BIRTHDAY UPDATE

Yesterday was a great day!

We started by going to the Museum of Fine Arts Houston to see the King Tut exhibit.  It was amazing (crowded though, as it was apparently a school field trip day!) but it was still great.  The artifacts are just astounding.  It's hard to wrap your head around the fact that they are thousands of years old.  Sadly, but understandably, they don't allow photography of any kind. So, it's all just images committed to memory.  But they were beautiful images I won't soon forget.  This was about the only picture I could take and it's not even real, LOL!  But it still looks cool!  Would one of these be overkill at the entrance to the farm?

After the museum, we had lunch and then we wandered down to a part of town called "The Village".  That's where our favorite furniture STORE is and we roamed around in there for a bit.  Luckily, didn't buy anything, THIS time!

After Nadeau, we went into another fun store called Ten Thousand Villages.  It features handmade, fair trade items from all over the world.  While there, I saw this great wall hanging that I wanted to get but it was sold (someone just hadn't picked it up yet). I did the next best thing, took a picture!  Love the words on it:

The Earth Says Much to Those Who Listen

Then we stopped into a new store in the area.  Do any of you watch THIS SHOW?

We love it, it's a refreshing reality show, one with a regular, happy, grounded couple.  Imagine that on network television!?  It is filmed here in Houston and it's always fun to see local landmarks and places we visit as well.  Anyway, they recently opened a pet store, Rocky and Maggie's (named for their two puppies) and so we stopped in today.  We picked up a few cat treats and got to visit with Bill Klein and Judy Arnold (his mother-in-law) and they couldn't have been nicer.  Their store is wonderful, nicely stocked and they are doing some great things with eco-friendly pet products.  We would highly recommend that anyone who is in the area, stop in and visit.  We wish them all the best on their business venture!  We will definitely be back soon (side note, our cats loved the treats we bought).

Then we headed home...where I was given my birthday surprise.

I'll give you a hint...

Yep, 2nd Man has already set up an account with John Deere and put a down payment on hold!!!  There is a store/authorized dealer just down the road from the farm.  Not sure when he slipped away and did it, but he did.  We are going this weekend to finalize everything.  Not sure which model we will end up with but I've spent the last few hours looking at the catalog he brought home and I think we've narrowed it down to two different models.  We'll have to do a test drive (or would that be a test mow?) this weekend.  I can't wait.

Thank you all for your kind words and comments yesterday.  It meant a lot!