October

Good Lord I neglect the heck out of this blog and life is going, going, going 100 miles an hour - it's nuts! I really need to do this like once a week.

Anyway, since the last 'real' post on here so much has happened!

1. The girls started school - 9th and 10th graders live at my house now! Where did they come from?? How did this happen?? Last time I looked they were little babies that still needed me to hold their hand on the way to Kindergarten. *sigh* In all honesty, I am loving having girls in high school! They both went to Homecoming this year - oh geez, that was so over the top exciting for this momma! We had friends over, picture taking, dinner, I made corsages for the first time and the house smelled like hairspray and perfume!

2. Darian got her Learner's Permit. It's scary for me. We originally thought she'd be driving the old 1998 Dodge Ram stick-shift but much to my surprise Daddy felt it was too hard for his lil Princess and has decided to let her drive the mommy car (read: automatic). But all that is about to change because....

3. I'm car shopping again. And I have decided what car I want. And I'm getting it. And it's really toooooooo nice for a 15 year old to practice in. I'm the mom. I make the rules. Darian is convinced that she would like a Dodge Stratus. Yes. A Dodge Stratus. And she wants it because she wants to be able to say "I drive...I drive...I drive a DODGE STRATUS!" a la Will Ferrell on SNL. We all laugh at the idea but since we're totally overindulging our children's every whim and wish (lol - not) we're going to keep an eye out for a Stratus.

4. We took a trip down to Oklahoma a few weeks ago because our awesome friend David made CHIEF!!! So we went to his pinning ceremony and wow - the Navy in Oklahoma is such a class act. The ceremony was so wonderful and family oriented. It was a true pleasure to go and see our friend and his family celebrate his awesome achievement! And I also discovered that Oklahoma City has an amazing Chinatown!! Whodathunk it? Certainly not me, but I can't wait to go back someday!

5. We also spent a day in Oklahoma City downtown. We went on the Canal Boat and ate at Toby Keith's restaurant. On recommendation from the cashier at Outdoor World we tried the fried bologna sandwich. Let me tell y'all - because now I got my southern accent working - it was the best dadgum thing ever! lol Ok, it wasn't like *amazing* but it was tasty and we liked it a lot! Probably won't order it again but maybe we'll try to replicate it at home someday.

6. My summer photography venture was really great fun for me! I loved doing Senior Pictures and Engagements! I earned enough money to pay for a new camera and sweet lens! That was my goal and I was so happy to have achieved it! Since Senior pics are all turned in I will be hibernating until next summer! I also learned that it's a LOT of work and while I love creating art - I'm not a saleswoman or a business woman...nor do I have the desire to become one full time. So any dreams of quitting my job to be a full time photographer have kind of fizzled but as a fun summer art gig - I'm ALLLLLLL over it! :)

I'm sure there's a bajillion other things I could mention but I'll save it for another day! Much love - T