Happy Halloween!

I decided to be the Crazy Cat Lady this year for Halloween at work today. Happy Halloween!

Here is the rest of the crew:

Back Row: Lindsay, Cindy, Justin, Me and Caroline
Front Row: Jenny, Kellie and Teyler

Animal Cell Creation

This weekend, Ryan and I worked on his Biology project.  We had to create a animal cell model.  I think we were very inventive and it turned out very cool.  I think Ryan likes that he has a creative mother at times.

Finished Cell:

Bomb Threat

So today has been a crazy day to say the least! First, Big Tex burns and then at around 11:30 this morning we got a Code Maroon to evacuate campus by foot because of a general bomb threat. We had to walk to George Bush Drive, then we hopped a bus to Anderson Park, then hopped another bus to sorority row.  Our manager came and picked us up in a van.  We had 12 of us crammed into the van and went to our main office.  I almost got car sick, boy, that would have been fun!  We sat around the main office and had to return back to our office at 4:30. I will let you ponder that....

R.I.P. Big Tex

Sad news today! Big Tex was destroyed by fire. He was 60 years old and an icon at the Texas State Fair! So sad!

No Homecoming This year

Well... you know kids at this age. Last Saturday, Bri and Ryan broke up, so no Homecoming this year.  Ryan decided he was not going to ask anyone else and just save his money. So now, I am the owner of a lovely Homecoming Mum. Yay for me!  Regardless, it was fun to learn how to make one.

Homecoming Mum

This is the first year Ryan will be attending Homecoming, so I asked my Mother-In-Law to help me make a mum.  She has a lot of previous experience and she said yes she would help me.  Last weekend, my Mom and I went all over BCS visiting every craft store in town to get supplies.  It was difficult because Ryan's school is new and the stores did not have his colors in stock.  I found a homecoming supply store online at the Woodlands, so Saturday, Luther, Ryan and I went down there to find the rest of the supplies we needed.  After a family dinner on Sunday, Honey and I spent the afternoon making Ryan's mum and it turned out amazing! Thanks for all of your help Honey, I couldn't have done it without you!

I hope Bri likes it as much as we do!

Ryan's Birthday Weekend

This past weekend, my parents came down from Plano to visit for Ryan's Birthday.  His Birthday was Thursday, but they could not be here until the weekend.  Friday night, we hung out at the house and my Mom and I went to Koppe Bridge to pick up burgers for dinner.  I have her hooked on that place.  I think it is now her favorite place to eat when she is in town.  It was game day weekend, so it was packed and that is why we picked it up because no one wanted to stand in a long line and wait.  It was fine, we got some alone time and while we were gone, Luther hung up Ryan's new t.v. in his room for him.

Saturday, Luther had to work and my Dad did not feel like going anyplace (he wanted to watch the Penn State game), so my Mom and I ran around to all the craft stores buying stuff for a homecoming mum.  We found everything except the flower, which I will try to find in Houston next weekend.  The big problem was that Ryan's school just opened this fall, so no one had the right color purple.  Hopefully I can find one. I would even love to have silver. 

Saturday evening, Ryan had some of his friends over for pizza and then they went to the movies. The adults stayed home and watched a movie at home.  It was nasty wet.  

Sunday, my parents took us out to eat at TGI Fridays for Ryan's Birthday.  They told him he could pick a place to eat over the weekend their treat.  We went around 11:00 AM hoping to miss all the traffic.  It worked, the Aggies beat Arkansas, so a lot of people were still in bed recovering from all that the day before.  Friday's was really good and when we were done eating we drove over to Sam's Club to let my parents fill up the car and then they were on their way back home.  I spent the rest of the day doing laundry and Luther took Ryan to the gym to workout.  Sunday evening a lot of my shows had the season premiere on, so I really enjoyed my evening before having to get ready for another work week.