Thursday January 10th 2013

OK I’m having a little problem with my computer or something, not sure what is going on.

I have gotten a tickle in my throat, doesn’t hurt but it is very aggravating! I think I will probably come down with the Texas Crud.  So far though I don’t feel to bad.

We went to Fiesta Village this morning for some dance lessons. It was interesting, different from the other lessons we have taken.  She is starting us on what I call Trail Dancing.  The one she taught us seems kind of easy.

We took it easy this afternoon and then tonight we are going to go to Mission Bell for the dance tonight.  They have a pretty good band and we get to dance quite a bit. We had a pretty good time.

It is about all for today, we have to fix breakfast tomorrow, so, Night Y’all…

Wednesday January 9th 2013

OK I know that it has been a few days since I’ve written in the blog.  Not sure what I’ve been doing but the time sure is flying.  I was just thinking that we have been here almost two months now and our time is almost half gone!  Somewhere around the end of March we will be heading back.

I can’t remember much of what we did all those days so I will try to put in a few things.  I know we made a pot of chili and it was excellent.  We are starting to have a problem with our oven.  It lights but won’t stay lit.  I called the place where we bought it and they are going to send out a repairman Monday or Tuesday to look at it. Well, he came yesterday and he is going to have to come back, he couldn’t get it to work.  He wanted to say it was our problem but when he couldn’t get it to work either, well, he is going to get a couple of new parts and I can almost guarantee it won’t work then either, but I could be wrong.

We went to church Sunday, had a good service and then in the afternoon, or evening we went to a dance at a place called Riverside, it’s on the Rio Grande River.  We didn’t really care for the band or the dance hall but the outside was not bad looking, got a picture of Linda and the Rio Grande…..

The river is a lot wider than I thought or remembered.  It isn’t a real clean river either.

Sparky found a new friend, Jasmine…

Well, Sparky likes her, not sure she likes him very well.  This is Don and Cheryl’s cat.

Went to a jam (?) on Monday night.  A long time resident here and his son played.  His son, Billy, played lead for a group called Shenandoah and he is a good singer and a great guitar player…

Billy’s father’s name is Bob and  I think he may have done a lot of entertaining.  They both have CDs, Linda bought a couple.

Let me see, I went to the doctor yesterday I think.  I have a cist on my throat that is infected so I go to a surgeon next Wednesday for a consultation and hopefully they can remove it on Thursday, it is getting kind of sore and ugly.  We are having a little trouble getting medicine but it isn’t because of the pharmacy, but the communication between the Dr and the pharmacy.  The doctor back in Sikeston won’t refill Linda’s prescription without seeing her, hum, she is a thousand miles away and he knew we were leaving and he did see her about two months before we left.  Oh well, probably have to see another doctor down here.

We took on another job here, we are going to make breakfast twice a month at the club house.  Shouldn’t be  to bad, there are seventeen signed up for it.  I am going to make the biscuits and Linda is going to make the gravy.  We had biscuits and gravy a couple of weeks ago and it was free so this time the will pay dearly for it..  In two weeks we will have pancakes and sausage.

OK, I have probably missed a lot but at least I’m doing something now.

Oh, we went to a jam at the club house tonight.  Two guitars and a fiddle player.  Actually they were pretty good.  They sing the old songs, most of them I haven’t heard before but it was good, not a good turn out though.

Time to say Night Y’all…

Thursday January 3rd 2013

Well, I think it is about as cold as it gets this morning.  It must be in the high 30s or low forties and the wind is blowing and it is cloudy and rainy.

I saw Joe outside and went over to talk to him for a minute.  Bad news, he lost his electricity last night!  That is bad!  It is cold!  No heat!  He finally got ahold of Bob and there is a breaker box across the street and all he needed to do was reset it.  Voila!  Got electricity again!

Linda and I went to dance class this morning, had a good time and learned a few new things that we were doing wrong.

We went to Wal Mart after the lesson and picked up another blanket for the bed so we can stay warm at night.  I think it will help

I made cookies this afternoon.  Sure warms up the house with the oven going.  I made oatmeal chocolate chip cookies.  Kind of a new recipe which I didn’t have all the stuff for it.  We didn’t bring any vanilla with us so I use a couple of scoops of ice cream, it’s vanilla!  I wasn’t impressed with the cookies, Linda said she likes them though so I guess it is OK.

We went to Mission Bell to dance tonight.  Joe and Mary went with us. Joe wasn’t feeling to good but perked up later.

This is the bowl that Brenna got me for Christmas.  Nice big bowl but I think I may have cracked it.  I will use it as long as it stays together.

We got home around 10:30PM.  I am tired and need to go to bed.  Not much else to report for today so Night Y’all…

Wednesday January 2nd 2013

  Cold and rainy this morning, not a nice warm sunny day for sure.

