Sad to say this week is just as busy as last week so I haven't found much time to post, but I have been reading some of the blogs!!
Several people have recently done blogs from their dog's point of view recently, and they are so cute.
I may do a similar post later - when Smokey is feeling talkative - but for now I wanted to post the lessons I could learn from our dog, which came from a question asked by Gretchen:
- be excited about doing anything/everything with those I love -- he is always so excited for a walk or any attention
- let things go. Smokey will be unhappy with us when we take him to the vet and other things he doesn't like, but a few seconds later all is forgotten and forgiven
Thursday, September 29, 2011
Saturday, September 24, 2011
crazy busy
I knew it would be a busy week, and boy was it!
Work is running me ragged. I want to do a 'day in the life' post, but my schedule lately is just so crazy that I don't even want to think about it when the day is over! maybe next week... Not only is it our busy reporting time, but I'm on a screening committee so we had four (count them 4) interviews on Friday, and 2 others earlier in the week...one more next week. Add to that my regular meetings and the pilot project we just kicked off, and woo-boy I feel like I need to take a picture of my office to get to see it. Luckily for me I have a great staff who do a lot of the work, but I still feel behind and I can't get my mind off of work, which means I woke up super early today.
Kevin is staying really busy too. He was able to cut out one trip to Huntsville by staying with his aunt and uncle Monday night, they they live in Huntsville. I know that he enjoyed saving a round trip and they were happy to have him stay over! I fully support him staying up there and think it will become a regular occurence for this semester. Smokey is NOT in favor of it, he was bummed all that evening, but he'll get over it.. Funny thing is that they tease him that they are finally getting him to spend the night, he wasn't much for sleepovers growing up...
I will enjoy the weekend - today I get to attend a baby shower for a dear friend, and tomorrow we'll watch the Texans go for 3-0 against the Saints! I also did get to see my dear friend Delena who recently moved to Atlanta and I get to see her again today at the baby shower, woohoo!! I already miss her so much!
We are officially no longer in summer, and I say WELCOME AUTUMN!
Work is running me ragged. I want to do a 'day in the life' post, but my schedule lately is just so crazy that I don't even want to think about it when the day is over! maybe next week... Not only is it our busy reporting time, but I'm on a screening committee so we had four (count them 4) interviews on Friday, and 2 others earlier in the week...one more next week. Add to that my regular meetings and the pilot project we just kicked off, and woo-boy I feel like I need to take a picture of my office to get to see it. Luckily for me I have a great staff who do a lot of the work, but I still feel behind and I can't get my mind off of work, which means I woke up super early today.
Kevin is staying really busy too. He was able to cut out one trip to Huntsville by staying with his aunt and uncle Monday night, they they live in Huntsville. I know that he enjoyed saving a round trip and they were happy to have him stay over! I fully support him staying up there and think it will become a regular occurence for this semester. Smokey is NOT in favor of it, he was bummed all that evening, but he'll get over it.. Funny thing is that they tease him that they are finally getting him to spend the night, he wasn't much for sleepovers growing up...
I will enjoy the weekend - today I get to attend a baby shower for a dear friend, and tomorrow we'll watch the Texans go for 3-0 against the Saints! I also did get to see my dear friend Delena who recently moved to Atlanta and I get to see her again today at the baby shower, woohoo!! I already miss her so much!
We are officially no longer in summer, and I say WELCOME AUTUMN!
Monday, September 19, 2011
whats that light?
I usually don't like getting woken up in the middle of the night, but last night was an exception! I woke up about 4 am to big bright lightning lighting up our bedroom and heard the thunder, and the most welcome sound of all - RAIN! It was wonderful to hear the sounds, rain has been severely lacking in most of Texas for quite a while. Only way it could've been better was if it was a night I could sleep-in so I could stay awake to enjoy it.
Smokey was not a fan, he's usually pretty good in storms but I think he forgot what those sounds are, because soon we had him in the bed with us. He burrowed under the covers (part mole?) and felt safe again..
Smokey was not a fan, he's usually pretty good in storms but I think he forgot what those sounds are, because soon we had him in the bed with us. He burrowed under the covers (part mole?) and felt safe again..
Saturday, September 17, 2011
Shopping trip
I'm far from an Extreme Couponer, but do like to get a deal. I had 2 different coupons from Kohl's in the mail, and realized that each said "may be combined with other offers", which means I can use both on the same shopping trip. I was able to save $10 off a $10 purchase AND $10 off a $30 purchase.
I went there today while Kevin watched football and found some shirts on clearance (I love their clearance rack!) and a pair of pants for each of us. Kevin tries to dress up a bit for his TA days and needed some new khakis and I've been wanting a new pair of black pants for work.
Clothes shopping was a nice little break in all my errands, and now this week I can wear a new outfit! One of the shirts I bought was originally $52 and I got it for $5.20...no way would I have spent 50 bucks on it, but $5 I can handle.
