Luke came in while I was watching TV last night. He went in my bathroom for a little while, then he came out and said, "Mama, did you know that there are 28 door knocks in your bathroom?" Well, no I didn't.
Door knocks = knobs
Cass says he also inventoried the door knocks in the kitchen last night, but Cass didn't remember how many there were. I bet if I ask Luke, he'll remember.
Sunday, April 13, 2008
Saturday, April 12, 2008
Friday, April 11, 2008
Butterfly visitor
preschool for graduation pictures today. They let him stay for the
day while I went to clean the old house. Ms. Sandy made him some
butterfly wings so he could go on the butterfly nature walk with his
class.
Wednesday, April 9, 2008
Friendly skies
I'm sure that it sucks to be holding an American Airlines ticket at Austin Bergstrom International Airport today. AA has canceled nearly 1000 flights today to comply with FAA inspection rules. The aircraft that they're inspecting is the MD-80. Nearly all of AA's numerous daily flights from Austin to Dallas (and back) are on MD-80s.
I know I'd be annoyed and angry if I was affected by this - but ironically I was on an American Airlines MD-80 in January 2006 when the engine outside my window blew up and rained hot metal down on downtown Austin, causing us to turn around for an emergency landing. I know it wasn't caused by the wiring that's being inspected now, but any close/repeated inspections are good in my eyes.
Still, I wouldn't want to be anywhere near an airport today.
I know I'd be annoyed and angry if I was affected by this - but ironically I was on an American Airlines MD-80 in January 2006 when the engine outside my window blew up and rained hot metal down on downtown Austin, causing us to turn around for an emergency landing. I know it wasn't caused by the wiring that's being inspected now, but any close/repeated inspections are good in my eyes.
Still, I wouldn't want to be anywhere near an airport today.
Tuesday, April 8, 2008
Ms. Beasley
Looks like Ms. Beasley is in lots of trouble. A couple of weeks ago, the FBI came by looking for her. Today it was the Repo man.
Two guys rang my doorbell this afternoon. They were looking for Ms. Beasley. No, I'm not her. No, I don't know if she was a former owner of my house. They were driving a tow truck, and they had all kinds of repo paperwork. I was kind of surprised that they didn't insist/question further - but I was busy closing the door in their faces.
If they catch up with her, Ms. Beasley is gonna lose her ride!
Two guys rang my doorbell this afternoon. They were looking for Ms. Beasley. No, I'm not her. No, I don't know if she was a former owner of my house. They were driving a tow truck, and they had all kinds of repo paperwork. I was kind of surprised that they didn't insist/question further - but I was busy closing the door in their faces.
If they catch up with her, Ms. Beasley is gonna lose her ride!
Sunday, April 6, 2008
RNFs
Your closest friends can disappoint you the worst.
Rockwall County tax office reminded me of the Sunflower County courthouse.
Lots of stuff has gone missing in the mail since we had our mail forwarded.
Cameron's new SAGE (gifted) teacher is FABULOUS. She's already gone above and beyond for us, and Cameron hasn't even started attending her class yet.
I didn't know there was such thing as a mall without a Gap store.
Cheaters suck.
Rockwall County tax office reminded me of the Sunflower County courthouse.
Lots of stuff has gone missing in the mail since we had our mail forwarded.
Cameron's new SAGE (gifted) teacher is FABULOUS. She's already gone above and beyond for us, and Cameron hasn't even started attending her class yet.
I didn't know there was such thing as a mall without a Gap store.
Cheaters suck.
Tuesday, April 1, 2008
Last day
Today is Cass's last day at nVidia. He's out in Santa Clara today to do his exit interviews and wrap things up out there.
When he started in May 2000, he was employee #650, so they were in the neighborhood of 500 current employees. In the Austin office, he was the 6th person. They had a tiny suite of offices with 5 rooms, so Cass's hire created a space problem for them. In December 2000, nVidia (sort of) bought out 3dfx, which had a nice office space at Riata in Austin - and they moved there. Eventually, they moved to a different (larger, expandable) space in the same office park. They filled up that space and expanded to twice the size. I think that Austin is in the neighborhood of 300 employees now (Cass will correct that if I'm wrong). Overall, nVidia stands at about 4000 employees worldwide.
Taking the job at nVidia was probably the smartest thing that Cass (and I) have ever done. He's learned a lot, elevated his career, and met some of the coolest people. It's kind of sad to think of the co-workers that he's leaving behind, but we will keep in touch with a lot of people who have become good friends.
I hope that this job move is at least as smart as the last one. :)
When he started in May 2000, he was employee #650, so they were in the neighborhood of 500 current employees. In the Austin office, he was the 6th person. They had a tiny suite of offices with 5 rooms, so Cass's hire created a space problem for them. In December 2000, nVidia (sort of) bought out 3dfx, which had a nice office space at Riata in Austin - and they moved there. Eventually, they moved to a different (larger, expandable) space in the same office park. They filled up that space and expanded to twice the size. I think that Austin is in the neighborhood of 300 employees now (Cass will correct that if I'm wrong). Overall, nVidia stands at about 4000 employees worldwide.
Taking the job at nVidia was probably the smartest thing that Cass (and I) have ever done. He's learned a lot, elevated his career, and met some of the coolest people. It's kind of sad to think of the co-workers that he's leaving behind, but we will keep in touch with a lot of people who have become good friends.
I hope that this job move is at least as smart as the last one. :)
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