81 days,,(but really only 74!)
:bouquet::cheer::cheesy::toast:

And learning about a bachelor party being planned for me (thanks Bro!!) Life is really, really grand!

Glynn

The love of my life sneaking a phone call
to me...She's at work and I just got
home from a 3 week trip...God, her voice
settles my heart.

:praying:

I fixed up an acquaintenance's rose bush and brought it back to life. In exchange, she packed up an awesome meal for me with homemade potato salad, bbq chicken (cooked on charcoal!), banana pudding, and the best beans I've ever had.


I Was Supposed To Eat It For Dinner, But It Didn't Last That Long,
Dylan...stuffed

Getting an invitation to the annual family reunion for my father's side of the family...never really knew him, met all of them when I was 29 years old...seen most of them a small handful of times...

The best part though...that the note said "we're really looking forward to seeing you and C (my son) again...and hoping we get to meet Scoote and her son too. Just can't wait to see you ALL!"

Not what most people would expect from such traditional, Southern Baptist folk, but as my uncle said when I told him my partner was a woman..."You're family, and we love you...and if you love her, then she's family too." :)

Looking forward to a date later with my boifriend :cheer:

Using a thoughtful gift today that he gave me :bouquet:

im a little late with this one,but yesterday seeing my"boyfriend" outside the store...if nothing else i always see him on fridays bc i save soda pop tabs for him,but i musta missed him--several days in a row..thought something might have happened and i didnt even know his name bc we all just call him my b/f..so i heard "hey boss lady ur boyfriend is outside looking for u" i swear i ran out the door with this big grin on my face,asked his name,how he was doing and made him promise to pop in to store if he doesnt see me

today...

first thing this morning i spot this tiny salamdar,gecko,wtfe they are called around here..so tiny i couldnt grab its tail, wasnt too coordinated so i managed to catch it by back legs,suddenly its lil head whips around and attempts to bite me...i laffed so hard i about peed myself..i yelled for my driver to come look..that thing had its mouth wide open and still couldnt get enuff of me to bite

then hearing that "Rooster" is gonna be ok..i know momma was worried *is it wrong to call a redheaded child Rooster?"

Makes him smile when you call him Rooster...guess that's all that matters :)

While in the drive thru this morning to get breakfast at Whataburger I saw an elderly couple walking to the car. His arm around her waist. And he opened her door and got in... :) It was so sweet. I wondered how many years that they had been together, and obviously still so very much in love...

Got up way early to go pick blackberries before the sun came out & had a chance to kill me. i now have 2 quarts! yay!!

Gonna try to make a cobbler....wish me luck, i've never attempted anything like this before....i can cook a mean bowl of Capn Crunch, but never really got past that point in my culinary skill set.

having my sister smile at and look upon me with affection in her eyes ...

thinking about Daddy :stillheart:

watching SuperKiba "fly" across the room :superman::doghead:

listening to music :listening:

texts from Daddy & Tiggly poo :stillheart: :cat:

chocolate :eatinghersheybar:

ALovelyKiss and her great advice :cheerleader: i think she's trying to prevent me from ending up like this --- > :3butch:

Daddy :stillheart:

If you were outside in the heat today, where's your sweaty pic? Get to uploadin', man.

Well, in that case... pat, pat, Grasshoppa

smiling because I made a new friend today locally....unexpectantly!

Shirts don't count, gotta be a sweaty head pic in the galleries :mohawk:

texting back and forth about big boy toys!

Poetry....

The picture in the gallery. My fiance was thoughtful enough, and had the forethought to carry the cancer flag thousands of miles, in her pack and take it with her in memory of someone that so deeply touched my life. I can not help but smile to know she is so thoughtful.
I saw that picture and smiled so big at the of Lisa's spirit and my honey on top of the mountain together. I had to giggle at the thought of that conversation. What a blessing to had Lisa such a special be in my life and be taken out so young. What a blessing to have such a thoughtful woman as my fiance in my life. Who could not smile at that?

Yesterday. Home.
 

Goof just got registered for school in the fall!!

I'm so excited for him!!

And I'm dating a college boy!!
:party:

paid holiday on monday. :) haven't had one in over 2 years. yay!

Getting the job that I wanted, in the field that I wanted..

I did a snoopy dance...

This made me smile today.
 

A guy friend of mine, Chris, at work made me smile today. He is a software developer too ... on another team. He and I both love gadgety stuff. I think he is very interesting to talk to and I enjoy hearing how he thinks.

Here is the story ...

Our AC was out at work for a week and a half but fortunately for me I was away in training for the first three days of last week. Thank God they fixed it and it was fine today.

On Monday, I started getting this idea of how to rig up something with my desk fan, a styrofoam cooler full of ice and a few feet of rubber tubing. I have been so busy putting out fires with server issues, that is as far as I got with collecting my thoughts about my desk cooling gadget. I have not really had a chance to go over and talk with Chris since probably last Thursday. Plus, it was so hot yesterday - I left after 4 hours ... thought I was going to blow my groceries all over my screen and keyboard.

Today I went over to visit Chris in his cubicle. Low and behold, there was my gadget I had been thinking of creating ... he had it up and running with coiled, hollow copper wire, an aquarium pump, a couple of large plastic soda bottles (cut and glued together) a bag of ice, some cardboard and the items I listed earlier. Much to my enjoyment, Chris took my idea into fruition. He even had a drain tube that trinkled over into his large plastic trash can which he emptied every couple of hours. Here is the good part - we never talked about this gadget until today and I never said a word to anyone about my idea. I tell you, I love this guy's mind .. and he is a very sweet person too.

This probably did not do anything for anyone else here at the site but it was intensely incredible to me to walk into Chris' cubie and view this functioning apparatus. I just stood there looking at it for a minute. (probably with my mouth open - :) ) Then I had to get my hands on it, turn it over and over ... examine every piece and see how he had rigged each connection. The copper tubing was icey cold and wet with perspiration. Totally awesome!! *huge grins* Made my day!

Another friend at work, Henry, has gotten me into braiding leather. I think these guys I work with are interesting people. All my life, I have always had "straight guy" friends. Every once in a while, I will stumble onto an asshole before I realize it ... but hey, that happens with any "specific group" of people.

Hey Gang, for those of you who made it through this lengthy tale, thanks for tolerating my long-winded story. I, for sure, can not blame the ones who bailed out at the beginning.

Time to let Kelly Bully out to pee, then we need to get to bed.
'night all ... sweet dreams to everyone ...