Afternoons with Melissa

Ordering and having things delivered is such a convenience. I mean it saves you from leaving the house. It frees up some of your time. It is a great world that we live in where we can basically get anything delivered to us.

We like to think that we can predict the weather. Yes, us regular ol' folks without a meteorology degree have all sorts of ways to tell you how mild or severe our winter will be.

The more stuff we can find for the family to do this holiday season the more memories we get to create. There is so much fun out there to be had. You just have to register or show up.

We were having a discussion about going out to eat recently. We do it a lot in Amarillo. I get it. It's a convenience not to have to cook. It's a lot more fun not having to clean up either. Plus you can get food that you don't cook at home. So you get to try new things.

It is a magical time of the year. The magic of Christmas. The fun that comes with it. You want your children to have lasting memories. You hope for many traditions to be able to pass down with them.

No matter how you look at it Texas has it all. We have so much going for us. We have so many places to see. We have towns like Happy that just the name makes us, well, Happy.

To just think that we left behind the time in our holiday season to give thanks. We did that. We spent time with the family. All that time with food, fun, and family included pets that may or may not have done something to get in trouble.

The kids in Amarillo headed back to school on Monday looking forward to the Christmas break that is just ahead of them. There is a lot of magic in the air this time of year. The Christmas tree may be up. The lights are on the house. The Christmas inflatables fill the yard.

It all started with a simple closing of a restaurant on Halloween. OK, some places give their staff off for some holidays so maybe this wasn't so crazy. That one closed day didn't necessarily mean things were not looking up for a restaurant that a lot of us loved.