Not much to post since my camera is back in the shop....again. There is a part in the A70s that does not do well in humid climates and I am on my second new part in six months. But they fix it for free so I can't complain.
I think we might FINALLY settle with the insurance company when we got hit a few months ago. After hours on the phone and email I finally blew a gasket at a supervisor and within an hour the problem was fixed.
We painted all weekend. Jared painted the arbor and I started on the nursery - it's honeydew. Very bright and cheery and almost blinding. I have the walls almost done and then have to paint the trim.
Thats about all!
4/29/2007
4/22/2007
NASA Shooting
Just a heads up we are all fine. We received many calls over the past days with people hearing the name Crenshaw in the news. We thank everyone for checking in. We knew none of the individuals personally, but have friends that worked with the victim and gunman.
Jared does not typically work on the NASA JSC campus, his main office is a few blocks off site, but the day of the shooting he was in a simulation in mission control (MCC) only a few buildings away from building 44 on the JSC campus.
He called me right away, they locked down the MCC and he works pretty deep in the building behind several security checkpoints. His work went on as usual for the day as his simulation went until 6 pm anyway.
From the way we see it, there was nothing to stop it. NASA has tight security (I have a clearance and badge just to pick him up in the parking lot) and a no firearms code on campus. Over 10,000 employees and contractors work at JSC, there is no feasible way to check every car and body every day.
It was a sad ordeal and an end to a week of bloodshed and we count our blessings.
CNN STORY
Jared does not typically work on the NASA JSC campus, his main office is a few blocks off site, but the day of the shooting he was in a simulation in mission control (MCC) only a few buildings away from building 44 on the JSC campus.
He called me right away, they locked down the MCC and he works pretty deep in the building behind several security checkpoints. His work went on as usual for the day as his simulation went until 6 pm anyway.
From the way we see it, there was nothing to stop it. NASA has tight security (I have a clearance and badge just to pick him up in the parking lot) and a no firearms code on campus. Over 10,000 employees and contractors work at JSC, there is no feasible way to check every car and body every day.
It was a sad ordeal and an end to a week of bloodshed and we count our blessings.
CNN STORY
Go Stro's
Last week was NASA night with $5 tickets for the Astros vs. Marlins game down at Minute Maid Park. We went with five couples and what now seems like a boat load of kiddos. We were in the nose bleed sections, but had great seats right behind home plate. It was an amazing night out and the first time I had been to the park when the retractable roof was open, which provided a great view of the city.
Erin received a pair of bin
oculars for Christmas in the shape of the cheetah head. They went MIA for some months and last week they made their return. Erin walked down stairs holding them and exclaimed "Daddy, look at my knockers". The look on Jared's face was priceless. So at the game this week, Erin and kylie spent most of the time playing with a set of "knockers."
On our way out of the stadium there was a street musician playing a sax and Erin thought he was pretty cool. Astros won by one, Erin kicked a beer over on some guy on the section below the food court and he did not beat us and we returned to our $5.00 parking lot to find our car still intact, hubcaps and all.
4/09/2007
Easter Weekend
Friday night we headed out after work and drove north to Huntsville State Park to camp for the night. It was beautiful, towering trees and large campsites and low humidity. We got in about 6:30 pm and set up camp. A cold front dropped in and by 9 am it was about 38 degrees. Erin did really well camping in the cold. She even managed to sneak a s'more to bed with her. In the morning all of her blankets and the floor of our tent was covered with marshmallow. 
Camping in the rainWe got up and it started to drizzle so we packed all of our gear and sat in the cold drizzle for about an hour before deciding to head home. It was a good choice because when we were leaving the park it started to sleet.
Saturday night our ward had its annual Chili cookoff and for once we had perfect chili weather.
Erin's new easter dress
Sunday morning we got up and Erin found her Easter basket. The Easter bunny brought her a new rubber duck for the tube, a baseball bat and ball, and a rocket kite. She was pretty excited. Kite flying is an Easter tradition in our family. We went to church and then came home and attempted to fly the kite, but it was not ideal kite flying weather.
Then we headed to some friends for our holiday "orphan dinner". Most of the couples we hang with are miles from any family so we get together for the holidays. The food was awesome and a good end to the Easter weekend.
4/04/2007
My Amazing Feat of Strength...
So as you can see I am having an extremely productive morning. My Google home page has this "how to" section that changes everyday and its most entertaining. Todays topic was "how to rip a phone book in half" and I decided I want to test my Hulk-like powers and to my amazement I did it ( and not I did not bake it in the oven). It was a smaller phone book, but considering I am seven months pregnant I didn't want to have to explain that I forced preterm labor by attempting to rip the City of Houston phone book in half.
The down side.... I am now without my trusty yellow pages.
Here is the link...give it a try
RIP IT LINK
4/01/2007
Its raining, its pouring
Yesterday we got about 5-6" of rain within a few hours. I woke up early and Jared and Erin were in still in bed, so I decided its a little rain and headed out to the local hardware store to buy a $1.65 ball of twine for my garden. It was only about a 4 mile drive but it took me over an hour to find a way back that was not flooded. I was driving our Dodge Dakota and several of the roads had over 15" of standing water with full ton trucks stalled out. I think I could have kayaked our city. Our street drained well, we are on a high point of the neighborhood at a whopping 26' above sea level. It make me nervous, the last tropical storm to hit dumped upwards of 18" of rain in 24 hours. I am thinking about putting a canoe in my attic for the hurricane season, which starts in 60 days.
With that being said why do people irrigate and not harness rain water run off? Last fall we had the same type of storm (rainfall in the 4-6" range is common here) and I calculated 8 gallons/minute coming out of one of my rain spouts. I am looking at buying a few 55 gallon barrels to for rain water storage.
With all the rain we have spent a lot of time inside. Erin found the crib mattress and decided it made a nice landing pad as she launched herself off of our guest air bed. This set-up provided hours of entertainment this week and miraculously no injuries.
With that being said why do people irrigate and not harness rain water run off? Last fall we had the same type of storm (rainfall in the 4-6" range is common here) and I calculated 8 gallons/minute coming out of one of my rain spouts. I am looking at buying a few 55 gallon barrels to for rain water storage.
With all the rain we have spent a lot of time inside. Erin found the crib mattress and decided it made a nice landing pad as she launched herself off of our guest air bed. This set-up provided hours of entertainment this week and miraculously no injuries.
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