The best meal...ever

Tonight I ate at Kirby's Steakhouse with my mom and dad. It was one of the best meals I've ever had! I had Fried Pickle Chips, a tomato and mozzarella salad, a filet with Crab, Bearnaise & Asparagus, mashed potatoes,broccolii and Creme Brulee. Yum-O-Licious!

I'm off work Friday and Monday! Yippee! I'm going to have a slumber party with Ally on Friday night.

BREAKING NEWS....I'm planning a trip to Vegas with Ana and Javier! I can't wait!

It Finally Rained!

I'm so glad that we finally got some rain. It was under 100 degrees today! Yippee! This is a short week at work because we have this Friday and next Monday off! I can't wait. I don't have any big plans, but it will be nice to have a little break.

It was a fairly uneventful weekend. On Friday night I went to Holly's house to get ready for the big party. I brought the pinata stuffing, so that was fun. Dad went to Oklahoma to get Ona, so I got to see her on Friday, too. She is such a sweet little girl. I love when she comes to visit. Holly got a Bounce House for the party and it was delivered on Friday night. Ona and Ally jumped for awhile while I sat in there with them.

Saturday was the big party. It was good. There weren't too many people there, but there was a good crowd. It was super hot! After the party I stayed at Holly's house and played with Ally. Saturday night we went to the mall to have the kid's pictures taken. They are cuties.

How could I forget???

I can't belive I forgot the most exciting thing that happend to me this week! I made plans to go visit Meredith in Denver! I'm so excited. I miss her very much. We are going to see The Lion King. We're going to have a blast!

Yeah Meredith!

The Week in Summary

This week has gone by really fast...but I'm excited that it is almost Friday! Nothing too exciting happened at the beginning of the week, but mid week...life got fun. On Wednesday, my car died while I was driving to work. I had to be towed from I-30 to the Ford dealership by my house. I was pretty upset, but things got better as the day went on. I finally have my car back and it is fixed. The people at the dealership always get me so mad. They guy I dealt with this time wasn't too bad.

Tomorrow is Friday! It is going to be a busy weekend because it is Ally's 3rd birthday. She is having a Dora party. Tonight I got to buy the stuff for the pinata. Fun, fun! I asked Holly if I could help her out by doing that. Ally has asked for a vacuum cleaner, so that is what I got her. It is pretty cool! This vacuum cleaner is named "Dusty." He talks to you as you clean. The one I bought came with a hand held vacuum as well. I figured if Ally wanted to help her mommy clean, I would help Holly by providing Ally with all of the tools she might need.

Happy Birthday to Ally, Margo and Alicia. Three very cool chicks that celebrate a birthday on August 25th.


P.S. How boring am I that the biggest thing I had to write about was "Dusty the vacuum cleaner?" If you are reading this, please drop me an e-mail and say, "GET A LIFE!!!!!" Thank you.

And another thing...why doesn't my keyboard have a "n" with a "~"? I couldn't spell pinata correctly!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

Happy Birthday to you
Happy Birthday to you
Happy Birthday Rocky
Happy Birthday to you!

(How funny is that picture? I just googled "birthday images" and this came up!)


I dedicate today's post to my most faithful reader, Rocky. Happy Birthday!

August 18 is the 230th day of the year (231st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 135 days remaining.

What else happened on August 18th?
1587 - Virginia Dare, granddaughter of Gov. John White of the Colony of Roanoke, becomes the first English child born in the Americas.

1868 - French astronomer Pierre Jules César Janssen discovers helium.

1920 - 19th Amendment to US constitution passes, guaranteeing women's suffrage.

1969 - Jimi Hendrix plays the unofficial last day of Woodstock.

1991 - Collapse of the Soviet Union: Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev is put under house arrest while on holiday in the town of Foros, Crimea.

1992 - NBA basketball player Larry Bird announces his retirement after winning an Olympic gold medal as a member of the U.S. Dream Team.

2005 - Dennis Rader is sentenced to 175 years in prison for the BTK serial killings.

Other people born August 18th:
1774 - Meriwether Lewis, American explorer (d. 1809)
1904 - Max Factor, Polish-born cosmetics entrepreneur
1917 - Caspar Weinberger, United States Secretary of Defense
1920 - Shelley Winters, American actress
1927 - Rosalynn Carter, First Lady of the United States
1933 - Roman Polanski, French-born director and actor
1936 - Robert Redford, American actor and director
1943 - Martin Mull, American comedian and actor
1952 - Patrick Swayze, American actor
1957 - Denis Leary, American comedian and actor
1958 - Madeleine Stowe, American actress
1969 - Edward Norton, American actor
1969 - Christian Slater, American actor

Friday, August 18, 2006 is also Bad Poetry Day.

