Friday!

The week has ended and all is good. For some reason, it has been a long one. Not sure why! (They all seem to be long but hey, that's life)

This weekend will be pretty good. I don't plan on much tonight, however tomorrow I am attending a baby shower and going to see Iron Man 2. Can't wait for both! It should be a fun time. :)

Anyway, more later. 15 min and I can take off. It is a beautiful day (okay, so a bit humid, but I will deal) and I can't wait to get my booty out that door. Have a great weekend!!!

Baby Lemur takes over Thursday

A lemur from www.cuteoverload.com. Look at this one long enough and you will start to laugh. At least I did :). This will be me next week, by the way!!! Lots of fun happenings in the future.

(take a look at www.cuteoverload.com for more lemur fun and other cute critters)

Lasers Away

Okay, it might be funnier if I cropped it closer, but I don't have that software on this computer. :).

Weekend overview

It has been a fun weekend! Here is a brief overview:

Friday night I met Jen for dinner at the Melting Pot. Oh my, I forgot the awesomeness of this place! So, so yummy. We were placed in a room that would have been perfect had Jen and I been on a date :). Our booth was in the middle of 3, so we did get to hear 3 dates that came and went while we were there. The first date was a couple getting married in 2 weeks. The second was a first date (we predict this relationship won't last....). The last was very sweet -- they have been married 11 years and I think this was an anniversary dinner. He had roses for her and they were served champagne. I wanted to be on that date!

Our waiter was pretty awesome. He knew the menu, kept us laughing, brought me some yummy martinis. Try the Yin/Yang drink but beware it is definitely more of a dessert drink. It was awesome, however it was ice cream and massive amounts of chocolate. Definitely a dessert drink! We were there for a few hours and had some great laughs. Thanks girl!!!

Saturday night I ended up at the Ginger Man in Uptown. I haven't been there in ages and it was fun to go back. It was the birthday party for someone I had never met. I knew his friend and it was one of those "more the merrier" things. The Ginger Man is a great place to people watch and there were some pretty cute boys. I had fun and stayed a lot longer than I thought I was going to - always a good sign.

Today, I went to see "Little House on the Prairie" at the Dallas Summer Musical with my Mom. It isn't one that I would have just clamored to go see, however it was pretty good. The music was fun, it was a good story, and the acting was good. Melissa Gilbert played "Ma" and she was great. She can't sing all that well, however she owns it and tried. I appreciated that. The girl who played Laura just rocked it and Nellie Olson was awesome. You need a ham in each musical and Nellie was that ham :). I never read the books as a kid and I really wasn't into the TV show, but dang it, now I need to download the books to the Kindle.

Now I am catching up on Grey's Anatomy. I am almost caught up. Owen is a moron and I really don't miss Izzie. Now I need to catch up on "Criminal Minds". None of them are morons and I would miss them all!

Pictures of the cats

Simon kind of looks evil here.















Sierra is hogging their new toy. Mine, all mine!

how I felt before my new computer...

Just some LOL cat fun......

Update

The car goes to the body shop on Monday morning. Once you submit something to USAA, they work FAST! I am sure had it not been a Wednesday, they would have had me bring the car in earlier. They usually have cars come in Monday - Wednesday so they have maximum time to work on them (I am taking it to Service King). I love USAA insurance. I really wish I could actually be a member. So, the car will be be fixed sometime next week. I didn't think there was that much damage but it turns out there was about $857.37 worth! Dang -- just for a scratch and some paint. I guess if I had to get hit, it was good to be hit by a guy with great insurance. (And no one was hurt, which is the most important part!).

Other than that, the week has been pretty low key. My allergies are killing me today. It is very annoying and it is obvious when I am talking to people. Sneezy, that is my name today :).

Everyone have a wonderful Wednesday. It is freaking gorgeous outside. I want to be playing in the sun! 2 more hours and I will be running around the lake (the Village Lake that is -- not White Rock). Speaking of White Rock - there is a race this weekend, but it is 5 miles. I am so not ready for 5 miles so I am going to skip it. The Dallas Race Club is holding it and if I was remotely training, I might try it. But, yeah, I would pass out at mile 4! So, I will just cheer them on from afar. I have a co-worker who was asking if I wanted to run it. I had to politely decline!

Well, yay.....

I have new red hair :). Got some girly things done today so it's all good. I did get rear-ended today too. Yep, at Caruth Haven and 75. My car really didn't sustain any damage but I am going to get it checked out anyway just to be sure. I think the poor guy who hit me suffered more damage to his ego. It didn't hurt me and he and his passenger weren't injured either. So, it's all good. VW's have great bumpers by the way! I love my Jetta and so glad it's okay.

