she's 17....our baby is 17 today

"HAPPY BIRTHDAY"
Michelle Renee

Day trip to Gruene

**edited**..........just got a call from Ryan.....on his way back to Corpus last night at 1:30am.....he hit a dog. He was pretty torn up about it but on the brighter side he & Natalie are okay.....the truck in okay.....and after that he was WIDE awake the rest of his trip home.
Poor kid.....another life lesson.

Yesterday was a nice example of what, I hope, retirement will be like.
Mark took off work so we could spend the day together before we attended the Tom Petty concert at the Verizon Wireless Center in San Antonio.
We hadn't been to the small German tourist community of Gruene in two years and "Oh My" how it has grown. It's such a quaint & beautiful community located beside the Guadalupe River and even on a Tuesday was crawling with tourists.
As always we enjoyed a slow paced dining experience of fine food & drink at the Gristmill. Out door dining over the river with a cool breeze & margaritas is my idea of retirement.
Ryan & Natalie joined us for dinner before we made our way to the concert.
The show, though a bit disappointing, was very nostalgic. It has to be hard to top prior performances when I've seen Mr. Petty at least eight times.
Like all of us, Tom's getting older. His set was slower than I'm used to. The song choice was fabulous but he was a bit less engaging.
Overall it was a good show and a nice memorable day.

she makes me smile.....

It's so rewarding when we come back from a hard workout and she's just as tired as I am.

oh btw.........

that snake 2 posts back......it is a cottonmouth and it still lives in a hole under that big rock. ryan is going to remove it for me this weekend.....

When It Rains It Pours.....

Yesterday I woke up to........ the dog with an abscess that swelled up to the size of a golf ball on her leg. Not a big deal just watch her and let nature take it's course. WRONG. She kept licking it until it opened up and bled all over my office floor. Fortunately it was laminate and cleaned right up but a vet visit with antibiotics & anti-inflammatory and $146.95 later.

Today I woke up to.......our main refrigerator had gone out. Frantically removing all of the salvageable food into our other fridges in the garage; I think I saved most. Who knows how much that will cost?????Repairman scheduled for Friday 8-12. I called Mark just to inform him of the cost. He was cool but informed me that that's no major big deal and to prepare myself for the garage door to fall in when I open it. WHAT.

Apparently when I backed into it years ago, stress has caused 3 of the 4 panels to bow and warp. SO..... now Friday between 2-4 and $595.00 later I should have a functioning garage door again.

But that's not even the worst of it.....my hair appointment is tomorrow at 1:30 and we have a family reunion Saturday morning.
Freaked out I called Mark again.....what a sweetie. He's coming home early so I can keep my appointment.

It's true what they say about bad luck running in 3's.
On the bright side.....my fridge is now clean:)

HELLO!!!

This is what greeted me this morning. Yikes:- Looks as if she's been here for awhile.

Blogging for my friends!!!!!!!!

This blog entry is entirely for Holly, Sherry & Melanie!!!!!

This is the layout I started at Archivers the other night. While I worked on it I kept thinking how y'all thought the colors were so bright and unlike my normal style.

So I went out on a limb just for y'all. This layout became very girlie with all the BLING, FLOWERS & CURLY CHIPBOARD.

I still managed to keep all the photos and was able to keep the journaling so I'm happy
See, I can BLING if I have to:)