Friday, December 30th, 2011

Namaste,

Up and working... Emails, pictures.... I woke Trey up at 6:30 and we took off for the Golf Course. When I called the other day they told me we could tee off at 7:30 and then when we got there they said we could not hit until 8:00 so we went in and had breakfast. Trey and I hit like crap but we had fun. The weather was beautiful for December 30th... It was 50 degrees when we started. When we were done we stopped at Whole Foods and got some cheese. We went to Louie's and got some chicken and then home to clean house. Sherrie and I are going to Tulsa for a couple of days and so there was laundry and stuff to do! When she got off work we went and had the oil changed on the truck and then went to Crest and Wal-Mart. We are waiting on the OU game to start and then off to bed. I have a lot of shopping planned for Tulsa! 52 and rainy in Paris tonight! I looked at the webcam earlier and it was wrapped in clouds! Just beautiful!

Love you all!

Mat

Thursday, December 29th, 2011

Namaste,

Well I woke up at 2:30 and never really got back to sleep... I had a lot on my mind. Work has been a real challenge this week, and I just couldn't stop thinking about it! I got up and worked on some stuff before heading out to get some coffee and then drive out by the lake. There was a huge bobcat and I got a couple of pictures but it was still pretty dark. Then as I kept driving there was a huge 8 point buck and a 4 point buck. I didn't get any pictures because they decided they didn't like me and ran off. Work was very difficult today. We are going through some budgetary issues and it was meeting after meeting after meeting. As soon as I was done at work, I met Mike and Trey at Hooters in Bricktown. I was going to shoot the Thunder game but had some issues and so we just went to the game and enjoyed it as a fan. It was one of the best games I have ever been to! Kevin Durant drained a three pointer at the buzzer to beat the World Championship Mav's! We came home and I freaking died! 46 and cloudy in Paris tonight! only 78 days to go!

Love you all!

Mat

Wednesday, December 28th, 2011

Namaste,

As usual up at the butt crack of dawn. I put on a movie and started working on a slide show of Nick & Lisa \'s wedding. It was going pretty well when I had to leave for team. I was requested to bring bagels to team so I stopped and got them on my way. Team, then Flash, Post-Flash, Leadership and the Medical Executive Meeting and the Executive Counsel. OMG! It was 3:00 before I saw my office. I had a ton to catch up on before looking up and it was well after 5:30! I came home and Sherrie had made some tortilla soup, and I had some cheese and crackers. We have been looking at some places in Tulsa for New Years Eve and a very nice restaurant for dinner. I am taking Friday off from work and Trey and I are playing golf. I use to play every January 1st, but due to the fact that I am going to be out of town we will have to do it on Friday. It's 39 and partly cloudy in Paris tonight!

Love you all!

Mat

Tuesday, December 27th, 2011

Namaste,

Up and straight to work. I had several meetings and my conference call, so there was plenty to do! I left the house a little before 7:00, hit Starbucks the dry cleaners and then took my new video camera to the lake to see what was moving. I shot some birds and then went to Edge Water to see what was moving in there. There were deer everywhere! I messed around in there for thirty minutes and then decided I better get to work. My new bestie in the world Ivy brought my a Venti Skinny Caramel.... I had to do her job for her last week when she went out of town! ;-) It was very much appreciated but not necessary! Anyway.... The morning was a buzz, with Flash, Post-Flash, Leadership, Marketing Meeting, and then preparing for my marketing conference call. I had a meeting with Chad and Tony to discuss length of stay and then my call. before I knew it, it was 3:00 and I had an evaluation from Texas to do. Sherrie called me and the battery on the car door opener wasn't working so I had to head to Edmond to rescue her. She stopped by and picked Nanny up and they made chicken tortilla soup for dinner. Sherrie and I cleaned up and then I started working on a presentation for Chad and Joe. I was suppose to fight Mike Giroux again tonight but last weekend I partially tore my Achilles on my left foot. Well what had happened was.... trey ran over my heel with a shopping cart! It is swollen 3 times larger than normal and black as midnight! I'm crashin! I looked at the Eiffel Tower Webcam and the whole tower was shrouded in fog..... It was 46 and froggy!

