Back to High School

This week's Thursday Thunks questions are brought to you by Bud, the color of discovery and the number zero zero seven. 

1. Who was your best friend?
   melanie brown and I am lucky enough that not only is she still my best friend, but she's now my sister-in-law!
   
2. Did you play any sports?
   I was on the tennis team, but I was awful
3. What kind of car did you drive?
   a black grand am until I totaled it my senior year, then a blue geo metro
   
4. It’s Friday night. Where were you?
   riverside hall in east bernard or at a football game
   
5. Were you a party animal?
   not really
   
6. Were you considered hot?
   not really
   
7. Were you in the band, orchestra or choir?
   no, but I was in debate and the drama club
   
8. Were you a nerd?
   I think so, see answers to question 7
   
9. Were you ever suspended or expelled?
   never, I was a bit of a goody two shoes
   
10. Can you sing the fight song?
    no, but I remember it had the line "all hail lamar high", anybody reading this remember it?

lee's 2! -- june 2003

our backyard -- sunday six

so, michael was busy this weekend, he took this:

 and this:

and turned it into this:

Pointless Questions in 10 seconds...

This week's Thursday's Thunk questions are brought to you by Berleen, the color of_______________ and the number__________.

1. Do you know how to french braid?
   yes
   
2. Two guys are walking down the street. One drops his hat and reaches down to pick it up, the other kicks him in the ass. Do you laugh?
   yes, although that might make me a bad person
   
3. You wake up one morning and dogs are meowing and cats are meowing - what are fish, elephants and crocodiles doing?
   meowing of course!  but more importantly, what are the foxes doing?
   
4. You are going to your high school reunion. What award are you going to win?
   most family members present at the reunion
   
5. You find yourself stranded on a deserted island. Soon you find a laptop with a lifelong battery & internet connection, then you find a cave with an endless supply of food and a spring of fresh water. A cruise ship comes along to save you - do you get on it?
   yes, I still need interaction with real people every now and then, besides, how would I scrapbook on the island
   
6. How many shortcuts do you have on your desktop?
   48, is that a lot?
   
7. I offer you a pie... the most delicious pie you have ever seen. You either have to eat the entire thing in one sitting or allow me to slam it into your face, which do you choose?
   I'd have to let you slam it into my face
   
8. Are you a pen stealer?
   no
   
9. A dude from China comes up and offers you german chocolate cake, french fries and a boston cream pie... what color is your car?
   metallic red
   
10. Sometimes you just have to tap your foot to your favorite song - which tv series season finale are you watching?
    the office, I'm watching it right now!

papa and ed -- june 2003

city girl vs. the fox

so, when I moved from the suburbs of houston to waco, it was a bit of a culture shock for me, waco is MUCH smaller than houston, but I eventually got used to it.  then mike moved me out to the country complete with snakes, mice, and country bugs, but again I got used to it.  then we moved out to where we live now, where we are out on about an acre with 10 acres behind us, but nothing could have prepared me for what we saw last night. 

let me set this up for you: a few weeks ago we noticed where something had dug a hole under the concrete around our pool and we thought we had an armadillo.  we've been talking about it and trying to think of the best thing to do about it.  meanwhile, on saturday when I came home I saw two furry heads (it looked like maybe two cats) peek up from about the same area.  when I went over to investigate, I could not find them, so I just thought it was some figment of my imagination (mike and the boys were gone camping and I didn't want to freak myself out).

then last night (sunday night), mike calls me into the living room and says to bring my camera.  I immediately come, camera in hand, and find him looking into the back yard.  there is some sort of animal in our backyard (after taking pictures and posting them on twitter and facebook, we found out it was a grey fox).  later the momma fox came out again with about 3 or 4 kits, but it was too dark to get a good picture.  needless to say we are working on a humane way to get them out of our yard and taking suggestions.

by the way, after being here for almost 11 1/2 years, I LOVE waco and couldn't imagine living anywhere else.

kristin's birthday/graduation party -- sunday one

the only picture that I took this week was at kristin's party last night.  she just had her birthday and just finished grad school.  I am so proud of her and consider myself lucky to be among her friends!

a dress a day in may

so, my friend sarah-jane came up with this idea for a group of us girls to wear a dress (or skirt) each day in may and blogging about it.  I was a little late getting started, but I started today, you can view my blog posts here.

words with my friends

so I love playing words with friends (even though I am horrible at it).  I have been playing for a while with someone named balletgal that I thought was my friend karen.  then today I found out that karen's words with friends name is the same as her twitter handle (not balletgal).  so, on words with friends, I asked balletgal who she was and it turns out that she is an old friend of mine (actually the mother of two of the kids that were in my wedding).  weird how social media has enabled us to connect on so many levels that sometimes we don't even realize who we are connecting with.

p.s. I told all this to my father and he just didn't get it

my boys in the crib -- may 2003