Merry Christmas to all

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Butch and I want to wish all of our friends near and far the merriest of Christmas's and the happiest of New Years.

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKisoPSiHC0&t=39s

Iowa Weather

 Our hometown of Jefferson had a close encounter with tornadoes in the latest weather phenomenon in the upper Midwest. Our house and pool hall were untouched. Butch's brother Leo and his wife Keri had a couple of trees uprooted. All in all our family came through this one much better than the Derecho of August 2020.

Our son Jason and his wife who live in Boone IA went to Jefferson to check out our place. He said it was eerie driving through the streets with no lights. The power is back on now. Many of our friends had damage of one kind or another.

Greene County is included in the disaster taking place in Iowa. 43 counties are in the disaster area. Iowa has 99 counties in all.

After our walk

 We noticed that the cabbage was being harvested on the east side of the golf course. I heard by the grapevine if you happen to be by there when they are close to the fence they might offer you a free cabbage. We walked around the course but they were too far away and it takes them quite a while to do one run of the field.

So I went back after we finished our walk and took a few photos.

Guy on bike

Harvest supervisor

Winter Gardens Golf Course

Cabbage headed to the market

Winter Gardens Golf Course

The rowdy crew in the pool

Sunny South Texas

 The weather is staying pretty consistent so far. We have had a couple days of cool (60's) weather but it is mostly daytime 80's and nighttime 60's. Last year it turned cool about this time and remained cool till mid-March. It was basically a cool winter. I am hoping for better this season.

We have friends coming down for the first time from Iowa and I hope they have a full month of good weather. Darrel and Linda M. have rented a park model for January. We are very much looking forward to sharing with them all the things we like about South Texas. The list is long and we already know we cannot hit all of them. I am hoping we can tick off the ones they would most like.

Renie and I walk every morning for an hour. We have both purchased park models lately and we cannot get possession until April. So I jokingly told her our walk has now become our daily inspection tour because we walk right by both of them on our usual route. 

Butch is headed to the Massage College for his weekly massage. I plan to stay home this time. I am giving him a list of things to pick up at H.E.B. Butch is the opposite of most guys who are sent to the grocery store. He will come home with EXACTLY what is on the list. 

We walked around the golf course this morning and there is a cabbage field on the east side of the course. They happen to be harvesting them. If you are near enough while they harvest they will throw you a cabbage. I plan to walk down and see about getting some photo's. 

Later...

Weird Winter Storm

 I am putting this link on here for the many people I know who would like to see it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GfVshxzq5LE

Outdoor photo's

 I stopped by our new place to take some outdoor pictures that I had not done yet. Oddly enough I had not even looked at the outside. If we tick off all the things one would want in a park model in South Texas this place has them all. Metal roof, hardly any grass, shade shutters, large protected deck, storage room, washer and dryer, propane furnace, central AC, covered carport, and golf cart parking. We did not have to cave on even one of our wants for this one.

It's Official

 We have purchased a park model in Trophy Gardens. Lot #670. We will not have possession until April 1st but that is okay. We have our home called a MoHo. We are entertaining the idea of selling it. The logistics of all this are a bit mindboggling at times. I know it will all shake out as it should. It always does. I have a few pictures of our new place. We are excited and pleased with our choice. There will be more pictures in the days to come. We do not want to be a pest to the current resident.

Turning on that Brooker charm...😀This is the deck.

The kitchen

Living room

Bedroom 

Bedroom too

Utility room

Description: Park model with large deck, washer, dryer, 1 bedroom, step-in shower, carport, metal roof, room for golf cart parking.

And now for a laugh...

 

Looking? Yes, looking.

 We have been looking at places to buy. May have found one yesterday. Still mulling it over. There are a gazillion things to think about because for us this would be a big change of lifestyle.

We are taking a second look at the place today. Ironically it is in an area of the park that has been a big fat NO for us. If we do say yes we will be in the market for a golf cart, another big fat NO in the past. It is far enough away from all we aspire to that a golf cart makes sense. Closer to the golf course, further from the pool hall. And sometimes you need to get somewhere in a hurry.

So many things to think about!!

Stay tuned, Our next big adventure may be on the horizon.