Agony and Ecstacy

Congratulations to Tyler and Holly

and the rest of the gang of the 1 act play from Munday High School for coming in second place at Austin at the State level UILs.. Hurray!

On a sadder note, we did not have bible class today, for all of us went to attend Sheila's funeral. Sheila was a sweet sweet lady who attended our bible class, and had been doing so way before I was in the US. She was only 49.

Birthdays and Stowaways

Part 1
Walter celebrated his 89th birthday

a couple of weeks ago, along with Joy, his grand daughter in law.. Cindy made some wonderful shake n' bake/taco seasoning chicken and Judith made a seriously amazing corn casserole.

Walter and Joy




Judith and Stephanie.. who's having a baby BOY!




Cindy lighting the birthday cake while the gang hangs out in the sun room




Happy Birthday Walter and Joy!

Part 2
The Stowaway

Okay.. so today we were getting into the car to go to Walmart to get some supplies. David's shades were on the floor of the truck, which was weird, since he had left them on the dashboard the night before. I get into my side of the truck and I find my little stuffed "naked mole rat" missing from its place on the dash.

David : Wow, it almost looks like the shades were shoved off the dash
Letti : Someone stole my naked mole rat!!
David : You think it could have been one of the outdoor cats?

( there are cats that hang about our yard and property, and that David puts food out for, - not to be confused with the others in the house and catteries. )

Letti : That back window looks like it is cracked open enough for a cat to get in..

We both look around, I even get stuff out of the back seat ... no sign of any cats or any other creepy critters.. so we go about our shopping at Walmart, put our stuff in the back seat and get ready to leave. David gets in the front seat and there is suddenly a commotion and crashing of stuff in the back seat..

THERE WAS A CAT FREAKING OUT IN OUR CAR!

Memories of my "cat in the bed almost scratching my eye out" incident flood my brain and I immediately jump out of the car while the frantic cat jumps about in the car, from the front to the back, onto the dashboard, between seats, trying to escape, tail all poofed, and David looks amusingly at me.

Anyway, to make a long story short, the cat calms down, "I" calm down and slowly get into the car, we drive home, open up the back door and the cat zooms off onto the yard and into the brush.

Hoy..*rolls eyes*

Jimmy Buffett Concert

Okay, it's been way too long without a post..

have had several things going on at once...but here's photos from the Jimmy Buffet concert from last week, at Frisco. Totally awesome, totally crazy :) Had a blast.

The crowd mingling before the concert





Walking down onto the "field" section where we had seats!





View from our seats





Shooting the hoops as part of the warmup





Major Beachball goings-on and Free T-shirts shot out to the crowd





A Pricey Dinner and a Cute Pirate





Jimmy and the Coral Reef Band wow the crowd







Some dude with a shark suit on.

The Bridegroom of Blowing Rock

We had to forfeit Letti Thursday last week..

for something even cooler! David, his dad and I drove to Munday to watch Tyler perform in the one-act-play that is bringing them to the State Level UILs! Holly was in charge of lighting, which was terrific!

The story is set in the Civil War era and you can read all about the act here

Welcome to Munday, Texas!




The "Dinner" before the "Theater"
at Munday High School




The curtains open..




Tyler in action..






The Cast..



Good Luck in Austin, Tyler and Holly!!!!

Stormy Weather in Texas

As usual, in Spring,

there are tornado scares, flood warnings; the whole gamut of bad weather....

There was one that was too close for comfort yesterday, which tore up our plants real bad, but thank God no tornadoes touched down near or on us..

Part of the Aftermath..