1 – 7 January 2011

1 Jan, Saturday:  One of my favorite things to do in Rockport is to have breakfast at Alice Faye’s.  It’s not a great meal just OK, but the restaurant sits right on the water and there’s just something I like about the place.  Today everyone else was liking the place too…..there was only one empty table.  Decided we would attend the 2:50 movie True Grit. It was really good!  Just a reminder for all……you need to check your bank card’s expiration date every once in a while….On the way home Nolan decided he needed more money but the ATM wouldn’t cooperate….his bank card had expired!  When we got back to the RV I called my sister cause she gets our mail for us and sure enough a new card had come in the mail….she will mail it to us but he will be without for a while.

2 Jan, Sunday:  Road bike 1 1/2 mile…..Nolan’s gonna buy be this really cute bike with flowers on it when I ride 100 miles so I’m getting started.  Riding this bike just kills my hands, isn’t that weird!!!

3 Jan, Monday:  First of the month (that’s when I get paid) so today was shopping at Wal Mart.  Was gonna go to the Library but they were still closed for the holiday.

4 Jan, Tuesday:  Trip to Library for new books and I took my eReader (wifi signal at RV park is not strong enough at our site).  So, while Nolan looked for books, I played on my eReader.  We saw on the bulletin board that the park was having a pot luck tomorrow so we made a stop at Wal Mart for pork roast and bananas.  Lunch/dinner at Big Fisherman cause it’s the Tuesday special.  Went later in the day and the line wasn’t so bad but I think we’re gonna skip it for a couple of weeks!

5 Jan, Wednesday:  Banana pudding and Nolan BBQ’s pork roast was our contribution.  For a while I didn’t think we were going, Nolan was too busy walking and talking today and didn’t get the roast started soon enough.  We were about 10 minutes late and there was lots of people there.  Roast only lasted about 5 minutes and I only had a small bowl of pudding left.

6 Jan, Thursday:  Road bike 2 miles today…..still 96.5 left.  Cleaned most of the day and finished another hat.  Nolan let Oscar out of the pen to chase the sheep and he got tons of sand burrs……I’ll get a picture of this sheep (that’s what these guys are calling it but it sure looks like a goat to me).  It doesn’t have a home and stays around here all the time…..dogs go crazy when they see it.

7 Jan, Friday:  Betty and Joe, another couple from Missouri, are having trouble with their air conditioner leaking water on their bed so Nolan was looking at it to see if he could see what was causing it.  So, the dogs and I went to visit with Betty.  While there Rod and Deb and Jim and Ellie arrived.  Then around 4:00 it was Happy Hour at Rod and Deb’s.  So glad to have friends around!

25 – 31 December 2010

25 Dec, Saturday:  Made 7 layer salad, blueberry cheese cake, corn casserole for Christmas dinner at the Club house at 2:00.  We again didn’t stay very long, there were about 25-30 there…not a big group.

26 Dec, Sunday:  Kind of cold……33 during the night.  Kind of boring day so we went to see the movie Little Fockers at 2:30……it was pretty good!

27 Dec, Monday:  Decided to try another place for breakfast.  Went to Ken’s on the corner……yuck, neither one of us liked our meal.  Then we stopped by Wal Mart for dog food and then Camper Clinic so Nolan could ask about a new tank for the water heater.  They were way too expensive compared to what we found on line…..Nolan will check some other places.  It seems the tank is leaking and the faucet at the kitchen sink leaks also…..when it rains, it poors!  Nolan says with an RV there’s always something to fix…..another reason he’s not enjoying our adventure so much!

28 Dec, Tuesday:  Lunch special at Big Fisherman……first time there has been a long line but we stood in line anyway.  Decided to go to the movie True Grit because it was free popcorn night…..another line!!!  Nolan doesn’t do lines but again he stood in line…..about half way to the ticket window, they announced that True Grit was sold out.  So, we stopped at DQ for ice cream instead.

