Edit:  It appears that 48 out of 50 co-workers were fooled by my 'new' hairdo, and 5 out of 5 xangans were fooled as well.  Hmmmm, that's about a 98% success rate on my April Fools prank!  C'mon, you gotta laugh.  At least you guys are finding out tonight (if you read it tonight).  My co-workers won't discover it until I walk in tomorrow morning with my regular 'long', red hair!  Y'all know I love ya, right??

  Thanks mom for gifting me with wigs I never thought I'd use and tell daddy Happy birthday again for me! 

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So last night I tried to get back to my roots...literally.  But I'm not sure I remember them so I went with a medium brown.  And then, because I sometimes have blonde moments, I forgot that I did red less than two weeks ago and must have fried my hair.  So it is now brown...and short, short, short!  I'm at work now, but when I get home I'll post a picture. 

Here's hoping everyone has a great day!!

Happy Birthday Savannah!!

6 years ago this morning, I was in Baylor Hospital with a ton of pain and lots of legal drugs.  6 years later, I no longer have the drugs and I'm not in the hospital.  That's all I'm saying!!

 Happy 6th birthday to my baby girl!

The first week...

The first year... With her great-uncle Norm

In case the writing is too small, Savannah's inside a Mary Kay box and the slogan reads:  "Inspiring Beauty...Enriching Lives" 

Lazing around in the pool                     First Autumn leaves

 First Christmas...

Now a spoiled two...but she's so sweet...what a little diva! 

Age 3:  Savannah wants to play basketball with Olivia and Trey...

Spring Break in New Mexico!

4 years old and making new friends...the two Savannahs!

Believe it or not, she loves to vacuum...hope it stays that way!

March 15 - spending time with family.

Reading to her grandfather...

At Fossil Rim a week ago mimicking the goat.

And before I forget, a very happy birthday to Cindy SingingMom as well!  March 29th...what a wonderful birthdate!

Hey everyone!  Just wanted to pop in and show off Olivia!  As some of you know, Butch works for the Sheriff's Department and they are looking for someone to sing the National Anthem at some of their public events.  As a result they asked him to have a demo made of Olivia singing.  Here it is...you are the first to hear it, as we just got back from the 'recording studio'.  I took a few photos of her in the studio, but they are on my cell phone and I would first have to figure out how to get them downloaded to the computer...good luck on that one!

I hope everyone is doing great!  Enjoy!!

Weathering the Weather...

• Ah Saturday...just two days ago.  Beautiful day, low 80's, perfect for the first day of March.
• Oh Sunday...yesterday.  Looked gloomy, a little breezy, in the 60's.  Still great weather for March.
• Monday, Monday.  Woke up and it was 48 and rainy.  Drove home and it was 40 and windy.  About to go to bed and what the stinkin' heck?!?  32 degrees and snow falling outside my window right now! 

Dadgum TEXAS weather.  I know most southern states have that saying, "if you don't like the weather wait a couple of days and it'll change".  But here in our great state of Texas, the saying is (more appropriately) "if you don't like the weather, wait an hour it'll change".

So I'm just here, warm in my PJ's, weathering the weather and wondering whether I'll be able to go to work tomorrow in this weather.

I wonder whether I made my point...about the weather?

I'm alive and well...

Just wanted to pop on this morning and let you all know I'm alive and well! 

• I'm approaching the 6 month mark at my 'temp' job...hopefully they will offer me a permanent position.
• Butch has completed (and passed) the written, physical and polygraph portions of the deputy's tests.  Friday morning he has an interview...where they will probably try whatever they can to ruffle his feathers.  After that, he'll have the medical and psychological tests, one test per week.  Academy starts March 31st.
• Olivia is doing great in school.  Track tryouts were yesterday and if I remember correctly, she's doing the hurdles and the long jump.  She's also itching to get back on stage and start singing again.
• Trey is in tutoring and trying to get his TAKS tests scores up to a passing level.  The kid is as smart as a whip, but he thinks outside the box.  For tests like these, they want inside box thinkers.
• And finally, Savannah.  You know it's gonna be good right?  Last week Savannah joined the "cut your own hair" club!  However I immediately revoked her club membership and took her to the salon to fix whatever damage there may have been.  I've got to give her credit,she did leave enough for the stylist to work with and at least she didn't scalp herself like Olivia did 5 years ago!

That's all I've got for now folks!  Hope all of you are blessed and happy!!