UPDATE!!!!
I GOT THE JOB!!!!
It's part time 27 hours a week (I think) same hourly rate as I make now. I will end up making less money because I will only work when there is school and won't work in the summer. But that's OK I won't have to be miserable where I am and I will enjoy having time off. HR is supposed to call me next week with more details.
Great job Denise. I love it.So sad about the kids.
I'm using Flicker. It is easy to upload once I found the cloud with the up arrow in the upper right hand corner. And once I figured out that to share on here I had to open the individual picture. Then down in the bottom right click on the arrow pointing to the right. It will bring up a box. Copy the BBCode.
They now have an editing option which is fine. After all, it's free. But it does not resize. I can only resize on my Preview program on my computer. But, I would recommend Flickr.
I've been taking a painting class and this week's assignment was to paint a night scene so I painted this:
fullsizeoutput_1f8d by Denise Horner, on Flickr
I was JUST thinking about you when I was outside in the pool; was planning on sending you a text to see if you're still alive! 
Now I understand why we haven't heard from you in awhile. Summer cold/flu bug is AWFUL! A few people around here have the flu portion and it's taken them 7-10 days to feel better. Hope you're on the mend. Tell me again the dates of your Texas visit...now that we have a volleyball schedule we can start making some plans. 
You know the Disney property "like the back of your hand"; shouldn't have any problem at all getting guests where they need to go! 
Cute, cute, cute performance of Sleeping Beauty at the Unity Theater Summer Drama Camp. The Princess was one of the "fairies" and loved dressing up in those pretty, frilly "fairy dresses"...car thermometer said 99 when I drove in the garage!
Bingo Jeff...this is part of a Christmas display. It's not in Disney Springs or Boardwalk and not in a shop for sale. Nothing to do with Buzz Lightyear or transportation but could very loosely be associated with transportation.
Our entire little close knit community is grieving over the loss of this sweet little girl...
Lilly was the daughter of one of DD's former employers and she has touched us all. I do not remember the name of it but Lilly (and her brother who passed away about 7 years ago) were victims of a very rare disorder; they were 2 of the 4 known victims in the world. After Lilly's brother passed away, and Lilly was showing signs of the same disease, her parents had genetic testing done. The findings were astonishing; either one of the parents could have had a healthy child with other people but together their "chemical makeup" resulted in this disorder. It took 9-12 months to discover this phenomenon because it is so rare. Their parents are amazing people; Lilly could not talk, walk, feed herself, etc. but they took her everywhere with them. She won the hearts of our entire community because the one thing she could do was smile.She had to have surgery last week when her seizures became more frequent and out of control but she never woke up. Her organs begin to fail and after 3 days of no improvement her family decided to turn the machines off. In the words of her Grandmother, "Lilly is now free and oh she has so much to learn but she and Stuart are finally able to play, love and talk to one another". Amazing family and our hearts go out to them.
So sad.
She's in a happier place but feel so bad for her family. We're all pretty devoted parents/grandparents but Lilly's family puts us all to shame. I never, in my life, have known parents that literally devoted their entire life to their ill children. Truly amazing. A few summers ago when we spent some days in Port Aransas for the Marlin Fishing Tournament, we had them over for dinner one evening...DGD and SIL were entered in the tournament with the Dad. They'd even take Lilly out on the boat with them when they went fishing. I babysat her a few times so her Mother could get a few hours "me" time when she was just a tiny baby but she'd never stay gone as long as she originally planned 
. She couldn't bear to be away from her. Remarkable family.
after it's all done, that's for sure! We'll have the final District Volleyball game on Monday, Oct. 24th so we'll have the 25th-27th free. The football game on Friday night will be in Tarkington ... almost 1 1/2 hours east of us so we'll skip that trip! Volleyball playoffs begin Monday, the 30th or Tuesday, the 31st and those games will be "road trip" games, probably to our south. Let us know your schedule when you get it and we'll see what we can do about meeting you somewhere in the 100 mile radius of Bellville and Austin. Hard to understand HOW one catches a "summer cold" but those sucker zap you to the core! Take it easy... 
Our entire little close knit community is grieving over the loss of this sweet little girl...
Lilly was the daughter of one of DD's former employers and she has touched us all. I do not remember the name of it but Lilly (and her brother who passed away about 7 years ago) were victims of a very rare disorder; they were 2 of the 4 known victims in the world. After Lilly's brother passed away, and Lilly was showing signs of the same disease, her parents had genetic testing done. The findings were astonishing; either one of the parents could have had a healthy child with other people but together their "chemical makeup" resulted in this disorder. It took 9-12 months to discover this phenomenon because it is so rare. Their parents are amazing people; Lilly could not talk, walk, feed herself, etc. but they took her everywhere with them. She won the hearts of our entire community because the one thing she could do was smile.
Good point! We're at a nice comfortable 76 degrees inside and go out into the 105 "real feel" temp and 
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but Redstorm got her LETTERMAN'S JACKET today! That's exactly what she needs...a wool and leather jacket in TEXAS in JULY! But...I'll bet the girls wear them the first day of school! (It's "all those AC's down here" and the high school has had a new AC unit installed this summer! ) Doesn't matter how hot it is...she's pretty proud and she deserves to be! 
A lot of long hours and hard work went into earning this sucker! And Diane...NO "RICKY BOBBY" ON THE BACK ...she actually had them put her "real" name! 
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Our entire little close knit community is grieving over the loss of this sweet little girl...
Lilly was the daughter of one of DD's former employers and she has touched us all. I do not remember the name of it but Lilly (and her brother who passed away about 7 years ago) were victims of a very rare disorder; they were 2 of the 4 known victims in the world. After Lilly's brother passed away, and Lilly was showing signs of the same disease, her parents had genetic testing done. The findings were astonishing; either one of the parents could have had a healthy child with other people but together their "chemical makeup" resulted in this disorder. It took 9-12 months to discover this phenomenon because it is so rare. Their parents are amazing people; Lilly could not talk, walk, feed herself, etc. but they took her everywhere with them. She won the hearts of our entire community because the one thing she could do was smile.
