Sunday, October 28, 2007
Another week in Southwest Houston
Oct 28 Sun ... This morning we attended “Lakewood Church”. This is the church where Joel Osteen is the Pastor. The church building is the old ‘Summit, then Compaq Center’ where the Houston Rockets played. Well, what can we say, it was AWESOME! It was a high energy, music filled, spiritual experience. Joel and his wife Victoria conducted the service to a packed congregation (average weekly attendance is 47,000 with 6 services). His weekly TV show airs on dozens of channels nation wide and his optimistic message has made him one of the country’s most popular preachers. The church building its self is pretty unbelievable.
Oct 27 Sat ... Mike fulfilled a long time goal of attending a Concealed Handgun course for the purpose of obtaining a license to carry a concealed handgun. It was an all day course starting at 8:00 a.m. until 6:00 p.m. and was held at an indoor shooting range in South Houston. The instructor was a retired Houston Police Officer who spent his last 14 years as a Police Academy Instructor. He was extremely knowledgeable concerning the law as well as an excellent communicator. Mike qualified on the shooting range with a borrowed (from the shooting range) Glock 9MM semi-automatic handgun. Dixie spent the day shopping.
Oct 26 Fri ... Again, Mike worked around the mh (after a brief visit to the fitness center) before picking up Dixie in the afternoon.
Oct 25 Thurs ... Mike took Dixie to the Bush Intercontinental Airport for a trip to Newark, NJ. She’s assisting the department she formally reported to by performing some club evaluations while Mike did things around the mh and went to the fitness center. Happy ??Birthday to Dixie's brother, Doug!
Oct 24 Wed ... Mike’s high school buddy, Eugene, treated him to a round of golf at a very nice course in Friendswood. Even though the play was slow (a tournament) they had a good time. Happy 7th Birthday to our neice, Lexi!
Oct 23 Tues ... Did some grocery shopping at a Whole Foods Market. That was a first time for that store --- lots of neat stuff there.
Oct 22 Mon ... Mike had his annual physical check-up at M. D. Anderson Cancer center this morning. He sees his Dr. next Monday for consultation concerning the test.
Oct 27 Sat ... Mike fulfilled a long time goal of attending a Concealed Handgun course for the purpose of obtaining a license to carry a concealed handgun. It was an all day course starting at 8:00 a.m. until 6:00 p.m. and was held at an indoor shooting range in South Houston. The instructor was a retired Houston Police Officer who spent his last 14 years as a Police Academy Instructor. He was extremely knowledgeable concerning the law as well as an excellent communicator. Mike qualified on the shooting range with a borrowed (from the shooting range) Glock 9MM semi-automatic handgun. Dixie spent the day shopping.
Oct 26 Fri ... Again, Mike worked around the mh (after a brief visit to the fitness center) before picking up Dixie in the afternoon.
Oct 25 Thurs ... Mike took Dixie to the Bush Intercontinental Airport for a trip to Newark, NJ. She’s assisting the department she formally reported to by performing some club evaluations while Mike did things around the mh and went to the fitness center. Happy ??Birthday to Dixie's brother, Doug!
Oct 24 Wed ... Mike’s high school buddy, Eugene, treated him to a round of golf at a very nice course in Friendswood. Even though the play was slow (a tournament) they had a good time. Happy 7th Birthday to our neice, Lexi!
Oct 23 Tues ... Did some grocery shopping at a Whole Foods Market. That was a first time for that store --- lots of neat stuff there.
Oct 22 Mon ... Mike had his annual physical check-up at M. D. Anderson Cancer center this morning. He sees his Dr. next Monday for consultation concerning the test.
Sunday, October 21, 2007
A Move to Southwest Houston - LakeView RV Resort
Oct 21 Sun ... Quite day today. We sat outside this morning and read the paper, enjoying the view of the lake and the great weather. The temps & humidity are down.
Oct 20 Sat ... Today is our nephew Jason White Teague’s birthday. He would have been 35. We met with the family at the gravesite this afternoon and had dinner with them after that.
Oct 19 Fri ... We took a drive into the Sugarland/Missouri City/Stafford area this afternoon; Mike couldn’t believe how much it had changed since he lived there in the mid to late 70’s.
Oct 18 Thurs ... We used the gym facilities in the morning. Later, Dixie drove into downtown Houston and had lunch with some of the girls she worked with when she was with Continental Airlines. Mike cleaned the mh, re-caulked the kitchen sink and put up another smoke detector; this one in the bedroom.
Oct 17 Wed ... Move day ... to LakeView RV Resort in SW Houston. It rained on us during most of the 50 mile drive but the traffic wasn’t too bad. This is a very nice park; probably the best park we’ve camped at in 6 years of RV’ing (this one can truely be referred to as a 'resort', unlike many of the others that claim they are). It’s new, (opened in 2006) on a 4 acre lake, a 3/8 mile walking path, concrete full-hook up sites with 50 amp service. It has a very nice clubhouse that includes a spa, exercise equipment and computer room. Of course, it’s also the priciest park ... ever at over $600 for the month. Oh well, we must splurge every once in a while in order to ease the pain of such a stressful lifestyle we lead. (ha)
Oct 16 Tue ... We drove into Conroe again where Mike had to get his Tx drivers license renewed. Then went to the grocery store and surprise, surprise, it wasn’t a Walmart this time. Later, Dixie did laundry. We also talked to our new neighbors from Round Rock, Tx who were new full-timers. They had a lot of questions about campground memberships. We told them all we knew and gave them some recommendations.
