Its been a while

Lord a mercy.

It has been a long long while.

Let's see where to begin?????

We did indeed get the house over on Washington. IT has been like a whirlwind of ripping up carpet, painting, painting, and painting. Our place is finally starting to feel like our home. We had a week of the dog getting out of the yard and finally found the two holes he had made his escape hatches out of. I had to get some dig stop from a friend because he just can't seem to find anything else to do. So far so good on that end.

We have a plumbing issue in the kitchen. I keep having to unscrew the u bend and drain the sink. Other than that, Life is great at the Parlow casa.

I'm looking forward to seeing Jojo again soon. There have been some issues surrounding my ex and myself that need to get resolved but I just keep telling myself to cherish every moment I get with her.

Alex is gonna play soccer for tascosa high as well as fence for ac. We'll see how much protein and carbs she needs to keep up that pace! I am excited to say that she loves high school and Tascosa has been a god send for her.

Brandon is busy as usual playing down south alot. They have been on the mainstream radio up here more than usual-maybe that's a good sign! Cocaine Jane is popular it seems. You can see my artwork for the month of September out at Ascension Academy and feel free to do so! Buy one while your at it-then I can get my sink fixed!

Ha ha!

Anyway-have a good day and yes, I will try to blog more often now that life has a more rhythmic pace to it again!

life

Wow I did not realize it had been this long since I last posted. Things have been pretty crazy lately though so I guess I just failed here.

Let's see:

Brandon and I are buying a house over by AC. Really excited about that one. We close on it next month. This means that Alex will be attending a larger school for High school, but she will have so many good opportunities. I think she will be ok.

Alex went to nationals in Grapevine for fencing. She had a good first performance on the big circuit. She ended up beating an A ranked epee fencer (number one in the nation in their age division) and she did really good until she pulled a hamstring and tried to fence anyway. We ended up having to withdraw out of her last direct elimination.

It has been camp camp camp camp here at my job. It's cool though because I like to be more than just sedentary and I like the kids. We have done all kinds of fun stuff this summer at camp. I still have two sessions left.

I have decided the time has come to add exercise back into my life. I want to do something fun though. I get so bored with walking and I just need something more spirited!!! Any suggestions????

Ok-enough rambling for now. Just thought I should remind the world that I do live, I just dropped off the face of the Earth for a bit that's all.

Ande

3ww-what a dangerous keepsake the restless spirit is

What a dangerous keepsake the restless spirit is
writhing through the night
searching day by day
for more meatier experiences
for a place to finally stay

waltzing amidst the jungles
tightroping through the throngs
of people and of places
of instances and wrongs

that constant continuous search for something
anything there
that spirit that falls off your curio shelf
that breaks in the thin air

oh what a dangerous keepsake that restless spirit is
its breaking its ribs
and jumping off cliffs
to find out where it lives

what a comforting thought to inside know
that somewhere there is a home
a solitary chunk of wilderness
that spirit calls its own

3ww-alliteration alley

Drat on the dum dum dreary day
discounted duties dragging on
does dilly dally drink me down

spread me around
like butter on burnt toast

Early easter eves eager
eyelight on everyone's eulogy
even I eked out entertainment

behind a movie theater
at 2 in the morning

Too too timidly touching
tasty tidbits of total tenderness
thunderroll taking tremendous toll

on you and me
and what I suppose to never be.

ranting again

I am so freaking frustrated with money right now!!!! What the hell happens all the time that its just gone! I am so sick of paying bills and so tired of all of it. I don't even care if we get tv anymore!!!! We barely have the time to watch it anyways. I'm just really tired of money money money woes and I get so tired of having to say no to the things we all want to do because of money. Just once I'd like to not think it was a mistake to go out to eat or go to a movie. Just once I would like to enjoy something extra without worrying about how to make up for it and get this bill paid or that bill paid on time. Just once I would like for the phone company to realize that yes they can make mistakes and it's not always the customer's fault!!!!

Uggghhhh!

Ok i'm a little better now.

Keep on Truckin

Trying to move on
searching for something new
to do
just need to get through

Too damn old to be feeling
like this
little lost frosty cool
without much in my head

Waking up is hard to do

My fingers keep talking
searching
lurching everyday

The littlegirlbirthday party
with too too many presents
not enough time
to make one mine
and find that one find
that I have been dreaming of
forever

Married to a day to day
that needs to get away
It's damn near time for a divorce

The little girl will suffer the most.

Mondays

It was a hectic weekend! Wow! So we tried to represent our camp collaboration at Homers and low and behold it got rainy, cold, and miserable. We finally packed up the booth at 2:00 or so. After a couple of rain soaked, wet butted jeans hours we were ready to be done. There wasn't really anyone there until after 4 anyway. It was still a fun day. I got to meet the members of Eleven Hundred Springs and that was awesome! I ate some down right amazing barbecue by the Haynes! I still don't know who was judging but the fact that last year's grand champion didn't even score on his ribs and brisket was a total rip off!!! they were so good!

Alex got in last night after her weekend tournament in Santa Fe. She placed 22nd out of 33 fencers in the Senior Mixed Epee group and got 10th out of 19 in the Y14 group. She fenced all kinds of ranked fencers including several A's which is pretty high up there you know. And she scored points in every bout! I am so proud!

Lana had prom. She had to do it all alone since we were out at Homers. I think she had fun; she was still dragging last night so I think she may have stayed up too late. I saw pics on Maggie's my space and Lana looked so cute!

Brandon played at Homers-twice! I am never disappointed when I watch my man drum! He is so bad ass! I especially enjoy when he rips out that backbeat in Tom Petty's American Girl! So freakin' awesome! HE is pretty pooped today too. We are all dragging ass. I am ready for those weekends when there isn't too much going on but I don't see one of those until June yet. At least he was up to taking me to a movie yesterday. we saw Star Trek and I loved it.