Love you all!

Mat

Monday, December 26th, 2011



Namaste,

Up at 5:00 and in the shower.... Sherrie and I had some Khol's bucks we needed to spend so we went and got out early morning shop on. I got a sweater, Trey got a new polo, Sherrie got some pajama's, we got some new sheets, and a few gifts and it only cost us $31.00. We came home and brought the stuff in then stopped at Starbucks before going our separate ways. I got to work and in typical fashion it was a friggin mess. I have all of my reports due on Monday mornings, and then Chad scheduled a budget meeting for my department at 2:00. He later changed it to 12:30 so I skipped lunch to get ready for it.... I sat outside his office for well over an hour while he was finishing with Nicole. When I got in I found out a bunch of interesting information.... OH MY! I went back to the office and worked on minutes and agenda for my marketing meeting. I left a little after 4:00... All of my case managers and physicians were off today for the recognized holiday so no one was moving. I went to Wal-Mart and Sherrie helped me get the things we needed. I came home and Boomer had made a heck of a mess. I started taking down the Christmas trees, and then Sherrie came home and after she fixed me a wonderful dinner she helped me finish taking down the Christmas stuff, and clean the house up. I have been working on a project for Chad and watching the Thunder game on TV. I am suppose to spar Mike Giroux again tomorrow night. I hope he brings his "A" Game! 32 and Cloudy in Paris tonight!

Love you all!

Mat

Sunday, December 25th, 2011

Namaste,

What can I say... First Christmas without mom! Sucked big time! Not a very joyous occasion, but we decided to try and make the best of it. I woke up at 4:00 and never really got back to sleep. Sherrie was awake at 5:00 and we just kinda laid there until 6:00. We got our showers and started cleaning house. With a giant dog and a muddy back yard it is a never ending cleaning project! Trey came through at about 7:00 and the we let him wake up Jordan and Josh. We did our presents. Sherrie got me an awesome JVC HD Video Camera.... Trey and I got her a Ruby and Diamond necklace. Trey got some Soul by Ludacris headphones, Jordan got a bunch of gift cards, and we got Josh a new pair of Vans and a couple of ties for work. Sherrie and I cooked a big breakfast, and then I worked on some pictures for Diane. Sherrie and I took a nap for a couple of hours and then I started watching basketball. I kinda just vegged out for most of the afternoon! Josh and Jordan went to his family's for most of the day but when the got back we all went over to Nanny's. We came back and the Thunder game was coming on. Joshes truck broke down so we had to got tow it back home. Merry Christmas to everyone. I looked at the webcam in Paris about 10 times today. It was nice.... 52 and broken clouds. Wish I was there now!

Love you all!

Mat

Saturday, December 24th, 2011

Namaste,

I jumped up and started working on Diane's collage. I made about 15 different samples before making one I really liked. I got a call from Work and had to admit a patient so that threw me off my schedule. I wanted to be at Quail Springs at 8:00am to avoid the madness.... I woke Trey up with some Diddy and Kanye "Hello.... Good Morning!"  He got dressed, we hit Vintage Coffee and then to the mall. We got our shop on! We left the mall went to Wal-Mart, and then Crest! When we got home I saw my bike hanging in the garage and even though it was only 38 degrees I decided to make Trey go with me to the lake and ride.... Well I rode and Trey sat in Louie's eating chips and salsa and I rode! ;-) I have not ridden in a couple of months and I could tell. I told Sherrie I was going to do 20 or 30 miles, but I got 2 miles into the ride and was in pain already! My lungs were burning! I was also 40 seconds per minute off my pace. I made it back around and went into Louie's to have a bite with Trey. We came back home and I had to close my eyes for a bit! I tried to lay down but got 20 calls from work. I got up and cleaned up a little, before Sherrie got here. Trey and I also made some cookies... Trey made snickerdoodles and I made Cranberry, Walnut, Oatmeal. Trey's cookies came out wonderful; however, mine came out like crap! I used the wrong kind of butter and my cookies turned into one cookie and then fell apart! When Jordan and Josh got here we loaded up and headed out to Mike and Marylin Isbell's house for their annual Christmas Eve party. We always have such a great time with the Isbell's... Josh is home from LA, and Matt and Lindsey and their girls, Matt's family.... The Tiptons were there.... There was so much food, and it was all soooooo good! We came home and waited for the kids to go to bed before we could finish some Christmas stuff. It was a very busy but great day. I got to spend it with my family, and friends! 48 and cloudy in Paris!

