I don't know what it is about the month of October, but I like it. I like the way every day feels like a Sunday when I was a kid. I don't know how to explain it but it feels good. It's like the air feels different, like nothing can go wrong. There is a warmth in the air even when the wind leaves your nose with a hint of the biting cold which will come in the near future.
With the month of October comes Holiday scented candles, Orange vanilla being the favorite of the moment, pumpkins, weird little corn husks and FOOTBALL - GO HORNED FROGS! But the thing I might like the most about October is the plethora of scary movies that are on t.v. I like sitting in a dark room and watching scary movies, not the kind where small children are possessed by the devil but the kind where babysitters get murdered, the ones that could actually come true (When a Stranger Calls...hands down the best scary movie EVER and pretty much ruined my teenage years with the fear of a creepy ventriloquist who undoubtedly was waiting behind every knock on the front door - but that is beside the point.)I am scaring myself just thinking about it..... and I like it, I guess it is the adrenaline.
October also presents wonderful photography opportunities...although I have not had the chance to take advantage of them it seems like the light of each fading day is tempting my lens to take advantage of the show it is putting on. There are festivals all over town, whether celebrating the arts, trying to find a cure for cancer or my favorite event Barktoberfest. Yes this is a dog festival at the dog park and yes people humiliate their dogs, which I DO NOT, and dress them up in ridiculous outfits and yes I go every year. It's fun and I think the dogs like it. Speaking of which, even they seem to be different, the are extra excited when I walk in the front door and seem extra frisky on Monday night when I take them to run on the golf course. By the way, O.P. taught himself to swim...yay!
Today was the perfect October day too... I worked a little, preparing for P.J. O'Rourke to come on Tuesday...hurry up Wednesday and lets keep our fingers crossed for a disaster free Tuesday. Went to a movie with Rachael, my roommate, and washed my car. And it felt like a Sunday when I was a kid. Like love and family and hope and bliss. So, thank you God for another October Sunday - I hope everyone enjoyed it as much as I did!
Sunday, October 10, 2010
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
No more staples
I think you know your stressed when your stapler runs out of staples and you not only cuss under your breath but begin to cry...in your office, alone, pretty hard....for quite a long time. I hate staplers today. That is all I have time for - October 13 could not come soon enough.
Friday, September 24, 2010
Bad Week in a Day
I stole the above title from http://baseballsbutterfliesblessings.blogspot.com/ one of the most encouraging blogs I have EVER read, and I read it EVERY day.
We can all have bad days and here is a little encouragement from good ol Ralph Marston
Every day, life gets better. Because every day adds more substance to the outstanding experience of life. On some days it may seem like your life is falling behind instead of getting better. But that's just because you fail to consider the real value that is always building within you. At some point you'll come to appreciate and even treasure the setbacks and disappointments. For although they are painful, they give you the opportunity to grow stronger.The difficulties are blessings that haven't fully developed. The joys are well-deserved rewards that encourage you to keep moving forward. No matter how good life has been, it is getting even better. No matter what challenges may push against you, each moment brings more of life's goodness. Feel that goodness as it accumulates in your experience. And live the possibilities that become more rich and meaningful with each dawning day.Ralph Marston
Just wanted to say thank you to all of the encouraging people!
We can all have bad days and here is a little encouragement from good ol Ralph Marston
Every day, life gets better. Because every day adds more substance to the outstanding experience of life. On some days it may seem like your life is falling behind instead of getting better. But that's just because you fail to consider the real value that is always building within you. At some point you'll come to appreciate and even treasure the setbacks and disappointments. For although they are painful, they give you the opportunity to grow stronger.The difficulties are blessings that haven't fully developed. The joys are well-deserved rewards that encourage you to keep moving forward. No matter how good life has been, it is getting even better. No matter what challenges may push against you, each moment brings more of life's goodness. Feel that goodness as it accumulates in your experience. And live the possibilities that become more rich and meaningful with each dawning day.Ralph Marston
Just wanted to say thank you to all of the encouraging people!
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
Cecilia Frances McCain
Hello friends!
It has been a long time since I have taken the time to write anything about.... well anything really. Another milestone is responsible for this post, a baby! One of my best friends since I was in Kindergarden, Blythe, had a baby girl today...Cecilia Frances McCain. Her name is as fabulous as I know she one day will be. With Blythe as a mother there is no doubt in my mind she will be a stylish infant, toddler, kindergartner, middle schooler, highschooler and college student...hahahaha - and I am so glad that this little nugget is in my life and I will get to watch it all unfold. I have been obnoxiously and irritaitingly showing ALL of my coworkers every single new picture I get of baby Cecilia...I am so overkill I can not even imagine what I would be like if she was mine, although I kind of feel like she is! I have known Blythe since Kindergarten, I have grown with her - she in pretty dresses, me in t-shirts and umbros - and experienced all of the ups and many downs our lives have had to offer. She is my first "kindergarten friend" to have a baby...it is so amazing! I can't beleive we are old enough to have babies of our own!
Growing up proves to be a funny/emotional thing. You go through life thinking you will never look "as old as the senior girls", "old enough to not get carded" or ever BE "old enough to drive", "old enough to get married" much less to "have a baby". Everyone says college is the most fun part of life, and though I definitely had fun...I would have to disagree. This time, these moments are what make life special and meaningful. The merging of two seperate lives to make a life together and eventually to make an entirely new life all together. I just got finished with wedding rush number 3...mid twenties marriages I like to call them. And, in the matter of two months three more have emerged, which to my absolute delight I get to take part in. Thank you Kern, AMV and Cathleen. Although at times I am sad that I am not caught up in my own whirlwind romance, (patience I know) I cannot help but feel overwhelming joy for those who have found it! The months ahead are going to be filled with parties, showers and lots of weddings!!!
