FEBRUARY, 2020
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 1 - SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 29
Every time we've gone to Sulphur Springs we've said that we need to come back when we could spend time and see some of the interesting sites. Well...that day finally arrived today. We needed to go for some special shopping, so we went early and made a day of it.
The first stop was at the county courthouse square...simply amazing and awe-inspiring. Small towns seem to do a much better job of personalizing their history than cities do.
When she was in the hospital in December, Barbara collected several pairs of hospital socks. She was showing them off to our friend Eve one Sunday and Eve decided she needed a pair, so that exchange was made
We seem to collect a lot of different selfie photos, so here is a February collection
Some days get more full than others. On this one, Barbara had rehab in Quitman in the morning, we ate lunch with Pastor Danny and Janice at Red Dome, came back to Mineola for afternoon haircuts, and then I headed to the North 40 to rake and gather leaves. Tonight we slept!
February 11 - 16
The greatest thing about February is going to San Antonio for the Texas Music Educators Association Clinic-Convention, and having Christmas with John and his family, and Leah and her family.
As the Texas State Chair of the National Band Association, I have an booth in the exhibit hall of the convention center and try to recruit new members. Barbara is my not only my "groupie," but also helps keep me organized as I catch up with old friends and make new ones.
When the convention was over, it was Christmas, because Christmas is not a calendar date (as we've said before), but the time when family gets together to celebrate the reason for the season.
All too soon it was time to go, so we loaded up our stuff and headed back to Mineola and real life.
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Photo Phun...a collage Barbara put together just for the fun of it...Some are self-explanatory, like the chance meeting of Barbara and her cardiac-rehab friend Pat at Brookshire's but the photos with Mike Holbrook, director of the Lake Country Symphonic Band, were when we gave him a special conductor sculpture we found at TMEA.
Monday the 17th through Saturday the 18th were all about doctor appointments, rehab, and testing. We are getting to be real medical experts. While most of our visits were for recurring ailments or conditions, Jim experienced a full-blown hearing tests...and failed miserably. Even he knew that he had a problem, especially after a particularly inappropriate (but hilarious) response to a question in a game we played with the kids in San Antonio. Long story short, he made an appointment with the New Sound specialist in Mineola, took the test, and then entered the world of hearing aids. Having been in band rooms since he was a sixth-grader, his hearing had taken a beating, but now he is on the road to hearing what really goes on around him.
February 14: Valentine's Day
One of the best things to do after eating pancakes is to begin walking them off...and an added bonus is meeting neighbors and new friends along the way.
