Disney

Finally got some pictures posted! This is the kiddo's vacation with Gammy & Pops to Disney World January 12-16th. They stayed at the Animal Kingdom Resort, one of the best there according to many.

I wouldn't have survived my trip to Costa Rica without seeing many of these via Daddy's phone so thanks for sending them Gammy!

No time to write much else but at least I got this far!

Coming soon..

Pictures from the recent vacations! Wish I could give you a sneak preview but blogger doesn't like my iPad!
These were separate vacations, kids at Disney World and the parents in Costa Rica. Well my trip was partial business but we didn't choose central America if we didn't plan to enjoy it!

Sorry to keep you waiting!!

just some stuff for you!

Merry Christmas Week!
I guess i do have a few updates! I'm NOT done with my shopping and I know that shocks you. I have so much I want to get these little Elfs this year!




I had a bit of luck and won and iPad at a luncheon for the Marriott "customer appreciation". They invite my company every year and this time I threw in my business card, yipee! Neat little gadget, but I'm a bit too lazy to really explore it. I got a free iPod Touch at a meeting I went to in May and not ONE SINGLE SONG has made it's way onto that thing. In fact, it's nothing but games for the kids. And guess what's on my iPad...I have managed to download some iTunes, but it's still for the kids! I have some more educational stuff this time, like ABC Pocket Phonics. I'm a strange character...$830 toy that i let the kids play on mostly. I've found it useful for the 9 hours of work that I did from home this past week though!



And to segway into work....I labored in 53 degree water over the weekend to become a certified scuba diver! I did it guys, I'm in! The cool club! The cold club, I'm in! I lost feeling in my feet for I don't know how many hours each day this weekend. I forget the term for this condition but you can lose limbs over this if it actually gets bad. My feet went totally white because i lost circulation. I decided to buy lowcut booties for my fins and my ankles ended up exposed on the dive - I was FREEZING! My hoodie was too big so my head and ears were cold. My wetsuit was a size 6 or maybe bigger? Water seeped through from every which way! But it's all done with! My dive master brought me a cigar to celebrate the end! Ha! I'm done, I'm done, I'm done! Here's a funny pic of week me half in my wet suit sitting in the van with the heater FULL BLAST as I wait.
What?!!! You know, they say it's crucial not to lose any body heat as you'll need it for the dive!

**MOMMY MERMAID***




Other crazy cold things we did - Ice cream outside while it was probably in hte 50's! We look adorbs in our hats!




I don't know if I posted this "DJ Lasterday" picture yet, but it's worth posting so here you go!



For my last photo set I have some gingerbread houses. I guess at some point we had a contest here at Methodist Hospital. There were some really great ones! A lot of people did ER's and I didn't get any pictures of those unfortunately. I seriously doubt you want to see a gingerbread man hooked up to an IV of sprinkles anyways. I took pictures for the purpose of stealing their ideas when I make my very first candy house! I've never made one, but I love watching the kids! Next time it's my turn! Maybe I'll do one in Dallas next week just for fun! Check these out!

**LOOK CLOSELY! I ESPECIALLY LOVE THE XMAS REEF ABOVE THE DOOR ON THE 1ST ONE!**

hi. who are you?

i just realized this blog has had nearly 10,000 views. and i don't think that's counting pages at all. i probably account for a good chunk of them because i love to come see my sweeties during the day as my mood starts to slip. if they caused the mood, i totally stay away though - just bein' honest!

so, who are you that reads this blog? well...not much to read these days so who are you all looking at my gorgeous kiddo's from your work computer or home laptop?! I know of a few followers but that just seems like a high number of hits considering I just started this blog when I became pregnant with Oliver. I'd have to verify that by checking my first post, but I'm pretty sure of it.

most of you know that my purpose of this blog is to bridge the gap between houston and dallas. it's a pg-13 family blog pretty much. you've figured that out by now, it's just not that exciting. it's undeniably a great way to keep the far-flung family members apprised of everything that's going on in our world. all the loose teeth, attitudes, "best of" kinds of things that happen constantly. hey, at least we've moved away from bowel movements, "we're slightly out of the mullet phase but not quite out of the mullet phase" conversations, and pictures that you look back on and wonder why you really did think they were that cute. because you've REALLY got cute pictures now!

