Bye, bye birdie

This past week & 1/2 I've been house sitting/dog sitting. They have a couple of little Yorkie dogs, Cotton & Paisley. REALLY cute, sweet dogs, but extremely spoiled, and a little crazy. I was watering the plants outside the other morning and I reached up to get one of the high ones good, when a little baby bird flew out of it and landed on the lawn chair. The first thing I thought was to hurry and get the dogs inside, because earlier in the week I had seen Paisley viciously kill an innocent lizard, and knew she didn't have a heart for small creatures. Once I got them inside I went back out to look for it, and it had disappeared. I thought maybe it was old enough to fly and I just gave it the little extra nudge that it needed. Not so. Later Paisley came up the stairs and got straight into her bed, something she usually doesn't do...so that tipped me off that something was up. I looked in there and saw the baby bird...eyes closed and gone. It was so sad. I'm still feeling a little bad about knocking it out of it's cozy little nest to it's death, but I guess that's the natural order of life. Still sad though.

On a slightly happier note, I started my Chemistry class. I think I can tell it's going to be challenging, but the teacher is really good. PLUS, Caitlin and I are in the class together, so that has, and will continue to make things a little more bearable.

I suppose that's all for now. I hope this will suffice for a decent entry.
I'm sorry if this emotionally scarred any of you wonderful readers.

The best prize is a surprise!

This morning I got a call from my sweet friend Danielle. She told me that she and her hubby Lance were on their way back home (Oklahoma) from South Carolina, and they had a layover in DFW! It was such a great surprise! I have been planning on going to visit them sometime soon and meet their new little bundle of joy, Jameson Briggs, but it was extra special to see them so soon. Jameson is precious as can be, and it was good to see my friend. I miss her. (It was good to see Lance, too!) :D

Anyway, today was special, and I'm thankful for the blessing of getting to hug Danielle & Lance and hold Jameson and feel is oh so soft baby skin!

This is apparently Jameson's "pooping face". It makes me laugh if I look at him in the picture and think of this wee little voice saying "poooooop". ha.

Eisley

I can't remember if I mentioned in a previous post that my wonderful friends, Danielle & (Har)Monica got me Eisley tickets for my birthday. The concert was on Thursday at the House of Blues. It was SO FUN. Not only was Eisley AMAZING, but the opening bands were really cool too. The lead singer of Vedera (the first opening band) was so good...I suggest you check them out. The Myriad also played, and they were neat as well. They played cool instruments and I liked that. It was a fun night, and made me like Eisley at least 2 times more. :)


Thanks, friends for a great birthday present!!

"Can I call you a blegen?"

Sorry for the lack of updates. I think about blogging pretty frequently, but then when it comes down to it, I feel like there's not much to say. But, here we go...

I started my new job. It's really great. I'm learning lots of new computer things, and today I kinda learned how to sew quilts (exciting!). There is a nice variety of things to do, and I haven't once found myself bored, or overly exhausted like the cotton patch days. I'm also nannying these days, and boy, little boys know how to suck the energy right out of you! No, really, it's been a blast. Today we were playing guitar hero and the littlest one (who's 5), was very impressed with my guitar hero skills. He exclaimed "whoa, Miss Allye, you are SO good! Can I call you a blegen?" I put the game on pause and asked what he said, he repeated "can I call you a blegen?". I said I wasn't exactly sure what he meant by that and replied in a very annoyed tone, "you know, like the move I Am Blegen!" (AKA- I am Legend). I laughed real hard. They are so full of energy, and fun. With both jobs my days are pretty full, but I'm so grateful that God has provided these two wonderful opportunities for me.

Yesterday we toured some really old houses in a neat neighborhood in Ft. Worth. It was really interesting and fun. Only one was kinda decorated like it would've been 100 years ago, and I think I liked that one the best. In the others, the owners' insane senses of style were intriguing...I never knew how much I liked looking in other people's houses until yesterday. I also discovered my love for the color blue...especially in bathrooms.

I don't think that I'm going to make a promise to blog every day like Kelsey, but I will definitely try to keep things up around here.

Sweet Victory

Wow.

Freshman year of college is over. done. past. I'm amazed how fast it went by. My grades this semester are a huge encouragement to me that this is in fact possible to do. I feel like I have accomplished something huge, even though it's just one year, it feels huge. I'm thrilled. Thrilled that it's over, thrilled that summer is here to bring good cheer, and thrilled that there is more to come. But for now, I'm going to soak up this time of rest and relaxation...summer school is right around the corner!