AKA Boss Lady

Oh how I wish I could live up to my Radio Call Name. "Boss Lady" is actually a name that was given to me by one of our event runners. Man, I love Charlie. He's THE BEST runner in the whole world - conscientious, kind and can talk anyone into giving him pretty much anything. I don't think I've ever seen someone as smooth talkin' as Charlie. Charlie calls my cohort in event production, Brent, "Boss" and me... well he calls me "Boss Lady." I like that title. It is the equivalent of "Queen of All I Survey" which I have been campaigning for in my home and at work for quite some time now. But, alas... only Charlie REALLY treats me like I'm the Boss Lady.

At home...well, sometimes I get to be the Boss Lady. Sometimes I can get my "boys" to do what I want them to do. And...well, a lot of times...NOT. After 15 years of marriage, my husband still will not go to sleep at a reasonable hour. And, Nate Quan... well, sometimes I am Boss Lady...but sometimes he just looks at me like I'm crazy (which I am). Of course, the dogs have no clue that my nickname on an event site is "Boss Lady." When they look at me, I think they think I am merely here for their comfort and convenience. Sometimes they don't even look at me... or hear me...or they pretend they can't hear me...which, come to think of it, even Dave and Nate do on occassion.

I think if I were REALLY the Boss Lady no one would ever question my decisions at work. But, that's NEVER happened!

In my mind, in my dreams... I AM the Boss Lady. It's so nice to have an imagination and once in awhile live in an alternate reality. One can always dream...

In the meantime, my work team got me a backpack this past year. We all have backpacks at our company that have our nicknames - always "tongue in cheek". The photo above is my backpack - "Boss Lady". How nice, I thought. But then I remembered that the names on our backpacks are merely inside company jokes! Hmmmm...

Then, my husband found me this awesome shopping bag when we were in the Texas Hill Country recently. It says "Boss Lady" on the front (with a cowgirl) and the back says "Round em Up and Move em Out." That somehow wraps up my life in a nutshell - that's what I do! That's what I do at home...that's what I do for work...that's what I do when I walk the dogs... so for now, I will pretend that I really am the Boss Lady...

Snow Day in Houston!

This is the second year in a row that we have had snow in December. Last year we were in the second week of December, and I remember driving to Hobby Airport to pick up my work partner... with the snow falling and dusting everything. This time, the snow began falling in the morning and it snowed most of the day - big, huge flakes, silently falling and eventually accumulating on our backyard lawn. It was great!

Nate still went to school (it's just across the street from us) and he and his class got to go out and play in it. Dave stayed home and we enjoyed it together... we did our "work", and looked out the window constantly. We wondered how any of the teachers at Nate's school could hold their students' attention for more than 2 seconds with the snow falling right outside their windows.

It was a Winter Wonderland for sure! And... it reminded me of the big snowfall we had in 2004 on Christmas Eve. It was our last Christmas with Dave's dad, and it was magical. The whole family was at our house, with the snow falling like crazy. We threw snowballs and made a very, very short snowman. It was such a sweet night...

So I thought I'd share a few pics of us from yesterday... Dave's iPhone didn't always capture the snow, but... for what was left of it (it didn't stick very much... a lot fell, but the ground was still too warm...)...here are the images!