The Office

The tour of my office continues! Remember, I used the camera on my computer to take these photos so the quality is poor.

Here is the tippity top of my bookshelf. I stuck beautiful gemstones on it to add some pizzaz.


I have loads of books and materials. Not enough room on the bookshelf for all of it.


See how it spills out onto the floor?

Why yes, that is a red boa. I forgot where I got that. I am pretty sure somebody gave it to me. All I know is, you don't turn down a free red boa. You just don't.

My buddy Josh gave me both of those dachshund prints. Above the dachshund prints is a Día de los Muertos napkin depicting La Calevera (The Skull). The colors please me. You can also see my Hacienda poster, trimmed with gold thingymagigs, and my glitter bird picture. On the other wall, you see the door to my office and two pictures.


This is the top of the little file cabinet that is next to my bookshelf.

There is a beautiful, purple, sparkly, beaded box on top of the cabinet. On top of the box you see two rubber bats. There is also a fushia paperweight, a small PECS book, more jewel thingies, and some paper fastener deal-ie-bobs.

Look! Another bat!

This one is my favorite.

My magic wand:

you need one of these if you work with kids.

Happy Saturday to you. That is all.

Photo Booth

Guess who discovered the camera on her new work computer?
(looking a little cross eye)

I DID!! And now, you get a tour of my office. How fun for you!


Here is my desk top. I rarely use that paper calendar for it's intended purpose. It eventually just becomes a giant scratch pad. Odd...this image is flipped. What's left is right and what's right is left. No matter. You don't see a computer on my desk because I was using it to take this picture. (No shit).

I'm going to now show you a few of my favorite things on my desk.

Glitter Ball

I told myself, when I bought this at Toy Joy last year, that I would use this during therapy with my students. Umm...it totally became my toy instead. It's pretty.

Bead Spider

I got this sucker at the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center's gift shop.

Glass Spider

This one came from Tuesday morning.

Bell Spider

Zingers. I got it at Zingers. Why do I have three spiders in my office? My last name is Webb, that's why.

Nest o' Chickens- With Egg.

All pieces are removable. Purchased at 10,000 Villages on South Congress.

Double Insulated Hard Plastic Cup-With Straw

Love this.

Flower Power

These are directly above my desk on the wall that I face. It's nice

I'm done for now. We still have more to explore so come back. You know you want to see more of my office. I would want to see pictures of your office. Seriously, I would. I find this kind of thing fun.

I think MoFo Colin is the only reader-of-the-blog that has actually seen my office in person. MoFo Colin, do you still read my blog? Just curious.

Ok, now I am really done.

For now.

The Wedding: Part Three- The Finale

Hello. I am not feeling so good. I had to have some things done at the dentist which have resulted in me staying in bed while surviving on a diet of ice cream and soft scrambled eggs.
I wanted to put the rest of the wedding photos up, for your viewing pleasure. I can't promise that I have anything witty to say. Hopefully, the pictures are funny/interesting enough. Now where did I put my vicodin? Oh, that's right....I already took it. Hmmm..things could get interesting.

Puppy love.

Check out the tie that sweet man standing behind Rachel is wearing. He is not only wearing a puppy tie, but a straight face as well. How does he do it?

Colin at the bar

All he ever wanted was a wedding with an open bar. Score!

Dale about to punch somebody!

Not sure what Laurie's relative (aunt?) said to piss Dale off but she is about to get a knuckle sammich, Duke style.


Rachel's eye

For some reason, Rachel wanted me to take a close up picture of her eye. My camera would not allow me to get very close. I think I must have had it on auto focus. This is as close as I could get from where I was standing.


I cropped the eye. I should have framed this and given it to her for Christmas. Hahaha! That would have been funny!

Feel the curls

This red head walked by and her crazy curls caught my attention. I have curly hair but this chick has CURLY hair. Tight little ringlet curls. I asked her if I could touch her hair and she granted me permission. It felt just like it looked. Here is Rachel taking part in the experience.

Dance

Here I am dancing with my scarf like I am Stevie Nicks.


Moments later, Colin said "Who do you think you are, Stevie Nicks?" I said, "THAT IS WHO I WAS PRETENDING TO BE!" and gave him a double high five. A high ten, if you will.


And now things just get out of hand.

I never fail to become "that girl" while dancing at a wedding.

