Dessert first?

Jay and I went out to dinner the other night, and he ordered dessert first. He asked for bread pudding as an appetizer. It was quite funny the look on our waitress' face. But it got me to thinking... why not? I love dessert. But I'm usually too full by the time I finish eating to even want dessert (I know... hard for some of you to believe). I may have to follow in his footsteps and try this one day. What do you think?

In other news...
Gustav... we're watching it. Nothing we can do about it. Still too early to tell. It is what it is. The only crappy thing is that we're supposed to close on the house Tuesday (FINALLY), and that may not happen depending on what the storm does. It's always something with this darn house!

Wii... still fun. Very fun. Jay has discovered how to download games. So he's using it more than me. This really explains why he bought it before Christmas. I think he had other motives...

Labor Day... Don't know about you, but I'm glad to have an extra day off this weekend. Well, let's hope I have an extra day off. If I have to work, I'll at least be at home.

Have a great holiday weekend. If you have to "labor," try to enjoy it!

Wii... have a problem

I asked Jay for a Wii for Christmas. I told him this last week, and prefaced it by saying, "I'm telling you this now so that you have plenty of time to find one between now and December." Well, I came home today, and WE HAVE A WII !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Holy cow! Can you tell I'm just slightly excited?!?!?! And not because I'm a big gamer, but I've heard so much about the sports games... like bowling (WAY fun, by the way), baseball (I rule at this one), Olympics (don't have this yet, but it's on the wish list), golf (I suck at this, but I suck at real golf, too), tennis (much harder than it looks / sounds), and the list goes on and on. If I come up with an arm or body injury, it's Jay's fault.

So what's the problem, you ask? The problem is, I don't want to do anything other than play the Wii now! That's the problem! And I really need to do some work, laundry, clean the house...

Gotta run. It's my turn to bat!

Random musings and observations from the last few days...

I don't really have much to blog about, so I thought I would share some random thoughts and observations from the past couple of days...

• Women with larger behinds (like me) should not wear shiny, black, tight pants to the gym, and then lean over to adjust the weights.
• Why is trampoline an Olympic sport? I don't get it. I mean, I guess it's cool and all, but seriously?
• Kenny Chesney = hot (his Poets and Pirates Tour was pretty good this weekend)
• 2 boys have died in Houston in the last week after being "accidentally" left in cars by their parents / caretakers... Please explain to me how you "accidentally" forget a child in the car?!?!?!
• Not having to pay for trash and recycling service.
• When is it going to start cooling off? Although I love the summer, I'm kinda over the hot. But then again, when it gets cold, I'll be complaining about that, ready for summer to come.

That's it for now. Have a great week!

New Neighbors

Well, as some of you know, it's official. My parents are now my neighbors. They just closed on a townhome (NOT a condo... I've called it that on more than one occassion and was quickly corrected by my mother) that is exactly two stop signs and three stop lights away. Less than 5 minutes. More like 2-3 minutes.

How do I feel about this, you ask? I'm not sure. Obviously it bothers me a little, if I'm sitting here blogging about it, but as I've said before (and as my mother has said), "Who am I to tell them where they can and can't live?" Dad retired last fall. Mom is teaching one more year and then retiring, so why wouldn't they move down here? They don't need to live in a big house in The Woodlands any more. It's just the two of them. Yes, they'll be downsizing a bit, but not much. The townhome is about twice the size of my house, it sits on the water, and they're right next to the pool. It has everything they want and need, so it's good for them. They had been looking for a place down in this area for about a year, and I honestly never thought they would go through with it, but they did.

So, for the time being, they'll be splitting their time between The Woodlands and Clear Lake. Maybe that will give me enough time to get used to this whole situation...

All Clear!

Edouard was pretty much uneventful, I'm happy to report. It brought us much needed rain (my plants are very happy), and just a little wind. Absolutely nothing this afternoon but blue skies and sunshine (oh yea, and the hot temperatures). We're good here. I hope everyone else in the Houston area is ok as well. Knock on wood... we dodged another one. Let's keep our fingers crossed for the future! Thanks to everyone who sent us text messages. We appreciate you! Let's hope we don't have to have the need for a hurricane party anytime soon!!

Edouard

So, after all the hype about Tropical Storm Edouard, it's here, and it's not as big of a deal as everyone thought it would be. But, I understand the hype. That's what the media does. Because it was predicted to be a direct hit on Galveston, that was the biggest news of the week. It's fairly windy here (the winds right now are still clocked at 60 mph, and we've had some pretty considerable gusts), and definitely raining, but we needed the rain. We closed the College, so I'm off work today, which I guess isn't such a bad thing. I'll probably end up doing some work anyway (that's just how I am, get over it). Bottom line is everything is ok so far. We still have the second half of the storm to come, but I think we'll be alright. If nothing else, we'll eat all of our hurricane food all day long!

Cali 2008

Ok, so I know I haven't been the best blogger lately, and some of you are wanting pictures of our trip to California, so here you go. We had a great time. Thank you so much Josh and CK. We love you guys and can't wait for you to come home!

Our trip included wine tasting at three fabulous wineries (yes, I've already ordered a couple bottles online), and the Gilroy Garlic Festival. What an experience that was! So much food, and not a large enough stomach! If you're ever in California the last weekend of July, I highly recommend you go to the garlic festival. It was fabulous.