Now I am resting and baking brownies. I am heading to a friend's house tonight for a bbq and that will be fun. I have to drive to Frisco and as long as no one tries to rear end me again, I will be fine.....

Always an adventure.....

So, as we all know, I was excited to leave work early to hang out with Michelle. And hang out we did. I met her at Trinity Hall at Mockingbird Station. She was running behind but I had my trusty Kindle to get me through the rough 30 minutes of waiting. I love this little device. That isn't part of the story, but really, it was easy to just pull out of my purse and entertain myself. And I am in the process of reading a really good book, but that will be another blog post. I am half way done and once completed, I will give a review!

So, back to yesterday. Michelle comes with her mom and we start the fun. She brings me a stuffed little monkey from the Denver Zoo and a monkey twirly straw. The twirly straw comes in handy when you want to entertain the waitstaff and drink with it. We laughed and laughed for hours and then decided it was time to leave (after 4 hours and lots of stares from other patrons!) and headed to my place to get ready to go to Sushi Zushi for dinner. Taylor joins us at the restaurant for sushi and we laugh some more (I have considerably slowed down, however I like to think I got my second wind around 8 or so). After dinner, we headed to Milo Butterfingers to meet more friends out and subject them to our goofiness and tales of the Monkey at Trinity Hall. I don't think they thought it was as funny as we did. :). It was a long day and I am pretty tired today. I want to get some stuff done since I left early yesterday, but that isn't really happening. Blergh. I ate like crap yesterday so today is water, salad and a good run on the treadmill. Nothing else tonight though because I am super tired and I think rest is a better idea.

Everyone have a wonderful Friday. I will get some pictures of yesterday downloaded and posted. It was fun but we had to pack in A LOT since she was only here for a short period of time. I need to save up energy for the next visit :). Yeah, I am now thinking I owe a lot of pictures from a lot of events... now that I have reliable technology, I can deliver on those picture promises.

Much better

I feel much better today! No more grumpus Gus... My new computer is awesome. I am leaving in 8 minutes to meet Michelle. Tomorrow is Friday and a payday. So, Kim is HAPPY!! Well, as happy as I can be on a cloudy day. That doesn't even seem to matter. My cloudy head feeling is gone and I feel human today.

Everyone have a great Thursday. Gotta go because I don't want to miss the train -- that will put me behind schedule! (PS -- I drove to work yesterday and it totally reminded me why I love public transportation. Parking alone -- $10!! -- was enough to love my DART train, crazy people and all!)

Howdy

I am just poking in to say hi. My home laptop officially died and work has been a bit busy. I just never got around to blogging. I'm alive, my new computer arrived today (YAY!!!!!!!!!!) and I will get it set up tonight. Pole dancing is still a blast, I worked out with Ryan last night and can't move my arms, and I am still tired and grumpus. Not sure why I am so tired and grumpy even though good things are happening this week. It's a mystery (because even the inability to move my arms to wash my hair is a good thing....). I'll get over it..... Michelle is in town and I am taking a half day to spend with her. First stop is the patio at Trinity Hall. Can't wait :). There might be some good stories from tomorrow. :)

Anyway, that is it for now. I need to get back to work. I just wanted to say hi! Or Howdy as the case may be!

Everyone have a great Wednesday. I need food so time to run and see what is downstairs that I can eat.

Another Texas Stadium Memory

I have no idea why I forgot this! When I was a Girl Scout, we'd have sleep overs at Texas Stadium. All the troops would get together and it would be a big ol party. As much of a party as elementary kids could have :). One year it got so cold (they would do this in January!) that we all got a polar bear badge (I may not remember it all so clearly -- it was a LONG time ago. Mom can help with details. She was there too!). I just remember the happy feeling of singing, playing games and sleeping in sleeping bags on really hard concrete in the concourse (we weren't allowed on the field). I don't think I have pictures of those days though. It was way before the invention of digital cameras :).

Woohoo!

It's Friday and I have tons of happy energy to get me thru the day. Coffee has been consumed, so I expect to at least be energetic through noon....

The week has been non-eventful, but busy at the same time. Work has been busy (good thing) and I have been working out in the evenings. Tonight will be some more cardio and tomorrow will be 2 hours in my dance class. (The first hour is more of a workout with weights and abs. The second hour gets into more dancing movements). It will be a lot of fun. I am looking forward to it. I sprained my wrist last Saturday but it feels a lot better and so I won't worry about it anymore. Considering how much I actually fall, it is amazing that I haven't sprained it sooner!

