Indian Springs Park

Again this year, the March of Dimes is holding their Walk to raise money for research to help end premature births and the treatment and care of those babies who are born early.  One of my best friends, Barbara and her husband Richard have been directly involved with March of Dimes as their son Connor was born three months early.

Connor Allen
Date of Birth: April 18, 2006
2 pounds 11.2 ounces
15 inches long

Not long before Connor was allowed to go home from the hospital.

Last year, Connor’s family was the ambassador family for Navarro County at the Walk.  They were featured in their hometown magazine.  The article about all they have been thru is included in THIS post.

This past Friday, Connor turned 2 years old. And look how cute and big he is.

Again this year, I will be traveling home to Waco to walk with this wonderful family to help money for this great cause.   Click HERE to see some pictures from last years March of Dimes Walk at Bledsoe-Miller Park, Waco, Texas in Waco.

Sarcasma

I Am Twilight

When Is It OK to Tell Off Your Fortune Cookie?

NOW!

Light At The End Of The Tunnel

No matter what situations life throws at you…no matter how long and treacherous your journey may seem…
 
Remember, there is a light at the end of tunnel.
 
Scroll down, you’re going to laugh!

First 5-OT in Big XII History

Final Score:

Baylor           116
Texas A&M 110

Confused, Or Just A Sugar High

Anyone else see anything wrong with this picture?  I found this while reading an article on PopSugar about Tom Brady walking around in a walking boot on his right foot.

New Babysitter

Ever since Nana died, Peep has been staying with my parents on the weekends.  They set up my old bedroom with a new bedroom suit, a rocker and a TV for him to enjoy. 

My dogs, Zack and Zane, have really taken to Peep.  They watch him very carefully… they even follow him to the bathroom and sit outside the door waiting for him.  They let us know the time he fell.

My mom took this picture on Saturday.  Apparently Peep fell asleep watching TV in his room.  And Zack was sitting right there making sure everything was ok.

Aren’t they cute?

THIS COULD HAPPEN TO YOU

IT COULD HAPPEN TO YOUR MOTHER, YOUR SISTER OR YOUR DAUGHTER…

The strangest thing happened to me at lunch today. I was sitting at a local outdoor cafe having lunch by myself and two men came and sat down at my table… I gave them the evil eye, but they just casually stayed at my table and wouldn’t leave me alone. I shined up my ring on my married finger, then placed my hand on the table and I hinted to them that I was married and that I was not interested in them.

Luckily for me they got the hint and left, but thankfully the whole thing was captured on the Cafe’s camera. I’m sending you this picture as a warning… just in case they try and pick you up too.

Honestly, some men think they are God’s gift to women!

Then I fell out of bed and woke up!!!

FireSide Pies

*Below is a copy of the review I wrote on Yelp.com for Fireside Pies*

Well, Jen has already beat me to the punch on this review… but I will blame that on the fact that I was 20 minutes late to work because I couldn’t get out of my chocolate pizza sangria coma, oops I mean heated waterbed.

I know Jen knocked off the 5th star because of the wait.  Seriously, it was ridiculous on a Wednesday night to wait 67 minutes for pizza.  Damn Campers.  Finish off that one last sip of wine and the get heck on the road.  

I am going to knock of the 5th star for something much less trivial.  I promised you all that I had said this in the past and that I would say it again… so here it is.  WHERE ARE THE DAMN SUGAR CADDIES?   Ok, I really am not going to knock off an entire star for a sugar caddie because it took our waitress not even 1/2 a nano second to bring me one.  But I will knock off a star… for the reason that the sugar caddy only had Sugar in the Raw and Splenda.  WTF?  I don’t smoke, so I need to get my carcinogens some where.  I want my pink stuff.  Sweet n Low is where it is at baby.

The four cheese bread was good, but I think it was because we were starving.  I also needed something to soak up the alcohol in my empty stomach from my White Peach Sangria.  I had a couple of sips of Jen’s Red Sangria and it was delicious (and I don’t even like red wine).  But I my drank my Sangria to the point of making slurping noises trying to get every last drop.  

The tomato sauce on the pizza, and the dip for the cheese bread was good.  I’m actually not that big on tomato sauce and usually order my pizzas without it… but hey… when in Rome.

I want to go back to Fireside and try the Pepperoni pizza with the truffle oil or the Peta Pizza with the goat cheese and olives.  I loved Jen’s side of our pizza with the spicy sausage and ricotta.  I liked my meatball pizza, don’t get me wrong.  It was delicious.  I just liked Jen’s better.

I have one slice left of meatball and roasted onion pizza left for dinner tonight.  I had to save room for the dessert.

Oh

My

God!

That brownie.  Pure chocolate melty goodness.  That sort of sinfulness should be illegal.  I have a feeling my eyes rolled back into my head a few times.  As an ex-boyfriend said one time after I took the first bite of the first Chocolate Oblivion Torte (now my signature cake) that I ever made… “I don’t like you eating desserts that do to you in one bite that I haven’t been able to do in two years.”  Yeah, this brownie was that good.  It was served with a cherry dipping sauce… which I avoided like the plague because I didn’t think breaking out in Hives amongst a very preppy-SMU crowd would be my idea of fun.

The cheesecake, oh my, I could write an entire review on this cheesecake.  Forget Cheesecake Factory folks, Fireside Pies is where it is at.  This cheesecake was soft and fluffy… and you could tell that it was actually baked in house… not some unnaturally smooth and perfectly shaped slice of commerically made goo.  

I normally don’t like fruit in my cheesecake… especially when the fruit turns the cheese cake some abnormal shade of liquid-baby-amoxicilin pink.  But not this slice.  It had a very thin and delicate layer of blackberry thru the middle.  Not too sweet, but a perfect addition.

Anyway…. I am definitely going back to Fireside.  Maybe dinner at 4pm instead of 7?