411 The Walters Bunch

We made it to Fair Park with only a little bit of an issue.  What a fun week! For Christmas A bought her and I tickets to go see Shen Yun. I have seen advertisements for this over the past 20+ years and have slowly come to want to see what it is about and how it has managed to last so long. What it is about is China before the rise of Communism. It showcases traditional Chinese dances and songs along with traditional instruments. While some of the story was a little corny, the costumes, dancing, singing, and instruments were very interesting. We had a wonderful time and since we were out and about in Dallas we went ahead and made a visit to Trader Joe's. Which in a complete power move, the girl scouts had set up a cookie booth right in front of the gym next to Trader Joe's! There was a literal line to buy cookies. Lol. Dallas actually kept to their word and put up fencing under the overpasses and bridges to keep the homeless encampments at bay near the Fair Park area. Most of t...

  ❄️ ❄️❄️❄️It was sunny but crazy cold ❄️ ❄️ ❄️ ❄️  The weather has been really crazy this week. We finally got all the snow melted and enjoyed a few days of nice weather before the next cold front came through. Thankfully, this was a dry front for us. No ice or snow worries at all. It was just really cold. We had tickets to go see Come From Away on the day the front came through. I have to say the half mile walk in the strong north winds was rather unpleasant, but the show made up for it all! A picked us out FANTASTIC seats. We were dead center. A picked those because there was no intermission during this show. If there would have been we would have had to climb over 30 seats to get in and out. However, the show was so fast moving we didn't even realize an hour and forty five minutes had gone by! D said it was the BEST production he had EVER seen! It was from the perspective of the town of Gander, New Foundland of what it was like when 38 planes arrived after the United State...

  We were super excited when it first started falling! So as predicted we managed to get about 7.5" of snow starting first thing in the morning on the day T was scheduled to take his driving test. He absolutely refused to cancel it though. He said if they would still let him that he would take his test in the snow! Of course, we got the notification of his test being cancelled around 12:30 pm. His test was at 3:00 pm. Honestly, I was kind of surprised that they waited that long to cancel it. I was super worried that we would have to go online and reschedule it, which would have taken quite awhile. I miss the days of just going up there, waiting in line for the day, and getting what you needed to get done finished on whatever day you decided to go. Now, you need to know months in advance what your schedule is. It's annoying. Luckily, since they cancelled on us, this particular branch of the DPS emailed us directly to reschedule and we got to skip the waiting. Therefore, on a be...

  Noelle is ready for the cold snap. The Bunch have put the holidays behind us and are really excited for the new year! The Christmas tree came down on the 26th of December, but not because I am excited for Christmas to be over or anything, but because Noelle would not stay out of the tree! She tried to use it as a hiding spot and let me tell you, the branches are NOT designed to hold up a 10# cat! They start sagging and making my tree look like there are huge holes in it. It's so frustrating! She also knocks off the ornaments and tries to eat the plastic needles. I thought MiMi would be the issue since she's a kitten and it's her first Christmas, but she actually did really well.  She let me know up front that putting my grandma's hand crocheted popcorn strands up would be an issue so I sadly left them off this year and she did great. Since Axl has decided his nighttime duty is to keep the kitties in line when Noelle would get up to her Christmas tree antics during the...