29 Dec, Wednesday:  Finished another hat like the one last week, I really like that pattern!

30 Dec, Thursday:  Finally decided that we would buy new carpet for the living room instead of putting down vinyl so we went to Lowes and ordered new carpet for living room…..I think I’ll like it.  Stopped at the grocery store and on the way back I got a text message with this picture attached…….my new grandbaby although I sure can’t tell what’s what but Carla assured me it’s there somewhere!

31 Dec, Friday:  Nolan wanted to eat lunch at Butter Churn for the catfish. I enjoyed the meatloaf, shrimp, and gumbo.  Last night we decided that we didn’t order the right size for the carpet.  So, another trip to Lowes to reorder carpet and cancel the first order.

18 – 24 December 2010

18 Dec, Saturday:  Went to Farmers Market down by the beach area…..lots of booths!  I bought a new kind of candle, http://www.lusciouscandles.scent-team.com/products/candles.php, they all smelled really good and the representative said they didn’t smoke very much and they burned really even.  After that we went down the road from the RV resort to another flea market.  Not very many booths open but we did find this bike!  It had two flat tires and the gears don’t change but the price was right……it was marked $10 but Nolan offered him $5 and he took it…..I have a new bike for Christmas!!!!  After loading it in the truck we stopped at O’Rielly for that stuff you squirt into tires to keep them from leaking and the Butter Churn for lunch.

Here’s Nolan squirting that stuff in the tires.

Here’s Nolan trying it out….tires stayed up but we need a different seat!

 

Here’s Lucy and Oscar checking out the new bike also!!!!

19 Dec, Sunday:  Today we were off to K Mart to buy a basket and bigger seat for my new Christmas present!  We didn’t find exactly the kind of seat we wanted but it’s better than what’s on it!   Nice warm, sunny day!

20 Dec, Monday:  Had to return books to the Library so we stopped by Wal Mart for another seat, the one we bought yesterday is kind of hard.  Pizza Hut for lunch while we were out!

21 Dec, Tuesday:  Lunch special at Big Fisherman today.

22 Dec, Wednesday:  I’m gonna be a grandma in August!!!!  Pretty good Christmas present especially since we can’t go to Missouri this year for Christmas.

23 Dec, Thursday:  Shopped for Christmas pot luck dinner at the club house.  Made cheese ball for Christmas Eve finger food get together.

24 Dec, Friday:  Went to Christmas Eve finger food gathering in club house……we didn’t stay very long.  I finished another hat this week, it’s one of my favorites!

11 – 17 December 2010

11 Dec, Saturday:  Stayed in again today…..this was a very depressing week for me.

12 Dec, Sunday:  I decided to get up and do something.  So today I pulled up the carpet in the kitchen area….much better.  They put such cheap carpet in RVs.  I don’t understand why they don’t just put in good vinyl or wood…..would be so much easier to keep clean and maintain.  After pulling up the carpet in the kitchen (it had the same vinyl that’s at the door and sink, under the carpet I pulled up), I decided I wanted to do something in the living room area, it doesn’t have the vinyl under it or I would have just pulled it up also.  We were off to Lowes for a couple of new throw rugs and check out the vinyl tiles or another flooring option for the living room.  Don’t know what I want yet…..will decide soon.

Happy Birthday to my wonderful daughter Carla!!!!!

13 Dec, Monday:  Today was another trip to library.

14 Dec, Tuesday:  It’s TUESDAY so we were off to lunch at Big Fisherman for the special…..better today!  Later we went to the movie theater to see Faster.  They give free popcorn to anyone attending movies after 6:00…..we both at too much popcorn…..it was a pretty good, warm, and sunny day.

December 15th 2000 was the worse day of my life……I lost my youngest daughter 10 years ago in a car accident on this day……I miss you Amanda and wish you were here.

16 Dec, Thursday:  Nolan washed the trailer and I decided to get out and walk the dogs today.  Oscar made it a 1/2 mile and Lucy and I walked 1 1/2 miles.  We decided not to go home for Christmas today.  I sure wish we could but it will only be 3 more months and we’ll be back in Missouri.  A warm and sunny day, lots more of those this year than there was here last year.

