BSF

 Up for devo.  Pb.  BSF at noon.   Pretty flowers from Joyce on my birthday.  Pictures of Grands and me.  Thank you Jesus.  Haley and mangos.  Bigger Grands and me in the coop.  

Golf Pictures

 Fun PB at 8.  At home Denny worked on the pictures for Golf banquet.  I went thru a stack of papers.  At 7 we went to a show at the park.  The door screen is working well.  

Breakfast with Headingtons

 We picked up Merle and Bev and drove to SPI.  Great meal at Lobo del Mar.  We bought our yearly pass to Isla Blanca.  At 3 Bennetts and Hendersons had a block party.  SO good to visit with the people of the park.

Happy Birthday to me!!

Fun Day!!  Thank you Lord for the gift of life.  and family.  and friends.  Pickleball at 8.  Shopping at 9. Sun at 11.  Nancy's Dr. appointment at 2.  Joe's oysterbat  at 5.  Beach at 7.  Perfect day!! PLUS we got a text from Evan THAT HE AND COLLEGE FRIEND MAY COME TO TEXAS!!!  YES!!

Thank you Jesus for the life you give me each day. 

SUNNY!!

I played PB in am.  We cleaned the beach toys and returned them to Mc Farlands.  I planted TINY snapdragon seeds.  Bruce came and we had a group get together under the car port.   Nice phone call from Matt.  Best part of the day was a text from Evan saying he may come to Texas. 

Day of Rest

 YEP, such a day of rest that we didn't get out of bed until almost noon.  I joined Bennett's playing pickleball for a couple hours.  At 5 we went to Headington's for supper and playing Play Nine.  It was a nice night.  Lovely day of rest

Time with Kathy

 Chilly  I picked up Kathy around 9:30.  We stopped to check in the PI nails,  When out appointment is not until 11 we spent the time looking at the tropical furniture store.  Such pretty things.  I filled the car with gas and when we both got done we stopped at Gabriella's for pizza.  Very yummy!! We went to the Market at the convention center.  I got about 10 plants from the driftwood garden center.  When we got home we chilled and then went to Reals and watched 1823.  Fun watching it with them.  

Lukes leave

 Up to get ready for waffles!!  Bev and I zoomed the bfs.  It was good.   We relaxed in afternoon.  At 4:30 we headed downtown to the Brownsville Historical charro Days Happy Hour.  It was a great night with mariachi band and dancers.  So pretty.  

Mexico

 We left for progresso about 10.  Keith and Jane rode with us.  We split and we got our toes done.  We met Keith and Jane for lunch at the top of Canada.  Great food.  We made it home just in time for the horse races.   Fun night.  

Pool

 Black Friday.  I went with Bree and Jean.  When we got back it ws show and tell with Nancy.  We spent most of the day in the park at the pool.  

Teach these 40 phrases to your sons and daughters so they can be more resilient, successful, and confident in life.

1. Where there's a will, there's a way.  2. Good manners don't cost anything.  3. Always ask. They can only say no.  4. You're not marrying one; you're marrying the whole family.  5. Find the good in everybody.  6. Don't cry before you try.  7. There are no stupid questions, only stupid answers.  8. Pretty is as pretty does.  9. Treat others as you would like to be treated.  10. You can't control what others do, only your own reactions.  11. Don't buy what you can't afford.  12. Remember that things don’t make you happy, people do.  13. You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.  14. Two wrongs don't make a right.  15. Watch what you step in.  16. Cow turds are a cattlemen's dollar signs. It all depends on how you look at it.  17. Teamwork makes the dream work.  18. Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.  19. What we think determines what happens to us, so if we want to change our lives, we need to stretch our minds.  20. Fair? The fair is two weeks in the fall.  21. One man's trash is another man's treasure.  22. The greatest day in your life is when you take total responsibility for your attitudes. That's the day you truly grow up.  23. True freedom is understanding that we have a choice in who and what we allow to have power over us.  24. You're only as old as you feel.  25. A rolling stone gathers no moss.  26. Early to bed and early to rise makes you healthy, wealthy, and wise.  27. Happiness is not by chance but by choice.  28. If you don’t like the road you’re walking, start paving another one.  29. A rising tide lifts all boats.  30. Don't judge a book by its cover.  31. You’re braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.  32. The early bird catches the worm.  33. Each day comes bearing its gifts. Untie the ribbon.  34. Expecting the world to treat you fairly because you are a good person is a little like expecting the bull not to attack you because you are a vegetarian.  35. Confession is good for the soul.  36. You can't make an omelet without breaking a few eggs.  37. The grass is greener where you water it.  38. The greatest glory in living lies not in never failing, but in rising every time we fail.  39. There is no single recipe for success. But there is one essential ingredient: Passion.  40. Never lose hope. And never underestimate the power of prayer.

Beach happy anniversary

 Happy Anniversary Luke and Karen.  I played some pb in the am.  We left for the beach.  It was a long time crossing the bridge.  We ate a Lobo Del mar.  Then to sand at 15.  Sat on the beach.  On the way home we stopped at Isabel for ice cream.  

Cooks head north

 Denny drove i theifted lukes at park. Zoo after swim. 

Sunday at park

 Pool in am. Trampoline. Pizza. DQ cake. Rose celebration 

Sat. Beach

 I played dome pb and then we headed to spi around 11. Beach til2 pprtraits charcoal. Home to pool visit from fa church pool at the park.pool.  Dance with grands 

Happy V Day!!

It was chilly again today.  We went to the zoo.  I had my laptop along and so I joined my BSF zoom call.  At home we took a short nap. Kids played PB, ordered supper, and just took it easy.  

 

In the park

 It was cold this am when we went to play pb.  But we did it.  The boys put together a road from Gail.  4 cars traveling it and piling up when first one stopped.  A quick visit to Miss Kitty and lunch and we were off to the trampoline park.  Then the trift store.  Back at the park we went to the hot tub, then pizza with the boys and Mandy and Jason went out to eat.  TJ's game was good.  Good Chilly to cold day in the valley. 

Happy Birthday Rose!!! Cooks come to Texas!!!!

 Happy Birthday Rose!!

Up and  making guacamole and beef salsa cheese dip.  I took Bree and Jean to BF.  Enny once again cleaned the iceemaker to make it work.  

Pickleball at 7:30 for an hour.  Denny went for Day/night followup.  All looks ok.  We took Nancy to her appointment at 1:30.  At 5 I went to Gospel Fest at FnSun.  Great music.  We rode with Brian, Joyce's cousin, Ruth (wife)  and MaryKay.  We got reports on screening done on SPI.  I need to check up on my thyroid.  

                                               

Mexican Coffee visit

UP and set up the table.  Pickleball til 9.  9 gals came to visit at 10.  Fun bunch.  I served fruit, and Royal made cinnamon rolls.  Celebrating being on the done side of Roberta's battle.