Wordless Wednesday

*Taken in March 2023 at the Gala Event

My Little // An Interview

7.14.23

Well, I sent these questions to Emery in June, but somehow she didn't see them. So, she completed them last week. We’ll do another round right before school starts so you'll get two of these pretty close to each other. 

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Well, it’s officially summer, how are you feeling about not having to go to school?
Pretty good, I know I'll end up getting bored and want to go back but it's nice not having a teacher pull assignments out of their **butttcracks for me to do.

What is the one thing you can’t live without right now?
My Phone and iPad, they keep me sane.

What do you think is the most important lesson you learned this past year?
That I need to keep to myself. Will it happen? Probably not.

The last time we did this interview, you didn’t have a favorite band. Has that changed?
I like someone in a band, but his 16-year-old self, not him now. He’s 33 and married to Heidi Klum. You know it, it’s Tom Kaulitz but him in 2007. He’s in a band called Tokio Hotel but I don't know what they're saying in their songs since it's in German. But to answer the question, no. They’re just the only band I've willingly listened too.

If you could pick one thing to do this summer, what would it be?
Shop, but that won't happen because I'm broke.

  *This picture is from February - she's gotten taller. 

**I edited this to a more suitable word.

Life Lately // Hi, hola, hello

Well, summer has flown by, hasn’t it? A lot has happened since the last time I posted too. And in just a few short weeks my little will be off to school again! I can't believe it's gone by so quickly. That said, I find myself having some extra time on my hands so I’m really wanting to give this blog some attention. I know it’s not the cool thing anymore - with everyone turning to social media & microblogging. But this is my creative outlet so I’m hanging on. Anyway, until I get everything sorted out, here’s what we’ve been up to, the cliffs notes version.

April & May: At the end of April, one of my “sisters” gave birth to her first little one. We made a trip to visit my brother and his family. I had read that Colleen Hoover was closing "The Bookworm Box" store so we made the trip to stop by one last time. Then in May, we celebrated two birthdays. Emery completed her last school year with all A’s. I finished up my Spring semester. All A’s too! Then I had a four-day break before summer classes began. The carnival came to town too. Oh! And I got a new job! My dream job actually. It’s still technically at the same place but under the university umbrella. This was also the month that I found out about some things from my previous place of employment that had me questioning a lot. And I got angry.

June: I started slacking on my runs a bit. We’ve had nothing but high heat index days and it has been rough. Thankfully, I have some friends who were just as crazy as me, and we made the best of doing SOME form of running to get in our miles each week. Even in 108 temps. Corey won “Big Bass” at a Bass Master event and it was broadcasted on their channel - we watched from home. The boys made their way down for their summer visit. And some of Emery’s cousins from Georgia and other parts of Texas also came down for a visit. Oh, and that thing I was angry about? I got over it. I recognized WHY I had been so angry, and then I let it go. Credit goes to Jesus, maturity, and my former therapist on that one. Anyway, I cut people out of my life from that place and focused on the one great friendship I got out of it instead.

July to date: We had a family-filled 4th of July weekend. We visited a local winery that’s pretty close to my parent's house. I walked with SRC in the 4th of July parade. We adopted another baby goat! Unfortunately, he’s not as trusting as our first one, so a lot of work will have to be done. Corey shaved his beard completely off, and everyone says he looks like a different person. I started the annulment process with my ex-husband and hope to have it all submitted by the end of the month. Corey and I decided on a marriage date AND a wedding date. This year we will get married by an officiate through the state with only our immediate family (parents and siblings) present. Then next year on our one-year anniversary we will have a wedding through the church. Yay! And I finally wrapped up my summer semester. Currently waiting on one last instructor to post grades.

And that about wraps it up for now. There are a few things I’ll go into more detail on at a later date. New job, new friendships, running plans, inadvertently growing a farm, etc. But for now, you’re all caught up on the happenings in my little corner of the interwebs. I hope y’all are all having a wonderful summer so far! Until the next post, ✌.