Okay, Sometimes I post stuff like this just to keep in the habit of blogging. Enjoy!
Check out the Gas Prints behind the stop sign!
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
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Okay, Sometimes I post stuff like this just to keep in the habit of blogging. Enjoy!
Check out the Gas Prints behind the stop sign!
Monday, June 16, 2008
Schlitterbahn-Bahn!
This weekend is the Schlitterbahn-bonanza! I am so excited. I have mentioned before about my love of amusement parks. I can't wait to get to New Braunfels and get on a tube.
Schlitterbahn cracks me up. There is no need to feel self conscious at this place at all. I have no idea what woodwork these people crawled out of. After spending the summer on Huntington Beach last year where everyone wished "they all could be California girls" because they were such stinkin' hotties, Schlitterbahn is a nice change of pace.
Everyone is fat, sunburned and sporting a drowned rat hairdo. This is no bikini fashion show but a smattering of tank tops and aqua socks. Families come from all over the world to experience this water park. No lie. Schlitterbahn is one of the top rated water parks in the WORLD every year.
The main park water comes from the Comal River. It is cool, refreshing and chlorine-free! The main park is also full of picnic tables and a million trees. You can bring in your own ice chest of food and park it with your junk at a table and then leave it all day. No one messes with your stuff. You can rent lockers for your purse. It is just fabulous!
You play, come back and eat, take a tram ride to one of the other two awesome parks and then come back and eat, lounge in the lazy river, and go home exhausted. It is a great day.
So this weekend Dan and I will take Kelly and Stefanie and head down to meet my parents and brother for a fun filled weekend!
Peace!
Schlitterbahn cracks me up. There is no need to feel self conscious at this place at all. I have no idea what woodwork these people crawled out of. After spending the summer on Huntington Beach last year where everyone wished "they all could be California girls" because they were such stinkin' hotties, Schlitterbahn is a nice change of pace.
Everyone is fat, sunburned and sporting a drowned rat hairdo. This is no bikini fashion show but a smattering of tank tops and aqua socks. Families come from all over the world to experience this water park. No lie. Schlitterbahn is one of the top rated water parks in the WORLD every year.
The main park water comes from the Comal River. It is cool, refreshing and chlorine-free! The main park is also full of picnic tables and a million trees. You can bring in your own ice chest of food and park it with your junk at a table and then leave it all day. No one messes with your stuff. You can rent lockers for your purse. It is just fabulous!
You play, come back and eat, take a tram ride to one of the other two awesome parks and then come back and eat, lounge in the lazy river, and go home exhausted. It is a great day.
So this weekend Dan and I will take Kelly and Stefanie and head down to meet my parents and brother for a fun filled weekend!
Peace!
Monday, June 09, 2008
Still a stay-at-home-wife!
School is out and I am in the process of getting a job. References are pending so I can't start work until tomorrow. If they still don't come in then I won't start working until next Tuesday. Boo.
I am at home cleaning and watching SVU...okay, more watching SVU than cleaning, but then again I have all day to get stuff done.
UPDATE: I got the references in on time but I still can't start work until next Tuesday. I am so bummed...and applying elsewhere! We'll see what happens.
I am at home cleaning and watching SVU...okay, more watching SVU than cleaning, but then again I have all day to get stuff done.
UPDATE: I got the references in on time but I still can't start work until next Tuesday. I am so bummed...and applying elsewhere! We'll see what happens.
Wednesday, June 04, 2008
You Will Need the Following Documents...
CLPS life has ended for a season and I have been job hunting for a summer job to get me through these perilous months ahead. The whole job world is my oyster. What type of job should I get?
My first thoughts were to get something that I would be embarrassed to have as a career but would be soooo much fun to do for just a few months... like work at Six Flags!
To those of you who don't know, I am an amusement park enthusiast. That is putting it quite mildly. Last summer was a hallmark year. During the Summer of 2008 I went to:
Disneyland
Universal Studios Hollywood
Disneyland again (this was the most magical day ever!)
and Schlitterbahn (I'll spare you the pictures!)
But working at Six Flags never happened. Maybe next year. I will instead be working at the Children's Courtyard a few miles from my house. I am moderately excited about this but more excited not to be sitting on my couch watching "Law and Order" all day long.
I am so not kidding.