I made Linda some Jalapeno bread this morning, didn’t turn out good at all. Not sure if I did something wrong or if the yeast wasn’t very good.  Tastes OK but sure didn’t rise!

Going over to help Dan again today.  Still have another desk to put together. I made a mistake on yesterday’s blog, we put a desk together yesterday and the day before we put together the entertainment center, I know everyone really cares about this but if I need to know I can look it up later.

We had a hard time putting the desk together. Should have been easier since we did one just like it yesterday, wrong, they do a really poor job of marking the different  pieces.  We have to measure and check each piece to see if it is the right one.  We usually have to take them off and put them somewhere else.  Oh well, we did get it done.  Linda was expecting me home early but didn’t happen.  Dan took me to lunch at Der Wiernerschnitsel. Not sure if that is how it is spelled but it was good.

Tonight is movie night!  We watched “Expendables Two”  It is an action movie with Stallone, Norris and a bunch of other heavies, actually it was pretty funny.  We enjoyed it.  We stayed until 9PM talking with Don and Cheryl.  It was a good evening.  We took Sparky over and he really enjoyed himself.  I think Don kind of likes him.  Sparky sure likes to go over there.

Well, not much else going on today so I will say Night Y’all.

January 1st 2013

Well I think I have the date right, better than yesterdays, had December 21st instead of the 31st, can’t believe I would do something like that.

Well we had a good time last night over at Don and Cheryl’s.  I don’t think I put a picture in but I will now.  We heard lots of fireworks last night. They really celebrate New Years with fireworks and “guns”.  Not to happy with the guns but this is South Texas.

This is the group. In the back is Don, Joel, Joe and Mary, in the front Linda and Cheryl.  Had a lot of fun last night.

Had us a feast of Subway sandwiches and a lot of other goodies, and of course, our Mexican Train game.

Well today I am helping Dan again.  He has two desks to put together.  When I got there they were unloading a truck and they got an entertainment center so we put that together.  I think that was today.  Took us a long time to get it done and it was really heavy, not very high, but very heavy.

I was a little late getting home, we had some problems getting it together.

Not much going on tonight, it is pretty chilly and our furnace doesn’t work, but it isn’t bad in here, we use a little ceramic heater that does a great job and looks like it doesn’t us a lot of electricity.

We are taking it easy tonight, watch a little TV and to bed…Night Y’all..

Monday December 31st 2012

The last day of the year, tomorrow I will have to remember to write 2013, Probably take a month to remember it is a new year.

Dan asked me to help him again this morning so we took his truck over to his new place to unload it and as we pulled in the driveway, he just looked kind of, well, defeated, and I said don’t tell me you don’t have the keys, and he said I don’t have the keys.  We headed back to the park and when we got there he decided it was to late to run back over so we went for pizza.  We took our car because he had “stuff” in the back of his truck.

Had a good time at Peter Piper Pizza, not my favorite pizza but a good place to meet.

There was a pretty good crowd there, probably 25 or 30, I didn’t count.

After lunch Dan and I went to the new place, with a key, and unloaded the truck and during this time an entertainment center was delivered.  Well, he decided that since it was already on the floor we may as well get it done and out of the way.  Turned out to be a very long process.  We finished it about 5:30PM and we were supposed to go over to Don and Cheryl’s at six. I hurried on home, Dan and Laurel are staying at there new place tonight.

I didn’t plan on staying to late at Don and Cheryl’s, I don’t mind missing the New Year coming in.  Well, we played Mexican Train and had a great time.  Jack and Mary were there and I did get a picture…

I set the time and Don sat up the camera, he did a very good job, got us all in the picture!

Well, Jack didn’t want to stay until midnight either but we were having so much fun and the time went so fast it was 11:40PM and we didn’t realize the time had gone by so fast so we all made it until midnight and guess what?????  We played a complete game of Mexican Train.  I don’t think I have every played a complete game from double twelve down to double one!

Guess who won???  The scorekeeper!  Me!  No I didn’t cheat even though some may think I do that kind of thing , I would never do anything like that.

Well, we broke up and went on home around 12:15AM New Years Day.  Time to get some sleep.  Linda stayed up, not me…Night Y’all….

Sunday December 30th 2012

It is !a very chilly day today, even Sparky didn’t want to get up!

Linda isn’t feeling well so she isn’t going to church.  I started a roast this morning and put it on low so we could eat at noon.

Church was good except that it was cold.  I had my heavy coat on and I about froze.  Don was just wearing a T-shirt!  Cheryl said she froze during the whole service as did a bunch of other people.

The roast was done when I got home, in fact a little over done.  Linda was still not feeling well so she went back to bed and I put some potatoes in the oven to bake.  When they were done I figured I would just let her sleep. When she got up we ate, I fixed some corn and had a salad with the roast, it really tasted good.

We pretty much took it easy the rest of the day.  I played games on the computer and watched a little TV and that was about it.  Exciting huh?

Guess that is about all, Night Y’all….