Audra Jennings

Today I went for the Venti Caramel Frappachino at Starbuck's to go along with an attitude adjustment. Normally, that does wonders for my overall state of mind, but today, it failed. I must have built up an immunity. Speaking of immunities, just because I had insomnia last night does not mean that I have the swine flu. That's just a random point, but I would like to go ahead and point that out. Since I'm on the topic of immunities, Coach, who follows me on Twitter (oh, I've already told ya'll that), got immunity tonight. BOO! I think it snowed last night around Rapid City, SD. This might be my first chance to see real, true snow fall. Not Texas snow fall. Not snow on the top of the mountains snow. That might be interesting. Get ready for lots of pictures and lots of stories when I get back. I do have a few posts planned for while I'm gone, so stop by and see what I have to share. I'm leaving town at 5:05 after work tomorrow, so I'm off to go really, s...

Do you ever want to blog about something, but just can't because there is a chance someone that you don't want to see it might happen upon your post? After all, whatever you post is available for all the world to see. I have something that I could certainly make into a hilarious post tonight, but there is a long story as to why I can't post about it at this time. Perhaps down the road I can the story. It's really a shame though, because I'm coming up empty right now on things to post. I can verbally share with my co-workers tomorrow at the office, so remind me, and I'll tell you about it. I guess I'll just share some absolute randomness now... Just some things I found funny, but not worth sharing on their own. Paige spells phonetically, just like her dad did. Her version of pantyhose was painehous . (She has an accent to add to her phonetics too.) Instead of writing "Grandma", she writes " Granmal ." A couple of weeks ago, she asks me, ...

Tonight's blog is going to be short for several reasons: 1. I'm tired 2. I have a headache. 3. I need to take my contacts out because they are dry, but I can't read the computer screen with my glasses on if I get up to take them off now. 4. I don't have much to say unless you want to read what I have to say about the commentators on the Ranger game. (Side note: poor Saltalamacchia's name is so long with the new shadowed letters on the back, that his name is almost tucked in his pants. Saltalamacchia is Peyton's favorite player, by the way, and now they have the same number - 21.) And seriously? They have to talk about 10 cent beer night every time they play Cleveland. Oh, sorry, back to blogging. I have two new blog followers - WELCOME TO SERIOUSLY?! I'm not sure who one of you is, but the other is Angie (Shout out time! - I do that from time to time, Angie.) Angie and I went to jr . high together and she asked me via Facebook what my blog was when I comm...

For all the story that I gave earlier in the week in regards to the wedding invitation, my parents finally got theirs today - along with one addressed to my brother - three days after I did. All three were sent to the same address that then had a forward order. I still wouldn't have been surprised if I had gotten an invite and they hadn't. Guess I'm not so lucky after all. I woke up way too early this morning in an effort to get to work early in order to finish all of my reports before I needed to leave at 2:45 to pick up Paige from school. (I still had to go back to work with Paige and Peyton in tow to finish what little bit I had left.) I am not a morning person, and I actually woke up before my 5 AM alarm, so the rest of this post is going to be short. I'm TIRED! Peyton had been going on for weeks about a "by MYSELF" night at my house. She wouldn't let anyone else go out to eat at Don Jose's with us so that she could have enchiladas. She did invite ...

Here is a very random fact about me. As of today, I have seen two cast members from the TV show The Facts of Life in person. I saw Blair (Lisa Welchel ) walking around the CBE convention today, and I saw Tootie (Kim Fields) in Orlando last year at ICRS . Just because it's random, and I'm in a random state of mind, here is a list of people I have seen in person without them being in a performance of some kind. Ty Pennington ( Extreme Makeover: Home Edition ) Kirk Cameron (Mike Seaver on Growing Pains ) Kathy Ireland (model - actually saw her going through Disneyland with her kids) Chuck Norris ( Walker, Texas Ranger ) Willie Aames (Tommy from Eight is Enough ) Joe Bonsall (of the Oak Ridge Boys ) Ann Richards (former governor of Texas) More randomness: I have taken Grammy Award winning singer Sandi Patty through the Chic-fil-a drive thru, former Miss America Heather Whitestone McCallum through Whataburger's drive-thru to get her a coke and gone grocery shopping with Mi...

