Saturday December 29th 2012

Nothing planned for today, it is very cool this morning so we will probably stay in and try to keep warm.

I helped Dan move some stuff to his “recovery” place.  We got it all loaded and got to his place and the gate was locked so we waited for almost an hour and they never returned so we went back to the campground.

We followed Don, Cheryl, Joe and Mary to go look at the Habitat for Humanity outlet store.  Couldn’t find it but we did find a couple of clothing places, didn’t buy anything. We went to go to Wal Mart and found a Mexican Restaurant called Morado’s. This was a nice place and the food was excellent!  We will come back here again.

Not much going on this afternoon but I did get a good picture of the sunset!!

Well, I played on the computer tonight, I downloaded a game that I kind of like and I played most of the evening, can’t remember the name of it though, hmmmmm, can’t remember, oh well, Night Y’all…

Friday December 28th 2012

I have lots that I want to do today, I think I will clean the gutters and pick some oranges and maybe a few other things.'

Linda isn’t feeling very good today and it is pretty cool.  Well, I will have to say that I forgot the coffee clutch this morning, what a bummer, I can’t remember anything…

I borrowed the ladder from John and looked at the gutters and I can’t figure out how to clean them.  The gutter is pretty well plugged and no way to get to it without taking the gutter apart, maybe I will leave that for another day!

Well, while I have the ladder I will pick some oranges.  Lots of oranges to pick…

I picked ten bags of oranges and that is probably about a quarter of them and I know that I won’t use all that I picked, sooo, I’m trying to give them away.  Put some over in the the club house and gave some others the other people here in the park.  I started juicing some and I ended up juicing two bags and got about a gallon and a half of juice, give or take.  I may do some more but it will be later

Well, not sure why but this afternoon I started feeling a little under the weather and I just don’t feel like doing anything.  I even took a nap but didn’t help much.  I just took it easy the rest of the day and didn’t do much of anything.  Night Y’all…

Thursday December 27th 2012

Cool again this morning!  Not like it was yesterday but still cool.  Tomorrow it is supposed to warm up again before another cool front comes in on Saturday or tomorrow night, whenever.

We aren’t going to do to much today, going dancing tonight and this morning we have dance lessons.

Linda and I were the only ones from here that went to the dance lessons, the rest were busy or recovering from an injury.  Had a good time, we sure need the practice though.

After the practice I stopped at a lumber yard and got a phone number for a person that could possibly do a countertop.  Joe said Mary could tile one for me and she said she could do any kind of counter top that we wanted. I think we will give her a try!  The counter top is not large so it shouldn’t be to hard to do.

Linda has been doing jewelry and I finally got a picture!

I think she has done a pretty good job for just starting.  Not sure what you call it but she is tying rocks with wire and the one on the top she wore tonight to the dance, I think she wore the two rings also.

Guess that is about all for today can’t think of anything else we did, kind of boring huh? Night Y’all…

Wednesday December26th 2012

Very cool this morning, the wind is blowing out of the North at a pretty good speed and makes it really cool.

We don’t use the furnace so I baked some cookies this morning and it really warmed it up in here. I needed some cookies, they are the macadamia nut cookies but I’m disappointed in them, they taste kind of funny for some reason, not bad, but kind of not real good.

It did warm up pretty good today, not real warm but enough that a sweater worked out pretty good, tomorrow is supposed to be warmer. This is Winter here in the Valley and it changes quite often and changes pretty fast sometimes.

Linda had fixed some pork the other day and we had some for lunch with mashed potatoes and cream style corn.  We finished off the desert Linda made and it didn’t taste right either, not sweet enough or something.

Got a picture of a woodpecker just below the palm fronds.  I think he is a resident here.

I messed around with the computer today and Linda went over to Cheryl’s to wrap some rocks, I will have to put a picture in tomorrow of some of her art work!

Not much going on today, going to take it easy.  Don’t want to go to the store because it will be packed the day after Christmas.

We watch a show on TV called “Amish Mafia”.  That was very interesting, didn’t know that they had a mafia in Amish communities!

Well, time to say Night Y’all…..

Tuesday December 25th 2012

Christmas Day, the day we celebrate Jesus’s birth!  I think it is going to be a beautiful day in the neighborhood.  The sun is shining and it is going to be very warm, perfect day for Christmas!

