More is More

We’re packing up to go home and I’m ready to be there.  Six nights is longer than I’ve been away for many years.  While I love to take trips, I prefer them to be short – usually 3 or 4 nights.  I actually have a little project to share today.  I brought these little gifts to the girls who stayed at Sharon’s (all except Taylor – that’s what you get for keeping secrets!  *wink*)

I ordered these tiny tins from Specialty Bottle.  I’m not very good at picturing the size of things so I *thought* they would be the perfect size for the soft fuzzy bootie socks I had purchased.  As it turned out I had to roll up the socks and STUFF them in these little tins.  LOL!  The tags are from TE and the dp is Imaginesce from eP.  The yummy velvet ribbon is from TexasJodyLynn and the sentiment is from a SU hostess set.

The past couple of days we’ve been total tourists visiting Dealy Plaza and the School Book Depository in Dallas and the Stockyards in Fort Worth.  For me visiting Dealy Plaza was the experience of a lifetime.  I wasn’t even 2 years old when President Kennedy was shot, so I don’t know why I have always been so interested in him, his Presidency and the assasination, but it has always completely fascinated me.  Yesterday at Dealey Plaza we met a man who claims to be an eye-witness.  He says he was 13 years old and there with his family and he even carries a photo that shows him in the background.  I don’t know if it’s true or not, but we found him completely captivating.  We talked with him (along with a few other tourists) for over half an hour.  He whole-heartedly believes that Oswald was not the actual assasin.  I’ve never wanted to be a conspiracy nut, but I’ve also never really bought the Warren Commission explanation.  Even my completely logical and scientific skeptic husband had his doubts by the time we were done there!

Here’s a photo of Curt (yellow shirt and jeans) on the grassy knoll.

To the far left you can see a wooden picket fence and that’s where there were supposedly one or two additional shooters.  There are paint marks on the back side of the fence to indicate their positions.  There is a white “X” in the street marking the spot of the President’s car when the last fatal shot hit him.

Curt went out int he middle of the street and stood on the “X” to take this photo of the Book Depository.

It’s the building closest to us and the window the shots came from is on the 6th floor (2nd down from the top) on the far right.  The museum inside is very interesting as well and we spent almost 2 hours there.  It really brought home the deep emotion of the nation at the time of the assasination.  This weekend will be the 45th anniversary and apparantly a lot of the living eye witnesses will come to the grassy knoll.  I wish we could be here for that, but I’m very gald we got to come when it’s relatively uncrowded.

Yesterday we hung out with Meg and her friend Cyndie at the Stockyards.

At 4:00 everyday they have a cattle drive.  It was fun to see some longhorns up close.

And here’s Curt as a cowboy!

Texas has been a blast, but this California city-girl is ready to get home.  Thanks for coming along with me.  I might have a few more pics to share after I get home.  And I’m seriously dying to do some stamping!