Well almost no furniture. I now have two, no, three pieces of furniture (I refuse to count the lawn chair as furniture). It's driving me crazy that I can't find the cd that has my digital camera software. I have the camera, but no software to see and download pictures. As soon as I (a) find the software, or (b) buy a new camera, I'll post some pictures. Let's hope "a" happens soon or there won't be pictures for a while.
But anyway, as of Monday I now have a large upholstered chair and ottoman and a large-ish entertainment center. They take up quite a bit of room, as well as the air mattress on the floor (which I'm not counting as furniture either). I had an epiphany yesterday; I need to make a murphy bed. I looked at plans for them on the internet while I was still in Lubbock. Will have to look again. Material costs may be a bit steep though.
Anyway, not much else happening. Greg and I do have a weekend job together. Greg started it the last weekend of May or first weekend in June, don't remember which. I started the following weekend. We are cooking at a place called Flapjacks. Greg works the meat station (bacon, sausage links/patties, ham, burgers, etc.), and I work the pancake station. I make the pancakes, french toast, toast bread for eggs benedict, hamburgers, patty melts, etc. Oh, and I also make the crepes and blintzes. Technically I don't make the blintzes, I just heat them up when they are ordered. They are very good even just heated up. Yummy. There were several flavors or toppings for the flapjacks when I started, but we now have 32 flavors. There are some crazy flavors too. We have smores, german chocolate, black forest, carrot, banana/walnut to name a few. Those are really not that crazy, just hard to remember what goes on them. We'll be adding some kids flavors that will include some really crazy flavors that I don't remember right now.
Flapjacks is on Rufe Snow in Fort Worth, so we drive back every weekend. Which isn't terrible, but it's been a little tough adjusting. I feel like I have two lives, one here in Abilene and one in Fort Worth. I'll probably only work there for the rest of the summer though. I'd like to spend some time "living" in Abilene. I started the job before I got the ACU job, so I didn't feel right just quiting.
It's been surreal being back in Abilene and especially ACU (haven't gotten to see much of Abilene yet. They keep wanting me to come to work. Go figure.) It doesn't feel like I ever left. It feels very natural. Two of my favorite people are still here, so it's been great getting to see them again. Kerry works in the library, and we've gone to lunch several times. We started walking two weeks ago on Monday and Friday, but she left last week to move her oldest daughter to Nashville. Her husband is going to be the director of the theatre department at Lipscomb. Bonny, Kerry's middle daughter, is still here. We went and saw Wall-e last week. It was cute, cute, cute. Very good movie. Several more of my favorite people are here, but they are professors and are not around right now.
There is a drive in here, but haven't gone yet. Movies don't start until 9:15, so that's too late on a work night, and we're not here on weekends. Anybody remember drive-ins. I saw The Town That Dreaded Sundown at the drive in when I was a kid. I was suppose to be asleep. I think the first movie was Star Wars. I'll ask my mom. Mom doesn't remember. Oh well. Need to go find some Dr. Pepper!
Wednesday, July 23, 2008
Thursday, July 17, 2008
Sorry it's been so long
A lot has been happening lately, so it's been awhile since I've blogged. Of course, I have still been reading my dear cousins blogs to see what they've been up to.
The big news is that we've moved and I have a NEW JOB! We are now living in Abilene, Texas (yes, Chelle, I'm back), and I am working at Abilene Christian University again! I am working in the Registrar's Office as the Curricular Programs and Communications Specialist. I am responsible for updating and publishing the university catalog, academic calendar, and I keep track of all program, course, and degree changes that are processed through the University Academic Council and the General Education Council. I'll also be responsible for updating the degree audits in Banner and making sure they work right, but I'm still learning that software.
It was a crazy time getting to this point (this is my third week on the job). Since January, I probably sent out 100 resumes but only had about a dozen interviews with several schools (TCU, North Lake College, Richland College, UNT, UTA, West Texas A&M, and even a phone interview at TTU, to name a few). I was so certain though that I would find a job in the DFW metroplex that Greg and I moved to Fort Worth at the end of May. We were staying with his mom, and were going to stay with her for the summer or until I found a job and moved closer to wherever I got the job.
I had applied to a couple of positions at ACU, and am still in a little shock that I'm back. It feels so natural to be here though. I kept praying that God would direct us, and I think He has, so praise God!
Of course I have no furniture because I gave most of it away in Lubbock. When I packed a Uhual full of stuff back in April, we were actually planning on staying in Lubbock until December, so I left some of the bigger stuff there. Too bad we didn't just wait until I had a job, cause then we could have moved everything straight here. But that's ok, I gave most of it away to a very sweet LCU student.
