Finishing Touches and Preparing for a Wedding

Friday
April 3, 2009

This is but One Reason Gina spends so much time in her Garden

It was so refreshing to wake up next to Gina this morning. She got up out of bed first and put coffee on and then I got up about 15 minutes later to enjoy a cup with her. We didn't waste any time before headed outside and started working in the Garden. It was mulch time for her and clean up time for me. Gina started laying the mulch in and around all her plants. I got started cleaning up all the plastic pots and leaves. Then I moved on to getting the pressure washer all connected and washed the carport and driveway. By 1 o’clock Thomas cut the grass and then got the weedeater out to finish up. My dad stopped by with the new air conditioner for my truck. We got it unloaded and started discussing how and where we would mount the two pieces. The outside unit will be easy but where I wanted to mount the inside unit wouldn’t work so now we are looking at another location. We will not install the ac until the 18th but there are some brackets that he will make so we will be able to mount it.

By this time Jack & Sue stopped by before their son and future daughter-in-law got to the house with all the tables, chairs, and decorations. After they were all unloaded they got started arranging tables and chairs and then moved on with the decorations. They finally finished up around 5 o’clock at which time they left. We had not eaten all day and we were very hungry so we ordered a Stromboli from a local pizza restaurant. We took a break to eat since Gina had run out of mulch. I went and borrowed my uncle’s truck to get some more mulch.

I said I would have pictures for you today but Gina wouldn’t let me take any until she had the mulch down but here are a few pictures of what she had completed so far. The biggest addition this year was adding a 35 foot flower bed along a section of fence. This year we will be making a flower bed along the all of the fence. This is just the first part and only 150 feet more to go.

Gina's new Addition

Gina's garden has been done in phases since it gets expensive and it takes so much time. However, when we sit in our swing, we get so relaxed and just soak up the beauty of it all. We eat outside a lot just to listen to the water coming out of the fall and rushing down the stream and into the pond. Gina jokes with me that she is going to make a recording of it so she can play it at night to drown out my snoring.

Nicole called us when we were leaving Home Depot with the mulch and asked where we were because she was at our house. We said, we would be right there. When we drove up she had all the tiki torches lit and was sitting outside. It was so beautiful driving up seeing the garden all lit up. I decided to walk to the back of our property and take a picture looking at the garden with all the tiki torches lit.

Night Time in the Garden

This picture doesn’t do it justice because the ambience and atmosphere with the glow from the torches is so romantic. Gina and I spend most days when we are here by ending our day sitting outside in each other’s arms relaxing the night away.

Gina had to water all the plants which she was doing while I was playing around taking pictures. Once she finished we walked around our property to see the different effects that the torches had on the garden. It was now 10 o’clock and we were both were tired and wanted to get cleaned up. I hoped in the shower while she relaxed in her Jacuzzi. After that we called it a day and got in bed. Today was a wonderful day. The weather could not have been more perfect and tomorrow is supposed to be the same. So tomorrow should be a beautiful day for an outdoor wedding. I’ll have pictures for ya’ll to enjoy.

Until tomorrow, Gina & I hope everyone has a pleasant and wonderful day, enjoying what our Father has so graciously blessed each one us with.

Heading Toward Louisiana

Thursday
April 2, 2009

Again I woke up without Gina but I’ll see her tonight. I got dressed and went to work. I gave Gina a very nice wake up call so she could start her day knowing that I was thinking about her and missing her very much. She doesn’t have very much time to work in her garden today since she a couple of medical tests that she has to get done today. Hopefully they will find out what’s been going on with her body.

I left work at 5 o’clock today to start heading toward Louisiana. Gina called me after her last test was finished and said the doctor told her he didn’t find any problems so she’ll have more doctor appointments. We’ll see when we can schedule them so I can be here in Louisiana with her. I finally made it home at 10:15. Not only did she work in her garden this week but she created this table to show off our son going into the Marines.

Showing off Thomas being a United States Marine

Gina is so talented and we are both so proud of his decision to serve his country. We are both love this country very much and to say the least we are proud Americans. We didn’t do much else after I got home other than discuss how busy of a day tomorrow will be. Another Great Day and I’m happy to be back with my bride.


Until tomorrow, Gina & I hope everyone has a pleasant and wonderful day, enjoying what our Father has so graciously blessed each one us with.

