Hope your team won

I no longer follow football and besides there was no team from Texas or even the South in the big game tonight.  As you know I severed my ties with Time Warner Cable a couple of months back. BTW to the person that e-mailed me that the game was going to be carried on national TV and not cable...in Del Rio if you don't have cable you have a blank TV or you have to settle for the free channels that are beamed to the border from Mexico City.

There was so much hype about the game and the half time show on Mexican TV that I decided to watch it.  It did not disappoint unless of course you were rooting for the Seahaws.

Spurs Brother, if you are reading this...did it not take you back to our game 7 loss in 2013 to the Miami Heat?  I have always questioned why Pops had Duncan sitting on the bench. It was a rather bitter memory. I think Seahaws fans will question that last minute play as well.

Hope your team won!

Good night,  May you all have Terlingua Dreams.

Cold, Windy and some Wine

The howling wind woke me up this morning.  What a difference from Saturday which was a warm and sunny day in the 70's...but it's winter and you got to roll with the punches.  Have to be grateful I am not up north freezing my tush off.

I had every intention of keeping my date with the laundromat...had two fresh rolls of quarters BUT...there is always a but...the place was jammed packed!  What is the matter with these people, do they not know it is Sunday, a day to be at home with the family, go to church, watch the Super Bowl?

Since I was already out and about, I decided against my better judgement to go to HEB.  My plan was to go wash and by the time I finished, the Super Bowl would have already started and the store would be empty.  I remember back in the 90's in Houston...either Kroger's or Randall's, I don't remember which (I suffer from CRS)...would offer 10% off...if you shopped during the game.  It was great to shop with no crowds in the big city and get a discount to boot!

HEB was packed and everyone seemed to be in a jovial mood.  Only had three things on my list...bananas, milk and paper towels.  Noticed they had a lot of food tasting booths today and as I passed one, the lady asked me if I wanted to taste some wine.  Remember back in August 2013, I sampled some wine as well as Frio Light Beer?  http://terlinguadreams.blogspot.com/2013/08/wine-and-beer-tasting-at-heb.html

Well, it was the same wine but this time it tasted awful!  I had bought the wine for steak night in Terlingua but since my friends with the food did not attend this year and I had back problems I did not take the wine or the six pack of Frio Light...it is still in the refrigerator awaiting my review, lol :D

Hope the team you were rooting for won and/or that you got lucky numbers in your football pot.

Good night.  May you all have Terlingua Dreams.

More problems with Cricket

I have been having trouble on and off for the past couple of days with my ISP Cricket.  Today I finally had to get ugly with them.  How can it be that they cannot fix this problem?  This has been going on for almost a month now.  The girl that I got this evening had a terrible accent. Mind you I am not being mean, I should know about accents after all I am a Mexican-American and I have an accent but at least people can understand me or at least I hope so.  Billy Bob, Barney were you able to understand me when you met me?

My accent is not the point here, the point is that if you are going to have a job dealing with the public I think you need to be able to communicate properly with your customers and the person you are trying to help should not be asking you to repeat what you just said and have to do so continuously.  I’m I asking for too much? She said she was going to move my account to a higher level and have someone with more technical knowledge contact me tomorrow.  If this was an option before, why is it that I am just hearing about it tonight? 

Drove into town today and ran several errands.  Was rather surprised our water bill had already arrived at the P.O. Box.  It is never mailed on time and the citizens have been complaining for years that we need more drive-up lanes or alternate methods like the ability to make e-payments. There was a long line today.

 As I was waiting my turn I remembered thinking that the building that is across the street from City Hall (where the water bill is paid) was going to be a new city facility, then I thought perhaps it was a bank.  When it was completed it did not have any kind of sign or gave a clue as to what it might be.  I later found out it was the new FBI headquarters.

Who knew Del Rio had an FBI headquarters?

Swung by my bank and since “the incident” I swear they have been overly friendly to me, guess that is a good thing.  I really like my bank that is why I still have my account there.

I do not know if it is the weather which has been gloomy and cold but I have been taking a lot of naps lately.  Sat down to watch the Super Bowl and fell asleep.  Would wake up and watch a couple commercials and would doze off again.  I therefore cannot say I actually watched the game.

One thing I was able to accomplish today was switching over to a better rate plan after the whopper of an electrical bill we got last month.  We had never paid this much even in the summer time.  My next project is raking the leaves, maybe tomorrow?

Gas went down by one cent to $3.37

Wanted to welcome Papoojack to the blog. Thank you for signing on.

Good night.  May you all have Terlingua Dreams.