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Whew, what a week we've had and it's only Wednesday! It's also a Full Moon tonight, and Melisa is about ready to deliver Baby W, wouldn't that be awesome! Anyway, to bring y'all (whomever y'all might be) up-to-date, let's begin with Saturday, April 24th.
Don's 3rd cousin, Moody Anderson, owns a little town called "The Grove, TX". It's an incredible place just a bit North and West of Belton, about two hours from home. He's collected antiques for the last forty years and housed them in buildings in The Grove, it has a General Store, Blacksmith Shop and Saloon. Many of the items have been used in movies over the years, notably, The Lonesome Dove, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, and The Newton Boys. Well, he decided it was time to sell the town and it's contents, so everything and I mean every item was put on the auction block.
Enter dear friends Eli and Sharon, a telephone call and let's do it ... we're headed out to The Grove on the 24th. It was an absolutely beautiful day, clear blue skies, cool daytime temperatures ... the kind of day that doesn't happen too often in Texas. The drive was great, enjoying the wildflowers, arriving at The Grove and couldn't find a parking place, it was packed. Don dropped us off near the General Store and found a parking place about three-quarters of a mile down the road. We explored the area, Sharon and I decided let's get signed up in case we see something we can't live without. So after providing some basic information we were given a book containing the 600 auction items for Saturday only. The book contained everything from pre-1917 auto license plates, wagons, the bank cage, the post office cage, shovels, rakes, medicine bottles, it was incredible.
So the auction was already in progress by the time we arrived, so we stood and listened. Amazing how the auction operates, the auctioneer ... what'd he just say ... and whatever you do ... keep your paper with your number down so he won't think you're bidding on a plaque of antique license plates selling for $1,750 ... yup, hang on to your license plates, one day your children may need some extra cash! After we decided the bidding and selling was left to the more professionals we jumped back into the car and headed to Georgetown for lunch.
We had a fabulous late-afternoon lunch, lots of talking, and just enjoying being on a day-trip!
So, on to our next event! Telephone rings and it was Helen and Douglas, dear friends from Houston. They'd been on an extended vacation, left the day after Easter and were on their way home, spending the night in Big Springs, asked if we were going to be home on Tuesday and could they rest their heads on our pillows for the night!
Absolutely, we haven't seen them in many months, Tuesday was a wild day with appointments, but they arrived around 2:30pm. The afternoon and evening was spent catching up, King Ranch chicken casserole, a glass of wine or two, watching The Good Wife, and then off to bed. We spent Wednesday morning with waffles and blueberries, coffee and conversation! They departed around 10:00am and headed back to Houston. A very short, but very enjoyable visit.
Well, that brings you up-to-date on some activities, now on to the BIG events of Dylan's adoption being finalized on May 5th, and Melisa ... well ... can't control Baby W's arrival, so my friends, until next time ....
Carin called to let us know they finally have a court date to complete Dylan's adoption! My heart is filled with love, joy, and excitement for Carin, Rusty and Dylan as they begin a new chapter in their journey as a family! Wednesday, May 5th, 9:00am ... we'll be there! Until next time ....
they're back! You know it's been fairly quiet in The Highland Lakes area since the end of December. Summer was over, dove and deer season had ended, and then Winter, and what a winter it was, so there weren't too many "weekenders" around. Weekenders, those are the folks coming up from the city, Houston, Dallas, Austin, to visit their lakefront properties or ranches and enjoy the beauty and quiet of the area.
It's a good, bad thing ya know! I've learned you NEVER, EVER go to the grocery store or Wallie-World from Friday afternoon until late Sunday, OMG, they are packed ... now, I'm not totally complaining as it's great for our economy, but you'd think there was a Hurricane on the horizon when Sunday evening rolls around and the weekenders have headed home! Whew!
And now, this weekend, the wildflowers are absolutely the prettiest I have ever seen, they're everywhere this year thanks to Mother Nature and our rain, and it's the Bluebonnet Festival in Burnet. So anyway, I'm driving into Marble Falls on my favorite road, Park Road 4 and the weekenders are absolutely crazy! Remember PR4 is filled with big, rolling hills, it's only 2 lane, and there are no shoulders to speak of. But that doesn't stop them, over they pull, at a moments notice, jump from their cars with cameras in hand and the picture taking begins; of course, they spy the castle and it's hit the brakes immediately so they won't miss a photo op against the blue, blue sky!
Ahhh, it's fun living in The Highland Lakes, and you know, even with the weekenders at this point in our lives, wouldn't want to live anywhere else! Until next time ....
Oh what can I say, this weight thing is starting to eat at me (pardon the pun)! You know, I was so good at Christmas, only gaining a couple of pounds, but for some reason the last two weeks I've added about five more pounds ... and there's absolutely no excuse, other than I'm an emotional eater.
Anyone else out there an emotional eater, and right now don't know why I'd be eating emotionally ... I mean really, our life is pretty good right now, even though we owe stupid taxes once again this year. Just how do they continue to get blood from a turnip, we have paid more than our fair share over the last almost 41 years of marriage. Anyway, then there was the car thing, and then we're anxiouisly anticipating the arrival of Baby W, and Dylan's adoption becoming finalized, and then, of course, there's my Mother living with us for the last 8 years!
Maybe all of the above has caused me to emotional eat, or stress eat, whichever you prefer to call the syndrome! So today I've turned over a new leaf, I continue to workout at Curves 3 times a week and I'm once again pushing myself instead of talking quite so much. And then tonite, went for a walk after dinner. We eat fairly healthy, except for Easter Sunday when my Mother requested ham, scalloped potatoes, carrot cake, fruit salad, and those fabulous Hawaiian rolls ... everything in moderation! OH, and I'm a Life Member of Weight Watchers, of course now over my goal weight and I won't tell you by how many pounds! And maybe I have a "negative goal" as I don't want to gain all the weight my Mother has over the past 40 years, she's now 94 years old.
Well, maybe this blogging thing is therapeutic, I'm going to take a more positive attitude about the weight issue ... we'll see how that goes. Here's to even more healthy eating, and, until next time ....
