Over the river and through the woods.

my handsome brother and me. Turkey Day at Nana's house.

curiosity killed the cat

i've been pondering abandoning the face-poo for the old blog. i sortof miss the blogging days. much more stimulating and much less cluttered with random useless applications. (no offense to those who collect them all, seriously)

tonight over dinner with mom and her coworker I realized that this past Saturday (the 15th) was the 1st year anniversary of the day I closed on my little Newnan bungalow. awwww.

just returned from an amazing trip to northern West Virginny. beautiful countryside and a great place to visit for a few days. many many thanks to Willy, Robbie and Chip for making me laugh so hard my stomach hurt for days! and if anyone ever travels to Thomas, WV--be sure to stop by Mountain State Brewery for some sweet suds.

at work we are in "audit mode" as no one escapes the eyes of the government. but i suppose someone has to do it. might as well be....you know....them.....shhhh. so everyone has to be in at 7:30am until our preliminary review is over. then beginning in february we'll be getting to work at 7am until the state actually does come in to kick-ass and take names. it's hard to believe we're prepping for 2009 and it seems like we just celebrated our great turnout from this past march. hopefully we'll be even better next year.

i'm excited to have been invited on a plane ride next monday. i dont think i've been in a small plane since i was 13ish. at least this time i wont be steering! nor will we be flitting over the gusty dunes of kill devil hills!

i miss my best friend who's out in arizona somewhere (are you still out there?) i'm sending love and good karma over the cyber waves to you lapo :) and heith of course! my next vaca is going to be out to see them. wherever they are. i've spent enough time on this side of the country.

enough of this for now.

cheers to all (or none! eek)

ahh. summer days.

well, summer has come and gone, but i reminisce.
labor day weekend mom, stefan, jack nevins and i ventured to the old roosevelt pools they open once a year to take a "dip in the past" in the mineral warm springs. it was a fun time. literally like going back in time and great fun. thank you mom and stef and jack for venturing back into our childhood personas (minus stefan being a buggar and splashing everyone!)

sometimes the picture speaks for it'self....

one part sun, one part sand, two parts trickery

the sounds of a jet overhead are going up and down, like blowing across the top of a beer bottle with only the suds and a little liquid sloshing in the bottom.


Dear Blog,

It's been a while, so I'll keep it short and to the point.


Summer is in full throttle and I didn't even notice winter pass by except that I had to put my favorite argyle sweater away after sweating it out a few days at the office.

I work with the elderly. For some reason I connect with older folks than younger ones, particularly those my age, which is also probably why I'm still "single"....or at least not in a relationship that will go anywhere fullfilling...but then, what is fullfilling. Maybe just a socially-imparted idea of what a 26 yr old female is suppose to be looking for. hmmm.

but then again, I was never that great at philosophy.

I have new a pup and an almost-year-old-to-me home, Stella is still as neuroic as I've raised her to be, my car from high school still loyally plugging along. The brother is digging into his first out of college engineering job making more than I have managed to in three years of ladder-climbing, mom and Wayne will celebrate an anniversary in marriage in Sept and in owning the "Big House" just after my "Little House" anni in November. Things move along. Just as time deems them too.

recently learned that mosquitos carry heartworm to dogs, so I suppose we should stick to the prevention remedy seeing as the buzzers around my Newnan home are as large and daring as mice to a cheesed trap! I've so far ignored the fleas my cat is scratching at and trying to budget as much as possible for the ever-rising price of petro. Someone tells me they make hydrogen cars now....only problem is you have to move to one of two places in California to fuel them. clincher!

it's a lazy summer 80 degrees in the shade of the porch and there's a fountain in the marsh river beyond our condo that is setting the tempo for the tunes of afternoon bugs and heat. all in all, it's relaxing. i dont leave until tomorrow.

the holiday shuffle!

WHEW! this holiday season has whizzed by like a flash!

I closed on and moved (mostly) into my new home just before the Thanksgiving trip. Finished the moving right after we returned, and am still unpacking, liquidating, realizing THIS IS MY HOUSE! WOO HOO. I was happy with the home, but too stressed with work, and a little gift from the universe came floating to me in the form of a new job. I'll be starting there Jan 7th and am looking forward to it with great immensity. The first week of the new year I have OFF, and it's great. Though I'm sad that the other women I've worked with are still in the hellish environment I have somehow crawled out of. Not to mention I will miss the kids and families I've worked with. I reconcile with myself that I did what I could, and will do better elsewhere.


(my scraggly little Christmas tree snuggled into the living room)



(this is me with two of the most wonderful boys I've ever worked with. Their kind family invited me to their Christmas play and Chris and Caleb humored me with a kodak moment! They are so cute! I wish all the best to the Caballero family)

Thanks-giving

Turkey-day eve found us boarding a plane to Maryland. We loaded up in the rental Durango and headed to Ocean Pines where we stayed for three days with Dad and Judy. That VERY freezing and blustery Friday John took us to Asseteague National Seashore where I had a surprise nuzzle from a curious wild pony and we played daily with Kevin's BEAUTIFUL neice Mya. Saturday we drove up to Westminster where Kevin spent his early years. There we went Christmas-tree fetching with Kev's sister Kim, her husband Rajen (thanks for the tour of your fancy store!~) and their two handsome boys. Visited with Kevins surrogate parents Mr and Mrs Meerdter and then said adios to the northern sector and took the long flight home. I missed my own family's Thanksgiving celebrations, but I'm glad I was able to enjoy my time with such a great bunch of folks. Most of Judy's family is from my fav city Savannah, so I fit right in! And no one really minded my heavy southern accent either :)


(the crew. Jim, Kev, Kristen, John & Mya at Asseteague)


(here's your sign!)


(Kev and his Dad at their Ocean Pines resort!)


(Kevin and me at the Christmas tree farm in Westminster)


(thank you Maria for coming up and hanging out! I had a great time! and am in midst of a LONG email to ya)


(the oh-so-cute Mya! Compliments of Kevin's sweet sister Kristen and her hubby Jim)