My new sister-in-law...Janelle Ford

This weekend Sam & I gained our first sister-in-law, Janelle. Sam's brother Ty and Janelle were married Saturday in Nashville. Janelle is a doll (as you can see in the picture) and we are SO excited to add another Ford to the family.

Viva Las Vegas

Last week I went to Las Vegas, NV for the Southwest Airlines' Spirit Party. We started having "Spirit Parties" back in the early 90s when it was too difficult to have an annual all-company Christmas party. So twice a year we all get together for a little fun! The parties are in a different city each time, so it's a great way to get to see the country too! The LAS spirit party was downtown Las Vegas on Freemon Street. The party was packed...over 6,000 SWA Employees on one street.


Those are all the details I can share. As you all know "What happens in Vegas, Stays in Vegas!"

Five Years & Five Days...

since the horrific attacks on 9/11. I joined Southwest several months after the attacks however my Co-workers have shared with me the concern they experienced as an airline Employee on this day. Southwest published a video with Employee stories from this day. I share a few below and others are available at http://www.blogsouthwest.com/.

Southwest President Colleen Barrett and Chairman Herb Kelleher talks about our first plane to depart Dallas after the 9/11 attacks.


Southwest Pilot Terry Taylor talks about the airplane he landed in Grand Rapids, Mich.

Challenge Air

This morning I had the privilege of welcoming 125 new co-pilots to the Dallas skies. Challenge Air matches up private pilots with physically challenged children and youth for the flight of their life. Watch CBS Evening News in the coming weeks for a story on this morning’s event.

Lunch meat anyone...

How cool a lunchroom sandwich would this be?

Friday Night Lights

Fall Friday Nights in Texas focus on one thing...High School Football. Since my father-in-law is a coach for the Colleyville Heritage Panthers, I cheer for the CHHS Panthers! P-A-N-T-H-E-R-S Fight! Fight! Fight! Tonight the Panters take on Denton Ryan. So today I'm supporting the home team by sporting a red shirt with black flip-flops. Tonight you'll find Sam & me sitting on the visiting side of the stadium (to distance ourselves from the other fans).

I encourage you all to support your local High School football team. The teams, fans, band, cheerleaders, drill team, foam fingers and concession stand food. Where else could you get more action for eight bucks? (Also our concession stands have upgraded from nacho cheese and popcorn…one of the local stadiums sells Chick-fil-A.) If you're in Texas without a home team, we welcome additional support of the CHHS Panthers. More to come…for those not in Texas, our homecoming traditions can be a bit crazy. I'll make sure to post pictures from those games!

2 things that make 09 great!

09 - the month of September - two things that make it great...

1. The start of football season is great.
I would love to point out that the Vols jumped to #11 (AP poll) & #17 (USA Today poll). They looked great against Cal but several big games coming...Florida on 09.16, Georgia on 10.07 and LSU 11.04. Go VOLS!
Also I LUV my friend Jill for mentioning our Football Chicks Group on the Southwest Blog. P.S. I'm in the Tennessee Fan in Dallas Sales. :D

2. Secondly...the return of primetime TV.
I do love the hot summer weather for lake fun but I need some new TV action. Pre-Tivo, I would use the summers to catch up on missed episodes. However in the Tivo era (of which I am a big fan), I don't miss any episodes.

So...here are my favs. What are yours? Any must sees that I'm missing?
1. Grey's Anatomy
2. Lost
3. The Office

Blog Fashion...

You have a fashion style, spend hours reading and preparing for next season's dos and don'ts. Why not have a stylish blog? You might want to start with Blog Fashions. Two sites have very easy to use blogger templates...The Blog of Templates or Blogger Templates. Another site which takes some searching for a gem (kind of like T.J. Max) is Blog Skins. You'll find templates like Paris Hilton or you could check out some of their favorites for August.

If you want to create your own template...you'll need to learn HTML. HTML is pretty easy and blogger provides some good suggestions on where to start.

Anyone else have a cool resource for blog style?