CHRISTMAS PARTY, TEAR DOWN, LEAVING SA

AFTER WE CLOSED MONDAY NIGHT, WE WENT SHOPPING OVER AT ROLLING OAKS MALL. WE HAD SUCH A GOOD TIME......BOUGHT A FEW THINGS.....DARRELL BOUGHT HIMSELF THIS HUGE  BOX OF CANDY.

WE STARTED TEARING EVERYTHING DOWN THE 24TH, WE DIDN'T HAVE OUR # 4  TRAILER BACK YET, BUT WE WERE GETTING EVERYTHING READY TO BE LOADED.

DOUG BENNETT CALLED THAT EVENING TO WISH US A MERRY CHRISTMAS AND SEE HOW WE WERE DOING. HE STILL WANTS US TO COME BACK NEXT YEAR AND DO BOTH THE CHRISTMAS TREES AND PUMPKINS. I WENT TO THE 11:00 CANDLELIGHT  SERVICE AT THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL SIGHT.
CHRISTMAS MORNING WE OPENED OUR PACKAGES SONYA SENT. MAGGIE AND MARLEE WENT FIRST.....

SONYA KNOWS WHAT THEY LIKE......SQUEAKY TOYS AND BALLS!!! 

SO........... THIS IS WHAT I'VE BEEN SNIFFING FOR THREE WEEKS!!

WE EACH GOT A  BANFIELD  JACKET!!

LIFESAVERS......THANKS .... WE NEEDED THOSE!!!  HOMEMADE COCOA MIX AND RUSSIAN TEA. WHAT A HAUL!!

THEN IT WAS TIME FOR THE CHRISTMAS PARTY/MEETING.

WE SAT WITH MIKE AND KAREN.

MORE GIFTS TO OPEN.

IT WAS A SHORT MEETING....DARYL THOUGHT MAYBE HE BOUGHT TOO MANY TREES THIS YEAR, AS MOST OF US HAD TREES LEFT WHEN WE CLOSED. SO MANY OF THE MANAGERS HAVE BEEN SICK. ONE HAD BEEN HOSPITALIZED. THE KERRVILLE COUPLE COULD NOT EVEN ATTEND THE CHRISTMAS PARTY, THEY WERE SO SICK. WE COUNTED OUR BLESSINGS.....DARRELL HAD NOT EVEN CAUGHT A COLD THIS YEAR.
ON THE 26TH WE TOOK THE CASHIER BOX AND CASH REGISTER BACK  TO THE WAREHOUSE. WE GOT #4 TRAILER AND DARRELL STARTED LOADING IT.
ON THE 27TH MAGGIE AND MARLEE HAD APPOINTMENTS TO GET THEIR TEETH CLEANED......FINALLY!!

 WE HAD TAKEN THEM IN EARLIER, MET THE DOCTOR, HE CHECKED THEM OVER AND DID PRELIMINARY BLOOD WORK. WE FELT  CONFIDENT  THAT WE HAD FOUND A SAFE, REPUTABLE VETERINARY CLINIC.    IT WAS A LONG DAY.......THEY DID FINE.  THEY EARNED  THESE CERTIFICATES......

NEITHER ONE HAD TO HAVE TEETH PULLED. WE FELT FORTUNATE.

THEY  TOOK THE TENT DOWN, THE FIRST TIME WE HAD BEEN ON THE LOT WITHOUT THE TENT SET UP. IT LOOKED SO EMPTY!!

AND THEN THEY  TOOK THE FENCE DOWN....

WE GOT PAID ON MONDAY, DECEMBER 30, WE WERE HAPPY WITH WHAT WE HAD EARNED...........I WAS VERY HAPPY!! I HAD EARNED THE $200 BONUS!!

WE LEFT 7040 NORTH LOOP 1604 EAST ON WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 1, 2014.

WE WERE ON OUR WAY TO THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY AND A MUCH NEEDED THREE MONTH REST AT  FIG TREE RV PARK IN HARLINGEN, TEXAS.