I'MMMMM BACK!!!!!!!!!!

What a time we had! I might even grow to like Houston, at least in March. (Never May, June, July, August, September, October or November!) The weather was gorgeous for two days (then colder and wetter than home). The Rodeo on Thursday was a perfect day. The concert was the best, even if my girls were a little embarassed by their mom dancing and singing with the youngsters! I loved it. Not sure how Shawn felt about it all. He is surely not a big fan of the Black Eyed Peas.

Mel and I both bought our first pair of cowboy boots. For awhile it looked like we were either going to buy the same pair or fight over them (they only had one pair in size 9 - the size we both needed!) but Mom finally gave in, let Mel have hers and I picked out a red pair. LOVE EM! We both wore them for the rest of the day.

We tried some fried foods...hm, not sure food is the correct word. We tried a fried snickers bar, a fried chocolate covered twinkie, fried oreos and fried cheese cake. My favorite was the snickers bar but the others liked the oreo's best. We also had barbecue from Papa's while Shawn had a turkey leg. Bet he'd like the food at the Renaissance Festival.

The rodeo part was boring in places but the kids portions were the best part. I love watching those little ones try to ride the sheep. So cute!

On Friday we did low key stuff. We mostly spent my money on a new computer for me. My credit card was refused for payment because they did not know I was in Texas. Part of me was embarassed and part of me was glas the anti-fraud dept was working so hard. It got all straightened out, though.

Saturday was big spender day for mom. We all had the deluxe pedicure. Delicious! Becky and I had our nails done. Mel got her hair cut (she paid for that). We each got moisterizer that was on sale. We did a quick Kohl's run so Mel could buy a jacket to replace the one she left in New Mexico (yes it was cold enough that we needed jackets!). Dinner was at a Japanese Steak house and boy was that good. We sat with a bunch of people who were originally from Maryland!

By then I was getting my cold so I was starting to feel not so good. We headed home, stopping for ice cream on the way. We watched a movie while Becky worked on getting all the info off my old laptop onto my new one. She worked hard on that, too!

All in all, it was a fabulous trip and I so enjoyed having three days with my girls. I hope we get to do it again next year.

The plane ride home caused me to get an ear infection which kept me home for two days. I was pretty sick but glad I went to the doctor. It felt really weird not to be able to hear out of my right ear. It's almost gone now but I am still coughing a lot.

Frank has left for ten days and I am in 'enjoy the peace' mode. I love having the house to myself. A neighbor will walk Nestle twice a day so that is good. I am having dinner with Mary tonight and hope to spend time with other friends while he is gone. I hope he and his brother have a great time.

I will start the swatch for Becky's sweater tomorrow. My first real sweater and I am very nervous. The yarn was expensive so I hope I don't make a total loser of a garment. We shall see. I have Denise and Dorothy to help me so I should be good!