Caching while visiting grandma

This past week has been highly emotional for my family. Last Friday, we were informed that my grandma was in the hospital from a fall in the nursing home and I drove to the hospital with my mom and dad from Dallas to west of Houston. I spent a couple of days there with the family, then drove home with my parents on Sunday and went to work Monday. During dinner Monday, my dad called that my grandma had passed away and I called my siblings and a cousin to let them know. We are preparing for her funeral, which will take place Friday in Eagle Lake.

While she was in the hospital, to get a few minutes of peace, I stepped outside into the hospital parking lot and grabbed the cache located there - Twilight - Just here for the Blood!.

So, a co-worker was looking for a hobby in Waco

Today, I went to a lunch with a couple of co-workers since once of those co-workers will start working remotely in Waco next week and we won't see him so much. We were talking about things to do in Waco, and hubby and I thought this would be a good time to introduce him to geocaching. I opened the app on my phone, and sure enough, there is a cache less than 300 feet away, so we decide to walk there after we finish eating. What a pleasant surprise, and now I think he may be hooked. We'll see the next time I go to Waco.

2012 goal recap and new goals for 2013

Recapping 2012

Find 500 caches total:

100 %

Find 300 caches:

69 %

Find caches in 2 countries:

150 %

Find caches in 5 states:

140 %

Finds for each day of the year:

28 %

Goals for 2013

• Find 150 caches
• Get finds for each day of the year to 67% (currently at 28%)
• Find caches in 1 country
• Find caches in 5 states
• Get in the top 1500 TX geocachers (currently at 1774)

Finding my 500th cache

Today was all about getting to the magic number 500, and I made it. My 500th cache was a fantastic hide, and I was way excited once it was located!

The End is Near

Snow and caching for Jason's birthday

Today, we drove to see snow and celebrate Jason's birthday. Only found one cache today (Family Series: Sundae), but we had a great time, including a impromptu birthday feast for Jason in the trunk of the rental car.