My Mom's Picture of a rare Whooping Crane

Is on our hometown radio station's website:

KBST Radio - Big Spring

Pretty neat!

Product Review - Rain-X - 4.5 Stars

I accidentally bought one of these single-use Rain-X things about 4 weeks ago, so I decided to try it. You rip open the packet, rub down your windshield thoroughly with the towelette thing, then buff it off - sort of like waxing a car.

By performing this ritual, I was able to keep it from raining in Texas almost a month. But recently, we've had a couple of rain showers - and today it was really raining and I noticed a HUGE improvement when driving in the rain. The water beaded up and it was much easier to see.

It is so worth it - especially since it only costs 99 cents. I gave it 4.5 stars vs. 5 stars because it's a bit of a pain to apply, especially for those with gas-guzzling, environment-hating SUV's (i.e. me). I was climbing all over the place trying to reach my entire windshield and it was not lady-like (so Lisa - don't even attempt - just ask Rob to do it for you).

Kate

P.S. A couple people at work told me I was a late adopter for this product and that it's been out for like 20 years but since I didn't know about it (I really don't frequent car parts stores much) I thought yall might not have either.

Election Day

So I went and voted this morning and went back tonight for the caucus. I got there around 7:10pm. There was a huge line of people who had gotten in line to vote before 7:00pm so we all had to wait for those people to finish before we caucused. There were probably 250 people all waiting. I was approx number 10 in line and I didn't leave until a little after 9. I bet there are still people there right now.

My Mama's For Obama*

So my mom was in town last night and took me to a very nice dinner at North - an italian restaurant right across from work. We talked about several subjects but of course politics came up.

Here's the interesting bit: My mother lives in Borden County. There was no Republican party chair in Borden County this year, so there was no Republican primary. Basically, if anyone in Borden County cast a vote for the President, their only choices were Hillary or Obama.

So being the smart cookie that my mom is - *she voted for the person she thought her guy could beat. She wouldn't come out and say exactly who she voted for though - but I think it was probably Obama.

It's going to be a very interesting day!

My First Braces Adjustment

Was last Thursday. It was much easier than I had remembered adjustments being. I changed the pink o rings on my bottom teeth to light green, dark green alternating. I think they look pretty cute.

I also had a spring put in around the wire between my front top two brackets. I'll post a picture. It's not very big but it definitely gives the impression of being 'hardware'. He said he would take it off for me next adjustment. It's supposed to spread my front two teeth apart slightly so they can start turning.

And the biggest surprise of all - when I went to pay, the orthodontist told me I got an A+ for brushing. Wha? I never ever ever got an A+ for brushing the last time. The receptionist and the assistant both said he did not give A+'s out easily so I guess this makes me wicked awesome. I had to call my mom from the parking lot and tell her about this; she was proud.

He told me that he was working on two specific teeth. On Friday when I brushed my teeth it was like whirrrr whirrrr whirrr OW whirrrr whirrrr whirrrrr OW SONOFA! Whatever he did is definitely working.

Picture to come tonight if I'm not too lazy.