Betty's Blog

SOLD     8062 FM 631 East, Taft, TX 78390   10 acres on FM 631 East, Taft, TX 78390      San Patricio County, TX   $74,900. ($7,490 per acre)  SOLD in 14 Days! 10 acres, Rincon water meter & a water well, 2 septic tanks, electricity, phone, fenced and cross-fenced, road frontage, drive with culve...

Taco Bell is coming up fast at the new Gateway at Leander center on the corner of old Highway 183 and Crystal Falls Parkway in Leander.  Soon Leander residents and passers by will be chompin' those crunchy tacos and burritos washed down with a Mountain Dew or other Pepsi product! 

5/7/08  Taco Bell and Kohl's are goin' up quick at the new Gateway at Leander where the new Lowe's is at the corner of 183 and Crystal Falls Parkway in Leander.  There is plenty of leasable space available too- for instance Reunion Square, just south of Crystal Falls on 183.  Also, Sharon Stegall...

I love New Braunfels. Besides enjoying Landa Park and Wurstfest- I have a lot of history there. These are 2 of my early German ancestors: Johanne Heinrich Andreas Breustedt  and  Wilhelmine Caroline DauerBreustedt Kitchen   http://www.9key.com/markers/marker_detail.asp?atlas_number=50910005021858...

This picture is of my grandmother, Mrs. O.W. Sandstom at her home in Hyde Park at 608 Texas Avenue, Austin, TX in 1974 on  her birthday.  She died March 14th 1976 and is buried in the Sandstrom plot in the old Oakwood Cemetary in Austin, along with my grandfather and parents (Raetzsch). Oakwood i...

4.239 acre waterfront lot in Rockport, Texas with approx. 400' waterfront.   2707 Highway 35 north, Rockport, TX.  Located 1/2 mile south of City By The Sea in Aransas County Texas.  Only 1 island separates the lot from the Intracostal Canal.  This fantastic waterfront lot is located about halfwa...

I love recycling and reusing things.  I shop resale; recycle plastic bags, plastic, glass, aluminum & metal, light bulbs, batteries, paper; I also drive a 4 cylinder car energy efficiently, compost, organic garden, etc.  Perhaps you have not heard of the wonderful organization FreeCycle.  Get and...