The one thing you can't wear is steamed Vegetables!

Kelley K. visited this weekend with her friend Tomiya from SMU. We had a fanatastic time touring San Antonio, eating fabulous Mexican food, drinking margaritas, and of course.... Glam Rockin' the Rock Band! Friday night, we created a monster. Tomiya is the new karaoke queen! Songs from Rent, Garbage, and of course, Madonna were enjoyed by all. Brian K. sang "rock this night" and we closed down the bar.

Saturday started with lunch at La Fogota, the best jalisco style Mexican on the planet!We sipped margaritas, pina coladas, and took advantage of the fabulous lighting with a few pictures. (coming soon!) After that, off to the ALAMO!! Tomiya had never been so we had to do the Alamo Drive by. Of course, you can't beat wandering the river walk with a beer in one hand and strobing devil horns on your hand... can you say "attention seeking behavior." La Tuna served us Texas's greatest burger, and we wrapped up the night and Brian and Alisha's with Rock Band!

Its business as usual in San Antonio. Beautiful weather, and lots of it! That being said, I'll be visiting Dallas next weekend... Look out Dallas, Debbie's Back!! :) JK.

So if you are reading this, I'm sorry, now we all see why I don't write often. Apparently I don't have much to say. I think it's because whenever I actually have time to write, nothing interesting is going on. Oh well.

TTFN

Deb "dunzo" Barnes

The 9th Wonder of the World

Toni graduated this weekend with her bachelors degree. Apparently, she claimed this to be the "ninth wonder of the world"... but that begged the question what was the eighth? There are seven wonders of the ancient world, and many places that have been called the eighth, but no official claim to this name. Apparently, art history majors at UNT are in on something that the rest of the world missed out on... so Toni what is the eighth wonder of the world according to you?


The commencement ceremony came with all the "Pomp and Circumstance" to be expected. Amanda suggested an update to included "oontsa" music and announcer like the guy who says " lets get ready to rumble!" to proclaim the new graduates.

The weekend was truly a blast, Jay was in from Iowa, Will from Germany, and all the locals (Ted, Tommy, Amanda) joined in the fun as well. I have to say I was impressed with everyone's stamina and 11 hours of celebration!! Woo Hoo!

Deb " the eighth wonder" Barnes

A House Full of Friends

This weekend Tommy and Ted came to San Antonio for a visit, Will flew in from Germany, and Janet (Will and Ed's mom) drove over from Houston. We had a great weekend. On Friday night we went out to a Rag-Time jazz club on the San Antonio Riverwalk. It was very fun, and got me in the mood for swing dancing... has anyone been recently? I really miss it... I think I'll try to find a place to go here in SA. Saturday Will and Ed returned from Dallas, where Will flew to, and Janet arrived from Houston to visit Will. We all went to dinner out one of favorites: La Tuna... a SA ice house turned restaurant and bar. Great food, and a fabulous white chocolate, cherry bread pudding. Hmm... wonder why I've gained so much weight recently.

Meanwhile , on the losing weight front, I'm checking out Gold's Gym. The one here in SA is really nice. At one of the locations they have cardio equipment set up in front of a movie theater screen. Pretty cool. I took a yoga class on Friday, and it kicked my booty! Today I tried out a class called body pump. Its a class that takes you through a series of barbell exercises: squats, curls, push ups, and sit ups.. the works! My legs were all wobbly when I left. My arms are still on the fritz.

We are going to Denton this weekend ... Toni's Graduation!!! Hooray!! We'll be back again the weekend after that for xmas fun!

Deb "burning off the booty" Barnes

Update: Back to Business

(1) Stop smoking...for real. DONE
(2) Excercise 3-4 times a week. : (
(3) Spend more time for school (10-12 hours a day). (DONE - Dissertation Complete!)
(4) Save Money (just a little) every month. (DONE)
(5) Work on my posture. : (

Two years 8 months and 22 days later, I've accomplished 3 of my 5 goals for 2005... I ROCK!! 2 more to go - funny - these have remained my goals throughout.

Deb "sittin' up straight" Barnes

Is there anybody out there?

If anyone is actually reading this I'm sure you will be completely astonished! It has been 2 years 8 months and 22 days since I last posted anything to this blog. Well, I'm consistent if nothing else. I guess you could say a few things have happened since then.

