Being on a Board....

I recently got involved with an organization here in Tulsa that is for young professionals. It is a networking type group that focused on issues in Tulsa. They also have a program that you can apply for to be an intern for the Board of Directors from numerous non-profit and not-for-profit agencies in Tulsa. I signed up about a month ago. I was chosen to serve on a board for an organization that helps adults with developmental issues. I went to board training last night and there was a lot to take in. Being on a board is a big responsibility. I am going to go to my first board meeting next month. I am really excited. I am supposed to go meet with the Executive Director sometime soon. I think this will be an interesting experience.

I will post more about it after I meet and learn more about the organization. Wish me luck!

V-Day...

I hate it... I hate all things lovey-dovey, so of course I hate Feb. 14. I hate the whole idea of it. And, just so you know, I hate that my sister volunteered herself (which somehow means me too) to make 40 decorated sugar cookies for Conner's V-day party... I think I still have some orange icing under my finger nails... because while we where decorating the cookies, my squeeze bottle of orange icing exploded. I mean really exploded, on the table, floor, about 4 cookies, and me.

They turned out looking all most professional looking. I should have taken pictures to post, but I was so tired of looking at them that I couldn't stand to take a picture. We even individually wrapped them in Valentine's bags. I hope they enjoy eating them as much as I enjoyed making them. Actually, nix that, because I did not enjoy making them at all and I want them to enjoy eating the cookies...

I got to work really early this morning... I am already tired. Is it April 18th yet? I am having motivation problems today. I hope everyone has a great Monday!!

More snow anyone??

Well, Oklahoma friends, get ready for round two! They are forecasting 8-12 inches in our area. I came to work today loaded with enough clothing to last the rest of the week... Which brings me to my rant...

I have not felt good all week and all week Josh has been saying that if I want to get to work on Wednesday, I should stay in Tulsa on Tuesday night. So, last night I pulled myself off of the couch and packed clothes for the week. I got mostly everything packed, but I knew there would be last minute stuff to throw in, so I left the suitcases out and went to bed. This morning I got up and 5:15 and got ready for work and finished packing. Josh woke up and was laying in bed watching the news. I still wasn't feeling great, but I told myself I could make it threw the day. I told Josh bye as I picked up the suitcase to leave. Now, I fully expected him to say "Let me help you with that," but instead he said "is that heavy?" from under the covers. I set the suitcase down and said "Yes, and I thought you would offer to carry it." He quickly got up to help, but informed me that if I want his help, I need to ask. We are past the stage of him offering...

I guess this isn't really a rant. He helped as soon as it became apparent that I wanted help. I guess I just shocked at how old we are. I mean, I always think of us as a young newly wed couple that tip-toes around each other. But, in fact, we are a not so young married couple and we don't cover up our flaws in front of each other. We are definitely out of the "newly wed" stage.

So, anyway, I guess we will be getting 8-12 more inches of snow tonight and tomorrow. I am guess I will be home bound tomorrow, because, after I spent all of that energy packing, I really feel like crap and just want to go home, crawl under my own covers, and sleep until it is finished snowing...

Stay warm!!

Snow Day X4!!

I can hardly believe the amount of snow that came down upon us over the past week. It was literally record breaking! I was going to go to Tulsa Monday night and stay so that I could get to work, but at the last minute, I decided to stay home and chance it... It turned out to be a good choice, since work was closed Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday.

On Tuesday, it seemed like the storm was going to take us down. The morning was started by the phone call from work saying the office was officially closed. It was downhill from there. Josh's 4-wheel drive went out in his truck and he hit a cattle guard. Luckily, he was able to get the farm truck and head back to work. I went with him to feed and check cows that afternoon. The hydraulics on the round bale spike was cold and he had to be worked on, but he got it working. We were in a pasture a few miles from the house and the truck died... and it would not start. I actually panicked a little. It was still snowing and blowing and I was thinking about the long walk back to the house in it. Josh called my dad and he told us how to fix it. So, we got the cows taken care of and headed home. I swore that we weren't leaving again, but later I wanted some peanut M&M's and we wanted to go see Craig and Brandy. As we pulled in the gas station, the stupid gas pedal stuck and we almost crashed. Josh turned the truck off really fast and was able to get the gas pedal fixed.... We went about our night and made it home safely.

So, that was our first day in the snow. The other days were not as eventful, mainly because I stayed home and cooked and cleaned. I figured that was the safest.

Stupid Movies

Ok, I must say that I don't get the point of movies with toys that come to life (I am talking about Transformers, NOT Toy Story) or gross little people with one eye taking over the universe. Here I sit with a glass of wine and a piece of pizza on the couch beside my husband, who is controlling the remote. The movie he is watching is called "Clash of the Titans." Apparently they (who are "they??") are fighting Medusa... I obviously haven't watched close enough to really grasp what is going on. But it looks dumb to me. And those ugly little creatures are making me loose my appetite. Seriously, he thinks "Jersey Shore" is dumb, at least that is a show about mostly real (I same 'mostly' because I am sure a few of them are made up of some silicone parts) people... This is grossing me out! think I will eat the rest of my pizza in the bedroom!

Snow Days!!

Thursday morning I woke up to snow... If I drove something other than a Mustang, I would have headed to work. But I was stuck at home for the day. When I was in school, snow days were awesome because you got to stay home and do nothing all day. But, on this snow day, I got to work from home.

Conner woke up that morning and was super excited to be out of school. When his mom told him school was out he said, "I new wearing my pajamas inside out would work!!" Apparently the day before at school, one of his teachers told the entire kindergarten class that if they all wore their pajamas inside out that it would snow so much that they would have to let school out. When I talked to him on the phone later in the day, he told me all about how he "made" it snow so much that they had to let out school. He said my teacher told me to do it and " she is not a liar and she is super smart."

So I guess congratulations to the teacher that made an entire Kindergarten class think she is the smartest person on the planet! But I must say she would have had an angry mop of little kids after her if that snow storm would have missed this area!

Will this day ever end???

I feel like it should be 5:30 PM. Seriously, I got to work just before 8 this morning, and I think that my clock froze some time soon after that. How can it only be 10:30!! The Christmas Break was so nice. Conner stayed with me most of the two weeks and we had a lot of lazy fun. I wish we were off for another week. It was really sad after he left with his mom yesterday. The house was silent and I didn't really have anything to do. It really made me wish that I had a 6 year old!

I am sure everyone is in the same boat when is comes to not wanting to be at work. Not only is it a Monday, but I have been off for 2 weeks, and I feel like it flew by! Well, I guess it is time to saddle up and get back in the groove. Tax season will be gearing up in a few weeks and Mondays won't be an issue, because I will be spending Saturdays and Sundays at the office :).

Happy Monday!!