I loved seeing all the sweaters and jackets in the store, fall is coming!! I cannot wait until I can start wearing my fall clothes, and really had to resist looking at all those clothes since with Houston weather I already have more than I need, but really want to get a big sweater I can just toss over my outfit for when my office is freezing (it usually is).
I went there today while Kevin watched football and found some shirts on clearance (I love their clearance rack!) and a pair of pants for each of us. Kevin tries to dress up a bit for his TA days and needed some new khakis and I've been wanting a new pair of black pants for work.
Clothes shopping was a nice little break in all my errands, and now this week I can wear a new outfit! One of the shirts I bought was originally $52 and I got it for $5.20...no way would I have spent 50 bucks on it, but $5 I can handle.
I loved seeing all the sweaters and jackets in the store, fall is coming!! I cannot wait until I can start wearing my fall clothes, and really had to resist looking at all those clothes since with Houston weather I already have more than I need, but really want to get a big sweater I can just toss over my outfit for when my office is freezing (it usually is).
Saturday, September 10, 2011
9/11
I've been saying for days now that I'm not ready for the 9/11 anniversary. Its hard to believe its already been 10 years. I remember that day so clearly and I imagine I always will.
The coverage is hard to watch, especially when they caught on video the second plane flying into the World Trade Center when we still weren't quite sure what had happened to the first tower. I found this short video online and think its a good brief summary of what happened, and shows me coverage in a way I didn't see that day since all morning I was at work trying to get to news sites online to find out what was happening - they were all overloaded with people and so we mostly heard radio coverage.
Its strange to see what news was covering BEFORE the attacks - it was a different world in a span of a few hours.
That morning, I walked into work to hear a woman I worked with, Mary, say that a plane flew into the WTC, I thought it was a prop plane or something like that and really didn't understand until I found more information - we had the radio on and tried to get online (unsuccessfully). It was unreal and we were scared because we weren't sure how many planes there could be and there were thoughts they could have other targets - including downtown Houston. Eventually work closed for the day. I didn't want to go home - I lived alone at the time - so a coworker, Jason, and I stayed together for part of the afternoon.
We didn't know what to do, so we tried to do 'normal' things. I'd had a flat tire the day before and we left my car at a shop to get the tire replaced and went to get something to eat. At lunch, I remember how surreal it was to look up at the sky, it was such a gorgeous day - cloudless, beautiful blue - it was hard to believe that under that same sky something so horrible had happened.
Eventually I did go home and watched coverage the rest of the day, tears streaming down my face. It was hard to watch but we had to to try to understand what had happened.
Kevin heard the news from a radio host, they were in the middle of an interview with Dom Capers (head coach for the Texans at the time) and she had CNN on in the background. He watched the coverage from work on tvs without sound.
Our world has never been the same, and there were days when we wished we could go back to worrying about Britney Spears and the other meaningless news we'd worried about before that day. We can't and we won't, but we'll never forget those who did that way, including so many people who were going for a regular day at work or flying cross-country.
When Kevin and I went to NYC a few years ago we went to see Ground Zero, we couldn't really see too much - its a construction zone for the memorial now, but we wanted to see it....
The coverage is hard to watch, especially when they caught on video the second plane flying into the World Trade Center when we still weren't quite sure what had happened to the first tower. I found this short video online and think its a good brief summary of what happened, and shows me coverage in a way I didn't see that day since all morning I was at work trying to get to news sites online to find out what was happening - they were all overloaded with people and so we mostly heard radio coverage.
Its strange to see what news was covering BEFORE the attacks - it was a different world in a span of a few hours.
That morning, I walked into work to hear a woman I worked with, Mary, say that a plane flew into the WTC, I thought it was a prop plane or something like that and really didn't understand until I found more information - we had the radio on and tried to get online (unsuccessfully). It was unreal and we were scared because we weren't sure how many planes there could be and there were thoughts they could have other targets - including downtown Houston. Eventually work closed for the day. I didn't want to go home - I lived alone at the time - so a coworker, Jason, and I stayed together for part of the afternoon.
We didn't know what to do, so we tried to do 'normal' things. I'd had a flat tire the day before and we left my car at a shop to get the tire replaced and went to get something to eat. At lunch, I remember how surreal it was to look up at the sky, it was such a gorgeous day - cloudless, beautiful blue - it was hard to believe that under that same sky something so horrible had happened.
Eventually I did go home and watched coverage the rest of the day, tears streaming down my face. It was hard to watch but we had to to try to understand what had happened.
Kevin heard the news from a radio host, they were in the middle of an interview with Dom Capers (head coach for the Texans at the time) and she had CNN on in the background. He watched the coverage from work on tvs without sound.
Our world has never been the same, and there were days when we wished we could go back to worrying about Britney Spears and the other meaningless news we'd worried about before that day. We can't and we won't, but we'll never forget those who did that way, including so many people who were going for a regular day at work or flying cross-country.
When Kevin and I went to NYC a few years ago we went to see Ground Zero, we couldn't really see too much - its a construction zone for the memorial now, but we wanted to see it....
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