We opened our package from Brenna and we got a beautiful pair of boots for Linda and some fruit and nuts and I got a beautiful mixing  bowl!

Linda’s boots are nice and warm and the bowl is big enough to mix up a few loaves of bread!  Haven’t tried the fruit or nuts yet though.  I am anxious to use the bowl to see how it works.

We are having our Christmas dinner at the clubhouse.  Linda made a chocolate desert and baked beans. The dinner was great, the ham was furnished and the rest of the stuff was stupendous!  Had a great time.

This is what Is left of my dinner.  Actually Mary bought a birthday cake with my name on it.  We all had a pretty good time I think.  I ate way to much.  I should have taken a group picture but I just took individual pictures. Here is a picture of Frank and Bob, I didn’t get their dogs, Scooter and Buddy, they weren’t at the dinner….

They brought a shrimp and rice dish that was really good.

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We took a nap this afternoon, probably not a good idea after eating so much but I couldn’t stay awake.

We watched some TV and I played on my new computer until some people outside started singing, thought the were Mexican Mariachi's for awhile but they were singing in English!  It was Don and Cheryl serenading us with a birthday song for me, how sweet…

The weather is starting to cool off now so we shut up the house so I wouldn’t have to get up during the night to do it.  It is supposed to get down into the thirties tonight and that is way to cold to have all the windows open.  Going to be cool for a couple of days then warm up again. This is one of those winters that will be up and down temperature wise.

Time to say Night Y’all…

Monday December 24th 2012

Second day for the new computer and I have had a good time with it and my Norton anti virus did its job when I opened an email.  Guess that was good.

I went out early this morning and got Linda a Christmas card and a little candy.

We went to Peter Piper Pizza at noon with Don and Cheryl.  I really didn’t want my birthday known but….

No such luck….

I think I counted fourteen here today..

Went to Wal Mart after to get a few things, as usual.

Got to take a little nap this afternoon and feel pretty good this evening.  I’ve been working on the computer and decided it was time to write the blog.  Linda is going to fix a desert for tomorrow and she has pork fajitas in the crockpot for later.

May not look the greatest but it sure smells good and I’m sure it will be great!

Well, time to say Night Y’all but I want to thank all those that wished me a Happy Birthday, thank you!   Jesus is the reason for celebration though.  Thank you Jesus!

Sunday December 23rd 2012

Who!!!  I finally got a computer and downloaded Windows Live Writer that I need to post my blog.  What a job!  LaVon did it for me the last two times and I sure appreciated that.

I bought a new Toshiba computer with Windows 8…

I couldn’t get the computer to do anything and what really upset me is that it didn’t have Solitaire on it, nada, no solitaire at all.  The games that were on it you have to pay for and probably ones I couldn’t even play, I took it back after two days.  When I took it back I got another one, not a Toshiba but an Acer Notebook.

I got this yesterday and today I downloaded more than I did while I had the Toshiba and I had to download the first part at Burger King.  The Wi-Fi here is terribly slow but I have downloaded everything here, well, after getting the phone to work I used it to download the rest of what I needed.  Hopefully I will be able to post this on my blog.  (I downloaded all this here at home!)

I definitely can’t remember what we did the last few days.  I know we went to Don and Cheryl’s last night for a Mexican supper and then a game of Newlywed Game, well, something like that.  We didn’t do to bad, well, Linda didn’t do to bad, she knows me better than I know her.  Had a really good time.

I don’t think I will do much more here because this is mostly a test to make sure it works.  I like the little computer, I think it is just about the right size. Time though to say Night Y’all….

My picture of God’s handiwork just a couple of days ago…

Tuesday December 18th 2012

Trying this again on my phone. Computer crashed:-( and I really don't want to buy another one.
It was cool this morning around 51 I think and this afternoon it is 87, sure warmed up. Tomorrow is supposed to be 90 then Thursday 65 for a high, think I might freeze!!
We aren't going to do much today, just soak up some of the nice warm weather. May go to Walmart this evening then again maybe not.  I don't like typing on the phone, I make way to many mistakes and I'm not sure if I can post this.
Time to say night yall...

