12-25-10 MERRY CHRISTMAS FROM TEXAS

MERRY CHRISTMAS We're going to the park's Christmas dinner today. I skipped breakfast so I'll be hungry ! It  cooled down to 55 today and it's funny to see people walking around with heavy coats, gloves & even ear warmers on. Crazy winter Texans !! The weatherman says it's gonna warm up again tomorrow. Our new little ceramic heater is working so well that the furnace hasn't kicked on at all. It's been nice in this park, it's close enough to town that we've been able to use the bikes to go shopping. Having an American Legion just a little ways down the street has been good too! We've managed to build up to 2 or 3 miles on the bikes just like last year. We've made a resolution to keep this up when we get home, don't know why we let that slip last year, it's a good workout that we hope to maintain. We've managed to get in the pool & hot tub a number of times and it's been terrifically relaxing. Yesterday was interesting. I had a flat tire on my bike and one of our neighbors gave me a patch kit. I patched the tire. A stupid sand burr caused a leak! I was puttinf air in the tire a obviously got carried away with air pressure and BAMMM! Yep, you guessed it. Catastrophic failure. Another neighbor came over and offered a ride to Wally World so we took off, got a new inner tube and completed repairs..Yahoo! On the road again. The explosion, by the way, was quite loud and Heather just about jumped out of her chair,where she was engrossed in her book. A lady from across the street hurried over to see if we were okay. She said she was in her bathroom and the BOOM scared thd shi*** out of her. LOL  We hope everyone has a great Christmas..REMEMBER..LIVE YOUR DREAMS AS TIME GOES BY QUICKLY...Charlie & Heather