Wayback Wednesday - Circa 1948/1994

This is to show you what Kaitlyn will look like when she grows up. Joe's mother (Chris) is tall and blonde and very pretty. I have a picture of her when she was 7 (in 1948). She's the one in the right corner of the picture.

Here's a picture of Kaitlyn (she was a fairy for Halloween) and Muzzy (that's what the grandkids call her) when Kaitlyn was about 3-1/2. Can you see the resemblance?

Don't you wish you knew what you'd look like when you grew up?

Busy Weekend

As usual, we had a busy weekend. Thursday night was an away football night. Friday, I went dancing with my crowd. Saturday, I worked at Kohl's in the morning. Joe and Kaitlyn and Matt (boyfriend) went to the OU Game. Kristen went to the game with her cronies. Today, the pom squad held their annual pom clinic for elementary school girls. I was in charge of the uniform sales. We sell retired uniforms at the clinic for anyone who wants to buy them. The girls teach a small but quick routine to the attendees that they will perform at an upcoming halftime for the crowd. This upcoming week is homecoming at the high school. Three of the 5 girls nominated are on the pom squad (Kaitlyn has never been nominated.) Here's a picture of my uniform sales booth.

Dancercize is Tiring

Last night I went to Dancercize at the YMCA. Mind you it was not my first time, I've taken that class several times during the morning session but found that I sweated too much to come back to work afterwards. Since I didn't have to work at Kohl's last night, I thought I would try the evening session. I guess it did me some good, I was so tired this morning I could barely get out of bed. Thank goodness I'm not sore, I'm getting ready to go to my normal aerobics class (low-impact, of course) that I attend on Wednesdays and Fridays at 11:00 AM. Here are some pictures of the office I work in with Jann (my boss). She is out today (yesterday was her birthday and she went to Dallas with her husband).

This is our conference room...






And here are two views looking at my desk (Jann's office is in the glass-enclosed office) and looking from my desk area toward the front door of our office.

Picking Grapes

Today while I was at work, Joe went to my boss' house to help her and her husband with their grape harvest. My boss' husband has a vineyard and they have a winery which is opening October 1st to the public for tasting and purchasing wine. The name of their business is Redbud Ridge Vineyard and Winery. The Redbud is the state tree of Oklahoma. Anyway, Joe had a good time picking and seeing the process of destemming/crushing the grapes, etc. I did this last year and had a wonderful time. You go early in the morning (about 8 or 9) when the day is cool and you pick for a couple of hours, then go to the house where Jann (my boss) and some of her friends have cooked a wonderful brunch. After you eat, each "picker" gets a couple of bottles of free wine from the winery to take home. It's a great way to meet new people (all her friends and even some of her clients volunteer to do this and some even drive up from Texas) and do something you might not otherwise do in an ordinary day. Unfortunately, we don't get to stomp on them like Lucy and Ethyl did in the old I Love Lucy show!

Dancing, Dancing, Dancing

Tonight I went dancing again. There weren't as many people this time so it wasn't quite as fun. I did, however, wear my new GOLD dancing shoes. My friend, Elise, said they really sparkle when I'm dancing. So I better not screw up my dance steps or everyone will know! Here's a picture of my new gold shoes and my old leopard ones.

Carlos Santana!

One of the "perks" that Joe has with his job is he occasionally gets to meet the artists that play in The Ford Center. Joe actually gets to present a specially engraved belt buckle or spur to the artist that commemorates their visit to Oklahoma City. The other night was the Carlos Santana concert and Joe got to present the spur to him. (For those of you who don't know, Joe is on the far right, the "tall guy".) Anyway, he emailed these pictures to me and I thought I would share with all of you. Cool, huh?

Thursday Night Lights

Tonight we played Moore High School (where the F5 tornado went thru in 1999) and WE BEAT THEM 37 to 0. Finally we won a game, we were beginning to wonder what our problem was. We have a new artificial turf field this year and this was the first home game played on the new field.

This was the halftime performance by the pom squad and the band.

And the EXECUTIONER. It's a routine our brass and percussion section does and our crowd goes WILD. If you miss your part, you'll get your head knocked off! Kristen's boyfriend in high school played the trombone and did this (some of the kids even put blindfolds). Kaitlyn's boyfriend was also in the band (he graduated) and he played the quint drums and led the procession.