On Saturday night before Christmas several 100,000 of our best friends decided to go to the San Antonio Riverwalk with us! It is really a treat to see the Christmas lights. We went with John, Gloria and Bonnie (their daughter). We walked around since the boats were full and saw the lights and made it over to the Chocolate Factory for a sample! It was a nice evening. Bonnie left on Sunday to go home to her family.
We had a fun Christmas Eve at Gloria and John' s house. Their daughter Cheryl and her husband Dan came over with the three kids. After a delicious dinner we exchanged some gifts and the kids opened presents from their grandparents. Jack is 8 and his favorite gift from him Grandma and Grandpa was a white shirt and tie! He put it on with his Nike shorts and bare feet and kept it on the rest of the evening! He looked very handsome!
Christmas morning was a delicious breakfast at Dan and Cheryl's. We opened gifts and had a lot of fun watching the kids open their gifts. There were a lot of electronics and they were busy the rest of the day. We came back for a killer dinner of ribs and much much more! I just remember the ribs! LOL
Wednesday after Christmas we spent playing Mexican Train Dominoes all day! Ted won 5 games and was the big winner! It was a fun day.
On Thursday we went to see Jack Reacher. Ted and I have read all of Lee Child's "Reacher" books and really like them. We didn't think Tom Cruise fit his description, he's about 6'5 and 240 pounds in the books and well Tom isn't!!!! He did a good job and since it was his production company and he was producer or director or all of the above, it wasn't a surprise that he played the lead. It helped to have read the books I think but we all enjoyed it. We also did some shopping and had a great day until I started getting some kind of bug. I had low grade a fever all evening.
On Friday Ted and I packed up and drove north to Ingram, Texas for a Traveling Supreme rally. We had such a great time. We had a lot of meals together, played some cards, went to an art gallery and more. I was battling my "bug" for most of the time but then on Monday, the Acadamy Award day, I felt a lot better. Unfortunately, Ted was starting to get it and was not feeling all that well. We were able to partake in the activities anyway and it was a lot of fun. The evening went as follows:
We arrived promptly at 6:30 p.m. and walked the “red carpet”. James H. Smith and Ardis Schenk hosted the red carpet and interviewed all of us “celebrities” coming in (which was hilarious)! The press corps; Linda Brian and Barbara Smith were there to take pictures. After we arrived and had a chance to mingle and we had a sit down dinner. Our three handsome waiters; the Smiths: James H., Jerry and James R., did a fabulous job of serving Cesar salad, ham, potatoes, green beans, rolls and red hot pineapples. The coup de grace were Banana Fosters! It was fun watching the three men cooking their bananas and almost setting themselves on fire! They were fabulous!
After dinner the show began! Our host and hostess; James H. Smith and Ardis Schenk introduced the various acts. The acts were snapshots from the various rally’s held in 2012 and we all had skits to participate in, they were great! There were so many funny moments…too many to mention! In between the acts, Gail Smith handed out ”special” awards. There were awards for “two left feet”, “golden axle award”, “best rally”, “best overall rally” and so many more. I bet you can guess who won the Golden Axle Award...yes, Ted and I. The awards themselves were so funny and Gail and her team did an outstanding job!
Barbara Smith hosted a “movie trivia” game. We had to answer questions, to the best of our abilities! Mike Bruce was the big winner but several of us won boxes of movie candy! It was fun.
Finally we got around to the gift exchange. This year we drew numbers and we actually opened the presents. (Last year you stole unopened presents)! We could steal a couple of times. There was a lot of stealing of wine and flashlights! I guess after you drink the wine, you need a flashlight to see to get home! It was a lot of fun and brought us up to the midnight hour! We sang “Auld Lang Syne“, toasted and then headed home to bed to dream of the academy awards!
Tuesday afternoon we had our first pot luck of the New Year! Again, way too much wonderful food (not time to start the diet yet)!
Wednesday we left Ingram and headed to Pipe Creek to the RV service place. On Friday night our furnace stopped working. Fortunately we have the fireplace and a ceramic heater and we kept nice and warm. It is a lot easier with the furnace! They found that both the air conditioner and heater boards were fried and needed to be replaced and we picked up the RV yesterday afternoon. Our heater worked great all night. It has been in the 30's all day and very cold and rainy.
I'm well now and Ted is barely coughing. John is still not feeling well (his cousin's husband) but better today and Gloria remains healthy! I'm catching up on this blog and also wrote an article for the Traveling Supreme newsletter and have laundry going! This brings you up to date!
Happy New Year!..."Ain't Life Grand!"
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