Clean or not, this is why underwear is a good idea when driving

FROM TODAY'S AUSTIN-AMERICAN STATESMAN...
Tuesday, July 31, 2007
COMAL COUNTY
Collision involved naked couple
Investigators think that alcohol was a factor in a head-on collision in Comal County on July 18 in which two victims were pulled from their car naked.

"The only thing they had on was the radio . . . and their seat belts," Department of Public Safety Cpl. Rick Alvarez said.

On the evening of July 18, Lisa Marie Bishop, 25, of Austin was driving north on FM 1102 north of New Braunfels when she went around a curve and swerved into the southbound lane, crashing head-on to a truck driven by Juan Montoya, 49, of New Braunfels, Alvarez said.

Montoya was not injured. Bishop sustained injuries that were not life-threatening, but her passenger, 26-year-old Robert Rydeen of Austin, was airlifted to San Antonio and was in stable condition Monday, officials said.

Bishop told investigators that she and Rydeen had been at Schlitterbahn Waterpark and had removed their wet clothes for the drive home, Alvarez said. Investigators found some wet clothes in the car as well as evidence of alcohol consumption. Alvarez said that in his 13 1/2 years as a DPS trooper, he had never before investigated a crash involving nude drivers.

"But she's from Austin," he said, "and I figure Austin folks are a little different

Goings-on

It's been a busy July here at the George house. Here's a look at some of the latest:

She wasn't cooperating going feet-first, so I tried rear-first. Seemed to work. She was entertained for hours, er, 10 minutes.


Maizie holding hands with Maizie. I love the way she looks at herself in the mirror and wish it would rub off on me!





Rub-a-dub-dub, three little girls in a tub. Emily and Daniel came back for a longer weekend and we had a blast.


Maizie's first baseball game. Thanks, Wendi and Wade! No worries, there was a net there. We all know I couldn't catch a baseball to save my (or my baby's) life.

She kept pulling it off when we faced it forward. I guess Maizie's just gonna be a backwards-cap kinda girl, whatever that means.

Reading "Maisy goes to bed" with Grandmama and Grandpa (or PawPaw). Yes, after 11 grandkids, their grandparent names still aren't final.

Another highlight of the past couple of weeks was a trip I organized to the free day at the Blanton Art Museum at UT. It's an amazing gallery for a town this size and has a pretty good collection of modern art (my favorite). The Young Married girls kidnapped Maizie early on so it was really nice to just walk through stroller-free. Anyway, I guess I should have handed out a pamphlet entitled "Look but don't touch" to one of my friends. The art cops almost locked her up in art jail. Here's the story from the art-toucher herself.

Plans for this week? I'm cleaning out the closet and getting organized. Living in a small space makes me want to throw everything out! This weekend, we're headed to College Station for Irma's baby shower and a spa day on Saturday. Jason surprised me with it last night as my anniversary/birthday gift. He's been stashing away cash for weeks. I'm so excited to have a girl's day I'm not sure I'll know what to do with myself! One of my favorite parts of the gift is that Jason and Koby are going to spend the day with Maizie. She'll have a blast.

That's about it on the George front. Can you tell I've had a "catching up" sort of day?

I'm a bigger baby than my baby

So, Maizie had her 9 month dr. visit today with a shot for polio (which we are so thankful for since Jason lost an uncle to the disease). I was dreading it because I hate how she doesn't know what's about to hit her and when it does she looks at me as though I've just sold her to the Jews for 30 pieces of silver. Well, I was armed and ready with a bottle of juice, toys, a paci and, if necessary, cheerios. The shot went in and she didn't make a peep. It was glorious, yet a little pathetic when you consider that I've cried at 3 of my last 4 dentist appointments and I can't get blood drawn without throwing up. I guess she gets her "tough" genes from her daddy.

Here are her 9-month stats: 19 lbs., 27 inches and a big head (75th percentile).

Question of the Day

Was he really that wise of an old king if he made 10,000 men march all the way up the hill and then back down again? Not to mention the whole "half-way up" part.

Happy Anniversary

Since we're a day ahead this week, I might as well send a shout out to Jason as we celebrate our 6th anniversary tomorrow. There is only one like him and he's all mine. That may sound like a back-handed compliment to some, but it is truly one of the main reasons I love him. Here are some things that make him uniquely him:

• His dream car is an '88 Ford Festiva (presently tri-colored and broken down)
• He actually likes Vanilla Ice and Milli Vanilli
• He eats the same breakfast and lunch practically every day
• He hardly ever gets embarrassed
• He rides his bike to work and believes in not being wasteful, but not in global warming
• He was ACU's best-ever cymbal player
• He makes me but things back on the right shelf when we're shopping
• He sleeps in the shower
• He "gets me" (which is sometimes really hard to do)
• He puts me and Maizie before himself

Ok, I'll stop sapping it up. I just wanted to share how blessed I feel that we're starting our 7th year and I'm feeling no itchiness whatsoever.

The 20th is Tomorrow

In case you were misinformed as I was, the 20th of July is tomorrow. Maizie's birthday is tomorrow. Our 6-month mark in Austin is tomorrow (so you still have to be nice to me, people). I used to be a human calendar. That is apparently no more. Good night.

Maizie to the 9's

Happy 9-month birthday, baby girl. You know how you've always heard parents say "they grow up so fast" and you thought they were crazy? They weren't. It's the truest thing I've ever experienced in my life. I want to hit pause so badly right now, but I also can't wait to see what she does next. Anyway, here are some fun shots of month 9.


Her "portrait" for month 9. I love the new cheesy grin and the new dress from Aunt Kamee.

"You want me to eat this?" Maizie's first cheerio.

Standing up in the cart (despite the seatbelt being on). She almost flipped out of the stroller this week, too. We're working on having some locking/bolting devices made. I'm sure we won't get strange looks if we have a 9 month old in a straight jacket, right?



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