Southwest US Roadtrip

Where can I begin! I drove to LA from Dallas in 3 days, picked up Tanya and took my time driving back home and saw many of the sites in the southwest US.~

Went to LA, drove up 1 to Carmel and Montery, then to Yosimite then to Lake Tahoe, Reno, Las Vegas, Grand Canyon, Flagstaff, Albuqurque, Santa Fe, Roswell and then to Dallas/Fort Worth. As always it was good to be home.

Overall weather was good and had a VERY scenic trip. I still cannot believe how I was able to drive for 3 weeks sometimes 9 hours a day.

HEAT & NYC.

It is SO HOT HERE! It must be the hottest part of the year. I just got back from a trip to NYC and met my friend Ashley's amazing friend there and did the tourist thing.

Saw the Statue of Liberty, saw Manhattan from the Empire State building, went to Coney Island, saw art in Soho, walked through Times Square and Wall Street.

It was hard to be away from the A/C for a week!

It was a much needed vacation and then I am getting ready to prepare myself for a HUGE roadtrip to California and then back to Texas. Wow. I have always wanted to do that and my opportunity has knocked on my door. Only a couple of weeks away, oh my!

What did I do for the past year?

Lots of work as usual. Went to Greece and Turkey in September and had a good time. Enjoyed the nice weather and minimal tourists. Lots more to follow, don't worry. Happy New Year's! Got a new doggie almost 3 weeks ago! Now looking forward to a US trip with Tanya in September sometime. There is a lot of planning to start doing! Yikes! Today it snowed! It is so pretty but so scary on the roads with people who do not know how to drive in this kind of weather!

Six months later...Yikes

I definitely have not been here for six months! I cannot believe how time flies!

I have been working on my house, my yard, work at work, spending time with Bryan, and more!

What I have been enjoying lately: Bicycling, Tyler roses, Texas bluebonnets, gardening (I have strawberries, carrots, lettuce, spinach, onions, garlic, basil & cilantro growing), flowers in flower baskets, the Twilight series is evil...I loved it so much I read all of the books in 4 days! I also hated it so much because it ended with some many questions unanswered. :(

I am booking my trip this year to Greece. Looking forward to late September! What to do until then!

Thanksgiving til now

Thanksgiving went well. I got to meet my cousin's new baby Caleb and play with her daughter Makenzie. Shared lots of pics from Boston.

Bryan and I made a Christmas tree this year. I wasn't sure how I would like it but it turned out well. Definitely not the normal tree! We had fun putting it together and getting the decorations for it.

I was glad to get Christmas lights up at my new house this past weekend. I am slowly getting all of my shopping done. My family has been terrible about helping me with ideas of what they would like for Christmas.

Weather has been driving me crazy lately. It's been near freezing and then it's tshirt weather and then its near freezing again. I wish it would make up its mind. I was feeling sick last week, thought I got enough rest and was not feeling good again this week! Went home early form work today...hopefully rest will cure me.

I am also hoping to start painting paintings again soon. I haven't painted since early summer!

Looking forward to seeing some xmas lights soon.

What have I been doing!

What have I not been doing! Work, work, work as usual.

The last 6 months:

Bryan turned 30 this year on June 7th! Went out to have margaritas with Dewayne and Megan!

Found a duplex that was in desperate need of repairs but was super cheap! One of my dreams of owning a duplex and living on one side comes true! Moved out of the apartment at the end of July and moved in a somewhat work in progress. I have spent many, many months of working on the duplex.. Sanding & priming cabinets. Did all of the painting on the walls, door, kitchen cabinets, with my mom and Bryan. Finally had gotten almost all of it done last weekend. Before and after pics coming soon.

I have enjoyed riding my bike along White Rock lake and various parks with Bryan.

Went to the Fort Worth zoo during one of the hottest days of the year.

Discovered some galleries in the design district one weekend.

Went to historic downtown Grapevine, TX!

Went to Boston in October for a week and saw the sights there. New England is beautiful. Fall is the time to go! I cannot believe the amazing color on the trees. Hit Cape Cod for a day and then on to the southern coast of Maine! Gorgeous sights! I need more vacation!

Dressed up as scary creatures and scared little kids and then gave them candy on Halloween.

I cannot believe Thanksgiving is next week! The time has flown by so quickly this year.

March, April & now May!

What can I say?! I've been busy. Working as usual, hanging out with Bryan, went to Austin, Easter, celebrated my Birthday and my brother's birthday and I think I finally found a bicycle! Tomorrow I'm going to pick it up from the store. Went to the Mavs playoffs on Friday and found out it was the only game they won! What a treat...I had never been to a live basketball game.

My last painting class for the semester is tomorrow. I have been very happy with the amount of fun I've had this class.

I'm also behind on my travel plans for this year. Where to go and what to do are on my mind. I just need to sit down and figure out my travel plans. What's new! Overall things have been going well. There is always too much to do!