Senior citizen, really??

Well, today was a milestone of sorts.
Guillermo and I decided, since we had to take the red car in to the shop, to have breakfast afterwards at IHop. As I was looking over the menu, I noticed that I am now in THEIR age range to order from the senior citizen's menu. At first I was excited about that, but then I thought, "Wait a minute, is that really something to be excited about?!?!??"
Well, it's exciting to save a few dollars, so I guess that is the good part.
It's supposed to freeze here tonight, and Guillermo spent a lot of the day trying to cover up the vegetables in his garden. His vegetables have grown so much with the warm weather lately, and they look so healthy, it would be a shame to lose them now.

Looking for windows

The roses along our front fence are just so beautiful - these pictures really don't show how pretty they are in real life.
Here's one from a little closer up....
These yellow lilies, although we don't have many of them, are really pretty right now.
And soon, we'll be getting new windows for this room of our house.
Those front windows just don't work anymore, so they are on the list of things to replace.

Playgrounds and chess

Linda came over in the evening with Jacob and we all had supper together. At 5:45, Linda left for a class she is taking at the school which is just around the corner from us. After she left, Jacob and Guillermo played two games of Horse in the driveway, while I watered our rose bushes. After that, Jacob and I went to the park, and even though there was a big choice of things to play on, he mainly played on the merry-go-round. It sure looked like he was having a blast going round and round with all the other kids. As I sat there watching him, I thought about how much fun I always used to have on the merry-go-round, and I remembered the time I almost made myself sick on it! So, it was fun watching Jacob have so much fun. When we left the park, we drove to Baskins to get an ice cream cone. We also got an extra one to take home to Guillermo.
Back at home, we found Guillermo out in the garden. We all finished our ice creams while walking out to the back of the field. Then it was time to come in, and fix up a bath for Jacob. After his bath, he and I played a game of computer chess and the next thing we knew, Linda was back and they both headed back home!!

Practically like a hurricane

Things are starting to green up around here, and flowers are showing up all over the place. When we look out our windows now, it's such a nice surprise to see some color - green leaves, instead of bare brown branches. The color of leaves at this time of year, when they are brand new, is the perfect green color. Now, if only we could get the wind to quit!! The wind around here has been just unbelievable. It is relentless and at times almost feels like we're in a hurricane. We're actually surprised no big branches have snapped off of our trees.

The Lady Banks Rose
It's so big it hangs over our side ditch!
Purple Irises
Red and White Amaryllis

It's just us again

Rebeca and Jason took off this morning. But before they left, Jason picked up some tacos from Taco Cabana and brought them back to the house, so we were able to have a nice leisurely breakfast together.

When their car backs out of the driveway, we are always grateful for Duke. As they drive off, it has become a habit for Jason or Rebeca to say "Cattles" to Duke in a serious voice and that makes Duke bark. So, as they are driving off, Duke usually has his head out the window as he barks and barks and it is so funny! It always makes us laugh. This time, though, we got a bonus, because we could also hear Jack's little high-pitched bark coming out along with the deep barks of Duke. We don't know what they were telling Jack to make him bark, but it was great to hear that little chorus going down the road. So, we were able to smile, even though we felt incredibly sad.

So, now it's just Guillermo and I again in the house. We have had visitors since before Christmas - Rebeca came for Christmas and stayed about a week, Martina came at the beginning of January, Fernando came shortly after Martina and stayed for several days, Martina was with us all of January and February, Andrew came at the end of February and stayed for two and a half weeks, Rebeca and Jason came last week, Mom spent Monday night, Martina and Andrew left on Tuesday, and Rebeca and Jason left today. It has been most enjoyable. While cleaning up the house and getting things back to the way we had them, I felt a little sad. Guillermo and I love being together, but we also had lots of fun with everyone. So, it's a bittersweet thing!

Duke and Diablillo (a.k.a. Energumeno, Jack or Jackeeeeeee)

Rebeca and Diablillo "singing" at the window.
Checking e-mail.
Duke with his flea.
This is the only way we could get Jack to sit with his tick. He was nowhere near as accommodating as Duke was.
And a few pictures from the dinner at Linda's house, which was just lovely. We all had such a nice time and Rebeca's Lasagna was delicious!

Jason and Jacob had fun playing basketball outside!

Sad day

No camera at the airport - we all forgot. It's just as well. It's always sad taking people TO the airport. Andrew and Martina checked in, we sat around in Starbucks talking, and just like that, they were gone! It was sad to see them go, but we sure did enjoy having them here in San Antonio for a little while. Guillermo and I enjoyed very much having Martina with us since the beginning of January. We had lots of fun seeing San Antonio through her eyes, and gaining a greater appreciation for the English language, for Texas and for all things Western. And of course it was fun having Andrew stay with us for a little over two weeks. It was nice that Rebeca was able to be here at the same time he was - there are always lots of laughs when we are all together!

Rebeca and I visited a little with Mom (her Oma) after the airport. We looked at all the plants at her house, and then we took her out for lunch at Taco Cabana.