i suppose i rant too. if i look back just a few posts i can smell the stench of discontent in my life and i have no idea why i force you all to take a whiff! i apologize! this isn't facebook! and you won't catch me on facebook with a personal account to make those sorts of comments either so deal with them here for as long as you can please. i'm just not a FB fan, i'm a fan of just being humans again. i see the positive sides and i love the arguments, but i see the ugly side, the ruined relationships, lines being crossed...and i want none of it. read some statistics on just how many divorces end because of inappropriate relations on dumb social networking sites. it's ridiculous that our society, the one that didn't plan to turn into this, turned into this anyways. it's just an opinion of mine that a good chunk of the people that use those sites all day have just assumed a new "Internet personality" and in person they've become so flat and dull. that's what happens when you misrepresent yourself i guess. i'm not dogging all FB users yall so don't go throwing stones at me! this isn't directed at anyone i know so i still love you silly kids! i just can't be with you in your cyberspace world because of what it's uncontrollably cluttered with! muah-ha-ha!! and maybe i'm thanking you for being with me here. Thanks for coming!
But how long will i be able to hide in my ethical little corner anyways, eh?! hahahha. Little Perfect Me. (i hope you find the humor in that because I really am cracking a joke at you). whoever you are.

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Man, aren't my Twinkies getting big?! My sweet "Rupunzel" looks like a missile collided with her mouth, and my little "throw-back", Oliver, is dressing like Mr. Rogers, and we aren't sweatin' it one bit! They're doing well these days. A 4 and half day trip to Dallas and no real melt-downs. Kiran topped it off with a 10-bell victory. (We're still working on our reward system). I think we're going ice skating for her mini-field trip. I've also got tickets to see the Nutcracker Ballet as my beautiful neighbor once again comes through. We'll make sure to coordinate a night to watch her dance the lead in The Nutcracker at the Wortham since it's Kiran's favorite ballet and Melody is her favorite ballerina in the entire world of course! And the hook-up was fabulous so Thanks Mel!

I'll take one more second of your time to brag about Kiran's school! She's doing so well and making pretty much all A's and B's! Maybe it doesn't matter to some people but she's in fact in grade school now and it matters very much to me that she stays well ahead with everything. She's learning everything in spanish pretty much so it's important to see her achieve the highest grades in all of areas they're evaluating her on. Most importantly she loves school this year. Her teacher has made a world of difference and it's rare that she wakes up and complains about having to go to school. At most we get daily objections to the uniform, but I cling to Hope that she'll realize that the dress code will not just go away one day!

Isn't her hair getting SUPER DUPER LONG?! I can't wait to take her to see tangled. Maybe she'll think twice! ;-P

Cell Phone Pics

I haven't whipped out my nice camera in a bit now so to hold you over, and to decorate my blog a bit, and maybe even to cover up that embarrasing rant below, here are some gorgeous kids!

My next move

This was the one time I really deserved a major raise. Scratch that, I stopped looking at it like a raise a long time ago. I have felt my entire salary should be reassessed a long time ago. My work load has not just increased but multiplied. We're probably talking 800% really. I keep these Neurosurgeons in the operating room quite literally. I perform skillfully and I feel like I go beyond proficiency in pretty much most of the areas of my job. The doctors say so, why not take their word?! :-) I'm taking on 2 new components to track for 1800 applicants during 2011. The thought makes me want to cry but I put on my brave face and continue making suggesstions to streamline this. I travel so many times a year, a week at a time often, without overtime unless I go over 40. I have to be away from my family and I put my life on hold and get no recoup time when i'm back. I feel like I should at the very least be compensated for it. I work harder than anyone in the office and I'm not compenstated for that either. Yes, I know you can hear me complaining and you've heard it before. Just wait there's more! On top of it all, the day after raises were decided, we lost a member of our 4 person staff. Were raises re-evaluated? No! Will this persons work get thrown on my desk? Yes.

So, on this note, I need a job to help better take care of my family. These people don't seem to care that I have two children, pay out of my ears for insurance, and make very little for the stress and grief they cause me! It's your job if you're reading this to let me know of a cozy and perfect environment that is just waiting to embrace me.