see the beauty all around: June 2013

March was full of lots of good memories! Here are my favorites, there is a link down below to the entire upload.

My brother's birthday party

Flying down to Tullahoma, TN to pick up Wilma in the 172.

The airport is right next to the Beechcraft museum, where she gets loaned over the winter.

Me, as GIB in John's plane. Always a fun, sweet ride. Not completely pimped out, but he does have it set up very nicely. He takes good care of me!

We were honored with a approved fly-over of Cape Kennedy/Canaveral. I think this was the first since 9-11.

Fish Fry at work. Was so thrilled that Gadget got to join us.

Becoming 011. It was a fun party!

Yummy dessert I made...

You can see the entire stream here... March 2012 Flickr Upload

At the start of the month, I went up to Battle Creek on Friday night after my massage and dropping the boys off at Gas City. We met at Stagecoach with D to grab some burgers and fries and a couple of beers. It was a good time! They have the best fries ever! It is hard to stop eating them. After we went back to the house and watched Yellow Beard which is fairly interesting movie. It puts the Monty Python cast with a bunch of Mel Brooks actors.

We went to bed pretty late, around 4am, so we got up even later on Saturday morning. It was noon before we were out of bed. I think that is the first time I've done that since college!

We had some coffee & conversation, trying to work on getting him integrated back into the house. so we checked out the pantry and tried to figure out what different things he needed to make it be more organized and get his food in there. We brought a few boxes of pantry items into the house and cooked some yummy breakfast - eggs & bacon my favorite!

We made a stop at Menard's to look at shelving materials, rope lights and other improvements for the panty and then went to see Star Trek Into Darkness. I just really like the new series reboot, Chris Pine is so super cute but I really wish they would stop beating up his pretty face. I just love how they have been true to a lot of the old set but it's been improved by today's technology that just wasn't there in the 60s. I love seeing & hearing the references to the TV show and the original movies. Very fun to look for and find! However, I hope they come up with some of their own stories too & not just remake them to fit the new timeline.

After the movie we to BW3s to get wings and beer. I think we found Gadget's match in hot sauce, I'm not sure he'll get the mango habeñero again but it was pretty tasty. When we got home, I wanted to watch The Life of Brian but NetFlix did not have it for Instant Play. So we got The Meaning of Life instead, but it is not really my favorite. We both ended up falling asleep during it!

Sunday we got up a bit early about 930 and have some coffee went to the Country Kitchen in Marshall to get some food. We decided to get my brakes replaced (they've needed it for a LONG time)wo we went to the auto store to get some parts. Ended up also changing the oil & putting on new wiper blades too. I feel better knowing the car is more safe now. There wasn't a millimeter left on those pads.

I'm hoping to take care of it & keep it for a bit longer, now that I have it paid off I'd like to save some money toward buying the next one and not having a loan, or at least as big of one.

Next weekend we are doing the fly-in clinic at Harold Cannon's hangar down in Owensboro, KY, I think that is going to be a ton of fun. We'll fly down in the Cessna and then get to spend some time with the Hooligans. I'm just so tickled that he asked me to go!

When we get back, he's going to get to see S for her birthday, and then come down to take care of me after my surgery. I can't believe he was willing to take a week off of work to do that for me. We'll also do some work around the house, trying to make it more attractive to sell.

He's got so much he wants to get down around his house, there is so much that I want to get down around mine. Sometimes I just wonder if we are being silly by trying to maintain 2 places. We each help the other. I feel terrible when he's up there by himself trying to get so much done and I'm 130 miles away & can't help. I know he feels the same way about me.

I just miss seeing him every day, kissing him, touching him, talking to him face to face. I miss waking up next to him & falling asleep with him beside me. I know there are plenty of other people in similar situations, and I don't mean to sound like a whiney baby, but it is how I feel. I just wonder if it will always be this way or if there is ever any hope that it will change.

Something that I really don't understand is how he can be so committed in that aspect (taking time off from work, helping with house, and I know his heart is committed too) but yet he can't quite get to where it is "official". And I know it is not my struggle to understand, but that is just me. I like understanding things.

So i have been praying a lot for patience, peace and understanding. I am really just trying to be supportive, and understanding, to not be in the way or demanding. To just allow the whole thing to unfold the way he needs it to. To put him first.

So I just stopped at Auburn to get gas & coffee. I'm anxious to see the boys & I hope they've had a good weekend with their Dad.

We've just acquired a new company and I am on the integration team. So I have to figure out how to integrate their services, tickets, clients, etc. into our system. It has been stressful, but we've uncovered a lot of work & change that need to occur. Hopefully it will be a good time to bring some of those about.

I've been doing this management position unofficially for the past couple of years, it will be interesting to see how the "official" announcement goes and what changes that brings. I will have to be working out of the Warsaw office indefinitely now. To start, it will be 2 days a week. Not sure if or when that will ever change. So that is another 120 miles every week I will be driving.

Well, this has been very long, but it did feel good to get it out. Thanks for hanging in there with me.