Oct 15 Mon ... Not much going on today. We had to make a trip into Conroe to the Fedex store to send back our golf badges to our friend Ross. Later in the evening, we drove to our friend JoAnn’s house for dinner.
Oct 20 Sat ... Today is our nephew Jason White Teague’s birthday. He would have been 35. We met with the family at the gravesite this afternoon and had dinner with them after that.
Oct 19 Fri ... We took a drive into the Sugarland/Missouri City/Stafford area this afternoon; Mike couldn’t believe how much it had changed since he lived there in the mid to late 70’s.
Oct 18 Thurs ... We used the gym facilities in the morning. Later, Dixie drove into downtown Houston and had lunch with some of the girls she worked with when she was with Continental Airlines. Mike cleaned the mh, re-caulked the kitchen sink and put up another smoke detector; this one in the bedroom.
Oct 17 Wed ... Move day ... to LakeView RV Resort in SW Houston. It rained on us during most of the 50 mile drive but the traffic wasn’t too bad. This is a very nice park; probably the best park we’ve camped at in 6 years of RV’ing (this one can truely be referred to as a 'resort', unlike many of the others that claim they are). It’s new, (opened in 2006) on a 4 acre lake, a 3/8 mile walking path, concrete full-hook up sites with 50 amp service. It has a very nice clubhouse that includes a spa, exercise equipment and computer room. Of course, it’s also the priciest park ... ever at over $600 for the month. Oh well, we must splurge every once in a while in order to ease the pain of such a stressful lifestyle we lead. (ha)
Oct 16 Tue ... We drove into Conroe again where Mike had to get his Tx drivers license renewed. Then went to the grocery store and surprise, surprise, it wasn’t a Walmart this time. Later, Dixie did laundry. We also talked to our new neighbors from Round Rock, Tx who were new full-timers. They had a lot of questions about campground memberships. We told them all we knew and gave them some recommendations.
Oct 15 Mon ... Not much going on today. We had to make a trip into Conroe to the Fedex store to send back our golf badges to our friend Ross. Later in the evening, we drove to our friend JoAnn’s house for dinner.
Sunday, October 14, 2007
Back home in the Houston area!
Oct 14 Sun ... Today we decided to take in the final round of the Administaff Classic golf tournament at the Augusta Pines golf course in Spring, (Woodlands) Tx. In addition to the pros (Bernhard Lager won) we followed the celebrities - Jeff Bagwell, Roger Clemens, Rollie Fingers, Gary Carter and Clyde Drexler for awhile. We had a good time and for once didn’t get lost getting out of the Woodlands on our way home.
Oct 13 Sat ...This afternoon we drove to our old neighborhood and took in our churches annual Art & Crafts festival. We were able to visit with many old church friends. After that stop we met our old neighbors (well not ‘old’ – just former), Jim & Priscilla for a wonderful dinner and conversation. We even made a quick drive by our old house!
Oct 12 Fri ... We continued our visit today at Roger & Karen’s.
Oct 11 Thurs ... We drove about 50 miles to Pearland to visit Mike’s brother and family. We all went out to a local Tex-mex restaurant for dinner in the evening. We stayed overnight at Roger & Karen’s.
Oct 10 Wed ... Dixie had a haircut appointment while Mike went with Ross to the Augusta Pines golf club to watch a Pro-Am round of golf. It was part of the Administaff Classic which is part of the Champions Golf Tour. Later, Dixie met us at the course.
Oct 9 Tue ... Today is a Walmart supply day. Later, we met our friend Ross from Texarkana for dinner.
Oct 8 Mon ... Mary and Hershel took us with them out on the lake on their pontoon boat to check their “noodle lines”. This is similar to a trotline except the line with hooks has a styrofoam “noodle” that serves as a bobber. This way, you know where the lines are located in the water. We pulled in a couple of nice catfish and a bigmouth bass. We had a wonderful time visiting with them.
We went through Livingston, Tx and picked up our mail at the Escapees Rainbow park. When we got to the park in Willis and after disconnecting the car, it wouldn’t start because the battery had run down. Two fellow RVer’s helped us by providing a jump start. We even found a site where we would have some afternoon shade and yet get our satellite signal. Life is good!!
Oct 13 Sat ...This afternoon we drove to our old neighborhood and took in our churches annual Art & Crafts festival. We were able to visit with many old church friends. After that stop we met our old neighbors (well not ‘old’ – just former), Jim & Priscilla for a wonderful dinner and conversation. We even made a quick drive by our old house!
Oct 12 Fri ... We continued our visit today at Roger & Karen’s.
