Lincoln, NE airport is listed as one of the space shuttle launch abort landing sites. That would have been so cool if one had landed there back when I lived in Lincoln! I want to see a space shuttle for real. They are quite the flying machine.
I made the whole space transportation system out of a candy wrapper (shuttle), chapstick tube (fuel tank), and two rolls of Smartees candies (rocket boosters) at church on Sunday. It was pretty realistic. The only problem was I had to lean the system against my Bible for it to stand becuase I decided against my original idea of using the gum in my mouth to hold it all together. Yes, sometimes I am couth.
My mind is on space again because I got to meet an astronaut yesterday. John Blaha. He worked at USAA as an executive for a number of years after he left NASA and came back yesterday to talk about his experiences on board the space station MIR. It was pretty much the coolest hour I've ever gotten paid for in my life. I even asked him a question in front of the whole audience. Something about what it's like to experience gravitiy again after a long-duration space mission.
In other news, I had my first concert with the USAA band this evening. Band nerds are band nerds no matter what stage of life they're in. I have so much fun with the band. Most of us rode together on the bus and joked around the whole way. Old and young. The concert went pretty well too. We were playing at a retired veteran community and elderly people make such a great audience. They have no inhibitions and don't hide their emotions. They sang and clapped and danced. It brought back memories of being on tour with my college band and how much fun that was. Except that I didn't have to help with the demolition of setup afterwards. We have a paid road crew. All we have to do is show up!
And I get quite a few free meals by being in the band. Another perk!
Have a great day :)
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Sunday, April 26, 2009
Kyoo 153
Work has been keeping me busy. Don't sound surprised but I'm actually on a project and have some small mod efforts now. So the days of just browsing Fox News and Wikipedia are over. The projects are quite challenging for me because I don't know what I'm doing yet and I'm horrible at asking questions. But the good thing is that I'm in a position to learn tons everyday and I do like that.
On the flip side, I don't have a passion for my job so lots of my time spent outside of work is on trying new things and deciding what my next steps are. Always got to be working towards something! I could buy a house, take flying lessons, apply to grad school, join the Air Force Reserves, train for a full Ironman triathlon, or just drop everything and vagabond for a year.
Knowing me, I'll probably try to do them all! Haha....I never learn.
And in pictures:
I really shouldn't put this up because I'm sure it will elicit critique from my engineer of a father but it perfectly projects the image on the wall, doesn't get hit by the garage door when it opens, is accessible, won't slip out of the chains, and hasn't come out of the ceiling yet. And yes, I did check for and use the studs.
Since we don't use the garage to park our cars in (too many - it would just be a hassle) I dubbed it the workout room. So, I spent last Saturday cleaning it out and organizing it. I will say it's quite cool. This is the bike area as well as my punching bag. It's pretty fun to hit.
And the epitome of the workout room is definitely Billy Blanks on the big screen! You can jab and uppercut with him life size. It's so fun. Other mentionables include my mini-trampoline, hand weights ranging from 1 lb. to 20 lbs., soft impact flooring, an exercise ball, a jump rope, and various resistance bands. We'll probably have a treadmill soon too. Shoot, we should open up our garage and charge people!
Some of my roommates doing their thang. There's always a puzzle in progress on our table in the living room. Right now it's an M&Ms one.
Me! USAA has a pretty good volunteering program so when I see something that sounds cool I hop on board. I've worked at the Food Bank and a few local events around town. This last Saturday I was a greeter at the King Williams Fair, part of San Antonio's tradition of fiesta. I enjoy the opportunities because they expose me to more of San Antonio and I get in for free. Not to mention the T-shirt.
Have a great day :)
On the flip side, I don't have a passion for my job so lots of my time spent outside of work is on trying new things and deciding what my next steps are. Always got to be working towards something! I could buy a house, take flying lessons, apply to grad school, join the Air Force Reserves, train for a full Ironman triathlon, or just drop everything and vagabond for a year.
Knowing me, I'll probably try to do them all! Haha....I never learn.
And in pictures:
I really shouldn't put this up because I'm sure it will elicit critique from my engineer of a father but it perfectly projects the image on the wall, doesn't get hit by the garage door when it opens, is accessible, won't slip out of the chains, and hasn't come out of the ceiling yet. And yes, I did check for and use the studs.
