Monthly Archives: September 2011
Labor Day . . .
We woke up this morning to beautiful Fall weather, and about 50 degrees. I don’t think it finally hit 60 until later in the afternoon. Nice!
After coffee and bagels, I worked on organizing stuff in the coach for a while, and then about 12:30 Jan and I headed over to Wal-Mart to pick up some groceries and other stuff.
Getting home about 2 and getting things put away, I set up Skype on my computer and waited for Lowell to call.
About 3pm Brandi SkypeCalled us and we spent about 15 minutes watching Landon play with his toys and run around the living room.
One thing we noticed when we saw him at the reunion a few weeks ago is that he’s not bald anymore. He’s actually got a lot of hair, but since it’s kind of white-blonde, it’s hard to see in photos. His mother Brandi’s hair was the same way when she was young too.
We’re really looking forward to seeing him again when we’re back in Houston right before Thanksgiving.
Earlier in the day Brandi and Lowell emailed us these shots of Landon at a nearby park.
I think he’s saying he’s No. 1 in this photo.
And here he is having his first Tookie’s hamburger. Tookie’s was/is a famous burger place in Seabrook, TX that had been around since the early 70’s. It was heavily damaged in Hurricane Rita in 2008 and never reopened, until just a couple of weeks ago. Took’em long enough.
Brandi said no matter when you go, there’s always a wait.
A little before 6 we headed out for dinner with Nick and Terry, Al Hesselbart, and Jan and I. Al was leading us to a restaurant he likes, but when we got there it was closed for Labor Day. So after a quick conference, we ended up at our favorite local Mexican place, El Maguey, and it was as good as always.
And as usual, we sat around and talked for so long that it was almost 8:30 before we got home.
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Thought for the Day:
"All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident." – Arthur Schopenhauer
dsfg
The Gates of Hell . . .
or the Apple Store in Mishawaka. It’s about the same.
After coffee and then lunch a little later, about 1:30 Nick and Terry, and Jan and I drove over to Mishawaka for some shopping. And after a quick stop at Home Depot so I could pick up some wire, we headed over to University Park Mall, so Nick could sell his soul to the devil, or at least pawn it, at the local Apple Store.
The sign over the front door, written in letters of fire, doesn’t say “Abandon all hope, ye who enter here” without good reason.
He was bound and determined to buy a Mac. And even worse he forced Terry to get one too. Isn’t that spouse abuse or something.
The thing I wonder about is this. The Mac is supposed to be so intuitive, so easy to use, that after you buy it, but before they’ll let you leave the store with it, they make you unpack it, set it up, and show you how to turn it on.
Huh?
And as you leave the store with your new Mac, all the Apple people start applauding, I think, kind of like all the lesser demons clap and cheer whenever Lucifer gains a new recruit.
Finally making our way through the clouds of sulphur and brimstone obscuring the exit, we went over to a nearby Barnes & Noble so Nick could stock up on books for his new “easy to use” computer.
About 7 pm we headed over to Five Guys Burger and Fries for dinner. Burgers were delicious, fries not as good as Red Robin.
Getting home, I got a little more done on cleaning out the bins before calling it an evening.
I think we’re finally in the throes of Fall. The low tonight is supposed to be 52, the high tomorrow 65, and a low tomorrow night of 46 degrees.
Very Nice!
Our son-in-law Lowell sent over this photo of Kitty, their black lab, in his ‘Bad Dog’ Halloween costume. We can’t wait to see what Landon will be wearing.
Hopefully, their Internet problems are fixed, so we can Skype with them tomorrow.
We’ll see.
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Thought for the Day:
"I feel more like I did before than I do now."
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