(1) Married my sweetheart Ed. (Which makes me a Barnes)
(2) Finished my Ph.D. (Which makes me Dr. Barnes)
(3) Moved to San Antonio (Which makes me Dr. Barnes Princess Mama)

I think you could say the last few years have been muy bien! Ed and I have been married for almost a year now (which is hard to believe) and are loving married life. Honestly, it hasn't been too different for us... marrying your best friend who you have known for almost 14 years (HOLY CRAP!) makes marriage a pretty easy transitions.

Current Favorite Shows: House, Heroes, Weeds, Californication, Scrubs, and since no one is even reading this I will admit it is Voyager.

I guess this is all for now, but I bet I will be back soon... I'm sure less time will pass than last time!

Deb "knocking you off your chair" Barnes

Anwers to your questions Regarding Sponge Bob's Sexuality

Check the link for the truth from Mrs Squarepants herself.

ttfn
Deb

Subject: Dilbert's Best

A magazine recently ran a "Dilbert Quotes" contest.

They were looking for people to submit quotes from their real life

Dilbert-type managers. Here are the finalists:

1. "As o f tomorrow, employees will only be able to access the building using individual security cards. Pictures will be taken next Wednesday and employees will receive their cards in two weeks." (This was the winning quote from Fred Dales at Microsoft Corp. in

Redmond, WA.)

2. "What I need is a list of specific unknown problems we will encounter." (Lykes Lines Shipping)

3. "E-mail is not to be used to pass on information or data. It should be used only for company business." (Accounting manager, Electric Boat Company)

4. "This project is so important, we can't let things that are more important interfere with it." (Advertising/Marketing manager, UPS)

5. "Doing it right is no excuse for not meeting the schedule."

6. No one will believe you solved this problem in one day! We've been working

on it for months. Now, go act busy for a few weeks and I'll let you know when it's time to tell them." (R&D supervisor, 3M Corp.)

7. "My Boss spent the entire weekend retyping a 25-page proposal that only needed corrections. She claims the disk I gave her was damaged and she couldn't edit it. The disk I gave her was write-protected." (CEO of Dell)

8. Quote from the Boss: "Teamwork is a lot of people doing what I say." (Marketing executive, Citrix Corporation)

9. My sister passed away and her funeral was scheduled for Monday.

When I told my Boss, he said she died on purpose so that I would have to miss work on the busiest day of the year. He then asked if we could change her burial to Friday. He said, "That would be better for me."

(Shipping exec, FTD Florists)

10. "We know that communication is a problem, but the company is not going to discuss it with the employees."

(Switching supervisor, AT&T )

11. We recently received a memo from senior management saying: "This is to inform you that a memo will be issued today regarding the memo mentioned above." (Microsoft, Legal Affairs Division)

12. One day my Boss asked me to submit a status report to him concerning a project I am working on. I asked him if tomorrow would be soon enough. He said, "If I wanted it tomorrow, I would have waited until tomorrow to ask for it!" (New business manager,

Hallmark Greeting Cards.)

13. As director of communications, I was asked to prepare a memo reviewing our company's training programs and materials. In the body of the memo in one of the sentences I mentioned the "pedagogical approach" used by one of the training manuals. The day after I routed the memo to the executive committee, I was called into the HR

director's office, and told that the executive vice president wanted me out of the building

by lunch. When I asked why, I was told that she wouldn't stand for perverts (pedophiles?) working in her company. Finally, he showed me her copy of the memo, with her demand that I be fired - and the word "pedagogical" circled in red. The HR manager was fairly reasonable, and once he looked the word up in his dictionary and made a copy of the definition to send back to her, he told me not to worry. He would take care of it. Two days later, a memo to the entire staff came out directing us that no words which could not be found in the local Sunday newspaper could be used in company memos. A month later, I resigned. In accordance with company policy, I created my resignation memo by

pasting words together from the Sunday paper. (Taco Bell Corporation)

Not successful So far

So far my goals have not been achieved, well not entirely. I am still smoking occasionally...A part time smoker as I have been for more than a year now. I am exercising, but not regularly...Sporadically is the best way to describe it. I have been working more hours most days, but somedays are totally unproductive. However, I have not given up yet.

Deb " not totally satisfied" Manica