This weekend, Cowboy Stadium is being imploded. Now, I didn't think I had any attachment to that stadium, but as it gets closer, I am kind of sad. I was one of the last high school classes to graduate in Texas Stadium. I have pictures to prove it :). I grew up not to far from the stadium and would pass it often. It was kind of a fixture during my first 18 years of life. And I pass it on the way to Mom and Dad's house. It will be weird to pass the site for the first time after the demolition. Farewell, Texas Stadium. It is the end of a era.

Everybody have a wonderful weekend and enjoy the beautiful sun!

Monday

"Fun Day" -- Not really, but I have been working on a positive, good energy vibe and it has been working so far. What it has been is a productive day so I can't really complain. I needed to take a break, recoup my thoughts and get refocused.

This weekend did not live up to the excitement of the commute home Friday. By the time I got home, I had the worst headache so I was content to just lay on the couch and watch DVR recordings. Insomnia did lead me to some interesting tv shows. One, on a show about beauty pageants, they were spraying hairspray on the ladies as they went to the stage for the swimsuit competition. My guess was to make them glitter under lights. If that is wrong, I'd love to know the purpose. Another nugget I saw was school bus races. Yes, like NASCAR, with school buses.... actually, if I remember correctly, it was sponsored by NASCAR. I was half paying attention so I could be wrong there too. I shouldn't be surprised. People race a lot of things.

I didn't get any spring cleaning done this weekend. I really need to clear some things out of my apartment but the pollen has caused allergy headaches and sometimes, I just want to lie on the couch and wish my head wasn't about to explode. I do have new migraine medicine so if they get too bad, I can whip that stuff out. So far, so good today. But really, pollen, you may go.

I hope everyone had a happy Easter. I thank the family for sending some very cute pictures of the CA girls to me. They look adorable in their Easter dresses.

Happy Monday! Everyone have a good day :).

Friday story... a day late

So, I wanted to get home a bit early on Friday so I left work at 4:00. I get on the train about 4:10. All was going along as scheduled until we hit the West End Station. We end up stopped there for about 15 min and the operator would come on and let us know we'd be stopped for awhile. After the 15 min, he comes on and tells us there is a serious situation at the Akard Station and he was going to back us up and there would be a bus bridge to St. Paul. Well, okay...... I was thinking a medical emergency or maybe a hit car. Yeah, no! We walk closer to Akard and see tons of cop cars and barricades. Definitely not a hit car or medical emergency. We have to walk around the building, head to the back streets of Downtown Dallas (I would never have tried that one on my own!), and then go back down to walk to St. Paul. There was a man threatening to JUMP from the parking garage at that location. We had heard he had already jumped but was later told he was still up there. When walking by, we did see 4 people up on the roof, so I chose to believe this person was still up there. Now, why this person chose a crowded location, during rush hour traffic on Good Friday to try to jump, I don't know. I hope he gets the help he needs. I did get in some cardio (walking) so that was a slight silver lining to the inconvenience. It was a freaky scene and it is weird to know that I will never know the outcome of something that crossed my path so dramatically! I never found it on the news so if someone does, please let me know!

When I finally got on the train at St. Paul, ready to head to Mockingbird Station, the guy sitting next to me was flossing his teeth. Sigh...........

Happy Monday!

It's sunny, I am on my 4th cup of coffee and things are generally good. I am willing it to be a good day....even though it's Monday :). My weekend was pretty low-key. Friday night I met Taylor and Terry out to watch the Baylor game at Stan's down on Lower Greenville. It is right next to area of the fire from a few weeks ago. This was the first time I had seen the destruction in person so it was kind of sad. The night was fun and Baylor pretty much mopped the floor with St. Mary. It is not good when you actually feel bad for the opponent! Baylor moved onto the Elite Eight and played Sunday. They were beat by Duke, but that game looked pretty good. Now there are no more Big 12 teams in the tourney. I really have no one to root for anymore! Oh well. It was fun while it lasted.

I went to see "Alice in Wonderland" on Saturday night and that was a really good movie. I didn't have any expectations so they were all pretty much met :). The visuals were amazing and they had some great one-liners. I recommend it. Okay, so the movie was free so maybe that helped in my enjoyment of the movie. My friend got some free passes to Studio Movie Grill. She has one more (2 free tickets) so we might be going on Tuesday to see "The Bounty Hunter". I had received the link to the tickets too but I didn't open it in time and so the promotion was over before I got to the tickets. Next time I will act quicker!

