.:: Yolospat ::.

I’m in a funk. A real funk. So I’m keeping pretty silent these days, hiding away.

Making a blankie for Chriss.

Drank a Diet Sunkist as the sun came up through the woods.

That’s about it….I don’t feel like talking about it.

With Brendan working now we were playing the “share the car” dance for the last few weeks. That wasn’t fun, and I wasn’t excited about driving at 10:30 at night to go pick him up, especially when I have meds that make me super sleepy at night. That didn’t make me feel safe at all. So, we decided that we needed to get another car
It’s a 2009 Toyota Corolla. It had 18 miles on it when I drove it off the lot. It’s safe, reliable and great on gas mileage. The VW passat already has 105,000 miles on it so it was time to get another one, especially if we are to make any road trips to Colorado or California. Anyway, I’m excited and happy with it

It’s amazing what going home can do after a horrible day at work. Just being “home” .. I still will never understand how I happen to find this house but every single day I turn that corner and see this forest with beautiful huge trees and this warm “your home now” house hiding under the greenery. I still haven’t found quite a lovely looking property. The dance of the millions of fireflies in the back yard when the sun disappears and the stars twinkle is truly surreal. I want to try and capture this beauty sometime on film, but I’m still fumbling with thoughts on how to do this with the camera’s I have, and not dishing out several grand for a professional type device.

Speaking of lovely things. My nieces.

My little (not so little anymore) Sharon and Savannah (I’m positive she gets her green eyes and tint of red hair from me, hehe) I love those girls. I need to get back out to Texas sometime soon and spoil the heck out of em. Yes yes, I know sissy, sooner than later, right?

I was playing around in Photoshop last night and this is what I had at the end.

Also, the sun on Saturday morning was amazing in the backyard, coming through the pine trees.

This is a little embarrassing, but I just had to do it. I was running out of desktop space.

So I decided to mount my 20″ Dell wide screen monitor and my 13″ LCD HDTV to the wall. I feel like I’m in a cockpit now.

My new set up in my office

When I woke up this morning I saw a card laying on my desk with my name on it. It was from my husband. The inside says ..

You’re a better Mommy than you realize! And someday I hope to make that true. Love, Brendan

It’s just perfect outside right now. A nice warm temp of 75 with a slight breeze. There isn’t a cloud in the sky and all the tree’s continue to blossom gorgeous white, pink and red flowers. It’s not too humid and at the same time not too dry. I’ve not even lived here a year yet but I have to admit that the best seasons, spring and fall, last and last. From growing up in Colorado springtime usually lasts a week or so until the dry beating sun punches you in the back of the head for 2-3 grueling months. Then it’s fall for maybe a week and the rest of the time the cold goes so deep into your bones that you never get warm.

That doesn’t happen in Georgia. Everything is rich and green and lush with so many different kinds of tree’s and flowers grow out of the soil without having to be replanted and landscapes come alive with no human effort. The foliage around my house reminds me of the secret garden where you can get lost in a magical dream. It’s the first time seeing a Georgia spring and I hope it lasts forever.

I think Pepper is finally on the mend. His accident couldn’t have happened at a worse time with made my stress bubble explode in a million pieces. He’s hobbling pretty good now like he’s had a huge cast on his leg forever. Of course that isn’t going to stop a 3 week kitten. I’m still very protective of him because it killed me to see his tiny broken leg and the pain he went through. His limitations have brought out the cuddle bug in him and it makes my heart melt. When I get home he will hobble over to me and I’ll pick him up and his purring motor will start going full volume as he licks my nose with his sand paper tongue. It’s amazing how fast one gets attached. I’m especially bad. More pictures and video to come since I’m learning Final Cut Studio 2 (you know, when I’m supposed to be sleeping in my many many hours of spare time.

My Mother and Grandmother are flying from Colorado on Saturday to spend time with us! I’m so excited. I miss my Mom so much and I haven’t seen my Grandmother in about 4 years. Mom just retired so she finally has some free time. I can’t wait for her to see a Kennesaw Spring.

There’s more, but it’s nearly time to go home …

This is the coolest thing I’ve seen for a while, besides Flickr finally announcing they added Video.

Found through a feed I’ve recently subscribe to, it’s Super Mario in 14k Java.

Seriously, play it. It’s fast and zippy. It’s the the whole game and there are parts missing (like that first mushroom you go for on the first golden ? box ) but it’s pretty darn neat.

This is my first spring in Georgia and boy did I get a wake up call. So many of the tree’s here bloom before they grow leaves. The flowers that blossom come in colors from dark red to vibrant pink to white. It’s very beautiful to say the least, but all those pretty blossoms create a substantial amount of pollen. The pollen is so thick in the morning that vehicles left out over night are covered in it. Our back deck is covered in it like a thin layer of snow. What looks like dust storms in the sky are really pollen clouds. Those with bad allergies are not having fun I’m sure. Mine have been under control somewhat, so I’m not too bad off. My asthma flares up once and a while altho I thought it would be worse. I’ll have to take pictures of that to share

Yes, it’s true. I did say that Pepper and Neves have been doing some cuddling. I have pictures and video to prove it now. 

Well, our little guy is growing up. Pepper (who used to be Penny when we thought he was a girl and soon found out he wasn’t) had his second vet appointment today. He still has a slight heart murmur but he’s otherwise a healthy 4 pound kitten. He did very good getting his temp taken (last time, he protested in the most vocal way).

Going to be making some blog changes today, by updating WordPress and getting the theme changed. Working on my other sites too to get them up to par.

If I were living in my dreams right now, working at Google then I would be doing this today:

I’m still fighting off a head-cold and last night the stomach bug reared it’s ugly head yet again. I can’t afford to take anymore time off work so I’m trying to work through it best I can. I had a really hard time sleeping last night. I think I finally nodded off around 5:30am … I need a serious nap!

The good news is I got my taxes done last night. This is quite an accomplishment for me actually because it’s the first time I did my taxes by myself (or without having someone do them for me). I used Turbo Tax which was easy as pie. I highly recommend it. Turbo Tax will ask you all the questions and you click on all the answers and walla! Your tax return is e-filed and 7-14 days later your refund will be directly deposited in your back account. I wish I would have done my taxes two weeks ago!

For the second time in a week I was sick today with the stomach bug and a really bad sinus headache. I’ve never been so sick as I’ve been this year. Seems like whatever it is is sudden and hits me like a ton of bricks. I need a pally bubble to shield me from sickness.Pepper and Jonah yesterday:

Her name is Penny and she’s been the only thing going on in my little world as of late. I know I’ve posted pictures, but I haven’t posted a link to all her pictures including a video.

Barack Obama is following me on twitter. I got the notice in my gmail.