After 12 Years

I got my hair cut rather than a trim. It is now sits just at my shoulder. No tears. Ready to rock my new look!

Bumble Bee

This weekend I made it a point to sit outside on the deck on multiple occasions. I also let the dogs join me. Every time I sat out in the chair there was a bumble bee circling the deck. Auburn & Jasmine spent their time trying to chase this bee away! The looks on both of there faces were so cute. Luckily, neither made contact with the bee and it did not bother me!

Pressure Check

Had a follow up to check the pressure in my eye. Back to normal 16/17. No signs of iritis, which is good because I had been off the drops of that for over a week. Hopefully, I have finally kicked this eye issue (knocking on wood).

Spring Flowers

The past couple of months I have been so busy, that I didn't get to plant any new and different spring flowers. But our usual ones are in bloom - Lenten Roses and Azaleas. My pansys are still going strong which were planted late fall in the deck planter boxes. I believe my oriental lily is starting to come up too!

Red Riding Hood

I have been eagerly waiting for Red Riding Hood to open. This weekend it was here! I really enjoyed the movie. And it kept me guessing as to who the wolf really was . . .

3.10.11

March 10th = Worst Day.

Done!

Thursday night I submitted my entry for the next big concept for a local park. My idea - an outdoor roller skating rink!!! I am one of 1,100 entries. The top 50 will be narrowed down to the top 10 by 4.4.11 and the top 3 will be announced 5.5.11. The grand prize is 50K, 2nd is 10K, 3rd is 5K and remaining finalist get 1K. I want to win and be able to roller skate downtown on beautiful days! I will be keeping my fingers crossed.

March Accident

On March 7th, I had to drive past an accident scene that was really painful to see. I believe it had just happened as there was no assistance on the scene yet. As I drove past the truck I caught the glimpse of yellow out of the corner of my eye. I saw over half of a mustang up under the back of a delivery truck. It made me really sad because I didn't see how someone could survive. I later read that the driver did not survive. This was also the week of my car accident from four years ago. It really makes me reflect on how lucky I was to of not been seriously injured given the damage done to my car and how a matter of seconds could of changed everything.

Prize 2 The Future

I have been working on my entry. Keeping my idea a top secret! I want to win the $50K grand prize!

Recertification

I have successfully earned my PHR recertification. My certificate arrived in the mail this week. Now I have to start the process all over again! That would consist of earning 60 credit hours over the next three years. Wish me luck!

You Got Mail

I have officially emailed everyone, and I mean everyone, I know to tell them about Special Equestrians.

Drops

I have been on the eye drops for over a month now. Had my check up this Friday and the doctor did not see any signs of the iritis. But, I did have elevated eye pressure. So now I'm on a drop for that for a few days and will have a follow up visit next week. Iritis, please don't come back!

It's Back

I noticed the week of Valentine's day that the "Your Are Beautiful" message was back on the bridge. This time the word beautiful in red paint.

Balloon

I have learned that my dog, Auburn, does not like balloons. I guess we never had any in the house.

Boots

I need some and I can't make my mind up! I wish I could get both.

Someone did what?

I was at work when I read the news article that someone had poisoned the live oak trees at Toomers Corner. It is just so hard to believe. The news reports state that the doses are lethal amounts and the survival is unlikely. This truly saddened me.

Last

one standing . . .

Swimming

Taking on a new area of responsibility at work, participating in a 11 month HR Leadership program, and serving on the Board for a non-profit organization . . . I hope I don't need any floaties to keep my head above water! Very excited about all my new opportunities and hoping that I am successful with all that I am talking on this year.

The End

After almost three years of part time employment, my husband no longer works at the movie theater.

