Hello all you bloggers!!! I feel like it’s been forever since I have blogged!!! I have a lot of catching up to do and I have just not had the energy to do it. And yes I know that it is 3 o’clock in the morning, however I have been tossing and turning and decided to try and blog and then go back to sleep.

I was looking at something the other day and all the sudden wondered if I missed out because I didn’t go to college??? Did I miss out on learning and life experiences??  Well, I went to JCM for a semester but since my parents were evangilizing it was difficult to continue.  I did learn some things at JCM, just not what I thought I would. Then I got to thinking about what “stuff” I could have learned at college and compared it to what I did learn on the road.

Once I looked back and started comparing… the things that I learned travelling with my parents by far is more important and will have long lasting effects on my life.

I still want to continue with my real college and get my degree, but I’m not obsessing over it anymore. Which is a HUGE relief! However I have a tendancy to change my major with my moods. I think I’m gonna stick with Business, because it goes with SO much.  Although Nutritional Science is still intersting.

TEXAS TRIP -  Well I very much enjoyed my time back in Texarkana. I sat by 2 MAJOR TALKERS on the airplanes going. yay.  Then when we got to Texas, Tiffany or Shorty as I like to call her picked us up. I seriously forgot how little she was and shocker of shocker… we talked non-stop from DFW to Aundies house…. Which includes ordering Pappadeaux’s and taking it with us. It was SO DELCIOUS!!!!  Then when we got to Aundie’s she had WARM no bake cookies waiting for us. Delicious… Need I tell you that I was not sticking to my normal eating regimen??  It was SO GOOD to see Aundi, I mean the woman practically raised me when my parents were out of town, and sometimes when they were in town! We stayed up and talked and then tried to go to bed, and then talked some more, and tried to go to bed and the cycle continues.  We did finally go to sleep.  Then Saturday Matthew and I met Doc, Aundi, Renee, Danny (?), Bridget, Lincoln, Tiffany, Grant and a friend of Bridgits at Ta Molly’s.. ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo… The 3 cheese chimichanga. It was SO GOOD!!! Lincoln and Grant stole the show, they are adorable.  To my point of view Lincoln has tiffanys personality and grant has bridgits. It was so cute.  Then I stole Matthew and showed him where I grew up, the old house, the new house, the church, the schools I went to and looked at all the new stuff that had been built. It was nice to go back and see the progress of the town and all that had happened.

The wedding was nice. It was good to see Dewayne get married. He is more like a brother to me so I may have cried a little.  I don’t know his wife well, but she seemed very nice and definitly seems to be good for Dewayne!! Of course everyone knows that the reception is the real party!! And of course I was one of the last ones to leave!! How does that happen EVERY TIME??  I got to meet Sis. Paula’s new husband, he is a very nice man. And it was good to see her so happy, although I did tease her…A bit.   After the wedding we met a whole group of people at Chili’s and the stories began!!!

It was so much fun! Greg, Monya, Dee, Kim, Anita, Paul, Katrina, Jennifer, Michelle, Tonya, Donna, Jason, Tara… and on an on the list goes.  We had such a wonderful time laughing and sharing old memories!!! I had actually forgotten some of those stories!! And I remember why I like TP’ing houses so much. That’s like all there was to do in Texarkana and we made it FUN!  Well, cowtipping but I only went once and never again. Gross.

I did make an honest EFFORT to go to church on Sunday Morning, but I’m just not used to going so early!!! I slept until it was over! Then Matthew and I went out for a while. He wanted to get a longhorns shirt and hat.  We just hung out and relaxed. Aundi fixed an amazing pot roast. yum! And then we went to church Sunday Night.  I started crying as SOON as I walked in. Pathetic I know, but its the first time I had been back in 5 or 6 YEARS!!!  The service was so good and seeing all the people I knew and all the new faces. I remember when we had Bro. & Sis. Calhoun for revival, it was a looong revival and after hearing him preach I remembered WHY it was such a long revival!  He is such a good preacher.  After church they had party in the fellowship hall to celebrate Bro. Calhouns birthday. All the ladies in the church made gumbo, really really really good southern gumbo. It was a good time had by all.

Landmark was the place that I was born and raised and I loved every minute of it. I was great to go back and visit and be with old friends. Tiffany and I had some really good talks and laughs and I really like her husband and her baby is adorable. All the kids that were.. well kids, are now in the youth group and have cars and are driving. Lord help us all!

Then Aundi, Tiff, and Grant drove us back to Dallas and I was so tired…And we of course talked the whole way back to the airport and it was so much fun until I got on the airplane and could not fall asleep. Then I took 2 dramamine and conked out! And after we got our luggage and stepped outside and felt the cool ocean breeze…Ah it felt good to be HOME!  I do love California!!! Can’t beat this weather! I do wish I could have brought some of that good ol’ southern cooking home with me. Or some no bake cookies.. I did get the recipe for Crawfish Etouffe! Yay! And I do have some pictures, I just don’t know how to upload them from off of my camera.

There really is so much more to tell, but this was the short and edited version.  I will try to BLOG more often, I just feel like I’ve lost my touch and my blogs are broing now.  So I took some off time and I will be back. Although it may be like 2 weeks until I have TIME to blog again.

I’ll be back! Now I am officially sleepy…zzzzzzzzzzzzz