FAB

Fab weekend, Fab week coming up, things are going along tickety boo. Knock wood!

Thursday was hilarious, in 4 hours I avoided a business scam (rampant these days), got my ego crushed, and was contacted about the upcoming magazine article.

Friday was equally hilarious as I went to an estate only to see it being run by "Madame Scab" who has apparently come down hard on her heels. Which made me smile. Completely mean spirited I know, but she really is awful.
If you've seen that Housewives of Atlanta show and seen the Sheree character, you've seen Madame Scab. Super sly, ever financially motivated and the queen of backhanded compliments. If you ever meet Madame Scab, count your fingers after shaking her hand.

Saturday met with new customers, made a sale and looked at possible brother candidates for Fergus.

Sunday went to 6 Flags, NO lines, seriously. 6 Flags San Antonio was practically vacant. If you enjoy going to theme parks but can't deal with lines, I recommend the off season.
We could have rode everything twice and still had free time at the end of the day. Words of advice, the Rattler (biggest wooden coaster in Texas) is not for anyone who doesn't regularly attend yoga class. Serious whiplash. So so glad I had a massage scheduled for today anyways.

Never have I been on a coaster that could be described as "intentionally aggressive". The Rattler is out to hurt you. It will try to break your neck as quickly as possible. And the violent stop at the end seems set up to make the most out of your already damaged neck muscles.
Superman was a supreme coaster, smooth from start to finish. The Poltergeist (unsure WHY it's a poltergeist, but whatever) gets points for sheer speed, but it's curves are too sharp and really makes you feel like you are experiencing a high speed car accident first hand. What is that about? Every other coaster was all sharp angles and high speeds. I guess if you wait for 45 minutes to experience a minute and a half ride, it needs to be OTT. I'm a big fan of centrifuge rides, anything that spins and creates excessive gravitational pull is super cool in my book. I took Jim on the spinning swings. It's a really simple ride, just swings that spin in a circle. Usually they have small versions little kids and the Texas State Fair has one that is 3 stories tall, but it's still just a basic centrifuge ride. My hat flew off and Jim kept looking for it and of course made himself really sick by not always looking ahead. Poor thing. He was sick for the rest of the day.
So that was yesterday.

Today I was allowed to make a couple edits on an article about the shop coming out in a local shelter glossy. LOVE that I was offered the chance to make edits to the rough draft. The last newspaper article we were featured in had a bunch of disjointed quotes strung together with "And" and "but" so I sounded like a drunk decorator on meth. It was sad. I was sad when I read it.

Just came back from an excellent spa day, and now I need to pack a few things to drop in the mail tomorrow before working on a serious deep house cleaning.
Swung by WholeFoods bought some raw lemongrass and that combined with some crushed mint will make the whole house smell like a fresh lemon drop.

Going to Round Top later this week, can't wait! I love that Round Top falls on or near my birthday. It's a nice little bonus each year.