MERRY CHRISTMAS FROM WEATHERBY HOUSE, PECOS TX.

THIS IS BESSIE'S CHRISTMAS TREE.

Bessie is Debbie Thomas' Mom.
Debbie (of course) is the director of the museum.
Bessie is amazing with her home decor and is an expert quilter, to mention just a few of her creative outlets.
I was visiting her this evening and durn it....I wish I'd snapped a few pictures in her quilt room...especially for Bobbie (another quilter in Kyle) to view.

This is short.
I'm very tired.
It was a long day at Needleworks.
I was there by myself today....and needed roller skates.
Monogramming, waiting on shoppers, wrapping their purchases and the phone would NOT stop ringing.

Goodnight dear bloggers.
Goodnight ROSIE!!!

Love, mary

PECOS SOCIAL LODGE CHRISTMAS PARTY.

Gene is in San Antonio so he missed the Christmas party last night.
So, it was me, George, Jamey and Scott who is here from San Marcos to treat our house for termites.
They had a pot luck dinner and chinese gift trade.
You take a wrapped present and put it in the pile.
You draw a number.
The person with #1 goes up and picks any present and opens it and shows it to everybody.
Then all the "present pickers" that come behind can either "steal" someone else's present or unwrap a present from the pile.
Jamey unwrapped little knives that Scott stole from her.
Then Jamey stole $30. from someone.
George got a signed picture to "Too tall Jones".
That's the Lodge barmaid Jessie with the certificate for liquor...there were 3 or 4 of those.
It was alot of fun and some presents got traded around 3 times which is the max.
Then there was the poor guy who unwrapped a cake plate which he fortunately got stolen from him by a lady who admired it.
But THEN he got to unwrap another present and it was a pot holder and cookie makin's and he never COULD get anyone to take it.
That's Bubba the cowboy pictured with Jamey.
The last picture is George and Jamey getting ready for a ride on George's new Buell Harley Davidson.

That's all.

A FUNNY CHRISTMAS CARD.

This is the best card I've ever received. I think I'll have to display it all year. They are San Marcos friends of Jamey's. Thanks to Dana and John Tipps and baby Rice.

GIRL SCOUT CHRISTMAS PARTY.

There are now 7 girls instead of nine.
We had a good time....they are all getting so grown up.
Their ages are from 8 to 11 years old.
They sang carols and exchanged gifts and had pizza and lots of sweets.
This was their 3rd Christmas to come over.
I always make each girl a Christmas necklace.
This year we all pinned jingle bells to our socks.
They were also awarded their prizes for selling girl scout cookies...hence the teddy bears etc.
Another thing I always do is to send them home with a little bag of Christmas candy and toys.
I made Rice Krispy Candy for their bags....Mother's have been making it since 1939.
Each girl had made me a Christmas card...the handmade ones are so much cuter and funnier than a bought one.

I am continuing my verbal education here in Pecos.
I found out ,last week at work that a knit cap is called a "beanie" and that a sweatshirt is a "sweater".

A bird pooped on the doorknob.
What are chances of that?
Of course I put my hand in it.

We have a new liquor store....there are two now.
Gene asked to see the wine area.
The owner pointed him towards to Boone's Farm...seriously....that's ALL they had to offer!

RADIO HOTLINE:
Want:
A transformer costume.
Baby bathtub ring. (Haha...WTF?)
Found:
Old, long haired dog.
Give:
A pumpkin.
For Sale:
Whirlpool water $50. (HAHA...something's missing on that one.)

Love, Mary

NINE DAYS WITH JAMEY.

We had a wonderful visit.
Jamey always falls into the "Pecos Way/Mood" fairly easily.
She sits around doing nothing pretty well and enjoys it.
Very different from the GO-Go-Go lifestyle of Manhattan.

Her time with Gene was spent throwing horseshoes, riding bikes and watching football.
She and Gene pedaled by the museum yesterday and visited with Debbie.

Her time with me was spent shopping and bonding in the kitchen.
We ALL spent alot of time in the kitchen breaking in the new stove/range.

We visited our friends Rosie and Randy for a few hours...Rosie hadn't seen Jamey since she was a little bitty girl.

George was over here alot during Thanksgiving weekend (and he went with us to Alpine.)
The four of us played some games...that was loud and FUN!

Ate mexican food...it's the law.
She'll be back in a few weeks for Christmas and then we'll drive to Austin/San Marcos/San Antonio for four days or so with dogs in tow.

FYI.
O.K. I'm going to HAVE to start carrying around my camera EVERYWHERE I go.
They were delivering the Christmas pinatas to La Tienda the other day....unloading them out of the back of a pick up...it looked cool.

There is only one place now in town to get an auto inspection sticker.
My friend Lucy's vehicle was 74th in line last month...jeez...think I'll go elsewhere...like Monahans or Odessa.

Radio Hotline:
For Sale-
Trash compactor with boys. (Huh?)
Piano $50. (Oh COME ON...a piano for fifty bucks?)
Wanted-
Mistletoe. (I haven't seen any out here.)

That's all.
love, mary