Man, the restlessness I felt earlier today was totally worth tonight! Mark, his wife, Kendra, the kids and their mom, Bobbi came over for dinner. They ended up staying for about 4 hours and then went to Bobbi's place to go to sleep. They all opened their Christmas presents. It may be May, but it had really been that long since we saw them ( Read more... )

Yesterday, Mom and I left the Ranch to go to where my other aunt lives in Odessa. We are leaving tommorow so I can drive the 6 hours back to Austin (really not looking forward to that). I loved seeing aunt Saundra, Uncle Larry, and my cousin's two little kids again. I realized, however, that Odessa is not somewhere somebody moves just because they ( Read more... )

Papa said he remembered that I loved to eat any tomato in sight ever since I was little. He then handed me the one and only tomato that bloomed in his garden and that will in a long time. It was only about the size of my palm, so he refused to share it, but it was so perfect, round and red ( Read more... )

Man, it is so nice to be out here at my aunt's ranch. It is 5000 acres of pure Texas beauty and wild life (along with a small herd of cattle and one oil well). I love seeing my aunt and uncle again- they're awesome. I havn't seen them since the Christmas before last. They used to live 5 minutes away, but it has been hard to see eachother since they ( Read more... )

So, my geology professor said that in 40 years the West end of Galveston (the one with all the billion-dollar beach side houses on stilts) will be nearly 4/5s under water and at the BEST 1/3 ( Read more... )

I was so glad I got to carve a pumpkin this year! On Hallow's eve (ok, I'll just call it last Tuesday) I just stumbled upon the gazebo where they were doing pumpkin carving with free pumpkins, candles and tools!! They also had patterns, but I vowed with the little bit of artistic integrity I had that I would always go freehand. Mine had a silloette ( Read more... )

Yay! Going to Austin tommorow! Tommorow morning I'm going crabbing so my dad can steam them. That's gonna be interesting. I hope they last in the ice chest on the way down ( Read more... )

It seems like the people I know who have the trouble with being away from home the most are the hispanic girls where their families are very large and very close both emotionally and in proximity. One of these girls that I've becomed pretty good friends with down here is a very sweet, docile girl named Mariella ( Read more... )

1) I lick my right canine tooth when I'm restless ( Read more... )

Ok, so, I think I may have multiple personalities; or at least, multiple personalities that I aspire to be because I didn't know enough about the one I have right now ( Read more... )