There is even more cool information on The History Channel Web site, "Today in History."

There is another really cool site where you can find all sorts of information about the day you were born, exactly how old you are and lots of fun statistics. Visit the Birthday Calculator.

Warning...this is inappropriate!

Don't worry...this isn't rated R or anything, it is just crude. Of course, you must know, I'm going to talk about the "F" word. Fart. What is our fascination with farts? Why, at 25, 30, 50 and even 70 years old do we still giggle uncontrollably when we talk about farts or when someone lets a fart?

The other day during lunch, we talked farts for almost the entire hour. Why? Because it made us laugh. Of course, we'd all be horrified if we had let a fart, but to talk about a fart is totally ok. Who knows why.

My mom found the funniest thing on the internet. If you like fart humor, check this out. It is called "The Farting Preacher 4." Mom called me into the computer room at her house. She told me that she had watched this about 4 times. When we watched it together, she was crying because she was laughing so hard. After work today, I showed it to some people at work. I hope you enjoy it.



By the way...this post is dedicated to my friend Julie. She loves farts.

1964 - The Tribute

Saturday night I went to see 1964 - The Tribute. It was awesome. I highly recommend making it to one of their concerts. I knew most every song and was able to sing and dance along. I think I should have been born in a different time. I couldn't sing any songs from my high school days or even college. The Beatles...I've loved them forever.

Twenty Questions

I wanted to post, but didn't feel that I had anything to write about. I decided to play twenty questions with myself. I found some random questions online that I thought I'd try to answer.

Q: Of all of the books you were assigned to read when you were in school, what are your favorites?
A: I love to read, so this is a difficult question to answer. In high school, I read To Kill a Mockingbird...truly a great book. Some of my favorites from college are Bridge to Terebithia (children's literature) and Black Like Me.

Q: Have you ever had a pet that was not a cat or dog? What was it?
A: I don't like pets...AT ALL! Yuck!

Q: What are 5 of your favorite TV shows?
A: In no particular order
1. Grey's Anatomy!!! I love, love, love it!
2 The West Wing (I even love the re-runs)
3. The Brady Bunch (I've been a fan for a long time)
4. Will and Grace
5. Anything on the Food Network, but mostly Paula Deen, Road Tasted with Jamie and Bobby Dean, Tasty Travels with Rachel Ray and Behind the Bash with Giada.

Q: Where and what would you rather be doing right now?
A: Somewhere cool chatting with a friend or reading a great book. I actually would go for sitting on the beach with the water splashing up on me to keep me cool.

Q: What is your favorite kind of music?
A: I like ABBA, The Carpenters and lots of Soundtracks (Wicked, Mamma Mia)

Q: What is your preferred ice cream
A: Butter brickle from Braums

Q: Which single store would you choose to max out your credit cards?
A: Target. I can always finds lots of stuff that I love there.

Q: What do you do most often when you are bored?
A: TV (too much!), computer and sleep

Q: Name the person you are friends with that lives the farthest away?
A: Javier in St. Paul

Q: Last movie you saw in theater?
A: You, Me and Dupree. It was funny, but I could have seen it on video.

Q: What's your hobby?
A: I love to cook and craft

Q: What scares you?
A: I sometimes think about how lucky it has been a long, long time since our country has had a war right in our backyard. It scares me to think that we could have a war on our soil.

Q: What is your favorite movie?
A: I love movies, so this is a hard one. A few favorites include Dirty Dancing, Muriel's Wedding, 8 Seconds, Anne of Green Gables Series, Dead Poets Society and Mona Lisa Smile.

Q: What's your favorite color?
A: Purple

Q: What's your favorite flower?
A: Daisy

Q: Where is your favorite place to eat?
A: I love Mexican food (El Chico), but I also love Johnny Carinos and Italiannies

Q: What is your favorite drink?
A: I love Sonic drinks (cherry limeade, cranberry limeade), but I also love Tropicana Ruby Red Grapefruit Juice and Sweet Tea

Q: What are is one of your obsessions?
A: Shopping. I can't stop buying books, office supplies and items on clearance!

Q: Where have you lived?
A: Tulsa, OK; Sand Springs, OK (Prue); Mannford, OK; Norman, OK; Durango, CO; Newark, TX; Richardson, TX; Newark, TX; Denton, TX; Newark, TX; Fort Worth, TX

Q: What is something that annoys you?
A: Reality TV. It is out of control!