healing

Dear Mom,

Thank you for taking such good care of me this week.  I really don't know what I wold do without you. I promise I'll be more fun to hang out with from here on out!

Dear guy at Blockbuster,

Thank you for being so kind & relatable by talking to me about your recent sinus surgery.  I felt like much less of a freak walking around with a puffy face and a bandaged up nose.

Dear Glee,

You are even better the second time around. I love you!

Dear Ross, 

Come home already. I miss you.  The flowers you sent are beautiful and look pretty in our apartment :)

Dear friends,

Seriously, thank you so much for the incredibly kind phone calls, texts, care packages, meals, and notes.  I am overwhelmed with love for you and from you.  Even with a puffy and stuffy face, I feel like the luckiest girl in the world.

Dear little kid at Target, 

Sorry if my face scared you! 

Dear Gazpacho, 

Why would I even eat anything else in the summer? You are the best. Seriously, try this recipe. 

And speaking of cooking, I'm thinking I could muster up the strength & energy to try these (with moms help!):

Healthier Biscotti Recipe via Prudent Baby

(Don't judge me for reading a blog with a title like that-

it's not just about baby related things, I swear!)

Hoping to have some fun photos and projects to share on here as I lay low and heal for the next couple of weeks. I'm so happy to have my mom & brother here with me and I need to make the most out of my time with them! Especially since I was basically asleep for the first couple of days they were here... Happy Friday!

there and back again

{bread pudding @ gumbos}

{round rock express baseball game}

{our view from abel's on the lake}

dear round rock,

we love you & your little baseball stadium. thanks for providing such a great date night. you could be a really great home for us in a year, right?

dear gumbos, trudys, hula hut, abels on the lake, kerby lane, koriente,

yummmm. ross and i were good about rarely eating out this past year- but we made up for time fast because of you all. worth it though; no hard feelings. well, my waistline might feel differently.

dear garmen,

are you mad at us? why do you lead us astray? is it because we call you grimlen...

dear anthropologie,

thanks for the shockingly low sale find today! you might have won over my husband once and for all. but maybe your prices should always be just a little lower, true?

dear texas heat,

you seem different, out-of-control almost. i used to look forward to your arrival & love being outside with you, but you've changed. please, please, just take it easy. if you could stop making me feel menopausal that would be great.

dear allison, tyler & louise,

we had so much fun with yall this weekend!! thanks for hanging out with us.

dear austin,

can't wait to see you again tomorrow.

homecoming

dear baylor,

thank you for having your 100th homecoming, and for welcoming me home with blissfully perfect weather for my first time as an alumni. 

dear friends,

thank you for sharing ninfaritas, good talks, baris, and reliving memories.  especially the stories about smiller & jeaux. can't wait to get back to you; you inspire me like nothing else in this world. 

dear smiller, the dude, & wade,

where were you guys this weekend?! o yea, across the oceans living your dreams.  we missed you, and my heart hurt when we drove down 10th street and you weren't there.  but you were alive in every corner & place we went, because you are part of our baylor. 

dear savs,

you made such a beautiful bride! thank you so much for letting ross & i celebrate with you. we're so excited for you! p.s. pat looked crazy handsome in his uniform. 

dear baylor again, 

you are the place where i met ross, fell in love, got engaged & married.  you are the place where i met my best friends, and came alive in a way i never had been before.  you will always be a special, beautiful, irreplaceable home to me.  and if i start to love my new home in college station, thanks in advance for knowing that i'm not replacing you. 

dear ross,

i love you.  thank you for loving me & for being the best husband in the whole world.  

dear blog,

we made it! one whole year! thanks for helping me do something consistently for a whole year. 

a lot has happened- and you caught it all.  here's to another year!