Ready to Rodeo - updated with my work schedule

Sunday, March 1st: Grand Entry Set-Up/Practice

Tuesday, March 3rd: Rascal Flatts

Wednesday, March 4th: Alan Jackson

Thursday, March 5th: Clay Walker

Friday, March 6th: Gladys Knight/Solange (Black Heritage Day)

Saturday, March 7th: Trace Adkins

Sunday, March 8th: Jonas Brothers

Monday, March 9th: Lady Antebellum

Tuesday, March 10th: Toby Keith

Wednesday, March 11th: Reba McEntire

Thursday, March 12th: Brad Paisley

Friday, March 13th: Clint Black

Saturday, March 14th: Josh Turner

Sunday, March 15th: Ramon Ayala/Alacranes Musical (Go Tejano Day)

Monday, March 16th: Darius Rucker

Tuesday, March 17th: Keith Urban

Wednesday, March 18th: Gary Allan

Thursday, March 19th: Pat Green

Friday, March 20th: Taylor Swift

Saturday, March 21st: Brooks & Dunn (Rodeo Finals)

Sunday, March 22nd: ZZ Top (Xtreme Bulls)

Bold = I'm scheduled to work.

Italics = I have tickets or am planning on attending.

I will probably trade Gary Allen for Darius Rucker which works out since I need the 18th off and I had planned on going to the rodeo the night of Darius Rucker anyway.  I'm a little disappointed in the shifts I'm working but frankly I would work any night of the rodeo so I'm not unhappy, just disappointed.  Last year I had more shifts but I think we have more people on our committee this year so we each have fewer shifts.  Still, I can go any night I want so that's a bonus.  I'm ready for March.  Almost...I still need to find a new pair of boots.  :)

Happy New Year!

Well, poo. I wanted to post videos from our New Year's Eve celebration at RJ and Tiffany's. I think we had 7 couples there and almost everyone participated in Rock Band. I participated by being a groupie. No one wants to hear me sing. I recorded a brief video of the girls' performance and then another of the boys' performance. Too bad blogspot is not letting me upload the videos. You will have to use your imagination or ask me next time you see me...I have them on my new handy dandy phone. Everyone had a great time socializing, playing Rock Band, playing Apples to Apples, and socializing some more.

We slept in late on New Year's Day. I met up with Carolyn and we headed to Katy for an impromptu sushi lunch and then to our actual destination, Archiver's. It's probably a good thing Archiver's is in Katy and not any closer to Pearland. That store is awesome. I restrained myself and just bought cardstock and other items for a project I'm working on. I did buy a cute stamp set that will come in handy for next year's Christmas cards.

I have finally succumbed to the technology frenzy. Jeremy and I both got new phones. He really needed one, me not so much. But I had a large credit on my account and was able to purchase a Blackberry Curve for less than really should be allowed. Thanks Sprint. Jeremy has wanted one for a while and I was holding back...but now that we have them, I'm really liking it. It's like a mini laptop. Fair warning, I am going to cancel our land line. So if you don't have our cell numbers, speak now.

I hope everyone had a great Christmas and a safe New Year's Eve. Here's to all the good things to come in 2009.

Cheers!
~T

Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus

Christmas came early at our house this year. It SNOWED on Wednesday night. What a sight to see. I have seen a lot of snow in my time but not during my time in Texas. It has now snowed twice since we've lived here...Christmas Eve 2004 and December 10, 2008. We have officially survived a hurricane and a blizzard in the span of three months! Okay, we did survive a hurricane. That much is true. Wednesday night's blizzard may have only consisted of enough snow to cover the ground but for southeast Texas, that counts as a blizzard. Work with me people. All of Pearland and the greater Houston area was outside enjoying the snow. I took a few pictures to document the special occasion.

It's starting to snow.

My car's first snow.

It's starting to look a lot like Christmas...

I just want to play tennis...

November 16th. It started out like any other Sunday...morning spent at church. Then Jeremy raced home to play two tennis matches to finish his season with flex tennis. The first opponent was a no-show. If only the second opponent would have been a no-show. Long story short, Jeremy went up for an overhead shot and when he landed he heard a loud snap. Not a good sign. His right ankle immediately became swollen. His opponent just so happened to be a physician and advised Jeremy to go to the emergency room since he thought Jeremy's ankle was broken. Jeremy went home instead. After some discussion....Jeremy went to the emergency room. They determined that he had two torn ligaments. No fracture. So Monday was spent visiting the orthopedic surgeon and getting fitted for an aircast.

You can't really drive with an aircast, so I became Jeremy's personal chauffeur for the week. He went back see Dr. Fukuda on the 24th for a check-up. Things weren't looking better, so off to radiology he went. Again, no fracture. Jeremy got downgraded to a hard ankle brace and off we went. About 20 minutes later, Dr. Fukuda called and said she looked at the xrays again and thought there was a fracture after all. So, a CT scan was scheduled for the next day. Luckily, the CT scan showed that there was not a fracture. Fracture? No fracture? Decide already. So, back to the ankle brace for three weeks and then hopefully rehab.

Tennis will just have to wait.

~T

Mistaken Identity

I received the following email today:

Hi Tracy Wood,

My name is Tracy Wood! No, this is not a joke or SPAM. As you can see, my email address is only one letter different from yours. I'm writing to tell you that I have TONS of emails sent to me that were meant for YOU!Since I have not checked this email account since literally 2006, I'm only just finding these "lost" emails today. Sooo, have you experienced anyone saying "I emailed that to you, did you get it?" Now you know why! Well, I'm very sorry for this inconvenience. If you'd like me to forward any messages to you, I'd be happy to. Incidentally, I'm just curious, whereabouts do you live? I'm just outside Washington, DC.
Best, Tracy

I wonder what emails are awaiting me and how she figured out they were meant for me. Our email address is off by one letter, my middle initial. I'm sure there are quite a few variations of my name used in said email address. Should be interesting to read the emails she forwards to me since some of them are from 2006. If you sent me an email and I didn't respond, now you know why! My email address is my first name, middle initial, last name (at) gmail (dot) com. The middle initial is very important, people. :-)

~T