Brandice's baby in the outfit I made for him

What a sweetie.  That hat is tiny and it is rolled back.
That is the baby outfit I made a few weeks ago.

No Cold Water

So I am new to living in a house in Texas when it is very hot outside.  I went to fill up Sparky's bowl last night - no cold water.  Thank goodness we have a fridge with ice so I used it to put in his bowl so he wouldn't have to drink hot water.
It was cold again this morning.  We noticed this the other night too when the sprinklers were going so we blamed it on that but apparently the water in the ground is so warm and no way to cool it down at the end of the day.....  People at work say that is common here.... everything is a learning experience.

Weird wasp like bug building nests

There are weird wasps down here that have long tails and don't bite apparently but they build really strong nests.  There was one up in the corner on the back deck and one on the cushion of one of the chairs.  It was hard not like the cone ones back home.  It was like a rock with a hole in it.

we could just pick it off and throw it away

These are the wasp like characters...they kept coming looking for their home

Friday night went to the Nationals and saw Michael Phelps win

Michael has the white cap and black top on in lane 4.  He won the trials in the afternoon so got the best lane.  He got the best time recorded so far this year in the world and the guy who came second got the second best time in the world this year so it was a good race - 200 fly.  Tonight he won the 100 fly again with the best time in the world so far this year so I guess at least his fly is back on schedule for the olympics next year.
The Nationals are being held here in San Antonio this weekend.  They are streaming the races live to so on the way back from the coast tonight I watched tonights finals on my phone and saw him win again.  Great though in person.

finally took his headphones and jacket off now ready for race

Remember lane 4 - look how far ahead he is right off the bat

The guy beside him stuck with him but couldn't catch him.  Interesting fact - the first length Michael breathed every stroke which in fly is very different

Walking up to the pool - very nice facility for a high school pool

Phelps on the podium on the big screen

Phelps on podium for real not on screen

stretching before the race.  He is a lot taller than the others and his arms are very long when he swings them so he has a bigger range when he strokes.

two of them way ahead of the rest of the pack

view of pool from where I sat

Practice pool also has the high diving towers. Phelps was in the first lane on the right

Phelps warming up in practice pool with flutter board

Practice pool - Michael in the first lane right in front of me kicking with a flutter board

Selfie of me at the Nationals

view of pool to the left from where I sat

view of pool to the right from where I sat

rest of them were all ready to go and Phelps was still just starting to undress

Michael warming up still

Orange Day 2015 - Happy 65th Birthday to Whataburger

Each Year Whataburger celebrates the Anniversary of opening their first store.  We get the day to interact with each others departments.  There is a competition for the best dressed up department  theme etc and then one for the best decorated.  IT won both this year.  You can scroll back to last year where we only won one of the categories.  Our theme was Star Wars

|One of our QA guys dressed up as Darth Vader and you could get your picture take with him - this is in a cubicle for two people normally

This was set up in another two people cube

This was on top of the CIO's exec assistant's desk.  A guy in QA made it and a girl in QA made the tongue that  could go in and out and another one made the arms.  Two people were inside it making it move and look like it was eating Whataburger Food 

LT and I got our pictures taken in another dept's booth

Some were dressed in costumes walking around mingling

more guys in costumes

LT and I in another dept getting out picture there.  I am on a saddle and she is in front of a bale of hay... their theme was a hoe down

The guy told us it was the wild west and we were not allowed to smile and retook the picture... definitely like the smile one better

This is the wall going down in our department.  The guys built it with cardboard and painted it.  Supposed to be like guns firing at you when you go down the asle

Of course we couldn't forget Yoda

Bat Loco - Tuesdays

Each Tuesday they block off a road downtown by the riverwalk where hwy 35 goes over top.  Bats live under the Freeway in the cracks.  There are about 50 to 60 thousand of them supposedly.  They are supposed to all come out at once when it gets dark... they feed all night long and then come back the next morning.  They have an educational session, telling you all about it.  A few of us went out to eat and then sat around waiting to see them come out.   We saw about 500 or so and then got bored when it got dark and figured if the rest were coming, we wouldn't see them any way.

Black dots around the tree above bridge - hard to see

This is the picture from the ad how it was supposed to look

this is the street closed off with games for kids while they wait for bats

Right to left - Jim Ken Erika LT Shawn
Ken - JDE Programmer
Erika - Ken's wife
LT - JDE - EDI
Shawn - Same job as mine

Can see more of LT - LaTanya in this one

look close around the tree and you can see some bats

The ducks were easier to spot

Some bats just coming out

Moved in and all unpacked

We closed on the house on Wednesday night around 7 at night.  Jim worked all that night and Thursday sealing all of the grout.  Each trip down to the house we would take a load of stuff and unload and put it away and the go back to the apt for another day.  Today we even started hanging pictures.  We have to wait to hang the rest of them until I get them back from the store.  I am having the kitchen crewel ones that I did stretched and they are going to separate them from the glass.  I also have the framing the needlepoint that I just finished.  I order another background for the roses too so will wait until I get them all back before we decide where we will hang those ones.  The movers come on Monday so then we won't have to keep going back and forth.  They will move the bed, washer and dryer and the living room furniture.  We bought a sectional and a fridge so we can stay at the house in the day time and just have to go back to the apt to sleep.  The living room will look more filled up when we get the loveseat and my chair and a half in.  We thought we were going to put them in one of the bedrooms but there is tons of room in the living room for them.  They don't match the sectional but they will be a place to seat rather than on the floor.  Sparky is really confused going back and forth but so far loves it here we think. 

Kitchen outfit fits in nicely

New fridge..definitely need the ice and water in door

New sectional and throw rug

TV looks little... miss our 70 inch one from back home