FLYING OVER MY HOUSE

September 30, 2007 By Leave a Comment

I flew out to Vegas for work on Thursday and had an awesome trip. Not only did I get to almost finish reading Barack Obama’s Audacity of Hope book, I was rewarded with some great sightseeing from the plane. First we flew right over my part of town. Check out the horse-track above, only about 5 miles from my house.

With my super-dooper zoom and some cropping, I could also see the office. The white square in the middle is our ‘shop’, and the building with the orange roof at about 11 o’clock (from the white square) is my office. We are very close to the freeway, and there is a DPS building out my window. The tower is for their helicopter.
Not great photos today because of the haze, but I did the best I could with this photo of my neighborhood. My better Google Earth photos of my Small World. You can see the lake, around which the jogging trail winds, and the bayou that separates my neighborhood (above the bayou) from my parents house (below the bayou).
I could also zoom in on the construction site that sits behind my house. * so depressing! *
We quickly left Houston and were off to Vegas….
GOOD NEWS OF THE DAY: I’m so amused by the little things, like flying over place I *know*.
Filed Under: airplane, home, houston, work

Happy Belated Birthday Grandpa

September 30, 2007 By 2 Comments
My grandpa turned 80 this past Wednesday. Quite an amazing thing. I went to his assisted living place to visit him and take him a card & some cupcakes.
It’s been really difficult to see both my grandfather and grandmother these past few years, as their health declines rapidly and they are no longer the merry-grandparents of my childhood. I have great memories of the times he’s let me “fish” in his tiny fishpond, of all the delicious BBQ he cooked and the great vegetables he’d grow in his garden. They would save all their cans so I could recycle them, and then use the money when the ice cream man came down the street.
My grandmother has been in and out of hospitals since July of 2006 with complications (a Staph infection) from her knee replacement surgery. Just a few weeks ago she had it replaced again and is under-going physical therapy in hope that she can walk again on her own. My grandpa has been living (mostly by himself) at this assisted living place very close to our house.

He loves all the little old ladies and all the great food they feed him, but he misses grandma very much. He’s always a bit confused about which hospital or rehab place shes in, but I too am confused by her ever-increasing medical history and complications. I try to visit him and my grandma at least once a week. Although the visits make me sad, I try to remember how important and special any company that they receiveis to them.

GOOD NEWS OF THE DAY: I’m so blessed to have had a such a wonderful grandfather growing up.
Filed Under: family, history

CROCKPOT CREATION

September 29, 2007 By Leave a Comment
I usually try to do as little cooking as possible when making diner. I’ve found that I fell in love with my crock-pot off my registry. The guilt of not using a gift finally motivated me to give it a whirl.

The makers of the Slow Cooker Liner are genius! Not only do I not have to cook, I also don’t really have to clean!

I also personally LOVE the way a crock pot’s slow simmer spread a tasty aroma through the whole house.
Of course, our first crock pot meal with pot roast. It was SOOOO yummy with all the potatoes and carrots. What’s everybody’s favorite thing to put in the slower cooker? I need more good recipes ;)

GOOD NEWS OF THE DAY: Handy kitchen gadgets let me faking cooking quite well.
Filed Under: cooking, Married Life

CONSTRUCTION UPDATE

September 29, 2007 By Leave a Comment

We’ve tried to plant as much as possible in our backyard to cover up the freeway. I knew we were in trouble when they cut down the few trees on the other side of our fence back in early August. By the end of August, they’d cleared all the grass and had leveled the land.

On August 10th, I left to go running at 5AM and I could hear the concrete trucks pouring. They have pretty much been pouring constantly since then.

We’re still trying to decide which concrete is going to be the building and what’s going to be the parking lot.

We were worried that these square things below that they had framed out would be bright lights pouring into our backyard. We were very relieved when we figured out they were just drains.

The picture below is hard to figure out, but the left edge is the top of the concrete wall that I peek over. The board on the ground is how close (I assume) the parking lot will get to our wall.

:( (

GOOD NEWS OF THE DAY: We’re off to float the River today!
Filed Under: home

CARNIVAL AT NIGHT

September 28, 2007 By Leave a Comment

I’m getting waaaay behind on blogging, with another jam-packed weekend coming up, so I’ll throw out a 3rd Fair post, after the rodeo, cows and sunset.

One of the things I was most looking forward to at the fair was taking some fun night photos at the carnival with all the lights.

It was great to see so many people- young and old, black and white, country and trendy all enjoying some good old fashioned fun.
The absolute most fun of all was the Ferris wheel. Although we didn’t get to ride, I had tons of fun taking photos.

There was several rides that had great lights. I have not rode any carni-rides in years. I don’t think I have the stomach for it anymore.
Oh yea….this would be a barf-machine for me.


Before the fun starts!
This ride reminded me of my whirlwind weekend.
This one made me neauous just looking at it.

Who knew carnival rides could be so fun, even without riding?

GOOD NEWS OF THE DAY: I’m back from Vegas with some great photos.
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