Oct 11 Thurs ... We drove about 50 miles to Pearland to visit Mike’s brother and family. We all went out to a local Tex-mex restaurant for dinner in the evening. We stayed overnight at Roger & Karen’s.
Oct 10 Wed ... Dixie had a haircut appointment while Mike went with Ross to the Augusta Pines golf club to watch a Pro-Am round of golf. It was part of the Administaff Classic which is part of the Champions Golf Tour. Later, Dixie met us at the course.
Oct 9 Tue ... Today is a Walmart supply day. Later, we met our friend Ross from Texarkana for dinner.
Oct 8 Mon ... Mary and Hershel took us with them out on the lake on their pontoon boat to check their “noodle lines”. This is similar to a trotline except the line with hooks has a styrofoam “noodle” that serves as a bobber. This way, you know where the lines are located in the water. We pulled in a couple of nice catfish and a bigmouth bass. We had a wonderful time visiting with them.
We went through Livingston, Tx and picked up our mail at the Escapees Rainbow park. When we got to the park in Willis and after disconnecting the car, it wouldn’t start because the battery had run down. Two fellow RVer’s helped us by providing a jump start. We even found a site where we would have some afternoon shade and yet get our satellite signal. Life is good!!
Sunday, October 07, 2007
Mike's hometown of Texarkana, TX
Oct 7 Sun ... We hit the road today about 930a heading south 165 miles to the small town of Zavalla to overnight with some friends of ours from Continental days. Mary & Hershel sold their home in Houston and now live on Lake Sam Rayburn. They are also fellow RV’ers. We are looking forward to our visit. Monday we drive another 125 miles to the Willis/Conroe (about 55 miles north of downtown Houston) area where we will be until the 17th. ((the internet is hit or miss on the road so I may not get the photos on just yet))
Oct 6 Sat ... Today was lunch with two of Mike’s cousins and their spouses. We haven’t seen them in several years so we enjoyed visiting with them. This evening we had another get together at a Mexican restaurant with the school buddies –- more fun times!
Oct 5 Fri ... We rode the bikes about 5 miles this morning. We got together with more Texarkana school friends this evening to eat catfish and reminisce.
Oct 4 Thurs ... In the afternoon, we went over to some friends’ house for a visit. Later, we helped his son-in-law lift a very large elk head onto a wall bracket in his home office. The elk weighed over 700 lbs. when it was shot. It has a very large rack of antlers and is the largest I have ever seen, bar none. They estimated it weighed between 80 – 100 lbs. Later, we went to Chili’s for happy hour and a snack.
Oct 3 Wed ... Today we rode the bikes about 7 miles around the lake area. The weather is quite warm (temps around 90) so any outside physical activity has to be done early in the day. Later we drove into town and visited a Walmart and the town library for internet.
Oct 2 Tue ... One of Mike’s school buddies from when he lived here in the 50’s, took him around town today. He also took him to meet some of the guys he went to school with and who still live in Texarkana. Mike enjoyed it immensely. While he was away, Dixie worked on her scrapbook project.
Oct 1 Mon ... Today is another drive day ... this time to Texarkana and a Corp of Engineer park on Wright Patman Lake. We met our friend Ross McAlister, his dad and another friend, for dinner at the Dixie Diner restaurant. We had a great time talking about old times because Mike went to school with them when he lived his early years in Texarkana. (Mike was born in Texarkana and lived there through the 10th grade).
Oct 6 Sat ... Today was lunch with two of Mike’s cousins and their spouses. We haven’t seen them in several years so we enjoyed visiting with them. This evening we had another get together at a Mexican restaurant with the school buddies –- more fun times!
Oct 5 Fri ... We rode the bikes about 5 miles this morning. We got together with more Texarkana school friends this evening to eat catfish and reminisce.
Oct 4 Thurs ... In the afternoon, we went over to some friends’ house for a visit. Later, we helped his son-in-law lift a very large elk head onto a wall bracket in his home office. The elk weighed over 700 lbs. when it was shot. It has a very large rack of antlers and is the largest I have ever seen, bar none. They estimated it weighed between 80 – 100 lbs. Later, we went to Chili’s for happy hour and a snack.
Oct 3 Wed ... Today we rode the bikes about 7 miles around the lake area. The weather is quite warm (temps around 90) so any outside physical activity has to be done early in the day. Later we drove into town and visited a Walmart and the town library for internet.
Oct 2 Tue ... One of Mike’s school buddies from when he lived here in the 50’s, took him around town today. He also took him to meet some of the guys he went to school with and who still live in Texarkana. Mike enjoyed it immensely. While he was away, Dixie worked on her scrapbook project.
Oct 1 Mon ... Today is another drive day ... this time to Texarkana and a Corp of Engineer park on Wright Patman Lake. We met our friend Ross McAlister, his dad and another friend, for dinner at the Dixie Diner restaurant. We had a great time talking about old times because Mike went to school with them when he lived his early years in Texarkana. (Mike was born in Texarkana and lived there through the 10th grade).
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