Karen's Koffee Klutch: Dec. 19th - Dec 25th 2011 ~~~ Southern Oaks Weekly Recap ~~~

Dec 19th Monday

Well another week is off and running. It is 70 degrees this morning with spurts of rain. Dan went for coffee with the boys and I decided that it has to be laundry day today. Yuck, I hate Laundromats. I have the hook-ups in the trailer for a washer and dryer, but I chose to use the space as a coat closet and storage.

We went for lunch at a Mexican Taqueria in Ingleside. We had the lunch buffet and I really enjoyed it and for 4.99.. can't beat the price. My biggest complaint with the restaurants is that they are charging alot if money for the soft drink and coffee, and the price of the meals keep going up. You go to places like Chili's or Applebees and they are so proud to list the prices of the meals and when it comes to the drinks, they must be embarrassed as they don't list the prices of soft drinks and coffee. You look around and you see alot of large glasses of water... I wonder when they will be charging for water now.

Dec 20th Tuesday

66 degrees at 7 AM, no wind..

Spurts of rain...... Stay home day.... We are invited to our friends Susan and Arnold for dessert and coffee. Our good friends from Wisconsin arrived and and they were also invited. Nice to see them again and getting caught up with their travels down here.

Dec 21st Wednesday

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY 27 YEARS

51egrees at 7:30 AM..

Heavy rain around 10 AM... We received calls wishing us Happy Anniversary.. Went to the Clubhouse for Birthday cake for Heather the Manager of the Resort... She was surprised. Dan and I and our GOOD FRIENDS from Ransom Road went out for dinner to The Texas Roadhouse in Corpus Christi..

We all had such a great meal and then we went to look at the Christmas Decorations on Candy Cane Lane, and the way home we went down Ocean Drive and seen the huge tree in front of the American Bank Building.. We also were able to see the colors change on the Bay Bridge.

It was a very nice evening and Anniversary.

Dec 22nd Thursday

58 degrees and cloudy.. Our CO2 detector went off and Herbie got very scared. (The batteries were low). He had been acting very strange for the rest of the day. I took hm outside and he started shaking and did not want to go back in. When we got him back in he went to the bedroom and hide along side the bed by the closet.

Pizza Hit night..... Went for pizza and our friends were there from Ransom Road so we joined in with them.. Had a good time as always..

Dec 23rd Friday

41 degrees at 7 AM it was cold and the North wind was blowing... Didn't do too much today, went to HEB and got my groceries for the weekend.. Made some Baked Shrimp and Rice for dinner...

Dec 24th Saturday

51 degrees at 7:30 AM windy and rain... Went out for Breakfast at The Bakery with our North Dakota Friends, Gene and LaVerne. Got my dinner prepared for the evening. We had our friends from Wisconsin here for dinner with us. I baked a ham, sweet potatoes, Cranberry Relish (Dan made) Fresh frozen corn, and Strawberry Pie (which Shirley made) Dan made some Cranberry Salsa which we had with crackers for an appetizer.. I was very good dinner and having Jerry and Shirley with us made it even more special.
Herbie spends most of his time either up on the bed or behind the chairs or under the kitchen table, but not on the couch like he use to.

Dec 25th Sunday

MERRY CHRISTMAS

Sassy and Sierra

Herbie was not very co-operative..

48 degrees at 7 AM... Cold and Rainy.. Dan made us breakfast, then he made his bacon wrapped baby wiener wraps for the party today at the club house.

I think I figured out the problem with Herbie.. We changed our furniture around and we had the vertical blinds opened and he could not look out like he always did. We might have to change the furniture back, but we will not change the blinds.

We went to the Clubhouse and there was such great and different Finger Foods and we played Dirty Santa exchange gift and visited with our winter friends.