Now I am ready to start the week. That coffee is helping too :). Everyone have a great day!!

My new workout

I tried my first pole dancing workout last night and I am so sore now! The studio where I took pilates and zumba classes now offers Beginner classes and so I went to check it out. I am not really good at, but man, my arms really feel it today. It is a total body workout and a lot harder than it looks! One problem though is that the class is 8:45-9:45 PM so it makes for a late night. I was wired when I got home last night and therefore it took me longer to get to sleep. Oh well. I will just have to make adjustments because I can't do the 6:00 Tuesday and Thursday class. It was a lot of fun and any new way to get in a workout is a good thing.

I did watch "Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs" last night when I got home. It was a really cute movie and nice to just shut the brain off and be entertained. Even though it's a kids movie, it was perfect for adults as well. I laughed a lot and really recommend it. I'd actually buy it and I don't say that about many movies.

Okay that's it for today. Obnoxious cube neighbor is gone for the day and I need to take full advantage of the quiet. It is spreadsheet day! Excitement abounds... Everyone enjoy the sun. :).

Happy Birthday Chloe!

Today Chloe is 4.

Oh, to be 4 again......

The Sun!

So, dreary cold and cloudy winters can make you forget about sunscreen. The Greenville Ave St. Patrick's Day Parade and Block party was this past weekend. It was a great day for a party, but yeah, I forgot sunscreen and my face is a bit red. Not too bad but it will peal and look just lovely. Apparently there were over 80,000 people up and down Greenville Ave! I can believe it. Even at 9:15, when I was walking down to Lower Greenville, it was like a maze. It took me way longer to get from my place to the house I was going to but that's okay. It was totally worth not having to find a parking spot or worrying about parking enforcement. Even on the street I was on, they were in full force.

I had a girl try to trade me beads (nope, mine were better). I think had they not been around my neck, she might have tried to take them from me. I think as I was walking quickly away from her, she was trying to steal a chair. I heard "Oh hey, a chair, I think I will take it". She was worth getting away from quickly. The parade was a lot of fun and there were some very interesting outfits out and about. All green, so they were appropriate :). My green shirt was boring in comparison. I didn't make it to the official Greenville Block party but I did go to the house of my friend's co-worker. Burgers, hotdogs and other yummy stuff was served. Between that and the beer, I was a bit full! Dawn had to leave early so I actually left with her (2 pm. Yep, I have great stamina!). I am sure I would have been fine walking home, but heck, I had a ride, I was going to take it.

Happy Monday everybody. It's time to go home!

Pilates can make you sore!

I took a Pilates class yesterday afternoon and darn it, I can barely walk today. I think a lot of it has to do with the massage Angela gave me afterwards, but I can hardly walk! Angela had the MOST AWESOME birthday present and gave me a massage. Loved it and it felt great. Pilates was a lot of fun and since I hadn't done it in awhile, it was very challenging. There were only 2 of us in the class so it was pretty much a semi-private lesson. That was nice -- the teacher was able to give us better feedback. I have some pretty tight hamstrings and calves so the leg lifts and leg circles were interrupted by severe leg shaking! I couldn't keep them straight up -- I had to keep them bent at tabletop. I just have to stretch more and get that all loosened up. Weight training and running/walking caused it. I just have to counter it. I really did like this teacher so I think the 12:30 Sunday class will have to become a routine.

My birthday came and went and I am firmly in 38. Still not totally happy about it but hey, I look far from that age so I really can't complain. 38 isn't horrible. I'll live. :). I had a wonderful dinner with Jen at Victory Tavern last week (awesome food!!!), had some sushi with Taylor and Angi, got some cuddle time and a car detail from my new honey. I think I ate a lot actually :). Nothing magically changes when you hit 38. I just think the new thing with me is my love for "Criminal Minds". Remember that NCIS kick I was on? This is worse. Love this team and the stories. And Morgan rocks and Reid is just adorable. I am also happy to see Paget Brewster land a great role (she had a minor arc on Friends a few years back). Just love the show! A&E, ION and CBS keep me in episodes. I guess that is a weird thing to change in a new age :).

Well, that might be it for now. It had been a while since i popped in and said hi. So here I am!!! I am sure there are some stories in the last few weeks I need to tell. I will think of them and jot them down :). You will not be denied.....

Stay dry all!!