Ode to Alon Market

I love HEB. It's true. But why does the one closest to my house have to be the size of Rhode Island?

and it's not even the BIGGEST? why does heb plus think they need to take over the world?

Oh how I miss the 'simple' HEB's . . . I mean, who REALLY just picks up a couch along with their groceries anyway? so HEB at Alon market & blanco/west ave - I miss you. If it weren't for traffic and frozen products. . . . . . I would STILL bless you with my shopping presence.

Michael might be rubbing off on me

So, I normally don't like to get too political. . . . .mostly because I don't know anything. But, having Michael as a roommate is making that more and more difficult. {the not knowing anything about politics part} Anyway this was too interesting to me to not share-

About 2 weeks ago I had a Dr apt (not w my normal dr but nonetheless). When I filled out all the necessary (or unnecessary, you choose) paperwork I was given a packet of information. The not-feeling-like-reading part of me put this packet away assuming it was a "what to expect. . . . . /your nutrition . . ." blah blah blah. Well tonight while organizing some of the mail I came across said packet and read a little.

To my surprise it was a letter from the Doctor asking his patients to "let your Senator and House of Representatives know your concern over your healthcare rights" He stated that the healthcare proposal will "irrevocably damage the ability of physicians to provide the best care possible for their patients. . . . we regret the necessity of interjecting politics into your medical care, but without the efforts of patients like you our ability to continue this care may be lost."

The remainder of the packet included a list of Freedoms you'd lose in health care reform, as well as segments from the actual bill.

Interesting? I think so. I'm not going to lie, I am a little sckeptical of the whole thing, and rather intriqued by my own interest in the matter. Maybe I've just been hearing it for too long now. Maybe I'm scared with the government in charge of my health they would MAKE me find out what I'm having (this may or may not have been a dream of mine). Maybe I don't like waiting an hour and a half for a 5 minute appointment and don't want to share my time with the rest of south Texas. Maybe it's the fact that half of Michaels genes are growing and multiplying inside of me. . . . who knows.

5 down, 2 to go

Last weekend my sister and her family came to visit . . . . making 5 out of my 7 siblings to vacation in San Antonio to see us!!! Wow, are we lucky! {as for the other two. . . . I avoid that drive too} Some days its hard being so far away from home/family - but having visitors makes it that much easier. . . . plus we didn't have to bottle a single item of food {we don't get to eat it either so there}

ANYWAY. . . .

We loved that Sara and Jason rented a mini-van so we could all ride together! Although the boys "never got to sit in my seat." We started off the vacation with Sea World I swear I couldn't get sick of watching animals do tricks. I love it!
Colby "that was fun, but not really fun" give him a few years and five inches and he'll be ALL OVER the rides.

Then of course took a tour of the Alamo and the riverwalk.

Monday we went to the Natural Bridge Caverns. We hadn't been there before and I was kindof excited. They turned out to be pretty cool. Pretty similar to Timp Caves- without the hike- which lil ol me LOVED.

There was of course football watching {the boys WISH they'd made the drive up to Dallas- the gals, not so much} and game playing which are always fun- as well as a trip to some of our favorite restaurants. We love showing people around what little we/I know of San Antonio and it was fun to have our First visitors to stay in our house!! I'm grateful those few days were the only days this past week we haven't had a downporing rain! Realizing the vacation is over is always a little difficult but we managed. . . . not without Michael getting strep throat but somehow I escaped THAT {thankfuly}

Come see us again, we miss you!!

I don't live in Mexico

Ok, so we recently hooked up our TV antena and the converter box {remember we cancelled our cable service a few months ago - boo} and we have tv again. yay, right? Except, why are most of the channels in a language I don't understand? I realize I have a nephew that THINKS we live in Mexico . . . . . . rest assured, we don't. Or at least I thought we didn't. I find this rather annoying, seeing how I don't speak or understand the Spanish language.