Remembering Texas... Day 1 and 2

The trip to Austin, Texas was only half full, that is the first time ever. It was great plus we had a non-stop flight, which made it even better!

Jeff and I had a whole row to ourselves and to top it off it was a beautiful day! Only bad news is... I didn't make a new friend on this flight! :(

I love all the colorful guitars that line up near the baggage claim in Austin Texas! Fun!

Then we got to see our sweet Oakley, Jeff had never met her and I only saw here right after she was born, she has grown sooo much!

We brought their Christmas presents with us, so it was fun spending a 2nd Christmas with them. Here is Kai looking at his picture that his cousin Jenny drew for him!

The scarf I crocheted for him, fit him perfect...although it was pretty warm when we were there.

 Kai loved all the Nana's Boy Restaurant stuff was a hit. That is what Kai and I named our own Restaurant that we created together.

He got a bell, a restaurant sign, a calendar, a order book, a tray, apron, napkin for his arm and a pen. He absolutely loved that Aunt Lauren drew a cartoon of he and I together. She is sooo talented. I am having the pocket of the apron and a towel printed with our logo on it, and will send that to him soon.

It took Oakley about a 1/2 of a day to get use to us! Then she never stopped smiling, that is her normal self. I crocheted 4 of these headbands for her. She actually made them look even better!

Can't tell you how good it felt to hang out with my boy again. Kai is my only grandson and boy has he stolen my heart!

Day 2

Day two of our Road trip adventure May 31, 2012.
Well, because of the time difference we didn't go to bed till 1:00 and got up late, it is hard adjusting to 3 hour time difference. We woke up so late that we missed breakfast, so we had to eat what snacks we had with us. Then we headed to the college town called Buena Vista, Virginia. This is the town where my niece just graduated from college and we are here to pick up her car and drive it all the way back home. First we had to take the car in to be checked before the trip. We took it to LEROY'S AUTO SHOP, lucky for us there wasn't any one ahead of us. Of course, I am not sure that he has that much business in the past week. He was quite the character. When we asked him to look and see if this one tire that had a plug in it earlier, would be safe for the trip. His reply was " Well now, I always say if the good Lord doesn't want you to have a flat tire you won't, if he does then well you will, I can't make no guarantee". He was too funny!
 
Then we were hoping to go to an Antique store across the street while we were waiting but it was closed. We then walked in to the store across the street from the Antique shop, the lady there told us that Bob was gone but that his brother Bill owned the Barber Shop next door and he would probably let you in. Sure enough Bill was more than willing to let us into his brother's antique shop and look around,  then tell him if we needed anything. I have forgotten some of the simple and yet good things that come from living in a small town such as...
Everybody knows each other
No one locks their doors ( there was a man who got off his motorcycle and left the key in it, I said " you better not leave your key in it or someone might take off with it", he said " well, if you do just make sure you bring it back"
Good manners ( they call everyone Mame or Sir )
Shop owners work hard to give the best customer service ( " now if there is anything you girls needs, you just let me know and we will help ya" )
Everyone is friendly and says "Ya'll come back anytime" when you leave

It felt like I went back in time to a simpler and slower way of life. Where there are people waving at you while they sit on their porch swings, yes ... today I definitely went back to my roots. (Here is the sign that you see when you come into town.
 
After we got our car fixed, we spent the rest of the day shopping. We were laughing so hard in the dressing room, I was afraid we were going to get kicked out of the store. It is way more fun to shop with one of your best friends.  Then we were off to more antique shops, where once again I saw things that reminded me of my past.

Got home late and headed to the pool. I can't believe that I am swimming again...feels so good. Tried on a different bathing suit this time and it kept my prosthetic right in place... yeah!
Good night dear friends!

“A small town is a place where there's no place to go where you shouldn't.” Burt Bacharach

"Sometimes I pretend to be normal, but it gets boring. So I go back to being me"

 “The nice part about living in a small town is that when you don't know what you're doing, someone else does”