Monthly Newsletter

Dates in February 2008 to Remember

February 1st:

• Rent is due! Please leave your check or money order at the Summer Pointe leasing office. If the office is closed, you may drop your check through the night drop at the front door. Please indicate your address on your check.
• Do you think you have what it takes to be this year's Sports Trivial Bowl champ? Then join  the 6th Annual Sports Trivia Bowl held at the Cleveland County Fairgrounds. Join the fun with team challenges, all sports categories and lots more. For information please contact 405-366-8095.

February 2nd:

• For all you chocolate lovers, the 26th Chocolate Festival is finally here! Over 30 different local restaurants will be preparing there most delicious, mouth watering, chocolate deserts just for you! This event will be held at the Norman North High School. The festival begins at 11:00 a.m. and ends at 3:00 p.m. For more information on tickets, please  call 405-4523.
• Now you don't have to go all the way to Louisiana to experience Mardi Gra. This year the Mardi Gra fun will be celebrated in Norman at sundown. For more information please call  405-360-0892.

February 14th:

• Happy Valentine's Day

10 Things you didn't know about chocolates

1.Talk about sweet ceremonies! The Maya drank liquid chocolate during weddings, engagements, baptisms and even funerals! Whoever thought there was something ceremonial about chocolate!

2.Some chocolates may cost you but did you know that Cacao or chocolates beans were used as currency by Aztec and Maya tribes? If we had that today we would be eating out of our wallets!

3.Here’s another fact. Not just 10 or 50 but chocolate remarkably has over 500 flavors in it! No wonder it tastes so good.

4.Heard of Mexican Emperor Montezuma? He drank liquid chocolate before getting busy in his harem. Since chocolate make you feel good, it is considered an aphrodisiac.

5.Those gory scenes in Alfred Hitchcock’s ‘Psycho’, was all chocolate syrup! Although the scene finishes in about 45 seconds, it took 7 days to get that shot done perfectly! Now that’s a sticky plot!

6.Napoleon was great in many ways. Did you know he took chocolate along with him during his military campaigns. Now that was a clever move as chocolate gives you added energy and restores carbohydrates

7.For all those of you out there dreaming about those chocolate bars, dream away! You can’t blame chocolate for raising your blood cholesterol. Chocolate has changed the way we eat, romance and live. But don’t go overboard as too much of a good thing can be bad!

8.Chocolate can be lethal to dogs. Theobromine, an ingredient that stimulates the cardiac muscle and the central nervous system, causes chocolate's toxicity. About two ounces of milk chocolate can be poisonous for a 10-lb puppy.

9.The word 'Chocolate' comes from the Aztec word, 'cacahuatl' or ‘xocolatl’. This means 'bitter water'

10.US consumers eat 2.8 billion pounds of chocolate annually, representing nearly half of the world's supply.

Cupid's Love Story

Cupid is the most famous of Valentine symbols. He is known as a mischievous, winged child armed with bow and arrows and is famous for piercing hearts. The arrows signifies desire and emotions of love. Cupid aims those arrows at Gods and Humans, causing them to fall deeply in love.
Cupid has always played a role in the celebration of love and lovers. In ancient Greece he was known as Eros the young son of Aphrodites, the goddess of love and beauty. To the Romans he was Cupid, and his mother was Venus.

There is a very interesting story about Cupid and His mortal Bride Psyche in Roman mythology. Venus was jealous of the beauty of Psyche, and ordered Cupid to punish the mortal. But instead, Cupid fell deeply in love with her. He took her as his wife, but as a mortal she was forbidden to look at him. Psyche was happy until her sisters persuaded her to look at Cupid. As soon as Psyche looked at Cupid, Cupid punished her by leaving her. Their lovely castle and gardens vanished too. Psyche found herself alone in an open field with no signs of other beings or Cupid. 

As she wandered trying to find her love, she came upon the temple of Venus. Wishing to destroy her, the goddess of love gave Psyche a series of tasks, each harder and more dangerous then the last. For her last task Psyche was given a little box and told to take it to the underworld. She was told to get some of the beauty of Proserpine, the wife of Pluto, and put it in the box. During her trip she was given tips on avoiding the dangers of the realm of the dead. She was also warned not to open the box. But temptation overcame Psyche and she opened the box. But instead of finding beauty, she found deadly slumber.

Cupid found her lifeless on the ground. He gathered the deadly sleep from her body and put it back in the box. Cupid forgave her, as did Venus. The gods, moved by Psyche's love for Cupid made her a goddess.

Valentine's Trivia

The time has come again to celebrate Valentine's Day. To keep things interesting, this month we are going to see how creative  you can be. How many words do you see in " Happy Valentine's Day ". The person who forms the most words from this phrase will receive a mini fridge. There are no rules, so start writting. Please e-mail your answers to leasing@oig.biz. Be sure to include your name, apartment number and phone number in your e-mail. Good luck!

Basketball Schedule

Basketball Schedule 

Men's Basketball

02.02.08 OU vs. Texas A&M @ Texas (3:00 p.m.)

02.06.08 OU vs. Texas (6:00 p.m.)

02.09.08 OU vs. Colorado @ Colorado (3:00 p.m.)

02.13.08 OU vs. Iowa State  (7:00 p.m. )

02.16.08 OU vs. Texas Tech @ Texas (3:00p.m.)

02.19.08 OU vs. Baylor (7:00 p.m.)

02.23.08 OU vs. Texas @ Texas (2:30 p.m.)

02.27.08 OU vs. Nebraska @ Nebraska (7:00 p.m.)

Women's Basketball

02.03.08 OU vs. Texas @ Texas (1:00 p.m.)

02.06.08 OU vs. Missouri @ Missouri (6:30 p.m.)

02.09.08 OU vs. Colorado (7:00 p.m.)

02.12.08 OU vs. Texas A&M (7:00 p.m.)

02.17.08 OU vs. Baylor @ Texas (12:30 p.m.)

02.20.08 OU vs. Kansas State @ Kansas (7:00 p.m.)

02.23.08 OU vs. OSU (1:00 p.m.)

02.27.08 OU vs. Texas Tech @ Texas (7:00 p.m.)

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