We've accomplished making a final move from full Time RV’s to Winter Texans by leaving the 5th wheel in Texas, selling the big truck and purchasing a new vehicle to make the trip to and from Michigan. We never got around to finishing some remodeling in the house but there’s always 2013. We had many good times but one of the best was seeing our daughter Brandi marry a wonderful man. And of course there always seems to be a sad time, ours was losing our dear friends Larry and LaVila just one week apart of each other (at least they are together now). The next year hopes to have many more good times and maybe a few more accomplishments.
We made our
trip to South Padre Island on Christmas Day. We took a walk along the beach and
tried to get Pepper use to the water. She seemed to be alright until the water
started chasing her than all bets off, she was heading for land.
After our little
lunch on a pavilion by the beach we took our towels and enjoyed the perfect
weather of soaking up the sun and people watching. We were surprised on how
many families were there but this may be their tradition of opening presents
and hitting the beach in the afternoon. I took several pictures and have posted
them on Snapfish if you’re interested.
I received a
picture from daughter Renee’ who wanted to share some of their winter wonder
land. It’s very pretty and I really enjoy seeing this snow, especially when we
are 1800 miles away from it.
But they
aren’t the only ones who have had a cold snap. I’ll admit we don’t get the snow
or as low of temperatures but when it goes from 89 degrees on Christmas day to a
high of 54 degrees the next it’s darn right cold for us.
We’ve been
working on a project that we were asked to oversee. When we were asked it was a
“could you help” with the annual Walk through the Village event. As it turned
out our “help” and the sales managers “help” are two different things.
As my kids
will attest I am an organizer and a big one for notes – on everything and
sometimes in triplicate. So when I found out that in the last four years of
this event there weren't any I thought - well never mind what I thought. And as my kids know there will be a full notebook completed for
the ones who do this next year.
So we
asked two other couples to work with us and we’ve been putting our heads
together to try and make sure this thing runs smoothly. Every year the
residents open their homes and coach houses to the public so visitors can see
what it’s like being in Retama. It’s a pretty big event with several hundred people
coming to our park. While the residents show their places we have many things
going on at the clubhouse including food, raffles, vendors. So that we don't have vehicles all over we will have the visitors park in a vacant area by the clubhouse and use golf carts to shuttle them around the park.
I think we’re going to try something
different, in the pass they have always served hot dogs but this year we are
going to try Frito Pie. We’re having a taste testing tomorrow afternoon so we’ll
make the final decision after that. But I have to admit that none of this could be possible without so many here that have volunteered their time and opening their homes.
I guess that’s
it for this week. Happy New Year to all
and be safe 
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