Where I Work (The Estates on Lake Granbury)

This is where I work. It's called The Estates on Lake Granbury. It's really a great place to work but it is also where I like to practice my other favorite past time and that is fish. I love to fish, however, I was only able to fish a couple of times this year. North Central Texas has been in a drought this summer and our lake is starting to get just a tad low. The water line is now almost to the boat house. (bottom center of the above picture).

This picture above was taken from the dock at my work. It's late in the day and the sun is setting. Near the center of the picture you can just barely make out the courthouse clock in downtown Granbury.

The picture on the right shows my husband's scarecrow tree. That's poison ivy growing all over it. The pictures attached too it are of sunsets taken while I was fishing at The Estates. The first time I fished there I got sunburned so bad I could hardly put on my glasses. I learned to start wearing sunscreen.

This is me in the atrium (front lobby) of The Estates on Lake Granbury. One of the residents took my picture because she knew she was moving to an assisted living place closer to her family. The community I work for is an independent living facility for people age 55 and older. I think now our median age is about 80 something years. But we have some youngsters of just over 55 years old. I know one thing for sure we have a lot of spry elders at The Estates. There's never a dull moment.

The next picture is of me on our boat dock with one of the huge carp that like to hang out around our shore line. Several of our folks like to feed the ducks and geese that call us home during the summertime months. The top picture of this set is me actually doing my job sitting behind the desk and doing all those things that helps me make a living.

The picture of me with the horse was taken at The Dallas World Aquarium. That horse was just about a foot taller than me. He was still friendly, for a horse.

I have worked for The Estates on Lake Granbury for little over 5 years. I learn something new almost everyday. One of my fishing buds showed me how to catch more fish. Some of his tricks actually worked. I'll try to find some more pictures of me and my fish. I've caught carp, catfish, all kinds of bass, a turtle or two, and anything else that swims in Lake Granbury.

If you would like to learn more about where I work check out:
http://www.theestatesonlakegranbury.com/

Television In My Home

Lately I've been really upset with my cable company. They took away 5 stations in one fail swoop. Oh! Excuse me! They didn't take them away, the stations are now digital and the only way to receive them is with a digital receiver. After much fanfare we finally got a digital receiver. Wait, what do I hear? My VCR not recording the digital stations that were made digital with no warning to their customers.

So more fighting with the cable company and we get a DVR. We still can't record using the VCR but the DVR can record two stations at a time and I can watch them when I get home from work at night.

The cable company kept saying that their customers will have to get a digital receiver to get any stations after the "big" digital conversion in Feb. '09. According to the Watchdog in our local newspaper that information is incorrect. Supposedly when the conversion happens the cable company will change the signal back to analog so our older model televisions can get the signal. That begs to ask: How many stations is the cable company going to convert? Those who don't have digital receivers may only get a few stations. Something to think about, isn't it?