Monday, May 31, 2010

Julie's Birthday




Hi. It's Lazie, and I had such a wonderful day today. It is Mom's birthday, and she shared her ice cream and cake with us dogs. You can see in the photo, that I am an eager participant. We also are down to having four dogs in the house. Yesterday, we were up to seven as dogs in the rescue organization were here on their way elsewhere. They had come from a puppy mill in South Dakota. One stayed with us and is now my foster sister-- her name is Darla and she is pictured here running around this morning. My birthday present to Mom was a 24 pack of popsicles! I will look forward to helping her eat them....

Your pal,

Lazarus

Thursday, May 27, 2010


Kevin has done such a wonderful job with our grass. Isn't it beautiful. The dogs just love to romp on it.

Thanks for all the hard work.

-Julie

Tuesday, May 25, 2010

Chicago - Julie's Pictures






Kevin and I had a wonderful time in Chicago last weekend. We were able to see 2 White Sox games, and at the first one, although we had a rain delay, we had the most unusual experience I've ever had at a game! A big fight broke out in our section, and a bunch of people got removed and there were f-bombs and all kinds of things! It was also very loud. People at White Sox games in the bleachers speak loudly. :) We also went on a great bike ride, ate great food and saw the sights.

-Julie

Tuesday, May 18, 2010

Moses eats nuggets

Hello. Moses here. In this video, I am demonstrating the proper way to eat Chick-fil-A nuggets. Check out the excellent chewing and eye contact. Also, much love to Dad for hooking me up!

Mosi

Monday, May 03, 2010

Meeting Alex Trebek


One of the annual events in the Geography Department at Texas State University is the Grosvenor Lecture. I usually dread this event, because the speakers are often dry, pedantic, and simply boorish. Since I have been here, I have sat quietly and patiently during talks by some mountain explorer, some schlep that I cannot even remember, and last year some total crook from the nature conservancy. This year, Alex Trebek was invited because of his participation in the National Geography Bee. Now, I cannot stand the Geography Bee, but I was intrigued at the idea of Trebek coming on campus. However, his television persona is somewhat dry, pedantic, and boorish, but once I met him-- I began to realize that may be more of a factor of his reactions toward the dorky contestants on Jeopardy than anything else. Julie, myself, and two friends (Hunter and Linda) were invited to a VIP reception to meet Trebek. He was very coordial and welcoming to both faculty and students. He was impressed with our University and department. He had no formal speech, but fielded questions from the audience about the game show and the television industry. The hour went by very quickly and he shared stories and anecdotes about life in the TV industry. I asked my students the next day what they thought of the lecture. They all liked it!-- except one student who tried to anticipate my reaction by saying, "I wish he had talked more about the Geography Bee." I said that I could appreciate that sentiment, but that I did not share the feeling. Anyway, here is a photo, from the event. A real highlight of my four years here at Texas State.

Kevin