Random Thoughts

BIG NEWS EVERYONE! Carl's wife, Michelle, is pregnant with TWINS!!! This is such great news! My heart spills over with love for my granddaughter, Kylah, and more little blessings will just be incredible!!!

Phew. I'm so glad the Olympics are over. Don't get me wrong... I LOVE the Olympics. But every day after work and all evening, and way too much time on the weekends, I was a couch potato watching it all unfold. Ok, give myself a break... it is only two weeks every four years, well, two weeks every two years if you also include the summer Olympics. And I'm sorry, Canada is a great place I'm sure, but at the closing ceremonies I was pretty tired of hearing about it and seeing the oak leaf on EVERYTHING. Geez... what's the matter, Eileen. You usually aren't quite so critical!!!

The sun is out today, and it is a welcome change from the cloudy and rainy weather we have been having. I'm ready for a Texas spring. People, it is as beautiful here in the spring as it is in New England in the Fall, truly. I walk around taking deep breaths and exclaiming how gorgeous it is everywhere I go. I can't wait!!!

Winter Wonderland

What a beautiful day it was; and so unusual for Texas. Perfect for snuggling in at home with a quilt and a cup of tea.

SNOW!!!

Hi All,

OK, this isn't so serious or insightful or transparent. BUT IT'S SNOWING! I'm at work, and I have these huge picture windows, and I have been peeking around my shoulder all day watching it come down. I ran around outside taking some images. The Library is closing early (3:00 pm) and opening again tomorrow at 12:00 noon because we are expecting icy roads (and Texans don't know how to drive on ice!!!). What a gorgeous day!

Transparency

After reading a friend's blog today, I realized that my blogs were rather generic... usually showing a picture of something or someone that I love or an event like my granddaughter's play or snow in Texas. Those are all good things to report on, but I am never transparent. And I am a very transparent person. If I'm hurt about something or mad, it is written all over my face. I can't fake it. And for those of you who actually read this (and there are so few), I am going to commit to being a little more real, and transparent, like all of you are. My life isn't perfect, but I do feel that I am in a very "comfortable" place right now. I have a job, I have my sons and grandaughter nearby, I have met and fallen in love with my best friend forever (and we are slowly but surely planning a life together - I guess at this age, things don't happen as quickly as when we were young), and I am now at 11.5 years post-death-sentence "you'll never go into remission" diagnosis. Here's to more transparency and more frequent posts! (picture circa 1972) Love you all!

Snow in Texas!!!

Here's Star, fat and muddy, in the snow. We had more snow than I've ever seen in Texas during the holidays... it was great! The mini-cabin is the dog house Robin made for our dogs (his one cocker spaniel, my two lab mixes), and the "outhouse" is actually a well house that Robin made to look like a 2-door outhouse! This is Robin's house in Joshua, which will be my home some day soon I hope. It seems like selling my house is going at a snail's pace.

A Christmas Pageant

Kylah's after-school daycare had their Christmas pageant. Kylah participated in the "Twelve Days of Christmas" song. She was "three french hens." She did beautifully and I was very proud of her; she always knows her part and is a very enthusiastic performer!

My latest creation uploaded to my stock photo site.