Karen

wife,mom to two girls,office manager-mental health office,Spinning addict,foodie,wine-o

[Karen @karenoffner]

@scifyextremist @Avis Happened to us just now!

[Steven Coburn @scifyextremist]

@Avis can you explain how your Chicago Midway location has a bunch of people with car reservations and yet we all got here and are being told there arent any cars available?

How the heck do you accept reservations if there arent any vehicles when people arrive????

[Karen @karenoffner]

@SouthwestAir I just sent it over. Thank you for your help

[Karen @karenoffner]

What in the actual heck @SouthwestAir?! You rebooked us two hours later with a worse boarding position?! No wonder people prefer other airlines

[Grant Pinkerton @GPinks]

Any contact that I can get in the Hunt Kerrville area I’d like to send a bunch of food for those in need. Please RETWEET and hopefully we can get in-touch with the right person.

[Karen @karenoffner]

@TexitDarling Here

[Traces of Texas @TracesofTexas]

Today marks the 25th anniversary of one of the saddest events in Texas history, the collapse of the Texas A&M bonfire, which killed 12 students and injured 27. The Aggie Bonfire was a long-standing annual tradition at Texas A&M as part of the college rivalry with the University of Texas. For 90 years, Aggie students built a bonfire on campus each autumn, known to the Aggie community simply as "Bonfire". The event symbolized Aggie students' "burning desire to beat the hell outta t.u.", a derogatory nickname for the University of Texas.

The bonfire was traditionally lit around Thanksgiving in conjunction with festivities surrounding the annual football game. Early bonfires were little more than piles of trash, but the event gradually became more organized and eventually grew to an immense size, setting the world record for largest bonfire in 1969. After the collapse in 1999, Texas A&M officials declared a hiatus on an official Bonfire. However, since 2002, a student-sponsored coalition has constructed an annual unsanctioned, off-campus "Student Bonfire" in the spirit of its predecessor.

Shown here: the 1978 Aggie bonfire before it was ignited. Courtesy @tamulibraries

[Gabe Bock @GabeBock]

Never forget the 12 Aggies who lost their lives in the 1999 collapse...

Miranda Denise Adams ‘02
Christopher D. Breen ‘96
Michael Stephen Ebanks ‘03
Jeremy Richard Frampton ‘99
Jamie Lynn Hand ‘03
Christopher Lee Heard ‘03
Timothy Doran Kerlee, Jr ‘03
Lucas John Kimmel ‘03
Bryan A. McClain ‘02
Chad A. Powell ‘03
Jerry Don Self ‘01
Nathan Scott West ‘02

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Playing for The 12: An oral history of the 1999 Aggie Bonfire collapse and win over Texas

https://t.co/iDyJhlyF1D via @texags

[Karen @karenoffner]

@realDonaldTrump Amen

[Karen @karenoffner]

@JudgeKPGeorge Why isn’t fort bend showing on the power outage maps?

[Karen @karenoffner]

@KatiePMcGrady We have a similar set up with the bench and bookcases! Love it. So welcoming when guests come over

[Karen @karenoffner]

@m_gilmore00 good morning! We found your phone this morning in the river while swimming. Planning on mailing overnight when ups opens tomorrow. Hope you see this tweet!

[Karen @karenoffner]

@the_dadchef Big green egg. Smoke, grill, bake, pizza oven - nothing ever tastes bad (well, except when we didn’t burn off all the grease before making pizza). Still want to smoke cheese when Texas isn’t hot as the face of the sun

[Karen @karenoffner]

@tacobell @lynspilkinton was this the 90s party order?!

[Karen @karenoffner]

@oldenoughtosay I always spoil babysitters- good snacks, order whatever they want and pay well. I want them to turn down other jobs to work for me :)

[Karen @karenoffner]

@Travistritt Try @ShinerBeer

[Karen @karenoffner]

Just posted a photo @ Jazzercise Sugar Land Fitness Center https://t.co/x194xF2MWo

[Karen @karenoffner]

@SwPrayer Amen

[Karen @karenoffner]

@KatiePMcGrady Caroline

[Karen @karenoffner]

It’s carnival time! King cake fresh out of the oven. #mardigras #kingcake #homebaker @ Sugar Land, Texas https://t.co/wQPzS5MAx7