Love you all!

Mat

Friday, December 23rd, 2011

Namaste,

Well it was a crazy day as everyone expected it would be. We had an employee appreciation breakfast at work, so several of the department heads came in early and cooked breakfast for the line staff. I made the eggs and of course they were all eaten. After meetings I went out into the field to see my patients I had working and saw several of my doc's. Everyone had pretty much discharged yesterday so it was fairly quiet in the facility. I met several of my co-workers at Applebee's for lunch and tried the new Chicken Bruchetta Salad. It was off the hook! I went back to work and started working through some emails... We had several families come through and about 4:00 we decided it would be safe to head out. I went by Wal-Mart and it was so crazy that I came straight home and cleaned a little. Curtis and Lisa came by and then when Sherrie got home we had to go to church. Trey and I got selected to work the Friday night service and it was really chilly, but everyone was in a great mood. Service was good and then we went to pick up the Jag at Firestone. It needed new tires.... Sherrie and Trey went by Johnnie's and I came home. One of my employees ask me to put together a collage for her, so I started working on that. I had a lot to get accomplished Saturday. I need to get several gifts, make cookies and clean the house a little. Jordan and Josh are coming to spend the night, and we have the Isbell's Christmas party tonight! Better get busy! 46 and sunny in Paris!

Love you all!

Mat

Thursday, December 22nd, 2011

Namaste,

Up and working on pictures for Nick and Lisa.... I had to do an evaluation at the Midwest City at 6:30 so I left early. I stopped and got my coffee and then on to work. It took me an hour and a half to get the eval done, then on to flash, post flash and leadership before heading back into the field.... I had to be back at noon for my marketing meeting and then back into the field to do more evaluations. It was a crazy day with a lot of drama. I left at 5:00 and came home to change clothes. We were going to meet with Nick and Lisa so they could see their wedding pictures. They were running late so we went to Whole Foods and walked around. It was pretty cool. We bought a stuffed pork loin and some cheese. We went on to Bricktown and met Lisa and Nick.... They seemed to be really pleased with their wedding pictures. They are a really great couple! We came home to find a gift basket of cheese and crackers from Whole Foods on our front porch. Thanks Mike! I worked on some pictures for one of my employees before crashing!

Love you all!

Mat

Tuesda & Wednesday, December 20th & 21st, 2011

Namaste,

Well as I have mentioned we have been very short handed at work and we have had end of year reviews and projections for next year so I have literally been working 20 hours a day for the last several days. I did take a couple hours for myself Tuesday night and meet my good friend and trainer Mike Giroux at a new gym in the middle of the hood. It is called "The Fight Factory!" It is in a old warehouse in the worst part of town, but the guy who opened it up is trying to reach inner-city kids which is kinda how 805 started. We warmed up and then a couple other guys that trained with us at 805 showed up. I went Three five minute rounds, and was pretty happy with my performance. I went 1 - 1 - 1! I submitted a young buck, got submitted by a buddy Justin, and had a draw with Mike Giroux... I am sore as crap!

Wednesday, was crazy... I had team, flash, post flash, leadership and then get ready for End of Year Performance Improvement. PI lasted for over two hours... I had two vent evals to do on the south side of the city.... I came straight home got Trey, Sherrie and Steph and we went to Longhorn for dinner. We ate like pigs then went to the mall. Probably a bad idea to take two women shopping after a bottle of wine. They tried on some really cute dresses and we got a few gifts... We came home and I had to prepare for my marketing meeting in the morning. It was a good night! 54 and cloudy in Paris!

Love you all!

