Friday evening Vince asked me what plans I had for him over the weekend. That was the question I had been waiting to hear!
- Put the electric plugs back into the wall and put the covers on them. (Some of the plugs have to be replaced because they don’t fit the new holes). There are 8 plugs.
- Hook up the under cabinet lights.
- Put the knobs on the new cabinets.
- Mount the two new paper towel holders that will be screwed in under the top cabinets.
Ahhh . . he said! Piece of cake!
Saturday morning after breakfast, Vince screwed in ONE of the plugs, put the switch plate on and said “How does that look?” Great! Only 7 more to go and then you can put in the lights! His response: Let’s go to Brady for lunch. I heard the words “OK” coming from my mouth but my head was saying “Really? That’s not what I wanted to do today! And we’re on diets!”
Off we went to Brady, which is about an hour from here. First stop was Gypsy Market which is kind of a hodgepodge type place. At one time Brady had a nice little knitting/fabric shop on the square but it had moved and apparently has a new owner. There were several shops, more look large booths in an older building. I headed straight to the yarn area . . where I was promptly met by three cats. Don’t get me wrong, I like my cat but I’m not real fond of them in a shop. There was lots of Red Heart yarn – a whole different type yarn from what places like The Loopy Ewe and Eat, Sleep, Knit carries. I bought a couple of skeins to make a sweater for Addie and they had some furry yarn that I think will work well for the sheep on the sweater I want to make for her. I doubt I go back to that shop.
From there we headed to Boondocks . . our newest favorite place to eat.
What Diet?
There’s a Tractor Supply in Brady so you know we had to stop there. Mr. Boots Wearer (aka Vince) found some boots he likes but he didn’t get any.
Vince and His Boots
Then he found this jack . . he told me that one of the guys he works with told him every Texan needed a jack like this. I guess Vince is a real Texan now. I’m not real sure I understand how it works but I don’t need to understand how it works so . . I’ll probably never see it again and that’s fine.
Jack
Then on the way home from Brady, Vince said “Want to go to San Saba?” Oh, yes . . I really like San Saba. They have Harry’s. They have San Saba Olive Oil Company. Vince likes to go by Duke’s Ammo and then on the way out of town, we stopped by The Great San Saba River Pecan Co.
I won’t show you all our purchases but we got balsamic vinegar at San Saba Olive Oil Company. We’re using lots of balsamic and they have some great vinegars.
Balsamic Vinegar
I don’t know if you can read the labels but we got blueberry, pear champagne, pina colada, peach something and one more. Can’t remember and I can’t read the labels in the photo and I’m too lazy to get up!
At the pecan place, we bought pecans and we got a couple of their yummy jellies . . like we can eat jelly on our diets!
Jelly
The Cherry Pecan has been a favorite ever since we’ve been going there but the Strawberry Pepper Pecan . . I just hope I don’t eat it all during the night tonight or, maybe I should and get it out of the house!
At the pecan place, they had this sign:
Puppies
We came so close to coming home with a puppy. They had one left . . I forgot what kind they were . . whatever Hank, the cow dog is. We played with the one remaining puppy, rubbed his fat little belly and just about fell in love with him. Then I remembered . . Speck is in the house, Boots is in the sewing room and there are baby chickens arriving soon. After the incident with my chickens, I don’t think I’ll ever have an outside dog when we have chickens so . . we came to our senses and left the puppy in San Saba.
The End!
Diana in RR,TX says
We were going to go to San Saba right before Christmas for the day but never made it. Good to know the olive oil company is still in business. Love their products and they are very nice people. The nut company is great. I can get lots of their products here which is good. Made quite a few of their pecan pie in a jar for people at Christmas. So Boondocks again!
Karen says
My DH bought a jack like that about 35 years ago and he still has it – but you know I think I can count the fingers on one hand as to how many times he has actually used it!!
Linda in NE says
Well, ONE outlet put back in isn’t too bad for one day. 🙂 A few more weekends and they’ll all be in…..then Vince can start on the lights and towel holders.
Swooze says
Australian Cattle Dog. I guess you are telling us your sad chicken story bit by bit. I am sorry and hope the new batch bring you just as much joy.
Hugs!
Bessie Hardison says
That’s a Handyman jack and here in Ky ours is used very often. We never leave with a load of cows unless a Handyman jack is in the back of the truck. It’s come in handy more than once with a flat tire and a full load of calves. It will pick up a lot more weight than a regular jack. You have to be careful with them- never lean over the handle when lowering the jack- you might get a bad smack on the jaw.
myrna sossner says
Bessie … Sounds like the voice of experience, to me, Sorry, but I can’t stop giggling at the “bad smack on the jaw” image!
Jo's Country Junction says
Dogs can completely be trained to leave chickens alone. We have trained all of ours and it was never a problem. It’s all in training…
Angie says
I think Judy that if you had already had an outside dog, one that preferably did not have retriever genes. Australian Cattle Dog, or Blue Heelers, Border Collies are great on ranches. Safari West in our area of Calif., a wildlife preserve with many species of birds that roam the preserve have these breed of dogs on site and they never bother the animals or birds, you might still have all your chickens. The are protect animals rather than kill them. Of course any breed of puppy can be trained to not “hunt” fowl depending on the age and how well they are trained to adulthood.