Maybe it's because I take a long nap on Sundays. Maybe I end up staying up a little later on Sundays than other nights before going to work, but on Monday nights, I'm exhausted. I was trying to watch Dancing with the Stars , but ended up sleeping for an hour on the chaise. That happens frequently on Mondays. I should have been on the couch if I was going to sleep because I always push my arms down on the chaise in a way that kills my neck. And I should have taken out my contacts instead of sleeping in them for an hour because my eyes dried out and my contacts permaplasted to my eyeballs. No bueno! And now for more randomness... Patience is not one of my virtues. I'm really ready to hear more about the play I tried out for and if the director is going to have to do a different play or if they audition a cast for another play or what. I just want to know. Paige is not going to be going to Nashville to the concert that might prove me to bad example. I doubted it would happen, ...

I achieved something today that I am not sure that I have accomplished since the birth of my brother 29 years ago. It is pretty safe to say that today, I was my parents' favorite child. The "great invasion" has not done a lot for my mom's sanity, ability to sleep, stress level or patience. My dad even got a bit peeved at my brother last night, my mother informs me. I took her out to lunch today to talk. And since I paid, my mom considered it a real treat. I replied back, "well, I am your good child." I figured she needed a treat. It's a good thing my parents live at the dead end of the street. Mom's car is always in the driveway, then three cars can fit wide from one side of the street to the other. There's the trailer with stuff stored in it for the move, my dad's truck, Brian's farm/work (whatever he actually does these days) truck, Brian's other truck and Julie's car. When I drove up tonight and pulled in behind my mom in the d...

That is actually a question that I asked my mom tonight. "Can I make an appointment to talk to you?" Tonight marks night 7 of "The Great Invasion" over at my parents house. I haven't really, truly had a chance to talk to my mom since Saturday, and for most of the time I was with her that day, my grandmother was around. Not exactly the opportune time to talk. I had something on my mind that I wanted to talk to her about, and we usually get a chance when we ride to church together on Wednesday nights, but all three girls were in tow tonight. I tried talking to her on the phone one night, but Dad answered the phone and was kind of keeping guard or something. Until 8 people started living there, I never realized how small my parents' house was. Of course, it probably seems even smaller to the 8 of them than it does to me. Without all of their toys around, the two younger girls run around like crazy, bumping into Layton's activity seat things (what are those ...

This evening, I met up with Jenny to meet up with one of her friends, Ashley, to meet up with one of her friends, Sarah. We went to go see the movie "He's Just Not That Into You." As we were waiting to get into the movie, on this stupid day of the year (one of my four least favorite days of the year) when everyone was at the movie on dates, four single women between the ages of 27-32 stand under the sign to the movie saying, "He's Not That Into You." One of our group (not sure which one) said, "the four of us standing under this sign says oh so much." Yes, yes it did. What woman doesn't have a "he's not that into you" moment? The four of us certainly had an assortment of tales to tell. Now, I'm not sitting her throwing a pity party, I'm just telling a funny story. I have to add that my grandmother made an unnecessary comment today. My mom and I were talking about someone or some situation, and Grandmother says, "see A...

First of all, I apologize for being a woman of few words this week. That is very unlike me. I believe yesterday is the first day that I posted absolutely nothing at all since I first started my blog. Life has been going on, and I didn't get back into town until around 8:00 last night from Arlington, Euless, Bedford or whatever mid-city that technically was. I know I went through Dallas going up and Arlington coming back. With my attitude greatly adjusted, I am now better prepared to blog non-sense. I just didn't come straight home when I got into town last night (I'll get to that part in a minute), so I didn't turn on my computer to blog since I wanted to watch Grey's Anatomy, which by the way should have been renamed "Shepherd's Anatomy." ADD moment here. I read the Grey's message board on ABC.com, and everyone was complaining about "Addie's Anatomy," but I'm still going to put it off on Derek. I love McDreamy, but c'mon, I w...

