Happy Birthday!

to Tamera and Gran!

2 special women celebrate their birthdays on January 2.

Tamera McKinney and her grandmother, Barbara Burns McKinney.


We love you!

Moving Day

Ya know how everything feels kind of 'bare and naked' after you pack up your Christmas finery? How it just also feels fresh and clean. Wide open. Clean slate.

LIGHTER.

Easier to see the hidden stuff (could be good, could be bad)

Like you just turned a corner.

This is how I feel today. This is my last SCHEDULED day as a nurse. When I woke up this morning and walked towards the kitchen and my own home brew, this is what I saw:

This is the one major Christmas ornament I purchased for this year to add to my Santa

collection. Actually saw him at TJ Maxx. Resisted for 25.5 hours. Went back and bought him. Rescued him. He so wanted to be mine.

He's a little peeved I don't want him on display all year long. Can you tell?

Anyway.

It's time to pack it up. Move on.

Feels good. Just a little naked, that's all!

My baby

Starbucks CARD!

Maybe many of you already have one of these... I think they came out in '09, but I'm a latecomer. I saw one in the Brenham, TX Starbucks last fall and thought, neat idea...I'll get it when I'm back in Austin. I have searched for months at all my northwest Starbucks locations. I guess I was saying it incorrectly. " Do you have any of those mini, key ringy thing Starbucks cards?" The answer, always, "No."

Then I went to the one on 2222/Mopac and thought, I'll try just one more time! Yay!!!!! The first girl said, "No." The girl next to her said, "Oh, yeah, we have some of those BABY cards somewhere around here."

Promptly got one, loaded it up with some cash PLUS all those extra leftover cashcards with totals of about $1.02 and 22 cents...etc. I now have $37. 40 on my 'baby' Starbucks card!

Happy New Year! I'm on my lonesome tonight, so headed out to get a HUGE Starbucks with my itty bitty Baby Card and take stock of the year and look forward to what's to come!