In Honor of the 2008 Olympic's

Because it's been a sad week and I could use a laugh. Hope it makes you laugh too.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EO_BnsrWMnI

Sad Weekend

Sun August 17, 2008
Two die in Oklahoma wrecks, including boy on ATV

From Staff Reports
Two people died in state wrecks Saturday afternoon, including an 8-year-old boy riding on an all-terrain vehicle, according to the Oklahoma Highway Patrol.
Dead are:

Michael Lane McCloud, 8, Richardson, Texas.

Michael died when the all-terrain vehicle on which he was riding rolled on top of him in southern McClain County north of Lindsey, the patrol said.

About 4:45 p.m., Kinsey McCloud, 12, of Richardson, Texas, was driving the ATV in a pasture in the 15000 block of Meridian Avenue when she made a sharp left turn, the patrol said. The ATV rolled onto its side and landed on top of Michael, who died at the scene.

Kinsey and another passenger, Sue Harrison, 59, of Lindsey, were not hurt, the patrol said.

Troopers did not say if anyone was wearing a helmet.

In its preliminary accident report, the patrol cited excessive speed as the cause of the wreck.

This has been a sad weekend for the Powell family. Lane was the grandson of my Soul mate's cousin. Please remember this family in your prayers as they are suffering tremendously...

Around the office...

Just a glimpse of my life at work....around my office

Pretty entertaining???

Maybe I should get back to work and clean up my space around here?!?!

Great Weekend!!

Here's the link to our great weekend in photos. http://www2.snapfish.com/thumbnailshare/AlbumID=234691168/a=79158315_79158315/t_=79158315 Everything went well and I think everyone had a good time.

We left early Saturday morning and met Weasel and family at Joe's Crab Shack for lunch. After lunch we went to the Science Place in Amarillo. It was lots of fun! Then we headed to Canyon to our Motel and then the dinner at Taco Bell and then the play TEXAS. It was a long day but everyone held up well including Mr. New Knee conquering all the stairs up and down! Sunday we all piled in our cars and made it back home in round about ways. Some ways intentional and some not...

Friday Fav

ROAD TRIP!!!






We will be rising early tomorrow for a weekend Road Trip.








I've really been looking forward to this one because most of my kiddos are going with us. Well, all but 3 of us. I guess 9 out of 12 isn't too bad. Our oldest son and his family and our favorite daughter (without her hubby...he's in Vegas on business) will be going. We're going to miss Jaybird and his bride, too.



It's not too late to change your mind......


We have tickets for the Texas musical on Saturday night. I think the grandkids will enjoy it along with everyone else. Ladybug has promised not to cry this time.....she went when she was about 10 or so and cried when they broke for intermission because she thought it was over!








Just a wee bit worried how Mr. Bad Knee is going to maneuver these....



He got clearance from the knee surgeon on Wednesday. I believe our seats are somewhere in the middle.


I guess I'll fill in all the details on Monday as to how we made it.

Busy, busy, busy

I've been busy, busy, busy these last few days. I'm ready for my soulmate to recover and take back his share of the responsibilites. Trying to work and care for him is enough but on top of everything else I had a baby shower at my house this week for a co-worker. It was a pretty simple affair but enough to keep me running around for a few days trying to get everything together. The baby is a girl so I dolled up everything in pink....



This is the table but it wasn't quite completed here.

The menu was Chicken Salad sandwiches, Cream Cheese Pinwheels (cream cheese with extra goodies rolled up in a flour tortilla and then sliced...don't know another name for these??) a hot Chicken Enchilada Dip, fresh veggies, and fresh fruit, cupcakes, nuts and mints, lemonade and iced tea.


I also made little pacifers out of two mint Lifesavers and one pink Jelly Belly. I tied a piece of pink ribbon on the "handle" of each to dress it up some.

I also created a banner/clothes line across the entry to the kitchen with the baby's name spelled out and some goodies hung up on the line. I printed the letters on the computer and then traced them onto scrapbook paper and cut them out and laminated them. The picture isn't real clear, but maybe you can make it out...

Uh, the baby's name is not ORGAN....it looks like the "M" was cut off the front of the clothes line.









I think everyone had a good time and the mother-to-be got lots of pretties.

Friday Favs

In celebration of the last day of the week I think another Favorite is in order... this is a recent favorite and a hard one to find!




Sour
Skittles!!

Luckily, the Kroger closest to our house has had them, but a lot of the time they are out. I've looked for them at other places, but no one else seems to carry them.

The last time I was at Kroger there was a man on his cell phone and the conversation went like this...."Ok, tell me again what kind of candy I'm suppose to be looking for? Skittles? Ok, here they are.....oh, not regular Skittles? Sour? ummmm?" At this point I wanted to grab the two bags on the shelf and run, but I have bad knees and knew I wouldn't get very far, so I politely handed him one of the two bags that were left. The next time I went there were a dozen or more bags so I helped myself to two bags this time and it lasted me over a week. Even sharing it with others.

I wish I worked with this guy... http://www.skittles.com/advertising/index.jsp


He probably drives
this to work everyday!










The first bag bit the dust...








I found this cute little jar at the local thrift store for 50 cents. You may not be able to tell but it has a little metal plate on the front that says "Sweets". I have just the right spot for it at my office in front of some other "Sweets"!

Another sweet....well, not so sweet right now as he's recovering is my sweet soul mate. The latest update on the knee is that his bandage came off yesterday and he has a total of 23 staples. I'll save the photo on that one, even though I do have one. And this morning he went out to breakfast at his local coffee stop. I dropped him off on my way to work and a buddy of his brought him home. He didn't last very long until it was time for pain medication and a rest.

All in all he's doing alright, just a little frustrated at what he can and can't do.