Beautiful Things

Guadalupe County Children's Advocacy Center

Maria and Christy

So welcoming . . . (the children love these ladies!)

We all love these ladies!

Volunteers

SPD Captain Maureen Watson

Sheriff's Department Investigator Craig Jones

What is the size of your personal space?

Volunteers and Staff making a difference

with Director Paul Marsh

Guadalupe County Children's Advocacy Center

seen on court street

El Ranchito - after a night out

Now where better to wind up an evening than at El Ranchito
for a snack and a drink??
One ALWAYS sees someone you know
at El Ranchito.
I love this restaurant!


The food is good.

The service is excellent.

The atmosphere is conducive for visiting with friends.

I love El Ranchito!

Oooooh - so good . . .

Now, what would a psychologist say about a man

who meticulously folds his napkin when finished with his meal?

What would a psychologist say about a woman

who crumples her napkin after finishing a meal??

Going further: what would a psychologist

say about a Republican and a Democrat

living together (lovingly I might add)

for almost fifty years?

The detail oriented folded napkin

and the passionate (about everything)

crumpled napkin

together . . .

forever . . .

makes life so very interesting

and fun!

Book Gluttony!

Book Gluttony! Are your eyes bigger than your book belly? Do you have a habit of buying up books far quicker than you could possibly read them? Have you had to curb your book buying habits until you can catch up with yourself? Or are you a controlled buyer, only purchasing books when you have run out of things to read?

I find television to be very educating.
Every time somebody turns on the set,
I go in the other room and read a book.
~Groucho Marx

We lost thousands and thousands of books in the 1998 flood and admittedly there were some books I had not yet read but knew I would read - some day. Do I still buy books at every opportunity? You bet I do.

So many books - so many unexplored worlds . . .

Book Gluttony? I suppose so.

I would be most content if my children grew up to be the kind of people who think decorating consists mostly of building enough bookshelves. ~Anna Quindlen, "Enough Bookshelves," New York Times, 7 August 1991

Let books be your dining table,

And you shall be full of delights

Let them be your mattress

And you shall sleep restful nights.

~Author Unknown

Books are not made for furniture, but there is nothing else that so beautifully furnishes a house. ~Henry Ward Beecher

Until I feared I would lose it, I never loved to read. One does not love breathing. ~Harper Lee

Praying for Edmund

Rep. Edmund Kuempel, who collapsed at the Capitol during a late-night House session Tuesday, remains in intensive care in stable condition at an Austin hospital, a spokeswoman for Speaker Joe Straus announced this morning.

O God of heavenly powers, by the might of your command you drive away from our bodies all sickness and all infirmity: Be present in your goodness with your servant Edmund that his health is renewed.

In your Son's name. Amen.