Okay, the new year has arrived and I am determined to get more up-to-date in what's happening in technology. I'm not into making new year resolutions because I just end of breaking them before I ever get started. But it has become quite evident that I have become very set in my ways and need to get off my "duff" and start learning again.
As a high school teacher of business computer applications, I always prided myself in staying current with my students' interests. But there are so many new "gadgets" available on the Internet, but my school filters them and I realize that the majority of my computer time is there at school. I have had a cell phone for many years and use it regularly. However, it has come to my attention that my students are quite amazed that I text. It dawned on me that they are seeing me as being really old (which I'm sure I am). So I am getting into blogs and wikis. These will be great resources for my photography sideline as well.
So get ready to hear from me more often.
Sunday, January 4, 2009
Sunday, November 2, 2008
Get-A-Way Weekend
We just returned from a wonderful, restful trip to Fredericksburg...one of our favorite spots to visit. The colors were out of this world and even though it was the first day of hunting season, the deer were plentiful and friendly. We stayed at a quaint bed and breakfast spot named Morning Star Ranch. I highly recommend it to anyone that would enjoy a peaceful getaway. It is located 7 miles north of Fredericksburg on the Llano highway.
The scenery was outstanding, as usual. The rural area throughout the Hill Country is so much more developed than our home area, but we still had the country feel and were close enough to town to run in for shopping and sightseeing. But we still had the openness to sit on the front porch and watch the deer come in for grazing. The fun part was the cattle that free roams the area.
Another great surprise was running in to Catherine Davis, a friend through Delta Kappa Gamma, at the grocery story. She invited us to her house to watch the Texas Tech/UT game with her and her husband George. She had Taco Soup ready and we watched the game in between all the visiting. Their new home is absolutely beautiful.
Benny even had the chance to visit old friends in the pig business, friends that he met when purchasing pigs for our kids to show in stock shows. We even bought a piglet for a friend's son and brought him home in a cage in the back of our suburban. Now if that is not true devotion to a spouse, I don't know what else to do. Of course, Benny is well-known for carrying a cage in the back of our suburban (completely lined with heavy duty drop clothes, of course) padded with hay for special goats or other animals
The scenery was outstanding, as usual. The rural area throughout the Hill Country is so much more developed than our home area, but we still had the country feel and were close enough to town to run in for shopping and sightseeing. But we still had the openness to sit on the front porch and watch the deer come in for grazing. The fun part was the cattle that free roams the area.
Another great surprise was running in to Catherine Davis, a friend through Delta Kappa Gamma, at the grocery story. She invited us to her house to watch the Texas Tech/UT game with her and her husband George. She had Taco Soup ready and we watched the game in between all the visiting. Their new home is absolutely beautiful.
Benny even had the chance to visit old friends in the pig business, friends that he met when purchasing pigs for our kids to show in stock shows. We even bought a piglet for a friend's son and brought him home in a cage in the back of our suburban. Now if that is not true devotion to a spouse, I don't know what else to do. Of course, Benny is well-known for carrying a cage in the back of our suburban (completely lined with heavy duty drop clothes, of course) padded with hay for special goats or other animals
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