December 31 we scheduled to have MaeMae, Megan and Kali come over. JoyAnna was invited to a friends, so she went there. We tried to watch Mama Mia, but the DVD player wouldn't work. We ended up just hanging out. We had a great dinner of white chili and jalepeno cornbread. We watched some football and bits and pieces of the New Year's eve in Times Square. We looked for Eric, but never saw him.
Dean and I got to sleep in on New Year's day. We had the morning to ourselves. We went to eat breakfast and then to best buy to look around. I am working on a business plan. I really want to be successful as a photographer. I need a few things to really make myself productive. Anyway, we looked around some for some ideas.
We drove out to get JoyAnna and her friend Brittany. We had a traditional New Year's meal with Anne and Jiggs. We watched a little more football and just hung out there for a while. We did a little window shopping on the east side of town before going back to Brittany's. There we hung out with her family and had dinner. It was a lot of fun to just hang out. Brittany came back to spend the night to go with us to look for snow today.
Mae Mae, Megan, and Kali came for us and we headed north into New Mexico. We started seeing just a little bit along the road and finally working its way up the mountain. Once we got to Cloudcroft there was quite a bit of snow. There was not enough to open the ski lift, but it we stopped at a park and climbed up the mountain and slid down. We tried to make a snowman, but it was just a foot of powder.
We had so much fun. We really needed more than one sled. We did have fun. I will post photos on my other site.
We slid for a while before we decided we needed to find something to eat. We headed back into the town and decided on the 'best burger in cloudcroft.' Our poor waitress must have been having a really rotten day. The dining room only had 5 tables. There were 2 more tables beside the kitchen in the room with the register and a table for 2 in the hall. We needed a place for 7 of us. We told her we needed a table for 7. She said "it is going to be quite a while. You can go down to the the next cafe to eat." Megan asked her if it was any good. She said "our burgers are better." Well ok, that really makes me want to go somewhere else.
I asked if we could sit at the tables by the register and the one in the hall. That would seat the 7 of us. She didn't act too happy, but she did agree to letting us.
A family of 4 got up and went to the register. That left two tables in the main dining room. There were 6 seats there. We decided we could use it and the table in the hall and not be so squished in the 'register room' Well, she didn't like that at all. We were told we needed to be together. Well, ok. So we moved in there, added a nother chair.
She was not a happy person. It was obvious. We did get our food and it was mostly correct. She did fix the problems. You could just tell she loved her job. My sandwich was great. We got up to pay for lunch. She rang it up. I handed her the debit card. She looked at me and said "cash or check." I was like, Oh, wow. I never saw a sign that said cash only. I had to go borrow money from Mae Mae to pay until we got to the ATM across the street. It was interesting.
We walked around a little bit in the town before heading up to the Inn at Cloudcroft. We went to the tower and looked at the beauty around the inn. We window shopped in the hotel shops. JoyAnna checked out the fudge shop. The lady was nice and told her how they made some of the different fudges.
We decided to go back for some icecream. It was in the same area as those burgers. You guessed it- the happy waitress was also our server for icecream. I wanted chocolate ice cream. I was told it was going to be a while. I decided I could do without.
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