Archive for June, 2009
Things I learned planning a baby shower
1. The friends who throw baby showers are usually are the ones who don’t have kids. They can throw the baby shower, because they have time (because they don’t have kids). We also have no idea what a mother wants in a baby shower! I got lost in Babies ‘R’ Us looking for onesies. I missed yoga because I was lost in the bowels of socks, diapers, and cribs. I am not equipped for this business. I should stick to my Two Blue Peas shopping.
2. Label the alcoholic punch. If not, you will have the pregnant guest of honor giggling near the wrong punch bowl.
3. Target gift cards are a good unisex game prize – thanks for the tip, Sarah.
4. Hollis should NOT attend baby showers.
5. Make sure your A/C can handle a crowd at your humble abode during a heat wave. Mary (pregnant) was a little crowded and got hot.
6. All our decorations were gifts for the parents, and that was a hit. Baby sock corsages are way cute. So are baby onesies hanging from twine. Thanks for the ideas, Lacy and Morgan.
7. If you do the twine thing … don’t leave your cat alone. Even for two minutes …
Austin Heat Wave Poll
Posted by hilstreet in austin, texas, food, news on June 27, 2009
It’s hot – unusually hot for June. Hope this poll inspires Austinites to cool off.
I hope this poll also encourages Austinites to stop opening Mexican restaurants with possessive names.
Another Current Event Haiku …
Sadness for his death
Confession of his weirdness
Music resolves it
It’s summertime
And it’s hot.
Lord, it’s hot.
Any good Texan has a variety of Margarita fixins at their disposal at any given time. Some fixins you acquire as gifts, or from when your mom visits and brings her own “pre-made margaritas.” (?) Some fixins are your tried and true favorites.
The point is – you never know when you’ll need to cool off immediately. Think of it as summer first aid for your soul.
Our Arsenal Against the Heat
Father’s Day
Man, there are a lot of advertisements about fathers and gifts for fathers before Father’s Day. I expected to be all sad on Father’s Day. That afternoon, I received a text from my friend who has remembered to check on me during the holidays this past year. I waited for the sadness to sink in. Then, I read this news story. I am sure you all read it, about the terminally-ill girl who wanted to see Pixar’s “Up.”
When I read that story, I realized I should not be sad on Father’s Day. I should celebrate the friends in my life who are fathers. And I should mourn for my friends who have lost children, because Father’s Day reminds them of when they were fathers to those they lost. I should reach out to my father friends and their spouses who have lost children.
I shouldn’t be sad.
Oh, and on a side note: I also had a realization that there should be a Mother’s-to-Cats Day too.
First Puppy
Posted by hilstreet in My animals, news on June 23, 2009
Hollis embarrasses me. Because he acts too excited. Like when he jumped on Callie and she broke her wine class. Or when he could not stop trying to get in Blair’s face. Or when he bounces on our guests and hits them in the crotch (owww!). Or when we walk to the park and his excitement is so vast that he DRAGS us.
Then Husbanks saw this picture:
It’s OK. Even our Commander-in-Chief gets pulled by his energetic puppy. 
Things I Learned at My High School Reunion
1. I work at Texas Instruments.
2. Much like Weslie, I was underwhelmed. Driving through traffic on I-35 was not worth seeing the few dozen people who showed up to the reunion.
3. The night before your reunion, there will be an informal gathering at a local bar. GO TO THAT. 150 people attended the renegade reunion, and it turns out I missed it. There was even a girl fight!
4. There are people who have not graduated from catty high-school gossip.
5. Small talk is harder now. I often opened with questions about where someone lived or what they did. I was halted with this response: “You didn’t know that? It’s on my facebook.” Study before you attend your reunion, folks. Everyone had already looked at my page and knew about my career here at Texas Instruments.
6. Despite the disappointments and surprises listed above, it was nice to catch up with people I hadn’t seen in a while.
High School Reunion Prep
I have my tickets. I bought a dress. We bought Ryan a suit. There is no way I am going to become famous in the next four days, so that’s off the table.
All that’s left for reunion preparation is me practicing the following phrases…
Remember Ellie Schmeh? She and I are in the planning stages to run a distillery business.
Yeah, sure. We make calculators. That’s what my company does.
I have two children, yes. Hollis and Martin.
Yes, I knew that about you already from facebook.
You think Ryan’s cute, huh? Yeah … I hit that.
Mean Tweets
Sometimes, girls get emotional (I hope this is not a surprise to you). Sometimes, whilst in a fit of dark emotion, I will type something into my Tweet Deck then say “whoa … I should not tweet that.”
Today I was remembering some of those almost-career-limiting-and-friend-reducing-and-fear-inducing Tweets in my head (the ones I never sent), and I started laughing.
So here you go. Here are the sentences in <140 characters that I have almost Tweeted while under the influence of pre-menstrual syndrome.
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