Carrie’s Place

Its been an amazing month! Between gearing up for the Spring for Horny Toad and Fort Hood, and getting in a little personal travel, time has flown!

The move to the new Horny Toad is looming ever nearer – they painted the building last week, and it is slowly starting to resemble the artists rendering George has been showing everyone. I have been a busy bee working to get bands signed up, dates reserved, and crawfish ordered!!!

Dan seems to be fitting in with the Horny Toad crowd just fine! His “photography skills” at the HOG Appreciation turned out lots of great pics. He must have made a great impression because everyone seems to be curious about him – gone are the days of people asking “So, Carrie, how are the cats?” LOL! Now it’s “So, Carrie, how is Dan doing? When is he coming back into town?” LOL!!!

After Christmas, we headed out to Houston and to New Orleans…with a few detours.

Our first stop was in Houston to have dinner with Heather and Tori. After lots of laughs and hugs, we headed out to New Orleans to spend a couple of days with Dan’s family. They are as close as family gets, their laughter is contagious, and the warmth from their love is embracing!!!

After another stop back in Houston, and to Boondoggles in Clear Lake for an absolutely filling night of Apple Cider Beer and Seafood Pizza, we crashed for the night and headed out to Austin the next day. This was our third attempt to eat at Magnolia Cafe - the line is typically 1 hr or longer for a wait! If you’ve never had their bbq chicken enchiladas, you have to try ‘em! (Its on my menu for this weekend – I can’t wait to see how they come out!)

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Dan’s birthday was January 16th – you wouldn’t know he hit 48! He parties like he’s 21 and loves like he’s not a day older than me! Well, I wouldn’t have missed his birthday for anything – I was too excited about giving him his birthday present (tix to see Robin Williams in Austin! Woohoo!).

We celebrated Dan’s and Denise’s birthday starting Friday night at one of Dan’s favorite hangouts, the Landing, with lots of wine and beer. Yeah, Dan and Denise are definitely siblings!!! (They kind of remind me of me and Yllisia back in our younger days…yeah, whose getting older? Definitely not Dan and Denise! What’s up with that Yllisia???) Then we finished it off Saturday night with presents and lots of food (thanks to Liz and her awesome gumbo!!). Oh yeah - and Dan definitely lived up to his reputation as being a WINDOW LICKER when he spent a better half of the night trying to lick Denise’s glasses!!!

This is Dan and his Sister Denise:

Yeah, very appropriate for us, kissing in front of a wall of alcohol!!! LOL!!!

WINDOW LICKER ALERT!!!

We visited the New Orleans Zoo while there - gotta love the wildlife!

Now I’m taking the deep breath before the storm. Lots to look forward to! Life is good!

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