Another Fun Filled Weekend

Going into this weekend, Gary and I had almost nothing planned and somehow we managed to be really busy.

Friday night we joined my sis and her boyfriend, Dave, for a Frisco Roughriders game and fireworks. It was a good time and you can’t beat the fact that the tickets were free (through Dave’s work). Unfortunately the Roughriders lost the game.

Saturday, I went to a book club and discussed Misfortune by Wesley Stace with 6 other folks. It was a good meeting. Most of us liked the book overall with a few complaints about various things that could have been better.

Saturday night we got invited last minute to a get together at a friend’s house. I hadn’t seen her in quite awhile so it was really good to see her again.

Sunday we went jet skiing with Roberta and Dave. Dave has two jet skis, so Dave and Gary were driving with Roberta and I as passengers. Gary had never done this before… he caught on quickly and did quite well… except for making us fall off twice. Oops… probably wasn’t supposed to share that part. :-)

Sunday night we went to see Riverdance, which was the only thing we originally had planned for the weekend. It was great.

Maybe with a 3-day weekend coming up we’ll actually get to relax a bit.

Tour d'Italy

Gary and I ventured to Italy this weekend for camping and cycling. Yep – that’s Italy, TX. Italy is about an hour south of Dallas. We drove down Friday after work and camped out at the high school (where the bike rally was to begin on Saturday morning). The weather was not *too* bad. It was a little hot setting up the tent, but it cooled off somewhat before it was time to try to sleep. Gary was none the less surprised to wake up in the morning and see me actually under the covers. I actually got a little chilly with just the sheet and I was glad I also brought a light blanket.

The good parts of our ride on Saturday:
- We managed to set a record distance
- The route was good – the last 2/3 was quite flat
- The people working the rally were very nice
- It was nice to be able to camp out and use the showers in the school

The bad parts:
- Being awoken at 6am with music blasting from the loud speakers and announcing the pancake breakfast was about to begin in the school.
- The pancake breakfast was a little disappointing
- Although the advertised distance was 28 miles (which was a stretch for me), the actual distance ended up being 31 miles – even more of stretch. I was *really* ready to quit at 28 miles.
- I got a flat tire on the road. This was the first time we’ve had to fix a flat actually on the road. We’ve previously always been at our car or there was one time I had to take the SAG wagon back because we didn’t have a spare tube anyway.

Overall, it was fun… but gosh were my thighs tired!! :-)

Working From Home

Today is my first day working from home and I am so excited. I'm really enjoying the short "commute" - ha ha... and also working in my shorts in the comfort of my own home. I'm really going to like this. :-)

Catching Up

OK, I haven't posted what's been going in "my world" lately.

This past weekend was fun. Saturday, Gary and I went to Six Flags for his work picnic. Man, that company knows how to treat their employees nice. Our "package" included tickets to the park, parking, the picnic and $20 Daffy dollars to spend in the park. How sweet. For him-it was just the two of us. For employees with families... whew that's really sweet.

Saturday evening we went to Poor David's Pub with Liz and company to watch the Asylum Street Spankers. The opening act was Idgy Vaughn, who I really liked as well. It was fun.

Sunday, my friend Melissa was in town from Virginia and I went to a pool party to see her and other friends.

I started golf lessons last Monday and although it's rather hot, they have been really good. Two lessons down, 3 to go. I've already learned a lot more than the first lessons I took in the fall.

Yesterday, I had dinner with Roberta and helped her learn how to use her new cell phone. We both bought the same one. :-)

So... I've been busy and been having fun. :-)

Gift Idea

Come on... look at the *savings* for buying this on Amazon. :-)

I got an email advertisement on this today... as "someone who recently purchased literary classics"... although I sure can't think of what that would have been.

Darth Vader's a big meanie

Appropos of nothing, I came across this blog entry today, the recounting of a little boy's visit to see Darth Vader in a shopping mall, circa 1980. It just sorta cracked me up. My favorite paragraph is when he compares it to visiting Santa Claus, but read through to the end to find out just how mean Darth Vader really is.

Busy Monday

I'm glad I had a nice, relaxing weekend because today has been crazy so far. I've finally got a moment to take a little break (and it's well derved).

My weekend was good. I had lunch with Liz on Saturday and that was really fun. It was fun to catch up on the girl talk... we left the boys at home.

Last night a group that Liz organized went to the Improv. We saw Aries Spears. He was quite funny and the opening two guys were also very good.

Tonight, April and I are starting golf lessons. I'm hoping they will be better than the lessons we took last fall. They are offered through the community college, so I expect they will be. We'll see.

Ahhh.... Warm and Toasty

Yep... I got my space heater in the mail over the weekend and I hooked it up under my desk today. It's great to be able to wear summer clothes instead of sweaters! :-)

Mini Vacation

I had a nice holiday weekend. I worked 4x10’s last week so I could have Friday off.

Gary and I got caught in the rain on our Saturday bike ride around White Rock Lake, but it was still fun. We also celebrated the 6-month “anniversary” of our first date this weekend.

Sunday night we went to see Flip Orley at the Improv with my sis and her boyfriend. That was fun and Flip was very good, as always.

Monday we went to the Parade of Homes in McKinney. It was a good day for it – less busy than what I have seen previously and the weather was decent… not *too* hot.

I took Tuesday off in order to have Verizon come out to install Fios (fiber optic cable). Now I have broadband internet access and can work from home – yay. I’m looking forward to that.