State Fair of Texas

I love the fair. Autumn begins, days are cooler and the fair is here, except...yeah, its a downer...I miss my mom.


Usually the days leading up to the fair are filled with excitement but, to tell the truth, I just about forgot today was opening day. Unbelievable.


But, we will be going and I will be seeing my mom in her scooter looking for the Fletcher's Corny Dog stands and see her betting on the Cowboys on the roulette or paying everyone's way to play a game. Loading up two corny dogs to take home...and I think I will be smiling.....thank God for memories....

The return of my nephew.

It's really weird to be on the boy's side of things. Usually its the guys being a-holes to us women.

A while back my niece called me to ask for advice on my nephew. Seems his baby's momma broke up with him and he was really upset. She gave him advice, that I felt, was pretty good since she'd been so blind herself in her relationship.

Then my nephew in Georgia had trouble in his relationship. I won't go into too much except that, to me, she was partly at fault from what I read in her myspace.

Both of my nephews have their flaws, who doesn't? But these girls...sigh....my heart was aching for the boys. But then again, it was a bit refreshing to see that there were two guys that actually felt what women usually go through. And they might learn from it or be bitter. Bitter like me. HA!

Anyway...my nephew is back in town. No telling how long. But, I guess they felt it was needed...the space... And now her status on myspace is "lonely"....sigh.

Winner of the BTFE giveaway.

This was the first winner but didn't leave an email in her comment and its not in her blogger profile so, I have to pick another. :(

Random Integer Generator
Here are your random numbers:52
Timestamp: 2009-09-19 02:08:20 UTC

So the new winner is:

Here are your random numbers:47
Timestamp: 2009-09-19 02:13:18 UTC

Congrats to Nicole who said

The first thing I would do was turn on the tv and then get something to
eat!!

You have 48hrs to respond back with your address. Thanks for some very interesting comments!

Happy 1st Birthday

The most special day in a life is upon our own dear Phoenix. Happy 1st birthday big boy!! We love you and hopefully will get to see you soon.

Latest ups and downs of my own personal heaven and hell.

Joanna finally found sweet relief.

Cowboys won.

I miss her more than ever.

It rained and my swampy backyard was almost at our doorstep.

I won a flip camera this week at a Twitter party.

Top Chef is da bomb.

Patrick Swayze died.

My Farmville needs harvesting and I'm out of fuel.

:) :(

BTFE Back to school giveaway

Well school has been going on for awhile but who couldn't use more supplies?

Thanks again to My Blog Spark , I get to host a giveaway.

BTFE or Box Tops for Education are a way to earn money for school. Clip them off of products, send them in to your child's school coordinator and voila, you've helped them earn money. You can also go to their website and print out coupons.

My Blog Spark sent me a box with highlighters, glue sticks, binder and 2 coupons. One for Totino's Pizza Rolls and one for Pillsbury's Toaster Strudel. Both products have box tops on their packaging. And now Avery has joined in. The binder has two box tops attached to the upc. Great! The prize pack includes 14 box tops!

One lucky reader will win the following prize pack generously sponsored by My Blog Spark.



All you have to do is comment on what was the first thing you would do after school as a kid? Straight to sports, homework, TV?

Extra entries by tweeting or blogging about this giveaway. Please post a separate comment for each one you've done.

I will pick a winner using Random.org on September 18, 2009, 9:00pm CT. You have 48 hours to respond or I will have to choose another winner. The prize will be shipped by My Blog Spark.

I will not sell any emails or information given to me whatsoever.

This giveaway is only open to residents of the US, age 18 and over.

If your blog is private or you don't have a blog, you must give your email address in the comment. It is the way the winner will be contacted.

Good Luck!

Winners of my first giveaway!

Here are your random numbers:

78
16
Timestamp: 2009-09-03 04:29:44 UTC

Courtesy of random.org

Congratulations to cdziuba and Jammie!


I will be posting another giveaway in the morning. Stay tuned!