Back From Our Mini Vacation

David, Bentley and I headed to Austin over the weekend to

spend our Thanksgiving at Barton Creek Resort.  We left

on Wednesday evening. We arrived to a very festive and 

packed resort which really made the occasion so exciting.

The resort put on a huge Thanksgiving afternoon brunch

with great food, great music and lots of champagne.   We

enjoyed all of it knowing that afterwards we didn't have to

drive anywhere.

Bentley enjoyed a turkey dinner up in our room and a long walk

following his feast.  There were quite a few other dogs at the 

resort and Bentley had fun meeting them on our many walks.

He is just so sweet with everyone he meets, even other dogs,

and I never have to worry about taking him anywhere.

Austin is such a fun city and we had fun joining other

Black Friday shoppers.  I picked up a few extra ornaments at

Pottery Barn.  They have such a big focus on tartan this

year and I just couldn't resist.  Every year I keep saying that

I won't buy any new Christmas decorations, and every year

I weaken.  Does that happen to you?

When we returned home last night, we checked our bedroom to 

see if the mouse was caught.  He had been in my closet.  We knew

this for sure based on two signs.  First of all, I left an empty Coke

bottle with some peanut butter inside.  The bottle was empty and

there were mouse droppings inside.  Then the one bait box that

was left on the closet floor was moved from the wall and pushed

out to the middle of the closet, so he went for the bait.  The sticky

traps were left undisturbed.  According to what I have read, the

bait takes anywhere from four to six days to kill the mouse, and 

since I don't see him anywhere, I don't know if he is in fact dead.

So now, I wait and in the meantime, I spent last night sleeping in

my studio.  

On a very sad note, I am afraid that my iMac desktop has died.

With Christmas coming,  that will be my present.  I can't remember

when I bought that Mac, but it's been quite a while.  For now, I

am using my Macbook Pro.  I am missing my laptop with it's 

27 inch screen, but I will muddle through for the time being.

Tonight we have our meeting with the police department to

discuss setting up a new neighborhood watch program after

the recent break-ins.  Some of our neighbors are talking about

hiring an off duty cop to patrol regularly.  I am glad that our

new security system is working well now.  We had a few

glitches, but it's all functioning properly now.  I am looking

forward to rodent free, burglar free days ahead!

Big Texas Hugs,

Susan and Bentley