New England

July have been the month of traveling... without the hubs :)

It started with a trip to New England with my sister to visit a friend in Cambridge. We had a fabulous time, traveled quite a bit of the area in a very short period of time. This was my second trip to Boston but it never gets old. And the high was in the 80s :)

Day one: Walked the Freedom Trail, experienced some American history. I LOVE Boston!
Day two: Drove and walked around Cape Cod. Nice parks, cute shops, good eats.
Day three: Hike up a Mountain in New Hampshire (and I mean UP!)
Day four: Drove around New Hampshire some more, what a beautiful place.

So this is where I cheat. My wonderful sister has already done an extensive blog on this trip complete with pictures. Check it out - THANKS EM!

And thank you again Rachel for showing us around! We had such a great time!


I wanna hang a map of the world in my house. Then I'm gonna put pins into all the locations that I've traveled to. But first, I'm gonna have to travel to the top two corners of the map so it won't fall down. - Mitch Hedberg

I Caved...

Alright already! I did it. I joined FACEBOOK...

I have realized that if you are not part of these social networks you really are out of the loop. Rather than emailing and blogging, people have all their updates, communications, etc on these sites. Join them or you know nothing... So I succumbed to the pressure... and now have wasted an hour of my life worrying if I have found all of my friends or not. If you have an account and i have not added you yet, it's not for lack of trying. Find me, I'm very accessible, reachable, updatable... please be my friend.


A friend is someone who will help you move, a real friend is someone who will help you move a body. - Unknown

Happy 4th!

Hope everyone has a safe and happy 4th.

It's my understanding that like 90% of the country has the day off today to appreciate and ponder the importance of this wonderful day - FIREWORKS. Beautiful. Colorful. I can't wait for night to fall so ...

Huh? What do you mean no fireworks? 2 Year Drought?? ... yes, my yard is brown too, but...

fine. what.ever... yeah, yeah fire+dead grass=bad...I get it. Is this why I had to work today?

Happy Independence Day.

ack, 3 posts in a row, fingers cramping, head hurts, some one get some oxygen, she's.. going . .down...

Yes, I'm bored, I'm at work on a freaking holiday...

Play Ball

I'm working on updating everyone as to what I've been up to this summer so far. Someone somewhere said something about how I haven't blogged in a while -don't know what they're talking about...




J and I went to a Round Rock Express game a couple of weeks ago with our friends Tammy, Jake, and Lucy. It was a LOT of fun. Reminded me of all the Missions games I went to as a kid. I'm not a big sports fan (though somehow married one), but I like to go to baseball games occasionally. Especially minor league teams. The tickets are cheaper, you can get right up close, and the feel is more laid back.

We somehow picked the best side to sit on by pure luck. I don't know if you've noticed, but it's been a bit warm outside lately. We sat right down in the shade however and the cool-ish breezy kept it nice AND we never had to stare into the sun.

The Express even won - though we weren't there to see it. After 10 innings of 0-0, we decided it was time to go home, and I think Lucy whole heartedly agreed with us. Right as we were walking out the other team - New Orleans - scored 3 runs and we figured it was over. But apparently the Express came back and won it. Way to go guys!

I'm ready to go again - as soon as it's cooler out - you know, this fall... hmmm... after the season is, um, over?

Computer games don't affect kids, I mean if Pac Man affected us as kids, we'd all be running around in darkened rooms, munching pills and listening to repetitive music. -Marcus Brigstocke

Something Wicked...

...Wickedly Awesome.

I went with the fam last weekend to see Wicked the Musical at the Majestic Theater in SA. So AMAZING. Probably the best production I've ever seen (though Lion King is definitely up there with it). Everything from the set to the costumes to the actors was great. Even the mildest of OZ fans will like this one. Most of the story takes place before Dorothy arrives. And it gives a whole new light on the Wicked Witch. You know the saying - there are always two sides to every story.

But by far my favorite was Glinda (Ga-linda with a ga). I expected to be annoyed with her at first, but she's hilarious! And man, both of the actresses that played the main parts could seriously SING! ... I wish I could do that.

This is a must see if you like musicals - even the hubs liked it. I hate giving away more of the story, so I'm not going to say anything else other than GO SEE IT!

It's so easy to be wicked without knowing it, isn't it? - Anne of Green Gables