The Forgotten Jonas Brother.....

Last night I attended the Jonas Brothers concert with Holly, Tara, Aubrey & Ella. I had a great time and will post my pics later. But right now I want to comment on something.....the forgotten Jonas brother....Kevin. Poor Kevin!! All we heard was "I love you Nick" "I love you Joe". Nobody loves Kevin???? Well, I'm here to say that "I LOVE KEVIN"!! Any guy who will drive the No. 18 car is fine with me. You go Kevin. You're the Best!! You're Fabulous!! I think you're the Bestest Jonas Bro ever!!!

Look....he's wondering "How come nobody loves Me"....so sad. I'm starting my own fan club!! You ROCK....camp rock

My New Man

I was craving Chicken Tortilla Soup from Taco Bueno today, so I decided to go there for lunch. There was no drive-thru so I had to go inside. As I was waiting in line, I turned around and looked at the people sitting in the restaurant. And low and behold, there he was!! My boyfriend - I wish. It was Jeremy from the Bachelorette!!! I tried not to look at him too much as to give it away that I knew who he was. I played it very nonchalant... you'd be proud. He did look at me a couple of times ~ woohoo ~ probably wondering who that psycho lady was staring at him. The funny thing is, I was just thinking about the show and how excited I was to watch it tonight. Maybe this is a sign that he's the winner.....or......maybe, just maybe, it's a sign that I'M the winner -- yeah, right!! Fun stuff!!

**UPDATE**
Tonight Jeremy was eliminated from the Bachelorette. Things are looking good for me....hee,hee :-)

Time's Up

Okay, okay, okay....I think the time has finally come for somebody to tell me who sent this bunny to me TWO YEARS AGO!! With the reunion coming up, I realized that I rec'd this bunny two years ago right before our last reunion when I ran over the poor little bunnies with my lawnmower and then my neighbor carved the bunny in my grass ~ boy, that was strange.

Anywoo......whoever sent this truly did a great job of keeping their identity concealed, but I believe it's time you come out in the open and reveal yourself. I think I've waited long enough. PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE come forward. My sanity depends upon it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Don't you think I've suffered enough lately. Come on People!

In Disguise

HELLO!

I bet you can't guess who this is :-)

My new desk ~ Notice the Sunkist?? Some things never change. The water belongs to Jane :)
The front desk. I just love the wall colors! (My office is the single door)
Our adorable "little" kitchen. Everything is tiny, even the microwave and sink ~ it's so cute!
Santiago, Windy & DeMeon (some of my new co-workers)
Jane from Houston. She came to Dallas to train me for a couple of days last week. She's a sweetheart. She's going to San Antonio to open an office there all by herself! Hopefully I'll be able to do that soon.....

My New Bathroom

Well, it's finally done ~ the painting portion, that is. I'm so excited to start getting my bathroom back together. It's been a tedious and sometimes painful experience. I've had plenty of paint spills that had to be picked up, like the major spill I had all over my toilet. I still have a few things to do to finish the room, but that will happen little by little, as money dictates. I LUV my new shower curtain. You can't see it too well here, but it is really beautiful. I can't seem to stay out of the bathroom, I just love to look at it!!! It must be because it was a definite "labor" of love!!

My Fishing Trips in Corpus & Port A

My Two Fishing trips in Corpus. The first one was with Josh & Libby, Julie & Bryan and kids. It was very relaxing. I didn't fish. The second time was with Jimmy and my Dad. I got a fishing license this time and actually caught some fish ~ my first ever. I really enjoyed both trips. Thanks everyone!! I miss Corpus already. Those two weeks of laziness were wonderful!!

New Job.....

**UPDATE**

I actually have a new job now, not the one I mentioned below. I really didn't feel good about working for Air Supply. I almost had a nervous breakdown on Wednesday night thinking "What have I done????" So......I decided Thursday to see if I could find something else, and low and behold, I did. On Friday, I was hired by Court Reporters Clearinghouse here in Dallas. I AM SO HAPPY!!! ~ (I hope this means the curse has finally been lifted!!) CRC is a different kind of court reporting firm and I really like their concept. They've asked if I'd be interested in relocating and opening new offices for them. I think that would be great, so I hope that I'll be able to do that!! Maybe I'll be coming to a city near you ;-) Sandy has already asked me to put in a good word for Salt Lake!!

