Gaga! or Watch Again!

The past few days have been great. Thursday Tony and I worked next door, at Escondida Resort, and it was fun as always.

Thursday evening I wanted to relax and watch TV, but I could not decide what to watch. I've been dying to watch A Star Is Born starring Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga and Sam Elliott, ever since Carol had told me that she loved that movie, so I went on Amazon and it has not been released yet, but I could buy it. So I decided to treat myself, since we've been working so much, and I purchased it with just one click.

Oh my goodness—I love that movie, too!! Seriously, Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga were awesome and I must admit and am embarrassed to say that Bradley Cooper is so handsome—I went a little gaga watching him. And the music was incredibly great too, and I also went ga-ga over Charlie, Bradley's real life dog, (Labradoodle) who also starred in this fabulous movie!

So after watching the movie I Googled A Star Is Born and I was blown away to find out that Lady Gaga has never acted. Bradley Cooper taught himself how to play the guitar and had never sang professionally.

Also Bradley Cooper and Lukas Nelson (Willie & Annie's son) wrote several of the songs and Lukas also co-wrote some of the songs with Lady Gaga. Anyway, the music was so fabulous I plan to buy the soundtrack soon.

Friday was a really fun day. Tony and I worked Friday morning and then we went to the Apple Store, in Medina, to eat lunch with several of our friends: Kris & Jim, Eileen, Lisa, Chris, June, Ellen, Kim and Carol. And we have Eileen to thank for getting us all together, too. Tony took this picture of "our gang" of dog lovers reunited.

After lunch, Tony and I followed Carol to her favorite plant nursery—Plant Farm Nursery between Kerrville and Bandera, because she loves this place and we had never been there before.

When we arrived Monte and Jesse, the friendly owners of the Plant Farm Nursery greeted Carol by name and then Carol introduced us to Jesse and Monte. Then the fun began.

Carol, Tony and I took off in three different directions, as Monte and Jesse took turns helping us find exactly what we were looking for in their many beautiful greenhouses. And we were all amazed and also happy with their low prices and the beautiful plants that we purchased. So I highly recommend the Plant Farm Nursery. Here is Carol showing off a few of her gorgeous Geraniums.

Tony and I worked with Rob last night and it was a lot of fun. And I swear that man knows how to cook the most delicious food, in the Texas Hill Country. And to prove it Escondido's guests love Rob's cooking so much they are always taking pictures of his delicious-looking food when they are served, before they enjoy their meals.

And last night when we came back home I re-watched A Star Is Born and I enjoyed it as much as the first time I watched it.

Today has been great, too. Tony and I worked this morning and when we came back home Tony went into his man-cave and watched A Star Is Born, because I had been raving about how much I love this movie. And he liked the movie a lot and even though he won't admit it—he went gaga watching Lady Gaga perform.

And that is about it for tonight, because Tony and I are working tonight with Rob, again. And I can't wait to see the menu that he has planned and will cook for Escondida Resort's guests. Who knows? Maybe I will take pictures?

Y'all have a great evening and keep on laughing!

The Ranch Rules!

Last night I had so much fun watching the entire Season 2 of The Ranch, on Netflix. It is one of Tony's and my favorite sit-coms on Netflix, starring Sam Elliot, Debra Winger, Ashton Kutcher and Danny Masterson, and a brilliant cast of talented actors. The Ranch Rules!

Today has been great. We had quite a few visitors show up wanting tours of our rescue ranch and in between giving them tours that I decided that I wanted to try to take a cute picture of Lori Darlin', because her brother Gus' picture that was sent to us is too adorable. Here's the one of Gus that they took, again.

So I decided to sacrifice one of my many, beautiful, pink bandanas and cut it down to size, so it would fit around little Lori's neck. Then I spent nearly thirty minutes outside, in the front yard, on the front porch or in Outer Space, trying to capture a great picture of Lori.

But sadly, none of them turned out great due to my limited camera skills. And this is the best one I took of Lori, in Outer Space, hiding behind a rocking chair. It ain't great, to say the least.