Icy Roads - Feb 3rd

While at work we noticed that it started snowing late in the afternoon. These were huge flakes. It happened so fast and it was so cold outside. There were several of us looking looking out the window watching the snow start to cover the ground. I really hadn't paid close attention to the weather. Turns out this stuff came in earlier than predicted. It didn't take long and the schools were letting school out early. Then we got the official word, an email, that the corporate office would be closing at 3pm. That was less than an hour. Then we heard from our boss's boss that we could go now if we wanted. I missed that because I was in the bathroom. I came back and three of my co-workers were waiting on me at the door! As I walked two blocks to my car, I did see that the sidewalk was icy and slick. It was still snowing, so I had to stop inside one of the parking decks to dig out my new umbrella that the boss got us for Christmas. I traveled my usual way home. I went to get on the Red Mountain Expressway and I could see that if was already backed up, crap! I should of checked the traffic report before leaving the building. I sat on the expressway/31 from the point I got on it in downtown to the exit for Hwy 280 for an hour. It was insane, everwhere! As I approached the exit ramp for Hwy 280, I noticed that cars were still driving across the bridge (the last snow/ice issue caused this thing to closed) so I chose to use the exit ramp and head home via Hwy 280 as usual. At the begining of the ramp a max bus was stopped with the caution lights and I thought to myself this must be the hold up. I managed to get around the bus and into the other lane. As I continued to drive up the ramp, I noticed that we started to come to a stop. As I sat on the ramp, I could see that cars were going down this two lane bridge one at a time. I even saw a 18 wheeler make it down, so I was feeling better about my turn but had some anxiety. I was now closer to the top of the ramp where it turns into the actually bridge/flyover to get to 280. At this time I could see two cars had pulled over to each side of the bridge. I wasn't sure it they were not comfortable going down the bridge or if they had been in an accident. Cars were driving between them and continuing with the one at a time routine going down the bridge. My car was half on the bridge and half still on the ramp. I was six cars away from making my way to Hwy 280. Then a white truck ahead of us blocked the lanes. I was no longer going to be going anywhere. I updated my facebook status, sent text messages to friends and family, talked with my husband about this issue and flipped through the radio stations to hear what was going on with this bridge (nothing mentioned). After an hour sitting here in this spot, two hours since leaving work, I started to get stress about not moving. And the fact that I now had the urge to pee didn't help the situation! Luckily, my husband stayed on the phone with me. I had a full tank of gas so I was able to keep the car running. Keep in mind, I never heard anything about the issue going on with this bridge. Thirty minutes later, I saw the dump truck and a flatbed truck arrive at the other end of the bridge. I watched them work and dump stuff in efforts that I assume was to address ice build up which was causing us not to move. Now two hours later in this same spot, three total since leaving work, my husband decided he was going to come find me. I wanted off this ramp! And I really had to pee! I had the lady in the car next to me tap on my window to tell me that she thought we should turn around and go down the ramp. I just said okay. There was no way that I had room to turn around on this ramp unless others did the same. Not long after that I could see flashing lights behind me at the very beginning of the entrance ramp. Really, two hours for police to arrive? It was really hard to tell what was going on behind me. There was a max bus in one lane, the one I passed earlier, and an 18 wheeler in the other lane. I could see the blue flashing lights and could barely hear what someone was saying. I rolled down all four of my windows in order to make out the message. I heard something about the ramp. Great! Then I thought I heard something about backing down the ramp. So, I sat waiting to see if the police said "Do" or "Don't" back down this ramp. At this point is was now dark, below freezing, still snowing, everyone has been sitting in the same spot for over two hours and of course the damn street lights are out. I could see that cars behind me were turning around. So I was going to try my best. I was shaking. Not sure if it was nerves or that fact that I was cold due to all four of my windows being down trying to understand what in the world we were doing. I let the lady next to me go, so I would have more room to make my turn on this bridge. Got turned around and was blinded by 18 wheeler lights. I was confused as to where we were going. The driver of the 18 wheeler turned off his lights and approached my car. Thankfully he realized I was confused and told me where to go to get around and down. Oh, that would be the side of the ramp which was muddy and slushy. He said, "So far, no one has gotten stuck!" Okay, I didn't feel much better. As I got past the 18 wheeler, I could see the police. I think he was pointing for us to cross the muddy median to get back on 31. Unfortunately, there was no police stopping a lane of traffic on 31 so those of us trying to exit the ramp could have some where to go. I finally squeezed in and was headed to Homewood to find a restroom, asap! Called my husband back who was on 280 trying to get to me. Stopped at the Arby's in Homewood to use their restroom. I honestly don't know how I managed waiting for so long. Called my husband back and told him the route I was going to take to go home and he was going to turn around so that he would be traveling behind me. In total it was three and half hours before I made it home for what would be typically only a 10 mile commute. I was in need of a drink! Red wine and bed.