Today, however, I feel so productive that I have to write about it! I had to get an expanding file folder to hold all of the documents I needed to complete my tasks today!
First, I got our new Honda plated in Texas. Texas kills me! They charge so much tax for cars not bought here. $615 to be exact! Ouch.
For this little task you need to bring:
1. State Inspection Receipt
2. Out of State VIN Inspection or "Green Sheet" (Both available for $40 at your local mechanic)
3. Car Title
4. Driver's License
5. Proof of Insurance
6. Check book (Don't bring a check card. I believe the sign said they charge 2.3% to use the check card...that is an extra $14 in my case. They called it a "convenience fee." HA!)
Next I drove to the Children's Courtyard to give them my documents:
They require:
1. Driver's License
2. Social Security Card
3. College Transcript
4. A copy of my OU Diploma
5. CPR Certification.
This is no big deal and required at any job.
Then I went to get my Texas Driver's License. This required the most ridiculous amount of documentation:
1. Driver's License
2. Social Security Card
3. Proof of Insurance
4. Texas Car Registration
5. Birth Certificate
6. Marriage License
7. Check for $24.00
8. A form you fill out there.
You also had to take the vision test, get your thumbs fingerprinted, get your picture and raise your right hand and swear that you weren't lying about anything.
In Oklahoma I just filled out a form and handed over my TX license which I now know I should have just held onto!
As the DPS lady was walking away with all of the above documents to make copies I had a slight moment of panic. She was walking away with every proof of my existence; as having been born, married, previously licensed...everything.
I jokingly told her as she walked away, "Please don't disappear or I won't exist anymore!"
After having received my temporary Driver's License I went straight to Blockbuster to get a membership. It has been years since I had one and they wouldn't give me one without at TX DL!
I now feel totally up to date in life. It is a good feeling. I hope this helps next time you need to run around and get important tags and licenses!
Blessings!
My first thoughts were to get something that I would be embarrassed to have as a career but would be soooo much fun to do for just a few months... like work at Six Flags!
To those of you who don't know, I am an amusement park enthusiast. That is putting it quite mildly. Last summer was a hallmark year. During the Summer of 2008 I went to:
Disneyland
Universal Studios Hollywood
Disneyland again (this was the most magical day ever!)
and Schlitterbahn (I'll spare you the pictures!)
But working at Six Flags never happened. Maybe next year. I will instead be working at the Children's Courtyard a few miles from my house. I am moderately excited about this but more excited not to be sitting on my couch watching "Law and Order" all day long.
I am so not kidding.
Today, however, I feel so productive that I have to write about it! I had to get an expanding file folder to hold all of the documents I needed to complete my tasks today!
First, I got our new Honda plated in Texas. Texas kills me! They charge so much tax for cars not bought here. $615 to be exact! Ouch.
For this little task you need to bring:
1. State Inspection Receipt
2. Out of State VIN Inspection or "Green Sheet" (Both available for $40 at your local mechanic)
3. Car Title
4. Driver's License
5. Proof of Insurance
6. Check book (Don't bring a check card. I believe the sign said they charge 2.3% to use the check card...that is an extra $14 in my case. They called it a "convenience fee." HA!)
Next I drove to the Children's Courtyard to give them my documents:
They require:
1. Driver's License
2. Social Security Card
3. College Transcript
4. A copy of my OU Diploma
5. CPR Certification.
This is no big deal and required at any job.
Then I went to get my Texas Driver's License. This required the most ridiculous amount of documentation:
1. Driver's License
2. Social Security Card
3. Proof of Insurance
4. Texas Car Registration
5. Birth Certificate
6. Marriage License
7. Check for $24.00
8. A form you fill out there.
You also had to take the vision test, get your thumbs fingerprinted, get your picture and raise your right hand and swear that you weren't lying about anything.
In Oklahoma I just filled out a form and handed over my TX license which I now know I should have just held onto!
As the DPS lady was walking away with all of the above documents to make copies I had a slight moment of panic. She was walking away with every proof of my existence; as having been born, married, previously licensed...everything.
I jokingly told her as she walked away, "Please don't disappear or I won't exist anymore!"
After having received my temporary Driver's License I went straight to Blockbuster to get a membership. It has been years since I had one and they wouldn't give me one without at TX DL!
I now feel totally up to date in life. It is a good feeling. I hope this helps next time you need to run around and get important tags and licenses!
Blessings!
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