I told the other girl scout leaders, the ones who do all of the work, really - I'm just riding along as another adult to supervise, most of the time. Anyway - I told them last fall that I'd do the 'Stitch it Together' badge with the girls in the spring. Well... It's spring, now & Annie & I are working on the sample book cover that we're going to show the girls how to do on Friday.
Gianni practicing hoops - check out his outfit though - he dressed himself! : )
Today was a beautiful day to take a ride out to Fox Valley Center to pick up the gift card that I won on their Facebook page. Why aren't all of you entering every contest that you see like I do? It's so fun winning.
Took Annie with me to vote, today. She was much more interested in what I was voting for and why, today, than she had ever been during previous elections. It was fun explaining it to her.
This article on "Geneva Patch" is really annoying me. I'm not sure if he's kidding or what...
http://geneva.patch.com/articles/how-the-west-siders-won
Going back into work, today, after being evacuated when the fire alarm was going off.
It ended up being "cousins night" at the Secret Colours show when Clint (and Sarah) showed up. And, Dave couldn't resist joining in the photo.
Annie cam grocery shopping with me this afternoon. She asked if she could try the Hostess Snowballs that they had for sale there.
I'm driving home from Starved Rock and I'm wearing the hat that I got from Steak n' Shake last night.
I treated myself to a new camera & it was delivered last night. So, today, Annie inherited my old camera.
The first two are of the Atchafalaya Swamp... You cross it on an 18 mile long bridge when you drive through Louisiana on I-10. Saw a few cabins back in the "woods". Couldn't see any alligators or snakes. And didn't want to!
In the last one I was trying to take a picture of the USS Kidd in Baton Rouge, but ended up just getting a nice picture of my "chauffeur". Have been trying to remember how many of us went to the Heerman reunion with Mom after Dad died and toured the destroyer... Who was there?
Got to Kerrville, TX last night and had dinner with Dick's oldest brother Don and his wife Ann. (sorry, we were talking too much to take pictures...).
Today we drove through San Antonio and Houston. Tried to make contact with Dick's son David for the past two days and finally got a call back from Dick's ex-wife when we were about 50 miles past them... David works nights and Kathy said she thought he might want to drive up and have breakfast with us in Beaumont. I hope so!
Anyway, we had a very nice dinner at Joe's Crab Shack. I had the Wood-fired Crab and Scallop Steamer Bucket. Not sure how they "wood-fired" and "steamed", but it was delicious, so I don't care! We ate on the patio (so wonderful after all the cold and wind in San Francisco!) and there was a very nice guitar player doing CW and blues. The audio doesn't do him justice, but I love the cars and trucks passing by on I-10 behind the poor guy...
551 miles left to go!
Absolutely nothing to see in "west Texas" except occasionaly weird "mountains" like this. I'm just amazed by how much space there is out there with no cities, no crops, no cattle, no scenery... And then all the people are crammed into Dallas, Houston, Austin and San Antonio. Why?
I was taking the kids to Red Oak Nature Center this afternoon & drove past Mike's house to get there. Saw this outside & just had to stop to take a pic. Love it!
We are in Fort Stockton, TX and this is Paisano Pete. He is the world's largest roadrunner at 11' high and 22' long.
Brendan and some friends came over to do whatever they do with those air guns. It was fun watching them.
First, fueling... It's double-scary. First, you have to get to the pump without hitting anything AND have a way to get out by only pulling forward. (You actually can't put it in reverse when you are towing the car.) Second, I'll spare you all the sticker shock. Let's just say we're happy that we are finally seeing prices under $4...
Second, "as close as I ever want to get to Juarez".
Third, sock #1! Ta da!!!
Just the rig at a rest stop...
A totally amazing "Pig Pizza" at a restaurant in Willcox, AZ. It had pepperoni, pork sausage, ham and bacon. It was only 10", but I could only manage 2 slices...
I guess grocery shopping is in order for me. I had to use string cheese for our meal tonight...nothing wrong with being creative, right!? : )
There've been signs up for a few days now, warning us that Washington St would be closed in the eastbound lane starting today. I found an article online, today, saying that they were planning on keeping one lane or the other closed for construction all the way through October! Yikes! I hope that article was wrong!
The Tonopah exit - again for you Little Feat fans... We HAVE been from Tehachapi to Tonopah...
And apparently, there really IS a University of Phoenix.
We are so humbled by the love we felt at Gianni's party yesterday. Thank you all for coming! It means the world to us! Today, we played and played and played! Such a fun day!
There were a couple of small black & white birds hanging out, all morning, on the lilac bush outside of this window. The cats were on alert there the whole time. We hung some yarn pieces on the branches & put out a birdseed bell, hoping that the birds would build a nest somewhere close.
