A response from Jennifer Grisham, Director of Media

In just a few days,
You'll say your goodbyes.
Hope you don't mind
If Kelly hugs you and cries!

We'll see you in Denver'
Cause Mark wants to stay --
Doesn't matter at all
If there's no place to lay.

Jamie will need
A new recipe buddy.
Who else can know
How well Costco saves money?

Hiram might miss you --
We don't know for sure --
Give Megan some time,
And we're sure to know more.

Looks like Roe Ann
Will need a new foe.
Who knows what will happen
When no one says, "NO!!"

And poor little Johnny,
He'll miss you the most!
He'll need a new victim
To whom to boast!

I'm sure going to miss you
When you're all packed and gone.
You must stay in touch
After you've moved on.

I'll miss our discussions
About ego and pride,
And the insulting jokes
We stifle and hide!

You must come back soon --
Clyde will miss you a bunch,
And Mark will be anxious
To take you to lunch!

Free Market, Free Market,
Oh, those were the days.
We made no decisions,
But we fought the gays!

Tonya and Charlie's Saturday o' Fun!

Our Saturday O' Fun began with a wonderful sleeping in followed by FREE PIZZA at San Fransico Oven. Yes FREE. We will truly miss Parkside at Firewheel (our apartment). We not only get discounts at select restaurants in Firewheel Mall, but the C.A.R.E.S. team has occasional get togethers which usually includes free food of some kind. We met some great people and got to hang a while.

When then proceeded to the DART rail and rode down to Mockingbird station for the afternoon. We walked around several shops and ventured over to the upscale consignment shop called Revente'. Let me tell you, I am so a fan of this shop. I found 6 desgner pieces of clothing for 60 bucks including a Donna Karen New York formal dress. It was awesome. I thought of Katy Link and her coupons. I totally hit the jackpot at the 70% off rack. Totally going back.

After much shopping, we got tired and thought we would ride the DART back up a few stops and go the Northpark mall. However, we realized we had gotten on the wrong train and went to White Rock instead... whoops. So, we switched trains and headed back and decided that food sounded pretty good. We ate at Trinity Hall Irish pub where we watched European soccer and had rack of lamb. Mmm... delicious. Then we headed back on the train giggling and enjoying the day and decided that we needed to top of the excursion with Bahama Buck's. MM... good.

P.S. Sorry we forgot our camera. Otherwise, there would be real pictures. I'm working on getting the hang of this whole blogging thing.

Had to do before leaving Dallas...

If there was ever a place taken right out of the movie "Pure Country," Ranch House would have been where Goerge Strait played. Charlie, Ryan, and I ventured to this classy joint as part of the list of things we had to do before we left the great state of Texas. With stale beer, fried pickles, chicken fried steak, and fries later- we were the only non-cowboy hat wearing people leaving at a ripe time of 8:30p.m. The beer bottle curtains tipped us off that people didn't come for the food. The band started cranking up about 8 and we had swung a few dances on the slick dance floor. It never ceases to amaze how country music stays with you. We knew all the words to the songs. How the worlds collide. Thanks Ranch House for completing the experience with our clothes smelling like smoke.