galveston 2009

jamie, dad, fred, tatum and lauren enjoying the water

had a great weekend...other then the sun, sand and jellyfish.

i really hate the beach, but it was not as bad as i remember the beach in the past.

thanks dad, again. we had a blast

if i had a band

i visited lesle's blog this morning and saw a really cool idea....

her blog: http://lesliestamps.blogspot.com/

the random on wiki was: NC160, north Carolina hwy 160...

the random quote: affirmatively, but says nothing

the 3rd pic on flicker was: so pretty!

that was fun lesle! MISS ya!

mother's day 2009

as you can tell, i REFUSED to dress like an idiot....nope, i have had enough of the dressing up.

but, they will get over it...LMAO!

fred managed to get this great shot of me and lauren....happy mother's day...

oh, i almost forgot, lauren got me a new MP3 player!

i am having so much fun downlaoding music!

what a *$@^%@$^ friday

driving to work this morning....transmission stopped pulling...
got car towed to the service department....
got wrecker driver to drive me to work...
once at work, no internet, no lights, not phones...but the ac was working.
about 8:30 service manager called me and it's gonna be one of two things...
1. tourque converter about 800 dollars.
2. the transmission atleast 2000 dollars.

*insert a few cuss words here*

well, insert many cuss words.

so i still have to go to get mother's day foods and gifts....

off to wal mart in the shop truck....yeah! *sarcasim*

once i got back, LB called and said it's the converter....$887.00 labor and parts
well, better then 2000.00 but still, just spent money on this car last week to change out the compressor.....


might be ready tuesday.
now i gotta rent a car.

i hope this weekend is good

100% notes hit

now, i have gotten 100% before on other songs, but this song has given me a run of bad luck.
this is the only song that i loved to play and yet never got 100% or even 99%, i just barely got 98% last week....so yesterday, i vow'ed that i would kick it's butt.....
and i did, such an awesome feeling. i used lesle's character for good luck and it paid off!
thanks lesle....lol

now to tackle cliffs of dover....LESL!!

with mother's day around the bend.......

i made this layout for my mom...
she loves purple and this poem is fitting for us.

I often contemplate my childhood, Mom.

I am a mother now, and so I know hard work is mixed together with the fun;

You taught that when you raised me long ago.
I think of all the things you gave to me:Sacrifice, devotion, love and tears,

Your heart, your mind, your energy and soul--

All these you spent on me throughout the years.
You loved me with a never-failing love

You gave me strength and sweet security,

And then you did the hardest thing of all:

You let me separate and set me free.

Every day, I try my best to be

A mother like the mom you were to me.

i am getting a tad sappy and emotional... mother's day has a beautiful meaning to me.

2001: i had just found out about the cancer and Fred and i went to Sam Houston state park to visit with his family...my dad and brother show up...big surprise for me...just thinking about that day makes me weepy, i did not know they were coming. very special moment for me...to know my dad came from Houston to spend that time with me when i was at my lowest...

then November 21,2001: the birth of my one and only daughter. to think that in the months prior, i did not know if i was going to be able to share her birthday with her, to see her born.

so to all you mothers and pre-mothers out there, happy early mothers day.

regardless if you get a card or jewelry or something crazy, just remember that you got something when you became a mother, you got a very special gift, the gift of love.

fortune cookie of the day 5-5-09

the cookie say:

"Change your thoughts
and you change the world"


lucky numbers : 10,13,15,20,25,28

Vegetable (shu cai)

houston ZOO

houston: a huge city, where everyone is heading in the same
direction you are ...5:00 traffic on a saturday...stand still.

a rattlesnake.

me and Mr. Goat in the petting zoo

Lauren riding a dolphin...love that hat.

I don't know why, but everytime i go to the zoo,

I love taking pictures of this eagle. So calm and beautiful.

Overall a great weekend with family.

end of the week

so glad this week is over...
heading to houston today, looking forward to the zoo and what ever else my eyes see.

we got our pool last night, so next week we can start puttig that huge thing up and getting ready for some wet, fun times...


check ya monday! have a great weekend