Monday, October 24, 2005

An Action-Packed Weekend!!

A lot has happened since my last post!! The past week was crazy since I was in Killeen Wednesday night, Austin all day Thursday, Waco Thursday night, at Siz Flags in Dallas all day Friday, back in Waco Friday night, then in Houston all day Saturday!!! AHHHHH!! Lets start from the begininng.

I went to Austin on Thursday for the Texas Women's conference, so I drove half-way to Killen Wednesday night so I would be closer. I left my house at 7:00 in the morning and it took me until 10:15 to get into Austin, get to the parking garage, and get to the convention center. Traffic was awful, and there were 7,000 women there. I missed the opening session where Bill Gate's wife talked, but I made it to the first seminar session where I got to hear Cat Osterman speak. She is the pitcher for the UT softball and won the Olympic Gold Medal for the US team. Then I went to the luncheon where I got to see Sarah Ferguson, the Duchess of york speak. She was amazing and was a lot of fun. It was really sad to hear her talk about Diana (her sister-in-law) and her battle with her weight. The really inspirational part can at the end of the day when I was front and center to see Maya Angelou speak. She sang and read poetry and was so vibrant and timeless. The trip home was not bad and I am really glad I went
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Then on Friday I went to Six Flags with Dave, my sister Carol, and her boyfriend Justin. The main attraction was supposed to be Fright Fest, but it wasn't really that scary. we got to ride all of the rides, and of course Titan was amazing!!! Basically it was just a great opportunity for me and my sis to spend some time together, and we had a blast!!












THEN....After getting back to Waco at 1:00 in the morning and not getting in bed until 1:30, I got up at 5:00 so I could be at the Mayborn at 6:00 for a class trip to Bayou Bend in Houston. Bayou Bend was the home of Miss Ima Hogg (really!) and is now the museum that houses her collection of American Decorative arts. On our way home we stopped at Winedale where the crazy guide lady kept touching all the artifacts and slammed the door of a 200 year old German Shrank into the door frame! We all alomst died. It was a fun trip, but no more chairs!!!

Monday, October 17, 2005

Fun Night Redux

Just wanted to post the picture of Mary Beth and I having fun at Cricket's for her birthday. Granted I don't always look like this but I hadn't even been home from Hawaii for 24 hours. Still recouping.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MarrrBeth!

Monday, October 10, 2005

THE DEEJ!!!

Alright people, this has been a long time coming. I would like to introduce everyone to my crazy-ass pomeranian puppy DJ!! She is red and looks like a fox and is super sweet and vicious all at the same time. We say she has an evil streak because there is a line of coarse black hair that runs from her nose, down her back, and all the way to the tip of her tail. Her favorite toy is a make-up brush, and she holds it by the fluffy ends and swings the wooden handle back and forth, which leaves really bad bruises on me since she is only happy if she is standing on me while doing it. Of course I do the cliche thing and buy her cute shirts and dresses even though she has a ton of fur. She looks sooo adorable, though!! David does not agree with that all of the time, and he does not like taking her out when she is all dressed up, but he still does it cause he loves her. We both love her too much, and spoil her rotten. She is the DEEJ!!!

Sunday, October 02, 2005

Fun Night!!

My 21st birthday concluded with a fun-filled night at Crickets. Thanks to Davy, Ryan, Adam, Liz, Stephanie, Lance, Veronica, and Jessica!! I had a great time hanging out with you and celebrating. It was Stephanie's 22nd birthday on Tuesday, too, so it was kind of a double party night. We had good drinks and the girls played the longest game of pool EVER!! Lance said it was like watching the Special Olympics, which was true. Happy Birthday to me!