April In The Burbs

Today I took Nana and Johnny to my favorite pizza place for lunch downtown. It's called Home Slice Pizza and it is excellent! Unfortunately, parking downtown Austin is not always an easy task. We ended up parking about two blocks away from the restaurant and walking down. Walking on the sidewalk, we were approaching a woman and her two daughters . The woman was dressed very trendy and her daughters had cute little summer dresses on. As we passed them on the sidewalk, my mom said "Sissy! ". At first I assumed that it was maybe someone my mom used to work with, until I looked the woman more closely. It was Sissy Spacek and her two daughters!  My mom mentioned something to her about loving her movies, she told Johnny that he was very cute, and we spent about five minutes visiting with her and her daughters about carrying babies during the summer time, and how both of our kids were carried during the summer also.  We did not ask her for picture, or her autograph we just wante...

Saturday we took Johnny to see his great grannies R and B. We stopped by first to see Granny B. She lives out kind of in the middle of nowhere, on a couple hundred acres of former ranch land. Here's the barn in Granny B's property. We had a fabulous time visiting and catching up and talking about raising babies.  Johnny and I were sad to say goodbye. Kisses to Granny B. before we go!!  We then headed out to see Granny R. & Uncle Jay. They too live out in the country, about a quarter mile from the local lake. We weren't able to take a picnic or swim in the lake, but we did drive the 10 miles into town and eat at the only Chinese Food place - it was so yummy!  Cuddles with Granny R.  I managed to get a few more pictures while we were there.  Johnny giving his great uncle cuddles and playing with his new birthday toys from Granny R & Uncle Jay.  Johnny and Daddy taking in the scenic beauty of the countryside.  Mom aka Nana hanging out at the marin...

Just recently discovered online garage sales. Their all local within 10 miles give or take, people post items that they no longer want or use, then you can meet up and buy the item.  I really love this, because being a mom of one and constantly busy I no  longer have time for my favorite past times, garage sales!  I've joined several groups on Facebook and purchased a couple of things so far. An awesome shelf for the house are moving into and a ladybug ride on toy for Johnny and hopefully Dottie will use it one day too.  My $15 vintage shelf!  Be sure to check Facebook for garage sales in your town/city and surrounding areas. You never know what you'll find!