Thanksgiving Abroad

Well, my much anticipated Carribbean cruise did not meet up to my expectations. My dear friend Yolene had a beautiful wedding and was very happy with her trip, so I guess that's whats important. I'll give you a short breakdown of the "funship":

Day One:

Wedding bliss! They had a very nice wedding that they have been waiting a LONG time for. The only strange thing is the minister we would later find out is also the host of the late night comedy show and other "adult" events. Made it a little strange.

Day Two:

Our first funday at sea. The day started out beautifully. We were about out of the gulf and the water started getting very pretty. The sun was shining and we were prepared for an entire day of relaxation by the pool. We had to get fuel for all this relaxation, so we went for lunch at about 11. The food was marginal, but nothing would stop us from our relaxation. Nothing except an ice cream cone and a flight of stairs that is. There was an abandoned ice cream cone sitting, melting on the second stair of the sun deck just waiting for someone to find. Of course that someone was me. I stepped on it then took a tumble down about 10 stairs resulting in a total knock out. The qualified staff in the infirmary would not give me so much as an ice pack and just strapped me down to a table for about two hours so I could "sleep it off". This reseulted in my head swelling to about twice its normal size and some pretty sweet bruises down my back and legs.

I have to get back to work, so I will keep you in suspense about the last five days of my journey. I will try to master the slide shows that you all have been doing before I come to complete my post.

It's about that time...

This is going to be a simple, no thieved slide show post. I have tons of pics saved up to add to the blog but it seems that I've been terribly busy. I just wanted to take a second to pose a very important question to everyone who knows my parents:

How is it possible that they cruised down an entire side of three countries and have added nothing to their blog?

Certainly there is a blog worthy picture on their camera.

Join me in petitioning the parents to update their blog!!!

Thank you and good day.

Happy 4th of July Miss Pippa!

Pippa had a great day on the fourth. It started like any other day, with breakfast and a trip outside, but then later that day something new happened. There was a parade with a patriotic pet contest! She came and told me that it was time to assemble and that she thought she had a shot, so I helped her put on her air force jacket and then accompanied her to the assembly area. There she told me she thought she would look more patriotic if I tied some ballons to her. She really wanted them so I couldn't say no. After she was equipped with her jacket and balloons. We proceeded behind the ambulance (It was kind of hot, so I thought I should stay close) down the parade route to the park. When it was time to judge the pets, the announcer decided to point to each animal with a hot dog in hand. Pip decided that this was obviously her cue to start her show so she began to dance on her hind legs. The crowd loved it and then she was interrupted by the ringing of a cellphone. She decided that she was not only supposed to dance, but if she wanted to win this thing that she must sing as well. She sang a song and the crowd laughed and clapped so she sang some more. The mob of patriots declared her their winner and she was awarded her prize. In one hand the announcer still had his untouched hot dog and in the other was a silly dog toy. She decided that her prize of choice was in fact, the hot dog. The crowd roared and applauded her great decision. She smiled at them and was very proud. After she was finished with her hot dog we walked home where her Dad was grilling steak. When we were done eating, Pip told him that since it is independence day that she is entitled to a small piece of steak. He agreed and gave her a small piece (this is a rare occasion, she never gets anything except dog food). This made her happy, but she told him that she would not be completely content until he gave her the bone. After all, he was only going to throw it away. He could not say no, so he gave her the bone. She has been chewing on it ever since. It was the best decision that he could have made. Pip would like you all to know that the Fourth of July is by far, the best Holiday of the year. After discovering how well the bone works at enertaining her, we have to agree.

Our New House...hopefully!

Okay, so you now all know that our house is for sell. I thought now I would post some pics of the house we have an offer on. I'm trying to get ahead of the game so that those of you across the country can see this one before we move out of it. Maybe I can get this picture thing down better for this post. The last one was not very pretty.

The Outside:


Matt's new play equipment: My new kitchen:

The neighboorhood itself is in Montgomery on Lake Conroe. It is a lot like the parents neighborhood except it has the lake and yacht club and you do not have to be an "active adult" to live there. It made me very happy to know that we can move into a "resort style" community before we retire. I really didn't want to wait that long since I am uninsurable until I hit Medicare. Of course Matt will be an "active adult" before myself, so I could've cheated since I'm married to him. We ate at the yacht club restaurant when we were there and the food was very scrumptious. I'm also very excited about the day spa and fitness center. Oh, and the best part...a 24-hour guard so no more attempted break-ins!!! I am going to help Matt make his sales telephone calls to set-up appointments and the law states that an appointment setter must be paid a salary that is not reflective of his sales, so he is going to pay me in spa treatments. We are also hoping that Brian can help us get a good deal on a boat. We'll have to wait a couple of months on that, though. I have started packing and I have done 14 boxes which is very miniscule to the number of boxes that we will actually have. The good news is that we are going to be able to get a lot of new furniture when we move, so we can donate or sell a lot of the heavy stuff. Pick-up only of course. I will keep you updated on the progess of our current house selling. Hopefully it will actually sell soon so all of these pictures are of the house and neighborhood that we are moving into and not of the house and neighboorhood that we thought we were moving into. Matt says that I should not tell everyone before our house actually sells. I hope that I do better when we are pregnant, since your not supposed to tell anyone until you are through your first trimester. Maybe I'll just tell Anne so she can start on blankets and Christmas stockings and let it burn her up for awhile since she is good at keeping quiet. That's a fun game! I hope everyone has a great week!

Long time, no blog...so sorry about that.

For those of you who don't know, we have put our house in Clear Lake on the market and have an offer on a house in Montgomery by Lake Conroe. About a year ago I was supposed to post some pics of the house for the boys, but it never happened. So, here are the now irrelevant pictures of our house.

Here's a couple more:

They are not the best pics, but our Realtor took them and I took them from the website so it made them much easier to post. Anyway, that's our house for the most part.

Caring Help When you Need it Most!

That is the motto of my company, Evercare. On Thursday we not only "talked the talk" but "walked the walk" and gave caring help to someone in need. A 86 year old widow was living in a dilapetated home in East Houston. She has no children or others to help her with home repairs. Our company partnered with the AARP and went out to her house to see what we could do.

We replaced rotted wood, installed a wheelchair ramp, powerwashed and painted the entire exterior, and replaced all of the window and doors. On our lunch break, Ms. Jones came outside to check things out and said, "I feel like I am Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz, someone has picked up my house, moved it, and now I've woken up in a magical place where everything is perfect." It is by far still not perfect, but nothing can replace the feeling you get when you help someone. Anyway, just thought I would share.

By the way, Matt's last day with Belfor was on Thursday. On Monday, he will be starting new endeavor in Individual/Small Group Health Insurance. So, if you know of anyone without coverage, feel free to drop Matt a line!

Riding in my drop top!

Okay, so I've only test driven it, but as soon as the rain subsides and I have the car in my possession....hair blowing in the wind for me. Here are a couple of pictures of my new car. It is a 2006 Chrysler Sebring Convertible. It makes me smile :) Gotta get back to work, more to come later!