Ale for the Soul

A few weeks ago, Thanksgiving came early as I was able to travel a few hours in order to visit family in the hill country.  This made up for being on my own for yesterday's Thanksgiving holiday.  Not wanting to waste away the day in nothing-ness, I set out for Sherman, Texas.  Someone asked me, "What's in Sherman?"  My response was meant to be humorous, "Don't know...never been there before!"  Ha ha!  I did have a loose itinerary as I performed an internet search of activities available in the Sherman area.  First on the list was West Hill Cemetery.  As some of you may already know from reading a few of the previous blog posts,  I am an active genealogist on the Find A Grave website.  My great-grandfather's brother and sister-in-law are interred in this cemetery, and for quite some time I've been wanting to go check it out.  Having never been to this particular cemetery, finding it wasn't very difficult; however, figuring out the la...

The boss and I made a deal on the schedule.  He needed a few days over the weekend in order to visit family in Beaumont.  This was while I was trying to see what I could wrangle out of him for the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday.  Haven't seen my own family in quite a while and didn't want to have Mom spend Turkey Day all by herself.  Even though the timing was a little off as the holiday was still two weeks away, I couldn't be picky.  With bags packed and loaded in the vehicle the night before, I was up bright and early the next morning and departed somewhat on time.  I had three glorious days off to enjoy before needing to come back to reality in working three double shifts for the boss.  In the end, the trade-off was well worth the sacrifice and effort.  Mom still needed to work during two of these days; however, we still enjoyed a day filled with shopping and eating in Victoria.  On the other days, I was able to connect with a contact throu...