October 25, 2009

Another beautiful day in Central Texas!!! For the moment the sun is shinning, the wind is calm and it is in the 70's but......another storm is supposed to come in later tonight. Oh well, we still need the rain.

Yesterday was rodeo time at Todd's house....Beau was not in the mood to be ridden. He is the last colt out of Poezya (my Arabian mare). Beautiful horse but has not been ridden much. I gave him to Tanya but she did not ride him so he stood out in the pasture and "got stupid". He will take a strong rider to get him under control. Todd is a very good rider so if anyone can do it, he can.

We moved to Todd & Mandy's house on Thursday. It was still muddy but we were able to get the 5th wheel in and set up. They had over 5 inches of rain Wednesday so the creeks were up and parts of the road washed out. Mike & I had to come in different roads....CR 3500 was partially washed out so 5th wheel couldn't go that way and CR 2 had high water over the creeks so Mike didn't want me to try with the jeep....by Friday all the water had receded. All this rain does make for beautiful green grass and trees!!

October 21, 2009

After 28 months of drought, we should be happy to see the rain; however, I do wish it would hold off for a few days. We were supposed to move the 5th wheel to Todd & Mandy's today.....rain and mud. Hopefully, tomorrow will be a better day!

I think the drought is officially over. The lake levels are rising, most of the stock tanks are full and all the grass is green. We had planned to do some dredging on our cove while the lake level was down but alas, we brought the rain back with us. The burn ban has been lifted so at least we can burn the 2 year old brush piles!!

October 17, 2009

This has been an interesting and stressful few days. My 95 year old Daddy is rapidly failing. I know he has lived a long, productive life and his quality of life is no longer good BUT I am a "Daddy's Girl" and not even close to being ready for what is to come. I wish they were closer than 4 1/2 hours to any of us kids. Unfortunately, we cannot convince them they are at a time in their lives when they need help. VERY STRESSFUL!!!

Friday Bill & Marilyn left for Lago Vista. We have had such a great time with them this summer/fall. We sure will miss them and Bill's creative accounting.

We have had Tyler & Zach with us this weekend. Those boys have so much energy. We have played games, gone for long walks and played with their Wii (games that are beyond me). Thank goodness the weather has been nice!!! It has been so much fun having them. Next weekend we will be with our only grand-daughter, Casey. The next weekend we will have all 4 boys Friday night.....2 teenagers and 2 9 year olds....can we do that?????? YES WE CAN!!!!!!

October 13, 2009

RAIN!! It seems to follow us everywhere! Last summer in Alaska, it was the coldest/wettest summer on record. This summer in CO, it was colder/wetter than normal.....now we are home and it has rained 6 out of 8 days. Do we have a little black cloud over our heads?? On the bright side, TX needs the rain so badly! After many, many months, our water front property on Lake Buchanan might actually have water soon.

While it rained this afternoon, we played cards with Bill & Marilyn. THE GUYS WON AGAIN!!!!! Marilyn and I just can't seem to get good cards............AND we don't take the chances the guys do. It was not Bill's creative accounting, they just WON.

October 12, 2009

Central Texas has finally been reached!!! HaHa It is still a 2 day drive once you cross the border at El Paso.....and, of course, my hubby doesn't like to stop once he reaches TX until he gets home!!!! We have driven that route straight thru more than once. Because of all the deer crossing the road we did make one short stop....at dark then up again at sunrise. Good thing we have our own bed with us.

We are parked at Live Oak Ridge Park. It is on Lake Belton just across the dam from Tim's house. His driveway is a little short for us to park the 5th wheel there. We are close to all the kids so will stay here for 3 weeks. Then we will move the 5th wheel to Todd & Mandy's house until the 1st of Dec. when we go to Inks Lake. We are going on a 2 week Panama Canal cruise the 7th-22nd of November.

Saturday we watched Ryan's football game. The were out scored but played with lots of spirit. RyBread was quarterback and carried the ball several times. Tuesday we are going to watch Tyler's 8th grade game....He and Justin both play on Tuesday so will have to alternate between them. Such fun being able to watch their activities. Next weekend is Casey's first shotgun meet.

Sunday our friends Bill & Marilyn joined us for a few days. As usual, we played Hand & Foot.....with Bill's creative accounting, the guys won (again)....seriously, I grudgingly give then their due...THEY WON!!! Okay Bill now HUSH and that's all I have to say about that.

October 4, 2009

This has been a travel week. Stops of 1 or 2 nights. We spent the last 2 days in Benson, AZ at the Escapees RV Park. An absolutely beautiful park.....the sites are huge and most have a 10 x20 storage building. The park has great rec room with so many activities happening all the time. Would be a really nice place to spend the winter.

Our time in Vegas was stressful and hot. We spent most of our time trying to locate our mail. When it was forwarded, it was not scanned into the system in Houston....so....it could not be tracked. It FINALLY appeared in Provo, UT the day after we left???? They forwarded it to LV, where we finally received it. They have some "very interesting" people picking up General Delivery mail in LV. At least we lost less than $5.00.

Tonight we are in Los Cruces,NM.....tomorrow TEXAS!!!! Looking forward to getting home.