Adventures with A-Bass

So, as my first post mentioned, there have been some changes in my life.  One of those changes was my introduction to Alan Bass. (aka A-Bass aka Bebop cause the boy is always movin/shakin'/jivin'/beboppin', hence the name, Bebop.)  What a shock!  Was there actually someone MADE for me who is NOTHING like what I have been searching for?!  I believe so.  To say the least, cows, sows and plows are not his gig.  Many things that came second nature to me growing up because it was all around me, are not the same things he was affiliated with.  When helping me at the barn he says things like "water bowl" and "food bowl."  He reprimands my horse as if he were talking to a labrador that was chewing on some shoes, and greets him with a kiss on the nose.  It makes me laugh, and warms my heart to know he cares enough to learn more every day about my "horsey" lifestyle.

These may not be the things I was looking for, but oh how refeshing!  So, I've mentioned what he doesn't know, but let me tell you what he does know....everything else!  What a smart, caring individual I have found.  He knows how to treat people, he knows and cares about current events and world matters, he knows about finance and being financially responsible, he knows how to love people, he knows that when he doesn't know something, it's perfectly ok to admit that.  He knows how to listen, he knows about his LORD, he knows it's important to take care of your body, he knows how to cook, he knows how to pray, he knows sports (this is an understatement), he knows how to have fun (also an understatement) and he knows ME. 
I met this fellow through a friend of a friend, thought seriously about not meeting up with him at this restaurant/bar, and left knowing my life was about to be majorly changed for the better.  So only my best pal, Jaime Stewart knew I was doing this.  We try to be sure at least WE, know where each other are, in case something happens to us.  So she knew I was going to meet this Alan character, and I was instructed to text when I left so she knew I was headed home, and she needed some info on how the meeting went.  To make a long back story long, my mother has a couple of funny sayings, one being "they go."  For instance, if you see the school bus coming down the road, and would like to inform your kids it is approaching, you would say, "they go school bus."  Now, it also needs to be said in a bit of a sing-song format.  Emphasis on the noun you speak of.  "They go" is said quickly.  So Jaime and I had always talked about one day finding that needle in the hay stack.  The one you know is for you.  So when Alan and I walked to the parking lot, said a quick goodbye, and talked about meeting again the next day, I jumped in the car and immeditaley text her 3 words, "They go neeeeedle!"

So now that you know what kind of guy we are dealing with here, you must know by now that we have had some fun and seen some places together.  As I think about the goings on even in the last 6 months, I feel sure I will forget to document some of them.  Once he made it through the rodeo with me, we hit the road and never really looked back.

Weddings consumed the latter part of the spring and most of the summer.

Whitney's Wedding - New Braunfels, TX

ToDD and Corrie's wedding - Rockport, TX

Vacation in Florida

Let us not forget my ever so classy first meeting of the brother at the NCAA Final Four Tournament

(The beer in my hand at noon is a sign of how the rest of the evening panned out)


THen a Todd Payne wedding in Sacramento, CA

A Justin Oberthier wedding in Baton Rouge, LA

THen a quick trip to CO to see and friends and experience Cheyenne Frontier Days, and Rockygrass Festival featuring MilkDrive and Brian Beken

These are just a few ventures that have happened in the lately...not to mention the weekend road trips, birthday parties, concerts, 5K's, prayer times, basketball games, baseball games, and just plain ole good times.

GALS, what I'm sayin' is, a girl just doesn't get much more blessed than this:

THey Go Bebop

:)



Another confession of conformity

This past weekend, cable tv was installed in my home.  That's right folks, another bill to pay for mindless/smut entertainment.  I despise all things it stands for.  As I surfed the channels, I remembered why.  Jersey Shore, The Bachelor, Cheaters, Two and a Half Men, The Real World, Celebrity Rehab...these are all reasons our country is going to hell in a handbasket.  That, and people line dancing to Steve Earle, parents not disciplining their children, and Dairy Queen employees not turning over my Blizzard before handing it to me in a drive through line to display its frozen goodness.  I digress.
I never wanted such things in my home.  If I need entertaining, I have plenty of books, chores to be done outside, a porch to sit on and enjoy the night air, and a dog that likes to play fetch.  Turns out 3 out of 4 of these items requires me to be outside in the HEAT.  And I don't mean heat like, "I'm kind of a sissy and don't like to sweat much" heat, I mean sweltering, Sahara like conditions.  So, as I continued to surf my new channels in the refrigerated air, I found programs like The Cosby Show, Extreme Makeover Home Edition, tons-o-horse programming on RFDtv, and all the cooking shows I could ever dream of.  I also hear the Pioneer Woman will have her own cooking show coming at the end of this month.  Plus, Texas Aggie Football begins soon, and anyone who knows A-Bass knows, any game he is not front and center attending, he will be watching.  All other sports up to this point have been acceptable to keep up with via phone/radio.  We all know this is not the case for the A-Bass and the Ags on Kyle Field.  I digress again.  And did you know there is an entire network dedicated to Westerns!?  This tv thing isn't so bad after all.  I may even think of it as a necessity like every other American...at some point.  I never woulda thunk it.

Everybody else is doing it....

That saying would not go over well with my mother, but I think she will allow this "following" of beginning a blog.  Who knew I could actually create a blog??  Turns out, if you can read, you can pretty much make it happen.  Many changes have come/are coming in my life. I thought I would document them here, for myself, and for anyone else interested.