Did ya miss me????

Greetings cyberspace. It sure has been a while. I'd pretty much given up on my start up blog, but when my father in law mentioned he missed, well, I figured I'd better get back on it. So, so, so much has happened since my last post (still really missing Big Fella!). I guess we'll go back to October 9th...
Nick took a new job! He's still with Shell, but has taken the leap from HR to Sales. No longer will he be complaining about idiot employees that can't seem to perform their job functions. Now I get to hear all about idiot customers that can't follow the process. I'm really happy for him and I think it was time for a career change for him. I mean, there's only so many times you can repremand an employee for driving on a suspended liscense before your head explodes. With the new job, came a new city. On Nov. 20th we moved into our new home in Frisco. Moving from Houston to Dallas was a nice change. We obviously miss all our friends back in Katy and if I could scoop them all up and bring them here, I would! Dallas is soooo different. It's nice and shiny here. The people are nice and shiny. The buildings are nice and shiny. There is more shopping than a girl can dream of. It's insane! Less humidity also means much better hair days! We got a great house, in a great neighborhood, next to a great school. I've met some fab ladies and am now starting my new social circle here. Again, sure wish I could bring the gulf coast ladies up here!!!
So, we had a crazy holiday season, to say the least. Before I knew it, Christmas was upon us. Oh, and it was a white one! I had spent 2 weeks explaining to them that it doesn't snow at Christmas here, and really not much of anywhere. That's just a trick on tv, I told them. Well, thank you Mother Nature for making me lose all street cred w/ the boys. Geesh!
Henry is doing great. He had a bit of an adjustment period to his new school. His class here is mostly boys and a few of them really need to be sent off to military school, already. I don't think Frisco ISD likes to enforce discipline as much as Katy ISD did. Too bad. I have lunch w/ him every Thursday, then volunteer for an hour w/ his class. There are several kids that need a boot up the butt, and I'd be more than happy to do it. He does have a lovely teacher and has made some nice friends. He's in mixed martial arts as well. He loves it, but all it does is re-enforce the fact that the child is not atheletic. At all. Like, so bad, that my job will be to keep him from being the "goofy kid that fights invisible Star Wars characters in his room" while all the other kids are at sports practice. Actually, I digress. The boy can swim. So, we will for sure try swim team this summer. He's also pretty darn funny, so maybe stand up comedy will be his thing. If not, he'll always be my little Mathlete.
Hudson is doing much better than he was in Katy. I don't know if it's the lack of toxins and smog in the air or what, but he's doing sooooo great. He loves his preschool and hasn't had a bad day yet. He actually likes going! He's also in gymnastics and is quite the little tumbler. Don't get me wrong, he's still mean as hell and we hope to get him into little guy wrestling in the fall to help him channel all that energy.
The pets are all good, in case you were wondering. But, we did lose another 4 legged family member. Bizzy, our beloved, obese orange tabby ran out of the front door one night before Christmas, without us knowing. Well, that was his demise. You see, we moved into the wild woods of north Texas. Our neighborhood apparently has coyotes, bobcats, great horned owls and someone mentioned a mountain lion. Poor baby didn't stand a chance. But, in true Saban style, we quickly added another cat into the mix. We adopted a gray and orange tabby girl. She has a really scratchy voice, so we named her Bea Arthur. So that's 2 cats and a dog that are all just barely a year old and Sophie, that's 8 and a half. Feel sorry for her. She's like the old lady that took the bus to Ft. Lauderdale on Spring Break thinking it was headed for Branson.
That's about it. Same insanity. Same hillarity. Just a bit further north. Now that the dust has settled, I look forward to getting back to my normal posts of Dooterisms, Deuce Bits and my rants on the things that drive me insane. Like the lady at the gym today that actually took a call during our cycle class! Not only did she answer, but she started a conversation! OMG! I seriously considered getting off my back and whacking her in the head w/ my water bottle. I guess she could tell by the look I shot her, b/c she quickly ended the call. Idiot.
Well, see y'all soon!
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