Jan 5 2011

Took home some pizzas, plenty of soda and chips and dip. Ready for football. What a night! Torture pure torture. Our team the Razorbacks of Arkansas at the Sugar Bowl played a hard game. A month off before a game is the most obvious reason for us to have been off our game so badly. We fell behind in the first half and came so close to winning the game in the end, but as luck would have it it was not to be our night for our Hogs. No disappointment filled the hearts of most Razorback fans. Oh it was fun. Getting ready for the big bowl game, the hype the excitement. hearing their name on the big sports shows. We love our Razorbacks win or lose. Just wish those young men could have won their game, they deserve it for this season of hard work of the football field.
This week we had a phenomenon. Black birds fell from the sky new years night. Scaring most residents around the event. No disease only the possibility of them being frightened by the loud explosions of the fireworks for new years eve.
The birds were found to have hemorrhaged. So since they were flying at night they may have flown into each other or trees or houses or other obstacles they can't see in the night causing them grave damage and the died.
Not only did this happen in Beebe, Arkansas, but also in Louisiana. Here's where we connect the Razorbacks and the birds. I say there was an obvious omen foretelling of our loss at the Sugar Bowl, that omen.... the dead black birds.
Now what made me tell my bird tale I just finished watching a documentary called "The Parrots of Telegraph Hill". A story of Mark who spent years living in a small cottage in Telegraph Hill in San Francisco, California. The story was so adorable and interesting, loving and sad. Mark wrote a book of the same name and I will probably purchase the book as I fell in love with the little birds seeing them interact with Mark. So maybe this is the year of the bird. I think I'll keep my eyes on what's going on in the bird world. It might be a view into the future. DO DO DO DO~~~~well my last name is Byrd and well it is pronounce bird so I think it's a cool idea.

Back to work in 2011

Monday and back to the old grindstone. I like what I do. I've worked for Wal-Mart for 11 years now. The store has changed tremendously this last year. Many people could not make it through the changes. My position of the last 7 years was absorbed into another area. Fortunately for me an opening due to an advancement of our claims supervisor to management allowed me to move to that position. I've always been out with the public so this job has been a big adjustment for me, and still so much to learn. I work with some great ladies though and they have been a great source of knowledge for me.
Today we processed the fireworks and New Years party hats back to our supplier. We sell a moderate amount of these party poppers type fireworks.
Hope everyones New Year was happy and safe. My thoughts and prayers go out to the people of Cincinnati, Arkansas who lost their friends, loved ones and homes.
At home we watched New Year Rockin Eve with Dick Clark and Ryan Secrest. Nodded off a couple times, then missed the ball drop cause I changed channel and was watching the west coast show for a minute. Hubby and I opened the bottle of Cold Duck and toasted the new year. The neighbor had some big fireworks he set off and I had my little poppers. Bella our dog was very upset about the noise she got scared and hid down the hall.
We're happy to be safe and have another year to be here.
We watched the Rose Parade on New Years day and I fixed hog jowl, pork chops, greens, saurkraut, black eyed peas, cornbread, and corn on the cob. MMMMMMMMM good! We stuffed ourselves and then watched the ball games.
Robbie came over in the afternoon for a visit and some grub. We had a good day.
Love to all God bless!

Day 2 2011

2011

This year may be the year I learn how to truly create the posts for this blog. Always before I had to load my photos then write around them. Sometimes if I had many photos they would stretch out and there would be huge gaps between them. Many times I lost the post all together because of the length of time it took me to retrieve the photos and gather them back together.
Then there was the fonts and graphics I wanted to use. Not possible with the options available on blog. I tried importing from other places. No success. I know it's possible I see it on other people's posts. Maybe it's that I don't have a blog page that's been created by someone who knows how to set them up.
So I'm sorry if my blog has been rather plain and simple, not as polished and professional, entertaining, or amusing as others. What it does do is deliver a message, tell a story, or bless all of you which is my goal.