That's what she said.....

We didn't go to Corsicana... just to Richardson, we met Dave and Carol at Texas Land and Cattle Company for dinner. Excellent! I had a really GOOD glass of Cab Sov, I wish I could remember the name, maybe Jolea will.

Jolea was glad the ride was only to Richardson, 15 minutes instead of 2 hours. She rode in the back "seat" of the truck....

She was waving and talking to me in sign language just before I took this picture.... doesn't she look happy and comfortable on her little 'perch' back there?










She's already singing Christmas songs...







She's incognito.... shhhhh don't tell anyone she's here. She travels like this a lot when we drive around in town, but this is the first time we had her sit in the 'back seat.' Next time she could lay down in the back of the truck with a blanket.

We delivered Dave's guitar to him, a 1953 Martin. He was happy. Dinner was great and it was good to see Dave and Carol, we hadn't seen them since October in Garland on the Square. They are the nicest couple. They want us to come to their house next time. I wonder if Jolea is up for it?

My week off is winding down, screeching to a halt really..... I'm glad. I'm ready to go back to work. I get bored at home when it's cold or rainy outside. I tend to sit too much and when I sit I knit. When I knit too much then my neck hurts. Besides, I only have about 4 weeks until I have Christmas break.... I can make it.

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas since Jolea put the Christmas tree up Friday and started decorating the house. She wanted me to post pictures of some of the favorite ornaments, since her camera on the laptop flip flops the picture. We've had theme trees in the past, one year everything was Southwestern. The kids didn't like it. They like putting up all the 'junk' ornaments from the bygone years. Last year we didn't even put the tree up. I may have dug out a 2 footer and put it on the table. Jolea was in Australia, so without the Christmas Elf in the house, we didn't bother.

This one represents the years Jolea spent swimming with those cranky Cruise Ship passengers out at the reef in Key West.





This one represents the year Jeff got his first 'Crotch-rocket' and Jody and I passed out in the front yard when he drove away. Thank goodness for neighbors with lifesaving skills and lots of beer.






This one represents Jody and his hobby. That's one of his hand made mandolins in the back... currently without strings.








And this one represents me... I LOVE cappuccino! Or coffee of any kind.






More to come..... from Texas.