Tamara Shannon

An on going battle--uhhem, discussion--between Brent and I pertained to a wonderful little, furry addition to our family. I taking the Pro Dog side and Brent...well.... I'm not sure what lead to his eventual 'change of heart', but honestly, who cares?!? Meet Winston!

We have a Costco card. Yes, Brent and Tamara party of two. Brent likes to walk around and look at all the things we don't need nor do we even really want....and now I'm hooked. Do I need 25 lbs of cheddar cheese-NO! Do I want them, not really, BUT it's only $15! We were there Wed. for gas and decided to go in (which makes sense because the gas pumps are located across the parking lot from the store entrance). We ran into a lady from our ward and talked for a bit. She was just killing time during mutual and mentioned how she always wonders around and ends up leaving with a cart full. I honestly thought, not us-that's a little ridiculous. 10 minutes later...Brent had to go back to the front and get a cart. Costco-1; Shannons-0

As long as I can remember SA news stations exaggerate any and every change in weather. Quite possibly because it's because the typical forecast here is -"Hot, Humid, be ready to sweat." I've gotten used to the ridiculous power point entrances such as 'ICE STORM 2006!' (one word shot in at a time with a corresponding and equaly annoying sound effect). As I have recently discovered, this overly enthusiastic attitude to report weather can prove beneficial (to me!). Earlier this week people began to talk about how it was going to snow on Friday. Snow?! in San Antonio? *insert rolling eyes* I dismissed this, as usual, because seriously, this is not a concern. Ice maybe, but not likely in December. The talk, however, generated enough buzz for them (upper management) to go full on OPERATION SNOW FLURRIES 2009! Which resulted in me working from home, in my jammies while (not) watching TV on a Friday. Ok, so you're probably wondering, "Well?!? Did it snow? Was