I want to be like Nelma when I get older. She has the greatest attitude and she embraces everything she experiences. And she still has fun like a kid! I love her; she just cracks me up. By the way, Nelma is probably going to overtake me as the tech-pro of the family -- she's on Facebook, recently discovered Flickr and she's always eager to learn new tech things. Pretty cool lady.

I so enjoy our vegetables from the garden! It's so fun to see them growing and it's even greater to put them in my belly! :) The green beans were delicious tonight with the chicken. We also had yellow squash with dinner. The picture above is of longbeans that Mark's sister gave us. None harvested yet so I'll let you know what that's like. I like the interesting look they have as they are growing.

And here's a shot of our bell pepper plant. Our peppers appear to grow upward, which is funny apparently since other people told me theirs grown "normal," pointing downward. Hee, we have funny peppers.



I am home all week this week! I am so happy about that! I feel like I'm reconnecting with home, with my Seguin office buds and with myself. It's good to be where you feel good. Dallas is a different world and the past two weeks have been a real challenge and though I know I learned a lot (about others, about myself and about business), and I certainly hope I helped some of my peeps up there, I am sure glad it's over with for now. We made our hiring decisions and soon, I hope to have a formal announcement sent out about the new IT Training Team. We will have ten people on the team! Should be interesting.

Mark's Book Signing

Last Thursday, Mark had his first official book signing at the Library and I was happy to at least catch the last 5 or 10 minutes of the presentation. Then I helped him by sitting at the "book sales table" for a while. He sold 18 copies -- good job, honey!



I was late due to delayed flights out of Dallas because of the severe storms up there. Thanks Penny, for getting me back to the house in time to make the talk! :) Work has been pretty trying lately and I'd venture to say the last two week have been my toughest there but I have seriously learned a lot and I am still happy to be here. I can't tell you how much I've learned in my two years here - May 28 was my two year annivesary! With the integration of the SAP Training Team, my peeps grew from 3 to something like 23, so it made traveling to Dallas every week a necessity. The stress of managing people going through a transition took its toll on me so I'm glad it's done with for now. Interviews, phone calls (to decline people), meetings, meetings, meetings...I just want to train. And train others how to train. I'm ready to get back to it. So here's to better weeks ahead.