LeLe and I at Indian Rocks Beach

LeLe flew down to be with me for the holidays. One of our first adventures was to go to Indian Rocks Beach, go swimming in the middle of winter and have a delicious lunch at Crabby Bill's. We made friends with many local seagulls, but the local people did not like that too much, oh well.

Dinner with Diberjani

Pepsi and Sprite were in Austin for dinner and a tour of the town including Cheapos, the 9th Street BMX park and Marakesh. What fun. Next time we have to search for pennies.

Lunch at Rudy's

Don has a new Camaro, it is new to him, in mint condition of course like the one he had in college. We had lunch at Rudy's when I visited Austin recently. Nice car.

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Cynthia and Randy at Carolyn's Birthday Party

Carolyn's Birthday Party at Rudy's in Selma, TX

Dennis and Carolyn help celebrate her birthday in style with BBQ and friends and family

Time with LeLe and Brad

Midnight snack at Taco Cabana on Broadway where LeLe is working as a cashier in the drive-thru. LeLe and her co-worker pose for me. Next we go to Brad's work before I head out to the airport.

More Pet Pictures

Kitty, Shiner getting pet, Shiner and Molley pose for the camera and Butters compared to my shiny shoes.

Trip to San Antonio Dec 1 - 4

Visions of San Antonio including the lovely Incarnate Word University campus and LeLe & Brad's doggies from top to bottom Shiner, Molley and Butters.

Pierre's Kids and Yolande's Kids play outside

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JJ shows off his green umbrella, when only minutes before by the fence he was shy and had to be coaxed out by the girls while my Andy and my Cory stop to pose for the camera with one of Yolande's nephews who was so happy the boys came over to play outside.

Thanksgiving with Yolande's Family

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All the girl's get ready to eat after the prayer.

Evans showed off his beautiful artwork that he has been working on in college. I got to meet Yolande's husband, daughters, her mother and step-father, her aunt, nieces and nephews, and of course Evans, her brother who I know from work. Pierre came to visit from across the street with Andy, Cory, Sophie and Junior. Evans took a photo of me an my Alexandra, who will call sometimes if she has a question about homework. It was a wonderful meal and a remarkable family.

Waves at Indian Rocks Beach. Sweet.

Beautifl Indian Rocks beach on my Birthday

Today is my 43rd Birthday

Crabby Bill's Dining Room.

My Delicious Breakfast of ham and eggs from Crabby Bill's and my delicious dinner cooked by me, the steak and vegetables are compliments of Olimpica Market in Lutz, Florida that has specialty foods from Columbia and Central America, fresh produce and meats from local farmers. Yes that is queso blanco in the salad.

My Birthday dinner of beef steak with sauteed mushrooms and red onions, black beans with white cheese, a salad of cucumber, tomatoes, and queso blanco with a herb raita sauce.

These are some of the presents I gave myself including a lovely day at the beach which will be in my next post. I had the best time. The food was great and so was the view.

Gokusen 3 - Now Watching and it is better than ever

Go - Fight - Oh! Yankumi, Yamaguchi Sensei is the best!!!

This is Kitty "Baby" Kennedy

Hope and I were designing a garden for the balcony when a stray kitten followed us upstairs. Hope asked me: "Aunt Cynthia, can't we feed it something, it looks hungry?" We gave the poor little dear some salmon and when I had a bicycle crash the next week this kitten kept me company, so now I am in love with it and we share our palace.