Wednesday, September 16, 2009

a penny for your thoughts.....

Jordan and I have had a fun week so far, but I have to blog about what happened to us Monday night. We went to G Love and Jason Mraz Monday night, after a quick dinner and running out the door to get to the show. When we approached the venue, we realized we didn't have a lot of cash on us, and figured we would just have to get money out of the ATM for drinks. BUT, we had to pay for parking. Parking was $15 and I immediately started counting what cash I did have in my wallet. I had $14 cash and 3 quarters. I turned to our compartment in the car and started to count out change. The lady collecting money snarked at us and said,"I am NOT TAKING PENNIES!" Okay, I wasn't about to give the woman 150 pennies, we had one nickel and I was going to give the rest in pennies. SHE REFUSED, and told us that we would have to get money out of the ATM in order to pay to park. IS A PENNY NOT MONEY ANYMORE? SHE WAS SO MEAN, and I am still appalled that we had to take money out of the ATM with an ATM fee so that this woman would have the inconvenience of counting some change! We played nice, took the money out of the ATM for the sake of not ruining our evening.....unbelievable! I know the whole freakonomics theory of the penny is worthless, but does this mean I should stop accepting the penny as change....I take money no matter the denomination!

Sunday, September 13, 2009

thoughts....

Jordan and I had a very quiet weekend! It rained seriously for 48 hours straight so we mainly stayed in : ) You know how you read something or see something on TV and it just speaks volumes to your life or what you are experiencing right now...well this is what I found.....

Pearls Before Swine
You'll have to click on it to read, couldn't fit it on the page!

So funny, needless to say we watched a lot of football this weekend, but tomorrow let the swooning begin! Jordan is taking me to.....

Jason Mraz and G Love.... Can't wait!

A hunka hunka burning weekend!

Last weekend we were in Pontotoc celebrating two great events with Jordan's family:
1. Jordan's grandparents celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary! The whole family celebrated at the Peabody complete with the ducks and a yummy brunch

2. the upcoming birth of Jordan's brother and sister-in-law's first child, our first niece, the first grandchild and great grandchild in the family!

The weekend was jammed packed and we literally ran around crazy! As soon as I get pictures back I will post about the actually events, but for now....

The King!

We drove to Pontotoc from Dallas, and on our way back to Dallas on Labor Day we decided to stop at Graceland! Jordan has never been, and I have only been once (when I was 12), and I LOVE Elvis. My grandmother and I used to watch all of his movies growing up (I know, cheesy) but I still love them. We only took the home/museum tour and it was not crowded at all.

Enjoy the slideshow!









Wednesday, September 9, 2009

To Be or Not To Be....Saluki


Karma and I visited the local neighborhood self service dog wash....
Yep, you read correctly, I washed her, and they provided the doggie friendly shower, shampoo, conditioner, and wash sponge.....and a heavy duty hair dryer that Karma did NOT enjoy.

The people there are super nice, the owner's dog roam freely throughout the store and we talked about Karma's diet, her hair shedding and what breed she might be.....we have no idea!

The owner suggested that Karma could be a Saluki....I responded, could you spell that?
well, a Saluki and Border Collie Mix
As soon as I got home I googled Saluki

They are considered the first domesticated pet and there are even hieroglyphics of these dogs! The Egyptians had them as pets and even mummified them too.

Anyway, they look like thisThen, I googled Border Collie/Saluki Mix and I found Beano!


Ok, for those of you that know Karma, you probably are saying to yourself, that's Karma, no that's Beano, Karma's long lost cousin.....just kidding!

Below are pictures of Karma, check out her body with the Saluki above. Jordan woke her up and if you cannot tell from these pictures but she is NOT happy!



















Now, the next step is a Doggie DNA kit, yes for $59.95 we can find out exactly what our sweet little mutt is.....but for now Jordan calls her Saluki (half the time she responds)