Spring

Isnt' this weather AMAZING.  Ahhhh, if only it would stay like this?!  It's already starting to hit the 80's.  How come summer will stay at 99 degrees for a good 3 months, but yet spring will only be 70 degrees for a few weeks?  Not fair.  I love you, Spring... stay and play for a while. 

I think I like this one the best, I'll let it hang around for a while... see if it fits?

Update

Trying out some New Headers....

Deep Thought Thursday with JBL - Vol 17

They never END! How lucky are we!

Spring

Lively, Fun

Awakening, Living, Blooming

Growth, Extending - Shrively, Lifeless

Dying, Falling, Playing

Leafless, Hollow

Fall

City Sounds

As I was falling asleep last night, I realized I live in incredibly close proximity of every form of transportation possible: therefore I HEAR every form of transportation possible. Seriously, as I lay there, I counted all the ways to get from point A to point B that I could hear from my bedroom.

1. PLANE: We live directly under LUV field's flight path. So close, you almost want to duck when they fly over.

2. TRAIN: The Trinity Express Railway gives a little 'toot, toot' every time it goes by.

3. AUTOMOBILE: Oak Lawn is at our backdoor and a major artery for Dallas.

4. BUS: there's a DART stop right by our dumpster; how convenient.

5: WALK: Within a mile are the best gay bars in Dallas, and we definitely can hear the lively patrons.

6: DOG SLED: OK, this one is pushing it, but we are a block from a large doggy daycare and those pooches can sometimes cause quiet the racket!

Deep Thought Thursday with JBL - Vol 16

Rain

Wet, Cold

Dripping, Soaking, Splashing

Always wet and cold

Water

Punkie-doodle

A few weeks ago I got to babysit this little charmer. She's getting so big! She's a mover and a shaker (i.e. the blurry pics). But I did manage to slow her down with a big ol' bottle....zzzzz.

Don't you wish you could just conk out like that the moment you were done eating?

Welcome Home

James comes home tonight. Gus and I really missed him.

IKEA Heights

Please watch every episode. http://www.ikeaheights.com/

IKEA Heights: a dramatic mini-series filmed entirely in an IKEA, during store hours.

I know I have a bizarre sense of humor, but there is something about these that just make me laugh so hard. I seriously could watch these all day.

San Fran

This past week I went to Santa Clara, California, for a few days for work. I flew into San Francisco and rented a car so I thought I'd try to find that bridge everyone keeps talking about.

The weather was sunny, but still a bit chilly. Here are my pics.

Dangerous driving. Photography and rental cars to do not mix. yikes.

This is what happens when you go site seeing by yourself and try to take a self-portrait with the Golden Gate Bridge in the background.

Deep Thought Thursday with JBL - Vol 15

Nick's Adventure in Outer Space

As Nick's daddy waved bye-bye in the big shiny space ship. Nick walked across the rope to see the big ship. As he went up the ramp to see the flashing buttons. The ramp began to move! Nick was in the space ship when he heart felt the ship begin to lift off!

The ship began to soar upwards. Nick looked out the window and saw the ground get smaller. So did the people and his mommy! She began to shrink! Nick started to cry. Nick then turned around and saw his daddy. He tried to run to his daddy but he began floating!

He looked out the window and saw that it was night. He asked his daddy why it was nighttime already? His daddy explained that it is very dark in space. His daddy then asked where Nick wanted to go? Nick said in a loud voice "the moon"!

Sure Nicky lets go! Nick and Nick's daddy floated to the control panel and told the computer to take them to the moon. As they began to move Nick became hungry, so he asked for a snack. Nick's daddy went and got some ice cream out of the cabinet and game some to Nick.

Nick grabbed it out of the air took off the wrapper and found that it was hard. Nick though how come the ice cream is hard? Because if it was soft, it would have melted all over the ship explained Nick's dad. We're here said Nick's daddy. The opened the hatch and jumped off to the moon. Nick began to look around. He wondered why there was no cheese. His dad explained that he didn't know why either. His dad then noticed the time and said it was almost night time. So They boarded the space ship one more time and headed toward Earth. When they landed, Nick's mom came running to the space ship and hugged both Nick and his dad.

On the way home they told her all about their wondrous adventure.

(*True story?)

Deep Thought Thursday with JBL - Vol 15

Cats

Small, Playful

Pouncing, Jumping, Climbing

Sly, Quiet - Loud, Open

Running, Barking, Playing

Big, Noisy

Dogs

Ok, James can play too..

James had to get in on the webcam action. Everyone please stop what you are doing right now and pray that my future baby doesn't come out with a mustache.

It's all mine!

I'm blogging from my brand new laptop that we bought tonight. It's the first computer I've ever bought on my own. It's super fast and has a massive screen. It's pretty awesome actually.

Here are a few fun pics from the webcam. Yes, I have a band-aid on my head. Don't ask.

PS... The Jurassic pic is dedicated to my Con-Man.

This is Weird.

OK, I know this is weird and potentially cheesy... (maybe I shouldn't be divulging all my weird deep dark secrets on the web, huh?)
Every once in a while, when I get really worked-up at work... either annoyed, stressed, annoyed or frustratedly annoyed... I find a moment of calm in Google Image. I simply type in key words like "kittens" or "tiger cubs" or "fluffy puppies" and I am immediately surrounded by the cutest little images. I know it sounds super retarded and stupid... but a tiny little ounce of annoyance and stress slips away when I see those sweet little guys.

I don't have many friends at work, and those friends that I do have aren't always on the same page as me... so 'venting' isn't always an option. So instead I just look at those sweet little faces and let Calgon take me away...........................

www.mint.com

My dad suggested this website to James and I a while back, (not to be confused with another favorite site of mine; http://www.minted.com/). It's a website that allows you to see your entire financial situation all together, in one place. It's totally secure and no actual transactions can be made, only viewing and organizing.

We have finally finished uploading all our 401K's, CDs, stocks and what-nots... and are finally getting a decent overview of our complete financial portfolio. It's a pretty good site, although not all of our banks were able to merge with the website, therefore there are still a few holes. We look forward to fast-forwarding a few months in able to see our spending habits and growth. Check it out...

I heart Canada

Canada is my new favorite country. I learned so much about our friendly Northern neighbor during the Olympics and just fell in love. Thanks Canada for being such a good friend and Olympic host. "You's guys are some wicked cool cats!" (that's my attempt at a Canadian accent.)

LEED Green Associate

I took and passed the LEED GA exam this morning. It was much easier than all the practice exams and study material made it out to be. I'm glad I was prepared, but would have rather not stressed out as much about it.

I'm really excited about the potential of being a LEED professional. I think this is the beginning of some new roads.