really?

wow 2 years.

to be fair i haven't really put anything major down anywhere. small but constant updates on twitter and facebook seem to have sustained me.

long (or random) text message conversations seem to help.

i could write about the little miss, i can always talk about her, she does so much every day and every week and but to non parenty types i don't want to talk about her too much.

i guess, until lately, nothing really seems to happen outside of her part of my world.

so, why am i back here?

1)a friend asked about tattoos in his blog, i didn't know where to write about it. i put it out of my head. i thought about this place because we passed some empty swing-sets the other day in the rain. it seemed so appropriate. then today in the wonderful sun TRUST started to glint through again, so i figured i'd write about that as my way back into all of this.

2) my brain keeps bringing up memories from what was going on two years ago, such a life changing few months, and some important ones i never wrote about.

3)because i need someplace outside of my head and phone to exist.

i'm going to back date a few posts, just to fill in blanks, one about spring 08, one about may and david , the others will be a bunch of small, but significant events from the last two years

winter to winter and a little bit of spring 2009 and 2010

Winter 09

Sherry gets kicked out of my mother’s house
and eventually starts seeing an older man,

his daughter is our age.

I get in one visit with Fawn
still no contact with Ann.
NilaJane wows the doctor by saying OK

when he asks to examine her!
We attend Coraline with Kas and Lysa,
all four of us sporting polka dots and stripes!

Lil Miss eats her first strawberry

and has her first lemon.

She rocks out to NIN rockabye baby style,

and we both rock our fake mustaches

with mucho gusto!

Grant comes over on St Patrick’s Day,
promising to bring Boondock Saints with him,
he fails and we watch Secret of Roan Inish instead

I have successfully returned to school
in hopes of someday becoming a nurse.

Spring 09

I begin taking ASL classes
NilaJane’s signing gets better and better
lil miss is an Easter dinosaur
and takes her first STEP before her birthday,

Minnow turns 1
and we have
2 fiestas to celebrate!

we frolic at the beach

and NilaJane gets her 1st

Tillamook

ice-cream cone!

We also have some good times berry picking!

Lil Miss and Atticus meet!

the next week we see the b52s in the pouring rain

summer 09

we go watch miss Lysa roller skate, next day the walking begins!talk about inspired!

Lil Miss experiences sushi for the first time,

Amanda palmer eats NilaJane’s face,

We pick blueberries

and soon lil miss begins roller-skating.
We play in rivers and eat frog legs.

we take DNA tests that prove David is her father

...

still no contact.

We go on a photo walk

and I take first place for our section,

Lysa is my muse.

I get my identity stolen, but eventually things get straightened out

Fall 09
we take the train to Seattle for a visit;

this is a first for us both!

We explore enchanted forest and i turn 28!

dress lil miss up as a crocodile
and attend Where The Wild Things Are,
lil miss howls in her sleep during the movie.
I’ve figured out costumes,

Lil miss is a goldfish for Halloween

i am a lobster,

i run into David on my way to school,

has a stroller with him,

little miss has a little brother

exactly 9 months younger than her....

NilaJane's 2nd funeral... Grandma GIGI passed on

Corregan comes for another visit!

Trinity turns one!

Colby decides he’s moving to Alaska!

We get to celebrate Atti’s first birthday with him!
NilaJane creates her 1st Master Piece!

Lynda cancels Christmas.
winter 09/10

Papa Roi hurts his knee and is diagnosed with diabetes,

Kassie and Lysa spend Christmas with us,

and NilaJane is really into it!

I spend new year’s without lil miss and partying at the new deal distillery.

Colby leaves for Alaska.

I run into David again on the bus,his wife makes contact with me, she asks if we’re having an affair! We’re not.

Lysa takes us to Seattle where NilaJane falls in love with Cthulhu!

NilaJane gets her very 1st
piece of personal mail
and her 1st pet,

his name is Hennessey, he’s a fish!

school had been going well but in February it gets a little rocky, Around valentines day there is family drama and potential David drama,

we survive all of the drama and i'm still in school. The cousins move within walking distance and burl stops watching NilaJane.

Grandma Kate seems to be in the last stages of life.