Desperately Seeking Gina

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…Ode to Pumpkin Spice Latte

Oh, Pumpkin Spice Latte, how I love thee!
Let me count the ways.

I love your sweet, spicy scent.

I love your soft, swirling whipped cream top hat.
I love your cute, little cardboard jacket and your cinnamon-y freckles.
I love the moment you are so pleasantly presented, and I savor the sweet anticipation as I carry you so lovingly into my office.
I gaze at you thirstily as I fumble for my office keys, and then sigh as I set you on my desk. I giggle as I sit and pull you close.

Oh, Pumpkin Spice latte!

I bring you to my lips and pause before sipping.

Then, Finally. ssssiiiippppp.
Ahhhhh.
I love the warm, satisfying, liquid ribbon-like river of pure indulgence as you gush into my mouth, tickling my taste buds and warming my tummy.
At last, together again.
Oh, Pumpkin Spice Latte!
How I love thee!

…The Good and The Bad

The Good?

* Only one week til I’m flying north to see the fam & friends.
* It’s close to bedtime
* Weeds was new and good last night
* The weather has been good here. Only in the low 70’s today
* Accomplishing tasks at work in preparation for vacation
* Hardly any more baby shower prep to do

The Bad?

* I can’t get motivated to get everything together to ship home {supplies for party…not my stuff!}
* I can’t pack my bags a whole week ahead
* It’s been cloudy and gloomy
* I’m PMS-ing
* I feel yucky
* I feel blue
* I’ll have to leave Thom in a week
* I haven’t been sleeping well
* My stomach has been messed up. What’s with all the medical maladies since I’ve been in Ark?
* I feel tired right now
* I feel lazy right now

auuughhhhh…let’s hear more of THE GOOD!

* I’m breathing
* I’m reaching
* One week til I see fam
* One week til I meet new fam members: abby the boxer
* One week til I meet new friends: Lydia June
{sigh}

Night all..hope ya’all are well and fine!

…Countdown

Headed back to Petit Jean for a one night stay on Labor Day. It’s definitely becoming one of my favorite places to hang out with one my most favorite of people. It was a lovely evening and we took advantage of the nice weather to have dinner outside the cabin. It didn’t occur to us that evacuees from Louisiana would be this far north trying to escape Hurricane Gustav, but the lodge was full of them waiting for cabins to be cleaned. We were lucky enough to have a reservation yet we also felt sort of bad that we were possibly taking away a cabin from someone needing dry accommodations when we’re only a couple of hours from home.

But stay we did, and it was a lovely evening. Except I was too tired to fish {yes, I know, me fishing…I actually just got my first ever fishing license. Funny how love makes you willing to try anything. I still refuse to touch a worm, though. And the fish I might possibly catch. Yuck}. There was no fishing, as it turned out, because Hurricane Gustav blew up the mountain bringing high winds and rain that has yet to stop 🙁 The power on the mountain went out just as we were leaving.

Tuesday morning I made pancakes for breakfast. I’ve been dreaming about malted waffles we had in a hotel once…but too lazy to actually put together the ingredients for the batter from recipes I’ve collected online. Luckily enough, my office is at the end of the gourmet food aisle at the Maxx…and this can of Golden Malted Pancake mix caught my eye. SO SO SO good. My pancakes don’t look all that great…but they tasted just as good as the hotels. The search is on for a really good waffle maker now, as I prefer waffles to pancakes. Yum.

We spent the rest of the day wandering around Little Rock. Made a quick stop at Scrapbook Corner. My name is Gina, and I’m a Scrapbook addict. Thom showed me around the historical district of LR…and we made a little stop at the Governor’s Mansion. I almost stood up and out of the sun roof to flash the Governor, but remembered just in time that Clinton no longer lives there.

It’s back to work now. Tomorrow I may have to paddle to work; the rain hasn’t let up.

The countdown is totally on. Two weeks from tonight at exactly this time {11pm} I will be snuggling in at my brother’s house surrounded by my family. I can’t wait.

I have lovely, wonderful, exciting news to report: My bestest, bestest friend ever {and her husband Greg, aka Marcello} brought another lovely being into the world today: Lydia June, born this afternoon, 6lbs 2 ounces. I’m so happy for their little family. They truly are great friends and deserve all the happiness in the world. Congratulations, my friends. I can’t wait to meet your daughter and hug my little boyfriend.

I’ve been a bad, bad blogger. I know. Sorry ’bout that. Thom’s children {sans the oldest} were here for 2 weeks and I’ve actually been working at the Maxx quite a bit. I did get to spend a lot of time with the kidlets though…and am happy to say that we get along fairly well…and that, perhaps, we even like each other quite a bit. At least, I like them quite a bit! Thom rented us a cabin at Petit Jean State Park on the kid’s last night here. The Mather Lodge cabins were so awesome….I can’t wait to go back!


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This is what I see every time I go to the fridge {insert joke about how much I go to the fridge here}.

Drawing by Nicole. Her perception of her brother. So funny. They’re funny kids. A lot like their dad.

Not much else going on. The weather here has been A-W-E-S-O-M-E. Temps in the eighties, blue skies, and a breeze, even. Today was so much like Michigan weather that I was longing for home. Speaking of which–Less than a month, now, and I’ll be home for a week!! yay.

Hope y’all are well. Give me a shout in comments. Miss you guys!

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