**Oops, I almost forgot (and I don't know how I could forget this), I don't start until June 9th!! So I'm off to Corpus tomorrow morning for a 2-week vacation. WooHoo!!!**


This is how I've been feeling lately........

but luckily now, I've got a new job and hopefully things will start getting better. The job is with Air Supply (no, not the band). Air Supply is a gas (yes, gas, stop laughing) company. They sell and distribute gas to doctors and dentists. I'll be basically running the office. The owner and his wife are super nice. It's still near downtown Dallas, but it's a little bit closer to home. I'm not super excited yet because I'm still getting over the shock of leaving my current job, but I'm sure that I'll be excited soon ~ more money will always do that for ya ;-)

Thanks for all your prayers and concern for me. It truly has been appreciated.

Cindy Sings with Barry

Can you hear me??? Obviously, you'll need to turn my other music off so you can hear it.....but if you turn it up pretty loud, you can hear me. It was an awesome night!!

Our Day at the Kemah Boardwalk - Part 1

Thanks to Patty, Julie, Kellye & Tracy for spending my "birthday" with me at the Kemah Boardwalk. Kemah really is a fun place. Next time we're all in Houston, we'll have to go, but at night ~ it's too darn hot during the day.

The Ferris Wheel at the Kemah Boardwalk.
On our way home, the girls, Julie, Kellye & Tracy, sat in the backseat and looked at all our pictures. Every time they saw this picture they laughed and laughed. They kept saying "look at Cindy, she looks stoned", giggle, giggle, giggle. I've got to tell you, that's a real confidence booster!! Just what I needed with my 40th Birthday only a week away. Thanks girls :-)

Don't they look cute!

Oh no, what happened to Patty's legs???? (Okay, we were starting to act a little stupid at this point!)

Just another day on the ranch (inside a gift shop)

Smokin' hot! ~ Don't mess with us!

Our Day at the Kemah Boardwalk - Part 2

Silly girls, it's a train, not a rollercoaster!
All the lovely catfish. Enlarge this picture ~ it's kind of gross. We had lunch right next to them. Yummy!!
There is an actual rollercoaster on the boardwalk, but you wouldn't ever catch me on it!!
Patty and I and our silly faces.
All of us with our regular faces.....silly or not :-)

Kyle's 2nd Annual Golf Tournament

Here are a few pictures from the golf tournament. It was really hot, but I know a great time was had by all. The auction afterwards was definitely a highlight for me!! Jimmy donated a day of fishing on his boat in Port A ~ I believe it was the highest bid of the day!

Kenny & Karen's Pool

All I kept saying was "WOW"

Be sure and click on the pictures so you can see them in full detail. The waterfall is impressive!

And the crap keeps flowing......

If you haven't heard, yesterday I found out that my office is closing and my last day will be May 31st. I really wasn't too upset, I could sense that it was coming ~ but I did think it would, at least, be a couple of years out.

Anywoo, by the time I got home yesterday, I already had an interview lined up with another company. I interview next Tuesday. It's closer to my home, just right under DFW, they offer benefits, which I pay for now by myself, and I'm hoping it will be more money ~ please keep your fingers crossed, legs crossed, eyes crossed, even your ears crossed, if you can ....... you really don't need to do all that, your prayers are all I need!!

My New Floors

When I get my bathrooms all put together I'll take pictures of them, but for now all you get to see is the tile. Ricky did a really awesome job and I'm so grateful that he came and helped me (my parents, too, of course!) The blue-ish tile is in my "blue bathroom," obviously, .... and the other tile is in my master. I have green paint, the exact paint Patty has in her bedroom, to put on the walls in my master. I'm really excited to finally get it finished, but it's just going to have to wait a little while longer, right now I'm tired so I'm taking a break!!

Crapper....

