Monday April 13th

Time to leave the hotel and head home. No charges this time not even for internet. Usually they charge $11.95 per 24 hour day for one device. This time when you go to he web page to get the wireless they say 2 devices for 24 hours charged to the room, but don't say how much. Looks like enough people have complained, and that is why they now allow two devices. Funny part is when we went to check out...no...

Sunday April 12th

This was basically a casino gambling day. We started off at Harrah's where we are staying, but didn't stay that long, because it seems the machines are pretty tight. We took our car and went over to the Horseshoe, which we like because it is more spacious. We stay a few hours but found the machines were pretty tight there as well. Back to Harrah's, and we started to get somewhere. I had a couple...

Saturday April 11th

Travel from our hotel in Burleson to Council Bluffs. We went for the breakfast at 6:30...would have preferred 6 as most other hotels do. Pretty good...standard fare...scrambled eggs, sausages etc. On the road by 7 regardless as we were pretty much packed. Not much of a problem around Ft. Worth, but lots of construction around Waco both sides, makes driving more difficult and slower. Very heavy...

Friday April 10th

We packed up and got on the road around 8. It was hot and very humid outside. The drive was good until we got about 40 miles from Waco...lots of construction..both sides of Waco. Apart from that the drive was very good, some rain in spots, but not a big deal. We checked into our hotel, Best Western...

Thursday April 9th

Katie and I were supposed to go to Mexico for the last time, and were dreading it because we would have to say goodbye to our girls. Last year on the bridge you needed a mop for all the tears that were flowing...all except for Eric who didn't know any different. Kate developed a Migraine headache which she gets fairly often, and it is really hard on her. She often loses part of her sight and ends...

Wednesday April 8th

Golf day today with Bonnie and Al. We started just before ten. Course not very busy, we let one twosome through and after that we basically had the whole course to ourselves for the rest of the round. It was hot, but there was a pretty strong wind so that helps. Friends of Al and Bonnie's lives in the plantation development which also is part of the golf course like our park is. His trailer faces...

Tuesday April 7th

Katie and I met Sister Maureen at her residence at 2:00PM. Our friend Dena was there with her husband Fred. We had a sink and taps, that Sr. Maureen will give to someone. Fred had a kitchen cabinet in the back of his truck. We delivered that to an old lady who only lives a couple of streets away. Dena...

Monday April 6th

Today we were supposed to go with Sister Maureen to Mexico. We were going to see Michelle who is sponsored by my brother and sister-in-law. We were also going to see Ruby who is sponsored by Durga who works with Katie. We learned that Sr Maureen was taking a couple of couples who were going to see their kids, and they had to be back to catch a plane. We decided we would be better off going with...

Sunday April 5th

Happy Easter everyone! At 12:30PM Katie and I went to the Echo Hotel in Edinburg for the Easter Brunch. Dana had made reservations for a whole bunch of us from the park. This hotel has a very good reputation for their food and their reasonable prices. The brunch price went up today from it's usual...

Saturday April 4th

Mexico today to see the kids. Raining all morning though which is going to make walking from the car somewhat more difficult, especially considering we are carrying all the food that Katie made to take. On the way to the bridge, it was raining slightly, then harder, then slightly. By the time we reached the parking lot on the US side of the bridge, it was slightly. We carried the large container...

Friday April 3rd

Katie started her day of cooking today. She decided she wanted to make a nice stew for our family in Mexico. They like their meat and potatoes, but the cuts of meat that they usually have are tough and extremely thin. We went to Costco and got stewing meat and some other things she needs. She basically...

Thursday April 2nd

I don't quite know how I did it, but I fell two days behind. Now I have to ask Katie the question "what the heck did we do Thursday?" Katie said "not too much, we went for dinner with Al and Bonnie". I guess that "not too much" is quite ok when you are on holidays. We went to Cheddars where we went last year, because we loved the ribs so much. There is always a wait but if they say 15 minutes it...

Wednesday April 1st

No April fools jokes this morning for us anyway. Only the thunder and lightening that were not in the forecast for this morning. We decided we were going to go golfing with Al and Bonnie at 10:30, as it was quite overcast but we thought we weren't really going to get any more rain, and that turned out to be a good decision. It was quite windy though. Still...we had a very good game, Katie changed...

Tuesday March 31st

Ah yes! We're going to see the girls today! Katie and I walked over the bridge, down the street and into Barbie Pharmacy for 1PM. Lenny was there and he phoned our family to come and get us. There was no answer to the phone. Katie and I waited a bit, then gave Lenny my cell phone number so he could phone us when they showed up, this had been pre-arranged. Stupid me! No good in giving Lenny my Tmobile...

