hold the phone!!

Remember many moons ago when I said I had taken up a new hobby and it was quilting??? Well I am happy to report that not only did I finish my first ever quilt and give it to my Mom for her birthday in June, I managed to make her cry too. Anyone who knows me and my siblings the goal when we give our Mom a present is to see who can make her cry... my sister Melita always busts out the big guns with the practical gift like sheets, new silverware etc... but me and the other three get as cheesy as possible.

                                                      the birthday girl with her quilt
 

Family trip

Well another year and another successful family trip to the Frio has come and gone! Oh how I love my loud, funny, slightly crude and loving family! Nothing fills my heart with such joy and contentment as being in the great state of Texas surrounded by the people I love most in this world. I love the 6 hour road trip to the cabin with my Mom, so many life lessons learned, words of wisdom passed on and precious memories made with that wonderful woman. Seeing my brother Beau and still looking up at him like I did when I was 5 and was his ever present shadow. Sharing secrets under the stars with my oldest friend Deseree and my big sister Elsie. Seeing my oldest sister and my closest confidant Melita, with my precious nephew growing in her belly. He will no doubt be the most spoiled child on the face of the planet. Cooking, cleaning and caring for my family (it's my fave)! Closing the chapter in my life of my first unrequited love.( that's a long story) Blue Bell Ice Cream, Whataburger, Taco Cabana, Pluckers and BBQ. Being with my fantastic cousins and aunts and uncle. Growing closer as a family carrying on the tradition of the family trip to the Frio River. My cup runneth over.

  

my awesome family minus two party poopers who left early.          

Whoops.

I promise I have not fallen off the face of the earth. Just been a wee bit distracted with life, love and work. So much to say and I don't know where to start.

I have the most amazing group of friends a girl could ask for. They have each blessed my life in so many ways and without them being my voice of reason who knows what kind of pickles I would have gotten myself into. They keep me grounded but still manage to let me float in the clouds and daydream a lot of the time, but let's face it anyone who knows me knows that I will always find a way to do that. I am good at daydreaming. Fact.

Surprise Surprise, I have a new love interest. I am pretty sure he doesn't know I like him or maybe considering the fact that I am about as subtle as a gun he probably has a vague inclination. (and yes I partially stole that line from a movie.. but hey if the shoe fits)

   I don't get why things have to be so complicated, as single men and women I do not understand why we have to do this dance around each other about playing that proverbial "game". I am not a patient person and typically I live by the philosophy that I want what I want when I want it. And me learning the "game" is like someone with two left feet attempting to learn the Argentine Tango it ain't happening people. Why if you like someone is just so hard to say "hey I like you and I think you like me lets go out sometime" NOT that complicated.

All my ranting and raving aside. This guy is fantastic ( that may sound biased but ask anyone who knows him and they will say the same thing). Smart, humble, funny, full of life, caring, compassionate, has a laugh that makes my heart skip a beat, when I am around him it is so comfortable and just easy to be near him like I have known him my whole life. He is just freaking awesome. I could go on and on and on about all the things that I like about this guy but for the sake of not coming across as a crazy person I will stop there. Heaven help me if he ever reads this. I am crossing my fingers that he doesn't pay attention when I update my Facebook to tell people to read my blog. That would be bad news bears.

On a non boy related note!!! (this rarely happens) I have finally transferred out of the barren wasteland that is the FedexOffice of Spanish Fork, UT to the freakishly busy but always full of attractive men to look at Provo location! ( I lied there was a mention of men)  Not only is this new store a good growing and learning opportunity for me, but it is literally a one minute drive from my house as opposed to the 30 mile round trip commute to Spanish Fork!!! yay for me!!!!








   

Really?

So I have been reading a lot of books lately about strong Southern women and I find myself feeling a little self righteous and entitled... I'm just waiting for Heavenly Father to force feed me some more of his famous humble pie. It's a random post but just kind of where my thought process currently is.

Fun quote from one of my books " men are like mosquitoes, best slap them down early, before they get a chance to torment you"
It's a good isn't it?

Sorry

There are no excuses for my laziness when it comes to blogging. I simply have not had anything interesting to say. But today I find myself in a rather pensieve mood and have been reflecting on past events. I have a question for my few readers. Have you ever met someone and they were so absolutely perfect for you that you swear you heard angels singing when they smiled at you? Well that happened to me a couple of months ago and I swear this man was pulled right from dreams... but after making dinner for him and some friends I haven't heard from him and my world has been shattered cause I was so sure that he was put ont his earth for me. Oh well.

new lesson

When you are super duper mad, swearing and punching the door will do nothing but leave you with an aching hand and a bad taste in your mouth.

Fell off the wagon

Well I did it again, I went against my better judgment and started liking a new boy. Problem is I have "dated" this boy before and it did not end so well and this time it ended better but history always finds a way of repeating itself. You would think I would learn my lesson, but apparently I am the same idiotic person as before. Se la vie right? 



Re-starting man hating phase hopefully it works better this go around. I should take my own advice " a man isn't going to buy the cow when its giving the milk away for free"..... even though this particular boy assured me the cow would still be purchased. Note to self stop referring to oneself as a cow, its not good for the self esteem.