emotions running plentiful...

several things...one, i just finished the novel p.s. i love you. i haven't seen the movie yet and heard the book was better and now i can't wait to see the movie. i cried maybe, 1o times! what a book. it's my biggest fear: losing someone you don't want to even think about living without. i'll stop now so i don't start up again...yesterday the family celebrated my aunt and uncle's fortieth wedding anniversary. my uncle rented a big 'ol suite with the most beautiful view of the city. the piano man set the mood grandly and it was nice to enjoy everyone. love was in the air... i just received my dress green etsy purchases. hello christmas shopping! i could browse art on etsy forever and a day...of course that's where i found the prints up and below. something about birds i tell you. it's the flying. lucky devils.

(Top)

"Wild Garden"

(Left to Right)

"Flock"
"Lovely Bird Design"
"Little Sparrows"

my heart just skipped two beats...

so gorgeous my heart just skipped two beats...

a realization and some...

this past weekend i realized a few things...
1. tony makes the best spicy chili ever.
2. i'm a hopeless sucker for teeny-bop vampire romance. get it, "sucker"... get it.
3. joanna newsom's "sprout and bean" is my favorite new song.
4. hearing the preservation hall jazz band live makes me very, very, very happy. more then i thought jazz could ever possibly do.
5. the blind boys of alabama can see so much more than me. what an inspiration.
6. you're never too old to shimmy and shake.

forever and a day...

yes, it's been forever and a day since my last blog. geez, where to begin. my ring came in! i love it more and more, sometimes i can't stop staring at my hand...i feel so vain! bad me. tony and i book the reception hall next month followed by the church in february and then the details begin! i finished my third marathon..slowly but most importantly surely this past sunday. school is causing some distress, the new principal's expectations are up the wazoo and with wedding excitement, the marathon, and plain old reliable fun i just can't seem to sacrifice the much needed time it will take to get things done the right way. really, can the days be longer? but how can i complain. my lovely company makes all the difference. i am lucky and thankful. ooo, i just forgot my crazy, pathetic, psychotic obsession with the twilight books. tony's glad to have me back, although i'm dragging him to the theater saturday morning to see the movie. i think he's a little curious as to what the deal is. but really, what a story. a very unrealistic, fantasy, perfect world with perfect lovers and perfect endings kind of story. but still. ahhh. can i come back as a story book character in my next life, preferably bella...and tony as edward...see what i mean, pathetic and just plain weird, time to move on. my darlings moved back up to tennessee and my dad moved to el paso, my mom will soon be following and then so will tony and i for a little visit in january. we booked our flights today. we're planning a little vacation in new mexico for some fun in the snow ...hopefully with our family who are thinking of joining in ... ahh, much much to look foward to...