Monday March 30th

Katie and I played golf yesterday. We thought we might play 9 holes, but after nine we still wanted to play so we played another 9. We pretty well had the course to ourselves the second 9 which was really nice. We came home, had supper, and then went for a walk. Steve and Janet were on their deck, so they invited us for a drink. I had a rum and coke which was very enjoyable. They told us their experience...

Sunday March 29th

Katie and I were dog sitting today. Al and Bonnie went to San Antonio to watch the Valero Open. Al's dog "Katie" is no trouble to look after at all, just like my "Katie". We went to the driving range, and Katie just stayed close to us, we were the only ones on the range at the time so their was no danger. We went shopping for some groceries, so we put her back in Al's place while we were gone, then...

Saturday March 28th

Today is the surprise party for Erika. Katie and I have no idea how Livario and the kids are going to pull it off. We went to the Pharmacy for 4PM. Lenny phoned Karelly to come and get us. We were surprised when the van appeared on the main street and Edith who is 16 or 17 was driving and Karelly was...

Friday March 27th

Katie and I decided we would go and hit some golf balls in the afternoon at Palmview. We like the range better there. Katie was back in form and hitting really great shots, me not so much. My driver is fine but struggling a bit with my irons. I am hitting them on the heel pretty consistently, so will have to find a way to try and hit them more on the sweet spot. After that we decided to go out for...

Thursday March 26th

Katie and I went to meet Sister Maureen at her residence around 2:15, so we could go to Mexico. Just before we left there was one heck of a storm which started east of us. Apparently they had some hail of 3 inches. We had huge winds and rain all of a sudden, which lasted about ten minutes, and then...

Wednesday March 25th

Katie and I went shoppin, as Katie had to get some supplied to make Taco Salad, as we were invited to Remi and Dana's. Dana had a whole mess of perogies and wieners she wanted to get rid of before they go home. Katie made the salad and off we went. They had a good crowd of people, all of which we knew, with the exception of one couple who we met for the first time. As usual it was lots of fun, and...

Tuesday March 24th

Mea Culpa...fell down on my job of writing the blog... Katie and I went to the driving range and hit balls before playing golf in the afternoon. It was slow because the Canada vs US Rio Grande Valley version of the Ryder cup was being played. Both Katie and I didn't play all that well, not sure why. It was a very hot day, and the game seemed long. We came home and just relaxed, as we were hot and...

Monday March 23rd

Katie and I went to the Factory Outlet Stores at Mercedes, about 25 minutes from here. It was a nice day, and our first stop was the Bass store where every year for a few years, we have found some real bargains. Not this year. We only found bargains at Old Navy, I got a really nice shirt for 8 bucks, and some shorts. The other bargains were at the Izod store...it is leaving the mall in may and they...

Sunday March 22nd

Yikes, the time is flying by...not good! Beautiful day here today, the sun is out and no threat of rain. Katie and I went to Mexico for noon to see the kids. Livario picked us up at the Pharmacy with Livy. I wanted to check out a couple of things to do with their internet, so we stopped at a store...

Friday March 20th

This is a non rain day for a change...just overcast. I put up another motion detector light in the patio. That will give us two solar powered led's at night which get brighter with motion. Much better than pure black. Of course if someone is intent on breaking into the shed or mobile home...they will. Even though Katie and I knew it was going to pour rain on Saturday, we decided to wash the car...

Thursday March 19th

Katie and I did a couple of errands in the morning and then we went to the driving range at Palmview because Tierra Del Sol Range was closed. Both Katie and I were hitting the ball well. We went to HEB after that to get a few groceries. Al and Bonnie were going to pick us up for the Fun and Sun Golf Banquet at the Plantation complex which is just down the road. They played golf first, but it is...

Wednesday March 18th

It was raining in the morning, so we cancelled our Tee time for the afternoon. We went to a couple of places we wanted to go. We had our umbrellas so we thought we would go to the Don Wes Flea Market, but it was around 1:30 so we decided to stop at Gonzalez burgers which is close by. We usually only go there once a year, because it is always super busy, and Katie and I don't eat much meat. We make...

Tuesday March 17th

We decided to go to Mexico with Sister Maureen, as we had some clothes for Vickey, and gifts for Michelle who is sponsored by my brother and sister in law. We met Ken and Vicky, friends from previous years, and Dena, another friend from past years who help Sister Maureen with her work. It was good...