Tuesday, August 5, 2008
Dear Guest, We're so pleased you have chosen to stay with us.
L'auberge du lac Casino Resort-it was a blur, a whirlwind, a girl's getaway cut short by some malevolent male energy.
Tammy even brought food so we wouldn't have to waste money eating-it was dah-lish-us.
Woo-hoo, almost there:
First Glimpse:
Oh, how we love our cameras!
It's a good thing we had food in the car because I really didn't want any of this:
We stole from the bellman because he was just a little too slow moving for us:
The room was like the arctic with a really good view:
We didn't want to start off right away losing all our money so we sat by the pool for some girly drinks:
We each went our separate ways-Julia to the crap tables, Joyce and Tammy to the slots, me to the black jack tables. They wouldn't let us take photos in the casino so much of our trip remains undocumented. Sigh.
We left early Sunday morning and weren't supposed to return until Tuesday night. It started off great! We left early. I didn't want to wake everyone in my house up so I waited on the steps. Like I said-it was early-no hairdo, no make-up. Julia said I looked like a kid waiting to go to camp.
Julia, Tammy and I met my mom at Neighborhood 5-Katy Mills. We were ready for some high-rolling casino action. Julia brought her life savings:
Tammy even brought food so we wouldn't have to waste money eating-it was dah-lish-us.Woo-hoo, almost there:First Glimpse:Oh, how we love our cameras!It's a good thing we had food in the car because I really didn't want any of this:We stole from the bellman because he was just a little too slow moving for us:The room was like the arctic with a really good view:We didn't want to start off right away losing all our money so we sat by the pool for some girly drinks:We each went our separate ways-Julia to the crap tables, Joyce and Tammy to the slots, me to the black jack tables. They wouldn't let us take photos in the casino so much of our trip remains undocumented. Sigh. We met up to gourge ourselves in case we hit a winning spree and were unable to leave the casino:
Once we were thouroughly stuffed we were back at it-me until the wee hours. The others hung it up early-they lost too much already or wanted to watch their Sunday night shows.
Once we were thouroughly stuffed we were back at it-me until the wee hours. The others hung it up early-they lost too much already or wanted to watch their Sunday night shows.Monday morning started early with panic and chaos. At 6 AM the phone started ringing-the message was "If you want to gamble anymore you better go now because we have to leave soon. There's a hurricane coming, they're starting to evacuate Galveston." The only reason I would be gambling at 6 am is if I never came back to the room! Anyway that started the day off dreadfully. It just wound up being a tropical storm. (The malevolent male energy-Edouard). Here's a letter stuck under the door from hotel management. Click to enlarge if you just gotta read it.
We gave up our second night and headed home about 6 pm so we wouldn't get trapped on the easily flooded highway east of Houston. Some of us were winners:
Some of us not so much:
Ever since Katrina and Rita, people around here are a little sensitive about tropical storms and hurricanes. Julia was driving us home and I couldn't get her to stop on highway so I could get a good shot of this sign (sometimes she's just too sensible and stuff-lol). It says:
Danger, Will Robinson (not really-heeheehee)
Storm Warning
Fill Your Gas Tanks
Friday, July 25, 2008
Vacation Bible School Rocks
I usually dread working at VBS. Honestly, I don't really like other peoples kids all that much.* It's hard-the whining, the insolence, the questions, the non-stop chatter and noise. It wears on me. Children's Ministry is just not my thing. I often wonder how come there are kids at my house constantly-I only bore 3, but there are more than that here most days. Anyway, this year I was in charge of crafts. This was the most awesome VBS year ever! The children were polite, obedient, happy (well, most of them)-just wonderful little human beings. I was so happy to be there-miracles are real I'll tell ya! We went to Outrigger Island this week-hula skirts and lei's were everywhere. This is DeAnna-she helped this week-was there everyday-you go girl-thanks! I don't know who the little creepy kid is beside her-lol-yes I do-it's hers.
I did have lots of help in crafts-DeAnna is the only one I got a picture of though. Thanks too to Cynthia and KayNan!
Tonight was the last hurrah and the church hosted a "luau"-we didn't roast pigs and eat poi, but we did have Hawaiian punch. The kids sang their songs and then played on water slides.
There was even a volcano:
Preacher-man is not afraid of his girly side-see his skirt:
Waikiki Water Slides:
It was an awesome week and the VBS team did an awesome job. I am really looking forward to next year!
