a year ago this thanksgiving weekend was the last time i saw my friend molly, which just makes me all the more thankful for all the blessings i still have in my life.
the love and support from my best friend and partner in crime. my healthy, smart, loving child. a healthy pregnancy and the new baby to follow. a supportive and loving family. cuddling with my choco-dog in our warm house when the wind is blowing cold outside. going to a job i love where i get to work with some of my best friends. having enough money to live without so much as to take it all for granted.
e asked me the other day if we were rich. i told him we were rich in love and happiness. and that's the best kind of rich.
25 November 2010
20 November 2010
hooked on phonics
i'm currently amazed by my baby boy's love of letters. he has started taking an interest in what words say and can tell you the first letter of most words when you say them. instead of drawings now, he covers sheets of paper in letters.
he can spell all the kids' names in his class, although he often forgets and says cooper starts with a "p". so i lovingly call him pooper now. of course his favorite name to spell is e-t-h-a-n!
he can also spell october because they spell the month each morning in class. it was halloween when he first amazed us will spelling it, so i guess it takes approximately 25 times of repetition for it to stick.
the other evening he was working on his bicycle and i over heard him rambling "z. zeeee. zebra. z." other times it's "g. geeeee. guh. g." you get the picture. he over-pronounces every letter, which is fine except for "r." he says "ARRrrghh" instead. i'm worried he'll grow up to be the contestant on wheel of fortune who asks for an "AR-ruh."
[that is my life's dream to someday be a wheel contestant.. and not freeze up. i kick some bootie at home.]
so proud of my smart boy! ms. tara is a wonderful pre-k teacher and it really shows. crazy to think he only has about six more months before he'll start kindergarten summer school!
he can spell all the kids' names in his class, although he often forgets and says cooper starts with a "p". so i lovingly call him pooper now. of course his favorite name to spell is e-t-h-a-n!
he can also spell october because they spell the month each morning in class. it was halloween when he first amazed us will spelling it, so i guess it takes approximately 25 times of repetition for it to stick.
the other evening he was working on his bicycle and i over heard him rambling "z. zeeee. zebra. z." other times it's "g. geeeee. guh. g." you get the picture. he over-pronounces every letter, which is fine except for "r." he says "ARRrrghh" instead. i'm worried he'll grow up to be the contestant on wheel of fortune who asks for an "AR-ruh."
[that is my life's dream to someday be a wheel contestant.. and not freeze up. i kick some bootie at home.]
so proud of my smart boy! ms. tara is a wonderful pre-k teacher and it really shows. crazy to think he only has about six more months before he'll start kindergarten summer school!
16 November 2010
the greatest lyrics ever written
Loving County
by Charlie Robison
i loved a girl
she lived out in Pecos
pretty as she could be
and i worked the rigs
on out in Odessa
to give her whatever she needs
but that girl she runs
with an oil company bum
'cause a diamond was not on her hand
but he left her soon
'neath the big Loving moon
to go out and x-ray the land
now i sit in my car
at the new rainbow bar
downtown
and the frost on the windshield
shines towards the sky
like a thousand tiny diamonds in the lights of Loving County
well i walked in that bar
and i drank myself crazy
thinkin' about her and that man
when in walked a woman
lookin' richer than sin
and ten years worth of work on her hand
well i followed her home
and when she was alone
i put my gun to her head
and i don't recall
what happened next at all
but now that rich woman she's dead
now i drive down the highway
ten miles from my sweet baby's arms
and the moon is so bright
it don't look like night
and the diamond how it sparkles in the lights of Loving County
well she opened that door
and i knelt on the floor
and i put that ring in her hand
and she said i do
and she'd leave with me soon
to the rigs out in south Alabam'
well i told her to hide
that ring there inside
and wait till the timin' was good
and i drove back home
and i was alone
cause i thought that she understood
the next night an old friend
just called me to wish us both well
said he'd seen her downtown
sashay'n around
and her diamond how it sparkled in the lights of Loving County
well that sheriff he found
me out wonder'n all around
el paso the very next day
you see i'd lost my mind
on that broken white line
before i even reached Balmaray
now she's in ft. worth
and she's just givin' birth
to the son of that oil company man
and they buried that sheriffs poor old dead wife
with the ring that i stole on her hand
sometimes they let me
look up at that east Texas sky
and the rain on the pines
oh lord how it shines
like my darlin's little diamond in the lights of Loving County
by Charlie Robison
i loved a girl
she lived out in Pecos
pretty as she could be
and i worked the rigs
on out in Odessa
to give her whatever she needs
but that girl she runs
with an oil company bum
'cause a diamond was not on her hand
but he left her soon
'neath the big Loving moon
to go out and x-ray the land
now i sit in my car
at the new rainbow bar
downtown
and the frost on the windshield
shines towards the sky
like a thousand tiny diamonds in the lights of Loving County
well i walked in that bar
and i drank myself crazy
thinkin' about her and that man
when in walked a woman
lookin' richer than sin
and ten years worth of work on her hand
well i followed her home
and when she was alone
i put my gun to her head
and i don't recall
what happened next at all
but now that rich woman she's dead
now i drive down the highway
ten miles from my sweet baby's arms
and the moon is so bright
it don't look like night
and the diamond how it sparkles in the lights of Loving County
well she opened that door
and i knelt on the floor
and i put that ring in her hand
and she said i do
and she'd leave with me soon
to the rigs out in south Alabam'
well i told her to hide
that ring there inside
and wait till the timin' was good
and i drove back home
and i was alone
cause i thought that she understood
the next night an old friend
just called me to wish us both well
said he'd seen her downtown
sashay'n around
and her diamond how it sparkled in the lights of Loving County
well that sheriff he found
me out wonder'n all around
el paso the very next day
you see i'd lost my mind
on that broken white line
before i even reached Balmaray
now she's in ft. worth
and she's just givin' birth
to the son of that oil company man
and they buried that sheriffs poor old dead wife
with the ring that i stole on her hand
sometimes they let me
look up at that east Texas sky
and the rain on the pines
oh lord how it shines
like my darlin's little diamond in the lights of Loving County
01 November 2010
rejoining the living
Happy November! You know what else is happy? I am 12 weeks along today. That means Hellooo second trimester! Hello to feeling better and having more energy. Hello to growing belly and being that much closer to May.
Yesterday was Halloween and I did some light yardwork during the day and still managed a couple hours worth of trick-or-treating with the Dread Pirate Ethan. Arrgghhh! It's good to be back!
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