Saturday, 1/12/08

Good morning everyone. Looking out my little window I can see the clouds drifting past and no breeze. Of course it's still early.

The last couple of days have been lazy and quiet. We haven't gone anywhere or done anything to speak of ..... well unless you call laundry "something'. heehee
Yesterday we spent an enjoyable afternoon trying out the front load washers and the tiny little dryers. :) I knew you'd think that was exciting. hahaha





I haven't even gotten my sewing machine out yet but I have been working on a Christmas bear that I started right before we left. I now have it finished. Please excuse the wrinkles. I just didn't want to dig around to find the iron.

Now isn't that adorable?

I'm off now to get ready for the day. I think we'll decide to go somewhere.
Will let you know later.

Wed. 1/9/08

We took a little excursion yesterday and drove down the coast to Aransas Pass which is about (I'm guessing) maybe 20 miles from us here in Rockport. I'm sure glad we're staying here. The countryside turns into more wetlands looking. Hardly any trees. And if there is a tree...they are short and knarly from the wind. The sceanery is much nicer up here and Rockport is so quaint. Aransas Pass is just a typical town that we'd see anywhere. I'll get pics of Rockport one day.

We stoped for lunch at The Big Fisherman and had one of their daily specials.

Gumbo soup to start.... (very good - just a little bit spice warm but not hot hot)

1 Stuffed crab, 1 stuffed shrimp,

5 fried shrimp (yum) and 4 fried fish strips with a baked potato.

I'm glad I ate it but I now know that stuffed crab and stuffed shrimp is mostly breading and a little of that goes a long way. They also have a special on Tuesdays..... All you can eat chicken fried steak for $1.75!!! Yes you read that right. We've been told the waiting line is at least an hour long if you go from 11:30 to 1:00....so we will definately go later than that.

As we were driving we came upon a marina that stored boats. They had two of these humongus buildings they called *stacked* storage. OMGosh!!! have no idea how they did that.

Again I took several pics of the birds that we saw....but I won't bore you with them here. I'll post to the web album if you want to see them.

I do want you to see what a Norfork Pine should look like if it grows outside. This is the tree I had sitting in my dining room. Gina is now taking care of it for me and it sounds like it is really loving her house.!!!! heehee

I also want you to see some of the windswept oaks that grow down here.

Today will be a quiet day again for us. I'm not sure we will be doing anything spectacular....but if we do then I'll let you know later.

It's cloudy and a bit cool so far today.

Our flyover zone...

Our campground is located right by the Rockport airport and there are helicopters that come and go every day.

We've been told they shuttle the workers to and from the gulf oil rigs. They only run during the day so it really doesn't bother much. Also there are small planes coming and going too. Nothing really starts before 7:30 in the morning tho. So far they haven't bothered me so I hope it doesn't get tiresome the longer we are here.

This morning I went to Walmart to the beauty shop and got a perm and cut. I was a little hesitant...but I just couldn't stand my hair any longer and HAD to get something done. The gal that worked on me did a wonderful job. It's the best perm I've ever gotten. And I really like the cut. Guess I'll just have to come down here twice a year. heehee

Woke up this morning with high humidity, heavy clouds and a few sprinkles even. Now the sky is clear and almost a bit too warm. I'm going to take my embroidery outside for awhile I think.

bye for now....from warm Rockport...

Monday, 1/7/08

Yesterday was a quiet restful day for us. We didn't do anything to speak of. Had to find a quick-stop shop close to us to buy milk and bread so we don't have to go all the way to Walmart.
Then we just sat around and watched football and the Republican forum last night.

This morning we drove to a RV store and picked up a couple of things we needed. You know....things we just couldn't live without. heehee
Our neighbor (Ron) came with us and showed us around a bit. He and his wife have been coming down here for the last 4 years so they're pretty familiar with the area. He also showed us a few places to eat. Yeah!
Speaking of eating....it's time to fix a bite for lunch.
bye for now. :0

Water....

See!! WooHoo! We left after lunch and drove around a bit. Found this nice beach so someday we'll take our chairs and just go sit. We also found an aquarium to visit and a museum.

And lots and lots of places where we can buy fresh fish and shrimp. Still haven't found the right place to go eat it yet. I'll have to do some asking around. Did find the quilt store tho! Yeah!!
Here are more pics of the beach. Altho this pic is a bit deceiving. This is just a small beach that is the end of one that a person would have to pay to go to. Beaches along the shore is not the norm. Most of what we saw was rock and man-made sea wall. We did see lots and lots of small fishing boats. I suppose that is how a lot of the men make a meager living. Must be a hard life.

We drove along the beach road on the way back and there are walking piers at least every 50 feet. We also saw black pelicans. I did get a few pics but I'm afraid they just aren't close enough to see much detail.

We then came back home and put out the rug and tablecloth on our table. That made it cozy. :)

Then we went to church at 6:00 and then tried to find somewhere to go eat. Settled on a restaurant called China Bay. They had a buffet and OMGosh it was soooooo good. We will definitely go back there....even tho it wasn't exactly what we were looking for.

It has now warmed up nicely and I'm looking forward to taking my handwork outside on our *patio*. :0

(PS) if you click on any of the pictures that I have posted on any post....they enlarge. Enjoy.

Our World now

This is our little corner of the park. This is the street we are on. (4th street -- 2nd pic). We have just enough space on the cement pad to park the truck. The table will be moved under the palm I think. We still need to set up our grill etc….but that will come later. As soon as Don finishes his meds I’m hoping he will feel more like doing something. He’s been out visiting with the neighbor several times today.

This morning I’ve reorganized one of my cupboards and have been watching my puter run virus scans and download updates etc. It is taking forever to scan and upload.

We watched KU win last night!!! Woohoo!! Good for them.
Ok for now I’m going to do some handwork so I’ll post more later.

outside our door

We have a palm tree right outside our door. Also a table we will be moving around later.
Don is feeling a bit better but I still don’t want him to overdo just yet.

This morning we went to Walmart. And I got myself in a riding cart because of my knee.
Woo hoo…should have seen me.
I was careening around those corners like a mad lady!!
Hahaha not really.
But I sure wanted to. Heehee


Maybe tomorrow we will take a drive. I would like to go see the water. I’ll take my camera.
That’s it for tonight. More tomorrow.

Our 2nd day

I woke up early this morning (5:30am) and couldn’t get back to sleep. So I decided to play with the computer to see how to log on. It took a while but I finally found my connection and was able to get to my emails. WooHoo! I’m learning!!
I’ve figured out a cool setup for the puter. We took out two of the chairs before we left home so I would have some space to set totes etc. So I just set up the tv stand in the corner – set my laptop on it -- and I now have a *desk*. Works for me!!


It’s pretty darn chilly this morning. I think we must have brought the cold with us.
Don’s outside now trying to get the satellite set up. We met our neighbor and another man while we were working on trying to get cable hookup. Can’t figure it out so will stick with satellite and antenna. As long as I can get my soap and Fox News I’m a happy camper. Heehee

Day 1

Ok … here we go. We can now officially call ourselves *Winter Texans*. We pulled into our campground around 5:30pm and Don had to back down our street between 7 campers on each side to get parked. Holy Moley!! Sure glad he was a trucker. I don’t know how some guys would do it. We have the last site on 4th street. Right by the laundry. Yeah!!

When we first pulled in Don went to get our papers….and he didn’t come back very quick. So when I finally went in the lady at the counter was going over papers a mile high I swear. Oh My Gosh!! Well…we’ll get thru all of them eventually. But first we rest!! Don is really exhausted and I’m even tired. We’re going to call it a night early.
I’ll post more later.