Forgive me.........I have forgotten my password so many times.

It is hard to blog..........these days. Bill's recovery is slow but sure.

The best news is still his mental attitude....from the beginning positive. He never complains. He is a excellent patient. His appetite is good. We are happy. We laugh every day. We are getting out more these days.

With the sitters help...we have been to the drivers license office. It is now official we are card caring Texans. The car is registered, inspected and License plates have been issued. We are waiting to get them on the car and we will be legally Texans.

Also, with Greg's help we went to his home for Halloween and to his home again in November for Macy's birthday party.

We enjoyed a very special Thanksgiving Dinner at our home. Best of all I didn't cook Lori prepared the entire dinner with all the trimmings and brought it in ready to eat. Eat we did and then we ate some more. I didn't know Lori was such a good cook she never talks about cooking but let me tell you she can cook...just like her MAMA. Greg & Tina also brought over some of the left overs from their dinner the day before and we ate some more.

Last week the week before Christmas....Bill seemed down and agitated...not himself. So I decided to let him pick where he would like to go out to eat. He picked Mel's Country Cafe in Tomball. I looked them up in the phone book, the sitter and I got Bill into the car and off we went with the help of our great GPS....her name is Honey Pie. I worked with a lady that said that all the time and it makes me giggle .....so since I don't have a pet....I adopted my GPS and named her Honey Pie...it works for me.

Anyway we get to Mel's....it's Friday at about 2:30PM. I thought that since it was not a meal time it would be fast. Well the parking lot was packed...so the handy cap spot was taken that left a shell parking lot. Long story short...I went in and ordered 3 catfish dinners to go and a order of Bill's favorite fried mushrooms. Oh my gosh I had forgotten how much food they give you....with sides, sauces and drinks. I had 3 huge grocery bags to carry so one of the guys helped me to the car. Then I drove around a few minutes while thinking all this will get cold by time I drive the hour home. I was trying to spot a little park. After a few minutes I spotted a policeman in Tomball....he was kind enough to direct us to the perfect small park in the woods. We had a feast in the park in the woods....those ants got lucky that day. We were quiet while we ate in the woods next to a pond with a fishing pier. Wesley the sitter said we should come back one day to fish....Bill said I'm not coming fishing with him...he never shuts up...Wesley drives me crazy and we wouldn't catch any fish because he never shuts up.

So the moral of this story is we enjoyed our meal from Mel's and Bill is back to his old self and giving the sitter a hard time !

Christmas.....we had a wonderful Christmas with our daughter and her family and our son with his family. I cooked a roast this year....it was a bit of a disappointment....too fatty. Greg brought over his new BBQ toy a special kind of convection smoker....he cooked 4 racks of ribs.
He loves to grill ...he cooks too but he is really a grill master. Tina...Greg's wife is getting into the baking...just as I gave it up. Hope I might remember enough to help. She made novelty cupcakes for dessert.

Kids are the magic of Christmas. Bill and I worked on a idea for a kids beauty shop in the niche in the garage for the younger granddaughters. Wesley, Maggie, Bill and I put it together the day before Christmas. I think it was a big hit....I know it was a big surprise !

You never saw so much PINK in your life. Its got a hair dryer chair...a beauty station with mirror and chair. Two black overstuffed arm chairs for the customers to wait their turn. Marley has already claimed one of those. She just curls up in the chair with her feet up and wants to watch Macy and Victoria to go work on each others hair. The whole thing is hot pink and black patent leather. It even has Barbie wallpaper....the name of the shop THE PINK DOLLS. It's really cute if I do say so myself. I hope they will enjoy many hours of make-overs.

We have all been sick except Bill....I think I started it before Libby's wedding. Just like a cold that hangs on forever with that annoying cough. Lori and Greg's families have now had it as well as the therapist. Luckily not Bill.

It was good to be here....but it was different especially for Bill ....it was our fourth Christmas here....since 2005....we have come here to visit every Christmas to be with our children. But this year since we now live here....Bill was home sick for his MOM and his family. There is no Christmas like a MURRAY Christmas....with so many people it is total CHAOS and a huge sprinkling of LOVE and LAUGHTER. That is hard to compete with that here in Texas. Maybe next year when Bill is stronger we will travel back to New Orleans and get some of that CHAOS we missed this year !!

Hope your Christmas was Very Merry....and your New Year will be Happy and Prosperous !
Much Love form Texas.......Ruby the far between blogger !!! Is anyone still reading !!