Good or Bad Luck?!?!!

The night I met Lunch Box!

On Friday, I was out with some friends (in Houston)…and I stopped mid-sentence because I definitely saw a DJ from my favorite morning show - The Bobby Bones Show (out of Austin)!

After many "sneaky" attempts at taking pictures like this (and lots of spazzing out):

I **finally** got the guts up to talk to him and ask him to take a picture... On Air, Lunch Box always complains that people "bother" him while he is out, or he feels like he is followed by the "paparazzi" etc, and to top it off, he was definitely on a date…so I was extra nervous….

BUT, he was SOO nice!!! LB asked my name and a few questions, we had a conversation about awkward moments in the gym locker room and LB even introduced himself to my friend who took the picture …he was like “LB was really listening and actually conversing with you – what a nice guy!”

Lunch is a co-host on the Bobby Bones Show that is produced out of Austin, and syndicated in Lubbock -- which is where my brother got hooked, and how he got me hooked! I listen on “I Heart Radio” on my iPhone and/or the downloaded podcast!

Bobby Bones is hilarious; I would totally want to be friends with Amy! and LB…well, LB is pretty much ridiculous! But together they make me CRACK up just about every morning…

Oh, and I knew what he looked like, because I stalk their blog :)

Corpse Flower

About a month ago, The Houston Museum of Natural Science had a huge (6 ft) Corpse Flower nicknamed "Lois". When it bloomed, it was going to let off a not-so-pleasant scent!

My (Hilarious) friend Danny played at a wedding, which was held in the HMNS, during the week the (stinky) flower was supposed to bloom! Here's the song he wrote:



Or go to -- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRI32KEqJa4

You're welcome,
Danny's Fan Club President, #1, Orginator, Creator, and CEO

Quotes from Thursday

On Thursday morning (8am), I went to a birthday party for an 87 year old guy at the gym!

Every morning at 7:00, Bob walks in with his little cane and his wife. He climbs up on the treadmill and sets it for like .14 MPH (approximately) and grips the handles real tight and puts one foot in front of another...when he is done exercising, he visits, with EVERYONE and ANYONE!

Evidently, they have been having birthday parties for 11 years for him at the gym. It was hilarious... cake, muffins, singing, dancing, many toasts (with our OJ) and lots of quotes.

Bob had some advice:

-- "Be nice to old guys" :)

-- "Always greet others with their name" -- Which I loved! My dad always says that "Your favorite word is your own name!" Who doesn't like it when you remember their name? You know?!


Finally, this other women proposed a few quotes for Bob, I am not sure how this one fits with the 87 year old birthday party theme, but I was slightly offended...

"Men seldom make passes at girls who wear glasses." - Dorothy Parker

I took off my glasses and winked in Bob's direction......and then put them right back on because I couldn't see worth a darn without them!

Summer Time!

a long overdue update...

Since my last post, I have...
celebrated easter
gone to a wedding or two
had a birthday
won a church BBQ cook off with my bible study
won a softball league championship (mostly due to my AWESOME sftbl skills)
lost a roommate to Calgary :(
moved to a garage apartment
played, danced, sang and laughed with friends
Oh yeah, and I WENT TO THE LAAAAAAKE!!!!!










Sal-- Guilty confession: I do cheat on "Blogger" with "FB" and visa-versa. Sad face.
Liz-- Pleeeeeeease don't take me off your favorites! Okay, thanks!

Small update

- bought an olympics shirt on monday from target ($12.99 and super cute!)
- bought 3 boxes of girl scout cookies (thin mints, of course!)
- Wore the olympic shirt 4 times since monday
- ate a sleeve and a half of girl scout cookies (by myself! oops!)
- watched LOTS and LOTS of Olympics!!
- wish I had something super exciting to tell you about...sorry!

Time for some Work Stories

On Friday, I was wearing a shirt that was a *little* old...like early college; maybe late high school... the styles back then were a little shorter or maybe my jeans were a little lower or maybe the shirt has shrunk after alot of washes...I don’t know what the cause was, but the problem was: when I sat on the floor about 3486 inches of my back was showing (For the record: no underwear or crack was showing).

On Friday mornings I have a group of 3&4 y.o. language boys who work on using their words in sentences, social skills, answer questions, etc. Remember, they are LANGUAGE disordered!

Anyways, one little boy said out of the blue: "oh no miss mmammy!!" (that's me) "oh no! no shirt!" and proceeded to put his cold little hand on the small of my back. I guess he thought I was naked until I pulled my shirt down; which I proceeded to do.

I think it's time to get rid of that shirt. When a 3 y.o. language kid-o tells you he thinks you're naked = time. Also, for the record it's a black 3/4 length shirt, with a pink "A" on the shoulder; not THAT out of style. Well, I guess the initial shirts are little out of style, but I don’t care, I like that shirt. Maybe I could layer it with a tank??

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This morning I was working with one of my favorite little artic/language boys. He did really well with "F" last time, so today we moved onto "V" (which is made in the exact same spot; just with your voice or "turn your motor ON"...try it!) Anyways, he was doing pretty well until we got to "volcano"...

me: Volcano
A: Volkawon

me: Try again, Volcano
A: Volkawon

me: Vol-kay-no
A: vol-kawon

me: vol
A: vol
me: kay
A: kay
me: no
A: (puzzled look)

(tried a few more times, same results, then up-ed the enthusiasm)

me: Vol! (point to my lip)
A: vol
me: Kay! (point to my neck)
A: kay
me: No! (made the sign for "no)
A: Tears; lots of tears...Cute little hands covering his face and big crocodile tears coming down his cheeks
me: ??? huh ??? wha??? *realization* Oh Buddy!! I am not sad at you...

Of course I had to pull my favorite little boy into my lap and cuddle with him for a minute...

me: Volcano has the word "no" in it. I am not sad at you at all. I was trying to practice the word. Just like "nose" has the word "no" in it... ... ... Pretty sure the session was over by then; he thought I was screaming "No!" at every attempt he made...poor baby!! :(