Shrubs and Salsa Online

So, Wes and I were sitting around, watching TV on Friday, wondering how we were NOT going to be bored on Saturday.  We knew we wanted to watch the Ravens football playoff game on Sunday (go Ravens!!!) but had no plans for Saturday.  Then we saw on TV that Galveston’s Grand Opera house was reopening and they were having an open house.

Apparently, they had been undergoing extensive remodeling when Hurricane Ike hit and did even more damage.  We had never been to an opera house (didn’t even know Galveston had one) and we had received gift certificates to Joe’s Crab Shack for Christmas (thanks John and Pat) so we decided to take a drive down to Galveston for the day.

We arrived in Galveston around lunch time.  To get to Joe’s, we had to drive a short distance on Seawall Blvd, which, as it’s name implies, runs beside the beach along the Gulf of Mexico.  We caught a glimpse of something big washed up on the shore and decided to go back after lunch to see what it was.

The weather was beautiful!  We sat out on Joe’s patio enjoying the sunshine and surf (love the smell of the beach, don’t you???), getting sunburned while we got a full belly.  The beach is across the street behind Jake and I in the picture, but it’s hard to see with the glare of the sun…  (Oh, sorry to those of you in snowy climates … ) I had a cobb salad, Jake had a fish sandwich and Wes and Cam shared crabs.   For dessert, we had a Sea Turtle sundae and OMG, it was so good.  The best dessert I’ve had in years.

Anyway, after lunch we drove back down the beach to see what that big dead thing was.  Wes and I said it was a dolphin, but Camden and Jake predicted it would be a shark.  Turns out it was a dolphin.  There was only one and no one appeared to have called authorities.  It had no signs of why it died.  Lots of people were looking at it…  We also saw a big dead fish further down the beach.  (Last summer, we found a dead shark on the beach when we stayed at the time share in San Leon.)

We walked down one of the jetty’s on the beach.  They are comprised of huge squares of granite stacked next to each other.

By then, it was 1:30 PM and the opera house was only supposed to be open until 2 PM, so we had to skidaddle.  We weren’t sure where it was, but we found it.  It’s really pretty on the inside.  Everything is new and shiny.  They had cake and lemonade.  We got to go in the balconies and those cool seats they have on the sides (why can’t I remember what they are called???) You know, where the rich people usually sit???

Anywho … after that we went home.

Someone asked me how Galveston looks these days.  Actually, Galveston looks pretty damned good!  All the boats and debris that were piled along the freeway are gone.  All the piles of trash, debris and old furniture that were piled along every street are gone.  Most stores are back open again.  People seem to be getting their homes back in order.  The beaches, while they are not as big as they used to be due to massive erosion from Ike, are clear and clean and pretty again.

I’ll admit it now, before you read too far … I was lame with the Christmas pictures this year.  This is all I got…

We had a great Christmas.  We stayed home this year, didn’t travel anywhere.  Wes cooked us a delicious dinner of turkey, stuffing, gravy and a boat load of other stuff.  It was all very good.  We all got good presents — Wes got fishing gear so he can go surf fishing; I got a brand new cruiser bike; Camden got a bass guitar, gift cards, and an iTunes gift card; Jake got Lego’s from Santa, a new DS, money and gift cards; and the dogs got new toys.

Sherri

It was Christmas Eve (day 4 of school vacation).  Camden was grounded (bad grades AGAIN) and Jake was bored.  What better activity to do than bake???

So we headed off to Wal-Mart and bought every type of dessert item we felt like and spent the rest of the day baking!

Sherri

When we moved to Houston almost 6 years ago, I told the kids to kiss snow goodbye, thinking we’d not see it again unless we went back to Maryland…

Well, the year we moved here (2003) we got a couple inches of snow on Christmas Eve! It was enough for some people to build snowmen.

This year on December 10th, we got snow again!  It had been SO cold all day long.  Very unusual for Houston.  It had been lightly raining all day.  North Houston and further north, had snow early in the day.  We didn’t get it down here until almost bed time, but when it started, it was really coming down.  Camden was already in bed and Jake had to come downstairs in his pj’s to see it!  The dogs thought it was all very fun and interesting.

We went to bed hoping it would continue to snow all night so we’d have a snow day the next day, but, alas, no such luck.  There was still some snow on the ground, but it didn’t last long.  Jake eventually went outside and threw some snowballs (some of which stuck to the side of the garage).

Sherri

Ok, I admit, I think I’m becoming addicted to facebook… I’ve spent hours looking for friends and family I know on there; adding photo’s; and other useless things!!!!! Here’s my personal page:
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=78791&id=837177563&saved#/profile.php?id=837177563&ref=profile

And I just made my own fan page for my store, Sherri Crochets & Crafts:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Sherri-Crochets-Crafts/59347935882

That’s all for now. Go friend me on facebook and be my friend now!!! LOL.
Sherri

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