Ooh! Have fun - and be safe. :) (And actually, either way sounds pretty darn nice.)

Ah, yes, Shiner wishes and sopapilla dreams!

Well, your where you should be all the time...

Oops...

Well, you're where you should be all the time...

Gosh I hate when my foolishness trumps my razor sharp wit.

Did your horse naturally win?

You guys do realize, don't you, that this thread makes absolutely no sense to those who aren't checking in via RSS feed.

Of course, why should this thread be any different than the whole dang blog?

...you probably think this post is about you...

Are you saying we're so vain?

i thought this post was about warren beatty.... the first schedule of the day seems most like him.

well, maybe nowadays, the second.

Beth, it depends. Your scarf...is it African?

Warren Beatty?! Heh.

i enjoy that carly simon song, but the one thing that always bothers me:

"you're so vain, i bet you think this song is about you"

...the thing is, the song is about him (warren)! are you still vain if you know the song is about you?!? a question for the ages.

I always thought it was about Mick Jagger, and that was why he sings background on the song.

Well, gotta go, there are clouds in my coffee.

oh, interesting. i always heard it was about warren beatty.

maybe the song makes more sense after all. all of her ex's are super-paranoid it's about them but don't want to say anything. carly simon is a genius.

what was this post about again?

Oh look! A baby squirrel!

I think all the wisdom around here has just crawled out the building (or flown to Fort Stockton). ;-)

Hey, now, what ever happened to your tagline anyway? I'm not seeing it anywhere.

Gah...I leave for a few hours and the baby squirrels take over the asylum!

Hmm. Now that I think about it, it's sort of an improvement. Maybe every post ought to be open mike from now on.

I was going to say say hey to Tommy but I guess its too late now...Did y'all have fun?

Rachel, since Tommy doesn't read the Gazette, it's just as well. But, yes, we did have a lot of fun. I'd never seen my home town from the air before.

my dad can't read, so...

Hmm...but he still seems to be able to sign checks...interesting...

Our day was not terribly dissimilar to yours.

Chauffeured to the airport to fly to Albuquerque, dinner at PF Chang's, private transportation to the quaint chateau where we're quietly esconced in a simple chamber, dwarfed by the surrounding mountains. The moon rose over said elevation earlier as we dined. Our view from our table allowed us to observe the lunar splendor as it passed from pane to pane up the oversized doors of PFC.

Overhead can be heard the gentle creaking of boards under the trodding of elderly feet, endlessly traipsing to and from the WC. (There is a conference for senior adults in our lodge, which will end tomorrow just hours before our marriage retreat begins.) The 12 square feet of floor space in our boudoir leaves ample room to luxuriously stretch one's toes in anticipation of a good night's rest on a double bed comlete with not just one but two pillows! Even now we are able to enjoy the pleasant gurgle and splatter of the shower upstairs - punctuated by the ever rushing noise of yet another flush.

See? We flew and ate, too! And The Love of My Life brought along his computer so we have even more in common!

actually, i think he just writes an 'X'. :-)

Phyllis, you guys flew to ABQ?! Cool. I didn't realize you weren't riding the bus. I'm jealous about P.F. Chang's. The restaurant at the golf course was pretty good, but, obviously, nothing close to Chang's. Hope you have a wonderful time in the cool of the mountains...say hi to the Guadalupe Café for us! ;-)

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Should have tried the new Ihop in FS. Looks like everyone is going there.

Neil, I've eaten there more times than I can count. It's not really new anymore. Plus, the pilot wanted to try out the clubhouse cafe in case he came back and didn't have a car.