I'm a bad person

for leaving you on such a cliffhanger all of these months! please excuse my bad typing skills and lack of upper case letters and such. i don't feel like being proper today haha

so i guess i should tell you about what happened when we returned from thanksgiving in tx. we were homeless.... well practically. our little black hole was without electricity (but not from our fault of not paying) and it was freezing ass cold!!! so we stayed that night we got back in a friends back bedroom.. thank you Missy and Jimmy!!! and then the very next day started the move to the "New" house. which was by no means ready for us to live there but we couldn't survive in the cold, dark already black hole. so we have since been in the new house... it's located on New Avenue... so it's fun to say new house because it has numerous meanings. we have remodeled. Nolan worked so hard on the floors; he stripped them, sanded and stained them. beautiful wood floors that had been tortured with layers of carpet and paint.. but they are perfect now and what imperfections they have make them even more beautiful. we painted the bedroom which is ours now and the bathroom. we still have work to do but we are no longer in a rush to finish. we have gotten very comfy and cozy in the house. the dogs LOVE the big yard! we plan to start working on the fence hopefully this weekend since the weather's been nicer. and we are going to plant a garden! i am very excited about that, so long as the rabbits, squirrels, cats and dogs stay out of it!
life is good for us right now. i wake up everyday and feel so darned lucky to have such an amazing guy next to me! the band has been making leaps and bounds in the bluegrass world. if you look at their calendar you will see they are travling the country this summer and i couldn't be more excited for them. i have made it official to go to colorado with them in june... LYLE is going to be there!! and we all know how i feel about lyle. i'll probably pass out when i get to meet him. nolan says i will get to since they are sharing the stage and i'll get to be backstage too... i'm not exactly holding my breath but i won't say i'm not daydreaming about it every day.
also i want to mention the girls that have helped keep my world spinning... they are in no way replacements of the wonderful beautiful friends i have back home but they are the best addition to my family. Missy, Nichole, Jill and Bridgette. they are the best!! bridgette is actually my 51 year old co-worker but i feel like i can tell her anythign and we're already planning a couples trip in October. she's the best and i love working with her everyday. she always makes me laugh and we get along perfectly!! nolan and her boyfriend of 18 years Tracy get along perfectly too! and her daughter cuts and colors my hair :)
Missy is Jimmy's girl (jimmy is the guitar player) and she is a saving grace. she's already had to pick me up on the side of the road when i ran out of gas and i am sure we are to be spending lots more time together soon when our fellas are gone all spring/summer! also i drove with her to arkansas last weekend to buy a new car and drove the other one back. nothing like a 7 hour round trip for a friend! nichole is also a blessing.. she lets me be me and we get along so well. we hang out alot on the weekends and do happy hour once a week. she and Missy work together, so that's how we all know each other. she is hilarious!!!! we're hoping they'll be neighbors soon. and then there is Jill ... she is Gary's girlfriend (bass player)... she may be the funniest human being i've ever crossed paths with. the two of us together is kind of trouble. last time we had each other laughing so hard our bellies hurt, i was crying and i drooled!! i absolutely love her. i am glad to be a band girlfriend with such awesome girls... seriously!! because mean girls suck.

ok well that's enough for now. life is good. life is happy. i miss my folks and family and my friends. i hope to make a trip home soon... but i also really hope someone actually puts forth some effort to come see me. it's disheartening when it's always and only me that is forced to travel. i'm poor.... i do not have the funds like i used to, i have real bills now unlike before.

hillbenders cd coming out any day now! keep looking on their website http://www.hillbenders.com/ and make sure and buy one for a fun listen and great music!!