Mat

Monday, December 19th, 2011

Namaste,

Up at the crack of dawn and working till it was time to take Trey to school, hit Vintage and then on to work. I got there and all hell broke loose.... State showed up in our building for their annual survey and everyone was on edge, With Diane out this week I had to have everything uploaded and ready for my conference call before I could leave the building to see the 14 patients I needed to see. I got to the facility and got busy... I went back to my office at 2:00 and was on my call until three then had two in house evaluations to do. I worked until 5:30 and then drove straight home picked up Trey, my Smokin Hot Wife and Nanny to go to Trey's Christmas orchestra program. It was the same music they play every year, but it was not as long as usual. We came home and Sherrie made me some awesome stuffed mushrooms, and heated some pork roast from last night.... I am stuffed like a hog in slop! I am sparring one of my instructors and good friend Mike Giroux tomorrow night. I am really excited! 45 and partly cloudy in Paris tonight!

Love you all!

Mat

Friday, Saturday and Sunday December 16th, 17th and 18th 2011

Namaste,

As you can prolly tell with three days rolled into one I have been swamped. I have had two employees out and more bull crap than one person should have to deal with so I will hit the highlights...

Friday was a blur of activity at work. I was at one of our Acute Care Facilities all day, and then home to clean up for the leadership Christmas Party... I got dressed and then had major drama at work so I had to go back before the party and straighten some stuff out.... To the party where I won the movie Planet of the Apes. Sherrie looked HOTTTTT! By far the hottest chick at the party.

Saturday morning I did an evaluation at 6:00am and then processed it. I had to jet back to Edmond to get to Trey's basketball game and then home to clean until Sherrie got off work. We then shopped, shopped, and shopped some more! We put the movie on and I fell asleep on the couch.

Sunday morning I got up had work to do, and then Trey and I went to church. From church I went straight to work to evaluate a patient and ended up doing three.... Trey was very angry with me! We came home and I cleaned, cleaned, cleaned until Sherrie came home. We loaded the bikes and went for a ride. When we got home we finished dinner. I had put a pork loin in the crock pot.... It was yummy! I worked some more, and then crashed hard! 39 and Sunny in Paris!

There you have it! My life is a whirlwind!

Love you all!

Mat

Thursday, December 15th, 2011

Namaste,

Well what a whirl wind day... I was up at the butt crack of dawn, and busy following up on yesterdays activities at work. My AC Trina is in California so I have been overwhelmed this week. I took Trey to school, hit Vintage and then Jordan and I went to Midwest City. I got very busy, very early and it stayed that way all the way through the end of the day. I did break away to take Cindy and Amber to lunch. The afternoon was a blur... Cindy had to leave early and that's when it got fun! I had two more admissions on the hospital side and one to get moved to the Nursing Center. I did not leave until after six. Luckily Jordan was running late so she wasn't to mad at me. We came home and when Sherrie got home at 8:00 we ran to Khol's to find something for me to wear to the leadership Christmas dinner tonight. I found a couple of new sweaters and Sherrie found a few things for Jordan. We came home and I went straight to bed! 47 and Cloudy in Paris tonight!

Love you all!

Mat

Wednesday, December 14th, 2011

Namaste,

Jordan slept in the bed with Sherrie so I slept or didn't sleep on the couch! I tossed and turned and then the dang alarm clock went off! I got up edited some pictures and then got Trey and Jordan up. We left early so I stopped at Vintage and then took Trey to school. Since I had team, Jordan drove my truck to the training center and then after flash, post-flash and leadership I had Cindy drop me off to get it and we all went to Venizia for Charles Miller's birthday lunch. Back to the office where I had two giant reports due and then an evaluation at Midwest City, and off to get Jordan and on to do another eval in the city. We came home and I had a little house work to do, before finishing the evals and getting ready for tomorrow! Not a very exciting day, but it was busy! 43 and broken clouds in Paris tonight! Like 97 days until we leave!

Love you all!