December 15-16-17 2012

This post is for December 15-16-17 and I think my computer crashed. Sure couldn’t get it to work.  Every time it shuts down for updates and restarts it takes a very long time to come back on and this time it wouldn’t.  I let it sit for a couple of hours to try to get it to finish but it wouldn’t and this morning it finally came back on but said it couldn’t fix the problem so I have to get the rest of my pictures downloaded on the external hard drive.

I’m not going to write any more so this may be a Night Y’all for quite awhile if the computer won’t come back on again.

Wednesday December 14th 2012

We don’t have anything planned for today except for the coffee clutch today.  I decided to go ahead and sign up again for it since no one else did.  Linda is going to make gravy and I’m going to make the biscuits and some cinnamon rolls.  I got up at 5:30AM to get it started and I had a hard time with the yeast.  Not sure if it is good yeast or not but I couldn’t get it to raise.  Hope they turn out OK.

I made 21 biscuits for the gravy and I had five left over plus there was a dab of gravy.  For the small crowd that was there almost everything got eaten. Linda took the last two cinnamon rolls to Cheryl and stayed and talked with her for about an hour.  I was in the clubhouse for about another hour talking to Don and getting things ready to take back home. (People said it was all good).

I did up the dishes when I got home so they wouldn’t be sitting around.

We watched some of the shows that we recorded last night when we went to the dance.   The three shows took up most of the afternoon.

I fixed supper tonight, had brisket, potato and vegetable.  The brisket was excellent.  We bought it at H.E.B. and divided it into 5 or 6 piece packages.  I’m not sure how many she got but we have enough to last us for quite awhile.

The shooting in Connecticut was terrible, wonder what is going on with people these days.  According to Hillary it takes a village to raise a child, the village must be doing something wrong.  Maybe the family needs Jesus, you think????  Guess the government will do it’s thing though and make everything OK.   Hogwash!

We had a shooting tonight, well, hopefully no one got hurt but it sure scared us.  Around midnight, maybe later we heard a car and about 3 to 5 shots really close together and really close, scared us and Sparky!  That was just a little to close.  We wonder about our safety now. 

Well, time to go back to sleep…  Night Y’all…..

Thursday December 13th 2012

Well, this month Friday the 13th came on a Thursday!!  How about that???

We don’t have a lot planned for today, we will go to the dance tonight and do a little practicing again.  We really need the practice.

Joe is adding on, or enclosing, the porch area.  I helped a little bit but seeing as how I’m not much of a carpenter and there isn’t a lot of room, Don is helping most of the time.  He knows how to do this stuff, I sure don’t.  Got a picture of it.  I helped put in the windows and put on the tar paper….

It is quite a project.  Joe is getting tired and when they get the siding put on I think he is going to call it quits until next year.   I have a project that I would like to do but not sure if I will do it this year or not.  I have to tear out some flooring and the more I look the more I’m going to have to do if I want to do it right.  I will have to take out the cabinets (bottom) and then the tub plus some other stuff and I’m not sure I want to tackle it this year.

Our water heater is working great.  The water in the shower stays constant as long as no one else turns on the cold water, then it gets a little warmer. Hasn’t been bad though.

Well, the dance tonight was OK, we are getting better at the two step, the waltz needs a lot more practice and we didn’t even try the bop.  That will take a lot of practice.  We did get to do the Electric Slide and the Cupid Shuffle.  Had a good time but when we were done it was time to go to bed…   Night Y’all…

Wednesday December 12th 2012

I’ve been checking around to see what all I will have to fix when I start on the floor.  Looks like it could be a major project if I do it right. Under the cabinets and sink there are soft spots that should be replaced, not really necessary but to do it right the cabinets will all have to come out plus the bathtub and stool.  Might not sound like a lot but I think it will be a major project.  I really would like to do it right and have it done rather than do part and have a problem in a couple of years and have to tear out the kitchen and bathroom.  Maybe next year???

We went to Lowe’s to check on some drawer rollers.  The ones I have are not in real good shape but the new ones are the same size only new.  I think I may have to do a little work on the runners where the wheels go.  May not work but it is worth a try.  I bought a new gas tank for the water heater.  It is a twenty pound one and now we will see how long it lasts.

We are going to see the light show at Hidalgo.    They have a really big light show for Christmas.  Got some pictures even, most didn’t turn out well though.