Sadly once again, this is the only decent picture out of the whole bunch that I took of Lori today. And please note that I had to bribe her with puppy food to even get this photo of her laughing at me.

Late this afternoon, I received a phone call back from the nice woman that has been interested in adopting Lori from us. And no thanks to my poor photography skills, she had gone to meet Lori Thursday afternoon, while she was still, at Hoegemeyer Animal Clinic, waiting for us to pick her up and take her home. 

And to end this post tonight with some good news—she and her husband want to try her out for a few days to see how she gets along with their two other dogs, because Lori has already stolen their hearts.

So approximately ten or eleven days from now, after we have treated Lori, at home, with her daily antibiotics, ear mite drops and super vitamins and after our veterinarians have given her a round of shots and have spayed her—Lori will be auditioning for her hopeful part, in this super couple's home. So please keep your fingers crossed for her and for me, while I continue to keep trying to take a great picture of this super sweet pup. 

Y'all have a great evening and keep on laughing!

Old Friends And New Friends! or The Ranch Rocks!

Today has been great. This morning, as planned, James & Vivi, from Paris, Texas, came out to visit and see our rescue ranch, because to visit our rescue ranch has been on their Bucket List for several years.

I instantly liked this super nice, friendly couple when they arrived. Tony wasn't here when they arrived, because he was up at the Medina Highpoint Resort taking pictures of beautiful vintage cars that had come to a rally there. Some of his pictures included a '65 Ford Mustang, '55 Ford, T.-Bird, '60's Jeepster, etc.

I gave our new friends, from Paris, a tour of our rescue ranch and introduced them to all of our super dogs. And they especially liked our sweet, adorable Katee Sackhoff.

Tony arrived right after I had given them a grand tour and like me he instantly liked them, too. While he was visiting with them outside, I  came inside and called Kinky to ask him if I could bring them over to meet him. "Sure Nance, bring them over. They can meet Marcie and Big G, too."

We had a really fun visit with Kinky, Marcie and Big G and while we were there Big G was playing some really great blues using Kinky's guitar. I said, "Omg, Big G! I didn't know that you played the guitar. How long have you been playing?"

"For over fifty years," he replied, followed by a chuckle.

"Wow, me too. I am so glad that you're here, because it reminded me to tell you that tomorrow morning I'm going out to Terlingua with my sister Cindy, my brother Ronnie and his wife Nita. so I won't be doing your show. Tony is going to have to do the Utopia segment Tuesday morning and he's kind of nervous about it."

"Great," Big G said. "Now, tell Tony not to be nervous..."

After our fun visit, we came back over to the rescue ranch, because James & Vivi needed to get back on the road, because they were going to drive to Boerne to shop and eat lunch, before driving back to Llano where they are staying. And before they drove away they told us that they were going to do some serious thinking about possibly adopting Katee.

Now about last night. I had a blast binge-watching a new series on Netflix and I hardly ever quit laughing. Seriously, it was so funny my back started aching, because I was laughing so hard. The name of the adult, sitcom series is The Ranch. Starring Sam Elliott, Debra Winger and Ashton Kutcher. And Don Reo is a co-creator of this Netflix comedy.

Our friend Don Reo is also a good friend of Kinky's. In fact, we met him, because of Kinky. Don is the nicest man and he is one of the best American television writers and producers. Several years ago he and Judith, his sweet wife, came out to visit all of us, on a couple of times, and they love our rescue ranch and they support our efforts. 

Don is also famous for creating some of the best television shows such as: Blossom, The John Larroquette Show for NBC and My Wife and Kids for ABC. And he has written for Everybody Hates Chris, M*A*S*H, Rhoda and The Golden Girls, too. He was also the executive producer and the main writer for the FOX show Action and he was an executive producer and show runner on Two And A Half Men.

Anyway, I want to highly recommend that you watch The Ranch sitcom on Netflix, because I promise that it will keep you laughing. Click here to watch The Ranch official trailer.

Y'all have a great evening!