Flower and Max

I always thought it was kind of cute and funny that Max would eat ALL of his food when Flower would come into the kitchen. He gathers up his toys when Flower walks across the living room. Flower is what...less than 6 inches tall? ..why is that intimidating?!
Now I understand why.
I was in the kitchen making my own breakfast and heard Max give off a tiny little whimper and heard his little feet going back and forth in the way he does when he doesn't know what to do and needs guidance.
Flower was in his food! He had reached up and had one tortoise arm in the food and was looking around to find just the right kibble of Beneful. I scrambled to look for a camera, but missed the best picture of them all. Max had reached down into his dish, at the same time that Flower was in there, and grabbed a small mouthful of food and went to the other side of the kitchen to eat it. He did look like his feelings had been hurt too. I felt bad for him, but I've always told him that Flower is above him on the totem pole. I'm just glad he didn't get food aggressive with Flower. I'm glad I can trust the two alone together.

Happy Heart Day!

Things have been going pretty fast and now I am not as busy juggling several projects at work, and as a plus, I'm not sleeping through my weekend!

I recently met some really fun people and last night I went to "Cupid's Revenge" at Chi Gallery. The photographer, Debra Gloria, is a friend of a friend and I was honored to go. I loved the photos and at the end of the evening I found out that I know one of the models! I think it was a plus that I did not know ahead of time. Beautiful and sensual is how I would describe them. um...and HOT...would be another! :)
Made a stop at Jack's and then on to Sue Ellen's to round out the night. Fun Fun Fun!
I realized at the end of the evening that I prefer valet parking to trolling around searching for my own parking space, and I don't have to carry my keys!

Gotta give a shout-out for a new hot spot for the ladies -- Jack's Chill Grill. It's off of Commerce St just outside downtown. I love the feeling of the whole place. Inside is a concrete floor with lots of seating, pool tables, and on occasion, they set up the Wii! Outside is all gravel with little fireplaces for sitting out and conversing within earshot of the live band inside!

Speaking of live bands, the last time I was out there, I met Kathy Corbin! She mentioned that one of things she has to do is pick bands to perform at Jack's. Ding Ding Ding!! So I said she should contact Erin McKeown! I gave her the info and we'll see what happens. I'm excited. Just hope they don't invite her to perform in September! Why do we invite people to Texas at the hottest time of the year?!

As might've been observed, I've joined Facebook. I have a myspace site, but with all the eye-noise on myspace, I prefer Facebook. Except...the speaking about yourself in third person part. I was thinking about it and instead of me telling you what I am doing...or I mean what Roberta is doing, we should be able to update our friend's status' . That would be funny and cool! ...Let's see...Rupert is brown-nosing with the boss...Doug is hitting on a girl that is just not having it!...Jonny is ordering more breakfast than is allowed for a family of four!...
I think that would be more fun...should I suggest it to Facebook?

I guess I have to rephrase it as "Roberta is thinking that Facebook should allow me to update all my friend's status'!"

Well, hope everyone had a nice Valentine's weekend!

Wow

Things have been a bit whirlwind around me lately, all these holidays are sneaking up!
I have 2 weeks off work at a time when I think everyone around here needs a break.
I actually had 10 days to take, so I took 3 at Thanksgiving and I am taking 6 starting on the 19th. That leaves one day that will just be lost because I ran out of year.
The projects here at SWA have been amazing and it's been awesome to be a part of them. I was thrust into a position that I didn't think I was ready for back in the summer because the more tenured .com testers were placed on another project. I think I've held my own and rolled with the punches, but with that, I've also run out of year! Some major players in the development end are also taking the last 2 weeks off because we really didn't have enough slowdown to take any kind of break since the summer.
I believe all the hard work will pay off in the new year. As always in technology, people only notice when something goes wrong. All the hard work is behind the scenes and the customers should not notice a change.
On a really cool note, I'm actually going to travel a little with my job. Yeah, I know, I work for an airline! My jobs have never involved traveling, so going to Chicago on occasion will certainly be a new experience. I think the only other time I have travelled was to fix a server in Houston, not even a night's stay.
I had an opportunity to go to Seattle next week, but that fell through, so now I just want to get out of town to SOMEWHERE. I'll end up in San Antonio for Christmas for sure. I need time to decompress. It's been a very work-centric year.

OMG, ya gotta try this!

Oh my Gawd, this is an awesome recipe:
It's also called "The most dangerous cake recipe in the World"

MINUTE CHOCOLATE MUG CAKE
1 Coffee Mug
4 tablespoons flour(that's plain flour, not self-rising)
4 tablespoons sugar
2 tablespoons baking cocoa
1 egg
3 tablespoons milk
3 tablespoons oil
3 tablespoons chocolate chips (optional)
Some nuts (optional)
Small splash of vanilla

Add dry ingredients to mug, and mix well . Add the egg and mix thoroughly.
Pour in the milk and oil and mix well.
Add the chocolate chips (if using) and vanilla, and mix again.
Put your mug in the microwave and cook for 3 minutes on high. The cake will rise over the top of the mug, but don't be alarmed!
Allow to cool a little, and tip out onto a plate if desired.
EAT! (This can serve 2 if you want to share!)

**If you don't have the chips and cocoa, it still makes a tasty cake!***

And why is this the most dangerous cake recipe in the world? Because now we are all only 5 minutes away from chocolate cake at any time of the day or night!

O-O-O-O-Obama

We'll see what the next 4 years bring...
...besides the new puppy in the White House.