Royal Purple Ladies Leg Warmers

Today on Sunday was a much needed break away from proofreading the cookbook, but still productive design wise.  Fulfilled two Scents of Happiness Orders of shampoo.  Happy to get that knocked out!  Not fun making the stuff, but love helping others go natural on what absorbs into their skin.  Many friends went up to Kansas this weekend for an activity up there, but I decided to stay back and totally enjoy the peace of quiet of so many gone, just being honest!  :-),  and be productive around my house, although...ummm...the house suffered a bit, no housework done today besides washing dishes, but will certainly have to make up for that Wednesday evening, not being a bum, it's just my next free night available after work.  Today created royal purple ladies fashion leg warmers.  Been wanting to make this design for awhile and just did it today as a nice break!  Have decided to NOT put this design up for sale on Ebay or Etsy or anywhere else, b/c the design was complex and took hours, yeah literally, to finish, hand sewn, but if any friends locally would like a pair, let me know, and I'll get around to it.

Unfinished Sneek Peek of The Cookbook of Culinary Elegance

Unfinished Sneek Peek of what's going on with The Cookbook project.  By this time next week it will be being printed to hard copy, and getting ready to be downloaded as an e-book.

Break from Work, Designing, and Cooking

Alec Brown came to visit at the Hall of Administration this morning.  While talking to his mom, I noticed he was sitting in one of the reception area chairs really cutely, so I grabbed my camera and it's now documented as history!

Cookbook Update

So I tweeted about it, but realized not everyone that reads my blog follows my tweets....

I have been crazy busy working on the final prepress production of The Cookbook of Culinary Elegance.  Down to proofreading now, and putting in final tweaks.  Hoping for it to hit the press next week.  Will be available on Amazon as a hard copy or you can download it as an e book!  My Graphics Arts degree is really saving me money and coming in handy on this project.  Will let you all know when it's released!  Exciting after TWO YEARS in the making!

Tea Time

LITERALLY after about SIX YEARS of trying to get together for tea during the work day Mrs. Malone and I FINALLY worked out our schedules to mesh!  She's a super busy lady; and on top of that our schedules are completely opposite.  When I get off work, that's when her family is home, but today, finally we had REAL TEA TIME (the loose leaf kind with STEVIA, yeah, on top of that) in her home while her husband practiced the piano who is doing a private performance tonight at the University of Central Oklahoma Local Jazz Club.  I'm working on my cookbook tonight; else I would have gone.  Above is a photo of Puchinni<sp?>; their dachshund.  Use to see him a lot when the Malone kids were younger and I use to baby sit them; but it's been awhile.  Everyone is getting older.  I tried to get a pic of him cuddling me, but I missed my op for that; the rest of the time he wanted me to play fetch.  I'm very partial to dachshund's b/c I had one growing up in Texas.  In fact, I loved mine so much that is why I don't have a dog to this day.  It was too painful when mine died.  Thanks for the good tea time Mrs. Malone.  The tea was delicious!  You are wonderful!  :-)  Good times.

Junk Food Answered Prayer Funny!

Mr. Turgeon gave me permission to put this blog entry up.  I found his latest funny from the pulpit hilarious.  Probably b/c I'm into eating healthy so much.  He said he first said it at PYC, but I missed hearing it that time, so I heard it for the first time at Bible Study this weekend.  Here goes:

There was a family who was gathered around their dinner table.  They had hotdogs loaded with nitrates, and unhealthy potato chips loaded with perservatives in front of them for dinner on the table.  They wanted to ask a blessing over their food before they ate it for God to take out any impurities that were in the food and for Him to make it nourishing to their bodies by removing the impurities, so they prayed this prayer.  When they opened their eyes after finishing up the prayer they found that God had answered their prayer; their table was completely empty; all of the junk food had been removed!  ha, ha!!!

Another AA Concert Season Underway Starting Today!

Today kicks off a brand new season in Armstrong Auditorium!  It's our third season since our 20 million dollar auditorium was finished in central Oklahoma of all places!  Time flies.  Above is a picture of our lovely Box Office Manager, Emily Burns right after she got into the office this morning!  Looks like she's geared up for the big season opening day.  She's great!  I totally love working under her in this department. 

This is also Emily's office....The ushering staff's ties, and shirts are now located in her office this year.  This is a change from the past two seasons where they were located in Auditorium storage.

This is my dinner on the go today; my homemade Spice of life; :-) almost too spicy chili.  Long work day today!

Here is Armstrong Auditorium's newest box office staff member, Paulette Corey!  With Sarah Patten out of the country, Paulette is filling her box office position this season...so here's the triple duo this season....Emily Burns; manager; Paulette Corey; Emily's box office assistant, and me, Will Call tickets in the Box Office.  Paulette will do great!

....here is me!  I'm the one taking the pictures, so the name tag will suffice and probably looks better than me this morning anyway.  :-)  I got up at 3AM this morning to find this thing!  It's been a long summer in hibernation for it!  :-)

 Our venue, Armstrong Auditorium!  A local newspaper wrote last year that it rivals European Palaces!  What a compliment!