Day Tripper!

Today has been really great. This morning The Greatest Volunteers In Texas: June, Ellen, Jim and Lisa came out to walk our dogs down to Wallace Creek, so they could go for a swim and we loved it, but not as much as our dogs did.

On one trip down to the creek, I joined Lisa and Lois Lane, one of Lisa's favorite dogs and it made me so happy to watch Lois Lane enjoying herself in the cool creek water and swimming around like a fish in water. When we walked farther down the shore, to meet up with Ellen & Miss Daisy and June & Gonzo, I got goose bumps watching the dogs enjoying their swims, in the deep, clear water. And I couldn't quit thinking how lucky and grateful we are to have found these super people, who come out every Friday morning, so they can make our dogs so happy. Seriously, we are so blessed.

When the dog walking and swimming ended we went up to Koyote, for a really fun lunch with them. We laughed non-stop as June told us about the finger-pointing-shootout she witnessed, in the lobby, of an upscale nursing home in Kerrville. "This really old man, sitting in a wheelchair hollered across the room, "Hey, Al!" and then Al, who was standing close to me ducked, swung around real fast and then they drew their finger-pointing, pretend pistols and began started shooting at each other. I thought I was in a crossfire at the O.K. corral..."

Then Ellen tells us this hilarious story about the Kerrville police showing up at her place last week, two times on the same day—thanks to a concerned elderly woman friend, who had called them, because she could not reach Ellen, because Ellen was out of town. Ellen said, "When I got home and found out that she had sent the police out to check on me I held my temper and called her to ask her to never do that again. We have a great police force and they do a great job protecting us, she tells me, "Well, I just knew that you were dead, laying in a puddle of blood, because that cable tv repairman, that you had over there, had hit you over the head..."

As I was nearly finished eating my delicious vegetarian quesadilla, we started talking and laughing about the odd ways that different cultures, around the world, deal with death and bury their loved ones and Lisa's was the funniest and the best and the weirdest, but I think it is best not to discuss it here, because the only mummy I'm fond of is King Tut.

After our fun lunch with The Greatest Volunteers In Texas, Tony and I came back home to check on our dogs, before going to Kerrville to run seven errands. While our dogs were outside taking care of business, I made up a list and put the seven errands in the order that we should do them:

1. Post Office—to mail package
2. Salvation Army—drop off our clutter
3.Wolfmueller Books—to visit with Sandy and Jon
Then the Three "H's"
     Home Depot—buy a new air conditioning window unit for my writing cabin
     Hoegemeyer Animal Clinic—to pick up 13 boxes of Advantix II for our dogs and our rescued dogs
     H-E-B—Gas & Groceries

Fortunately, for the very first time, nothing weird happened to me at that Post Office. The person that Tony gave our clutter to, at the Salvation Army, was very helpful and he thanked us for rescuing animals.

When we arrived at Sandy and Jon's popular rare and used bookstore—it was crowded and they were either busy ringing up their cash register or finding books for people, so we had a short, but super fun visit with them.

During a momentary lull, at Wolfmueller's Books, Sandy printed something out and then handed it to me, for us to read. Then she left us to go help a customer locate a book. While she and Jon were gone for a couple of minutes, T. and I read this great article, written by Gerald E. McLeod, for today's issue in the Day Trips section of The Austin Chronicle, about their famous bookstore and we loved it. When they returned we talked about the great article that Gerald E. McLeod and then we told them about Gerald E. McLeod coming out and then writing a great story about our rescue ranch, several years ago. "He is so nice and I love The Austin Chronicle," I said.  It's my favorite Austin paper."Before leaving their famous used and rare bookstore they gave us some clippings, from their Wandering Jew plants, for Tony to plant when we got back home.

The remaining Three "H's" errands were uneventful and that is about it for tonight.

Y'all have a great evening!