My 2 block walk to work on Monday mornings is always an interesting one. Downtown Houston has a different life on the weekends and my walk is always a good sign of it. I walk by The Wortham and behind Alley Theater, so its usually very crowded in that area. This morning the signs of the weekend were this: empty cigarette pack, banana peel, theater ticket, broken beer bottle. I have seen clothing on occasion and that really makes me wonder!
Today is Shawn's birthday and we have celebrated so many times already....I completely forgot to say Happy Birthday to him this morning! What a terrible wife!
My niece Melissa goes in tonight to start her induction for baby Sloane! We are all very excited and wish them the best of luck! Love you!
August 10th. Where does the time go? I swear it was just April last week! LOL They say time speeding up is a sign of aging. Guess it's coming on fast!
We have had a busy summer. Lots of hanging out with friends and family. Soon the summer will be over for most, but summer in the normal sense doesn't mean much to us yet. At least until Madeline goes to school. The only real difference for her is that she has "Splash Day" every Wednesday during the summer. One more thing for us to prepare for every week!
So, my job changed last week. My company is combining all of our US Pipelines into our Houston offices. I was giving a choice of where I wanted to move. Basically, my skills were needed to get this up and running so I was asked to move. I was told I could stay in my old position, but not sure how long it would have been before I was moved anyway. So, I was given the job/area I wanted. I am so extremely lucky to have been given a choice! Anyway, I moved to the contracts area and will be doing that for the 5 pipes we are bringing here. I will be traveling some in the beginning to learn the systems and such, but it will be a good move for me. One more area of the pipe that I will know. Talk about a valuable employee! Whew! I am losing my office though. I have to move to a cubicle. There are good and bad things about it so I am will just roll with it.
I took Madeline to Hula weekend before last. She was very excited about it but in the end, it was not the right place for her. The Halau here (hula troop) is all grown women and they are preparing for competition next year. They did not have any time to spend with Madeline. I think I might have found a private teacher but we will see. She did have fun while we were there, but she was just mimicking what they were doing.
I took Shawn to see George Strait on Saturday for his birthday. It was at Reliant Stadium. I bought the tickets not realizing they were club area seats. It was awesome. He has 3 opening bands and only one we wanted to see. So, we sat in the bar area and ate/drank until we had to go to our seats. Totally fun night. I did get a signed picture of the Texans Cheerleaders for Madeline. I am wondering whether or not I should have gotten one for Mo too!
I don't have alot of pictures to share since lately Madeline has become camera shy. She will run away when I get the camera out. Hmmm, not sure what that's about.
