GENE WENT TO THE ALAMOBOWL.

His friend Frank invited him and treated him to a ticket and a night at the Marriott Hotel on the riverwalk. Their seats were in the 5th row on the 25 yard line. They had a great time!

MERRY CHRISTMAS 2011.

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LOOK WHAT WE JUST MADE!!!!

The picture on the box was lame. We bought lots of extra kinds of candy.

The icing is like cement and made it easy to assemble the house.

This was a FUN way to spend the afternoon.

The only inedible thing is the weird pink thingie that was our tree...it's a wine stopper.

DONE!! We're already planning next year's...

A LITTLE BIT OF CHRISTMAS....

Stocking done!!! I like it alot and plan to make another one or two to match it...someday.

Where is this? It's a secret.

It's a secret where I've been.

HERE'S WHAT I'VE BEEN DOING....

Mary's Cozumel sandals...finished. I've been wearing them pretty non stop for 6 months and they are worn out already. The sole is too thin. But I was bored...so painted them anyways.

These are the beginnings of Kay's boots. My 1st pair of boots!! I'm waiting for some new paints to arrive by mail.

I started this last year and MIGHT finish it this year. I cut the stocking out of a placemat and am sewing on beads and using my darling Aunt Anna's hand crocheted "snowflakes".

Ugh...I don't care if I ever see another bottlecap snake. These are for a guy at Gene's work and for a friend in Midland who sent us a box of Jim Dandy bottlecaps. Everyday I look at them...and everyday I ignore them. I GOTTA finish them this weekend.

RANDOMNESS IN DEL RIO.

2 sleepy boys. Mr. Poole after a day of teaching knuckleheads and Bennie after a day of doing nothing. Actually Gene likes his knuckleheads.

Toby and Gene load up the canoe Thanksgiving weekend. George and Gene finally got her into Lake Amistad. Toby's suburban in the background.

George is a good supervisor.

They're off to see the wizard. The reason I had been reluctant to take it out to the lake is that I was worried about the transport...but this set up worked fine.

Thanksgiving turkey, green beans, squash, mashed potatoes and dressing on my Gran's/Mother's Noritake china.

This Cementerio Loma De La Cruz. A local woman donated 4 acres of land in 1884 because there was no official Mexican cemetery. The last burial was in 1933. Three former U.S. Army Indian Scouts are buried there and the cemetery has an Italian section too. It has been in terrible disrepair but about 2 years ago a volunteer group formed and got historical designation and have been working hard to fix it up and preserve it.

You can see how barren this place is. And it's in a remote area of town. I hope folks will leave it alone!!! FYI- This is not "my" cemetery. The one I am documenting is called San Felipe Cemetery. I have recorded over 1,000 graves and might finish in about 5 or 6 more years. I'm getting pretty emotionally attached to it. San Felipe is still being used.

Oops...that's not Del Rio. That would be Diego & Jamey in NYC.