Thurs.Feb 5

Hi everybody,This morning we went into Leaky and did some browsing in the second-hand shops. One store had quite a few rooms to look through but we found nothing.Another one took in donations to help support the animal shelter but found nothing there either.BUT I did find my vanilla in the last store and it was the last bottle there.I,ve been asking around for it as it comes from Mexico and it so happened the owner goes to Laredo to stock up on items from Mexico.She had sold 2 cases of it already since Xmas. The rest of her inventory has been marked up so high it wasn't even funny .We then took a drive to a pecan farm and i bought 1# of pecans.It has cottages there to rent in the summer amongst the pecan trees and you feed the wild deer that come in to eat the nuts.It also is on the Frio river and if they don't get rain soon to make up the lost 2 ft. of water-- there won't be any tubing this summer.They rented out at $175--$250 a NIGHT depending on bed room size.A new house for 18 people at $450.00 a NIGHT is being built now.(4 bedrooms).Summer is BIG business around these parts. My puzzle is done so might have to start a new one.There is lots to pick from up there in the hall. Well thats about it for tonight .Hope everyone had a great day--take care Ron and Dee