Fun weekend...

Saturday morning K & I took Luke to a pet expo at Fair Park in Dallas.  There were agility demos, obedience trainers, different breed rescue organizations, and lots more.  Luke did well considering he was by far the smallest dog there.  He stood his ground most of the time, except when he went nose-to-nose with a giant Bernese Mountain Dog.  It was hard to get a good photo of him as he was moving so fast:

"Ohhh....my big chance!  I can sneak up on these two babes and get a sniff and they'll never even know I was there."

We left there and went by the big Farmers Market in downtown Dallas where I bought some locally grown cantelopes, tomatoes, and a watermelon.  I don't remember fruit and tomatoes ever tasting this sweet!  

Today was just a lazy one, spending all our time indoors because the temps broke into triple digits.  We had lunch at Jason's Deli, then stopped in to REI to see what was new there.  I found my kayak:

Look....a seat.  A REAL SEAT!!  I would have bought it except for 3 things; no way to get it home, no place to store it if I got it home, and they kept pestering me for $1,000.  :(

Now we're back home, probably in for the day.  I can see some sangria in my future, but besides that....?  Hope you had a good weekend, too.  :)

S

Our kayaking adventure

OK, maybe "adventure" is a bit too strong.  Today K and I went to White Rock Lake in Dallas and rented a couple of kayaks for an hour to just try 'em out.  It was great fun, and I was surprised how quickly K took to it.  She's a natural:

Me....not as much.  These rental kayaks were absolutely ragged out and old, too.  (I think I saw "Jesus" carved in mine.)  My problem was the seat back: it caught me about 3 inches above my waist, right in the small of my back.  And the padding was so old it literally fell off the frame, so whenever I pushed back in my seat for paddling leverage the raw plastic cut into my lower back.  Ouch!  Overall I enjoyed it, but....

Back home I went on the internet and looked up "kayak seats" and found this:

Now I know I can continue to rent for a while longer and get a bit more into kayaking, and when the day comes I'm ready to buy one I can purchase an aftermarket seat for it and cruise in comfort.  :)

Coffee and a bit of reading at Starbucks later in the afternoon rounded out our day.  What did you do today?

S

A redneck kind of day

It was also a "do anything you possibly can to stay cool" day, too.  This morning we slept late ;) then went to Starbucks and had a coffee (her) and a frappaccino (me) while we read the Sunday Times.  Then we decided to go visit the new Cabelas that opened recently in Allen, TX.  


We were there because it was something to do indoors, but I think for everyone else it was "redneck" day.  We did look at kayaks because that's something we might someday pursue, but otherwise we were just trying to stay cool.  I did see this OTT den recliner, but for some reason K objected:

I'm thinking with a brass spittoon beside it and one of those talking fish mounted on the wall behind, it could make a powerful Architectural Digest statement, don't you?

We survived the 104 degree heat and are back home now.  I'm baking K's birthday cake (don't be too impressed....it's out of a box) and enjoying a margarita, and later I'm going out to grill hamburgers, sausage, hot dogs, and whatever else I can find to scorch.  

There will be some fireworks just up the road at the ballpark (after the baseball game that I turned down tickets to), and we might go up on our rooftop parking deck and check them out.  Or not.  TBD.

Hope y'all are having a nice weekend.  :)

S