You say it's my birthday....

I can’t believe I am 32!!! I had my ring (last year’s birthday present) re-set which has become this year’s present too…Mom took me to accessory City (Little Rock’s version of Sam Moon) on Saturday and I found all sorts of treasures. I went to watch the Nanny Diaries on Sunday (and despite what the critics thought, I liked it…I liked the book too) and Mrs. X had on my necklace in one scene. I was so excited to see that my birthday gift was featured on screen the very next day! Jason got two pairs of jeans (which were much needed...see a few blog posts down)...I had a little preparty at my house before a group of friends went to LR for dinner. I got some really cool presents; thanks to everyone for making my birthday great! Now, off to NOLA to celebrate Adalie's first birthday!

Brunch!

We had our provisional coffee and I was in charge of the fruit. I had planned on making a fruit skewer tray stuck into a watermelon...to resemble a flower arragement (like "edible arrangements"), but after I learned the final head count I decided that was too ambitious and went with what you see in the picture. The food was incredible...the best thing was the coffee punch! You take vanilla and chocolate ice cream and fill a punch bowl and pour hot "flavored" coffee over the top. It looks pretty and tastes awesome! You can believe I'll be serving that next time I have a gathering of any significant size....but can't promise any fruit skewers. (the group picture is of the active memebers. There were around 100 people there total including former members and this year's provisional class)

Football 101

Last night a few friends went to "football 101" held in Little Rock. I didn't learn very much (I am sure due to the fact that I paid ZERO attention to the presentations), but we did meet several local sports figures such as Clint Stoerner (former Razorback/Dallas Cowboy), Chuck Barrett (New voice of the hogs - Paul Eells replacement), Steve Sullivan (Local sports anchor), J.J. Meadows (former Razorback), Randy Rainwater (local sports talk show host), and Larry Lacewell (Former coach with Oklahoma, ASU and director of scouting for the Dallas Cowboys during the 90’s Super Bowl Dynasty). It was a pretty cool evening!

Is it four or fore???!!!

Tonight the "girls" had our weekly golf lesson which typically has involved our entire families. I'm sure the golf pro looks forward to this weekly event where everyone comes out to see our attempt at decent golf swings...however I should mention that there has been much improvement. After our lesson, we always go to the clubhouse for dinner. This is a weekly tradition that would be easy to become accustomed to....!

ILS Dance

Last night we "danced" the night away for the Independent Living Services residents. Tonya and I had the job of dancing to encourage others to dance. I'm not sure we were very encouraging; our dance moves aren't all that great! Sometimes I wonder why I would spend a Saturday night doing projects like this, but when you leave you feel like you've made a small difference....Here are a few pictures of my little group cutting a rug!

Aggies in Arkansas

I'm not sure if I have ever met two bigger Aggie fans than our friends, Jimmy & Amy (yes, we're still friends with them!). They came to visit us for the first time this weekend in this enjoyable August weather. Amy said she was impressed that Jason is "trained" to put a sheet down on the couch if he chooses to sit on it when he's been sweating. She also wanted to know how I got Jason to take the "fancy" throw pillows and place them somewhere else before sitting on them or actually using them as PILLOWS...I mean, really, what is the point of having throw pillows on the couch that you can acutally use??? Jason and Jimmy played two rounds of golf in the 102 degree heat which made Jimmy a little sick; so sick we had to leave the restaurant so he could go to bed. All in all, we had a great time with them and wish they would come see us more often then every two years!!!

If it weren't for bad luck....

I would have no luck at all. This week has been full of miniature disasters….

On Monday, I was searching for a pair of golf socks for my lesson and I realized that I hadn’t washed anything (but had taken the time to sort out what needed washing in piles on the laundry room floor - that counts for something, right???) so it was necessary to start searching through Jason’s freshly washed laundry. He hadn’t folded his LOADS of laundry that he piled on the counter next to the laundry room sink…after rummaging through his clean clothes and managing to fill the sink with half of them in the process, I finally found a matching pair of socks to wear. I turned off the light and went on about getting ready for my golf lesson. About 30 minutes later, Jason comes in from work and “ever so calmly” (yeah right) let me know that I had managed to turn on the water in that sink, his clean clothes provided a seal for the sink to fill with water…which after 30 minutes had flooded the laundry room soaking all my dirty laundry piles and the rug! It was a MESS! (Thank goodness for concrete floors!)

Tuesday I had to be in Little Rock at eight on the dot, so I was concerned I wouldn’t wake up in time to leave, fight traffic, and to m it to my meeting on time. I looked at the clock and thought it said 5:50, so I decided to go ahead and get up. At what I thought was 6:36, I proceeded to wake Jason up because I was about to walk out the door (I was so tired Starbucks was calling my name)….Jason normally gets up at 6:40 on the dot; he asked me if it was storming outside becuase it was SO DARK and I told him, no….then he looked at the clock in the kitchen which said the time was actually 5:36! He went back to bed and I had to find a way to kill an hour while trying to stay awake...and then truly missing my meeting...what a way to start a day!

Later in the morning after the meeting, I left for my office. I stopped by the restroom and noticed my pants looked a little short with the shoes I was wearing, so I gave them a GENTLE tug and heard a HUGE rip in a not-so-convenient place. I decided, risk of floods and all, it would be in my best interest to play it safe and work the rest of the day from home….the only challenge was the walk to the car; luckily I had a few ladies that were willing to make a barricade so no one could tell why I was walking like I needed to wear depends….or as my Grandpa used to say, “walking sprucy!”