the south.

A few images of the South.

The old milk barn at the grandparents-in-law's.

Outside an old antique shop up the road from the house.

Grandfather-in-law, David Gier. Picked from the garden behind the house.

i'm lonely too.

Two more days til Hubs gets back. I'm house/dogsitting for friends and this poor little pathetic ball of fur is pretty mopey, too, as his owners are out at the same conference in Atlanta. Here are a couple of shots I got of André following me around the house. I must be the most boring dogsitter in all the land.



I hope I don't look this pathetic when Kyle's out of town.

i only drink coke with chinese food.

Just one pic from our most recent trip to The Farm. The photo's untouched. It's just one of over 400 of 'em. It was a marvelous weekend. More to come.

man o man.

I should've called this blog "The Monthly Update." Then, the description would have read: "Check for the month-old commentary on life that's no longer relevant."

This is the part where I say I'm sorry.

I'm coming up with a clever little template, do you see? ;)

February started out with a bang. The house was filled with 20 close friends for a Super Bowl gathering to kick off the month. I think there was a lot of laughter, a lot of passing baby Emerie around, a lot of good food, and the Revenge of the Fallen trailer on TV. Yeah, those are my short, detailed memories of that night.

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February was a celebration of a lot of lives. Both of our brothers had birthdays this month, dear friends of ours had their first baby, we had baby showers, birthday parties, lots of cake, anniversaries, flowers, and a lot of gatherings. Oh, and there was Valentine's Day. And the start of a huge freelance contract that doesn't show any signs of stopping. (Except it ends in June, actually) My best friend got a job in Little Rock so I can see her once a week for lunch instead of seeing her once for a few hours on a Saturday every other month. My mom is now in Georgia temporarily caring for my nephew while my sister is on TDY so I can call her at the drop of a hat because the time difference is only an hour, not thirteen. I got in a car accident. I got a new computer. I had a mini-breakdown and took a personal day from work. I worked a lot this month. I had a Sunday off from volunteering at church, which was the first time I haven't spent 5 hours up there on a Sunday all year. My vacuum cleaner broke (I'm a neat freak and we still haven't replaced it). I've met some amazing, interesting, and funny new people. We helped some friends move to a new place. I learned a great deal about what real love is. I've had some major perspective changes.

All in all, it's been an amazing month.

And I'm really looking forward to the next one. ;)

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i don't like bugs, either.

Over the weekend I discovered another YouTuber, Natalie. She makes me laugh.



What's interesting about this video is that I am as equally psychotic about her irrational killer spider fear. Except I do that with all bugs. Ants, cockroaches, bees, you name it. I feel like if I squish one of those dreaded bugs, some super-secret bug signal is sent out (think a telepathic version of the Bat signal) and all of Squished Bug's homeboys will conspire to crawl into my nasal cavity in my sleep.

I should stop watching YouTube.

dance part deux.

He's back. And he still makes me laugh.

happy 2009.

Man, I can't believe the last post I wrote was over a month ago, and was merely celebrating another holiday. Now, here I am, welcoming in 2009 nearly a week late. I really don't need to keep up this practice.

Of course, I've been busy. And, like always, I'll provide you with a short-handed version of what I've been up to.

The family

It was a big ol' family reunion with my nuclear family for Christmas 2008, and it was 8 days of glorious family time. Mom, dad, and brother flew in from Japan, and sister and nephew came in from Georgia. I don't know about you, but I absolutely love my family. Sure, we're all weird and annoying in our own respect, but we get along just fine and the laughter never stops when we're together. We drove around and looked at Christmas lights, played Guess Who & poker, watched movies, cooked fabulous meals, and shopped.

The gifts

Christmas also brought a barrage of AMAZING gifts. It was a year of huge blessings, with our two gifts of an entire brand new dining room set and a digital SLR. We were speechless, seriously.

The house

With family coming into town, the husband decided he wanted to really get cracking at remodeling the house again. We worked on the house for 3-4 weeks before family came. Painted the bathroom an entirely different color, changed hardware, re-mudded walls, it was like a short, intense version of remodeling the house when we first bought it.

New Year's

New year's was pretty basic. We went to a friend's house and hung out with his girlfriend and family, then went to the in-laws and played games and hung out with their friends, and then came home around 11:30 to ring in 2009, just the two of us. We had fun. =)

The friends/work/birthday

It's been a bit of an emotional roller coaster this week, with one dear friend leaving permanently for the west coast, celebrating a birthday and having a slammed week at work. The birthday started off with a wake-up call from Ma, followed by a call from a girlfriend, and work took me out for lunch. I had been craving a turkey sandwich from a local Mom & Pop place, and we had a good work lunch together. I even got a sweet, sweet recording of birthday wishes from a special someone overseas e-mailed to me! =)

Bub surprised me with a birthday dinner at PF Chang's with all of our closest friends, my best friend, and the in-laws. It was a genuine surprise and I grinned from ear to ear the entire night. Then went out shopping, which I hardly ever do, and I got some new shirts & a dress. Yes, even a dress.

This isn't the normal writing style for me, I know, and I'm leaving a lot of information out, but I think I've glazed over the meaty parts of the last month. Today's been pretty slammed as well, and I'm about to pass out on my keyboard.

After I eat an oreo truffle, though. ;)