I'm going on vacation... Off to Palm Springs for the long weekend. We're gonna celebrate my new job, our Country's Birthday and mine too.
You can trust that I'll either be in the airconditioning or the pool. With cocktail in hand of course.
See ya...
I have a blog...? Oh that is right. Sorry for being absent lately. So much going on that is contributing to me being "not so much around."
... I'm losing my job on Tuesday. So, I've been a bit busy stressing out about that.
... I'm addicted to Facebook. So, I've been over there a lot lately.
...I really don't have much to brag on and on about. So, that just leaves me a bit blank.
That's my story and I'm sticking to it...
But on a happier note, it's summertime and that means; Beach, BBQ and my Birthday!! woo hoo.
It's the 8th of the month, so I'm gonna go back 8 years...
2001...
I was working for the Special Olympics...
I could often be seen balling, happy tears...
I had the cutest little apartment in downtown Dallas...
and all my neighbors were gay men...
They all looked out for me...
and I baked them cookies...
I went to Plattsburgh, NY to visit TL for a week...
he was living there running his family's business...
We went to Stowe, Vermont for the weekend...
and he surprised me with a ring and a proposal...
4 days later I got on a plane to head back to Dallas...
it just happened to be at the same exact time a plane flew into a tower in NYC...
It was a very scary and sad time for everyone...
but thankfully, I was safe and I eventually made it home safe and sound...
And, I looked like this...
1. Lime Green Window Shutter, Red Flowers and a Rail, 2. V i i r u i s a, 3. Glassy, 4. Scouting the Horizon, 5. The Green Gate 1 6924, 6. through the avenue of lime trees, 7. Green, Green, Green..., 8. Lime, 9. Cake
I'm on the hunt for some cute (comfortable) summer shoes... I'm braving a new world and wanting to get a little more height than this past summer (the summer of flats). Since going to PT most of 2008, I think I am now able to take the chance. Of course when it comes to the summer shoes, I won't need them to be TOO high nor TOO dressy.
So, I found them. I found the perfect shoe, and in 3 great colors. I want them all. Aren't they just the cutest? But wouldn't you know... every single size, in every single color is SOLD OUT.
Why, why me?
"I love you Matiko Wedge... Call me!"
On FIVE TWO-FIVE we celebrate 6 years of wedded bliss... We may have only been married for 6 years, but our love goes way back. WAY back.
It's the 18th of the month, so I'm gonna go back 18 years...
1991...
TL and I met...
it's the only thing worth remembering about that year...
and I we looked like this...
It's the 11th of the month, so I'm gonna go back 11 years...
1998...
I lived in El Paso, Texas...
and had the best friends...
We were an eclectic group of gals and one guy...
we hung out at the pool by day and drank margaritas by night...
I was taking classes at UTEP...
and substitute teaching high schoolers...
I was in dysfunctional relationship...
thank god, I grew out of that...
I went to the Lilleth Fair concert in Austin, TX...
and only slept 6 hours in 3 days...
I started running...
after getting advice from an online women's running group...
One of those woman's name was Sue...
she and are still online friends today...
That Christmas was the last time I saw my mom...
to this day I wish I would have stayed for a longer visit...
and I looked like this...
Congratulations to my long lost friend Joan... I met her in 1983 and she was as awesome then as she is now. That woman says it like it is and you can not blame her for that! Go Joan!!
Yesterday marked the 10 year mark that my mom has been gone. 10 years. I don't really know what else to say that hasn't already been said here by me, about her. You all know how much I miss her, you all know how much fun I thought she was and you all know how much my life has been impacted by the loss of having her around. What else is there?
She was fun, beautiful, creative, adventurous, caring, a great friend, silly, talented, a wonderful mother, a seeker of truth, a good person, very self aware, a good cook, she liked to play games, she wore her clothes really well, she was responsible, a great dancer and always had a tan. She was not judgemental, mean spirited, jealous of others, pushy, late, boring, dull, bad at math or grammar, and she never not got the joke... She was and wasn't all of these things and so much more, especially to me. What I hate the most about her being gone, is as I get older I find myself wanting to know more things; about her and her life, about what she really thought about this thing we call life, and it would be so great to have her around to compare notes, you know? To know your mom as an adult, that to me would be the ultimate. I think I would understand her more now, I would listen more, I would have a lot more empathy towards her and all that she had been through in life. Oh, and I just know that we could be such good friends. I think she would really like that too. I just miss her that's all.
Here is a look back at some of my thoughts over the past years...
2003...
2004...
2007...
2007...
2008...
2008...
