Visit from Sister!!

Well, it's about time I updated my blog!! My sister Sara and my handsome little nephew PJ came to visit this week. We had lots of fun and ran poor little PJ ragged!! We visited the Alamo, Riverwalk, Mercado, a cafe called Lulu's (which was featured on Man vs. Food) and we shopped all over the Texas Hill Country. The first two days were rainy, but it cleared up a little bit during thier trip. PJ got his first ever haircut, which was an adventure for me. It's been a while since I cut hair on a moving target!!


Here are two sexy sisters!
At the Alamo in the drizzle.

Sara eating a 3 pound cinnamon roll at Lulu's...doesnt she look vicious?? =)

PJ getting his very first haircut EVER! I know it LOOKS like he was sitting still, but I can assure you, he was a moving target!! I think you can get an idea if you look at the water spots all over Sara.

And finally, after dropping Sara and PJ off at the airport, mom and I did some shopping and I couldn't help it...I had to get a picture of this place. Too bad it's not right next door to the "Cum Inn" !!!

In Memory

In memory of my little pepper who lost his fight with a heart valve problem yesterday 10/21/09.

waging a war!!

Ok...so a little background before I go into my huge tirade about WHY I am waging a personal war.
The back yard USED to be a beautiful greenbelt area....deer ( a lot of them) wandered around in there and there were no privacy issues. It was part of what made the house so awesome!


Fast forward to the last few months: The deer have mostly been trapped and removed, the news that the new Boerne library was going in that lot surfaced, AND last but not least, The aforementioned greenbelt has become the holding ground for heavy equipment and large cement..."THINGS" for a road crew that is working down on main street.

It is bad enough that the land now looks like a muddy parking lot for bulldozers and cranes and whatnot, but I could actually live with that. The reason I wage my personal war is the fact that they have decided that the middle of the night is a GREAT TIME to move said equipment, and work on the road, to avoid the hassle of daily traffic on main street.

Picture if you will: It is 1:45am..you are sleeping soundly, its a beautiful night, so you have a window open....BEEP BEEP BEEP *CRASH CRASH* BEEP BEEP BEEP!!!!! Yes, thats right...back up signals and headlights and heavy machinary in your back yard, waking you up....30 minutes of the racket!!!
Finally you drift off again...a bit cranky but too tired to care at this point.....5:37am and again.....BEEP BEEP CRASH BANG CRASH BEEP BEEP!!!! At this point, bleary eyed, cranky, and lacking the majority of that nights sleep, you stumble in to prepare for an extra busy day at work.
Night falls and by 8 you are so tired you are glad to just fall into bed.....and again...night two, it begins again!!

This has been an ongoing problem for several months now, and it will happen for a few nights (till someone complains) then stop for a few nights, then resume yet again.

I have complained to the city, who tells me its a private company contracted through TX DOT....so I called TX DOT this morning and basically was told "too bad!". and this my friends is where the battle begins!!

Step one of said battle: hand out flyers to the entire neighborhood with the name and number and contact information of who to call to complain.
Step two: find out if TXDOT really can ignore city sound ordinances, as they say they can, or if they are yankin my chain

Stay posted!!!

Spokane part 2

OK, first of all let me thank my wonderful sister and her hubby for putting up with almost the whole fam-damily!! You guys are amazing hosts and I love you so much!



Spokane was beautiful. I think the hottest day hit 77*, which was nice considering the 103*+
we have had here!! Although I think I have acclimated some to Texas, because at night it hit the 50's and I had to turn on a space heater and get out blankets!!



On my next to last day there, we had a lovely girlie day and went to the park.....THERE WAS WATER IN THE RIVER!!! (foreign concept for us drought ridden folk in Boerne.) to prove it I took pictures.

Now..on to other Spokane excitement. My mom and I were driving and we passed a business establishment that made me do a double (and then triple) take....in fact I was so taken with the name of the business, I had to be taken back so I could take pictures of it.

Does anyone else see a problem with the name of this establishment?? The first thought though my head is "that picture seriously is being sent to http://www.failblog.org/ !! I will leave further comments alone for now. =)

Spokane part 1

Well, here are a few of the pictures from PJ's 1 year birthday party today. I cant figure out my sisters photo program or I would share more.....so Gran, be patient...more are incomming!!!

Spokane is beautiful, but it sure is cold!! 55* yesterday with rain!! Big change from the 101-105* it was when I left San Antonio.

My biggest regret for my trip.....I didnt get to meet Amy L. =(
This makes me sad!!

Anyway, more about my Spokane trip when I get home.


PJ getting his birthday cake rinsed off.

Mom and Nate enjoying the day.

Nate and Rebecca with Maiden and Cricket.

My new tattoo!

I know I know...some of you are freaking out by the title of this blog...(take a breath mom and gran!!)

I decided quite some time ago, that if I had to have a huge ugly scar down the middle of my chest, I was going to decorate it pretty.

I have pondered numerous designs and patterns...Ivy vines, zippers, dragons, geckos....anything to blend in the big pink scar I know I am going to be sporting post surgery.
Finally a friend of mine (yes Steve, I consider you a friend!!) said he would send me some of his glyphs.
Now...to be honest I had no idea what a glyph was, but he knew I was looking at different Celtic/tribal patterns so he sorta had an idea what I was leaning towards.
He said in his Email and I quote "none of these will probably be what you are looking for, but possibly can make one that is"

He was SO wrong!!!

As I was looking through the patterns he sent me, my eye was immediately drawn to a particular one...I love its "yin and yang gone modern" look!!!
With his permission, I have posted it here for you all to see.
I think its the perfect way to blend in my scar to kind of "hide" it.

Steve told me when the time comes, he will make it as big or small as I want it, and be able to "reshape" it some to fit where and how I want it to fit.

THANK YOU SO MUCH STEVE!!! (since I know you read this)

Feel free to give me your input, but please don't bother trying to talk me out of it. It is going to happen.

4th of July

Well, Mom and I decided to wander out to Luckenbach, TX to see the goings on for the 4th of July. We had a great lunch, there was some good music, and mom met a man!


Miss Olivia, I know you wanted her to find a cowboy, but there weren't too many there, so here is mom and her hot Texas man!!


There were lots of people out enjoying the music, beer and lots of shade!

Here is the old barn that is the gift shop and beer counter

Snail Creek Hat Co. sits on grounds as well...we checked out the hats and boots, but didnt see anything we couldnt live without!

After Luckenbach, we went to Fredericksburg for a quick dash into a gift shop mom had found on her last trip there, and stopped at a little produce stand for some fresh peach ice cream along the way. It was a great day!! Even though it was sooo hot (about 102*) for this time of year, Mom and I managed to stay cool!!