Whatta wkend!

Whew! What a wkend!! Went to the Galveston Historic Homes Tour. I've always wanted to go, finally got to. Elaine accompanied me, she's been going for like 13 yrs. It was quite a "marathon." She got to my house at 8:30am, we left shortly thereafter. Got to G-town a little after 10am. Would've been sooner 'cept for the construction on I-45 around Bay Brook Mall. You have to exit the freeway and travel on the feeder for awhile. Anyway, we did 7 out of 10 homes with a drive-by of a house in restoration progress. You have to stand in lines, then go in groups of anywhere from 5-7 people. Luckily it was overcast and there was a strong breeze. We had a quick bite at the 19th Street Market, pretty yummy! The tour is from 10am to 6pm, we finished around 5:30pm. Next we headed to Murdock's, sat on their deck watching the sea and had a cold one. If you've never been, check it out next time you're in Galveston. It's quite relaxing and worth the detour. Murdock's, for those of you not familiar with it, is built out over the water and its next-door neighbor is the Balinese Room. We were pretty hungry by this time so we decided to try a new place. Well, new to us. Actually I had lived across the street from this restaurant back in the 80's. But for some reason, never tried it. It's Di Bella's on 31st and Ave P. If you get a chance, check it out. It's really delicious!!! I especially enjoyed the lasagna. There's very little advertisement, except word of mouth. It's where the locals eat.
Yesterday Masoud and I went on a cleaning frenzy. First to my house where we took up the carpet rugs in the living room, bedroom and kitchen. He took them outside and cleaned them with his shop vac. Elsa had done her share of covering them in several layers of cat hair. Poor Masoud had to wear a face mask. He looked like a haz mat tech! He rolled them up and put them in his car. Then we went back to his place and cleaned my car. Once again the mask and shop vac were put to the test. They came through with flying colors! My car hasn't been this clean since I bought it (2000). It even got an Amor-all(sp?) treatment.
Well, guess I better get my butt back in bed. Poor honey probably wonders what happened to me. Have a good one!