happy hour never tasted so sweet

reading the newspaper this morning gave me lots of info.

1. people are sick.
2. miracles can happen.
and, the one that could affect you most…
3. today’s your lucky day.

amy’s ice cream is celebrating 25 years and today, they’re having a free ice cream happy hour from 2-6!  yum, yum!

speaking of yumminess, yesterday as i was putzing around in my backyard, picking at this and that, i came across some veggies in my abandoned garden.  you see, the season has passed and most of my plants died anyway so i kinda left things to fend for themselves.  apparently, some of the little guys weren’t ready to say goodbye just yet and i have some nice looking vegetables for tonight’s dinner!

and finally, as some of you may have deduced from yesterday’s post, i went to a concert in san antonio last night.  monday, i got a text from nathan asking if we wanted to surprise kourt and join them for a

strange things are afoot at the circle K

hey there.

it’s pouring outside.  well, actually…now that i listen, i see that the clouds are making a liar out of me.  it’s not pouring…now.  but it has been on and off and mostly on again all morning long.

i’m working on a curriculum project for my, go figure, curriculum class.  this is the last week for this class and i’m glad.  8 weeks seems like the perfect amount–just when i’m feeling an itch, it’s time to move onto a new topic.

last monday was a weird day for one reason: peanuts.

steak pizza

the other night, i made steak and some things for dinner.  not knowing the meat to fat ratio of the ribeye, i cooked two biggies and figured we could use any leftovers in something else.

ends up, we only needed one so i had to figure out what to do the the remainder.  yesterday morning, pizza sounded yummy to me so i figured that’s what i’d do. unaware of the decision i’d made a few hours earlier, my meredith happened to send me a link for a zucchini dough recipe.  it sounded interesting and yummy.  plus, i was just going to buy a premade dough so her timing was perfect!

to blog or not to blog…

hey guys

how are you?!

obviously, i’ve been MIA here at her sweet nothings.  posts have been sporadic, to say the least.  the past two months–during which i’ve not even been working–i’ve had fewer posts than i did the crazy last month of school (though my frequency had already begun to decrease).
for a while, i had no desire to post or really be online that much.  now, i think about blog stuff and have ideas for things to write or share about but it’s on the bottom of my list of priorities and i’m not really all that upset that i haven’t been able to get to it.

i’ve got a few things to share today but what actually brought me here is an article in today’s paper.
*useless background info: i’ve been delivering resumes to different schools with my trusty mama by my side.  during these excursions, she intuitively makes everything ok by buying me starbucks.  everytime i go to starbucks these days, i look for a discarded statesmen for the crossword puzzle.  i scored a free paper today which is how i found the article.

leftovers

hey guys!  i’m back!  did you miss me?!
ha….that’s a silly question.  of course you did!

well, here i am.  at least for now…for this moment.  i make no promises yet.
but i will say, the fact that my mind has started thinking in blog form again is a good sign for us all.

the past few months have been full of all kinds of things that distracted me from sharing sweet nothings. things like…
~ending my job and packing up 7 years of teaching shtuff to put in my garage,
~being ok with being sad over saying goodbye to 15 little darlings and other relationships,
~eating the veggies from my garden (like monster pumpkin zucchini),

relaxaTION

**THE mom and another favorite mama have accurately noted that it’s been a while.  it’s true.  i’ve had a few moments in the past few weeks of really wanting to blog but otherwise it’s been kinda dry.  it happens.  i’ll get some more photo hunt pics up later tonight when i’m home.**

they don’t come around all that often but last weekend brought the most relaxing two days i’ve had in a while.
it was soooo good.

the wet weather on saturday washed away