Peaches

the current background has, what looks to me, a peach blossom.

how do you know that? you may ask.

well, i would respond, i just happen to have a peach tree in my backyard.

are the peaches good? you may further ask.

i wouldn't know, would be my response. peaches blossom late in the spring, and the fruit grows over the period of about 3 months. they become ripe in late june, by which time i have been temporarily relocated for the past two summers.

i am hoping to get to finally enjoy a few of this years peaches.

ironicly, the background shows the blossom with lots of leaves. but in real life, the leaves are barely little shoots when the flower is in full bloom. you can see what i mean below...

in full bloom early may

this is what they look like after about 1 month

it's been Decade since high school?

happy new year everybody! and i hope you had a nice Christmas holiday, too.

life is good right now. i am enjoying my job. ryan is in his last semester EVER. we are getting our house all nice and fixed up. our families are happy and healthy. God had been really good and sweet with us. i have a lot of love and hope in my heart.

i was talking with a friend earlier tonight about her classes. she's in a Social Networking class, and has to write a blog now. i asked what she'd be bloging about, and she said there would be discussion topics as prompts. i said i had a blog, but that i don't have much to write about. i have strong feelings and opinions about a lot of stuff, and very little opinion about even more stuff. i said that i don't write about them too much b/c that makes me vulnerable to criticizm.

then she said something like "but isn't that why you should? to become better?"
yeah, i guess it is. she often impresses me with her insight.

i'm okay with being wrong, and then being corrected. but if i can, i'd rather just entertain instead of push buttons. so, with that being said, i'll recite a few of the random things that are on my mind:

- i like the new line up with Jay at 9 and then Conan at 10:30. thus, i'm upset with NBC.

- i still haven't seen Avatar. i don't know if i ever will.

- i like the way Dwayne "the Rock" Johnson is settling nicly into his career as a family friendly film star.

- the whole thing about Haiti makes my heart sad. it makes me want to go down there and help.

- someday, i want to have a dog and name him Duke.

- i like the name Noel for a little girl. my little girl. i would like to have a little girl someday, and name her Noel.

- i feel like God likes it when i at least want to surrender my heart and let him take care of things. it makes it easier to actually let that happen. then he often promptly steps in and starts doing awesome stuff, and then i remember how good he is, and how that's how it's supposed to be anyways.

- i like those "what have you done for your marriage today" posters.

- water is so good. i love how it tastes, and how it makes me feel.

- i'd like to have a house with carpet.

- "Phillip the hyper hypo" makes me laugh every time.

- i started writing a book. it is relevant, heartmoving, and intense. someday i might finish it.

- a fun joke is when someone walks by you, say HEY! Why haven't you returned any of my phone calls! That hurts my feelings!
then while they are checking their phones for missed calls, and saying they are sorry, admit that you're just kidding. and then ask them for their number.

- i know the item above sounds horrible, but in real life its kind of funny. i've gotten several girls at work with it, and now they are passing it along.

- i realize the title to this blog is random and non-pertinent. let me asuage you from thinking that it may be anything but.

i'm getting sleepy now, so i'll go switch the laundry over from the washer to the dryer before i forget. i love you. goodnight.