17 Dec, Friday:  I stayed in and colored my hair while Nolan went to grocery store.  That was about it.

4 – 10 December 2010

4 Dec, Saturday: Today was my new step grandson, Dominique’s, birthday.  Sure hope he is patient with me cause I don’t think I got his card mailed in time!!!  I’ll try harder next year!

5 Dec, Sunday: Windy and cold……stayed inside all day

6 Dec, Monday:  Nolan loves to read but doesn’t like to buy books so we decided since we were gonna be here all winter that we would go to the library and check books out……they have a great facility here!  We really enjoyed looking around and getting something to read.

7 Dec, Tuesday:  It’s Tuesday again and time for the Big Fisherman special…..$2.25 for all you can eat chicken fried steak or chicken livers.  We went this time around 2:30…..food was cold and we got bad service……we may not try it again!

8 Dec, Wednesday:  Nolan made a trip to Wal Mart but I didn’t leave my recliner except to take the dogs out.

9 Dec, Thursday:  I managed to talk Nolan into taking me to Michaels so I could buy more yarn. I sure had a good time shopping.  We drove back through Mustang Island so we could eat at the Mexican restaurant in Port Aransas for lunch. It was a very nice, warm and sunny day.  These pictures are of the ferry ride back from Port Aransas.

When we got back I was so excited I got my Pandigital 9"TouchScreen Color Multimedia WiFi eReader from QVC……I love it.  It’s not just a good eReader but it will connect to the internet with wifi.  I LOVE IT!!!!  It was my Christmas present to myself.

10 Dec, Friday:  Deb caught me on Facebook and said they would be coming to Rockport to buy some shrimp today so we met them for lunch at Big Fisherman.  Jim and Ellie came with them and we had a great visit!  They followed us back to The Last Resort and Deb and Rod made reservations to come back and stay a week the first of January…..that sure will be fun!

27 November – 3 December 2010

Very slow week…..just the usual stuff for us:  I knitted a lot, we sat out in the sun, made a trip to the used book warehouse, stopped by DQ for ice cream, made a trip to both Wal Mart and K Mart, Nolan waxed the truck, another trip to Lowe’s, lunch on Tuesday at Big Fisherman for the $2.25 special, and breakfast at Alice Faye’s on Thursday.  Probably the biggest thing we did this week was move the furniture around in the living room……yes, you can move the furniture in an RV!!!!

20 – 26 November 2010

20 Nov, Saturday:  It was the weekend so all the families started coming in…..park filled up.  We decided to stay two more days so Nolan went to the office and paid.

21 Nov, Sunday:  Nothing too exciting…..cleaned and gave dogs a bath.  Weather was beautiful!

22 Nov, Monday:  Earlier we kept going by a sign for the Historical Bond Cemetery, so today we drove around for a while trying to find it.  The one sign was all we ever saw and we were not sure we actually found it…..oh well, took up a couple of hours out of very unexciting day!

23 Nov, Tuesday:  Travel day……heading to Rockport for the rest of the winter but tonight we stayed in Gulf Coast RV Resort, Beaumont, TX.

24 Nov, Wednesday:  Drove through Houston this morning on the remainder of our trip to Rockport.  Sure glad Nolan does such a good job driving!!!

Lucy hates these overpasses and bridges!!!!

25 Nov, Thursday:  Thanksgiving and they of course were having a dinner at the community room but we decided to cook ourselves.  Went to HEB and they had turkey breast roasted we could buy…..boy was that the easiest and best turkey we’ve ever had for Thanksgiving!!!!

We have to separate Oscar and Lucy’s food so they don’t fight……Oscar is too old to jump up on the couch any more so that’s where Lucy eats…..lately, Lucy has decided this is the most comfortable way to eat…..she’s such a funny dog!!!

26 Nov, Friday:  Very cold today but we made trip to Lowes just to find a rug for the dog pen.  We have enough room at The Last Resort to put in on the concrete so I wanted a rug for them to lay on when they are in the pen…..found a couple of small ones for them and a new one for the front door.  Pizza Hut was next door to Lowe’s so that’s what we had for lunch.  Called Cain for his birthday!  Sure do hate we missed it again!