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Take 10 Map - 2010 Census Do I really want to know how my community is doing with turning in their census packets? Is it really necessary to play this type of peer pressure game? I am not sure, but it is a cool collaboration between Google Maps and the Census Bureau. In addition to looking at how your community compares to others, you can also see how your community is doing with return rates compared to the last census in 2000. Take a look and let me know what you think about this addition to the Census project.
Thursday mornings, are often the highlight of my week. Sitting at a Starbucks with my closest friends is always a stress relief and time of laughter. Being a team of free thinking women from various backgrounds we seem to be able to agree to disagree on some issues and come to creative solutions for others (perhaps a blog about some these would interest someone, or maybe not). These weekly meetings are one of my keys to survival. Just knowing that I can share things with these women and catch up on their lives is important to my sense of well being. We care about each other and each other's families. Everyone should be as lucky as I to have such good close knit group, not friends in the Facebook sense of virtual friendships, but friends that actually meet face to face, drink a caffeinated beverage of their choice and laugh together in real time in the same place!
A road trip was the plan, a trip made necessary because Emily is moving out of her apartment and flying to NYC. I was ready to leave early this morning, but after hearing the traffic report I decided a brief respite at Starbucks was required. I killed about half an hour there, this allowed the mess on the Katy Freeway to clear itself up. I left around 9:20AM, stopped and filled the car up with gas and then hit the road running. It was a beautiful day for a drive, perfect weather, clear skies and the wildflowers are popping up and adding color to the highway. I arrived in Austin. Emily met me at the apartment. We ran to HEB to solve a few problems and then we went back to her apartment. We walked to a great vegan restaurant called Daily Juice, http://www.dailyjuice.org/blogs/locations this location in Hyde Park is new. After eating lunch, we continued our stroll down Duvall to Quacks. We had coffee and some pastries, wonderful confections! We walked back with loaded stomachs. We loaded the car with Emily's stuff and the futon, and I left to return to Pearland. So, my trip was a grand total of 369 miles and 15.27 gallons of gas and I am grateful to NOT be in my car!
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