A blog of book reviews, by 'Til

'Til I write my own novel, I'll read the work of others and write my thoughts here. . . for research.

Monday, May 19, 2008

my "mother anniversary memorial"


holy hotness. rodney out did himself this time. i loooove to bitch about my husband. it's a hobby of mine. but when he puts his mine to being thoughtful, he can do a hellova job. we agreed on a mid month celebration for all May "holidays". so this was our first official "mother anniversary memorial". first rodney arranged for a sitter w/o any assistance from me. point 1. then we went to a little bar near fairpark and had a couple of post dinner drinks". it was uber cool in there. the ultra swanky kindov trendyness that usually intimidates me. but not this night cuz i had on my orange heels. (thanks maria). point 2. then it was off to the main event of the evening. it was my very first Dallas Summer Musical. i've lived in dallas 21 years and have never attended one. it was impressive. we saw the ring of fire. the johnny cash story. rodney knows that i've acquired this thing for johnny cash and thought this would be something i would enjoy. he was right! point 3. thennnnn. . . . we went downtown. as much as i love the musical, i think i LOVED going downtown even more. points 4 and 5. i love it down there. i miss it so much. after working downtown for over 7 years, i had grown attached to it. bums and all. but it's been 8 months since i'd been down there so it was so much fun to see the downtown lights at night. we went a restaurant off of main street which is turning into the new deep elum quickly. we had some margaritas, chips and salsa, and tamales. finally, we headed home. picked up the kids and all hit the hay. . . . but not before the points were redeemed. happy "mother anniversary memorial day"!!

Friday, May 16, 2008

field day '08


this will be tommy's very last field day. as his elementary days come to an end, i am overwhelmingly calm. i sure it's because he's been very calm about it. only i don't think that he has a full understanding of the magnitude of the changes that are ahead of him. i don't want to talk to him about it and chance scaring him. but i don't want to to not talk to him about it and chance him being caught completely off guard. once he gets to his new school there will be no doubting that he's not in elementary any longer. he's soo little. it seems impossible that he belongs in the same building as 8th graders. my school district has failed me. anyhow, i have all summer to prepare the little man for jr. high. the first thing on my agenda is making it clear to him that he has GOT to stop buttoning his polo shirts all the way up to the neck.