holiday party bus 2008

so i'm moving as fast as i can here, geez.  i've already had some requests for pics from the big night last night...patience, people, patience.  ; )

we had a great group last night for the party bus (for you attendees - you guys were good at party-bus-ing, my friends). the crew toured the park cities for some holiday lights, hit a couple of dallas hot-spots, watched jay "dance" (if you can call it that) and even with having to witness the former, still had a great time. ; )  we have done this a couple of other times, but this will definitely become a part of our holiday traditions going forward...join in on the good times bus next year if you missed this trip!  some pics below, click here for more.

jay, "trickdancing"

i'm not sure why, but it was fun!

all about the a-towners

nice danny, nice.

championship

sometimes it is fun being a girl in an all-boy office.  however, this week may just take the cake.  i will go ahead and give myself props...

i am in two fantasy football leagues.  last week, team superkaty clenched the playoffs and won my spot in the championship.  in both leagues!  at this point i am not sure that i even care if i win, i have just SO enjoyed wearing down the all the guys by beating them to get here.

that said a victory sure would be nice!!!!  everyone who wants the chick to win cheer for adrian peterson and the fav-re this week.  let's hope that adrian will put up another 47 fantasy points like he did a few weeks ago.  ; )  

baby addison

my good friends wes and rachel just had a little baby girl, addison. so first off, i'd like to say congratulations to them both!

little addison is having some medical problems and i am writing to ask you all to pray for her (and her family) as she works her way through these early struggles. you can stay updated here on her blog!

pranks make me giggle

hilarious - you only have to watch the first 30 seconds to get a good laugh.

walk score

while reading the paper (dallasnews.com) yesterday morning i found a link to take my "walk score." intrigued, i clicked on the site. since then i have been doing some thinking, and apparently my neighborhood's walk score has a big impact on my happiness as it relates to where i live so i thought i would share.

in recent years i have lived in several different neighborhoods. uptown and the m-streets, both of which have very high scores of 89 (uptown) and 82 (m-streets) were my favorites. the best parts of these neighborhoods are their proximity to "everything" and the fact that i can walk to do most anything.

walkscore.com even has a sidebar that allows you to see the scores of famous sites, like the apartment building where they lived on "friends" or the brady bunch house. enjoy!

i'm a nerd, i know.

katy trail update

dallas runners, rejoice! finally, (according to the friends of katy trail blog) the lights are actually in progress to be installed on the katy trail. this means that even with the dreaded pitch-black evenings of the winter upon us, we will soon be able to again jog after 6pm on the trail. in all reality the lights will not all be installed until we are freed from the bitter angst of early-evening darkness, but at least part of the trail will be lit up. maybe we can run sprints back and forth under the first few lights that are installed...

Lights coming soon

The pre-construction meeting for the Lighting contract took place Thursday morning at the office of Victory Park. Good news the contractor will officially begin work on lighting installation on Jan. 2, 2008 and expects to be done by the beginning of May

a different kind of final four

i have been participating in what is essentially an online opinion poll on si.com. it's interesting to watch, and even if it is essentially meaningless, i'm still happy to see OU in the final four. according to the poll, we beat boston college in the first round with 83% of the vote and were victorious again in the second round, over georgia with 53% of the vote. you can click here to vote in the "final four" round yourself, Oklahoma vs Ohio State and Florida vs USC.

i don't know how i feel about the prospect of the bcs vs. a playoff, because i can definitely see there are advantages to both (as well as disadvantages, especially in regard to losing the bcs as it relates to some of the "powerhouse" programs).

on our trip to vegas i read stewart mandel's book, bowls, polls and tattered souls. it is an interesting read for the college football fan. he provides some good insight into both possibilities, the playoff and the bcs. as much as i know that the bcs probably favors a school like oklahoma, a playoff system would be a blast to watch. i still haven't made my mind up on this whole thing yet, but i guess that doesn't really matter, as it's not my decision to make in the first place.

oh well. i'll just keep voting in my little fake online poll and wait for our bowl game in january.

miracle dallas

beginning this evening and running through the 30th of december, dallas-ites and their visitors can enjoy a festival-o-fun at victory park. outdoor ice skating, treats and drinks, and holiday films?!? count me in. best of all, it benefits a good cause!

check out http://www.miracledallas.com/ for more details.

viva las vegas

we took a trip this weekend with a group of good friends to las vegas. i am not a gambler, however, i consider myself a well-educated college football fan. well, at least educated enough to put money on a few games. the sports book is definitely my niche. 3-out-of-4 ain't bad. i collected my earnings this morning before we left.

first off, congrats to our boys for being the first big 12 team to win back-to-back big 12 conference titles! as to the bcs and the NC game - i won't get into OU getting ripped off, because every team in america has their own argument in this this regard (as it relates to the bcs). i'm very happy we won the big 12 again and consider it a privilege to play west virginia, which is a great team...however, i do feel for mizzou. their only two losses this year were to OU, which is the #3 team in the country (according to the polls). they beat kansas and illinois, who both got bcs bids. sorry guys-of-mizzou, i agree, you were completely ripped off. just know as OU fans, we feel the same way. good luck ohio state - no one wants to play a home game against lsu.

a few fun pics from our trip...

i predict OU v florida next year in miami

columbia boys

cuties at pure

i'm just sayin, i am the queen of the sports book

reunion of the pups and mom