May Memories

• Bernini Exhibit with dad
  • left me with major Rome withdrawals
• Andrew returns home for the summer
  • brother sister bonding time (that has yet to happen though)
• Meeting Baby Noah
• Mother’s day
  • Lunch with Mick (Great Aunt/Cousin?) at Olive Garden
• Edgar’s Nashville trip
• 8 month Anniversary
• Two co-workers leaving, Two new ones starting
• My boss getting promoted so she’ll be staying for sure
• Huge relief for me – I seriously would have quit
• Seminar/Workshop for work with Wendy
• Working with Carmen spring cleaning & wedding
• First trip to the pool to catch some sunshine
• Moore, OK tornado
  • My brother (a current OU student, took two loads of donations from family and friends and helped volunteer)
• Reapplied for SW grad school
• Memorial day
  • Visited the Old Red Museum in Dallas for the first time
  • Picnic with new and old friends at Klyde Warren Park in Dallas
  • Mom and Andrew (brother) meeting Edgar’s Family (& liking them!)
    • His mom cooking homemade enchiladas!

 Movies

• Safe Haven
• Iron Man 3
• The Great Gatsby
• Gangster Squad
• Side Effects

Books

• Gap Creek by Robert Morgan

• Sweet Tooth by Ian McEwan (Just couldn’t get into this one – Might give it another shot later)

• The Orchardist (still in progress, but I’m enjoying it so far!)

Exerpts from Gap Creek

When I thought of a boy I always thought of somebody I could give in to. Not one of these nervous boys that couldn’t hardly look at you without blinking. I thought of a strong man that knowed what he wanted and could teach you. I wanted a body that meant to go somewhere. I guess I wanted a man instead of a boy.

Now a look can tell you more than hundreds of words. If it’s the right look at the right time. A look can go through your face and eyes right inside you.

This is not me. This is better than me. This is better than I deserve. And I thought, No, this is what I have been waiting got; this is what the future is going to be like.

Worry never made anybody live a second longer

It was too perfect to think on. Nothing ever worked out that perfect in this world. And if I wanted it too bad it would never happen. The world was made so most people never got what they wanted most. Or maybe they wanted most what they couldn’t get.

I was not good at waiting for somebody. When I’m waiting I get flustered and hot and think aboutall the things that could go wrong. And the more nervous I am, the more I worry and get aggravated. When I’m waiting time slows down till it mocks me. When I keep waiting for somebody to come I feel like I’m going to fall to pieces. They only thing to do is not wait at all, but to get on with whatever you’re doing.

Anybody with a clear conscience can sleep.

When you’re tired it’s like all the force in the world works against you. Takes extra effort just to do little things. You feel it takes willpower just to breathe.

I don’t know what it is about a quarrel that stirs the body so.

If you waited til everything was perfect to celebrate, you  might never celebrate anything.

I discovered hunger don’t make you resentful. Hunger makes you slow and brooding, like you are just waiting and waiting. You don’t feel like going anywhere or doing anything. Hunger makes you set around, makes you want to go to bed early and sleep late. You don’t want to think about nothing; for if you think you will think about good things to eat. When you’re hungry you do not want to think at all. You want time to pass. You are waiting for something to happen. You don’t want to waste the effort. You are saving the fat on your bones and the strength in your blood. You are saving your breath. When you’re hungry you don’t day dream a lot. You just drift through the hours and the first thing you know another day is over, another night has gone by. Mostly you want to forget.

Momma, Me, & Wine

Baby Noah & Auntie Em

8 Sweet Months with the Love of My Life

Happy SUNday!

My Brother’s Truck Loaded Down with Donations

Moore, OK

Old Fashioned Handrail and Floor from The “Old Red” Museum in Dallas

Clyde Barrow’s Actual Rifel

Memorial Day at Kylde Warren Park in Dallas

Memorial Day at Kylde Warren Park in Dallas

Memorial Day at Kylde Warren Park in Dallas

Etsy Time!

Crafts for Dads!