Monday was fun like a PARTY!
We were up early and at Mike's front door in Fort Worth just a few minutes - like less than 4 - after 11:00! Mike was shocked! He didn't expect me until 11:30 so he didn't even have his shoes on!
Mike drove us over to pick up Lonnie and then drove us to our favorite Mexican restaurant over in the Fort Worth Stock Yards to meet up with Joni - a friend who is actually more family than friend as she is Nita's sister in law from her first marriage. Nita and Billy Bob - that's what we called him back then - remained friends and Nita kept her mother in law and sister in law as well as Billy Bob's grandma in her life and there they stayed.
Joni brought me a gift bag holding her two favorite wines and said she likes to mix them.
One is bubbly and one is a white zinfandel.
Joni and Mike!
Since my son in law is a Mike - I call him Nita's Mike.
My brother Lonnie!!
He's lost a good bit of his eyesight but he is as funny and charming as ever!
Joni treated us to drinks and appetizers before we ordered our lunches and we had such a good time visiting and laughing together!
Our favorite restaurant Los Vaqueros turned out to be closed on Mondays so Joni - who arrived first - scouted us out another place - Esperanza's! The food was excellent and the service was s l o w.
But that was perfect for us since we were in no hurry and that gave us more time to be together.
Joni and Bernie are going to come for dinner in a few weeks and I'm already looking forward to that!
We dropped Lonnie off at his house and then went to visit Lily, Joni's mom.
She is 99 years old and still as beautiful and elegant a lady as she has always been!
I took her a container of fruitcake cookies because those are her favorites!
I had visited over the back fence with Nita's neighbor, Sheryl, earlier - while Mike was putting on his shoes! Remember she is a master gardener and her huge back yard is absolutely amazing!
She grows so many fruits and vegetables and flowers and plants and trees!
I didn't think to take a picture of Nita's memorial garden but it is beautiful with the red oak growing and a bench to sit under its shade.
Sheryl is a lovely lady and so special to us.
Nita loved her and always called her 'the best neighbor in the world!'
A member of my family is on a business trip in California and staying on the Queen Mary.
How amazing that is to do something like that. Back in the 80's I toured the Queen Mary and had dinner at one of the restaurants. I bought this cup in the gift shop there.
Louis Dean is not a fan of cruises - but I am!
I met up with Brenda for our Tuesday Treasure hunting and we each found some winners!
I more than she - as usual.
LD wears size 13 shoes and I am always surprised when I find him a pair.
He keeps all his old shoes and even Gorilla Glues them when they start to fall apart or even duct tape them together. He has over 2 dozen pairs of shoes and still counting.
His room has spokes along two walls near the ceiling and he puts his shoes on them.
The ones I find for him are his 'good' shoes and I am happy he wears a pair of them when we go out in public!
I am always searching for a purse and seldom find one that 'works' for me so I am looking for higher quality ones like this Nicole Miller bag....brand new and leather.
Stone Mountain - brand new with the tags still on!
I love the color.
Cute sandals.
An unbreakable wine glass for LD with a lid to keep the gnats out.
I know they don't drink much but it's annoying trying to fish them out!
Brenda found these for me - the first two are for Christmas wearing and the third Chico's t is going to be a favorite!
I usually print up my blog in books at Blog2Print and received an email that they are going out of business. They have a 50% off sale right now.
I'm glad I already have 2010 - 2023 all printed up.
I do them in quarters - each year requiring four books.
I don't know if I will be find another company that does this. If you do, please let me know.
Update on Summer!
She is doing well and back at Bar-J in Arkansas
Thank you for the prayers said for her.
God is good!
8 comments:
You got so many treasures. Goodness!
You look great and so does Louis Dean.
Have a lovely week and weekend! Can you believe May is here? Love, Trudy
You are looking so good! And these sandals are so YOU!!
you are right, your family day out was like one big party.. you even got presents at the thrift store. love all the family photos . happy to hear summer is back to her ranch home. prayers the surgery will make her pain get right on out of her body
God is good!
Thankful for the good report on Summer! Answered prayer!
Lunch looks like fun, and I’d love to eat good Mexican food. Pennsylvania just doesn’t have any good Mexican food!
Absolutely! Time with family is the best.
You found some goodies again thrifting.
Enjoy the rest of your week. Loved the photos! :)
Looks like you had a wonderful time with your family/friends. What a blessing to get together and laugh and just enjoy happy times together as often as possible! You found some great stuff as usual on your Tuesday outing. Amazing how you manage to find such great stuff. They must have really nice thrift stores where you live! Hey, my hubby went to a conference out in Anaheim many years ago, and he went on the Queen Mary and bought me a beautiful little bone china cream and sugar set. He had to carry it in a bag on his lap all the way home from CA to Ohio on the plane! He was SO happy to hand it over to me when I came to meet him at the plane! I still have it and treasure it so much because he went to so much trouble to get it for me! I love your mug too! Happy memories! Hope you have a lovely weekend.
these pictures of your family are just beautiful. and the picture of yourself and ld, you better put that in a frame girlfriend!!
i am with you on the blog books, i have to get to it and get as many printed as i can at 50% off. i think they do a beautiful job, sad to see they are going out of business!!
What a great day you had Linda from lunch out with family to thrifting and finding useful things for both yourself and Louis Dean. I just bought 3 tops at a local thrift store today for $1 each and a jar candle for $2 so itb was a good thrift day for me as well.
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