listening to the daylight.

things are going pretty smoothly around here
i'm liking the new job
i'm loving the weather (for the most part!)
and i'm loving the books i am reading.

in the makes me happy things are simple column:

fresh fruit and sourdough toast for breakfast.


**and i must share-
the girl one gets into the truck
after her game yest and asks:
"so if a christian school
plays a christian school
who's side is God on?"**

like slow spinning redemption.

more color. it helps when
your employer is generous with
the employee discount.

more reading.
i wanna be a kept woman. !!

more jams.
i'm a sucker for mix CDs.
this one came from the bucks.

more thinking.
my man 08AMA was on
kidd kradick this morning.
love him more. :)

**guess where yest comments are**

what ever happened to my lunch box?

apparently chiggers don't count as pets.

(yes, the soccer fields had chiggers.)
after we discovered them
we decided not to go to the third game.
eww. just. eww.

for dani. who was curious as to what was in our shower stall.


for me. because he's ready to throw down.


*yest comments in yest comment box*

i like your sushi.

it's real big.

austin was a blast.
(always is.)

didn't take as many pics as i thought.
which disturbs me
only slightly.

here are two of my faves.
we call this the mexican hot dog.

:) sausage in a tortilla.
and

one of these things is not like the others.

ps:
i'm glad i could be an example for you
gals- now go back up your photo files!!

xoxo

hi from austin.

having a grand ol time.
forgot the card reader, tho.
:(
so you get a photobooth
photo.

mac baby got sick so
we put her in the mac hospital.
i now have a new hard drive
but with out all of my pics.
yeeeaaaahhhh.
i
am
sad.

but at least i have the mac baby back!!

on 08AMA.

i didn't get to see him...

i was working the day he visited san antonio.

:(

but i did vote for him.

<3

pics today:

hubs and i walked around
downtown for most of the morning.

i want to move downtown.

like now.
i have more pics
but hubbs and i are sharing an
internet connection
so it's just not do-able.
will share more manana.

OH!!
and guess who's going to austin
this weekend?
me.
two days.
can't wait.
i feel more at home there
than anyplace in the u.s. so far.

:)

i voted today.

go 08AMA!!

i was giddy the rest of the day because of it. :)
see my sticker?

i wore it all day.
got to work early so i sat in the car and read.

it was nice and quiet.

AND
i want everyone (cough cough 365) to take note
of the sweater i am wearing.
it's not black.
or white.
OR grey.

i'm just sayin.

xoxo
yest comment replies in yest
comment box.

because green apple jolly ranchers

does not a fruit serving make.

i am still hooked on cara cara oranges thanks to
miss colleen...so that helps.
and trail mix is really healthy right?
especially when you pick through and eat the m&ms
and cashews??

thought so.

dang, i need to get back on track.

(work and home life today.
i'm off on thurs...will catch up then!!)

xoxo

yest comments:
kimmyk- CRACK is right!! plus, they border on racketeering!!
365- they'll be gone soon enough, i'm sure. ;)
danim- LOTS of sugar...but those mints aren't NEARLY as good as thin mints!! ::drool drool::
kate- i share. come on over and i'll prove it!!
jen- they're $3.50 a box here. i spent $21 for something that will lead to me TORtuRING myself on the treadmill. :X
spazz- good luck. i hear they can smell weakness!!
colleen- yeah, those are the hubby's and the boy one's fave too.
joce- the lemon ones are pretty good...how come no one is mentioning them?? lol
br@ndy- aint that the truth. hmph. (crunch crunch)
carrie- TWELVE?! wowsa!!

lead me not.

it's girl scout season again.

dang.
i thought for sure
i'd soon be rid of those
5 pounds i gained recently.

psh. not likely with those things in the house.

he says i am a coffee whore.

i think he may be right.

i tried two new coffees today.
(ran out of the sbucks home brew)

who knew tc's served coffee??
( i wasn't missing anything)

and then,
because the treadmill/painting/carpool/life
is kicking my ass-

i had a cup of this

while i did my grocery shopping.

pretty pretty good.
that's why i bought a bag.