Since we don't use the garage to park our cars in (too many - it would just be a hassle) I dubbed it the workout room. So, I spent last Saturday cleaning it out and organizing it. I will say it's quite cool. This is the bike area as well as my punching bag. It's pretty fun to hit.
And the epitome of the workout room is definitely Billy Blanks on the big screen! You can jab and uppercut with him life size. It's so fun. Other mentionables include my mini-trampoline, hand weights ranging from 1 lb. to 20 lbs., soft impact flooring, an exercise ball, a jump rope, and various resistance bands. We'll probably have a treadmill soon too. Shoot, we should open up our garage and charge people!
Some of my roommates doing their thang. There's always a puzzle in progress on our table in the living room. Right now it's an M&Ms one.
Me! USAA has a pretty good volunteering program so when I see something that sounds cool I hop on board. I've worked at the Food Bank and a few local events around town. This last Saturday I was a greeter at the King Williams Fair, part of San Antonio's tradition of fiesta. I enjoy the opportunities because they expose me to more of San Antonio and I get in for free. Not to mention the T-shirt.
Have a great day :)
Thursday, April 9, 2009
Kyoo 152
I'll get right to the point and ignore the embellishments tonight.
I ripped a hole in the crotch of my shorts on my ride to work this morning. They just caught on my seat and the rest was history. Surveying the damage, I realized that this was a full-scale rip. It covered all its bases. It went up. It went down. It went to the left. And it went to the right. A gaping hot cross bun in the middle of my seat.
Great!
As I pedaled on, I consoled myself that it wouldn't be much of a problem. No one was likely to notice it during my spinning class later that evening (when I'd have to don the shorts again), and I always played right field in my softball games. I'd be fine!
Right?
Well, I made it through my spinning class with no issues. Shortly after I trekked to the softball field with just a couple minutes to spare before the game. I grabbed my glove, waved at my coach, and headed to my normal spot in right field. Unfortunately, I never made it there. Two steps onto the dirt and these infamous words soared out of her mouth:
"Teagan, I think I'll have you play catcher tonight."
It took all of .000002739 seconds to put two and two together.
Houston, we have a problem.
Hm. Disbelief. The day I have the crotch hole of crotch holes and I randomly get asked to play catcher. I really should have expected that. If there's anything that my life has taught me, it's that I need to just expect stuff like that and laugh.
So that's what I did. I laughed, said "Okay!", and played catcher. Thank goodness I didn't have to give little hand signals...
And to top off this post, which, if you really think about it, should have you in tears by now, I share with you this sign that caught my eye:
I ripped a hole in the crotch of my shorts on my ride to work this morning. They just caught on my seat and the rest was history. Surveying the damage, I realized that this was a full-scale rip. It covered all its bases. It went up. It went down. It went to the left. And it went to the right. A gaping hot cross bun in the middle of my seat.
Great!
As I pedaled on, I consoled myself that it wouldn't be much of a problem. No one was likely to notice it during my spinning class later that evening (when I'd have to don the shorts again), and I always played right field in my softball games. I'd be fine!
Right?
Well, I made it through my spinning class with no issues. Shortly after I trekked to the softball field with just a couple minutes to spare before the game. I grabbed my glove, waved at my coach, and headed to my normal spot in right field. Unfortunately, I never made it there. Two steps onto the dirt and these infamous words soared out of her mouth:
"Teagan, I think I'll have you play catcher tonight."
It took all of .000002739 seconds to put two and two together.
Houston, we have a problem.
Hm. Disbelief. The day I have the crotch hole of crotch holes and I randomly get asked to play catcher. I really should have expected that. If there's anything that my life has taught me, it's that I need to just expect stuff like that and laugh.
So that's what I did. I laughed, said "Okay!", and played catcher. Thank goodness I didn't have to give little hand signals...
And to top off this post, which, if you really think about it, should have you in tears by now, I share with you this sign that caught my eye:
All
Unattended
Children
Will Be
Given an
Espresso
and a
Free Puppy
Unattended
Children
Will Be
Given an
Espresso
and a
Free Puppy
Have a great day :)
Sunday, April 5, 2009
Kyoo 151
Cookies!