I'm at that stage in life that if I don't have a husband and a life of my own, I'd at least like to have a house. For the past almost 6 years, I have lived in a duplex that I have painted and decorated as my own. It's nice inside except for the burnt orange carpet in all except my bedroom, and let's just say I am not a Texas Longhorns fan. (Sorry Rakia , in case you are reading.) However, my landlords only come around to fix something when I beg, or someone else can come out to fix the problem. For example, when I came home one day and the outside A/C unit was making a weird noise, and I came into the house with hot air blowing in and the temperature in the house was somewhere over 90 degrees - that's as far as the numbers went. I think it was about a year after I moved in, maybe it was just a few months, a pretty big storm blew in. I remember sitting in my bathroom floor in the dark with a flashlight cutting out pig ears out of craft foam for VBS . While I was ...

It's Super Bowl Sunday and no network puts up new shows against the Super Bowl. They really ought to because I think people would watch the alternative, but that's just my opinion. For the 5792 nd time, I'm watching My Big Fat Greek Wedding . MBFGW is one of very few movies I ever saw more than once in theaters, own on DVD and watch every time it comes on TBS. I can probably quote half of the movie, starting with the first line. "You need to get married soon. You're starting to look old." "My dad's been telling me that since I was 15..." As the movie started this time around, I realized this time, more than ever that I really identify with Toula . Especially when she was "frump girl" before her makeover. I see myself in all of Toula's awkwardness and uncertainty, and in many ways how she relates to her father. Like when she says she wants to go back to school and her dad says in his whining voice, "why you want to leave me?...

Do you have a "to do" list at home that you just don't seem to get around to? Upload photos to CVS or Wal-Mart that I haven't printed for September-January. Yeah, I just don't want to mess with that. I'm ready to get off the computer because I've spent way too much time doing absolutely pointless things on Facebook. Load photos onto digital photo frame I got for Christmas. Well, I'd have to make sure I had all horizontal photos and sort through them. I'm ready to get off the computer. I've spent way too much time messing around on my blog that everyone has already lost interest in. Figure out if it's the new camera that is sucking the life out of the rechargable batteries after just 5 pictures or if it's the battery charger or just the rechargable batteries. The batteries that came with the camera are a battery pack that would have to be charged on an Easy Share dock. Mom and Dad have one, but who remembers to take the camera over there...

My originality is busted this week, so I'm sharing 25 more random things about myself. 1. I've been hit in the head with a live chicken. 2. I've had my car paper mache'd. 3. I have read Donny Osmond's auto-biography. 4. I have two friends named Audra on Facebook. 5. I was scorekeeper for my jr. college baseball team. Me in a dugout full of guys (and the baseball players are always the hot ones). Yeah, I enjoyed that. 6. My favorite fruit is pineapple. 7. It doesn't bother me to eat Mexican food 3 times a week. 8. My college degree is in art, yet I never took an art class until I enrolled in college. 9. Drinking Mr. Pibb used to make me flirty. 10. I have 18 first cousins. On Decmember 24, I had only seen 2 in the past year, and all live within a 150 mile radius. 11. I won $8.50 total my first trip to Vegas and lost $5.00 my second trip. Or something like that. 12. I went to the glass bridge over the Grand Canyon the week it opened. Two words: Rip off 13. I have ...

Everybody and their cousin, boss, high school sweetheart, best friend and worst enemy has answered "25 Random Things About Me" on Facebook this week. For those of you who missed my Facebook installment, I will present to you my list. 1. I have taken a former Miss America through the Whatburger drive thru. 2. I have taken a Grammy award winner through the Chic-fil-a drive thru. 3. I have met Chuck Norris. 4. I have met Ty Pennington. (At the time Jenny asked who? Then she became jealous when she started watching Extreme Makeover Home Edition, and I said, "yeah, so I met him." 5. I witnessed former Texas Gov. Ann Richards be rude to above mentioned former Miss America. 6. Alan Colmes has actually replied to one of my emails before, but I don't remember what it was. 7. I got an autograph from A-Rod before his first game in Arlington as a Texas Ranger, and now I despise A-Rod. 8. I have gone to the Rangers Home Opener 9 out of the last 10 years. I only missed the ye...

