Nbr41sGirl

So, many of you that know me, know that my email address is Nbr8sGirl@...... some have asked what this means and some probably could care less. I have had this email address since Troy Aikmen joined the Dallas Cowboys and the expanded version ‘Number 8s Girl’ reflects my dedication to Troy - Dallas Cowboy’s #8. Well, even though I will not be changing my email address…..going forward, I would like to call myself Nbr41sGirl since my new sporting crush is Dirk Nowitzki of the Dallas Mavericks.

Now, you may be saying that my devotion is misplaced since he shot 2 of 14 in last nights game four against the Miami Heat, but I say…..”pleh”…he’ll be back in full form on Sunday….and I still feel that the Mavs will win the series.

So, until then…….GO MAVS !!!

Signed, Nbr41sGirl ::wink::

Are you in the right place.....

If you want to read about serious topical things that may even spur a conversation or debate, then I would recommend you click on DIGITAL FORTRESS over there to the right. However, if you want to read stories about people burping loudly in the movie theatre or bumper stickers that read ‘Silly boys, trucks are for girls…..” then you are in the right place…..

So, I was at the movies the other day….either The Break Up or The DaVinci Code….and there is this man sitting in the row in front of me with his wife and daughter. We are fairly early so the only thing going on in the theatre is the slide show of repetitive movie trivia and not once but TWICE the man in front of me burps and I mean BURPS….loudly. His wife and daughter don’t even turn to look at him and he acts as if nothing happened which makes me infer that this is normal behavior for him and even in public places. Interesting. I mean, at the very least, I think an acknowledgement with a ‘Excuse me” or something to his companions. Now, even if he has a medical condition of some sort, I still think an acknowledgement is needed in a PUBLIC place. If he’s at home, who cares, they are probably used to it.

Anyway, that’s is my totally non-political blog for the day. Stay tuned for an important blog tomorrow … or maybe later tonight.

Hurricane Alberto

Seriously, I can only handle one Alberto in my life at a time…..and I already have one, thank you. So, for those of you watching this storm today, please keep my parents and brother in your thoughts…..they are on the outskirts of the storm and should be OK but with hurricane season in full force now, they can use the extra positive thinking on any of these occasions.

Final Vacation Recap....kinda long and very late.

Sorry for the delay. Life has been CrAzY to say the least. So, where were we.......ah, yes. Disney World. We decided to just go to downtown Disney and not to an actual park...none of us had $60 bucks to spend to get in and Downtown Disney is just as fun, well almost. ::wink::

So, here are a few pics from the trip.

Of course, there was a lot of emphasis in the Disney Store on 'Pirates of the Caribbean' so here is dad with some of the cast......

And, here are Joey and I trying on a couple of hats [taken with the camera phone] .... mine seemed fairly appropriate.....well, maybe they bother are. ::wink::

And, then my favorite store ... the lego store. These first two pics are of a serpent in the lake. This thing is made entirely of legos - awesome :

And this one - WOW !

And then you go inside, and you get this :

It is a life-size full body lego sculpture, I just took a pic of the head. The store itself is amazing. This next picture is just a huge section of walls with legos in every shape and color.

And then this wall.......can you guess what this is??

Then we went to Coronado Springs Resort for lunch.....yummy as usual. And then for a drive over to The Animal Kingdom Lodge. I don't know why I didn't take pictures of the inside because it was AWESOME....but I did take pictures of the animals that surround the backside of the resort. Imagine having a room facing one of these views :

Then it was time to head back to Punta Gorda.....on Monday, we went down to Casey Key where we had lunch at Pop's. Once when we were there we actually saw a Manatee surface in the waterway but today our only visitor was this bird :

Well, the rest of the week was spent going to the dentist, yes, the dentist. When your mom works for a dentist you get in for FREE stuff whenever you are in town. I lost about a pint of blood [the dental assistant said a gallon] on the first day I was there but the second and last day was much better even though it did involve a scalpel and a dissolvable stitch. OUCH !

Oh, and playing cards, and NTN trivia and going to see Mission Impossible III. You have yummy meals cooked by my mom and Joey. You hang out at 'Pinch-A-Penny' a couple of times when dad and Joey are selling pool/spa stuff and doing water tests. You go wash love-bugs off of everyone's car a few times ... here's a poor picture [phone camera] of the front of Joey's car after it had been attacked by the little bastards :

We did quite a few other things while we hung out just being a family.....the best vacation ever !!

Now, that I have finished the vacation recap....I'll get back to regular blogging this week. Until then.....ciao !