Valentine’s day was in two days, so we decided to go to San Antonio, Texas; we thought it might be an ideal romantic place to visit. We took off on Friday morning, so we could have 3 days wonderful days to play and explore.

I looked up on the Internet for the better hotels in San Antonio to stay at, I rented a car online and I looked up some places of interest just in case we leave our hotel suite. Believe it or not, that only took my 10 minutes! 10 minutes to book a room, rent a car and find fun places to check out! I don’t know what I’d do if there wasn’t the Internet. I mean, how did  people do it without the Internet? How?!?

We started out at 5am in the morning to beat all the rush hour traffic, we put one hundred miles on the rental, when my husband realized he left his wallet at the car rental place. I was a bit peeved for only a minute, but as we were heading back, I remember one time when I left my purse at home and we had to turn around when we were 300 miles out! So, I began to laugh and so did my husband, we were even!

When we got to the car rental place, they were ready for us, they had my husbands wallet and gladly turned it over to him. We were back on the road, still missing the rush hour and we made good time (speeding) and made it to San Marcos by 9am. We stopped off at a donut shop and downed a couple of donuts with coffee. We reached San Antonio around 10am and before we checked in to our hotel, we headed to the Alamo. At the Alamo we saw the 1845 war reenacted by city volunteers all dressed in 1845 garb. The Alamo was a Spanish missionary, which became an important landmark for San Antonio, it’s where The Texas War of Independence took place and where many Texan soldiers died.

After the Alamo, we headed to our hotel and checked in. I have a few more places of interest to check out while we’re here, I just don’t know if will get a chance to leave our room.

I had finally decided to move to Rockville, Maryland.  I was in desperate need of a living situation such as the sculptor portrayed in the movie “Cast Away“, who was shown in the beginning scene of the movie making her metal sculptures, and then illustrated by her package which remained with Tom Hanks on the island unopened, and then the last scene when he brought it back to her.  She had a beautiful old farmhouse, with a giant barn which she used for her studio.  I had grown up in Phoenix, Arizona and there seems to be a lack of history in the city.  It is naive to think that is not any history in Phoenix, but it is just not often reflected in the architecture…it is one stretch of a peach-colored strip mall.

So the history of Rockville appealed to me, the historic buildings and houses renovated with the help of Next Day Blinds.  Rockville was now my new home, and I had some of my own renovating to do before I could get to work sculpting in, yes! my big, old barn sculpting studio.  With my welder, my metal and steel, and my supplies waiting for me in that barn, I began to work on the house.  I pulled up the old carpets and laid down old wooden planks I had removed from the barn.  I refinished them and although they looked rustic, they were shiny and restored.

I then re-tiled the kitchen and the bathroom with ceramic tile I had brought with me from home.  Just a bit of the flair of from country of Mexico to remind me where I came from.  Then it was time to set out to take care of what to do with my windows.  The windows had been recently updated, but I wanted something other than the old drapery to cover them.  I went to Next Day Blinds.  Rockville residents have been taken care of for years by this company, so with their own history as evidence, I knew that they would help me find the right window coverings for me.  And they did.  They worked with me on the colors and the styles and by the time the blinds were installed, my farmhouse creation was complete.  I was ready to gear up and head out the welder in the barn, for now there were new creations to embark upon.