This is our group.  Front row.  Cheryl, Joe and Mary, back row Don, Jack, Mary, Joel and Linda.  I took a lot of pictures but a lot didn’t turn out, especially the ones from the bus we were in which kept moving and the windows were tinted so most didn’t turn out well.

We had a good time but it was pretty chilly and we took the bus which was warm but it didn’t take long to get chilly walking around.

I see Angry Birds in the background and I know I have a picture of them….

We play Angry Birds, kind of fun but for an old person like me, it isn’t easy!

OK,, time to say Night Y’all…..

Tuesday December 11th 2012

We got up early and we headed to Corpus Christie to see John.  John called a couple of weeks ago just to talk.  We haven’t seen each other for around twenty years.  We worked at the mill probably never in the same department but we knew each other for most of the time we worked there.

Corpus Christie is a pretty good sized town and John took us around after eating at Kiko’s, a Mexican restaurant.  We stopped at the Gulf to get a couple of pictures…

It was pretty chilly today, don’t think it got over 55 degrees.  Jacket weather for sure.  It did start warming up on the way home though, the closer we got to the valley the warmer it got.  It got close to sixty and it was almost dark.  We got home around 6PM.  Had a great day, good trip and made it home safely.

We watched a little TV tonight but I couldn’t stay awake so we went to bed around 9PM.  I figure I will be up around 3AM.  Oh well, Night Y’all…

Monday December 10th 2012

We have dance lessons this morning over at Mission Bell.  We like the dance instructor, Ted, he is pretty good with the people like us that aren’t very coordinated.  We had a good time and we are learning the two step and the Bop and the Waltz.  We have a lot of problems with keeping the steps right but we are getting a little better.

After dance class we went to fill up with gas for tomorrow and then we went to Wal Mart to pick up a few things that Linda wanted.

I baked some cinnamon rolls, wanted to take a few over to Don and Cheryl because she is laid up with a sprained foot.  The dough didn’t raise like I think it should have but the rolls turned out pretty good, very tasty.  Also found out that the black pan I used wasn’t meant for the oven.  Fortunately I used aluminum foil so the rolls should have been OK.

Well, I did take a couple of pictures, the first is Joe and Mary’s Christmas tree….

It isn’t a pine tree but a different kind of palm tree, I think it looks very nice!

This is a Papaya tree (?)…  Not sure if it is a tree or not, doesn’t really look like a bush though.

Not a lot going on today so I will say Night Y’all…

Sunday December 9th 2012

We are going to church again at MFBC.  Pastor Adrian is back and is preaching this morning.  Had a good sermon and Sunday School was good also.

Stopped at Foy’s Market and picked up a couple of steaks for tonight. Going to get together with Joe and Mary and Don and Cheryl.  Cheryl fell last night over a couple of cement curbs, well, she didn’t fall but twisted her ankle or foot and went to Urgent Care this morning to get it checked. She can’t hardly walk.

Linda’s arm is getting darker, she twisted it about a week ago…

It still hurts her but it is getting better I think.

Had a good time at the cookout, played a couple of games of “Farkle”  and had a lot of good laughs.

We got home again around 8PM and watched a couple of shows we had recorded earlier..I was tired so I fell asleep in my chair and Linda kept waking me up so I could watch the show….Night Y’all…

Saturday December 8th 2012

It is another warm and beautiful day!  Going to get into the upper 80s again.

Linda is going to fix a desert, chocolate lush, or girdle buster, for our get together tonight.  I think it will be a good time.

I turned the water heater down because it just got to hot and couldn’t get enough cold water to cool it down to shower temperature.  I took a shower and after getting it adjusted it was great!  I think the water heater is going to work out just fine.  I’m still amazed that this little thing can put out so much really hot water for as long as you want.  I’m amazed to, that when you turn the hot water on, the heater comes on and as soon as the water is turned off the fire goes out.  It isn’t even hooked up to electricity, it just has two “D” cell batteries for the ignition source!  Incredible!

We went to the party tonight, picked up Jack and Mary, they went with us, and got there in plenty of time.

Got some pictures…

The man with his back to me is Rick Brown, the owner of the Family Center.  The food was very good and lots of it.  Here is the desert table…

The entertainment was from two different high schools, they did a great  job..

This next group I thought were professionals, I would give there name but I can’t pronounce it or spell it but they were very good…

These kids had a lot of energy.  Got tired just watching them.