Mom called me last night after church. We had just talked on the parking lot, so I wondered what was up. Her question: "How would you feel if we were your neighbors?" Brakes coming to a halt, record screeching, followed by crickets chirping. "My neighbors? Huh?" While Mom was at church, the preacher from the Baptist church they live behind/around the block from came over to talk to Dad. They have been trying to buy up all the land around my parents house and are evidently serious this time about wanting to buy their house. (The building committee didn't like the price before, but hey, the house is paid for. If you want it bad enough, you can pay for it.) Well, evidently the preacher is quite serious if he skipped out on his own mid-week service to come talk "we need your house because we want to build a bigger building." I'm not really sure why they need such a large building. They really should have built out on more land when they built their ugl...

I admit that I have not seen much of the inauguration coverage, but I have it on now as to not be totally clueless as to what went on today. The first question I have to make/question I have to ask is this: What was up with Aretha Franklin's hat? That was the biggest bow that I have ever seen affixed to someone's head. My next question, while I have the TV on watching the recap, is when did Katie Couric get that bad haircut? As I got ready for work this morning, I had Good Morning America/Early Show/Today Show on. I flipped through the three. Nothing was going on at this time, but full coverage was indeed under way. As the anchors on the various networks watched for the new first family to emerge from the Blair House, it was obvious that they didn't have much to say at that time. "Well, Harry, the environmental lobbyist are not happy this morning. Look how much exhaust is coming out of the presidential limo as it idles waiting for hours to drive the Obamas two blocks....

At church this morning, as I rose from my seat at the end of class to head towards the auditorium, I came to the conclusion that my lower back hurt from moving furniture by myself. I kind of pulled something in my right hip and thigh, but I consider myself quite fortunate. Down the pew this morning, my brother, Brian, was in much worse shape. There was a little too much "Song Leader Says" going on this morning for his taste. Song leader says, "stand for this song." Song leader says, "you may sit down." Song leader says, "please stand for the song before the lesson, " followed by, "you may have a seat." The closest 85 year old woman who recently had a hip replacement had nothing on Brian's pain and speed. If Brian were computer literate and savvy, which I must add that he isn't, he really should have a blog of his own to tell his daily chronicles. So help me, sometimes he has more strange occurrences in his life than anyone I kno...

No, I'm not referring to an obscure cereal super hero. Today's blog entry would have been pretty boring today if author and friend Chris Plekenpol hadn't stopped by the office. I'll back the story up several months to reveal the nickname in the title - Chris had come down to our office and several of us were brainstorming about his ministry, future books, and possible website names, etc. We all agreed that no one would be able to remember how to spell his last name. Someone commented it may just have to be Chris P. Well, Chris served in the Army, and he was a Captain... I suggested that maybe Captain Chris P was not the best way to present him since that would sound like he belonged on a box of cereal. So, anyway, Chris came down from Dallas today to speak at a youth retreat at one of the local churches. He got down here early and was in the area with time to kill, so he came on into our offices and decided to hang out in my office for a while. Chris can make me laugh ...

Here are just a few random thoughts going through my head this evening... I'm warning you, this is not worth the read, but I'm resolved to post something every day. Today's blog is kind of fitting because today in our weekly meeting at work we talked about the randomness of Twitter and Facebook statuses, etc. Tomorrow, I need to send out pitches at work, so part of that material is going up which is far less random. Whacked out Texas weather - Not that this is really worth another entry, but it was 85 degrees, a record high on Saturday. It felt like September. Today, it was 35 degrees. Talk about having a hard time deciding what to wear... How many applications of giving can Facebook have? Does "giving" plants from Lil Green Patch really save any of the rain forest? I'm just curious. I'm about to stop doing everything except Lil Green Patch and Lil Blue Cove because I've done those the most. I just don't know if I care what a "Yoville" is...