Change of Plans

So, today was much different than I planned!  Plans to the herb festival were cancelled due to rain ALL day long!  So of course we decided going to the Ranger's game would be a much better alternate :)  The news said the rain should be gone by then....but it was a tad bit wrong!  The game was delayed an hour and a half!  So, we sat in a super cool Texas Rangers Pancho in my new Texas Ranger's hat in the rain for an hour!  But surprisingly it was fun!  :)  AND THEY WON!!!! I have never been to a game where they win!  I LOVE Josh Hamilton and Ian Kinsler!  Kinsler pulls up his socks to his knees over his pants like in the olden days and I LOVE it!!

Oh and the best part of all!!!!! I got a free Josh Hamilton bobble head doll!!!!!  We got there at 2:00 to make sure we got them...and the game didn't end up starting till 4:30!  All in all, a very good day!

Friday!

I love Fridays!  I love knowing I have 2 full days of  no work!!!  So, my potential weekend plans are as follows:

-Tonight: 

-Watch Ranger's game on my new 50" HD TV :) :) :)

-Eat Wingstop wings...love them!

-Watch 1st season of Friday Night Lights on DVD

-Saturday: 

-Get up, meet Jason for breakfast

-Pick up Jason's grandmother and Aunt

-Go to the Herb Festival at the Botanical Gardens in Fort Worth

-Buy lots of fun goofy stuff and some yummy basil and more cilantro and maybe a pot or two

-Eat lunch at a fun place and maybe go to the Kimball Art Museum

-Go to dinner at Del Fresco's near Keller, TX and eat the best table side guacamole ever!

-Visit Jason's brother at work

-Possibly go see Star Trek at the theatre

Sunday:

-Church

-Lunch somewhere yummy or maybe at home

-Possibly go to a lady's house to see baby hedgehogs and think about buying them!

-Continue watching my TV and clearing out my 2 weeks worth of Tivo stuff that built up when I didn't have my TV

Yea!

HD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

So yesterday I had plans to go out with Jason and some of his friends from work.  There was a going away party for one of his good friends and I am friends with his wife, so...I went :)  But, I decided I would go get my nails done because hey, I was meeting most of these people for the first time and you know they would be staring at my nails!  I mean who wouldn't! :)

So, I decided to go the beauty college where you can get your nails done for 5 BUCKS!  That is awesome!  You can do french tip or anything for just 5 bucks and any idiot can slap some paint on your nails!  I mean they have been in school for 2 months before they can touch anyone...surely the can decently paint and file your nails...right???!!!   

Well, I am sure you saw it coming, but NO NO!!!! Not just ANY idiot can paint your nails!  It takes a special kind of idiot apparently!  Seriously, my nails looked like mountain ranges when I left!  I felt so bad for her!  I went straight home and took off the nail polish and re-filed my nails!  My nails looked better going in than when I left!  But on the up side I had a great conversation with her :)  Sigh

Well, tonight I got my HD installed and my huge 50" TV is now even more beautiful! 

50"

Okay, so after some research I have discovered that it would cost a lot to repair my television and apparently would be very dangerous! Sooooooooo, I bought a new TV!!!!! I didn't want to spend the money, but I am so incredibly excited about it! I got a 50" Panasonic Plasma! It isn't going to be delivered till Sunday and I can hardly wait! I know it sounds huge...and that is because it is! I got a REALLY good deal on it!

I went into Best Buy and it just so happened that the first guy I talked to was the general manager! I negotiated my deal at Best Buy, got like $450 off the TV, 50% off a Blue Ray player and a discount on all the needed plugs! It was the funnest experience I have ever had and I totally rocked it making deals!

The TV Saga Continues

So my roommates boyfried told her it is real easy to replace a blown out fuse in a TV......................

Let me tell you, it is not! I unscrewed a bagillion screws to take off the back of my TV, I then thoroughly examined everything...trying to find a fuse! (Oh, I dropped by a TV repair shop and they gave me a fuse for free, score!) Well, 45 minutes, 4 more screws, and a tiny key flash light later....I found the fuse! Oh, don't get too excited, it was well fortified behind what looked like a electrical motherboard castle! I tried every angle to reach this little glass tube and somehow while I was finagling myself around the TV I cut my foot! OUCH!!! So, I limped out of the room defeated.

The difference between Power Strips and Surge Protectors

So, maybe I am having a blonde moment, maybe I am not as technologically smart as I would like to think...but I did NOT know there is a difference between power strips and surge protectors. I bet you are wondering "how did you come to this discovery??"

Well, I was watching TV during a thunderstorm Saturday night. And yes, there is no build to this story, my TV blew out. My TV I bough THREE...count them 1, 2, 3 years ago is now dead. And in case you haven't been TV shopping in a while....you have to drop about a grand to get something decent.

SOoooooo, Tivo will have to wait...Private Practice will have to wait....BIGGEST LOSER and American Idol will have to wait...till I can find a stinkin' TV.

Meep Meep!

Yah, this is from last week...bare with me :)

So today was nothing short of eventful! I was running a little late to work today and I decided to stop and get bagels….because if you bring food, EVERYTHING is forgivable! Before I begin this story, let me give you a little background information. I am a Special Education Counselor for a school district and I see 1st-8th graders along with JDC and Boot Camp kids, SO I office at the Special Ed offices. Well, our office is at an old school and MY office is in the band hall so we have to walk outside under a “covered” area to get to our offices.

Back to the bagels. I was setting up the bagel fixins and I heard a tapping on the door (people often forget their keys) so I went to open the door when our secretary said “It’s a road runner!” And sure enough I looked out the glass and a crazy little road runner had a big rock in his mouth and he was just a tappin’ away! I got so excited I jumped up and down and he ran off down the way! I ran out the door to watch him run around all confused like…it was great! So, today, a road runner knocked on my door…and I answered it!

Next! So apparently we are having a monsoon today! When it rains our lovely walk way turns into a little “river” if you will. So I have had much excitement today….my shoes and jeans are soaked so I changed into some flip flops and I proudly squeaked around my office ALL day long!

Oh, I forgot to mention that we have state testing ALLLLLL week long so I am trapped in the office. Due to this we have all gotten a bit stir crazy…so we have to entertain ourselves….or more so I have to entertain us J So we have this HUGE field around us where another much larger river has formed…and yes, I AM a child and I made a sail boat! It is pretty great, I am not going to lie! I even put a little snowman in it left over from Christmas and he floated around in our little river!