These weddings too, in time will result in babies as well. Now this topic I am not too knowledgable about but I do what I can. I do know one thing for sure, the love you will have for a baby (even if it is not yours, yes I cried when Blythe had her baby...actually when I heard her water broke, though I would like to think my emotional breakdown was a result of my hormonal surge I was experiencing this particular week) changes your entire life. I love Cecilia and I have not even met her, but I love her because I love her parents...what an easy way to gain supporters...which is what I will be! I am so prepared to love and support and watch that baby girl grow that it makes me cry just to think about it. I guess a lifelong friendship with her mother is to blame for my irrational attachment/obsession I have for her already - but hey, everyone needs a crazy aunt!!!
It has been a long time since I have taken the time to write anything about.... well anything really. Another milestone is responsible for this post, a baby! One of my best friends since I was in Kindergarden, Blythe, had a baby girl today...Cecilia Frances McCain. Her name is as fabulous as I know she one day will be. With Blythe as a mother there is no doubt in my mind she will be a stylish infant, toddler, kindergartner, middle schooler, highschooler and college student...hahahaha - and I am so glad that this little nugget is in my life and I will get to watch it all unfold. I have been obnoxiously and irritaitingly showing ALL of my coworkers every single new picture I get of baby Cecilia...I am so overkill I can not even imagine what I would be like if she was mine, although I kind of feel like she is! I have known Blythe since Kindergarten, I have grown with her - she in pretty dresses, me in t-shirts and umbros - and experienced all of the ups and many downs our lives have had to offer. She is my first "kindergarten friend" to have a baby...it is so amazing! I can't beleive we are old enough to have babies of our own!
Growing up proves to be a funny/emotional thing. You go through life thinking you will never look "as old as the senior girls", "old enough to not get carded" or ever BE "old enough to drive", "old enough to get married" much less to "have a baby". Everyone says college is the most fun part of life, and though I definitely had fun...I would have to disagree. This time, these moments are what make life special and meaningful. The merging of two seperate lives to make a life together and eventually to make an entirely new life all together. I just got finished with wedding rush number 3...mid twenties marriages I like to call them. And, in the matter of two months three more have emerged, which to my absolute delight I get to take part in. Thank you Kern, AMV and Cathleen. Although at times I am sad that I am not caught up in my own whirlwind romance, (patience I know) I cannot help but feel overwhelming joy for those who have found it! The months ahead are going to be filled with parties, showers and lots of weddings!!!
These weddings too, in time will result in babies as well. Now this topic I am not too knowledgable about but I do what I can. I do know one thing for sure, the love you will have for a baby (even if it is not yours, yes I cried when Blythe had her baby...actually when I heard her water broke, though I would like to think my emotional breakdown was a result of my hormonal surge I was experiencing this particular week) changes your entire life. I love Cecilia and I have not even met her, but I love her because I love her parents...what an easy way to gain supporters...which is what I will be! I am so prepared to love and support and watch that baby girl grow that it makes me cry just to think about it. I guess a lifelong friendship with her mother is to blame for my irrational attachment/obsession I have for her already - but hey, everyone needs a crazy aunt!!!
CONGRATULATIONS BLYTHE AND CLAY!!!! I know you will be amazing parents and your baby girl will grow up to be an amazing young lady!
p.s. this might be the most scattered post EVER, sorry....
p.s. this might be the most scattered post EVER, sorry....
o and this is the BEAUTIFUL GIRL!!!! Cecilia Frances McCain
Monday, June 14, 2010
My Best Friends Wedding
As the titles suggests this weekend was just about the best weekend I have had in a LONG time. My best friend since I was in the first grade got married to the love of her life. Right now she is sitting on the beach with her husband enjoying the sand, sun and surf, while the rest of us have returned to the everyday routines of life...BOO. I want to extend my gratitude and undying love to Mr. and Mrs. Camden Pierce. I want to thank you both a million times over for including me in this special time! I have had more fun getting to know you as a couple over the past two years and I look forward to making many many more memories in the future.
This weekend was a little bitter sweet for me. I know that Ellen is entering into a new part of her life and I could not be more happy but I am selfishly going to to miss having her all to myself!! I know that Cam is going to make the perfect husband and eventually father! I hope that God continues to bless them in their new life.
It was so wonderful to see all of my friends and family (thank you mom and dad for coming). I got to connect with old friends I had not seen in a while and got to know each other in the lives that we now live. I got to laugh and dance with friends I get to see often. The weekend was PERFECT. Ellen was the most beautiful bride and Cam was a handsome groom!
I look forward to celebrating many more marriages in the future...it is only the beginning!!
This weekend was a little bitter sweet for me. I know that Ellen is entering into a new part of her life and I could not be more happy but I am selfishly going to to miss having her all to myself!! I know that Cam is going to make the perfect husband and eventually father! I hope that God continues to bless them in their new life.
It was so wonderful to see all of my friends and family (thank you mom and dad for coming). I got to connect with old friends I had not seen in a while and got to know each other in the lives that we now live. I got to laugh and dance with friends I get to see often. The weekend was PERFECT. Ellen was the most beautiful bride and Cam was a handsome groom!
I look forward to celebrating many more marriages in the future...it is only the beginning!!
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
O.P.'s first haircut!
The boy FINALLY got a haircut...He and Bradie have been staying with my parents because I have been out of town every weekend for the past month, so this is the only picture I have of him. They are coming home tomorrow and we will be moving into our new house SOON!! I cannot wait to have new roomies and a YARD with a PATIO...o the evenings of drinking on the patio are in my near future, I am sooo excited! Well here is your pic, he is so BIG!
He looks like an adult dog now...so sad! The picture below was his last puppy pic...
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