two for one. actually make that three for one.

ode to Brian...


if only i was poetic. writing poetry for me is in the same category as trying to be sensual. i just feel like a fake and can only burst out laughing.

yesterday the world celebrated the anniversary of my husband's birth. he is really a great guy, much better than i deserve, and i really feel like i got the better end of the deal in this thing. i'm so thankful for his 38 years. i've been blessed to know him for 16 and a half of those. i'm sure those have been the better sixteen years of my life.

we had another crazy weekend back a few days ago when it was the weekend (trying to catch up here). basketball game on Friday night, then another couple of games on Saturday morning. Samuel and William went over to a school friend's house by the name of Jade Oakley. wouldn't you have loved a name like that as a kid? and yeah, he lives up to his name. he's c.o.o.l. Margaret and i did a Girl Scout cookie booth at Walgreen's again. this time Marissa and her mom, Sherry sold with us. we sold about 110 boxes, which i thought phenomenal!

we all gathered back home and had dinner together, then it was Saturday night bathing time. Brian and i had intended to go out somewhere nearby to watch the Longhorn's play the Aggies in basketball, maybe at Nomad's or Pacos Tacos, two neighborhood spots, but we tired out and just watched the game at home.

Brian got up early on Sunday and ran 24 miles. incredible, huh? i can't imagine doing that just for a training run. i took the kids to the early service at church, then Sunday School. Brian cleaned up from his run and went to the late service. i went down to Lady Bird Lake and did a ten mile run Sunday afternoon. i was still feeling "off" and couldn't make myself run further though i had wanted to run more like 17 miles.

Sunday evening we had the Langleys over. that's Keegan's family. we grilled burgers and the grown ups visited while the kids played outside and then on the wii. Joseph and Karen are a fun couple and we had a great time and vowed to do it again.

yesterday was beautiful. too bad it couldn't have stayed that way, weather-wise. i made a birthday cake for Jules, or Julesie, as everyone calls her. it was a two layer, one chocolate, one vanilla, with buttercream frosting, decorated with purple polka dots, per Jules request. i also got in a workout at the Y, some thrifting, and some house cleaning.

tuesday, which by now is yesterday, since i've made a habit of stretching these blog posts out over several days...well, tuesday i went to work at the church. i only worked half the day because i wasn't feeling great, and had a doctor's appointment the afternoon. i don't know this doctor real well, though we've been seeing each other for a few years now. there is something about his him that is a little too perfect. i bet he never has to clean under his fingernails because they never get dirty. he's the kind of person that can do the white pants look because there'd never be a chance of him getting them dirty. i guess that's the kind of person you want checking out all your parts. but anyways, i went in for a colon issue, and ended up talking to him about my feelings. i sat there and got all weepy on him. not literally on him. but i did cry. i told him about feeling blue more and more. but yet, i'm not lying in bed all day wishing i could die. i'm a go-getter, getting up at 5 every morning and going full speed all day. so we talked it all through discussed family history and whatnot, and he gave me some meds to see if they help. after i got my prescription at HEB awhile later, i opened the bottle and was disappointed to see how tiny the pill was. i guess i was thinking i needed a really big one to fix my problems. but i took my one little pill  as prescribed, and i tell ya, immediately everything came in color. happiness descended upon me and birds began to sing. it was probably all my imagination, but i did feel better psychologically, like now i'm making a fresh start. we'll see where this takes me. hopefully i don't get full on crazy from it.

i fixed a meal for the Zamoras last night. when i do a meal for a family, i usually make double and keep half for us. Joseph came by to take the boys to Boy Scouts, then i left to take the food to the Zamoras and workout at the Y. Brian and Margaret ate dinner on their own, then went to basketball practice. Brian has taken over coaching her team since her coach has some connection with the Super Bowl security and had to abandon his coaching. since he left and Brian took over, the team has won every game.

i'm reading this book called The Liar's Club. so far it is hilarious. it's this lady's autobiography. i don't know if she's someone famous, someone i should know, but she writes with such frankness and witt of her growing up in east Texas in the 60's. her family is very white trash and she doesn't candy coat things. she does a great job of making it beautiful despite the ugliness of it all. it's another one of my thirft store finds.


Margaret and i are supposed to do a cookie booth this afternoon. the temp is not supposed to get above freezing. i just don't know if we can sit out there in front of Walgreen's for two hours. i doubt anyone would stop to buy anything anyways. they'll probably just rush on to their cars as fast as they can.

Thursday, Feb. 3

i never got around to finishing that post yesterday. i spent most of Wednesday painting the bathrooms. they'll be a very light gray, both of them, when i'm done. so i painted, listened to the radio, and drank coffee. it was nice to be all cozy in my house while it was so miserably cold out. i went to the Y and exercised for about 45 minutes before getting the kids at school. i've kind of abandoned outdoors running and taken up residence at the Y instead. hopefully i'll be ready come marathon day in two weeks.

last night we worked on Margaret's applications for middle school magnet programs. the deadline is tomorrow, and she's applying for all three, which is a lot of work. one is an all-girl's school that goes through highschool, the other is a junior high that focuses on law and humanities, and the other is a junior high that emphasises math and science. the third, Kealing, is probably the most rigorous and is located closest to us. the girl's school, Ann Richard's, is way down south, and Fulmore, the law and humanities school, is near downtown. if she gets in to any of them, she'd be bussed. most of her friends want to go to Fulmore. Brian and i aren't sure what we want for her. i think she has the grades to get in to any of them. so we wait and pray.

ladies' Bible study got cancelled for this morning, so i have a free day. i'm thinking i'll finish painting the bathrooms, maybe go have lunch with the kids, go exercise at the Y, maybe go down and visit Daddy. all before the snow gets here, the Blizzard and 2011.