Mat

Tuesday, December 13th, 2011

Namaste,

Up at 5:00 with every intention of finishing the wedding pictures I have been working on for a couple of weeks. I started working on reports for my meeting and then before I knew it I was running late for work. I took Trey to school, dropped my dry cleaning off and then headed to Midwest City.... I got busy immediately and then took Jordan to the Super Cuts training center. I ran back to work for my Flash, Post Flash, Leadership, and then my Marketing Meeting. By that time it was 11:30 and I was ready for lunch.... Unfortunately I had an eval to do and then there were several reports due. I had to do some internal marketing and a couple of family tours. I had some numbers to assemble for the Administrator and then I had to pick Jordan up at training. By the time we got to Edmond it was time to take Trey to basketball practice. I came home and heated up some left overs, then got started looking at emails. I had several from work that needed attention.... Before I knew it Trey was calling saying he was ready to be picked up from practice.... Oooops! I am going to work on pictures for a while and turn in early! 45 and scattered showers in Paris!

Love you all!

Mat

Monday, December 12th, 2011

Namaste,

I got up and immediately started working on reports.... Monday is meeting day.... Well honestly everyday is meeting day! Jordan spent the night because she is in training at Super Cuts right next to my work, so I got her up and essentially we had five people trying to get ready at the same time. I took Trey to school, then Jordan and I went to Vintage and then off to Midwest City. Jordan hung out in the office while I got my day started then I took her to the training center at 8:30. I got busy at work we had the three morning meetings, and then I started getting ready for my conference call. It was kinda brutal.... We are discussing budgets for next year, and my budget numbers are increasing to almost unrealistic numbers. Oh well.... What are you going to do? I took Cindy to Pizza Inn at lunch for a salad bar. It is across the parking lot from Jordan's training center. She came in and had lunch with us. You could tell she didn't feel well.... I went back to work, and the afternoon was quite busy! I left at five picked Jordan up and then had to go to Gaillardia to pay rent for a friend of mine. We came home and Sherrie took Jordan to the evening clinic. They said she has an upper respiratory infection and gave her some antibiotics. I worked on budget numbers for several hours before crashing out! It was a long stressful day! 52 and rain in Paris!

Love you all!

Mat

Saturday & Sunday, December 10th, and 11th 2011

Namaste,


Well after a late night I got up kinda early and edited pictures before heading to Wal-Mart to pick up some prints. I went by Hobby Lobby and then I was called to admit two patients. It took me a little while but I got it done. Trey's first game of the year was at noon, but his friends were playing at 11:00 so we went to watch them. Trey did so well at his game. He scored two points, had three rebounds, a block and a steal. His reward was Johnnie's. We came home and I had to lay down... I jumped up and did the floors, and then cooked Sherrie and Steph dinner. I made Asian salad with homemade dressing, grilled chicken and then cleaned up the mess. We all loaded up in the truck and drove through Nichols Hills, Chesapeake, and Thornbrooke looking at Christmas lights... Good day!

I got up at 5:00 and started editing pictures. I heard Sherrie in the bathroom and she was very ill... I told her to go back to bed. I got cleaned up and went on to church to work in the parking lot. I went by mom's and got the lawn trailer. My lawn was pretty shabby.... I wrapped an old T-Shirt around the exhaust to try to muffle the sound and when I looked behind me it was on fire.... I laughed my butt off! It took me a couple of hours to do everything I wanted to do with the lawn. I put all of my equipment except the big mower in storage and then took the trailer back to moms. I put the big mower in her garage, and then took the wheels and tires off the trailer. I need to have the tires replaced so I though I would drop them off tomorrow. I came in showered and helped Sherrie for a bit. I made her get up and move around a little.... She wanted to lay back down so we took a little nap, before getting up to edit some more pictures, and then Jordan and Josh showed up. Jordan is staying with us this week. She is working at the Super Cuts training center in Midwest City so she is just going to ride with me. Josh's truck was making a horrible noise so I took the left front tire off and it needed brakes. It took me a couple of hours to get it put together, and then I came in for shower number three and to do some reports for tomorrow. I am beat! 46 and rainy in Paris tonight!

Love you all!

