Sky Watch Friday

Hi there all,

This week's photo was taken during our vacation. This was taken in the state of Indiana. And...it was taken while the car was moving. I still think it turned out pretty good though.



Enjoy the other great photos at Wiggers World.

Have a fantabulous weekend!

Dottie

Camera Critter Sunday

Wow... I can't believe it's already been a month since I participated last in this meme. The nice weather keeps me outside more and away from the computer more. Anyway, today's photo is a picture of my friend's dog, Jasmine. She has made the water fountain my friend put in her yard a personal drinking fountain. I thought it was so adorable! I had to get a picture.

Click on the image above if you have an interest in joining this meme.

(c) Dottie May 2008

Sky Watch Friday

My apologies for not playing in a while. Things have been pretty busy lately. I've been taking a lot of photos and have been posting them to my flickr site. You can see my flickr badge over in my side bar. I'm no expert or anything, but I enjoy it as a great hobby. The photo below was actually taken with my cell phone camera and it was taken through the office window - so it's certainly not the highest of quality, but it gives a pretty good idea of the view of the sky right now :)



You can check out other beautiful sky shots here.

Today is Friday

Today is Friday. It's a good day. The sun is peeking out. I can see blue sky and that makes me feel pretty good. We've had to deal with quite a few thunderstorms and such. However, I'm not even going to complain about those considering there is much more devastation in other areas of the midwest.

Have you noticed that I haven't been complaining about work as much? As you may recall, a couple months ago, we got a new boss. In addition he brought M with him. M and I used to work together years ago in another department of the company. She has three kids, the two oldest being the same age as my two kids. It's been nice having someone to chat with now and then. Things are actually going well. And the new boss, C is great too. He believes strongly in making sure the team has adequate training so I'm actually going to some new training classes for Sharepoint in the next few weeks. He's upbeat and funny. It's really been a refreshing change of pace here at work and for that I'm so glad. I'm waking up in the morning and not dreading having to go to work so much. Things have really taken a turn for the better at work. Thank God for that.

By the way, I took a picture (with my cell phone camera) of the sky out the office window and will see if I can post it in another post. Stay tuned.. :)

♥ Dottie

Sad News

I received word on Friday that my cousin's husband Jeremy was killed in an automobile accident. He was only 30. My heart aches for her and the three boys they had together. I found the article online in the Sweetwater Reporter. I've copied the text. See below.

Two killed in crash Friday
Written by Staff Reports
Monday, 09 June 2008
Two people were killed in a two-vehicle crash shortly after noon Friday in southern Nolan County, according to the Department of Public Safety.
The victims were identified as Roberto Gutierrez Jr., 36, of Temple, and Jeremy Simon Beimers, 31, of Killeen. Both were pronounced dead at the scene by Justice of the Peace Sharon Gardner about an hour after the crash occurred on Highway 153.
According to the DPS, Gutierrez was driving a 2007 Saturn vehicle that was southbound on the highway when he drove off the roadway and skidded back onto the pavement. The car then collided with an 18-wheeler that had been traveling north on the highway.
Beimers was a passenger in the Saturn vehicle.
The truck was driven by Phillip Dewayne Noey, 41, of Lubbock while his son, Orin, was a passenger in the vehicle. Neither of them was injured.
The crash is being investigated by DPS trooper William Wheat. He was assisted by other troopers, as well as the Sweetwater Fire Department and the Nolan County Sheriff's Office, according to the DPS.

Hello - I'm Here

Hi there. It's been a few days since my last post. Last week was sick. That is to say that Monday night my hubs came down sick and was sick for a few days. Wednesday night, me and the two girls got sick and I was off work Thursday and Friday. Oh my, it was no fun. I hate the flu. Ginger Ale and popsicles were all I could handle for days.

I did finally feel better by Saturday morning. So that night, hubs, his sister and I went to the races. One of the features this week was school bus races. That was fun to watch. Nobody rolled one this time. They banged them up pretty good though.

I haven't taken pictures in almost a week..talk about a withdrawal. I also haven't made any cards (rubber stamping). Last week was just a do nothing week with all of us being sick. I'm so glad to be feeling better finally.

I've been doing some thinking about the three photo memes that I've been participating in. With the nice weather and me being at the computer less and less it seems, I may not be able to commit to those weekly memes. I may be taking some time away from them. I'll just visit and blog as I can. I do enjoy each of them, but honestly, with the nice weather I find myself outside and doing things much more. The time I am at the computer is usually brief (except at work and I can't very well do my blogging stuff there).

I hope everyone is doing well. I will visit and blog as I can.

♥ Dottie