Another Good Day

Wednesday, April 1, 2009

Woke up again without my bride, that’s three in a row and I only have one more to go then I’ll be heading to Louisiana to get my bride and bring her back to Texas with me. This week doesn’t seem to be changing very much. Gina is working in her garden and I go to work. I’m not sure how long I could handle this. I used to be able to do this with ease but that was when it was part of my chosen profession. It’s just not what we want to do anymore. The highlight of the day for me was calling “The Last Resort” in Rockport and made reservations for April 9th. Gina & I are going down there for three days to visit with John & Brenda. I hope no one takes this as complaining but Gina and I have spent a lot of time between Rockport and Aransas Pass and the nightly rate of 40 dollars is high for around there. I’m not sure what all this park has there but I was a little shocked when I heard the price since the most I have ever paid was 30 dollars a night down there. I then went online and searched the area and it looks like the average is 25 to 30 dollars. Now I know that some of those campgrounds and parks are pretty run down but we are going down there to see John and Brenda and it gave me some practice comparing campgrounds in a certain area. Some you are thinking, didn’t ya’ll just see them three weeks ago in Kerrville. Yes, we did, but we enjoyed there company so much that we got the site right next to them and as I said previously Gina & I really love the area around Rockport.

I left work at 4 o’clock today since there wasn’t much going on after 3 o’clock and my ride home was leaving then and I wasn’t about to walk 16 miles to get home. There were some things I wanted to do on my truck so it worked out well by leaving work earlier than normal. First, I went up to the office and paid the campground for another month. Then I worked on making sure my freezer was going to work off the inverter and then routed the electrical cable inside the cab. Normally I do not worry about the freezer since I never go longer than 12 hours without connecting to power. However, tomorrow it’ll be close to 18 hours and I just don’t want to take a chance with the meat inside of it. After that I worked on the armrest on the driver’s seat since it broke in Kerrville and then it broke again last weekend. I have ordered new seats so I was not looking for a permanent fix just something that I could rest my arm on until the new seats come in. I saved the hardest job for last which was crawling under the truck to see why the side fairings were vibrating so much. There was a bolt missing so I put one in for now but it will need something else to hold it better. That completed the things I wanted to do. Now I have the must do items, clean up our home so when Gina comes back on Sunday she will be happy that I kept it clean. By this time I’m getting hungry so I fixed leftovers and ate.

After dinner I relaxed by playing around with the blog and learning how to do certain things. I watched a few short videos that Jim & Chris Guld have available on their website Geeks On Tour. They have a member sign up plan which I did when they first started it but never needed the info but they’re fulltime RV’ers and as most fulltimers any money is nice and I thought I might someday need help with computers or the internet so I joined. Anyway check out their site. I also added music to our blog from playlist.com. They have a lot of songs to choose from. It’s not like I wanted music in our blog but more of I wanted to see if I could do it.

Gina called me around 9 o’clock to say she was inside for the night and that she was getting in the tub to relax. She then told me some bad news that she had dropped her brand new Iphone and cracked the glass screen. I told her, “It’s nothing but a thing”. I think she was just upset at herself for dropping it and considering that she just got it and her last Iphone was broke for two months before it was replaced. There are some things that get to me but Gina breaking her new Iphone is not one of them. Now I have to confess that Thomas had already called me and told me that she was upset because she broke her Iphone so I was prepared for when she told me. Either way things like that really do not bother me since I know she didn’t do it on purpose. I think after that we spoke one last time around 10 o’clock to tell each other good night. I want have to sleep by myself tomorrow night (yee-haw)
I promise to have some pictures tomorrow since I’ll be able to see what Gina has been doing these past few days. It’s so much nicer to have pictures in the blog plus it seems like you don’t have to write as much.

One last item, I wanted to provide an update on my son-in-law’s grandfather. He had his heart valve replacement surgery and only spent two days in ICU before he was moved into a regular room. He stayed in there for 4 days and is now in a rehab facility for a few more days and then he should be back at home sometime next week. His body has recovered unbelievably considering he’s 85 years old. Gina & I thank you all for the prayers.

Until tomorrow, Gina & I hope everyone has a pleasant and wonderful day, enjoying what our Father has so graciously blessed each one us with.