Friday afternoon, the husband and I hit the road to the lake house with our three furbabies in tow. The college coed decided to drive in from Austin for the weekend to join us. We kicked off the weekend with a visit to Bear King Brewing Co, a new place we wanted to try. The husband opted for a flight of interesting beers in these cute little glasses, while I stuck with tea since I'm the designated driver.
Since we didn't make it to the lake much in 2021, I had to make a bit of a haul at the HEB in nearby Marble Falls to restock the basics on Friday. The last time I was up there to check on things in Dec, I started a big purge of the pantry and fridge to toss out things that expired. This weekend I was able to get that finished. Now I just need to make a second grocery store trip to get everything else in place we need to continue entertaining up there. You know, things like blocks of Velveeta cheese for queso and BBQ sauce for grilling. Proudly clogging arteries since May 2020!
The furbabies enjoy patrolling our little yard, prancing up and down the bulkhead and dock to keep an eye on things. The folks across the water have a couple spaniels, and so our Pepper and Chorkie play some echo barking with them. And any duck that dares to paddle by gets a big woof, too. Our temps maxed out in the mid 50s all weekend, and so we stayed inside much of the time. No trips out on the boat... BRRRRR. The dogs enjoyed cuddling with us beneath various throws and blankets after an outside jaunt. At one point, all I could see of the Chorkie was this one foot peeking out from beneath the covers at a humorous angle.
On Saturday, our TV in the living room above the fireplace decided to kick the bucket. That forced the husband and coed upstairs to the TV in the family room to resume the new season of "Ozark". Sunday morning we made a trek to the handy dandy Walmart in Marble Falls to replace it. Honestly, I seldom watch TV when I'm at the lake. I'd much rather sit on the back porch and watch the world go by. Or check out what's happening on Lake LBJ by boat.
We bought the lake house the month after mother was diagnosed with cancer. And boy howdy did she love to spend time up there. We made some great memories with her that first year. As her health declined in 2021, we just couldn't get up there as much anymore. Her favorite thing was to cook out hamburgers and then lounge on the back porch to watch boaters cruise by and give them a big wave. Any time we were indoors, she'd park it in that big cream colored oversized club chair with ottoman over to the right in the above pic and have me find a good movie or cooking show for her to watch. It was all pretty simple, but it was always a good time with mother riding shotgun on any outing or vacation.
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