Austin, SAP & the Garden

Yesterday we went to visit Mark's family up in Austin. Cynthia is back in Texas after many years of living in California so we had a nice family welcome for her. Mandy and Stuart brought Braden and Annie so I had a ton of fun playing with them, of course. They are pretty sweet kids and they're at ages where they're starting to really have a conversation with you, well, Annie anyway. Brady's great and definitely has his opinions, it's just a little harder to figure out his talk for now. :)

This is me and Annnie while we waited for dinner at Pappasito's -- that was yummy! I think Annie may be eyeing the tortillas, which were excellent. We don't normally get dips but that queso was delicious (bottom of the pic), filled with onions, jalapenos, tomatoes and cilantro. The food was good, company great...but the restaurant was so loud, it was really a challenge to have conversations. Still, we were able to have a nice visit at the house before and after and we're very happy to have Mark's sister nearby now.

This week will be a busy one again. I go back up to Irving for a few days for meetings. I'm much more at home up at Corporate now than the first several times I went up there. It's amazing how knowing a few people in a "foreign" place can really help you get used to things. I have learned a lot and am very excited with each day and week since it just means exposure to new things. Last week there was a huge reorganization in order to integrate the SAP teams back into the business; they'd been operating as a project team but now it's time to move the project into operational mode (post go-live). It's exciting for our team b/c it means we'll be able to really work together to deliver rollout AND operational training without reinventing the wheel. For me, it will mean managing more oeople. I'll keep you posted.

Garden note: Tomatoes are doing okay and we have several to gaze upon at this time. Ripen please!! And this evening, we just put in the rest of the garden...I know, we are behind but it's been busy. What can I say. We put in five rows with bell peppers, cucumbers, long beans, green bean, yellow squash and zucchini. I can't wait to see how they do.

Hope everyone has a great week!