A new year is almost here so I thought I better get all the 2023 info on the books. As you know I have been taking classes in beading at the resort. As the projects progress, I get better and better and am inventing things all on my own! Every class teaches you a new technique so I will continue to go until we leave here. I am sure I will give away all this stuff so when I see you all just ask for some fabulous jewelery!!
We are still exploring disc golf courses and they are super boring here for me. Wide open spaces with some unusual vegetation and lots of red ants!! Sometimes I go but only if I feel the need to get my ankles bit up and itch for days!!
I think this is a desert Christmas tree that someone forgot to water!! Looks like a slight fire hazard!!
This here was where I walked at the disc golf course. Nice, shaded path around the wide-open field where Dick played in the sun and dam near sweat to death.
We headed to South Padre Island for a couple of days and stayed in a cheesy hotel right on the beach. Had a blast watching the rocket launch! The ground shook and the noise was super loud. Super awesome. We had fun waling the beach everyday people watching. We plan on going back in February when our friend come to visit for a week. We rented a whole house so no cheesy hotel next time. I love cheese and cheesy is always fun.
Sunsets were awesome!
Beerfest on the island was fun but the southern people just do not know good beer! Some was decent but for the most part.....blah.
Back to reality at the resort and Thanksgiving was packed. Tons of people and tons of food. I don't know if I ever want to make that kind of meal again. It would maybe kill me. Life has sure become super simplified in the kitchen, and I love it. Now this certainly doesn't mean we are getting skinny. Hell no!! The opposite. I have no idea what is going on maybe it old age spread but we are more active than ever but gaining and not losing. Oh well, feel great, having fun and doc says we are healthy. What more could we ask for.
Decorated for Christmas. Took all of 5 minutes! Love it!
Funky free and tiny flowers.
A children's group came to the resort and preformed You're a good man Charley Brown! It was so adorable and fun. These kids had some real talent, and we had a great time. They perform all over the valley for free spreading the word of God along with the Charley Brown story!!
My Christmas bracelet!!
We went to a drive through light show on a choo choo train after we went to the Chocolate factory in Heldago, TX. So amazing for a tiny town. It was HUGE. Best light show I have every driven through. We went with a bunch of folks from the resort and visited a large bee too. The chocolate factory was all hand made. Ground the beans and molded. They have quite the tourist business. All dark chocolate and we all got to make our own bars. Mine had coconut, almonds and Tejin in it. Spicy delishousness. Dick labeled his bar DIRT because he thinks dark chocolate tastes like dirt. Lucky for me. I love it and more for me!!
Love that we can swim year-round. We go often. Our house is planted right behind this building behind us, so it is super close to swim and hot tub.
I have started to fold paper. Like I need another hobby!!! I had a sign-up sheet at the activities center and about 12 people came to my class and learned a few things. I failed as a teacher, but we had a bunch of laughs and some pretty weird looking things come out of this class. I will try again with but this time the class will be called Fun with Tape! Yes...there is something wrong with me!!
Packer Bracelet! It is double sided and is all green and gold on the other side!
We went to the Legion bar up the road for dinner because someone said it was good and we came upon the town parade. I love parades almost as much as I love zoos!! It was a great parade for such a tiny town and we loved watching the little kids getting excited for all the floats and Santa! The mayor even handed out bags of candy and we are not just talking little bags. Maybe that is where my spare tire came from!! The bags had lemons in them to.
We have found some pretty amazing places to eat down here as well. This was the New York Deli and the sandwiches were as big as the ones you get in New York and just as delicious!!
We attended an ugly sweater murder mystery party and walked home with all these trophies! Last trophy I won was for bowling when I was pregnant with Charley. Anyhow we won for my
ugliest sweater. Dick won for the best acting for the murder victim, and I also won for my acting abilities by getting most people to vote for me as the murderer!! I didn't do it!! Fun was had!!
We went to the zoo in Brownville Tx, and it was amazing as is every zoo. Again, we saw so many things that we never saw at other zoos and had fun watching the very active animals. The snakes were moving and the monkeys were making all kinds of noises we have never heard before. We will hit up a zoo wherever we go and will never be disappointed. There was an awesome park across the street that had a bunch of tiny houses. A village of cuteness. Each house had scenes inside and were amazing.
2023 has come to an end for this blog and it was an amazing year. We met all kinds of cool people and saw all kinds of cool things. I almost died a bunch of times, but I backed off posting those because I thought you may be fearing for my life along with me and I don't want to stress my friends and family.
Relaxing by my tree as I write to you all and reflecting on our amazing lives and hope yours are as amazing as ours and you all have a happy new year. I look forward to more adventures and writing them for you all to read about.
