First Celebration happening in San Antonio. . .second celebration will happen in California. . .

ahhhh. . .a drippy, dreary, drizzly cold South Texas day. . .
exactly the kind of day we had for our wedding. . .

exactly forty years ago today. . .40 years y’all. . .

that’s a long time. . .wow!  a long, long time. . .

a friend posted this beautiful quote on FB this morning. . .
says it perfectly. . .don’cha think?

”workin’ it out” and “makin’ it work”  takes lots of effort sometimes. . .

but it has been so worth it. . .

our anniversary celebration has once again
found it’s way to the Riverwalk. . .
to our favorite little Bistro. . .Boudro’s. . .

where guacamole created tableside is an absolute necessity. . .
here’s the divine recipe. . .right on Boudro’s website. . .
the touch of freshly squeezed orange makes all the difference. .

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considering the decadent Christmas Day dinner we enjoyed. . .
we both chose to order a very light lunch. . .
isn’t it gorgeous?

but seeing yourself eating everytime you look up was a bit weird. . .LOL!
I ended up switching my place to the other side of the table. . .
seeing it in pics is enough. . .I don’t need to experience it in real life. . . ha ha!

 

the RiverWalk is, of course, just beautiful. . .
and we highly recommend the boat tour
at NIGHT, at CHRISTMASTIME. . .

given the weather, we chose to forego the boat tour this trip. . .
SO. . .
this pic is borrowed from the internet. . .

but trust me. . .this is a beautiful treat. . .you should go!


Our real anniversary celebration will happen, as usual. . .later!

We have scheduled a cruise in February,
from Los Angeles to Catalina Island. . .
should be a great trip. . .

See you next time in Del Rio TX. . .now doesn’t THAT sound exciting?

’til then,
Janice and Dave

 

LiveJournal Tags: Full Time RV Living,Motorhome Travel,San Antonio Riverwalk,Texas

Schedule Change and Celebrating Family and Friends

You know. . .when you work a full time job and are raising a family. . .
when life is just happening on a daily basis. . .
you don’t realize how frantic the time between Thanksgiving and Christmas is.
You just get up. . .go to work every day. . .
and work all the miscellaneous extras into the schedule somehow!

However. . .once you are retired. . .
and are sitting back watching it all unfold in everyone else’s life,
you really begin to wonder. . .

How on earth did we ever get it all done?

That is what we have been doing for the past month. . .

We raised our kids on the South Side of Houston. . .
’bout half an hour or so from Galveston. . .
so we brought the motorhome “HOME for the Holidays” this year. . .

and as we’ve watched everyone scrambling, trying to get it all done. . .

we’ve decided. . .

”this is a crazy time to be here”. . .CRAZY I tell you. . .

even if folks have time to meet up. . .
we really didn’t want to be out there in the traffic and busy-ness of it all. . .
and will perhaps (after family discussions)
revamp how and when our holiday celebrations happen.

Perhaps earlier in December. . .before all the madness. . .LOL!
After all. . .our grands are all practically grown. . .
and once the great grands get here (years from now, I pray)
it will be THEIR granpa and granma’s job to make the magic happen. . .right?

With all that said, we’ve loved seeing all the kiddos. . .every single one of the grands. . .

We’ve had lunches and suppers with the boys at various times during the month. . .
took our 20 year old Grandson and his love out for a birthday celebration lunch at Olive Garden. . .

met with, and had various friends over for meals and get togethers. . .
and basically, kept busy doing nothing. . .

Did not shop for one single present. . .
CASH is KING. . .makes life easy. . .
makes Grands, Nieces, Nephews happy. . .


and for those too young to understand it. . .
makes Mom’s and Dad’s happy. . .

so. . .there ya go. . .DONE!

Anyway. ..enough of all that. . .

we’ve decided to head out right away instead of waiting ‘til after the New Year. . .
so, we will see you next in San Antonio where, on Saturday,
we will celebrate our 40th Wedding Anniversary . . .

see you there. . .

Wishing you all the Merriest of Merry Christmases
and the Happiest of Happy New Years

 

LiveJournal Tags: Full Time RV Living,Motorhome Travel,Christmas 2014

In a Holding Pattern

Dave resigned from teaching Fire School. . .

so we’ve not had anything going on since we

finished with doctor appts. . .

 

just basically in a holding pattern until we move

over to the South side of Houston in order

to disrupt the kids schedules for a couple of weeks. . .hee hee!


Headed that direction tomorrow. . .

things should get a little more exciting. . .

 

See you there,

Janice and Dave