Did anyone miss me?

No?

Okay. :) The past week was incredible. I spent it in a mai tai fueled haze.


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Our weekend to the cabin was abbreviated, although not by much. I got what I'm pretty sure is strep/flu combo and since I met Nolan there, had to make the two hour trip home by myself. Urgh. And since all I seem to be able to do since is sleep or stare, glassy-eyed at the television, propped up by pillows, I'd do a little photoessay of the two ( Read more... )

We went to the family's cabin in Childress, TX (which is right between Quanah and Estelline, thanks for asking) for the long weekend. Below are the pictures to come out of it all ( Read more... )

This week, I am the queen of fruit and sugar, and have prevailed (mostly) over all I have surveyed.
( Plum Jam... the ambrosia of West Texas. )

( It's image intensive. You've been warned. )

After five days at the cabin, we are home.

We got rained in. The county roads to get to our place are dirt, and if it rains more than a little, they're extremely hard to navigate without a four wheel drive. And sometimes even WITH a four wheel drive, you get stuck and have to have someone tow you out. So rather than risk THAT nightmare, we just ( Read more... )

• The boys had an awesome time at golf and tennis camp.  They are tanner and blonder and worn out, but happy.
• I did some fun shopping with mom, got to cook with my little sister, fix my niece's gorgeous hair, argue the semantics of a properly drawn sun with my nephew, absconded with some custom made pottery from my Tom, drank a bottle of wine with my ( Read more... )

&hearts Go HERE and read obrien-blue's recap of the Glee finale. She does fabulous Bones recaps (or squee!caps) and this is the first one she's done for Glee. She's funny and smart and a hell of a writer (warning for language). I always laugh aloud at her entries. Go read. You won't be disappointed ( Read more... )

We're back from the whirlwind trip to Denver/the mountains ( Read more... )

Because I need to see this in black and white:

• Make Ethan's birthday dinner tonight.  He could have chosen anything in the world, and he chose hamburgers and hot dogs, God bless him.  I used to ask my mom for Chicken Kiev and Chicken Fried Steaks for my birthday dinners.  Sorry, Mom.
• I still have to decorate his cake.  With a Marine Corps insignia?  ( Read more... )