We got home pretty early, around 8PM I think and we took it easy the rest of the night, watched a little TV and went to bed…Night Y’all….

Friday December 7th 2012

This is the day that will be remembered!  71 years ago if I remember right, listened to it on the news.  Actually people still living that remember it and were actually there!   They are definitely getting older.

Had the coffee klatch today at the rec room.  Paul and Sandy had it today.  I always enjoy these.  Lots of stories that are really interesting.  Had a good time, thanks Paul and Sandy…

Well, today is the day I start on the water heater.  I think I have all the parts and Joe said he would come over and help.  After all was done I was glad Joe and Don came over to help.  The heater worked good but when I got it hooked up we couldn’t get any hot water, come to find out I needed to block the water heater so the cold water wouldn’t do all the work.

Don also helped because the fittings I put together inside were leaking.  I thought I had them tight but he checked them and got them hooked up right and I fixed the third fitting before turning on the water again.  It works!!

I took a picture after we had it all cleaned up…

It sure isn’t very big but it sure puts out some hot water!!  I love it.  We only have a 30 amp hookup and when the water heater would come on it would use almost all of our electricity.  Couldn’t do anything else while it was heating water so now our electric bill should go down and we should have plenty of hot water.  I have it hooked to 40 lb propane tank.  Should last a long time.

Linda went shopping with Mary and Cheryl.  She found a lot of good deals

so we have to find room for all of it.  Good luck.

That is about all for tonight….Night Y’all…

Thursday December 6th 2012

Beautiful morning again, not going to do much today, still tired from yesterday.

We went to the pool this afternoon and sat there and relaxed.  We were the only two in the pool. I swam in the pool, which is very cool, and Linda went into the hot tub and tried to relax and get her back to feeling better.  It still kind of hurts from  falling the other day.  Her arm is getting darker everyday.  It still hurts her so this may help also.

We tried to take a nap this afternoon but it didn’t happen.

We are going dancing tonight at Mission Bell.  We went there last week and with the lessons we had on Monday tonight will be the night we practice.  We try but we aren’t very good at the two step or the waltz.  We didn’t even try the bop.  I’m pretty sure we couldn’t do it.  There sure are a lot of dances we would like to try, actually try to learn, but I think the basic is first on the list.  By the end of the night we weren’t doing to bad.  We get messed up but we are doing better.

We got home and went to bed pretty early.  The dance gets over around 10PM and we got home before 10:30.   Tried to get Sparky some exercise before going to bed.  He is really good, usually sleeps all night.

Well, Night Y’all….

Wednesday December 5th 2012

We have been having some very beautiful weather!  The mornings are cool and the days get warm.  We have been, on an average, about ten degrees above the normal of 74.  I took a picture this morning, well, I think it was this morning, close anyway.  It was foggy and looked really neat with the sun shining through the fog…

Guess it really doesn’t look like much in the picture but I thought it was pretty neat,  Wonder why I can see any solar flares???

We are going to a Christmas Party this Saturday at the Rick Brown Family Center.  We stopped to ask them a question and got to see a lot of their place.  They attend church at MFBC where we attend when we are in the Valley.  They also have a funeral home there and it did sound kind of funny when she said the dinner would be in the Family Center and the entertainment would be in the Funeral Home.  She showed us the chapel where the entertainment is going to be.  WOW what a chapel, marble floors and that is about all I noticed except that it was really big. I think it will be a really good time and the entertainment is a high school group performing special dances and music.

She showed us a hearse that was really neat…

This is a 1914 REO, or Oldsmobile.  Didn’t know that REO was Olds!  She said this is the first hearse with a motor.  It really looks great, would be terrible to drive because there isn’t much room  in it for the driver.  She said they would drive it in the parade in 2014 and it will be one hundred years old!  The also have another car, another Oldsmobile, a Merry Oldsmobile if I remember right..

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Well, I have a “T” up there and I can’t get rid of it.  This computer is doing some weird things, I’m sure it isn’t me!!

I helped Joe this afternoon put on some tar paper and put in some windows.  He is adding a room and I thought I would at least help some. We got all the windows in and the paper on most of it except for the door end and the other door end and I was beat, the air was nice and cool but the sun was really hot!  We finished around five I guess and I went on home and took it easy the rest of the night. 

