Hootin' Anni's Day Trippin'

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I'm going to get a little carried away with the posting for a few reasons. Not only my two show n tells, but how I came about getting them...a little side trip outside of town, and ebay.





I will start off with my new china nesting cup set. I just got it yesterday. You see, we've been having our carpeting cleaned all week. The ones we had come out to do it, will not move any furniture. Which is understandable to me for many purposes, mainly for insurance for the company. For that, I've asked them to come out several days this week to give us a chance to take out some furniture for each room. And early Bud and I moved stuff out of the rooms that wasn't too heavy, then they shampooed. When they were done, we left to keep from tracking around on the wet carpets. Yesterday was the last room...the dining room; and the smaller hallway. When they were done, we had ourselves ready to leave as soon as they left. We ended up taking a short trip outside the city, up north about 40 or so miles along the coast. To Rockport. It's a favorite of mine. It's very quaint...it's a fishing village more or less. There is a maritime museum there. We stopped there and spent an hour or two. [got a few photos which I'll share at another time] Then, went to lunch. Afterwhich, we ended up back in the car and driving just a bit further up the highway to Fulton, Texas. There is an historical mansion there that has tours on some days of the week. [also some photos of this mansion will come at a later date]

When we got there, it was locked, but the tour would start in just about 15 minutes from our arrival. So, we ventured out and around the historic gardens and the carriage house, etc. When the tour was completed; about an hour...I stopped in to look at the 'toys' they had for us. Souvenirs. I spied this beautiful nesting cup set [above photo]. Hadda have it!!

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Now my e bay winning bid!





No where in town can you find anything that is of any particular political party. We did get a 'hand sign' when we attended the Obama Rally in February. I had the privilege of shaking Senator Obama's hand. I was fortunate to have him sign my book of his. But the only time I saw any political T-shirts was back in February at the rally. And being that we attended the rally with thousands of people in one auditorium, I took no cash with me. I was kicking myself. Well, not really. The simple white t-shirts with his slogan was going for $25; some higher in price. That's not for me. Oh, I suppose if I had the cash on me, I probably would have got one. But I didn't. Then, after the rally...as I said, no where in town were they selling. The online store at his website has them...but again, they really weren't what I would have liked. I was determined to find something tho. So, I went out on e bay. A woman had one that was 'shiny'. No sparkly as in glitter, but shiny. I loved it. Not only did she have them in the size I needed [they're new with the tags on them], I got it for under $20!! AND!----the shirt is 3/4 length sleeves. Now, I really liked that. Different! I love different. I'm now a proud owner of a really cool Obama shirt!