Evergreen Week

Last week was Evergreen Week , which is time that management takes to celebrate and recognize their employees. It kicked off with a food drive for a local charity. The winning team would win a "Beat the Traffic" ticket. The Comp & Executive Comp team won!!! Compensation brought baby pictures in and we spent the week trying to guess which was which. Actually kinda difficult on some. Wednesday was our Comp & Benefit Tailgate Party. The managers were treating us to hot dogs and everyone was bringing snacks to go along with our all day partying. We also got to wear blue jeans that day, which is a rare treat! Thursday was the Amazing Race. I partnered up with Kim for this event. We had challenges and clues to locate along with over coming detours (some planned as a part of the game and one not) in and around the building. Lessons learned: (1) eight tootsie rolls are too many to put in your mouth at one time & (2) the physical location of the county courthouse versus the federal courthouse. Overall, it was the best event! Then, Friday morning we had our HR Department breakfast. It was a great week!

Declined

I didn't get the job :-(

The Town

Sunday afternoon we watched The Town movie. It was better than I expected and I did enjoy it. Loved Ben Affleck in the movie too!

Railroad Park

Sunday morning we headed downtown to check out the new Railroad Park that had open the previous day. It was 19 acre green space designed to celebrate both the industrial and artistic heritage of the city. Of course, the trains are visible as they drive pass the park, hence the name! We walked the entire trail checking out everything there. Two cute playgrounds for kids, skateboarding site, pavilion and water features. It was great to see recycling bins located in the park. It was educational to see the history timeline displayed at the main entrance. Not being from Bham, there were many events that I was not aware of prior to reading. Really neat how they incorporated recycled bricks into brick walls around the park. Also loved seeing the park rangers riding green Regions bike as they patrolled the park! Looking forward to visiting on my lunch break and eating a boxed lunch from the vendor. Will have to come back and post pictures later.

Walking

My husband and I are trying to squeeze in a walk in the evenings. Man, we have some hills in our neighborhood!

If I had . . .

a million dollars! Every morning I drive past some pretty homes. One of the houses that I always look at is now up for sale. Too bad its listed for 1.6 million dollars! Wow, but it does have a pool.

Nice

I saw a Ferrari this morning!!!! It was so pretty and had a sweet sound as it drove past me on the Red Mountain Expressway . . .