:) happy friday peeps.

happy valentine's day.

from the m&m me.

told ya i'd be the green one!! :)

i'm off to paint my sister's room.
i figure she's been waiting over a month
for me to finish...
hopefully today i can get at least one coat
of paint up...
we had to prime the walls
twice...and by *we* i mean *me*.
that red was a pita to cover!!

i hope it turns out the way i envisioned it.

happy valentines day y'all.
love the one you're with.

i feel like a red tree today.

i hope you get your dreams.

who else is addicted to this chick?

a good friend of mine gave me her cd last
week
and i haven't stopped listening to it since.
it's gotten so bad
the girl one has started taking her ipod
with her for our morning carpool.
tsk tsk. she's missing out.
the girl can sing.

in other news:
feeling a bit like this.


no pictures,
please.

where ya been, who'd you see, what'd you do?!

i finally answered
the last three days' comments.
in their respective boxes.

yeah.
so i need to figure out
how to make time.

for cooking dinner
for blogging.
for sleep.
for everything else
that goes with being a mom/wife.
it's a good thing this job is only a few
hours a day so far.
this past weekend was a blur.
starting with thurs.

bekahboo's 16th.
s-i-x-t-e-e-n-t-h.

which means my boy one will be there in oh
nine weeks!!
gasp.
friday was sick day.
blech.
saturday meant catching up before
the new job.
sick days only mean you move your
chores one day over!!
laundry, shopping, cooking.
sunday.
new job orientation.
arieah's birthday party.
lots of kids and lots of relatives.
(we're mexican)


which brings me to today.

"hi!!"

:)

nuh-uh.

You must post the rules before you give your answers.-
You must list one fact about yourself for each letter of your middle name.
Each fact must begin with that letter.-
If you don't have a middle name, just use your maiden name. -
After you've been tagged, you need to up-date your blog with your middle name and answers.-
At the end of your post, you need to tag one person for each letter of your middle name.
(Be sure to leave them a comment telling them they've been tagged and need to read your blog for details).

tagged by steph.
i'll play along with the tag
but i'll use my *first* name
thank-you-very-much
no use of the middle name here. :)

g- grouchy before my morning coffee
l- laughs at "stupid funny" movies like "happy gilmore"
o- ornery when the mood strikes
r- remembers when big macs were served in styrofoam containers
i- incredibly irritable today. being a girl sucks.
a- antiques thrill me.

this says i need to tag someone.
like 6 someones.
if it's not too lame for you
then i choose
365
dani m
dani a
br@ndi
joce
and carrie
all of whom can be found
to the right under bliggity bloggity bloo.
play if you want.
heck, it's always good to share a little something
about yourself. :)
365 this is mandatory for you, toots.

yesterday i

found a cool tree.

watched my girl practice.

and finished the valentine tree.

(which i purchased at hobby lobby.)

we have a family dinner tonight.
wish me luck.
(or pray they serve martinis at the restaurant.)

how can you not

want it?
change.
hope.



ps: comments for the last two days
are in that day's comment box.
love you gals!! you always make me feel
better!!

sidetracked!!

uh.
i got sidetracked.

(click to enlarge)

wide open spaces.

it seems that is what i am missing.

dani asked to see some more pics
of the city i live in.
and i will try to get out there and snap some...
but i have to tell ya.
the city looks ugly to me.
gasp!!

i am not sure how one can feel homesick
for a country that isn't one's "home"
but it seems this is the case.

i miss oporto
and michel's patisserie
and freakin baker's delight finger buns.

i miss movie theatres in the mall
and boost juice
and my beloved rouse hill fruit barn.

i miss my gals at the rouse hill aus post
and my newsagent, who held an issue of
DOG magazine for me, just so the girl one
wouldn't miss out.

i miss aldi's and a clean maccas
and the boab trees in front of
the mean fiddler.

hell.
i even miss $12/kilo bananas.

on a totally different note:
i will be making little decs for this today.

odd weather

for a february day.


it's more of the same here
in texas.
looking for a bit of excitement.
or something.

i start my new job on sunday.
i am hopeful. :)

be well, peeps.

not mine.

i'm not feelin it today peeps
so i should throw my pic up and find something
to do with this blah.



joce:
stevie is my brother
abi is my sister.
my kids aren't so brash to each other.
at least not to my knowledge. :)
ahem.
katie: the last pic was straws.
i moved my hand at the
last minute.
i love mistakes like that.
365: uhm, yeah, immodium in the
vending machine.
that should've
been a clue
right there, huh??

oh. okay.

you know how some people post
overheard conversations
or just conversations they've had that day?
they are so sweet
and cute.

yeah.

here's mine:

stevie to abi (who is playing guitar hero.)
"abi you suck."
abi to stevie: "stevie, you just got served
you suck [jumbled word] balls."
me to abi: "mc donald balls?"
stevie and abi to me:
"DONKEY balls!!"
me: "oh, okay."

why does my coffee sizzle?

it kind of freaks me out.
when i pour it, it sizzles like
bacon on a hot surface.

makes me wonder what it's doing to my insides.
(but not enough to make me stop drinking it.)


this freaks me out.

birds on a wire.

this makes me laugh.

(i took this pic before i quit the phone job.)

this means it was windy


and this means i was bored.


enjoy what's left of your weekend peeps...
today i cheer for the refs.
because, let's face it,
if the cowboys aren't in it,
who cares who wins??