyone thinking of Direct TV, if you are traveling a lot and want to take it with you, it doesn’t work good at least not for us.

Got a nice picture of the sunset last night…

Someone sent in a picture to the TV station and it was a lot nicer than this one.  It was a beautiful sunset.

Oh, I got the box last night for the receiver so I packed them up, couldn’t find the packing tape, so I decided that the Post Office would probably have some.  Got there at around 4:35PM and the closed at 4:15PM.  Not a real good day so far!

Weather wise it has been a great day!  I wear a jacket in the morning and then have to take it off later. 

I went to Pulga yesterday morning, the flea market close to us.  I don’t buy much but I sure like to walk around and look.  I picked up some vegetables.  Didn’t have the selection today like they usually do, but I got a few and had a nice walk.

We just sat around last night and watched TV, was a nice relaxing night.

So far today looks like another really nice one so I guess I’ll say Bye Y’all.

Monday December 2nd 2013

 

We had a pretty good weekend, went to church Sunday and they announced that the services would be back to 8:30AM instead of 8AM.  That will be nice.  I like the early service but that half hour makes a big difference.

The other morning, in fact it was Sunday morning, it was very foggy and I got a picture of Chloe looking at a cat.  Not sure if she knows what cats are.  She is still pretty cautious around them…

Mary, Holy Mary, brings steak bones over for Sparky, I kind of tricked Chloe..

That is a stem from a head of broccoli!  She ate quite a bit of it then decided it really wasn’t a bone at all.  Sparky even tried it.  I ended up throwing them away.

I have a problem.  Our screen porch has gutters and they are plugged.  Can’t figure that one out…

Got a cactus growing in the gutter.  I tried to get it out but the gutter is full of dirt, packed of course, and it won’t budge.  The prickly part is really sharp. I think this is the kind that is good to eat.  Can’t remember the Spanish name for it right now.  I tried to clean the mud out of the gutter and I can tell I am going to have a really big project ahead of me. The inside of the gutter is almost inaccessible!  Very small area to get to.  I took the ends off and maybe I will be able to push from one end to the other.  I doubt it though.

Anyway, we have been having gorgeous weather.  Gets nice and warm.  This coming weekend we are having another cold spell and the highs are supposed to be in the forties again. Not looking forward to that but am enjoying the warm weather now.

Guess that is about all…Night Y’all….