Spring Break recap

What a great week it has been...... once I accepted our fate of not having any of "the kids" at home. As usual I haven't finished nearly enough of my list of "to do", but the things that have happened have made a great impact on my psyche. I'm not exactly ready to go back to school on Monday, but I am ready to push toward the end of school and having my students prepared for their next steps.

The best part of the week has been choosing my own schedule each day. Most days I had at least one "appointment" I had to meet- Monday teeth cleaning, Tuesday dogs bathed and clipped, Wednesday church bake sale, Thursday Maundy Thursday services, Friday Grandma to San Antonio for dental implant, you get the idea. But the rest of each day was mine to do with as I wished.

Ray and I put in a new flower garden outside the front door. While I was in San Antonio I went to an incredible garden center and looked specifically for Texas perennials- many are native plants that have been domesticated for gardening or zeriscaping.

The varieties we put in include Yellow Wallflower, Cigar Plant cuphea, Mexican Heather cuphea, Harlequin Blue Pincushion flower, and Scaevola. Others that have been successful in this area of the yard in the past are bougainvillae, Mexican petunia, and shamrock. We are trying lavender and Amazon Lotus for the first time. I really like the large rocks between the plants. We had to do that so the animals wouldn't try to dig and nest here.

Spring break also brought baths and clips for the dogs. Here are their pictures.

Plata in front of the bougainvillae.

Plata sticking her tongue out at me...... she was tired of me trying to make her sit still to take pictures.

Mayday........ just being "cool".

The sun is shining. It is definitely spring in south Texas. I'm going outside for a tan.

Check out the new Celine Dion sunglasses- I sure hope BIG is in for a while. I luv 'em.

A little reprieve

We had a little over an inch of rain yesterday. The skies were overcast for most of the day, but didn't produce the amount of moisture we hoped. Doesn't look like there will be any more chances again until this weekend. I would love to spend a full 24 hours househound by rain.... but then I would want bright skies.

Back in the blog

Let's see........ 5 months since my last post...... is that too long????? you bet it is. Every day I think I will sit down and add a little something, and then the next day comes.


Today has been an absolutely beautiful spring day in south Texas. This evening the wind kicked up some and the skies filled with hopeful rain clouds. We are incredibly dry here. No recordable precipitation since October. So the clouds in the sky give us hope. Tomorrow is supposed to have an 80% chance of rain. I will let you know if it happens or not.





Another milestone for me- I have officially used my iPod. I downloaded podcasts from Ellen and NPR and listened to them last night. I feel like I am stepping into the 21st C. Yet, so much more to learn about this piece of technology.





Pops had a long drive from Seminole yesterday with an incredibly big load behind him. It took him about 8 hours to travel what should have been 6. Here is what he was pulling......





We are headed to bed. Good night all.