HAPPY EASTER Y'ALL!!

Ok,Ok,OK.... for decades I have prepared a "traditional" Easter dinner and all the fixings. Ham, funeral potatoes, green beans, etc. This year we're heading out for my sister's house for Easter and the menu is, GASP! Hamburgers and Hotdogs!! What the H....
I can't tell you the disappointment I feel. Plus on the added side, holidays have always been for family but she's going on to have some friends over. Because we were military, we weren't lucky to have family around so we invited their friends over who were miles away from their families. But I thought living back in TX it would just be family well... Maybe if my Dad was still around.. I should just suck it up and fix a ham for later at home. :0)

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Why is it that my best ideas for a blog are only when I'm away from my computer? Then, silly me try to make a mental note to remember my ideas for the next time on my computer and they get lost in the vast universe called my brain.
Call it what you will, CRS (Can't remember S...), Old-Timers, or whatever, it's annoying. Maybe I should carry around a tape recorder, or better yet a pencil and pad. I know I've lost some good ideas because I feel it in my bones.

ok,ok,ok, I remembered something!! I was watching "House", one of my many favs, and it was about a woman who LOVED to blog. I mean, she wrote about everything including her sex life. Anyhow, honestly, how much should we say about ourselves? Does everyone need to know about our personal lives? Should we take into consideration the feelings of the persons we're writing about? I know, I know, 20 yrs from now, my granddaughter won't give a hoot about her mom writing about her "accident" at Sweet Tomatoes (or will she?) Sorry Karen, but sometimes you push the envelope a little...

Wahhhhhhhhhhhhhh!

So this afternoon I caught the last 30 minutes of Armageddon with Bruce Willis, Ben Affleck on T.V. Oh my gosh, this movie moved me to tears again. Mark & I went to see this on the "big screen" when it first came out late 90's. Then I turned the channel to see "Philadephia" with Tom Hanks and Antonio Banderas. I have to admit that Antonio makes a hot homosexual.rrrr. Anyhow the ending to this movie is super sad also and it gets me teary-eyed again!. Plus the soundtrack is outstanding and Neil Young's Philadephia is haunting and beautiful. why do I have to watch sappy movies because..... I like them. :0)

CPT Paul W. Pena

The reason I'm writing about Paul Pena is that his death is the first one ever that I can remember that has impacted my sleepy little town of San Marcos. Here is a San Marcos Native who bravely served and died for his country in Afghanistan by a IED. Today around 1:30 p.m. his remains arrived in San Marcos escorted by local law enforcement and a veteran motorcycle group. People lined up on both sides of LBJ dr. to honor Our fallen hero. We go about our daily lives not giving any thought to all those men and women in our armed forces who are living their lives in danger. Plz take a moment to give thanks and pray for their safety. Thank you.

belated Happy New Year!!

Yup it's been awhile that I've written and I just wanted to quickly update my blog. We went to Pennsyvania for Christmas and met up with our granddaughter and her parents (:0)
We then followed them home to Wisconsin and spent the New Year with them and stayed until the 2nd to help our Summer celebrate her 1st Birthday!! It went by quick and she's a hoot! We love her dearly and really miss terribly. And I'm making some progress on my new year's resolutions.

Everything's bigger in Texas

Well due to the last time's post, that's why I'm writing this one. Just checked myself out in the mirror and I Didn't like what I saw. I try to watch what I'm eating but sometimes something sneaks in that I'm not supposed to eat. Or I don't eat "everything in moderation". My fault. I knew that coming "home" wasn't going to be easy because, Texas barbeque and mexican food aren't anywhere on the food pyramid of good eating. Fat is where it's at around here and I'm not talking about the people. There must be a reason why Fat and Flavor start with the same alphabet letter and one without the other can't be. Sacrifice the flavor by taking out the fat. But I need to feel better about my appearance and so I need to make changes. Slowly.. I don't want to go into shock.

Can there be too much of a good thing?

Honestly, can this be a real question? So sad it's true. My DD sent me an email for the 12 days of Christmas at Whataburger, a local favorite and we have been going there almost every other day for their "freebie" of the day. I'm not Compulsive, Cheap yes. I'd like to think myself frugal and during these hard times, I would like to thank all those businesses who put out all those great offers! My sister Linda, calls me the coupon queen. I invited her out yesterday for some shopping and sister-time. We "hook" up meeting at the HEB parking lot and informs me that after a quick stop at Panda Express for lunch we're heading for San Antonio. After a quick misquided run to find the place she wanted to go we stopped at Beall's dept store for some last minute Christmas shopping. Hadn't a clue what to get my mother, we were looking at the ladies sleepwear where of course we always check out the clearance rack. Where we found a lovely frock coat and nightgown set clearanced at $16.00. We look around some more and I find a nice blouse to go with my new pants. Well we go to check out and my sleepwear purchase came out to $7.50! What joy!! My sister was totally upset at my good fortune. She had to settle for a Beall's giftcard. When you have the gift well what can I say? .......:0)
We have been blessed this past year and hope that Everyone will be also.