Straw-buh-buh-buh-berry, Strawberry Shortcake

What is a STRAWBERRY Festival without it?? And chocolate covered strawberries, and strawberry wine, and funnel cake with strawberry topping, and....

Good thing we won tickets to get in because after they get you in, they suck you DRY!!! You can't go to a carnival and not ride the rides, so tickets for that were 50cents each, and rides started at 6 tickets...you do the math! It was a TX Panhandle windy type of day, but we had a BERRY good time in spite of it. Delaney rode the Gravitron for the first time and LOVED it. She's an adrenaline junkie! I am sad that we missed FRECKLES, the official mascot :(




Braxton gets the gold star for the day. He was stuck in a stroller all day, and his cheeks and legs got a little red, but he NEVER once got grumpy. What a sweetie pie!

I'm A Winner, I'm A Winner!

No, I'm not just trying to build my self esteem. I am almost embarrased to say, but I won tickets to Strawberry Festival in Poteet, and to Oyster Bake during Fiesta from Mix 96.1. I have sort of become obsessed with calling in and trying to win. I called in and before he could get a word out, I asked if I was even eligible to win since I just won tickets to Mixfest on Tuesday. He said "technically" I'm not supposed to, but he didn't like rules. I told him sometimes rules are meant to be broken. We had planned to go to Strawberry Fest. this weekend since Raylee and Peyton are staying with us. So to go for FREE is even better! Not so excited for Oyster Bake, but they say it's a lot of fun and of course there is other fare besides oysters. We'll probably check it out.

"Winner Winner Chicken Dinner"

As quoted by the great philosophers Dougates and Jillistotle! I won tickets to Mixfest!! I was caller 19 to Mix 96.1 this morning.
Here's the conversation:
DJ: "Mix 96.1"
Me: "Do you have a winner?"
DJ: "Who is this?"
Me: "DENISE!!??" (Because I wasn't sure of my name after the shock of actually getting thru the phone line.)
DJ: "Do you want to go to Mixfest?"
Me: "YESSSSS!" (While doing the happy dance in the car!! Other drivers probably thought I needed to pee really bad, which after that excitement I did!!)


I picked up the tickets this afternoon and had lunch with Cade. The "high" from my day was shot to heck when I got home. I talked to the nursing dept. and received my bad news:(

Oh well....I'm going to Mixfest! I'm going to Mixfest!

Bummer Dude :(

I found out today that I did not get accepted to nursing school for the fall semester. My composite score was not "adequate". The two classes I am currently enrolled in do not count toward that score until I have completed them and have the grades. I need a 6.5 and I have a 5.4. So even when I finish everything and have the points, my application still has to be reviewed and there is no guarantee that I will even get in next spring. I am pretty bummed out, but I know things will happen when they need to.

Nursing Practice

All moms have to play nurse at some point...As if one sick baby isn't enough, both kids are sick this week. Delaney missed school Wednesday and the nurse called Thursday. Since our new doctor wasn't able to see her until next week, we decided to take her to the ER. While I was on the phone trying to get the appt. arranged, I noticed Braxton had a fever as well. Since we were making the trip to the ER anyway, we decided to let him be seen too. Good thing, because by the time it was his turn in triage, he had a fever of 105. Now that's how to get quick service in the ER! After Tylenol, Motrin, and Pedialyte it came down to 102. Both kids had clear chest x-rays. We were out in about 2 hours with....."just a virus". What every parent loves to hear. So we've been giving Tylenol,Motrin, and popsicles around the clock and sleeping alot. I think they will make it. I start my new class Monday, so I have to get them well! Looks like my shift won't be over for a couple more DAYS!

Jefa-fa DUN-ham!!

We just got home from seeing Jeff Dunham, and he was GRRRRREAT! We discovered him on youtube last year, and we've caught him on comedy central a few times. I have been checking his website for tour dates, and last Oct. bought tickets for tonight's show, with AWESOME seats btw. It was my Christmas present to Cade, Jana, and Danny. He is so amazing. If you don't know him, he's a ventriloquist (had to look that one up). He is so good that you forget he's talking to puppets. Here he is with his gang:

Peanut is my FAVORITE!!!!

YEA ME!!

I got a B in English!!!