Texas is just too big!!!!!

I know they always talk about how everything is bigger in Texas, but today I'm sitting here thinking that I'm in Texas, and Todd is in Texas, and Jen is in Texas, and my grandboys are in Texas, but we couldn't get anywhere near each other even if we all left right now until sometime tomorrow!!! That's just too many miles for one state to have. We come to Houston twice a week most weeks, but hardly ever get anywhere near Austin or El Paso. But we do get to see my in-laws who live here in the Houston area. Today we all went to Red Lobster for lunch and had a great time, as usual. Right now, our two little boys (Kirby and his step-dad) are putting a lego race car together. We tried to get them to make a trip to Garden Ridge with us, but they both threatened to jump out of the car into traffic if we made them go there. So we took them to ToysRUs and now they are as happy as can be.

We are picking up a load tomorrow morning that goes to Ohio, so we'll get to relax for a few hours. Then it's - On the Road Again, as Willie would say.

You can never have too many shoes!!!

I went shopping yesterday (is anyone surprised?). I had a goal in mind and not much hope of success. A couple of years ago, I bought a pair of Easy Spirit slip on tennis shoes and I still love those shoes more than any other tennis shoes I have every owned. Unfortunately, since I shop at discount stores that carry overstock and discontinued items, Easy Spirit doesn't make that particular style anymore. I have looked in every outlet mall, discount store, EBay, internet store, etc. and haven't found that shoe (at least not at a price I was willing to pay). Last summer, while I was in Myrtle Beach with my mother, I found that shoe at Stein Mart, and I bought a pair for HER. I decided at the time it would be a waste of money to buy the same shoe I already had, so I got myself a diferent shoe. Bad idea!! I have regretted that decision every day since and couldn't wait to get back to the Stein Mart at Myrtle Beach in the hopes that they might still have my shoe. Telling myself the chance of them having that shoe after all this time was slim, I walked into Stein Mart yesterday and THERE IT WAS!!!! The Easy Spirit all leather Feelin' Good tennis shoe in my size. The only difference was that my old shoe was white and this one is tan. But I like that even better!!!

Easy Spirit makes several shoes similar to this style, but don't be fooled. They are not as comfortable as this shoe and they don't clean up as easily as leather. For some reason the strap in the back of the new style is shorter and just doesn't fit the same across the ankle. Trust me, I've tried all of them!!!

Then, a little while later, I walked into K-Mart and found the perfect sandal. I should have gone to Vegas I am on such a lucky streak!! This shoe is soft and comfy and only $15 (buy one - get one half off) so I got this color (which perfectly matches the outfit I bought for $15 at K-Mart) and I got a tan pair. Today, I'm shopping for a purse to match my two new pairs of tan shoes. I'd say wish me luck, but I can't afford to get lucky too many more times!! You should see how lucky I got at Hamricks.

This is the Life!!!

Here's some pictures of our condo in Myrtle Beach. Too bad it's only for the week. I'd love to live here full time.

This is the view from our balcony.

Winter Break

I can't believe that in two days my husband and I will be going on a vacation to Myrtle Beach all by ourselves. I'm not sure what we are going to do, since we have never been there by ourselves. Every time we go, my sister, my mom, my nephew, my daughter and grandsons, or somebody goes with us. Then we sort of plan our activities based on what everyone wants to do. We usually go in May for bike week, but this year we decided to take a little winter break and spend Valentine's day at the beach together. Sounds romantic, but we didn't even realize it was Valentine's day until after we booked the condo!! I'm not sure why we were talking about going, but we got on the internet and found a deal we couldn't refuse. One of the condo rental companies was having a $100 off sale, which made a 1 bedroom condo $150 for seven nights. If you have never rented a condo at North Myrtle Beach, I highly recommend it. You are close enough to Myrtle Beach for all the entertainment, but far enough from all the noise and traffic of downtown. Besides, North Myrtle Beach has plenty of shopping and entertainment of it's own. We love getting a condo, as opposed to a motel, because it feels like you live at the beach for a week, not like you are visiting. You have a living room and kitchen, private balcony overlooking the beach, and bedrooms with their own bathrooms (this is especially important when 3 or 4 people go together). We have used a company called Condo-World several times, but this time we are using CondoLux. I guess my next post will be from the beach. I'll be sure to post pictures of the condo.

Every Girl's Crazy 'Bout a Sharp Dressed Man!!!

If there is anything my husband likes to do, it's buy something. So, naturally, the chance to buy two of something is just too good to pass up. This summer when we had Bailey and Maverick at the beach with us, Jen was dressing them alike every day and we thought it was adorable. Now, when we get anywhere near an Old Navy, we just can't resist finding them a new outfit. This week, we ended up spending one of our 12 hour layovers in Commerce, GA, near the outlet mall. (How did that happen, I wonder??) Needless to say, my Old Navy credit card is smoking hot. But look at what cute outfits we got!!

I can't wait until April when the boys will be in SC so we can try all these on them. My favorite is the yelllow shirt with the "gnarly" surfer dude flowered shorts. Grammy and Pop love you guys and can't wait to see you!!! (You too Jen and Jake)