It snowed twice while I was in DC! There wasn’t enough to cause any trouble, but it did cover the ground and looked pretty.
I have 8 hours of EMT class today – we are getting CPR certified and then I am off to DC. My company is sending me for a 6 day class to prepare me for my big Agent test. The good news is that class is about 2 miles from my Aunt Gayle’s house so I can stay with her. I still have most of my old friends in DC so I get to do lots of visiting. The bad part is I fly back in on Friday night, have 8 more hours of my EMT class the next day and then a final in my EMT class on Monday night.
Needless to say, I won’t be posting for a while…..
Nothing official has been announced. SA being bought by Cisco won’t even be official till March of 2006, but it is looking more and more like the IP department will disappear. One of my coworkers found an article today talking about Cisco and their patents. They only employee two patent lawyers and then use 10 outside law firms. I suppose they could decide to try something different with SA, but I doubt it. Why maintain five salaries when they can pay a flat fee per patent? Oh well, this will make deciding to leave Atlanta much easier.
I started making my Christmas wish list a few weeks ago. I had decided that a new laptop would be great, but that meant looking for one (the part I hate). My current laptop is a Sony Vaio and I swore it was the last Sony laptop I would buy. But of course, when I was searching for a new laptop, I found a Vaio that was awesome – it was red! I got really excited about it and put it on my list. Then I tried to show it to Wade and it was gone. Evidently I had seen it the last few days it was listed for sale. Darn it! Now I can’t even find anywhere that has a model still in stock – especially in red. There is a new version out, but I don’t like it and it doesn’t come in red. The same thing happened when I was car shopping. I liked the older version that was no longer made. Obviously I am jut always a day late and a dollar short…
For some reason, this picture didn’t strike me as funny till I read the caption “You are SO in my bed.”
While visiting my mom in Kentucky, Madison got an early Christmas present. She has a new collar that reads “Santa Paws” and a new peppermint striped bone (thanks to Old Navy for their cute Holiday doggie line). Sadly, the bone has already been chewed into tiny pieces. I got the picture right before total destruction occurred.
Wade and I were attempting to take pictures for our Christmas cards. We wanted Madison in them too, but that might have been asking for too much. Before we got done, Melissa and Chris had jumped in on the action. Sadly, I’m not sure any of these are quite right….
Wade and I decided not to begin our Thanksgiving drive until Thursday morning. We headed south on I-85, turned west on I-20 and promptly hit stand still traffic. We quickly found an alternate route and arrived in Memphis right on time.
Wade’s little cousins Marie and Tina were lots of fun and love to play hide-n-seek. We spent a lot of time in the backyard running around and up in Wade’s old tree house (that is until we broke the ladder). Wade’s Granny and Papa loved Madison – especially Papa. By Saturday morning when we left, Madison would just sit by Papa’s chair. Of course, he had been feeding her table scraps all weekend so that might explain a lot!
Thursday night we (Wade, Granny, Papa, Judy, Jerry, and I) gathered around the table to play Uno. I always enjoy the game, but this time was hilarious! Papa had a little trouble telling the difference between blue and green so Papa was allowed to play either and everyone else had to follow suit. Granny didn’t like this at all – she is a real card player and wants everyone to follow the same rules. In the end, Granny won three games and everyone but Wade won one. Poor Wade.
Another cool frog picture! Now I just need one with an elephant.
For years, my mom and I have picked our favorite tree during the fall season. It’s the tree with the perfect color as the tree transitions from green to yellow or red. Since we aren’t in the same town, I figured I’d show her mine with a picture.
