Home Sweet Home

Home Sweet Home. Thoroughly enjoyed our trip through Oklahoma, Missouri and Kansas but it was nice to be home with the Hubby, Lilley and sleep in my own bed.
I think Pamela was happy too. She got to cuddle with her pups. She captured some nice Rock'n K pictures. David has been busy planting trees, building raised garden beds, and planting some veggie plants.
 Jerry came up to the fence requesting his jaw to be rubbed. He's such a charmer when he wants to be. I also think he likes his picture taken. Pamela was trying to catch a picture of the dogs but caught Jerry peeking through the fence at her and the pups.

He and the pups have some sort of relationship. Nose to nose. LOL Through the fence of course. Pamela hung out with us till about 11ish but she was ready to get unpacked and rest in her own home.






David asked if I wanted to run some errands on Saturday morning (6/1) with him and off we went. He had been telling me of this place he saw when he went to get some rock that we needed to go check out so this is where we ended up at on our outing just about lunch time.

photo from  Edge General Store FB

Such a cool place. The young lady behind the cash register gave us the tour and history along with future plans for the place.
The Edge General Store was built back in 1907 but was abandoned in 1967 until 2007 when Ron and Teresa Bordeau bought and remodeled the place.

When the store was shut down they just locked the doors and walked away. Everything was left on the shelves and the current owners 40 years later saved everything and proudly display it on shelves around the walls. They have preserved some of the history. We had lunch there. Mouth watering burgers on jalapeno buns. Not Keto but oh my goodness. Now we tried to save where we could.... LOL... We got a German chocolate dessert. It was made Keto and it was really tasty.  They did have other items on the menu but the burgers caught our eye.  They have a big back room where you can have a gathering. They had just hosted a graduation party I think it was. They used to have live music but ran into issues with needing to pay licensing fees for the singers singing cover songs. Did you know that churches also have to pay licensing fees to sing the songs from the hymenal. I didn't.
The store also has Steak night on Saturday's starting at 5:30pm. If I remember right for $21 you get a like a 20oz steak with sides. Wow. To date David and I haven't made it back to try it out but everyone sitting around us said it was delicious and you don't want to miss it. You can call ahead to save a plate if you're running late.
Inside you will find some unique gift items and clothing. They also have displayed the original store ledger and found on one of the pages where Teresa Bordeau's dad did some business back in the day.
The current owners have taken an abandoned store and saved a historical site. They have rebuilt the front porch and added a bathroom.
They've bought a house just down from the store and turning it into the Creek's Edge Retreat. Perfect for those quick getaways or maybe a wedding venue or even stay there when attending a fighting Aggie Game. Between the house and store they are in the process of building a wedding venue. The framing is up. This place is really cool. You'll find it off 974 and Edge cut off road. About 20 minutes NE of Bryan.
When we get home I find Jerry laying amongst the wild flowers. All relaxed and enjoying life.

He can be such a pretty boy.









The girls came to spend the night and play with Lilley. And they do play hard plus running with Jerry. When they come in the first thing they do is lay on the cool concrete. I'm sure it feels good on their tummies.  Brianna is such a pretty girl but she can be loud.

And Sophie has such a teddy bear face. She's our little pillow princess. Trust me after her tummy cools off she finds the pillow on the couch to rest her head.  And Lilley is our pretty lady.  She always looks so innocent but the looks can be deceiving.

I took the girls home Tuesday (6/4) when I went to pick up Pamela so we could go visit Mom. We picked her up so we could go to lunch at the Whistle Stop Tea Room in Tomball and go get her hair trimmed and shaped up. 

With her tummy full we went to see Brittany so she could work some magic on Mom's hair. I've never seen it this long. One day she'll say it's so long and that it's driving her nuts then a couple days later she'll be saying she kinda likes her hair longer.

This could be rough. But it went smoothly.  She said she wanted lots of it cut off then she'd say well maybe not so much.  LOL I wouldn't let Brittany take it too short this time just to make sure Mom was okay with it. The big thing is to give it some shape.

Once Brittany was done Mom didn't stop looking at it or playing with it.  Whew!  It could have gone either way. But when I asked her to turn around she had the biggest smile on her face. She liked it. She called me the next day to tell me how much she liked it but maybe next time we could go a little shorter and especially around her face.  Her hair naturally tends to fall into her face.  It was nice making her happy. Pamela and I did good and Brittany did great!

My sister-in-law Lynn joined the ranks of the retired while Pamela and I were out running the highways in May. I asked her recently how it felt. She said right now it just feels like she's off for the summer since she's always off in the summers.  She's She was a teacher in CyFair ISD. Same district I retired from.  I'm sure it will sink in by August when she would be going back on contract.  Congratulations to her on a job well done on trying to educate the youth of today.

Are you ready for another trip? It's a quick one. This time it's me and David... But more on that on my next post.

Until then....Live every day as if it were your last, because one of these days, you’ll be right… unknown