Mat

Friday, December 10th, 2011

Namaste,

Good grief, what a crazy day! I was editing pictures when one of my liaisons emailed me. She had her wisdom teeth pulled Thursday afternoon and was not feeling well so I took Trey to school and headed to work. Diane had 10 patients for me to see, but first I had to get my stuff in order. I got it going and headed into the field to get things going. I broke off at 11:30 and picked up Cindy and Trina and took the to Venezia for lunch. Trina was flying out to California for the next 9 days so I wanted to take them to the Christmas lunch before she left. I took them back to work and headed back out into the field. My afternoon was a blur.... I saw my patients and arranged several transports and then back to the office to organize. I left the office at 5:00 and hit traffic. Sherrie and I were having some friends over for a little Christmas party and she had her friend Sam come over to help cook. I got home changed clothes and headed out to take Boomer to mom's. We didn't want a bunch of kid's chasing him around.... I dropped Trey off at practice and then back to the house. We had a house full. I had friends from work, friends from Sherrie's school, and our best friends.... We had a great time with everyone. When the party ended about midnight, Sherrie and I still had to go back to mom's and get Boomer. He was so happy to see us that he jumped right in the truck. We came home and I cleaned up a bit before calling it a night! It's 41 and partly cloudy in Paris right now.... Looks chilly but BEAUTIFUL!

Love you all!

Mat

Thursday, December 8th, 2011

Namaste,

Oh my.... My dang dog woke me up at 12:33 and I was only able to doze off and on for the rest of the night. Sherrie says that when I get up she cant sleep so I just laid there thinking about all the things I needed to be doing. I got up at 5:00 and started editing pictures. I left at 6:45 took Trey to school and then hit Vintage. I then had to run by the bank for Jordan and go by the post office to mail Christmas cards. I headed to work and it was non stop from the time I walked in the door until I left at 11:15 to go to a meeting downtown. The meeting went excellent and then I had to go check on seven patients for one of my girls who was having oral surgery. I wrapped that up and had one more eval to do at this nasty nursing home on the north east side of the city. I couldn't stay there very long it had an odor that was..... Well, let's just say not pleasant! I came home and Sherrie had been cleaning for several hours and the house looked great! I took Trey and Sherrie to Louie's for a bite and then off to Wal-Mart to pick up some essentials..... We came home and I cleaned the laundry room while Sherrie finished the cleaning the rest house! We have been finishing the Christmas cards. It is about time for bed... 41 and cloudy in Paris!

Love you all!

Mat

Wednesday, December 7th, 2011

Namaste,

Up and editing pictures... This is gonna take a while due to the fact that the lighting in the church was bad and I have several shadows to remove from each image. I took Trey to school a little bit early hit Vintage and then off to work. We were having team, when my employee Amber called and she had a flat tire. I jumped up drove to the west side of Moore to change her tire and then back to Midwest City to meet with some family's.... Amber and I had a lunch appointment in Norman so I took off at 11:00. Our meeting went well... We got two referrals out of the meeting so I consider that a success! I made it back to Midwest City just after 1:00 and had nothing but DRAMA! We had a couple of patients that were borderline. They are really sick, and very expensive so I have to justify why we should take these patients. Then I had to caress a doctor that we brought on staff, and he was not real clear on how the system works. Then there was a patient in the ER that we had to make arrangements on through her insurance.... Just really busy! I was suppose to leave at 2:30 so I could make it to Deer Creek at 3:30 for Trey's scholar squad competition. Sherrie was on her way home from clinicals so I came to the house and waited on her. We drove out to Deer Creek and got to watch the last two rounds of the meet. Trey kicked butt, and his team won! We left there and stopped at Cafe 7, for a bite to eat then off to Sams, and Target. We came home and started working on Christmas cards. I do not ever want a duplication of yesterday.... Too Crazy! 48 and pouring rain in Paris today!

Love you all!

