Monthly Archives: December 2011
Christmas Trees and Christmas Cookies . . .
Today we wanted a quiet laidback day so we started off by having breakfast about 11 at IHOP. We’ve been eating here for a long time and it’s always nice to run into waiters/waitresses who remember us from last year.
Leaving IHOP we drove across the parking to Home Depot for a couple of things before ending up at Wal-Mart, where Jan was stocking up on supplies for her Christmas cookie baking marathon later this week. Then it was home for the afternoon.
On another note, we finally got our Christmas trees set up this week.
The inside one,
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and the outside one.
Hey, it’s Texas, what can I say.
Since we’re always here for Christmas, we leave everything in our storeroom here and don’t have to lug it around.
Later in the afternoon, Jan fell asleep on the sofa, so I decided a nap was also in order for me.
That certainly was two hours well spent.
About 6pm we headed up to Seabrook to have supper at Hooter’s for a batch of XXX hot wings. Too bad we didn’t wait until Tuesday.
Tuesday is Sexy Santa Day!
But since Tuesday is also Bingo Night, it’s probably not going to happen.
Tomorrow looks to be another day of clients and errands with some Christmas shopping thrown in for good measure.
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Thought for the Day:
Can we all just agree to ignore whatever comes after Blu-Ray? I don’t want to have to restart my collection….again.
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Chip off the Old Block . . .
First off, more Landon pics.
This is his daycare photo,
and this is Brandi and Lowell’s Christmas Card this year.
About 11:15 Jan and I headed into downtown Houston, actually the Houston Heights area. Jan wanted to visit Penzey’s Spices and we wanted to have lunch at a place our son-in-law had recommend, Carter & Cooley Deli.
Right down the street from Penzey’s, it was a great recommendation. Jan had the Turkey Rueben, and I had a Cuban, with a cup of chili. Very good. I think we’ve found our new favorite deli.
Back at Penzey’s, Jan found the bottle of pure vanilla extract to replace the one that fell out of the pantry and broke on a recent travel day before we got back to Houston. She also wanted to pick up some cocoa powder for Christmas cookie baking.
Heading back to the Clear Lake area we stopped off at Home Depot, before ending up at Brandi and Lowell’s. We (and by we, I mean Jan) were going to babysit Landon while Brandi and Lowell take Lowell’s sister Sherry out for her birthday dinner.
Happy Birthday, Sherry!
While they were out, we took Landon to Barcenas for dinner. And this is where we found out that Landon really takes after his PaPa (me).
It takes out he really likes spicy salsa. We were giving Landon plain chips while we were waiting for our food, and Landon, watching us dip our chips in the salsa, starting trying to reach the salsa with his chip.
So I dipped his chip in a little salsa and handed it back to him. He put it in his mouth and his eyes lit up. He started waving the chip for more. A little later I dipped a couple of the fries that came with his chicken tenders into the salsa instead of ketchup, and he wanted more.
I didn’t give him a lot because I wasn’t sure how his tummy would handle it. Might make for some interesting diapers!
“Holy smoke. There’s a fire over there!” (Sizzling Fajitas)
When we all got back home we waited outside for the fire truck Santa to come by. Every year the Forest Bend Volunteer Fire Department escorts Santa around the subdivision for the kids. The fire trucks are decorated with Christmas lights and sounding their horns and sirens, and are a big hit with the kids. And a big hit with Landon, too. He was fascinated with all the lights and noise.
We had a great time, but after a long day, it was good to finally get home.
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Thought for the Day:
The government is rarely benevolent, often malevolent and never benign!
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