ACL Music Fest - Day 3

D went with us today. We went to the Austin Kiddie Limits area and made a bean tamborine and had some lemonade. Then we checked out Stars, Neko Case (zzzzzzz), Blues Traveler, Galactic and, because D wanted to go back to the sand area, a little of Kevin Fowler. Actually, T said and watched all of Galactic (and LOVED them) while D & I played in the sand. But . . . no it's over and just in time. I don't think we could have lasted another day.

ACL - Day 2

D went to friend, Cari's; S went to my parents'. T and I braved ACL music fest day 2 alone. Today we saw Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings (fantastic), checked out the art area, then caught Robert Earl Keen (always good), MGMT, John Fogerty (until you see him in concert you don't realize how many hits he's had), The Black Keys then - subject to much debate between T & I - Robert Plant and Alison Kraus. (I wanted to see the other top biller, Beck.)

ACL music fest - day 1

Day 1 of Austin City Limits Music Festival. We saw Rodney Crowell, Yeasayer (I thought they were terrible), What Made Milwaukee Famous, Vampire Weekend (below) . . . Trey listening to the music . . .

my favorite act, Delta Spirit (next 3 below) . . .


Mates of State - I didn't care for them but must be b/c I'm OLD. We were the oldest people in that crowd and all of the teens/college-aged around us sang and danced to all of their songs, David Byrne and, finally, G. Love & Special Sauce (below).

Take your daughter to work --

My mom had an appt. today so I took S with me to work today. It just happened that the communications dept had the photography equipment set up for some brochure photos so we got a couple of professional photos of me and S as well. Everyone enjoyed having S there. She was really good all day except for when we went to lunch at Chuy's!

T picked up D from school so they got a little father-daughter time in today.

ACL fest (Austin City Limits music festival) starts tomorrow!! Yea!

weekend pics

Trey's parents came up this weekend. We went to D's soccer game Saturday afternoon.
Of course we had to get in the spirit for the UT game that evening by putting S in her UT outfit. We watched the game while eating an amazing dinner - steak, baked potato, grilled squash and salad. With chocolate pecan pie and Blue Bell ice cream for dessert, of course.

Sunday after church we went to Sampaio's http://www.sampaiosrestaurant.com/, a yummy Brazilian place to eat...
Miss you, Mandi.

xoxox

Trey came home with flowers for me tonight. :-D

wrong one

Airhead thing I did this week:
A coworker in another department got married last year and is expecting a baby boy in the next few weeks. I've talked to her several times over the last couple of years but never knew her husband's name. I really thought we had discussed her changing her last name and I thought she had. Since her maiden name was very common and she continues to use it as her last name, I just thought she married someone with the same last name. This coworker's first name is fairly uncommon. Last night I went to Target and looked up a baby registry under her name and bought a couple of things. When I met her husband today I was a little surprised as he didn't really look like a "Richardo" -- the father's name on the registry -- but you never know so I didn't think too much about it. Then . . . people started addressing him as "Mike." Yep, I bought gifts from someone else's registry.

attitude!

Wow - Samantha has developed a little attitude! If she is not being held or being talked to she found her voice and let's you know she is NOT HAPPY!

Danielle had soccer practice again and did really well. She seemed to really enjoy it tonight.

beautiful moon

happy early birthday, batman!

Trey wanted Kelley's Chocolate Pecan Pie for his birthday. I ended up making 2!

Hurricane Ike

With Hurricane Ike looming out in the Gulf, my office decided to keep spirits up by having a hurricane/tropical party. We all came decked out in Hawaiian gear with native Hawaiian, Amy, bringing flowers for our hair and snacked on Hurricane punch and chips and salsa (well, we are in Texas after all). Here's a photo:
Lots of prayers are going out to those affected...

Fitness Thursday

Thursdays at D's school's morning assembly are Fitness Thursdays. Some of the parents usually stand over to the side and listen to the announcements. When I was standing over to the side today, the principal requested some teachers come on stage and help lead the fitness program. Then the principal requested some parents come on up as well. D looks over at me with a look like "oh!!!! PLEASE do it!!!!" So why not? I did it. I was the only goofy mom on stage leading the Chicken Dance for a bunch of elementary students...but my precious D was beaming at me the entire time. :-D

dinner

Tonight we had Butternut Squash Pizzas http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Butternut-Squash-Pizzas-with-Rosemary/Detail.aspx I used this crust http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Quick-and-Easy-Pizza-Crust/Detail.aspx I liked the pizzas just as they are; Trey thought it needed a little alfredo creamy or buttery sauce.

Just realized that the only meat I've eaten today was a little bacon.

good article on marriage

I especially like the paragraph "Make your marriage a safe place."
http://www.crosswalk.com/marriage/11580884/

upcoming bazaar

Last night was my UWM circle meeting. We discussed our plans for the upcoming bazaar. Our circle usually runs the kitchen. About a year and a half ago the city got really picky on kitchen inspections of the local churches. Our church had to do some renovations and learn some food preparation instruction. Now we're all ready for our bazaar in Nov.

family & UNO! photos

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Went to UNO! tournament/birthday party Sunday evening at friends' house.
Adriana wins best crappy prize of remote control low rider with hydralics - "Yes!"
The overall winners - birthday boy got 1st place!

Trey and I were not big winners but did get crappy prizes of McDonald Happy Meal toy (Trey) and some stylin' yellow and gold clip on earrings (Angela). It was a fun night.