Author Archives: Tom

2013 January 27 Sunday It is 6:30 p.m. and we are just coming home.  We left for church at 7:45 a.m.  The early service was from 8:15 to 9:15.  As soon as we were out of the service we headed toward Austin to visit Heather.  We called to let her know that we were on the way.  When we were about 45Continue reading “2013 January 27 Sunday Heather and Headbanz”

2012 January 26 We began the day with pancakes and sausage at an event at Highland Lakes UMC.  The Cub Scout pack that they sponsor was selling pancakes and breakfast tacos as a fundraiser.  When we got there, there was a tangle of boys under one of the tables.  They were huddled under there watching cartoons on aContinue reading “2012 January 26”

2012 January 25 Friday The day started with this beautiful skyscape taken just before sunrise. As usual, coffee with the guys from 7:30 to 9:00 and then the women had coffee from 9:30 to 11:00.  While Ella was at coffee I started working on the pasta salad for our “Suppers With Friends” group in the evening.  IContinue reading “2012 January 25 Friday”

Adapting a small TV stand to bedding storage. I had this small TV stand/cart and have been using behind my recliner in the living room area of our Hitch Hiker 5th wheel.  I realized that nearly everything stored on it was extra bedding, the thought s-l-o-w-l-y sunk in that maybe it should be in the bedroom! Duh! Huh?Continue reading “2013 January 24 Adapting a small TV stand to bedding storage”

2013 January 24 Thursday My day started with coffee with the guys as usual.  I returned home about 8:45 and went in an updated yesterday’s blog entry.  I also moved a few more of the 2012 files to the archive page. Yesterday while we were in Cedar Park, the animal shelter called to say thatContinue reading “2013 January 24 Thursday”

2013 January 23 my 66th Birthday              How is this for the way to start my birthday?  Getting blood drawn at the VA Clinic in Cedar Park this morning.  The trip into Cedar Park was ‘fun’.  We drove most of the way in a very dense fog.  I shot someContinue reading “2013 January 23 my 66th Birthday”

2013 January 22 This is Tuesday.  However, it has felt like Saturday to me all day.  I had coffee with the guys here at Shady Oaks Riverside RV Retreat this morning.  And then came home to find that Ella was eating a bowl of cereal for breakfast.  This is a break from routine.  Generally I fix breakfastContinue reading “2013 January 22”

  This is a panorama shot of the special missionary presentation during Sunday school time at Highland Lakes UMC (I wasn’t as steady as I needed to be and ended up with the gal in the purple top, twice in the same shot. This giant pink rabbit was my pew buddy for today in church.Continue reading “2013 January 20 Sunday”

The photo makes this glorious pre-dawn look almost foreboding.  It wasn’t. Yesterday (January 18 – Friday) after our morning coffee groups, we took a drive.  We ended up in Burnet (for those not from these parts, it is not pronounced Bur-net.  It is Burn-it and pronounced very quickly).  We stopped and refilled our empty 3Continue reading “2013 January 19 Saturday”

Granite hills of the Texas Hill Country. Near Inks Lake