Sunday, May 29, 2011

Memorial Day weekend

Spending a lazy afternoon indoors. This morning we woke up early and wanted to go have some Mexican food for breakfast. Well, we tried two of them but they weren't opened yet. What? Yeah, that's right. It was 8:00am and these people weren't even open yet. PPPFFTT!! So we had to go to McDonalds. http://mcdonalds.com/. I ended up having a big breakfast w/hotcakes. Gave the sausage pattie (eww) to Joel so i could get it off my plate as soon as possible. The coffee was surprisingly good.




Took the dogs to Mitchell Lake http://mitchelllake.org/ for some outdoor time. We could only go walking for about an hour because it was getting too hot for them.




It was nice out there, maybe next time we go it'll be sans dogs. I could of kept on walking for a little bit longer. We only got to see the nature trail, to see the native plants/trees. It was pretty cool. Not too many people there.


You could tell they were anxious to get out of there. As soon as they saw the truck again they made a run for it. Too funny.



On a more personal note, went to the dentist for a check up and she found 4 cavities. 4? I highly doubt that. I think they're just out to get your money. I was there a year ago and everything was fine. I could not have gotten 4 cavities in a span of a year. But, if i did, the sooner i get them fixed the better, before they get any worse.



Also had to go to my GP for this pain i have on my hand,wrist,arm which i believe it to be carpal tunnel. Dr said no, at least not yet. she gave me some anti-inflammatory meds and a prescription for a wrist slint. had some bloodwork drawn and i have to go back next month. Bought a hand/wrist support from CVS and it seems to be working pretty good. Doesn't hurt as much when i'm typing right now, so maybe that'll do the trick.


Have the day off tomorrow for Memorial Day so that's an extra day off to rest my arm. Hope i feel better soon.


Last Saturday we took a day trip (yes,day trip) to Brownsville for my MIL's bday. we got there at 11:00am, went to South Padre for a little bit, then headed to the home to go see her cause they were gonna have a little party for her, then went to pick up the dogs from mom's then left for the day. Didn't tell anyone we were there. They were having Mia's bday party that afternoonbut we didn't stick around long enough. Good riddance to them.


That's me and grandma. Ran into here there and i was able to visit for a little bit.



That's Joe and his mom. At least he got to see her for a little bit.

Sunday, May 15, 2011

Sunday at home

Well, have much catching up to do, been kinda busy and all.Did some shopping done today, nothing much, just groceries and crap.kinda sucked cause we took the cruiser and the a/c is still busted.maybe this week we'll get it fixed but it will take a lot of back and forth.

last weekend we went over to the valley for mother's day. it was okay until we met for Sunday breakfast at Denny's.. http://dennys.com . Needless to say, it'll be awhile before we go back. Tired of playing second fiddle when we were the ones visiting and were about to leave town again.

The only fun time I had was when we visited the Palo Alto Battlefield in Brownsville.




They were having the 165th anniversary of the Battle of Palo Alto with historical recreations, living history displays and lots of other cool stuff. They even fired a real live cannon. The weather was pleasant enough in the morning so I was able to hang around til 1pm and take plenty of pictures.

They're getting ready to fire up the cannon.





Tuesday we finally went to see Rock of Ages http://rockofagesmusical.com/ at the Majestic Theatre http://majesticempire.com/. It was so cool, especially if you remember the music of the eighties/early nineties. It had plenty of music and big hair. Constantine was especially good. http://constaninemaroulis.com/. Too bad we can't take any pictures, otherwise i'd have plenty to share.


Next month we have tickets to go see Mana. They're finally coming to San Antonio. In the nine years we've been here, i've been waiting patiently to see them. Now is the time. Can't wait, so excited.




Last night we went to a star gazing event at the Mitchelle Lake Audbon Center. http://tx.audubon.org/Mitchell_Calendar.html


There were plenty of telescopes for us to use and we were able to take a peak at the Moon and Saturn, even if Saturn was so small...considering that it's really, really far, even with a big telescope it was still small, but it was big enough to admire. The moon looked awesome, glad i was able to take a snapshot of it.




This is just one of the many different types of cacti that are there in display. There's alot of plants, birdhouses, birdbaths and even a gazeebo with picnic tables to have lunch and stuff, even a hiking trail. We had no idea this place was there. Unfortunately last night we didn't have time to explore but now that we know where it is I'm sure we'll be back again for more.