VIVA LAS VEGAS!

I feel like I need to head south with the luck that I had this evening.

I was invited to attend a "New Car Clinic" at the Honda Dealership where I bought my car. I hadn't decided yet if I was going to go, but my friend told me that she thought it was informative and they gave away prizes. BONUS! When I didn't have anywhere else that I had to be tonight, I figured that I would go.

I talked to my sister right before I left work. I think that she is convinced that I am the luckiest person around. She told me I was going to win big at the event tonight.

When I got there they had a nice spread of food out for us. FREE FOOD! Great because I was hungry. They gave us all a raffle ticket and we could also put our name in the drawing for the grand prize.

They have 4-5 presentations by a Highway Patrolman, sales, parts, service departments, etc. In between each one they drew out 2-3 raffle ticket numbers. The raffle prizes were Honda First Aid Kits, Honda lunch boxes, and licence plate frames that said HONDA.

The first number drawn was 361288 my number! I won one of the first aid kits. I have to admit I was kind of bummed because I already have a really nice first aid kit in my car that I received from my bosses and I REALLY wanted the license plate frame. (I had looked at buying one of these but they are $30. Did I want one that bad?)

The night came to a close and they drew out the winning name for the ipod......it was ME! I am now the proud new owner of an ipod nano.

They had told us we could go up to the sales front desk to see if our license plates had come in yet. Mine were there and one of the guys from the service dept. put them on for me. After they were on I was really thinking I needed the Chrome Honda frame. I went to talk to the parts guy. He only had one that said ACCORD. He told me he would be getting more in. Did I want to buy that one now or what and buy two at the same time? I decided to get the one. He then asked me if I had won anything. I told him what I had won, but then he just gave it to me.

Everyone had the chance to win 2 prizes. Some didn't win anything, the others won 1 prize.....I came away with 3!

THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF eAUDIOBOOKS

I have recently entered the "wonderful world of eaudiobooks."
This new undertaking was prompted by 1) a co-worker that is always listening to eaudiobooks on his his computer (and now his mp3 player) at work and 2) the auxillary jack in my new car that allows me to listen to my mp3 player through my car stereo.
Recently I have grown incredibly bored with listening to the same songs being played over and over on the radio all day at work and there are always books that I wish I had time to read....thus the perfect solution.....

eAUDIOBOOKS

I am not very tech savvy, but Darrin (at work) convinced me it was very simple......and it was. If I could figure it out, anyone can! ....and I can download them for free from the library's website.

I fired up my laptop, got out my mp3 player and I was listening to my first book within the hour.

I am still on my first book, but have my second one downloaded and ready to start. This will come in handy as I drive to visit the folks this weekend.

Needless to say, I am now a major fan!

TIME FOR A TRADE-IN

Yesterday I traded in my '98 Black Accord for an '08 Black Accord.

My '98 had 99,879 miles on it, so I decided it was a good time to make the switch.

I am loving my new car that came with 15 miles on it! And it smells so nice.

I do find myself parking out in the "north 40" which I guess is good for my car and for calorie burning.

"OK......LAHOMA........"

"....where the wind comes sweeping down the plain."

I just returned from 6 days in Wapanucka, Oklahoma. My parents had already been there for about a week. I flew into Dallas on Saturday and my sister and dad met me at the airport. We spent the afternoon on a "daddy-daughter date." We went to lunch and did some shopping in Sherman, TX (the closest, large town to Wapanucka). We made our way back to "Wapy" where I was met with a fabulous welcome that included signs and balloons. (Kind of hard to see in the picture that it says Welcome Trisha).


They have a ranch out there a couple miles away from their house where they raise cattle. They currently have 4 baby calves at their house that they have to bottle feed. (It is a whole different world out there coming from the big city.)

We had lots of fun doing puzzles, playing CLUE, reading books, etc.

One day we took a drive out to see the house that one of Laura's friends just bought. She lives in Stringtown, OK which is where my sister was told Reba McEntire is from (although on wikipedia it says McAlester, OK). I had to have my picture taken by the "Reba McEntire Rd. ) sign. (or maybe I just wanted out of the car to stretch my legs for a minute??)

The last night that we were there we had some pretty exciting weather. There were severe thunderstorm & tornados warnings for many areas close by. The thunder and lightning storms that we had were amazing. The rain coming down in buckets reminded me of the way it rains in Brazil. Fortunately there was not need for us to hunker down in the tornado shelter, but the thunderstorms continued all through the night. On our way to the airport the next morning there were many signs and trees that had been blown over. In fact, a sign for one of the McDonalds restaurants that was off the side of the freeway was missing its "golden arches." The tall sign was still there but the yellow M that was protruding above had been blown off and was on the ground. It even looked like it had taken out a power pole on its way down. I think that I will take my chances with earthquakes! I also prefer the dry heat to the humidity!

It is so fun to visit family, but the little girls were so sad the morning that we were leaving.

WHAT COLOR OF GIRL ARE YOU?

You Are A Blue Girl

Relationships and feelings are the most important things to you. You are empathetic and accepting - and good at avoiding conflict. If someone close to you is in pain, it makes you hurt as well. You try to heal the ones you love with your kind and open heart.

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