It Is FREAKING HOT!!!

As my friend Stacy said on her blog and my husband Mike says ALL THE TIME...it is Africa Hot!! I read somewhere that the sun has been very 'dormant" this year...uh, calling bullshit on that one!! To me, dormant implies cooler somehow. We have broken records all week so far in Houston with temps over 100 degrees. Now while I know we are not the only ones who are hot, we have also had the added pleasure of ZERO RAINFALL. Everything is withering, the pretty green grass we had in late April and early May is now turning brown. We have our annual vacation planned to the Frio for August 1-8...but we are rethinking that one. They said the river has ZERO flow right now. It is spring fed, and the springs are low...low...low.

OK...maybe not THAT low...but too low to float.

On a lighter note...I had to take a "Psycho Metric" examination yesterday for a job interview. I am not going to name the company, but suffice it to say that was the biggest bunch of BS I have ever had to go through in my career. First of all, they said the test was supposed to take anywhere from 3.5 to 4 hours...excuse me, I'm sorry, WHAT did you just say??? Yes, 4 hours. There is a timed abstract portion, a timed verbal (which isn't really verbal, as it is all written), a timed mathematical, and then a "personality assessment"!! All of this is done, BEFORE you actually ever sit down face to face and talk to someone. Seriously, they weed out people based on how they do on this RIDICULOUS test. I didn't even finish the math part, and it sure did not take me 4 hours...took me 2 hours. The timed portion of the exams only added up to one hour, so that means they expected it to take me 2 hours to finish their personality assessment...PUH HUH HUH LEEZE...

Other than that, the only other thing going on is baseball (of course). Jackson has State this weekend...actually it starts at 3 pm Friday afternoon. Apparently people in LaPorte don't work on Fridays. I feel a "personal day" coming on!!!

TGIF

Need I say more? Looks like I am getting into a habit of posting on Fridays...hmmm...wonder if it has anything to do with my inability to focus on work?!?!

No baseball this weekend...a crawfish boil at Mike's bosses house...thrilling. Well, at least there is crawfish!!

OOOHOOO WEE Cher dat looks bien!!! Now my mouth is watering!!! A few pounds of those bad boys and a few Miller Lites...sounds like a GOOD weekend!!!

Drivers...START YOUR ENGINES

Well...lets hope our weekend doesn't go by as fast as this car. I would prefer my weekend go more like this... There we go...that is more my speed.

OK...the weekend!! We have baseball this weekend. This tournament, State in two weeks, and then the "World Series" July 5-11, and then we are done for a while...I think I already posted this, but it bears repeating.

I had interviews last week with two companies...and I am SUPPOSED to have one next week, so things are moving on the job front. While I have STILL not been "officially" told I am being let go...I'm NOT waiting around. This is promising, and I would really appreciate it if everyone said an extra little prayer for me. I would really like to get this resolved and behind me. It just sucks always being in this state of uncertainty.

Jordan is gone to the lake with Amy and Bobby and the boys. I am sure they are having a blast on Lake Livingston. Mike and I actually had the WHOLE HOUSE to ourselves last night. Jackson spent the night with Chase and Jordan was gone...hmmmmm that song "Bad Things" by Jace Everett (the theme song to True Blood) is running through my head right now...literally...it is playing on my iPod (GET YOUR MINDS OUT OF THE GUTTER!!!)

Season 2 of True Blood starts Sunday night on HBO. While I LOVE the show, I highly recommend the books. Books are always better!!! True Blood is kinda like Twilight in that those who have read the books are on either Team Bill or Team Eric. I personally am on Team Eric...he is just a way cooler vampire and sexier than poor brooding old Vampire Bill. Now Sookie has had some other love interests in the books, but when the smoke clears it all comes back to either Bill or Eric!!! Here are picture of those sexy vamps...you decide!!!

Bill

or Eric...

I hope everyone has a great weekend...God Bless!! Love L

Face Book vs. The BLOG!!!

Apparently I do not post often enough on my blog for some of you. The "You" being those of you NOT on Facebook. Those who are on FB tell me..."yeah, I already read that on Facebook the other day." I am sorry that I tend to neglect the blog in favor of Facebook...I will try and do better!!

Not much is going on with the Blue's. House is still up for sale, we just dropped it $8K...so it is really a steal now!! Someone is actually looking at it as I write this...from work, while there are people looking at my house, that my kids have been in all day...sigh...

Jordan and I went and toured an Assisted Living Community last night, we are going to start volunteering. It was really neat, and Jordan is excited about doing it. We were going into the Alzheimers Unit when we were stopped at the door by some comotion from a resident. She was fairly new to the place (her husband and family only recently made the decision to put her into constant care), so she was confused as to where she was, and where her husband was. I thought it would freak Jordan out, and she would not want to continue, but it didn't. She actually became MORE interested and said that she thought all the lady really needed was someone to talk to...(it is moments like that when I realize that I may actually be doing a decent job as a Mom!!)

More bad-boy baseball this weekend...a tournament in Cy Fair. We have this one, then State in two weeks, and then the World Series July 5-11...then it is over with for awhile...Hallelujah!!! It is actually a ton of fun to watch, but stressful, and the traveling SUCKS!!!

What's That Old Meatloaf Song...Two Outta Three Ain't Bad

Jackson's baseball team, The Wolverines, has taken the top spot in two of the three tournaments they have been in. This past weekend we played in Katy. Every game up to the championship game, we blew the other team away. The championship game was a much closer, much more exciting game. We were actually down in the 4th inning 10-3, but managed to come back in the 6th inning and win it 11-10!! GO WOLVERINES!!! Now I have 2 first place trophies on my fireplace in the living room. Each time I suggest that we move these up to Jackson's room with the rest of his trophies, I get the evil eye from both him and his Dad. Here are some pictures from the game.

Jackson Catching

The team with their trophies...Jackson is dead center on his knees...

And of course the team with their FANTASTIC coaches
Jackson hit his first out of the park home run in this tournament...it was incredible!! It was a beautiful 2 run - over the fence homer!! We actually had 4 boys hit it out of the park...Broc, Jackson, Tyson, and CJ...these are 7 year olds!! Something in the water in Montgomery County I think.