Texas, here I come!!

Hello, again!! Did you think I had gotten lost? Well, I was all enthused about writing this blog, and then I gues, like I do with almost everything else in my life, I didn't get the response I expected, got discouraged, and kind of lost interest in writing. A few days ago, a friend kinda got after me because she hadn't read anything in my blog about my latest adventure, so I decided maybe I should write again. So come on, friend, if you read this, drop a comment so I'll know you are there.
I was just rereading all my blogs, at least the last few months, and I could not believe the typo errors. And I try so hard not to let any get thru. Oh well, I hope you know what I mean by what I do say. I did not realize it had been almost six months since I had written anything. My last blog was best wishes for a wonderful "New Year". I hope that is proving to be the case for you, at least most of you. Things are going well for me. I am still in Lincoln, with my friend. Things are not working out as I had expected, but doing OK. I am easily led to expect certain things from casual remarks and then when things don't materialize as I "expected" I can be seriously disappointed. And that has happened several times in the last few months, particularly as related to my move. But, I am living with it.
I guess the weather if always a good topic. Other than the snow in December, we have not had an exceptional winter. We have had quite a bit more rain than the last couple of years, which is a good thing. Our reservoirs are much nearer to capacity than they have been for several years. The spring has been a little on the cool, wet, side compared to recent years. We have had a few days in the 80's, but still below normal temps for this time of year. And still getting some showers and snow in the higher elevations of the mountains.
I have mentioned ArtieMae's family, Diane and Larry. I said the three of them have a number of health problems. And since I posted last, Artiemae had a small heart attack, Larry had triple by-pass surgery, Diane broke her foot, and even the dog has had minor surgery. So far, so good, for me. I am still plugging along with the same health situations I have had for several years. I go to the doctor next month for my first check up in about six months, so we whall see what he has to say then.
I have recently estblished a correspondence relationship with a lady from Spokane, WN who is connected to HRR's family. She is not a blood relation, but she is related to some of his relatives. So between us, we are trying to put together more of our family histories. I don't know how many people other then my family read this, but if there is anyone there from the Whitman county area of Washington, perhaps you would like to join us in our search for some of the histories of that area.
I mentioned my "latest adventurre". I think I have said before that I have two grandchildren living in Texas. Esther is in Georgetown (near Austin) and Dan is in Livingston (about an hour north of Houston). Well, a couple of weeks ago, I got a call about 7:30 Saturday evening from daughter Judy, asking me to go to Texas with her. When I asked when? she said "tomorrow morning". So I jumped at the chance. We left my place at 7 am on Sunday, and she drove pretty hard. We spent one night on the road, and believe it or not, I actually spent the whole night in a bed ( I usually sleep in a recliner). It seemed like we drove awfully hard, but when you consider that the speed limits are anywhere from 65 to 80 mph, of course you are going to travel hard. We only stopped for gas, getting our potty breaks and meals that way. We made it into Georgetown about 11 pm on Monday night. We had lunch with Esther & Wes on Tuesday, and I got to meet Wes' mother. Then we left Georgetown about 2 pm and got to Dan's about 10:30 Tuesday night.
Well, I think this is a pretty good place to stop. I'll continue this story in a day or two. All in all, it was a good trip and lots to tell. God Bless -

Beth