*Let me clarify-I don't enjoy trying to make other people's kids behave, mind, follow the rules, listen, be polite, etc. It's just no fun, it's tiring. I LOVE polite, well-behaved, well-mannered, charming children-who doesn't? When a child responds to my directives with a yes ma'am and uses please/thank you-I am absolutely smitten. So I am NOT a child hater-I am a hater of trying to civilize unruly munchkins.
I did have lots of help in crafts-DeAnna is the only one I got a picture of though. Thanks too to Cynthia and KayNan!Tonight was the last hurrah and the church hosted a "luau"-we didn't roast pigs and eat poi, but we did have Hawaiian punch. The kids sang their songs and then played on water slides.
There was even a volcano:Preacher-man is not afraid of his girly side-see his skirt:Waikiki Water Slides:It was an awesome week and the VBS team did an awesome job. I am really looking forward to next year!*Let me clarify-I don't enjoy trying to make other people's kids behave, mind, follow the rules, listen, be polite, etc. It's just no fun, it's tiring. I LOVE polite, well-behaved, well-mannered, charming children-who doesn't? When a child responds to my directives with a yes ma'am and uses please/thank you-I am absolutely smitten. So I am NOT a child hater-I am a hater of trying to civilize unruly munchkins.
Dance Camp
Pre-show Excitement:
Busy, busy week with VBS and dance camp. The girl loved dance camp-I loved dance camp. No, I didn't dance, but I wanted to. I wish they had a dance camp for out-of-shape, pleasantly plump (*grin*) moms. The first dance was to "What is love"-remember those twitchy guys from Saturday Night Live that jerked their heads to the side and flapped their hands? That's the song. The dance instructor even had the hand flapping. Can you see it?
The boys were diggin' it too (not really):
The big boys mom helped in some way with the camp. The instructor needed a boy for part of the dance so this poor kids mom made him do it. He was really not very excited about spending his afternoons with a bunch of little girls. He put up with it well.The next dance was to Linkin Park Cure for the Itch. (It's the very last song on my music list-listen to it). 
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
GeoCaching...Some More
GeoCaching is good, cheap fun (except for the $4/gal. gas in a Suburban). We try to get out every couple of months because there are so many caches and it's really like a treasure hunt.
This is our first cache from Saturday. In the cache we found our first 'traveler'. You're supposed to take it and put it in another cache. It was a really cool coin and oh how the boys wanted to keep it! But we took it and moved it a little more north. This is what it looked like:
Our next one was a little trickier to find-this is why you should always bring children with you:
Just imagine me on my hands and knees trying to find it-OK-don't-but you see why children are really helpful in a situation like this!
From there we went to an old graveyard in search of another one. We never found the cache, but what an awesome place it was. This stone is for a soldier in the C.S.A. infantry!
Here's another C.S.A. Vet: 
This is Captain John Campbell Hunt-A San Jacinto Veteran, Later a Captain in the Army of Texas Born in Alabama in 1811 died in 1840. He was only 29.
I could have spent hours here just looking and imagining, but we had to move on. We went to the forest where we walked about about a million miles. It was really hot. Really. I love the smell of piney woods on a hot, hot day.
This is our first cache from Saturday. In the cache we found our first 'traveler'. You're supposed to take it and put it in another cache. It was a really cool coin and oh how the boys wanted to keep it! But we took it and moved it a little more north. This is what it looked like:Our next one was a little trickier to find-this is why you should always bring children with you:Just imagine me on my hands and knees trying to find it-OK-don't-but you see why children are really helpful in a situation like this!From there we went to an old graveyard in search of another one. We never found the cache, but what an awesome place it was. This stone is for a soldier in the C.S.A. infantry!
Here's another C.S.A. Vet:Here's Mary. She came to south Texas from Clinton, KY. I wonder how long it took to get from Kentucky to down here back in the day. I know how long it takes today-it ain't quick-especially with a load of kids. I'm gonna guess the journey is what did her in. She was just 31.
This is Captain John Campbell Hunt-A San Jacinto Veteran, Later a Captain in the Army of Texas Born in Alabama in 1811 died in 1840. He was only 29.
I could have spent hours here just looking and imagining, but we had to move on. We went to the forest where we walked about about a million miles. It was really hot. Really. I love the smell of piney woods on a hot, hot day.Gratuitous cuteness:
Wednesday, July 9, 2008
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