We are renting a very cute little house here that is very near the campus. It is a long story how we ended up with it, which I won't bore anybody with. It does have its problems, but it also has a lot of charm. As soon as I find the software cd for my digital camera, I'll take some pictures and post them.
The big news is that we've moved and I have a NEW JOB! We are now living in Abilene, Texas (yes, Chelle, I'm back), and I am working at Abilene Christian University again! I am working in the Registrar's Office as the Curricular Programs and Communications Specialist. I am responsible for updating and publishing the university catalog, academic calendar, and I keep track of all program, course, and degree changes that are processed through the University Academic Council and the General Education Council. I'll also be responsible for updating the degree audits in Banner and making sure they work right, but I'm still learning that software.
It was a crazy time getting to this point (this is my third week on the job). Since January, I probably sent out 100 resumes but only had about a dozen interviews with several schools (TCU, North Lake College, Richland College, UNT, UTA, West Texas A&M, and even a phone interview at TTU, to name a few). I was so certain though that I would find a job in the DFW metroplex that Greg and I moved to Fort Worth at the end of May. We were staying with his mom, and were going to stay with her for the summer or until I found a job and moved closer to wherever I got the job.
I had applied to a couple of positions at ACU, and am still in a little shock that I'm back. It feels so natural to be here though. I kept praying that God would direct us, and I think He has, so praise God!
Of course I have no furniture because I gave most of it away in Lubbock. When I packed a Uhual full of stuff back in April, we were actually planning on staying in Lubbock until December, so I left some of the bigger stuff there. Too bad we didn't just wait until I had a job, cause then we could have moved everything straight here. But that's ok, I gave most of it away to a very sweet LCU student.
We are renting a very cute little house here that is very near the campus. It is a long story how we ended up with it, which I won't bore anybody with. It does have its problems, but it also has a lot of charm. As soon as I find the software cd for my digital camera, I'll take some pictures and post them.
Thursday, April 10, 2008
wind and dust, dust and wind
This picture is of a haboob (don't ask me how to pronounce it). It's Arabic for a very bad thing. The website I took the picture from is talking about them happening in the Sahara desert. This picture is of Lubbock, Texas! The red domed building directly below the sand storm is on Tech's campus. (That's were Greg and I saw the rodeo last weekend.)
Today we had a haboob. I can't find a picture of today's, and from my perspective it wasn't this dramatic looking. When I went to work at 11:00 am this morning, the sky to the west was brown, but the sky to the east was still blue. By the time I got off work around 2:00 pm, the sky was brown in all directions. I could hear the dirt hitting my car as I was running errands on my way home.
This is what you see on radar when we have a sand storm here in Lubbock. The white is clouds, I think, but the light brown is dirt. Dirt in the air. This storm last year went from Lubbock to Abilene. I don't know about my lovely cousins, but I only remember this happening in Abilene a few times the whole time I lived there. These storms happen a few times a year here.
Yesterday it actually rained for most of the day, so maybe there was actually less dust in the air then there could have been.
The winds that brought this dust storm were so strong that it knocked over three tracker-trailers on the interstate. Here's one of them.
Today we had a haboob. I can't find a picture of today's, and from my perspective it wasn't this dramatic looking. When I went to work at 11:00 am this morning, the sky to the west was brown, but the sky to the east was still blue. By the time I got off work around 2:00 pm, the sky was brown in all directions. I could hear the dirt hitting my car as I was running errands on my way home.
This is what you see on radar when we have a sand storm here in Lubbock. The white is clouds, I think, but the light brown is dirt. Dirt in the air. This storm last year went from Lubbock to Abilene. I don't know about my lovely cousins, but I only remember this happening in Abilene a few times the whole time I lived there. These storms happen a few times a year here.
Yesterday it actually rained for most of the day, so maybe there was actually less dust in the air then there could have been.
The winds that brought this dust storm were so strong that it knocked over three tracker-trailers on the interstate. Here's one of them.
Tuesday, April 8, 2008
Online game
Here is a free online game that is very addictive. I'm sitting at the circulation desk of the LCU library, and will pretty much play this game over and over again until I close.
