Thursday 27 December 2012

GOOD NEWS AND BAD NEWS IN TEXAS

The good news is we arrived safe and sound here among the green grass and palm trees.  No traffic problems, to vehicle problems, no traffic cops, just smooth sailing all the way.  We arrived to some bad news. The two roof vents in our trailer were smashed by a hail storm.  We knew about the broken window, as our friends and neighbours had contacted us about that, so we have some repairs to do. 




The good news is it was 85 degrees when we arrived on Christmas day, so we enjoyed a warm afternoon, got our basic groceries in and relaxed. The Bad news is it cooled off drastically on Boxing day. Down to 56 degrees, which was terrible, as Sharon and Casey were having their big Boxing Day Party, with 40 some people. But the good news is, it was a great turnout and everyone had a wonderful time.


The good news is everyone came dressed warm, the company was good, with wonderful food and plenty to drink so no one was complaining or worrying about the cold.  The bad news is it took me forever to warm up once I got home.  I just kept shivering until I finally got into bed.  Then when I woke up this morning I was shivering again, but it wasn't from yesterday it was because we had run out of propane overnight and the temperature in our trailer was down to 54 degrees. 





Today it is getting up to 70 degrees, but it's not supposed to get back up to the normal 80s until  Friday.  This cool weather is not what I drove all this way for.  So we will keep busy with chores and won't go to the pool until it warms up a bit more.