The girl that is not really dancing "with" anybody but always "next to" somebody.


The one that enters into her own world and pulls out moves that feel good even if they don't look good.


I have no regrets.


Bonus picture:

Rachel and I take a moment to smell the flowers.

So as you can see, Colin and Laurie's wedding was fun. I wish them the best in their marriage and life together.
Cheers!

The Wedding: Part Two

Here be the cake! Rachel and I thought it would be a good idea to pose with the cake. From the looks of a few women in the surrounding area, we were the only ones that thought it was a good idea.

Though they had a dance going on inside, Dale and I only danced with each other outside.


And by "dance" I mean "he dipped me and brought me back up really quickly." It was fun.

Colin's brothers threw down some Elton John-


Which moved Rachel to tears

Or maybe she was just pretending to cry. You be the judge.

The newlyweds give thanks


I made friends with a bunch of kids:

(Colin's relatives)

The happy couple listened as people gave their toasts:


Look! It's a bridesmaid and her Lady! These two are great!

Rachel is dangerously close to having "Little Head" in this picture.

And the dancing begins!

The Wedding

Colin and Laurie got married! Of course, Dale and I took some photos which I will soon share with you. Colin and Laurie got married at Vintage Villas, a wedding spot that boasts a great view of the lake. The weather was perfect as was the sunset.

I'll most likely split this up into a few posts as I tend to do when I have lots of pictures. You don't care. You just want to see Dale.

On with the picture show!


Here I am pretending that I was the only person to show up. The glass of wine in my hand is a dead give away to the fact that, at this point, the vows had already been exchanged and the bar was open.


I caught Colin right after he finished taking the formal wedding photos and posed with him for yet another photo.


Dale got this purty shot of Mrs. Laruie Bean.


Rachel and I made our way to the bar for a glass o' wine. The bartender was nice. He gave me two Reese's Peanut butter cups.


Rachel sneaks in the shot.


Dale and I share a sunset kiss




Rachel and Larry pose for a shot.


We find a way to take one of the four of us.

More to come (including some goofy dancing photos).

Charles in Charge

Charlie's photo shoot.
Location: LaQuinta Inn on Ave Q in Lubbock, Tx
Photographer: Dale Webb (except for the shot I took)

All snout and a little pout.



Little pink tongue.






The Hat Series.


Speaking of Hats.........



and


Danny.
Work it.

Those Darlins Part III: Rachel Takes a Pumpkin to the Head

This Jack-o-lantern survived for most of the set,


but not all of it.

Without warning, Nikki Darlin kicked away some of the empty beer bottles and cocktail glasses that surrounded the jack-o-lantern. She then lifted her boot and with ferocious force brought it down straight through the pumpkin's crown..

The pumpkin fell from the platform onto the stage and Nikki continued to stomp on the remains.

Take a good look at the crowd and you will see Kelly Darlin's green leggings and gold boots. Do you see her? Yup, she is using some guy as a chair. I did not catch this the first couple of times I viewed these pictures.

Here are some better shots of Kelly in the crowd:






Ok, back to the Pumpkin. So after she smashed the pumpkin to smithereens, Nikki picked up a huge chunk and threw it into the crowd. From what I understand it hit a stage light and broke into several pieces, one of which smacked Rachel in the head. I did not see the pumpkin hit Rachel but I know that it happened because, after the show, she made me feel the dried pumpkin in her hair.



Before the pumpkin stomping, there was the beer spitting.

Nikki took a big swig from her bottle-o-sudds and let it pour from her mouth into the mouth of an audience member.


She then jumped into the crowd an allowed that same guy to spray/spit beer all over her. I did not get a good picture of this as I did not have my flash on and ready to go. DAMN! Here is what she looked like right after the beer spray:


Nikki pulled the beer spitter's shirt over his head and pushed him over.

Gotta love the audience participation.

And now, I give you the dancing chicken:

Those Darlins have a song called The Whole Damn Thing which includes the following lyrics:
I got drunk and I ate a chicken
I ate a chicken I found in my kitchen
not just a leg and not just a wing
I'd like to let you know that I ate the whole damn thing
The song is a fan favorite and, as you can see, Those Darlins know how to deliver the fun to the fans. The dancing chicken came out for the song and danced it's feathered ass off!



It was a great show. You should try to catch them next time they come through Austin.