Tuesday March 6th 2012

Linda got up real early this morning, we are going to go to the Hildago County vehicle place to get the title changed.  I have to pay tax and registration on it and also pay Burnie and Elinor.  Like I said though we won’t be taking it over until we come back down next Fall.

We got there early and there were probably a hundred people lined up outside waiting to get in!!  We may be here all day!  Burnie and I stood in line for about 15 minutes outside and it was cold.  Neither of us wore a jacket and the wind was really blowing and I think the temperature is about 65, give or take a few degrees.  Finally got in and got a number, we are number J76.  At least we got a place to sit down!  The line went pretty fast, I think it took us about thirty five minutes to get to a window and then it took about ten minutes to get all the paper work done.  Not to bad.

After we got home and got things ready we went back down to a “Mail It” Store to send a fax to get our insurance.  This took awhile.  I called the insurance place and they faxed back our papers.  $12 to do the faxing!  I should have bought a printer and emailed them.

After this we went to Wal Mart and I did buy a printer.  I still had to send one more paper to them with my signature.  The insurance was really reasonable, $201 per year.  I was happy about that.  The printer was just a little different than the one we have at home so I had to go through a lot of stuff to get it to work, and after I got it working, I think I spent about two hours trying to find the paper I scanned and wanted to email.  Finally got it!

After this we went over to Burnie and Elinor’s to let them know we had it insured and they can cancel their insurance.  Elinor was really busy using the stove!!!  I had to take a couple of pictures of her making bread!!

She made sour orange bread.  The orange tree just outside the kitchen window has both the sweet and sour oranges.  Elinor said she really likes the stove, she had used the top to cook with and now the oven.  I think I will make bread tomorrow and bake it in that oven.  Give it a try anyway!

Here is a picture of Burnie and this is how he was dressed this morning when we were standing in line…

These are a couple of the pictures of the inside of the house also.  Nothing special but I think it will be very comfortable.  They have really enjoyed it for the last ten years.

Well, tonight we had some pork fajita's!  They are good and we will have enough left for a long time.  I think there was over five pounds of meat and it filled the crock pot.  She couldn’t get the pablano peppers in it so she will have to add them later.

Time to call it a day….Night Y’all…

Monday March 5th 2011

It is very nice out today, supposed to be sunny and warm!  Love it!!!

I went to line dance practice this morning. Had a good time, I’m not very good at it but I may as well give it a good go and maybe I will be able to join in at some line dancing dances.  Nancy says that Wednesday night they are having a dance at Mission West so we may try to go to that one.

We were going to do the title change this morning but I really didn’t want to miss the practice. I need all the practice I can get.  Burnie said it was fine to wait until Tuesday.

I do have some things to do today, I have to call the insurance man and make sure he gets a copy of the insurance to Bank of the West.  I also had to go out and find the parts to hook up the stove.  They were missing a part, well, they didn’t have the right size.  I thought the propane place would have them, but I ended up going to a hardware store and getting them.  After hooking up the gas I gave it a try and it works…good.  I was going to make some bread and bake it over there  this morning but it is already past noon so I guess I will wait.

We took a spray bottle over to check for gas leaks and I didn’t see any!  I showed Elinor how the stove worked but I’m sure she could have figured it out for herself!

We pretty much took it easy the rest of the day. It got nice out today, almost perfect, maybe a little windy but excellent weather!  Time to sign off for today…Night Y’all…

Sunday March 4th 2012

It’s our anniversary today!  40 years!

I went to church at Mission FBC and the service was a step above the ordinary!  The ordinary are good this was real good.  He was preaching on the Sermon on the Mount.  “Blessed are they who mourn for they shall be comforted”. For a short verse he really did an excellent job, really made people think.  There is a couple from Morrison IL and she was really crying when the service was over. Her name is Pat.  I don’t put the last name in the blog of most anyone but once in awhile a Pastor or a business man would like the publicity, right, like everyone reads my blog!

Linda and I went to Pappadeaux’s for our anniversary dinner.  I really like their linguini pasta.  I tried a new one today and it wasn’t as good as the one Linda got but they were both great and the assistant manager treated us to a sampler desert for our anniversary.  Her name was Catherina I  think but I’m not sure now, she was very nice and the place was really busy for 3PM!

Burnie and Elinor brought us a beautiful bouquet of flowers…

I can’t remember the name but Elinor called them Dutch Orchid but I think they are some kind of iris.  Whatever they are they are really nice…

Took Sparky for a walk again and it’s time for bed.  We have had to open the bedroom window last night and tonight.  It is still really warm, maybe tomorrow it will cool off….night y’all….

Saturday March 3rd 2012

Well, this morning I have dance practice, line dancing, not ballet!  I am enjoying the line dancing.  Wasn’t sure until I started and I guess the first day I felt like quitting but I’m sticking it out.

We went to HEB this afternoon to get some groceries. We took a bunch of coupons with us and ended up buying about $55 worth of groceries and saved about $28!  We bought a bunch of stuff we probably didn’t need but can use all of it sometime.