You've been warned!
http://games.yahoo.com/free-games/bricks-breaking;_ylc=X3IDMgRtcANibARwb3MDMzUEc2VjA2xwbwRzbGsDQm91bmNpbmcgQmFsbHM-
You've been warned!
http://games.yahoo.com/free-games/bricks-breaking;_ylc=X3IDMgRtcANibARwb3MDMzUEc2VjA2xwbwRzbGsDQm91bmNpbmcgQmFsbHM-
Rodeo
Greg and I went to the ABC Rodeo here in Lubbock this past Saturday. It was pretty exciting! There were a few big names there, but I couldn't tell you who they were. Several guys were national champions though. I didn't have my camera, but I got this picture off the internet.
One guy was hurt pretty bad though. I don't remember if he was on a bull or horse, but I am sure he got whiplash from being slammed down face first into the ground. He just laid there shaking, and he could barely walk out of the stadium when they got him standing up.
It was at the city coliseum where TTU's hockey team and the city hockey team play, so it was weird to see the usual ice floor covered in dirt. We got to see the bull riding, bronc riding, steer wrestling, tie down and team roping, barrel racing, and bull fighting. Bull fighting is when the rodeo clown runs around the arena with a bull chasing them. Here's a video from last year - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UiJH474azvc.
They also had some events for kids. One was sheep riding or mutton busting. Here's a picture I found online. It's a different rodeo, but you get the idea.
They also had a calf scramble where this mob of kids run around after three or four calves. I'm not sure what the object was. I think the calves had something tied on them, and the kids had to pull it off to win. All of the kids events were hilariously cute!
There was a barrel racing contest too. All but two of the ladies knocked over one or more barrels which is a 5 second penalty per barrel. The two that didn't knock over barrels still didn't win. They would have had to get 13.4 seconds, but they both got over 14 seconds. Apparently a bunch of girls had raced the night before, so we didn't get to see the winners race.
I have never gone to a rodeo that I can remember. Maybe mom will tell me I did when I was a little kid, but I don't remember it. Greg has actually gone to more rodeos than I have. It was pretty cool to see men and women, teenagers and little kids walking around in their Wranglers, purl snap shirts, and hats and boots. It made me want to go out and get a a completely different wardrobe. I've had friends from out of state that thought we all walked around in ropers and cowboy hats in Texas. I've never owned a pair of ropers and when I've had cowboy hats, I hardly ever wore them. I did grow up wearing Wranglers though. They were irregulars that we got at a discount jean store somewhere on River Oaks Boulevard.
Since the cousins that read this go to the state fair ever year, I'm sure none of this is new to you. Is there a rodeo at the state fair? I think it would be cool if my cousins that live in New York and Tuscon had cowboy boots and hats. I think one of them wears nothing put flip flops, so probably no boots.
One guy was hurt pretty bad though. I don't remember if he was on a bull or horse, but I am sure he got whiplash from being slammed down face first into the ground. He just laid there shaking, and he could barely walk out of the stadium when they got him standing up.It was at the city coliseum where TTU's hockey team and the city hockey team play, so it was weird to see the usual ice floor covered in dirt. We got to see the bull riding, bronc riding, steer wrestling, tie down and team roping, barrel racing, and bull fighting. Bull fighting is when the rodeo clown runs around the arena with a bull chasing them. Here's a video from last year - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UiJH474azvc.
They also had some events for kids. One was sheep riding or mutton busting. Here's a picture I found online. It's a different rodeo, but you get the idea.
They also had a calf scramble where this mob of kids run around after three or four calves. I'm not sure what the object was. I think the calves had something tied on them, and the kids had to pull it off to win. All of the kids events were hilariously cute!There was a barrel racing contest too. All but two of the ladies knocked over one or more barrels which is a 5 second penalty per barrel. The two that didn't knock over barrels still didn't win. They would have had to get 13.4 seconds, but they both got over 14 seconds. Apparently a bunch of girls had raced the night before, so we didn't get to see the winners race.
I have never gone to a rodeo that I can remember. Maybe mom will tell me I did when I was a little kid, but I don't remember it. Greg has actually gone to more rodeos than I have. It was pretty cool to see men and women, teenagers and little kids walking around in their Wranglers, purl snap shirts, and hats and boots. It made me want to go out and get a a completely different wardrobe. I've had friends from out of state that thought we all walked around in ropers and cowboy hats in Texas. I've never owned a pair of ropers and when I've had cowboy hats, I hardly ever wore them. I did grow up wearing Wranglers though. They were irregulars that we got at a discount jean store somewhere on River Oaks Boulevard.
Since the cousins that read this go to the state fair ever year, I'm sure none of this is new to you. Is there a rodeo at the state fair? I think it would be cool if my cousins that live in New York and Tuscon had cowboy boots and hats. I think one of them wears nothing put flip flops, so probably no boots.
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