Cold Front

Today we woke to overcast skies and drizzly weather. A cold front is passing through the area and it sure is a change from the past two days when the temperatures hit the upper 90's and perhaps even 100 degrees. At least the 100 was posted by the weather channel for the high in Mission, Texas.

I forgot to mention that on Friday night I got an email saying our credit card couldn't be charged by Netflix. Since we've had this account for awhile I was concerned. On Saturday I spent almost an hour finding out that our card was being charged but not by us! The bank had put a hold on it. So, it was cancelled and another card issued. I also found out they had the wrong phone number for us and that's why we didn't get a call. Fixed that!

Monday I went to HEB with Ann. We decided to grill burgers and we both needed a few things. With small refrigerators in RV's you get to shop often if you don't plan right. Ann made potato salad and I contributed some veggies.

We had a good happy hour as Karen and Dave joined us. They didn't join our cookout because they had eaten burgers for lunch! The days are getting longer and we stayed out until the skeeters chased us in.

Tuesday was beautiful weather wise and Jim cleaned the windows outside and got the back of the rig cleaned. Not sure but I think I did laundry.

Wednesday I went shopping with Ann and Karen. I didn't plan on buying anything but did find a turqoise sleeveless blouse and some matching shoes. Also and overblouse for the sleeveless top. I plan on wearing it with white slacks. We went to Kohl's and Stienmart. We had lunch at Crackerbarrel. Salads and soup...

Made a stop at HEB so we could get a few things for Margarita hour at the clubhouse. Everyone brings something to eat and on Wednesday you don't have to worry about dinner. I skip the drinks because I think they're to weak.

Thursday the temperature got up to 95-96 degrees. It's not supposed to be this hot in February! We closed up the rig and enjoyed the cool. After a dinner of shrimp scampi we went next door for chocolate waffles. I'd never heard of this but you use a cake batter and make waffles. Ann, Jim and Scotty put whipped cream on theirs, I had powdered sugar. This is really good! like having hot muffins. Still have some batter we need to use and I'm thinking chocolate chips would be good. Jim and the others think vanilla ice cream would be good also. Sure is a quick way to make a dessert.

Yesterday I was up at 0645 and the sunrise was an apricot glow in the eastern sky. Even Jim got early so I requested a bike ride and we headed out to Bentsen Rio Grande Valley State Park. The pictures you see are from our ride. Spring is making everything green again. Trees are leafing out and blooming. So are other plants and it's beginning to get prettier in the park. By the time we got home it was time for lunch. Also it was time to close up the house. It was getting way to warm and uncomfortable. The dead tree shot is for Howard. I don't think he reads this blog, but he always takes pictures of dead trees and posts them on his blog!

falling behind

It seems the more we do, the less time I spend on the computer. So I'm behind in posting.

Last Friday we probably spent time home doing housework and chores. For Happy hour we went to Pat and Vern's. It was their going away party (they left this morning!). Margaritas and a lot of goodies to nosh on. 6 couples and all except Jim and I were taking the dance lessons offered here at the resort, Line and couples dancing. So just before dark most all of them were trying their new dance moves without music....looking good!

After dark we headed home and spent the rest of the evening watching TV. Can't even remember if we had dinner...

Saturday after hanging around the house we had lunch then headed to Palmview High School to see the La Joya ISD Concert. My oh My what a show! The high school students danced and sung their hearts out for us. The program was long enough to require an intermission. Their were 8 different 'acts'. They had dances from around the world, Costa Rica, different Mexican states, Boliva, Spain and Cuba. Each required costume changes and in most cases energetic dancing!

The Mariachi Los Lobos performed three times, I'm sure to allow for costume changes and let the dancer catch their breath. They were good and we enjoyed the singing.

The program ended with Cuba and the last dance was El Carnival! This time of year finds most Latin cultures celebrating Carnival or Mardi Gras.

It was a spectacular show and I encourage those in the area to make an attempt to see it. The tickets were 6 dollars each and well worth the money. It's my understanding that there will be more shows in the month of March, but will differ from the February shows. Just check google online, La Joya ISD.

Since we drove the three couples in our duely we headed back to the park. We dropped Karen and Dave off and Ann and I started discussing dinner and before we got to our site we'd decided to go to Chilis! Had a good dinner with our friends and then we came home. So Saturday was a good day!

I am amazed at the amount of money that must have been spent for this program. I'm pleased to see the fine arts programs are alive and well in this Texas school

Sunday we stayed around the Park most of the day. We'd made plans to have dinner at Hayashi's for Jim's birthday (15th). Unfortunately some were sick so it was postponed a week. Hayashi's is a hibachi restaurant and Karen and Dave, Anne and Scotty, Linda and Dan plus Jim and I went. Karen is the only one who thought to bring a camera so I don't have pictures! We all had a good time and enjoyed our food and the show very much.

Once we left the restaurant we got to see the Green Parrakeet's all lined up on the overhead lines. If you want to see them for yourself head to 10th and Dove around sunset. Beautiful little birds!

On the drive home we saw a beautiful sunset, perfect way to end the day.