Well, Jessie got to go to her first big time sporting event this weekend. She got to go to the A&M vs Tech game at Kyle Field. And what a fabulous event it was. 84,459 people like us got to see A&M whoop up on Texas Tech 45-20. It really was a great game and a great day for football.
We wanted her to get the "whole" Aggie treatment so we met Uncle Donnie 2.5 hours before the game. We wanted to see the Corp memorial that Sally's dad's name is on. We also wanted Jessie to get to see the corp line up and step off. Well, when we got there, the band was already on the move. We didn't know what was going on so we followed them. Turns out, they were going to do a special parade for President Bush 1. On the way to the parade ground we had our first celebrity sighting. We walked right past David Robinson.
I am sad I did not go up and shake his hand. He was truly a class act in a very class less sport! After seeing him, we lined up to watch the parade. Sally and Jessie went up to the reviewing stand and got this pic of the President. After the game, we headed home. We got to take Jessie to the new pizza place in Brenham. It is probably the best pizza I have ever had. Jessie, who can be a hard to please in the food area, agreed with our assessment.
Sunday we got up and met our neighbor Alan at 7:15. He came down with his Bobcat post hole drilling machine and drilled our post holes for our picket fence. The machine was truly impressive. He drilled 17 holes in less than 30 minutes. It would have taken me more than 30 minutes to dig a single hole! After this, we told Jessie bye and we headed to church. CCE was good. The kids got to dress up like their favorite saints and give a report. It is always our most popular class. During communion, Sally saw a kid she taught in kindergarten! He is now a 32 year old engineer. She was very excited to see him and they had a lovely visit. After this we were off to Houston. We took Herb to lunch and had another celebrity sighting. I got to meet and visit with ex-Governor Bill White. He was very personable and I really enjoyed getting to meet and visit with him. After visiting with MiMi (who was having a really good day) we took Herb to Buddy and Kim's to see their Halloween show. Again he out did himself! All in all it was a very good weekend.
What a weekend! The weather was awesome and Sally and I got so much done. Here is a run down. First, We got all of the posts set for the picket fence. This is huge to us. In just two weeks we will have half of our fence and a place for the kids to let their dogs run when they come to visit. Speaking of dogs, we got rid of ours! We took her to the vet and a really nice older cowboy came in to buy semen (yes, I said buy semen. Bull semen). He was very big and very friendly and he wanted Gracie. Said he had lost his border collie and would love to have another smart dog. So, Gracie got to go live with a very nice guy on a very cattle ranch. How perfect is that. Sally and I both miss her but she really is better off.
After the fence and the dog errands, we cleaned up and went to the ARE (all of you cool kids know what that means). They were having their fall festival and one of my favorite garden writers was the key note speaker. I got to hear and meet Felder Rushing. He gave a lovely little talk about the difference between horticulture and gardening. Very funny and interesting. His talks are more philosophy than technical knowledge, but that's ok. I really liked the talk and I really like him. He was in his famous truck that now has over 2 MILLION miles on it! He has a garden growing in the back of it and he drives it everywhere. His point is that if he can plants in the back of a truck that he drives 80 MPH all over the country, then you can grow something at home. Here is a pic of me and his truck. He is really cool so you should check out his website: http://www.felderrushing.net/.
Sunday was also a busy and productive day eventhough Big Sal was VERY SICK all night Saturday. We taught CCE. Sally had to teach the sacraments class and I taught the Liturgical Calendar to our class. We both had very good classes. After class, we went back to the house to finish setting posts and pick up a cupboard. Sally is reading "The Indian in the Cupboard" and this was a visual aid. After that we went to a very lovely brunch at Ernie's. The we were off to Sally's class room. We did the annual TeePee door. Once we finished the class room we went back home. We chilled for the rest of the day. She graded and I did MDACC work. We cooked okra that we had put up and fresh green beans. Sally also made a ginger bread with fresh whipped cream. All and all it was truly a very lovely weekend.
