I should have taken a picture of Taxi yesterday when I saw her. Yes, it is a her. She was HUGE yesterday. Today she is back to normal size. I don't know who the daddy is, but there's a enormous sack of eggs hanging towards the top of the house.

I need to get that camera out more often to show fun things like that. Taxi the Spider Guard is investing in next year's Spider Guard. We'll see where they live next year!

Zzzzzzzz

This is usually not my style (except for the green and orange lights/wall), but I really like this bedroom. I don't have room to pull this off right now, but I just thought I'd share it here in case someday I do have room to pull it off.

This, of course, is from the greatness of Ikea (http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/categories/rooms/bedroom/). A friend turned me on to them years ago and now that we have one less than 60 miles away from here - woo hoo! Most who know me, know this is one of my favorite stores and I really like their style. Much of my house is furnished by them.

Maybe someday .... :)

Just call me Grace ...

As Mom and I were coming out of a restaurant today, I decided, after getting Mom into the car to not watch where I was going. I walked around the front of the car and did not see the little concrete thing that stops the car from hitting the restaurant. So, I tripped over it hard enough to go flying and hit the pavement. It was a sight to see. Mom didn't see it all. She only wondered where I went. Ha! I'm sure some in the restaurant saw me, but thankfully we had already eaten and would not venture back in there. I laid on the ground for a few seconds laughing at myself, like I tend to do when something hurts on me. Then I got up and told Mom what happened (and this is when she asked where I went .... lol). I am sure I didn't break anything, but I'll have a nice bruise on my shin. I think all those years of learning how to fall in soccer has helped me ... I rolled with this like nobody's business.

My newest place to shop

Cowtown Farmers' Market is my new favorite place to shop. They have great produce and the best doggie treats ever. If you are in FW on a Wednesday or Saturday morning, you need to check out this little gathering to see what's fresh!

http://www.simplyfreshfw.com/simplyfreshfw/

Comparision Pictures

Here are my bananas from the spring. They came up like this around May. You can also see the fountain grass behind it. I added that because I knew it would get tall and add some height to that corner.

The two banana trees there are little and I was thinking about taking one out and taking it to Tiff, but the nursery guy said wait until June 1 before splitting them.





I let them grow and I'm sure all that rain we had helped, but this is what they looked like last month. You can again see the fountain grass in the back.

I need to take more recent photos because now there are three main trees with two new babies popping up. Also, the three main ones all have pink flowers/bananas now. It's crazy! They are everywhere and it hasn't been raining like it had before.

I hope I'm able to split some of the babies and give them away or move them to a different part of the yard.

H U R R A Y ! ! ! ! ! !

This summer semester is done! I turned in my last assignment very very early Wednesday morning and took my two finals (okay, one was really just a quiz) today. This semester (only 10 weeks) felt longer than the spring semester. Go figure!

Now, I have two weeks before I start another class and have kids at work. I'm glad I get a little break.

Mas Musica - pandora.com

If you have a certain song that you like and want to find more like it, check out www.pandora.com. You can go there and put in any song or artist and they will play similar songs to what you like. It's pretty cool and if you're looking for new music, it's the way to go.

Right now, I have a Jack Johnson channel going. So far they've played Ben Harper, Jack Johnson, and Dan Reeder. This is the mellow stuff. I'm hoping it will pick up. Okay, I decided to give up on that and try G. Love. So now I have a G. Love station playing music. The great thing is, though, if I want to go back to the other stations I created (Jack Johnson station, Bubble Toes station, etc.) they are still there and I can just click back there if I want.

Yahoo's music has radio stations that do a similar thing to pandora.com, if you're not happy with pandora's results.

Andy Hunter

Moving away from football just a bit and talkin' music (my first Jack Johnson CD is on it's way via USPS, btw!) for a bit.

For those of you who have never heard of him, I'd like to introduce you to Andy Hunter.



His music is fun and energetic. I first heard him on the TV show Alias, but had no idea who he was. Then I heard him on Sirius radio and checked him out. I got two of his CDs and love them both. Since then I've heard his music on ABC promos on the radio. Anyway, check it out if you're looking for new music!

Fantasy Football Names - brainstorming

So far I have:

Real Men of Genius
JJAbram'sUnamedMonster (too long)
AMonster2BNamedL8r
Slusho-nators

That's all I got right now.