UPDATE -- GRAND PRAIRIE

Yesterday somebody asked me if I had updated my blog, my answer was simply "Nothing new has happened yet." I mean I can put on my blog that I eat, sleep and go to work, but that is really boring and lets face it, I don't need help or spotlight on the boring part of my life.

No sooner than that conversation took place I got a phone call -- a very long awaited phone call. For those of you who know me and my family well, you know that for Kevin (my brother) to call me there must be something wrong or very important he has to tell me. The family joke is Kevin offers information and conversation on a need to know basis. If he thinks you need to know, he will tell you.

The phone call was nothing of urgency, importance or despair. He simply--and shockingly--wanted to get back in touch. He said he's been meaning to call me for some time but his work schedule was busy.

Not only was I excited to hear from him, I was very happy that he called. Just a few hours earlier I told our mother, Kevin never calls me. I call him and leave messages on his cell and home phones and I never hear back from him. I said, Did mom tell you to call me. (laugh). He said no, I just have been meaning to call you.

He was waiting on his friend Bill. They were meeting for their weekly coffee and discuss the problems of the world appointment -- well that is how it started a few months ago. However it developed into bowling. You see, Kevin wanted to secretly practice and get better at bowling so he could kick his wife's butt, at bowling that is. (His wife Jennifer's words, not mine.) Jennifer's grandmother had given Kevin a pair of shoes and bowling ball that belonged to Jennifer's grandfather. That gave Kevin the inspiration to keep secrets from his wife and sneak out of the house. But Jennifer discovered his secret. (He He.) Once she did, she searched Craig's List for a ball of her own.

I used to go bowling a lot. I took it as my PE class in college. When I first got married, Steven and I went all the time. He liked it so well he played in a league from work. Then, he quit going and I could not get him to go with me, so I quit bowling as well. I told Kevin, he and Jennifer are going to have to take me bowling some time. That should be fun. There is an alley in north Arlington that is smoke free, I am sure there are more in the area.

Ok, I know this is not my best and most exciting blog to date. I am sorry, I have a boring life. I am meeting new people and having a great time since moving here from Longview.