For the past few years, I feel like my life has been in the crapper!!!! As most of you know, the hits just keep coming for me, and coming, and coming, and coming. My latest episode was last week when my sewage overflowed into both bathtubs (the blue bathroom stunk horrendously!!!) and the shower in my bedroom. Needless to say, my shower door was opened just enough to let all that glorious poopy water spill all over my bathroom floor ~ about an inch in the entire area. Thanks to Tara, Nicole and Sister Starr for coming over and helping me pick up all the "crap", literally. I felt bad that I couldn't help too much, but since I had just recently ripped a hole in my head, I figured it was best to let them do all the heavy and strenuous stuff.

As soon as Ricky, Mom & Dad get here, we'll be replacing lots of stuff ~ I hope!! At least I'm getting a new tile floor in the bathroom, that's good news, and a new toilet while we're at it. Not sure yet what we're going to do with that big poop stain on the carpet in my bedroom floor. Any ideas or suggestions are greatly appreciated. The water leaked onto my carpet about three to four feet right outside the bathroom door. It's really attractive, as I'm sure you can imagine....or probably don't want to imagine.

BTW, The toilet shown here costs $2,329.20 from Home Depot. Who pays that?????? And how did they come up with the 20 cents??????

Here's what their ad says:

With its clean minimalist design, the Purist Hatbox toilet opens the door to a new era of possibilities for making design statements in the home. Innovative tankless Power Lite(R) technology provides exceptional flushing performance. A Comfort Height(TM) bowl and Quiet-Close(TM) toilet seat ensure comfort, hygiene and safety.

Looks like a garbage can to me!!!

I'm In a Fog

Check out these really cool Dallas Fog pictures!! The building to the right with the tall oil-derrick thingys on top, that's my building. I'm actually not in the fog, though, since about only four floors from the top.
I love this picture. I'm not sure which building it is, but you can just barely see the top of it. I think it looks awesome!! .... and just a bit freaky. (Click on the picture to see it bigger!)

A Night With Barry.....

What a night!!!! I absolutely loved Barry. I knew every song and almost every word. I've attached a little video of everyone singing "I Write the Songs" and waving their green-glow sticks. If you listen real carefully you can hear me singing with him (Sorry, I never could get the video to load, so it's not on here). It truly was a great night and I thank Amber for sharing it with me!!! The picture above is at the end of the show with streamers and confetti. Apparently this was his Vegas show ~ looked great to me!! The people around us were hiliarious. There were three girls with their three guys in front of us. At first you could tell that the guys were dragged into this. By the end of the night, one guy was swaying a bit, tapping his feet, the next guy was asleep (he was pretty much the whole time) and then the last guy appeared maybe a bit tipsy. He was getting into it more than me. Here's a picture of him. We were cracking up!!!!

JFK has NOT left the Building....or at least the Bathroom

We had our bathroom at work renovated quite a while back. One day, as I was sitting on my "throne", contemplating when and if I should go back to work, I noticed something really odd about our new bathroom stall doors ~ JFK!
There appears to be an profile of him in our doors. Isn't that strange, especially since I work on the street where he was killed. Creep-ola' Can you see it???
How about now???? Let me know if you can see it. I'm taking a poll!

FYI....I had a really hard time downloading these pictures. It just wouldn't take the first few times. Do I smell a conspiracy???? hee hee.....

Amber and I are going to Barry Manilow tonight. I hope it's wonderful!!!!! Amber is such a trooper. She's knows nothing about Barry Manilow, but is willing to go. She's been listening to his music trying to learn some of it beforehand ~ what a friend!!! Hopefully I'll have pictures to post tomorrow......

~Puppy Love~

I know it's a day late, but Happy Valentine's Day!! I got this puppy in an email, isn't he just adorable? Even though I currently do not have my own "Valentine" I want all of you to know how grateful I am to have you in my life. I couldn't ask for better family members and friends!!! I Love You All!!

Grandma's 2008 Christmas Present......

Yes, I'm thinking about Christmas already, but the gift I have in mind will take some time. I need all of you to give me your email address/phone number, if I don't already have it. Please don't respond on here since anybody can possibly get your information. Just call Grandma and ask for my email or phone number if you don't have it. I'm going to need EVERYBODY'S participation for this present...kids, grandkids, etc. It's not going to require too much on your part, but I promise that she is going to LOVE IT!!! Please get with me ASAP so that you'll have a head start. Love you all! Cindy