Big Eds Pizza

Met former co-workers at Big Ed's Pizza for lunch. Yum-yum! Had a great time visiting and laughing! The pizza was wonderful - highly recommend the Big 8! Great to see Suzanne - she is out at the arsenal now - her laugh is so contagious. Byron is always interesting. Princess Stefanie is, as always, regal (yeah right). Jimmy Dean always makes me laugh. Laura S. enjoyed herself. Great ending to the week.

Thinking of starting a "Etiquette Lessons for Byron" or ELB for short. (This is Huntsville, you have to have an acronym).

SUPERSTITION #21 Knock on Wood

When you knock on wood after mentioning good fortune so the evil spirits will not ruin things for you.

The American version is "knock on wood", while the British version is merely
"touch wood". The tradition traces back to an ancient pagan belief that spirits
resided in trees, particularly Oaks, and that by knocking on or touching the wood,
you were paying a small tribute to them by remembering or acknowledging them,
and could call on them for protection against ill-fortune. With the second knock, you were thanking them for their continued blessings and good luck.

It may be traced back even further to an ancient Greek belief, according to Sauren
Dessai "that if they touched an Oak tree, they communicate with Zeus, who
would protect them from misfortune."

42 Days Until Christmas....Happy Thursday!

Injured Sally

My poor kitty has a hurt paw. I had to take her to the vet yesterday afternoon. There were no broken bones. Dr. English said it must be a puncture wound, but he could find no entry or exit because her little paw was soooo swollen. He gave me some antibiotics and told me to keep her inside for a while. He said the medicine tastes really bad, but it is the best that there is for wounds like hers. "Bring her back if it gets any worse."

I took her home and gave her the medicine. Around 8:00 she realized I was not going to let her out, so she went to sleep on the dining room table.

When I woke up this morning I could not believe how much better her paw looked. It was still a little swollen, but nothing like yesterday. She was hardly even limping! I am so glad my baby is on the road to recovery!

My Crazy Offspring

OK - I think Rachel has finally lost it. Must be the strain of going to "Big Bad Scary College." She called me a little bit ago and this is how it went....

R: Hey
L: Hey
R: What are you doing?
L: Working. Sally is hurt......

(insert explanation about the cat)

R: You need to check your e-mail, but first I want you to know....remember that really mean art teacher I have, the one that didn't like my opinion on the exhibit in my first essay....well, I made a 91 on my paper. I am so happy.

L: I am so happy and proud of you
R: OK, now read the e-mail

Well, I had already opened the e-mail checking for F's in Psychology or a ticket, or a police report and noticed things that caught my eye....like the PLEASE PLEASE PLEASEs and the $160, and the SOOOOO proud....so I knew she was just asking for something BIG. The crazy thing is, I might let her go.

Here is her e-mail - Hey, at least she has goals....

So, you know how much you love me? and how youre SOOOO proud of me for making As and Bs my first semester of COLLEGE.. BIG SCARY COLLEGE...? well.. i think i know something i want for christmas. :)

STS9 (the band i saw friday) is going to be in Atlanta for 5 nights, including New Years Eve. The new years show alone costs 70 dollars or you could be amazing and get me a 4 days pass for only 165.50 :) Xtina is also asking for this for christmas. then xtina and i could use christmas money for a hotel and such for me and her.

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE

Kids, you gota love them!

Christmas Present

This is a tree in Tim's back yard. It is literally loaded down with these little red berries. He believes it is some kind of non-edible plum...maybe onramental plum. I did not remember it flowering in the spring though.
I took this picture up close. Right after I did he mentioned getting an up close picture, having it framed and hanging it in his house...Then a light bulb went off in my head! "ding, ding" Christmas present!

Fall Folage

Hey Everybody - Hope you had a good weekend. I have really been enjoying the fall folage this year. It seems that this year is the best year we have had in a while for watching the leaves turn. Research Park is beaustiful, but I snapped some pictures around my neighborhood this weekend

This beauty is on Stratford Road. Worth a drive down just to see this!


These beautiful muted colors are across the street from Tim's....

This is looking down my street from the corner....

This gorgeous orange is in my mom's friend Jan Kirk's yard when you enter Point Mallard on 11th...

Just wanted to share....Happy Fall!

Favorite Movie Line

OK - Now that "That's some bad hat, Harry" has replaced "Say 'ello to my li'el friend" (from Scarface) as my fovorite movie line, I was wondering what are some of y'alls favorite movie lines? I know none of you post a comment on my blog (except Kevin and Denise and Jamie - thanks!) so e-mail me and tell me. I will blog back with the responses....

sounds like fun, right?

Love