4.24.2009

"Jimmy Dreams" lyrics by Jimmy Buffett

Jimmy dreams he's a child till the end
What a joy when you are your best friend
The world's such a toy
If you just stay a boy
You can spin it again and again
/
Jimmy flies with no use for disguise
Just escapes using mirrors and capes
And the words do the trick
There is no bigger kick
Than just rhyming again and again
Sound of the low tide
The smell of the rain
Travellin' alone
On my boat and my plane
Take it all in it's as big as it seems
Count all your blessings
Remember your dreams
/
Jimmy stares towards the bright Pleiades
It's so strange
What his distant eye sees
Who knows why you start
Rediscovering your heart
But you do it again and again
/
Sound of the low tide
Smell of the rain
Travelling alone
On my boat and my plane
Take it all in it's as big as it seems
Count all your blessings
Remember your dreams
/
Jimmy stares towards the bright Pleiades
It's so strange
What his distant eye sees
Who knows why you start
Rediscovering your heart
You just do it again and again
The world's still a toy
If you'll just stay a boy
And that's why Jimmy dreams.
♥♥♥dedicated to by baby & my munchkin♥♥♥

4.23.2009

What's Happening!

This weekend I get to attend my first trade show for our company. I have been working here for 11 months now & have one main company I am working for (which has about 3 "sub-companies" within it). I am the main person working for these 3 companies, but one is almost non-existent as far as business coming in, one is very slow, & the other 2 keep me busy most of the time (& they work hand in hand anyways).

The trade show is for the main company. It is a Health Foods Show. I get to go to Austin (TX) for the weekend. I have a feeling it is going to be very interesting getting to see what this is all about. I have slowly been learning that side of the business (it's not the main one I work with) & I think there are many interesting things still to learn. Plus - even though I am a Native Texan & still live in Texas, I have never been to Austin. I have heard it is a beautiful & fun place to see. Even my son has visited Austin a couple of times with his grandparents. (He has actually travelled to places I haven't yet been - but I would love to go to).

So that is really all that is happening here...

Hope to have some fun stuff to write about when the weekend is over!


4.20.2009

My weekend



I don't know if I mentioned previously or not that we had yet another booth at yet another street fair. This one is the "Old Tyme Days"... It had more rides & a few more attractions than the one we went to last month. We had a cloudy start to Saturday morning. We were expecting rain on and off through the day - and according to the weather that my boss watched - it was supposed to clear out by 3:00pm. Well, this is pretty much how the whole day looked....


{notice the people in the left hand side of the picture running with their umbrellas....}


This was taken before the bottom dropped out! The little white 5 gallon bucket there in the center of the picture floated on down the street a short time later. Booths were closing left & right & some just never showed up at all. My boss, being the ever-optimistic person that she is, kept up with the hope that it would be clear by 3:00pm.


By 3:00pm - we were standing in 6 inches of water in our booth - which we had already moved to keep out of the water streaming down alongside the curb... Everything we had brought to show at the fair we had brought in cardboard boxes. Now I realize that cardboard boxes & 6 inches of water DO NOT MIX. We ended up getting one of the girls husband to run out & get us some plastic totes so we could load all of our inventory up. By the time we packed up to go - the street was flooded up over the curb and we were all soaked. At least the weather decided to stay somewhat warm... I can handle being soaking wet as long as it isn't cold.


My son came along with us because he loves these fairs. He didn't get to do too much as far as the rides or the fairway. Even though is was raining, he was a trooper! He enjoys getting wet in the rain. If there would have been any mud nearby - he would have loved it that much more!!!


We were supposed to have the booth set up on Sunday as well, but right about the time I was walking out of the house - my boss called & said that we weren't going to do it.


The weather on Sunday was a complete opposite to the day before.


The sun was out,


there was no wind,


the sky was a beautiful blue.


Wonderful weather!