I told Dean last night to make sure I was up no later than 6 in the morning so I would have time to drink at least one cup of coffee before I showered. I have an appointment at 8:30 with the chiropractor, and need to be sure I allowed enough time to get ready. No worries though, as I was up on my own about 5:00. That gave me plenty of time to enjoy my two cups of coffee. We left here at 8:00 and at 8:15 they were ready to take me back. I love that if you are early and no one else is there you get moved up. Today, they used the pads on my back right below my shoulder blades and then my lower back. It was some pretty hard shocking with regular, steady spurts, and then longer spurts, and then a really long spurt. I could feel it working and slightly pulling the muscles in my neck - which are always really tight. Afterwards they massaged my back with what must have been a pretty good sized massager and the backs of my legs. The doctor came in shortly after that and adjusted me again. He also "stretched my back". He strapped my ankles so they would not move on the table, and then loosened the table in the area where my lower back was and swung that part of the table to the left and then the right. It was really neat because I could feel the tightness there as he moved it. It didn't hurt but you could tell it needed some attention. I really feel much, much better.
When we left the Dr.'s office I asked Dean to stop at Delia's so we could try some of their tamales. I thought I would be able to purchase one of each kind, but you can only buy them by the 1/2 dozen or dozen. Since we certainly do not have room to put 12 dozen tamales in our freezer (they must have at least 18-20 different types), today we chose 1/2 dozen each of the pork, and chicken & cheese. I asked what type of cheese they used and it is Philadelphia Creme Cheese. They were both very good but the pork tamales were WONDERFUL!!!! I will definitely be getting several of these to bring home with us - as well as more to have while we are here. Probably my favorite Mexican dish!!
We were back at the rig before 10. I wanted to try and get yesterday's blog posted before we leave for lunch. One thing I wanted to be sure and do today was call Lynn at UPS in Pittsburg and have them send our mail to us here at Val's. Apparently we have quite a bit of mail - including a number of Christmas cards that did not make it to us before we left. She is going to mail it to us by first class mail so we can see how long it takes to get here and then we'll determine if we want to do that, or send it by UPS in the future.
I stopped working on the blog long to do the breakfast dishes and sweep the floor. As I set back down at the computer, I noticed Dennis and Pam were just pulling up, so we grabbed our jackets and headed out to meet them. We have a couple of stops to make today. The first was at "Breadsmith" a bread store where the bread is hand made and hearth baked. We had a few samples while we were waiting our turn, and everything was amazing. I bought one of their original coffeecakes that is loaded with pecans/walnuts on top; a loaf of Farmer's Wheat bread, which they sliced for me (full of nuts and grains) that we will use for toast and sandwiches; and a loaf of Rustic Italian that I am going to use to make bread pudding. We may need to visit this place a few more times while we are here. Why didn't I remember to take pictures of all of the bread inside? I think it was so I would HAVE to go back!
But once I got home I did take pictures of what we purchased so here it is:
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| "Breadsmith"- Hand Made, Hearth Baked (On top of the box the coffee cake was in.) |
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| Farmer's Wheat |
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| Rustic Italian |
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| Original Coffee Cake - Lots of pecans/walnuts on top - cinnamon like inside. |
Just on down the road we pulled in to the parking lot of a restaurant called , "Dirty Al's". This is a favorite of Dennis and Pam's. It is mostly seafood but they do have burgers and steaks on the menu as well for those who are not that crazy about seafood. We all ordered shrimp or shrimp and fish. I ordered fried shrimp and fish, with okra, and a cup of red beans and rice. The cup looked more like a bowl. The shrimp, fish and okra was amazing. The coating on all of these was very light. I like lemon on my fish, but they only had lime. I tried it and you couldn't tell much difference at all. The red beans and rice was good but not as good as some I've had. In fact, I really think some of the best I've ever ate was at Popeye's - a fast food restaurant. I look forward to warming it up for my lunch tomorrow with a nice piece of buttered bread, or maybe a grilled cheese sandwich.
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| Dirty Al's Bayou Grill - McAllen, TX |
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| My meal! |
Pam and Dennis dropped us off at Bentley around 4. Our neighbor Mike was outside so we stopped to chat a minute before going on in. He asked us if we had found a place to do laundry yet. We haven't really had a chance to look but if the dryers here are not working any better I need to find someplace to go because I am out of jeans. I have a pair of sweats left to wear tomorrow. So, Dean and I decided to go see what we could find close to us. We stopped at three different laundromats, but the one closest to us - about 1.5 miles away looks like it would be the best. It opens at 7am and closes at 10pm. I told Dean I'd like to be there at 7 when it opens so I can be done and back home by 9 or so. I'll share this information with Mike and Peg too.
We were not very hungry so we just had a snack of some sausage, cheese and crackers, and later we ate a small piece of the coffee cake. The first bit of the cake and I mentioned it seemed a little dry. Dean told me that Dennis said they usually but a bit of butter on it and microwave it - and I remembered that Pam told me the same thing, so we tried that. It was perfect - between the butter and the warming, it moistened the cake just perfectly. It was delicious.
Dean watched TV the rest of the evening while I read and responded to some blogs, and checked Facebook. I decided I was spending too much time on FB, so I have deleted almost all of the things I followed except for our family and friends, and just a few other pages that I really enjoy. I eliminated 40-50 business type pages that I was following and I'm not sure I'll miss them at all. Facebook is a good way for us to stay in touch with many of our friends and family members, now that we are on the road, so I do not want to delete it entirely.
They are calling for rain tomorrow and again on Friday but by Saturday it's supposed to warm up. We are ready to get out and about and see some sights!
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