I would say that this makes for a good reason not to have snow in south Texas. As it is, drivers here don't handle the rain well, add in snow and\or ice and I think it would look a lot like this...
Sunday, December 14, 2008
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
Laugh with me
Some of you know that I work at a help desk (IT Department). Some days are just plain crazy here and we need help keeping our sanity. Thank heaven for email friends. Occasionally I will get sent a "pick me up". The timing on this one was perfect and it's way too funny not to share with ya'll.
Enjoy!
The down side to winning the lottery:
Tuesday, December 9, 2008
His birthday and I get a glass of wine
Today is my husband’s birthday. He has on more than one occasion said he wanted nothing done. No dinner of his choice, no gifts, nothing. As it is written so it shall be – or will it?
I come in the door from work to be handed a glass of wine and told that dinner was nearly ready. Huh? I nearly go back outside to double check the house number. What happen to the birthday person being catered to? Ends up he feels badly about the fact they (he and my son) were busy mounting the new tv while I cooked half of my birthday dinner 9 days ago. He has also taken care of dishes and a load of laundry before I got home.
Now to the gifts that weren’t suppose to have been.
First my daughter (aka #2) leaves a gift and card on the kitchen counter, right where dad will see it when gets home from work. It is a 3 pack of Dallas Cowboy Christmas ornaments. Next, my son (aka #1) comes home from work, bringing the office with him. His 18 wheeler cab is parked out front. He gives dad a 3 pack of Texas Longhorns ornaments.
I comment how no one seemed to have listened to his wishes and he gruffly answers “yeah”. With that, I hand him my wrapped package. Now he is really mad and I tell him to just open the package. He is moaning and groaning and then he sees what he got. He is ecstatic. I have given him what has to be one of the top ‘male’ movies ever.
“Mel Brooks Blazing Saddles”
I come in the door from work to be handed a glass of wine and told that dinner was nearly ready. Huh? I nearly go back outside to double check the house number. What happen to the birthday person being catered to? Ends up he feels badly about the fact they (he and my son) were busy mounting the new tv while I cooked half of my birthday dinner 9 days ago. He has also taken care of dishes and a load of laundry before I got home.
Now to the gifts that weren’t suppose to have been.
First my daughter (aka #2) leaves a gift and card on the kitchen counter, right where dad will see it when gets home from work. It is a 3 pack of Dallas Cowboy Christmas ornaments. Next, my son (aka #1) comes home from work, bringing the office with him. His 18 wheeler cab is parked out front. He gives dad a 3 pack of Texas Longhorns ornaments.
I comment how no one seemed to have listened to his wishes and he gruffly answers “yeah”. With that, I hand him my wrapped package. Now he is really mad and I tell him to just open the package. He is moaning and groaning and then he sees what he got. He is ecstatic. I have given him what has to be one of the top ‘male’ movies ever.
“Mel Brooks Blazing Saddles”
I of course an no longer in trouble and he is happy with the world once again.
Monday, December 1, 2008
The Gift
(Insert Jack Bauer voiceover)
"The following takes place between the hours of 7 pm and 8 pm on Monday, December 1st"
Oh heaven forbid - I just realized that I got a package from my sister on Saturday. I had decided to wait and open it on Sunday. We now know how that day went...
So - I opened the box after retrieving it and OMG - how does one react to a gift like this? I am "like wow" and "OMG".
Here is the card - this is so funny as I showed my son (tv mounter) and he agreed - she has forgotten what we (they) are like. LOL
"The following takes place between the hours of 7 pm and 8 pm on Monday, December 1st"
Oh heaven forbid - I just realized that I got a package from my sister on Saturday. I had decided to wait and open it on Sunday. We now know how that day went...
So - I opened the box after retrieving it and OMG - how does one react to a gift like this? I am "like wow" and "OMG".
Here is the card - this is so funny as I showed my son (tv mounter) and he agreed - she has forgotten what we (they) are like. LOL
Now to the gift.
WOW!
Even more amazing - the USPS didn’t leave a mark on it.
Even more amazing - the USPS didn’t leave a mark on it.
The new tv...
So how did this monster get here? Had to be some freak of nature...
Or possibly that my husband had gone on and on and on about the burn in spot on our 'old' 57" huge floor tv. To me, it was a 'slight' yellow spot and I never noticed it that much. I'm the type that much like reading, I get into what it is I am watching (or reading) and I just don't see 'that spot' that he kept pointing out.
So on what is suppose to be "my day" (my birthday) turns out to be the day we get a new flat screen tv with a new souround sound. Husband and son (mainly son as he is going for the "I did it myself" on mounting) put the tv up on the wall over the fireplace. Looks good, sound is so-so as the souped up part isn't connected yet.
Now it is today (Monday) and I get a call at the office just before I leave telling me that the boy (who didn't get called for work) has hooked up the sound system. "Hmmmmmmmm" is all I can give it at this point. To be honest, he is as picky as his dad and it will be near perfect, no worries there.
Yup, picture on the wall is good and damn if the sound system doesn't make you look around the room as the THX sound hits. They tossed in several dvd's with different sound starts so I could hear them. I insisted on Twister and boy - I will admit - my skin was crawling (I'm in S. Texas and in San Antonio twisters while rare, can hit).
WOW!!!
Or possibly that my husband had gone on and on and on about the burn in spot on our 'old' 57" huge floor tv. To me, it was a 'slight' yellow spot and I never noticed it that much. I'm the type that much like reading, I get into what it is I am watching (or reading) and I just don't see 'that spot' that he kept pointing out.
So on what is suppose to be "my day" (my birthday) turns out to be the day we get a new flat screen tv with a new souround sound. Husband and son (mainly son as he is going for the "I did it myself" on mounting) put the tv up on the wall over the fireplace. Looks good, sound is so-so as the souped up part isn't connected yet.
Now it is today (Monday) and I get a call at the office just before I leave telling me that the boy (who didn't get called for work) has hooked up the sound system. "Hmmmmmmmm" is all I can give it at this point. To be honest, he is as picky as his dad and it will be near perfect, no worries there.
Yup, picture on the wall is good and damn if the sound system doesn't make you look around the room as the THX sound hits. They tossed in several dvd's with different sound starts so I could hear them. I insisted on Twister and boy - I will admit - my skin was crawling (I'm in S. Texas and in San Antonio twisters while rare, can hit).
WOW!!!
Sunday, November 30, 2008
Birth of a blog
Welcome to the birth of my first blog.
I had envisioned so much more for my maiden post but as the saying goes:
“The best laid plans of mice and men often go astray.”
That is how my day went and the plans for me launching the first post of my first blog.
“Happy Birthday” to my blog & “Happy Birthday” to me – I am 46 yrs old today.
I had envisioned so much more for my maiden post but as the saying goes:
“The best laid plans of mice and men often go astray.”
That is how my day went and the plans for me launching the first post of my first blog.
“Happy Birthday” to my blog & “Happy Birthday” to me – I am 46 yrs old today.
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