Whew!!  I need to do this everyday and not let it go.  I know that I have some things on the wrong days but it will still be OK, I won’t remember next week anyway…Time to say Night Y’all….

Tuesday December 4th 2012

I did it again, I haven’t been writing my blog!!  Shame on me!

Now let me think, what did we do today???  We took off today and looked for parts for the water heater that came in yesterday, give or take a day!  We went to Home Depot and couldn’t find anything, well, the guy working there didn’t think they carried PEX pipe and fittings, time to head for Lowe’s.  The guy there was helpful, he showed me the fittings that would work for PEX so I picked up almost everything that I thought I would need.

We stopped at What a Burger for lunch.  They sure have good hamburgers. Got the burgers and fries and a drink for $7.  Really hit the spot.

We stopped at Harbor Freight to look for other parts and a saw.  I need the saw for when we start on the floor which will be “later”.  I need to get the water heater going first, just because we have it…

When we got home, and on the way in, Linda fell off our front steps.  I was already inside trying to get rid of stuff and get Sparky ready to go out.  She had to sit on the floor for awhile to get her breath and make sure nothing was broken.  She can move her hand, fingers and wrist so I think she will be OK.  I think she may have a big bruise because it is already swelling.

I’m trying to get Linda to help me remember and I think her memory is as bad as mine!!

I didn’t want to start on the water heater until I know that I have plenty of time.  Now this is kind of backward but at least it all happened this week!  Going to do another one and will put some different stuff in it.  Funny, if I don’t do this the day after, neither of us can remember what we did.

Time to say Night Y’all….

Monday December 3rd 2012

Another warm day today, beautiful in the morning, usually until noon or after then it gets warmer.

We went to Mission Bell for dance lessons.  We weren’t sure what kind of lessons they were, maybe line but we were kind of surprised, it was the two step, the bop and the waltz.  It lasts for an hour and a half and it is a half hour for each.  I thought it was great because I watch people at dances doing what I find out now, is called the bop.  I need to learn all of them but the bop is really neat.  They are all neat and we plan on going to a dance Thursday night and we will try to do some of the moves we have learned.  The dance instructors name is Ted and he is a good instructor.  I’m sure we will keep on with the lessons.  We went with Joe and Mary and Don and Cheryl.

After the lessons we stopped at a Ropa.  That is where they have all kinds of used clothes.  We bought a little cooler to take to the dances.  We can take a couple of waters or pop or something like that.

This afternoon we went to the pool and swam in really cold water, it was supposed to be seventy three degrees but felt like fifty until we got used to it.  We also went in the hot tub which was a warm ninety three degrees.  Got tired and warm.  Linda was kind of hurting and it really helped.

Here’s another picture of our orange tree.  I think I picked about forty the other day and it doesn’t look like I picked any.  I will pick some more.  Mary gave us a juicer and it works pretty good.

Here is another picture of our sage bush.  It is blooming again.  Not sure why it quit, thought maybe it was because I watered it, but maybe that is why it is blooming again????

Time to say Night Y’all…

Sunday December 2nd 2012

We have been having some very warm weather.  They say it is a little warmer than normal but not much.  It has been in the middle 80s but as long as the breeze is blowing it has been pretty nice.

Went to church, Linda couldn’t get up so I went alone.  Got a picture of the kids that sang a special and I don’t know their names…

I’m not sure if they are brother or sister but they did a good job, nice voices but I have a hard time understanding the words.

This was the preacher that filled in and I think they called him Nicky but I’m probably wrong…

He had a great sermon on “love”.  Started with the scripture on knowing a disciple by their love for one another.  He did a good job.

Sunday School was also good.  I had a couple of questions for the teacher, Rosalie.  She has some different views on some of the scriptures, will see next week what she has to say about them.

We took it easy the rest of the day.  Linda is still tired and not feeling quite up to par.

Got another picture of Mary and Jack’s lights…

I think she is about done now, looks nice.

Time to say Night Y’all…

Saturday December 1st 2012

Today is a day we are going to take it easy!!  After the last two nights dancing we are kind of wiped out!

I took a couple of pictures, the first is our kitchen and our new refrigerator. I can’t remember but I think I may have the new light up. Unfortunately I took this picture a few days ago..