I found a recipe for "healthier" cookies that I tried today and they turned out splendid. The only problem was that the recipe makes a ton. And, not realizing this, I doubled it. So I was baking cookies all day. Here's a picture of where I was about half-way through the day:
That's about 5 dozen. The final count was 8 dozen. And that is not including all the cookie dough that was lost (in my roommates' mouths) along the way.
I acquired the recipe at work but I had to make some substitutions. I found out after I started making them that I was about 4oz short of cream cheese and I also didn't have enough butter so I added some peanut butter. Which worked quite nicely as I usually prefer peanut butter in my cookies. I also substituted almonds for pecans because I like those better. So, I think that's reason enough to call the recipe my own!
I also want to point out that I had all intentions to run the "Race for the Cure" yesterday morning but, after arriving at the meeting point for my team, they all decided that we'd already done our part by paying to register and that we didn't really need to run. So we all went and ate breakfast tacos instead.
It wasn't my first choice. I honestly wanted to run!
And some people wonder why they're fat....
Have a great day :)
I found a recipe for "healthier" cookies that I tried today and they turned out splendid. The only problem was that the recipe makes a ton. And, not realizing this, I doubled it. So I was baking cookies all day. Here's a picture of where I was about half-way through the day:
That's about 5 dozen. The final count was 8 dozen. And that is not including all the cookie dough that was lost (in my roommates' mouths) along the way.
I acquired the recipe at work but I had to make some substitutions. I found out after I started making them that I was about 4oz short of cream cheese and I also didn't have enough butter so I added some peanut butter. Which worked quite nicely as I usually prefer peanut butter in my cookies. I also substituted almonds for pecans because I like those better. So, I think that's reason enough to call the recipe my own!
I also want to point out that I had all intentions to run the "Race for the Cure" yesterday morning but, after arriving at the meeting point for my team, they all decided that we'd already done our part by paying to register and that we didn't really need to run. So we all went and ate breakfast tacos instead.
It wasn't my first choice. I honestly wanted to run!
And some people wonder why they're fat....
Have a great day :)
Saturday, April 4, 2009
Kyoo 150
I went rollerblading today and I definitely looked like I just jumped ship from the nineties. I had the rollerblades (clearly), the tube socks bunched down, a helmet, gloves in case I fell, and mis-matched clothes. It probably would have been more authentic if they were cutoff shorts and a really baggy shirt but I do have some self-respect.
So, I took my ensemble to the streets and had quite a bit of fun. It would have been better to have someone to share the funny looks with but I survived.
People were probably thinking: "Man, that's a big ten-year-old!"
It was all quite enjoyable.
Have a great day :)
So, I took my ensemble to the streets and had quite a bit of fun. It would have been better to have someone to share the funny looks with but I survived.
People were probably thinking: "Man, that's a big ten-year-old!"
It was all quite enjoyable.
Have a great day :)
Friday, April 3, 2009
Kyoo 149
I like the word lizard. It's just fun to say. Lizard. Little lizard. Hey lizard.
You kind of have to say it like gizzard. Lizzard. It's just too fun!
It kind of reminds me of how the bat on Anastasia talks.
Speaking of Disney movies, I finally pinpointed who this guy at work reminds me of. Syndrome, from the Incredibles. The funny thing is that he's the antagonist of the office as well. They look alike and they even act similar.
Can you imagine how creepy it is to see those little beady eyes popping up all over the place?
It's my reality. And it's entertaining.
On a different note, almost all of my 5lb. bag of chicken nuggets disappeared from the freezer tonight. There's about ten pieces left. I miss them!
That was going to be my dinner for a couple weeks. This is a problem.
Have a great day :)
You kind of have to say it like gizzard. Lizzard. It's just too fun!
It kind of reminds me of how the bat on Anastasia talks.
Speaking of Disney movies, I finally pinpointed who this guy at work reminds me of. Syndrome, from the Incredibles. The funny thing is that he's the antagonist of the office as well. They look alike and they even act similar.
Can you imagine how creepy it is to see those little beady eyes popping up all over the place?
It's my reality. And it's entertaining.
On a different note, almost all of my 5lb. bag of chicken nuggets disappeared from the freezer tonight. There's about ten pieces left. I miss them!
That was going to be my dinner for a couple weeks. This is a problem.
Have a great day :)
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