I was in charge of planning our company’s big annual sales meeting… in another state.  So it’s been rather insane lately.  But the good news is that the meeting went well, everyone was happy, and I got a few perks out of it! lol

Since the meeting was in Orlando, I took Jack along with me and we visited Kennedy Space Center, Sea World, Magic Kingdom and Epcot Center!  Not bad, huh? The two days at Disney World was our Christmas gift from Mom & Dad.  I say it was to make up for not taking me as a child! lol

I finally feel like I’m starting to catch up with life now.  And hopefully that means catching up with my blog too.

So what’s around the corner… well I’m heading to Las Vegas for a tradeshow in February (first time to Vegas for me!), and then in March is Walk MS.  I’m also gearing up for Bike MS in May. I’ve moved over to help out with the SAG vans this year, very excited about that.  And pretty soon the weather will star warming up so we can hit the road on the bicycles again.

Bring it on 2010!
~Heather

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My reward was two days at the happiest place on Earth – Magic Kingdom & Epcot!

But for now, I am flying home. Sunrises are beautiful, but there’s nothing like the ones in the clouds!

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We started with the sting ray and dolphin feeding areas before heading to the dolphin show. It was so fun, and very cool getting so close to the animals! The penguin habitat (photo) was neat too, as was the shark exhibit. They have a very cool “cirque” type show, and we finished the day off with the Shamu show. Unfortunately it was too cold to run the roller coasters (or at least that was the story!), so we missed out on Manta & Kracken.

It really brought back memories since I remember having season tickets to Sea World in San Antonio back when I was 12! It’s amazing to see how things have changed. Very, very cool experience today.

Oh yeah, and we topped it off with dinner at Miller’s Ale House… Awesome seafood mac & cheese!! :)

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If you’re ever in the area, I highly recommend a visit. It wasn’t so educational that it lost interest. There’s lots to do too, so definitely plan a full day! We’d love to go back and hit the Hall of Fame as well!

Pics to come… I didn’t take any with my phone, just my digi camera.

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I found a job! Woo hoo!

Our dog Angel passed away.  That one was really, really tough.  Still is some days.

We decided to get another rat terrier puppy.  She was born June 1, and we should be able to get her around the first of August.

We spontaneously adopted one of the neighbor’s puppies.  She’s part shih tzu and part who knows what.  But she’s the cutest little shih what you’ve ever seen!

We’ve been doing bike rides almost every weekend.  Burleson Honey Tour, Tour de Pepper, Tour de Italia, Mesquite Rodeo Ride, Cow Creek Classic….

Had Dad’s retirement party.

Um, I think that’s it.  It seems like so, so, so much more!

Up next… who knows!  :o)

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Ok, so back to the post… I’m reading it and she announces she’s teaming up with her daughters for a new online kit club!  Very cool! And the prize she’s giving away is 6 months membership to that club!  Even cooler!  And then… you’re not going to believe this… she drew MY name!!  Holy heck! Seriously?!?!  The video’s even there to prove it!

WOW!!!  Thank you Margie!!  This is so awesome! I am so excited about this, and here’s why… over the past year I’ve kind of lost the “spark” for scrapbooking. I’ve been needing a swift kick in the pants to get me back in the groove.  And on top of that, there’s the whole unemployed thing going on, so it’s an awesome, awesome, awesomely exciting thing! 

~Heather

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It was quite a shock, I have to say.  I’m not looking forward to having to start over at a new place with new co-workers.  But it is what it is, and I’ll move forward.  Would love your thoughts and prayers as I embark on this new journey.

~Heather

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First of all, the City of Fort Worth cancelled all outdoor public gatherings due to the swine flu!  Well the ride was supposed to finish on Sunday in Sundance Square in downtown Fort Worth.  After some scrambling, the route for day 2 was changed to be out and back from Texas Motor Speedway.

So Friday night was the Expo at the Embassy Suites… very awesome! Jack and I decided not to stay at the hotel this year since we had Angel recovering from seizures and Spaz recovering from his surgery.

Saturday morning started bright and early.  Jack had to be at the SAG meetup at 5:45 AM, so yeah, very early!! lol  I was lucky enough to be driving a loaner Toyota Highlander since Toyota was a sponsor.  Woo hoo!!  Once Jack was loaded up with his SAG driver, I headed out to the first rest stop.  The day was full of driving between rest stops, picking up lunch and running it back to other rest stops… thank goodness for that Highlander and my GPS!!

All day long it was overcast and threatening rain.  At one point in the afternoon you could feel the temperature just plummet! I was passing the Tour Director on the road, and the next thing you know she’s pulling up next to me and her driver is waving me to her car.  I got in to find out that hail was moving into the area, and they were calling the ride.  We had to clear everyone off the road.  We were at the only rest stop with no shelter, so they immediately got moving clearing out that rest stop while I headed to the last one to help the SAG coordinator from that end.  Not long after I got out on the road, it was raining.  I felt horrible for those cyclists who were riding in the rain.

I got to the rest stop, donned my poncho (thank goodness I remembered to throw it in the car), and we directed cyclists to cover until we got the official word that the road was clear behind us. As I was heading back towards the finish, I came across about 50 cyclists huddled under an overpass.  Police were with them and they were waiting for SAG vans to come pick them up.  No one was willing to leave their bikes, so I left empty handed.  The same thing happened a few minutes later at a Valero station.

It was such a relief when we finally heard that everyone was safely off the course. Now the question, with the threat of more weather, what would happen to Day 2?? When we left the Speedway there was a weather meeting about to take place, and on the way home we drove through a monsoon!

It wasn’t long after we got home that I got the phone call… Day 2 was cancelled. It was a bummer, but I knew we couldn’t put people out there knowing that we’d be having bad weather again.

Well, we woke up Sunday morning, and it was a great day!  The sun even came out at one point!  Apparently the weather that we were fearing came through faster than they thought, and passed through overnight.  So we ended up with a nice Sunday, and got lots done… including cupcakes! :o)

Next year will even be bigger and better! And I think I may try to get my HAM license before then so we can be a better part of communications.  But we’ll see!

~Heather

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