37 hours

In 37 hours I will be leaving my family to head to Galveston Texas for the week. I will be there hosting the largest Delayed Coker Conference in the world. Sounds fun right? Well it is. We have presentations, breakout groups, exhibition hall, cocktail receptions, dinner cruise, dinner and tour of a huge aquarium.

I am not sure I am ready to leave, I really could use one more day. Its been a crazy busy week. Lots of last minuet changes and details to finalize.

So you can look forward to checking in with me all next week for updates of how the conference is going and all the fun I am having!

Happy St Patricks Day!

Well a happy day was had by all.
Both kids did holiday themed stuff in school. Both wore green. Lucy apparently does not have much in the green clothing department...so we managed to find a green barrette and hair tie. UGGGG!

I made Corned Beef and Cabbage, green beer and green milk for the kids. It was all very good, and the kids really did think the milk magically turned green when I poured it! Funny kids.

Whirlwind weekend

My parents arrived here on Thursday evening. See their blog for their side of the story….http://www.beachbuns.blogspot.com/
Friday afternoon my mom and I went out and got to work pruning my fruit trees. We borrowed a friend’s pole chain saw – what a blast that is! It’s heavy and has quite a kick, but once I got used to it there was no stopping me!

While we were out doing physical labor, my dad took Caymus with him to bring his computer to a repair shop and the carwash. Marshall went out quad shopping. We are now the proud owners of a 2008 Polaris utility quad! So awesome!

Friday evening was the school carnival….wow.

The guys waited in the hour plus food line while mom and I took the kids around to all the activities.

Food sucked. Burgers were more like dog food; onion rings still had water in them from being frozen….just plain old bad. So note to self…..do not eat at the carnival next year!!!
The kids had a lot of fun and it’s all a donation, so stop complaining!

Saturday it rained horribly. Marshall and I finished moving my heaping piles of limbs to the neighbors burn pile. The kids had had a sleep over with my parents at the hotel and went swimming for 2 hours. We played some wii games, so fun with a bunch of people. I think my parents will be getting one soon!

Went out to dinner at the Roadhouse, very good food! It made up for the night before.
Then Sunday morning the folks left and we spent the rest of the day doing chores. Grocery shopping and cleaning!

Now I am on to the countdown till I head to Texas! Galveston to be exact. This is our biggest conference of the year. I am looking forward to it as always.

How well do I know my Husband....

Here's a chance to see how well you really know your husband. Cut, paste and fill in the answers, then post . . . shoot, you know what to do. The real challenge is to let your husband read it to see how right you really are. If you read this consider yourself tagged!!!

1. He's sitting in front of the TV, what is on the screen? News or Football

2. You're out to eat; what kind of dressing does he get on his salad? Blue Cheese

3. What's one food he doesn't like? Mayonnaise

4. You go out to eat. What drink does he order? Beer or Diet Soda

5. Where did he go to high school? Sprague

6. What size shoe does he wear? 7.5-8

7. If he was to collect anything, what would it be? Shoes….Hats….Tee shirts

8. What is his favorite type of sandwich? Puerto Rican Grilled Ham and Cheese

9. What would he eat every day if he could? Puerto Rican Food

10. What is his favorite cereal? Life

11. What would he never wear? A pink shirt

12. What is his favorite sports team? Oregon Ducks Football

13. Who did he vote for? Well we moved right before voting time and our change of address did not make it in in time….very sad…but would have been McCain

14. Who is his best friend? Me…. ;-)

15. What is something you do that he wishes you wouldn't do? Procrastinate

16. What is his heritage? Puerto Rican and some mixed European

17. You bake him a cake for his birthday; what kind of cake? Confetti with confetti frosting….

18. Did he play sports in high school? Wrestling, track, Xcountry, Football

19. What could he spend hours doing? Watching football….working out, fishing

20. What is one unique talent he has? Only one? He is a good impersonator.

Marshall and Lucy (6mo) at her first Duck football game. This is what makes him happy!

Sick day

Both kids have been sick for almost a week. It started out on Thursday of last week with Lucy telling me it felt like her neck was cut open, she even had to check to see of blood was leaking out. Seriously, she said that. Friday she was really starting to go downhill, being the awesome mom I am, I sent her to school. It was PJ day and they were just going to read all day while wearing PJs and lying snuggled in blankets. Relaxing, right?
By Saturday morning, she had a 103.3 fever. I gave her Tylenol and put her to bed. An hour later I checked her temp and it had not gone down at all. I then put her in a warm bath for about 10 min, gave her lots to drink and back to bed…..Marshall went to the store and got pedialight and Ibproferen. It finally started to come down, but very slowly.
Sunday, fever was down to a low 100 but she started vomiting. Super. That lasted all morning and by 3pm we had no more puke and her fever was lingering around 99!
Monday morning, temp was 98.6….yay! Back to school it is! Oh but Caymus now has a fever and is not feeling good at all….I prepare for the worst, thinking that he will then start puking soon also. Never happens.
Tuesday morning, Caymus is super excited to go to school; he is feeling good and has no fever. Off to school for both of them. Tuesday afternoon…….Lucy feels like crap, bad cough, very tired and SUPER crabby. Tuesday evening….Lucy has been sleeping on the couch and now has a 101 fever and really bad cough. Caymus has 102 fever.
Wednesday….Both kids are being held hostage at home sick.

Really...Global Warming? Really?

This is what I saw out my window all day yesterday. Huge snow flakes and then some hail. Its in the 30s today. I am not sure if you know this or not, but its MARCH!!! Crazy.

NASCAR

My boy has become a NASCAR fan. Primarily Tony Stewart. It started out with a collection of collector NASCAR cars that he inherited, and it has grown from there. Our friend Justin works for Coke , coke is a sponsor of NASCAR and Tony Stewart. So he has given Caymus a Coke bottle signed by Tony, a front of a Coke vending machine that has life size Tony on it, and a “hood” of a car with Tony and his team mates.
The other day we were out at Office Depot - the new sponsor of Tony Stewart – and there they have a cardboard cut out of Tony, Caymus wanted his picture with it. He was so excited all that day; he got his picture with Tony!!!
On Sunday he and I were at Wal Mart and there they had a huge display with Jeff Gordon and Dale Jr! I asked if he wanted his picture with either of them and he said “how about both?” Ok so both it is!