Went to the flea market with Burnie and Elinor for about an hour and had a great time.  I like walking through the flea market.  Linda bought me a hat, a sombrero, that I will wear to the pool party next Saturday.  Linda also bought a pair of boots that people here say is a great buy.  She likes them and she is wearing them to get used to them.

Tonight we went over to Burnie and Elinor’s and played some games.  Had a great time.  They are really interesting people.  Can’t remember who won the games and it really doesn’t matter, we just had fun.

Got home about bed time. Took Sparky for a walk then went to bed….Night Y’all…

Friday March 2nd 2012

I did it again!!  I am almost four days behind and now I have to try to remember what we did the last couple of days!

I think we went to see if we could find a part for the stove but had no luck so we went to Conn’s and bought a new one.  I will take a picture of the new one when we get it, well, when Burnie and Elinor get it.  They are supposed to deliver it Sunday.

We got a letter in the mail from Bank of the West and they need to see the insurance for our camper.  Well, trying to get ahold of Bank of the West is, well, kind of ridiculous.   I tried but no luck.  I will get ahold of our insurance agent and have them fax the declaration sheet.  They are pretty good at that kind of stuff.  Seeing how it is Friday we can’t do much of anything because most places are closed on the weekend.

Linda went to the happy hour and had a pretty good time.  We aren’t going to do much tonight just stay in and relax.  Night Y’all

Thursday March 1st 2012

Here we go, March 1st already!!  This morning is just beautiful outside, the temperature is about 70 and a little breeze, maybe quite a little breeze but it sure feels nice outside.

We stopped at Bernie and Elinore’s place and told them yesterday that we bought a new stove, well I took a picture of the old one…

Kind of tight quarters in the kitchen but this is the old one.  The stove works fine but the oven thermostat is broken and with all the bread I bake we need one that works.  I will put a picture in of the new one Sunday after they deliver it.

I also had to take a picture of the Texas Blue Bonnet!   This is just outside the door at Bernie”s…

I’ve never seen the Texas Blue Bonnet up close. They are very small but very colorful. I believe it is the Texas State flower!.   You can see them growing wild in the ditches along the freeway but can’t stop to look. Can’t pick them either if I remember right.

Our neighbors across the way are heading back home.  They stopped over to say good bye, I thought they had left already but they were just hooking up their trailer with the Harley in it, you may be able to tell that he is a Harley guy just by the way he looks…

They are really fun people and characters, just like Linda!  Linda gave them a box of Mexican cookies because he mentioned he liked them. Then he gave her a box then she gave him another box and it was back and forth like that.  Ken’s birthday is February 6th the same as Linda’s.  For some reason Ken thinks I’m a biker too.  Love motorcycles but people are never on the lookout for people on bikes and down here they aren’t on the lookout for anything else either.  People drive crazy down here.  Dee is also a character.  They’ve been here before and will be back next year. They are going to bring his mother back, she is 92 and likes to square dance!

We were going to go to a dance tonight but decided against it. It is really hot and we are really tired!  Maybe next week.

I tried to watch TV tonight but can’t keep my eyes open, think maybe the heat had something to do with that.

Time for some sleep. May open it up, the temp is dropping off but it is still in the upper seventies….Night Y’all….

Wednesday February 29th 2012

Last day of February and it’s leap year and also Bren and Darin’s anniversary!  Happy anniversary Bren and Darin!

Sparky and I made our laps around the park this morning and Bernie stopped me and asked me in for a cup of the coffee they really like.  It is called  Don Pedro I think.  My first taste was really strong!!! Not bad but really strong.  After a few tastes it was more tolerable.  We sat out on the patio and got to watch the Starlings fly around their house and chase the sparrows out.  Sitting on the patio was really nice!  The temperature was great the sun was shining and a little breeze was blowing and I just didn’t want to leave.  Elinor joined us and made another pot of coffee that wasn’t quite so strong.  Linda was still sleeping so she missed out on a wonderful time!

I think it is going to get pretty warm today.  The sun is really hot so I will turn on the air conditioner a little later.

Linda is going with the ladies to a brunch and fashion show about noon.  There are nine ladies going I believe.

Yep, I turned the air on and I went outside and sat in the lawn chair and when the wind quit blowing I went back inside.  I closed of the bedroom and the bathroom and turned the air up so it would keep it around 85 degrees.  At least the air conditioner cycled on and off and kept it decent in here.

Linda got back and we went to Conn’s, an appliance store, to look at a stove again. An apartment size stove that is 20 inches wide is hard to find and there isn’t much of a selection but they had one that would work perfect in the park model.  We bought it and they are supposed to deliver it Sunday and set it up.  I thought about doing it myself until I saw the parts and I figured I should let someone do it that knew what they were doing! Then when we stopped at Bernie and Elinor’s and saw what would have to be done to unhook and hook up the new one I was glad I spent the extra money!

Banana splits tonight.  We went on over and then went and taught Elinor and Bernie how to play Zilch.  Had a good evening. I think Bernie won!

So much for a nice warm day.  Got to open the camper about bed time and I think we will sleep good!  Night Y’all…