Signing Off

I have not been good at keeping this journal updated and I think it is about time to sign off.  This is the 6th anniversary of Sally's death and I still miss her a lot.  But being with Val has made happiness again possible.   

We have been spending some time each week going to Wimberley, TX to our house there.  Val has been gardening to her delight and we are getting vegetables already--lots of lettuce, some early squash and tomatoes and some peppers.  Also there are flowers and some new trees in the yard.  We need to figure out how to keep it watered and alive through a Texas summer which is pretty brutal.  We have had a lot of rain this year and areas not far from us have flooded in Sugar Land and Wimberley.  I think we are pretty safe though.  

We are going to our grandson Nathan's HS graduation and Stephen's College graduation soon.  Stephen's is in Golden Colorado in a couple of weeks.  We are only going for a couple of days and will see our friends Joel and Judy Bedford while we are there.

We will be heading out to California in early June and plan to get there in about a week.  We are planning to go to Palo Duro in Texas on the way and then to Moab, UT to see Arches and Canyonlands National parks before heading into California.  Should be fun.  Neither of us have never been to those places.

We hope to see our California friends and family this summer.  Both of us are still basically healthy aside from wear and tear.

Thanks to all of you who have followed this and have supported me and now us over these past 6 years.
Namaste.

Winter is here

The most exciting thing that we have done in the past couple of months is getting a small place in Wimberley, Texas in the hill country. It is between San Antonio and Austin and is a cute little town with a few good restaurants and lots of stuff to do like hiking, wineries, art galleries and shops.  We have been shuttling back and forth trying to get it furnished and for now will use it as a "country place" and still live in Sugar Land.  We like it a lot and there is still a lot to do.  Val is excited because she can have a small garden and stuff that we can't easily do in our condo.  

Other that that news, not much has happened here.  We have had some cold weather but not like many other places and today is around 70 degrees. Not bad.