A Busy Holiday Season

Happy New Year!

These last two weeks of "Winter Holidays" as the school district calls it have been very busy for Tim and I. We spent Christmas day at both parents' abode. Inbetween visiting parents, we went to the movies, and needless to say, we weren't the only ones. We went and saw "Marley and Me". It was really good. The ending was sad. If you haven't seen it yet, I suggest a box of kleenex for the end. Ok, maybe just one or two tissues, but be sure to have them. Tim says he wished he could have come up with the story, though, since almost everything Marley did Cody (his dog) has done at some point in time!

Tim and I left New Year's Eve to go to my parent's lake house for a mini-vacation. He and my dad went fishing for two days, while my mom and I made a trip into the Woodlands for some New Year's Day shopping. We came home this afternoon, and Monday it's back to the grindstone. This spring semester will be a long haul since the only other break is spring break. We had other days worked into the calendar, but the district took them away because of Hurricane Ike, and the district just had to make days up. (Even though the state officials waived our days, and no other district in this area is making them up!)

For those of you who have yet to see wedding pics, they are coming, I promise. You can view them online from my photographer's website.
http://omcstudios.smugmug.com/gallery/6909511_67KmU#P-1-12
The video from the wedding itself will be posted here, as soon as I get it in my hot little hands!

Hope this new year treats everybody well!

Still snowing!

It's still snowing. So much so now that you can't even see the grass. Wait...what grass?

Here's an interesting fact that was on the news tonight. Every year we've had a hurricane, there's been snow the following December.
1983--Hurricane Alicia in August, snow in December.
1989--Hurricane Jerry, snow in December.
2008--Hurricane Ike, snow tonight.

Is there a correlation?

We also had snow Christmas Eve in 2004, but no hurricane that previous summer.

We are under a winter weather advisory now. Hmm...late arrival tomorrow at school? Maybe we'll have a snow day? I guess we will have to wait and see.

Snow? In Texas?

Yes, your eyes aren't fooling you! Driving home from school mid-afternoon today was a frigid one! It was a mixture of sleet and rain. (Ok, you Northerners. I know this sounds pathetic to you, but you have to remember, it only snows in Texas once in a blue moon!) It's been snowing for a little more than hour now, and believe it or not, it is beginning to stick and acumulate! The temperature is below freezing, so the snow might just be hanging around for awhile. Although it is to be back in the low- to mid-50s tomorrow. And by this weekend it is to be back in the 70s. Where, I ask you, where does the five day forecast go from snow to mostly sunny and in the 70s? Only in Texas!

My parents spent the day up at the lake house. Yes, dad fished all day. (Is he nuts??) Apparently it snowed up there most of the day. It must look beautiful!

Tim says I'm acting like a kid. He keeps coming in the computer room to tell me it's acumulating more and more, and I keep running outside to look. I just came back in from tromping in the field, and once upon the sidewalk I had to stomp the snow out of my shoes!

It's so much fun. Although, I wouldn't have to live in it day in and day out!

The weathermen originally said the snow would end around 10 tonight, but there's been an update and now they are saying 6 a.m. Hmm...wonder what it will look like in the morning. Keep your eyes peeled for an update!

Girls Night Out

Last Tuesday night, a few of my friends and I went out for a night out on the town. Ok, not really, but we did get together. I guess one could say it was in a sense, my bachelorette party. We went to Papasitto's for dinner and then went to Main Event for some bowling. It was fun, except for the embarrassing moments.... The wearing of the vail in the restaurant, and the index cards pinned all over me of words of advice. (Hence the pictures below.)

A good time was had by all!

It's a Bird, It's a Plane, No It's....

It's a Starbucks Tree!

I went to Target this afternoon (while Tim was home watching the Washington Redskins football game) and got another artificial tree. This one's sole purpose is for Starbucks ornaments, cardboard wrappers, and yes, even the tree topper is a holiday Grande cup from Starbucks. Oh, and yes, I do have this year's holiday ornaments, thank you very much!

The holiday decorating has begun. I usually do it on Black Friday, but was not in the mood this year. I guess I have too many other things on my mind, like wedding things and such. I think what got me in the mood today was the Hanging of the Greens at church this morning.

Anyway...
Just wanted to share a pic of the tree. If you get a chance, come see it. Tim says I need to take the pic into Starbucks to get recognizion. Yea, whatever!

Hope you have a great week.
Oh, and Kaz, I'm working on the "7 things you didn't know about me", I promise.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Gobble, Gobble!

It's Thanksgiving Day and our day is in full-swing. As I type, I'm watching the annual Macy's Thanksgiving Parade. (My dream one day is to see it live in NY.) Later this morning, Tim and I will be going to my parent's for Thanksgiving dinner. My sister, brother-in-law, and niece came in late Tuesday night. The tradition continues this year. We have all pitched in and are in charge of part of the meal. My task this year...the pumpkin cheesecake. Yummm.... My mouth is drooling already!

Later tonight, it's the Univeristy of Texas and Texas A & M football showdown. May the best team win. (Go UT!!!!)

Anybody going out shopping in the morning? I've been seeing the ads on TV and seems like one could start shopping as early as 4 a.m.! Not me. I'll still be in bed, thank you very much.

Hope everybody has a great Thanksgiving.

Shower Time!

Saturday afternoon was the first (of three!) bridal showers. Pictured below are Gran, my mom, and Tim's mom.

Pictured below here are the three hostesses and my mom.

We all had a great time and it was such a surprise to see an old college friend there. She drove in all the way from Austin just for the shower. She deserves a prize for coming the farthest. Thanks Susan!

Julia Grace (my flower girl) was at the shower, and she was as funny as usual. It took her about 3/4 of the way through opening things to realize what I was doing. She helped me open the rest (of course I didn't care!). In one of the packages was a wire whip/wisk, and she said, "Look Ms. Julie. It's a whisker!" Then later we opened a lemon/lime juicer, and she called it a lemon-lime squeezer. At one point I unwrapped a griddle (and pictured on the box was three pieces of bacon, three eggs, and four pancakes cooking). I asked her if later we could cook hamburgers on it, and she told me no, it's for cooking breakfast!

Thanks everybody who was there.

Hope everybody has a great week!