Things I Am Looking Forward To

These are a few of the things I am looking forward to in the near future:

1. Tomorrow - It's Friday!!!
2. Spending time with Jacey this weekend.
3. Sleeping past 5 a.m.
4. The fall television season. (Particularly Pushing Daisies and CSI)
5. Fall break.
6. Jacey starting back to school.
7. Our family reunion.
8. Reading my Bible. (It's been hard to read at lunch lately!)
9. Wipeout next week. (I'm hoping for Celebrity Wipeout but I don't think it will happen!)
10. Disney World with family and friends!!!
11. Sleeping.
12. The Olympics.
13. Christmas!!
14. Church.


Not necessarily in the above order!!

Golf Lessons

Jacey went to her first golf camp two weeks ago and fell in love with golf. She called me after the first day and asked me to get her into the actual classes. She has now attended two camps and is in the process of her first set of ten week lessons. She has already asked about attending the Girl's Golf program when it starts. I am so glad that she has found a sport she enjoys. I know that dance is a lot of hard work and is very intense, but I consider it more of an art than a sport. Here are a few pictures that a friend of mine took and sent to me. (Thanks Paula!)

Top 7 Ways To Tell You Are Having A Bad Week

7. Monday morning you're running late. (It's after a weekend - does this really count?)

6. Your car won't pass inspection because the check engine light is on.

5. You borrow your mom's car to meet your fellow carpooler and leave the lights on and run down the battery. (Thankfully Travis was very nice and came over and jumpstarted the car!)

4. It costs $722.68 to get your car to pass inspection.

3. Your fellow carpooler goes to lunch and has an accident. (The good news is the car was not damaged that badly and noone was hurt!!)

2. You fall down the stairs when leaving the office. (I left purple nail polish skid marks on the stairs!)

and

1. IT'S ONLY TUESDAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

You can pray I survive the week. I know I will!

High Gas Prices = 40 Hours in 4 Days or I’m Not Sure What Day It Is

Thanks to high gas prices, one of my co-workers and I started working 10 hours a day this week so that we only have to commute four days. We are alternating driving to help save even more $$ on gas. We meet at 6:15, jump in the other person’s car and off to work we go. We are at the office by 7 a.m. We stay until 6 or if we only take 30 minutes for lunch, 5:30 p.m. It really hasn't been too bad yet. (I think my body may still be in shock as I have always been a night owl!!!)

I always admired (when I didn’t want to strangle them) the people who can get up early in the morning and be happy and chipper and to some of us - annoying. That has never been me! I always tended to be more of a quiet, reflective person in the morning. In fact, sometimes English seems like a foreign language before I have had some caffeine.

However, this week has been different. I haven't minded talking in the morning. I have actually enjoyed getting to work early. I can get things done when it's quiet.

I hope I still feel this way next week and that I am not hating life. I am planning on sticking with the routine on my day off during the week and on the weekends. I think that will make my life easier in the long run.

A Day At The Hospital

Today was a very long day! This is what I did:

1. Got up and got ready
2. Took Jacey to school
3. Came home and then Mom and I took my car to have the oil changed
4. Came home and got our stuff
5. Took my car to get new tires
6. After leaving my car, I drove Mom and Dad to the hospital
7. Went to two banks
8. Picked Jacey up from school at 1:00 p.m.
9. Went to the hospital to see Dad before his procedure
10. Waited at the hospital


For those of you who don't know, and most of you probably don't, Dad had a heart cath done today. He was scheduled for 3, but got bumped up to 2. I am not the most patient person in the world and it is especially disturbing to sit and wait at the hospital. My younger brother, Kristian, made it to the hospital while Dad was having the procedure done.

We actually received excellent news. Excellent news being relative to the overall picture and what we were afraid we might hear. My dad's heart looks good. He has 20-30% blockages, but nothing to worry about right now. The bad news is that the artery in his leg (the one that is not 100% blocked) is now 70-80% blocked. He will need to have a stint procedure done in a couple of weeks. The exciting news is that they have new technology to try and feed a wire into the blocked artery and attempt to open it up. If that works, he will have major improvement with blood flow! Now, the doctor did say that it was a longshot, but he is going to try. Jerrod and I were talking tonight and we are going to be praying specifically for one little wire to find a way through. The doctor says that if he can get a way in, he can open it up and get it stinted. This should help with Dad's leg pain.

It Was a Beautiful Day

Today we went to the Dallas Arboretum. I took lots of pictures of Jacey and a few of some flowers. I have to admit that I was disappointed this time. The last time we went was in March several years ago and the tulips were gorgeous! They have just changed out their flowers for their May Flowers exhibit and so everything looked a little dull. But, it was gorgeous weather and the day was spent with family. What could be better? Here are some of the pictures. Let me know what you think.
















No trip to the garden would be complete without the serpent. (You will have to click on the picture to actually see the snake.)

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