Thursday, August 20, 2009

Bored


About 3 Fridays ago I arrived home from work, and my daughter Madeline reported that she had been bored that day (sis was meeting her new roommates in College Station). So she began to tell me that she had completed 5 "art" projects. She's great that way....she comes up with all kinds of creative ways to take stuff laying around and make it into something fun and cool (she's left handed). Then she said she had also "painted a picture of girl". Her "girl" is named Lucy. Lucy makes me smile - I love her eyebrows!

Sunday, August 16, 2009

Milestones

Eighteen years ago today I was so excited because in 5 days I was going to give birth to my first baby! We didn't find out the sex, and we could barely wait to find out. She was a scheduled C-Section, as she was breech. When Dr. Jernigan said "It's a girl", and we knew she was okay, we couldn't contain our JOY! Fast forward 18 years, and we're in College Station, getting ready to go to Fish Camp. Another huge JOY! Thank you Susannah for filling our lives with your joy!

Friday, August 14, 2009

Friday


Yeah! It's Friday. I've been home since around 6. Stopped at Tom Thumb and got a great bottle of Chardonnay - Cambria 2006 Katherine's Vineyard. Have enjoyed it tonight while watching various TV, running the dishwasher, and making "mental notes" for leaving for Aggieland on Sunday....much more to come on this topic. Here's an image of one of my many angels that inhabit my home. ENJOY! P.S. She REALLY needs to be polished...

Wednesday, August 12, 2009

Dogs and Poop


We awoke again (also happened yesterday) to a foul odor, although one that is familiar. One of our dogs (to remain unnamed), went into the master bathroom during the night and dropped a hot, steaming pile of poop. Upon awakening, this immediately sends myself and my spouse into a homicidal rage (not sure what you call the desire to kill a dog). It was spouses turn to clean it up :) Yes, life is sweet.

Monday, August 10, 2009

So much to do

Today I had a long list of "to dos". My goal was to complete this list while at work, by making good use of my time while sitting on conference calls and during lunch. You see, my almost 18 year old daughter is leaving in less than a week for college. Yes, her freshman year. The list of "to dos" has been LONG....but we are so close. I realized that while I didn't think getting her ready was stressing me out, I managed to gain 15 pounds since January. You know, if you just eat enough and drink enough wine, your anxiety will go away....hmmmmm, well anyway, back to today. Luckily, one can take care of most of the "to dos" solely online quickly and easily. I checked into getting her a birthday cake in College Station, as we move her into her apartment on her 18th birthday. I called the cable company and arranged for a DVR for her new place, I re-ordered her parking permit as there had been an issue with the on-line process the first time I ordered it, I ordered her Sports Pass to get her into all the football games, and I tried to pay the final tuition payment, but the site was not ready yet for the Fall tuition payments. And I also checked off my work "to do" list, making great progress on piggy-backing on someone else's product test. It's been a great day!