Nope, the old light is still there, I haven’t put it up yet, maybe on the next picture…

Another pretty sunrise picture and the two palm trees.  This was really a colorful sunrise.

Linda took a nap this afternoon and I fell asleep in the chair with Sparky. Not a lot going on today, I even tried to watch some TV tonight and kept falling asleep and I think I missed the ending of all the programs, Oh well, I don’t think I missed a whole lot..

Time to say Night Y’all…

Friday November 30th 2012

The weather has been very warm.  We ran our fan all night, would be pretty bad without it.

Linda and I hosted the coffee klatch today. Turned out pretty good..

I made some cinnamon rolls.  Everything was gone except for some of the fruit, which we brought home.

We went to a flea market with Don and Cheryl.  It was called Pulga also. I found a coffee server for three dollars.  Have one at home in the camper but that doesn’t do me any good here.

They have all kinds of stuff there.  Linda found some things she wanted and also bought a big bag with a zipper. I found a light for the kitchen and it was a good price.  We also got a pineapple and some tomatoes.  Had a good time but it sure got hot, we finally bought a couple of hats for two dollars apiece but they sure helped with the sun.

We stopped at Whataburger for lunch.  They have great hamburgers.

Went dancing tonight.  The Renaissance Rockers were there, they are good.

Cheryl is having a good time..

Mary and Linda are having a good time!

We got home around ten and we were tired and kind of sore.  I think we will sleep good tonight!

Time to say Night Y’all..

Thursday November 29th 2012

Went out today to look for a shower base.  Didn’t have any luck.  They make the tub the size we need but not a shower base.  I think we will probably use the old tub and lower it down about four inches which will be good for Linda because it wouldn’t be quite so high and for me because I would be able to stand in the shower.

I ordered a tank less water heater from Camping World.  It is something that has to be outside and hooked to a tank of LP gas.  I am looking forward to getting it.  Our electric water heater really uses a lot of electricity and runs out of water fast.  I think I have already written about this but here it is again.

Went to Wal Mart to get a few things.  After leaving there I wanted to eat at a place we see when we go to Wal Mart, it is called Tamale Central.  They don’t speak English, well, some of them did.  Linda got a burrito and I got four tacos.  Linda could only eat half of hers and she took the rest home.  I ate all of mine…

The above picture is Jack and  Mary’s place.  Wonder if they will be the only one to decorate for Christmas.  Linda did pick up a Christmas tree for a dollar and set it on the table, looks kind of nice!

We went dancing tonight with Joe and Mary, and Don and Sheryl.  Had a good time, not even sure what the name of the place was.  It was a country band and they were pretty good.  Tried a little line dancing and found out we had forgotten all we learned last year.  What a bummer…

Time to say Night Y’all…

Wednesday November 28th 2012

I think I will be busy today we have quite a bit to do. I was up pretty early and I decided to start unloading the fridge and get it ready to go outside in the screen room.

Unloading the fridge and packing it in coolers and what ever is a lot of work. I finally finished and thought maybe I would try to get it outside.  I have a plan.

I pulled the fridge out turned it and it will not roll on carpeting.  Actually it doesn’t roll very good on solid floor so I laid it over and pulled it to the door. I twisted it around and got it lined up with the door, got on the end and lifted it up over the threshold and pulled it to the stairs and slid it down the stairs and then stood it up.  I started loading it again with the food I took out of it earlier.  I then plugged it in and it was wait for the truck. Got a phone call from Puente’s and they needed me to come and lead the driver to where we live.  It is only a couple of miles so it was OK with me.

After we got in on the porch I lined it up with the door and went and asked the neighbors, Joe and Don and they came over and helped me get it in the kitchen;  Only took a couple of minutes.  I started loading it with food from the old fridge.  Not an easy job, well, I think it isn’t one of my favorite jobs.

Linda went out with some of the women to the store.  I got the fridge running and hope it is better than our old one, probably won’t be, the old one did still work but not great.

Some excitement happened.  A guy ended up with his truck in the irrigation canal…

He had excuses…

Didn’t see the driver around when the police got there…

Didn’t do the truck any good…

I thought the tires would be ruined when they pulled it over the cement canal but they look OK, better than the truck for sure..

Linda got her new chair yesterday.  I think she likes it, it doesn’t rock which is what she wanted so it is great for her.

Guess that is about all for today so I will say Night Y’all…