Mat

Tuesday, December 6th, 2011

Namaste,

Up and ready for work...  I edited pictures for a while and then worked on the agenda for my morning meeting. I took Trey to school and then hit Vintage. I made my way to Midwest City to continue getting ready for my morning meeting. Chad, and Bobby were out so Paula and I ran Post Flash, and Leadership. I had my marketing meeting and then did two evaluations..... I was suppose to have a luncheon with a big hospitalist group at noon, but they called and had double booked, so we are going Thursday. I took Trina to Arby's and to get a sandwich and back to the office. I got the doctors Christmas presents ordered and then did a couple family tours. I had a Marketing plus Christmas party at McNeillys pub at 4:30. My buddy Riccardo was there and we had a good talk. My girl Patty came in and I took off to get Trey. He had basketball practice at 7:00... I came home did some laundry and mopped the floor.  I finished the first rounds of edits on the wedding pictures. That was the easy part! Now for final edits.  Sherrie just got home from work and we are headed to bed! 48 and pouring rain in Paris right now!

Love you all!

Mat

Monday, December 5th, 2011

Namaste,

Holy cow it was cold this morning... I have decided to start running again; However, number one I have turf toe on my left big toe, and number two it was 5 degrees with the wind chill this morning, so number one I stayed in bed 10 extra minutes, and number two I took a long hot shower! I worked on pictures for an hour before taking Trey to school hitting Vintage and then off to work. I got to work and it was a typical Monday. All of my Liaison reports due by 9:00 and all of my reports due by 10:00 in addition to flash, post, lleadership and then a couple of evaluations. Sherrie had an instructor that was not feeling well so she let them out at 11:30 so she went to lunch with me and my girls. We had Chinese.... It was YUMMY! Sherrie came home and I went back to work. I got the doctors Christmas presents ordered and worked on my information for my conference call. My call was great our numbers for last month were off the charts, so they had nothing for me. I left a few minutes before 5:00 so I could return the Santa suit that we rented for the Christmas party. It took me more than an hour to get home. I made Trey a deal that if he would help me straighten the house I would take him to get a bite at Louie's. We got there ate and were home before Monday Night Football started. I made my agenda for my marketing meeting and did my expense reports.... I am beat! I found a live video stream of the Eiffel Tower http://www.earthcam.com/france/paris/ In the top right it tells you the weather... In the bottom left it tells you the date and time of day. I have found myself watching this live stream of an inanimate object for hours.... I cant wait to get there!

Love you all!

Mat

Sunday, December 5th, 2011

Namaste,

Up and editing pictures... I woke everyone up and got ready for church. We had an orchestra playing before and after the service so I made Trey stay inside with Sherrie. It was really cold out! I was so thankful that the wind was not blowing. The service was good... We left and went to Crest to get so essentials, then home to unload. Sherrie had to be at work at 11:00 so Trey and I cleaned out the fridge, and then we watched a little football. I was not interested so I made him get dressed and we went to the mall, then Best Buy. It is just crazy out there this time of year. When we got home I went into OCD mode and started cleaning. I made a fabulous dinner and then cleaned up.... I got busy editing pictures before getting a head start on my weekly reports.

Love you all!

Mat

Saturday, December 3rd, 2011

Namaste,

It was a short night... I had a wedding to shoot and I hate shooting weddings so I laid in bed thinking about what I needed to get accomplished. I usually have Sherrie's help with big shoots but she had to work...  I got up and made my list and then set out at 10:00 in the pouring rain to meet Lisa the bride at MAC in Penn Square to do the make-up pictures. I got there right at 10:30 and she was very ill, so she was an hour late. I walked around the mall, and then found a place to sit for an hour. Once she got there and we got into the flow everything was great. We went straight from the mall to the church to do the hair pictures and then the ceremony. Everything went really fast and it was very hectic due to the fact that we were a full hour behind schedule. The reception was suppose to be over at 6:30 but the couple were ready to leave at 5:30 so they made their get away, and I headed home. I was excited to get home and watch the bedlam game, but OU never made it to the game so some Jr. High team put on OU's uniforms and played like pee-wee players. I went to bed a 1/2 time. It's 54 and raining in Paris. I forgot to post the weather yesterday... I was focused on getting the wedding stuff done!

Love you all!

Mat