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Saturday, May 12, 2012

Henri Mazza and Sarah Pitre Wedding May 5, 2012

After five and a half hours of traveling cross the state of Texas, we reached our destination of Camp Balcones Springs, near Marble Falls, Texas just about 40 minutes northwest of Austin, the state capital, for Sarah Pitre and Henri Mazza, our niece and her husband wedding on May 5, 2012.

Camp Balcones Springs is located about 825 feet above sea level in the foot hills of west Texas. It is a summer camp for young boys, with water type sports.

Unfortunately, I had motion sickness by the time we arrived, we did not do any of the water sport that Henri and Sarah had plan for their guests to enjoy doing before the wedding.

We hide out in our knotty pine cabins with the HI-FI and the A/C. Normally these cabins hold about eight young boys during the summer months, but during the winter months hold two to four adults.

While the camp site looked real nice and the wedding was good, we look forward to heading home to Lake Jackson.

Fortunately, one of my brother-in-law told us that traveling into Marble Falls, then during south along the west side of Austin was probably a lot better than the way we came. And it was.

Saturday, April 28, 2012

Habitat for Humanity of Southern Brazoria County

Habitat for Humanity of Southern Brazoria County House 82

Dedication of House 82 is on Sunday,May 6, 2012, at 2PM. This weekend we worked on the Landscaping of House 82. About two dozen people showed up the help.

I took about 70 pictures and post them to Flickr. Unfortunately, because the sewer line has not been connected we could finished the landscaping. Hopefully it will done on the Saturday before the Dedication. Of course, this not the first time Habitat did a house dedication with the home not 100% per cent ready. But Habitat will finish the home.

Tuesday, April 10, 2012

Rude, crude and sneaked-in food - Bakersfield.com

Rude, crude and sneaked-in food - Bakersfield.com

Most people who go to the movies are pretty courteous.

Then there are the exceptions.

Michael Armendariz, the manager of Starplex Cinemas in Bakersfield, has seen slightly rude, overtly rude and audaciously rude.

Like virtually all cinemas, Starplex discourages customers from bringing in their own food, but on one occasion even Armendariz was amazed by the audacity of movie-goers when he entered a theater to find two large pizza boxes discarded by customers.

"I always wondered how someone managed to sneak in two full boxes of pizza," he says, laughing. "I mean, how do you do that?"