Dear Future Wife

Thank you...
...for being my friend.
...for listening when I'm quiet.
...for caring when no one else does.
...for being honest.
...for loving me through my selfishness.
...for making me laugh.
...for helping me when I fall and pushing me when I stall.

You are my greatest company and always have a place next to me.

Happy New Year

 I have always felt that this night is very critical to be doing something spectacular but after tonight... I feel like it's just another night. A good friend of mine gave me this advise that I found to be quite helpful.

"[New Years] is always built up to be an exciting night, but it really isn't. Normal nights without expectations are more fun so you should just stay at home, save your gas money and make a cake."

Well... my friend was right in my case. When I put too many expectations on this night, it usually ends badly. So I spent this New Year in my home town with friends I grew up with... getting into a little trouble making sparkler bombs and lighting fireworks.

I've never had a "New Year kiss" and I guess I'm going to wait yet another year for that to happen. Hope you all stay safe to live another year.

Happy New Year

Merry Christmas

...and Happy Holidays for everyone else.

My winter season is usually spent with family, like everybody else. But with a family of eight... the house gets really full... really fast.

This year all I really asked for from Santa was running gear for the upcoming Chevron Houston Marathon that I'm running on January 13th. I ruined my first iPod nano (1st generation) by letting sweat get to it while I ran. Now I have the new iPod nano (4th generation) that plays video. Super stocked about training with it!

And yes, it's VERY depressing to see my sister and her husband, my other sis and her new boyfriend, and finally... my brother and his fiance all partying it up in "Love-ville" while I'm out here on "Lonely Island". Don't be diseved by the name, even though it's an island... and people are suppose to be "livin' la-vita lo-ca" while they're single... it's LONELY for me.

I'm trying to enjoy single life as much as possible... but when you've felt that other half of you filled once before... it's hard to ever go back to the life you had before.

Don't get me wrong, this season is hands down, the best one of them all! And as miserable as I may feel inside... I'm all grins for my family and friends.

Merry Christmas to one and all!

Thanksgiving

In a family of 8 (including myself) it's usually never lonely around holiday times! And we have a lot of relatives from both sides of the family that live within 20 minutes away. So Thanksgiving is actually pretty chaotic.

But I wouldn't have it any other way. I love my family... and it gets too quiet without them.

My favorite dishes are green-bean casserole, cheesy potato slices, hot buttery rolls with some chilled white wine to wash it down. Oh, and I'm a dark meat/crispy skin  kind of guy.

Happy Thanksgiving!