Finally Friday!!!

I am really glad that the weekend is here! I stay so busy at work lately that I need the break - mentally more than physically, I think. I usually bring stuff home every night and catch up on things, but when I left work today, I didn't bring ANYTHING home!! Yay for me!!!

Caution: STUDENT DRIVER!!!! Yes, it's true! It finally happened!! Cameron got his learner's permit today and I let him drive us home in my new Mustang!! When I took this picture, he said, "I'm pretty sure that would be considered distracting." Well, you wouldn't see me taking the picture if you were looking at the road!!!! He was nervous driving my car and I was nervous letting him, but we both handled it well. I made a few suggestions (nothing like the continuous commenting by the driver's ed teacher) and refrained from freaking out or going crazy. When we got home, he said, "You did good!!!" I had to laugh because I'm pretty sure that I should have been telling HIM that!!! And I did. Walter & I both had to renew our licenses, so we took care of that too while we were there.

The diet news is all good!!!! I lost ANOTHER pound, for a total of 6 this week!! Since MONDAY!! I only have 9 more to lose, so I'm really excited!!! I was SO good at work today when my supervisor brought cookies to our meeting! Through all the tempting, taunting, and teasing, I RESISTED!!! And then Walter, Brent, Cathy, & I went to eat at a seafood restaurant and I had a shrimp & crabmeat dinner that was really good! Cathy had dessert and I did not join her!! Walter was good, although he ate a burrito at his meeting last night, but he had the same thing I ate tonight. He has lost 5 lbs. this week, but he's starting to fuss about what he can and can't eat, so I really don't think he will stick with it much longer, but I'm trying to keep him interested!!

Walter emailed me this halloween picture yesterday and I just had to share it!!! How funny is that?? Kinda gross, but still, pretty funny! It's not fit for the eyes of innocent little children, so run them off before scrolling any further!!!

Here is a video that Molly at I Need a Martini posted that everyone should watch!! So go check it out!!! Repost it!!! And DON'T VOTE!!!!

And here is a test to see if you are addicted to the internet!!! I didn't do too bad - 48 points:20 - 49 points: You are an average on-line user. You may surf the Web a bit too long at times, but you have control over your usage.

One of the neighbors on our street got a letter from the homeowners association because they built a structure on their lot without submitting plans to our architectural committee, which is a requirement in our neighborhood restrictions. The neighbors then got mad and went through the neighborhood restrictions looking for something to complain about. There is a section in our restrictions that says you have to landscape your yard within 30 days of moving in, and this requires having 2 tress (yes, it's mispelled by the previous board members) on the lot. Well, as you may know (or you know now), Walter is the president of our homeowners association this year and when our secretary (our friend, Cathy) and treasurer went to follow up on the complaint, guess who owns one of the houses on the street with no tress in the front yard?? Yes, Walter the president!!! So, we are about to get a letter (from ourselves, I guess) stating that we have 10 days to comply and plant some tress in the front yard. And in all honesty, the restrictions only say you have to have 2 tress on the LOT, not front yard specifically, but we do know that is what is intended, so while we have 2 tress in the back yard, we will soon be planting 2 tress in the front yard. And the tress has to be 12 feet or taller? Can you say, "who cares if people have 2 tress in their yard or not??" And yes, I'm going to keep calling them tress. This was my typical reaction when the subject was brought up today:

Cathy: I rode down the entire street to find people who are violating the restrictions by not having 2 trees on their lot.

Me: No, they don't have to have trees. They have to have tress.

Cathy: Huh?

Me: Read it again, it says tress. And I don't even know what a tresses are and mine need to be 12 feet tall.

I really crack myself up sometimes.