A Little Bit of Heaven!

Hello, Everybody!

Monday afternoon a lovely gift appeared on Ellen's desk at school. One of our families is moving next week. They are off on an adventure that some of our readers will be able to identify with. Dad has taken a job across the pond in Switzerland! When Jason (dad) came back to El Paso to help with the final preparations, he brought some CHOCOLATE with him.


Words cannot explain what this chocolate from Neuchatel tastes like. It REALLY melts in your mouth! We are limiting ourselves to one piece in the evening. We want it to last as long as possible!

We thank you for this wonderful treat! We will write more about this family later. We will miss them immensely!

Hopefully, it will not take long for them to become part of the "blogging network"!

We look forward to seeing lots of pictures from Switzerland!!

Until next time. . . . . ....

Another Busy Weekend!!!

Hi, Ya'll!


We hope you had a wonderful weekend. Weekends just always pass too fast, don't they? Sharon's new den furniture was delivered on Saturday morning just as promised. She had planned to give the old stuff to St. Vincent de Paul Society, but one of the delivery men asked about the old things. He said that his partner had been married only one month, and he would like to buy it. Of course, you know we just gave it to him and wished him a happy marriage. Besides, it was great not to have to walk around it for another few days!


So here are three pictures of the new things. They are really pretty, but those lamps simply must go!!!!!!! Don't you think? New ones will be top priority on our list of things to do next weekend. It's great to have a shopping mission a whole week in advance!

Saturday was also the beginning of the Symphony season. It was wonderful to see friends that we hadn't seen all summer. The concerts are now held at the Plaza Theater. It is a lovely venue and one can be whisked away from the daily grind with the beautiful sounds written by Masters from many years ago.

Paul's favorite uncle passed away last week. He was ninety-five years old. He was a wonderful pianist. He began going blind when he was six years old. He went to blind schools, and even a college for the blind. He gave piano lessons and tuned pianos for a living. He even tuned a piano in the White House! Paul went to his funeral in Hollywood, Maryland. Ellen got busy and fixed him up with airline tickets and a rental car. He flew out of El Paso early Sunday morning, and will return on Wednesday evening.

Happy first day of Fall to everyone. From reading some of our family/friends blogs, it seems that Fall is a favorite season for many of us. There just seems to be a sense of peace that comes with the season. We can let go of the past and just "be" before the craziness of the holiday season.

Nichole, Ellen's daughter, has a birthday tomorrow. Happy 29th honey! Have a wonderful day!

Until next time. . . . .

Isn't She Pretty?

Hi, Ya'll!

We know, we know--it has been awhile since we posted. So, here goes.

We had a very busy weekend. On Saturday, we shopped until we dropped-literally. We started out the day meeting Paul to look at some new den furniture. Paul had already been to this store to pick out something. Since we rarely sit on the couch, we told him that he had to pick it out. We must admit that he did a very good job. We got the couch, a new chair, new coffee table, and new end tables. What fun! The coffee table we have now was from the mid sixties. (Well, it was good stuff.) The old couch was pitiful. We mean PITIFUL!! When all the new things get delivered in a couple of weeks, we will take pictures.

In the meantime, we had not shown a picture of Ellen's new refrigerator. It is truly beautiful and very roomy. It actually has an ice crusher that works. (The old one never did.) Isn't she pretty?) The ice maker is working SO good, we wish we could send some of the cubes over to Kelli. We know she would make good use of them!

This week at school, we are screening more third graders. We caught one today who could barely read the top line of the eye chart. Poor baby. We have this new computer program which is a web-based program. It is really nice, but has taken a lot of work for us both to learn it. When we enter the heights and weights, the program automatically gives us the BMI and the percentile. We are amazed at how many are at risk for being underweight and overweight. We have fewer normals. Isn't that something? What is even more interesting is that when you look at the children in the abnormal category, they look "normal" in size.

One more thing.....we are happy that football season is back! Texas Tech had a blowout game on Saturday. Go Red Raiders!! Also, HOW ABOUT THOSE COWBOYS???!!! We love the fall season!

Until next time. . . . .

Remembering Sharon's Parents!

Hello, Everyone!



This post will be just a short one to remember Murry and Ferne, Sharon's parents. Today is the second anniversary of Ferne's passing, and later this month on September 19th will be the fifth anniversary of Murry's. They were special people and we loved them very much. Here they are all dressed up for a party at Sharon's sister's house many years ago. Aren't they cute?



Rest in peace, Murry and Ferne! We know you are enjoying your new home in Heaven!

Until next time .. . . . . . .

A Close Call For Ellen!

Hi, Ya'll!

Wasn't the long weekend great? Now, there are no more holidays for quite awhile.



We were out running errands on Saturday. When we got back to Ellen's, we began unloading the car. Ellen was getting some things out of the back seat of Sharon's car when the wind blew the door and started it on a course for Ellen's eye socket!

Bless her heart! Thank God she was wearing her glasses! As you can see, the corner of the car door was dangerously close to her eyeball.

Poor thing, her lips started quivering. She has been especially hard on her face this year. Remember? She fell on Sharon's driveway at the beginning of the year.

She is feeling better, and it will probably take a few weeks for the bruise to heal up. In the meantime, make-up covers lots of things! God bless whoever invented the magic of liquid cover-up!!

Until next time. . . . . . . .