missing IN action

board meeting

hello, girl friday here-the lazy, irresponsible blogger. but if you could be a fly on the wall of my mind's eye, you might have called a week hiatus too. life has not stopped for one second even if my writing has. and truth be told i have about sixty stories percolating, but where o, where did i leave my secretary? the one who can jot down in shorthand my thoughts as i speak them-then translate them since i do not speak shorthand. o, goodness. i am reeling. i hope you can keep up. please try.

a)departure

b)a working lunch. see my notes?

c)research and development

i've been missing in action. a week ago, i boarded a plane for a VERY quick jaunt over to tennessee for business. so quick i forgot to let some important people know i was coming. oopsie. i love you. please forgive. it was quick and for business.yep. we're calling it a business trip. you see i had to see a few people. for business. we called some meetings. sat for some strategy planning sessions. and then before i blinked three times, i was back in the arms of my wild ass monkeys and their ever darling father. i am such a lucky girl. and speaking of lucky, my besties took me shopping at lu lu lemon. still not sure if their gift card was a gift or a flippin' wake up call. standing in a dressing room under the neon lights whilst DARLING{young, toned} store clerks pass over too revealing workout wear that reminds you that perhaps adding a few cardio classes MAY not be such a bad idea. just down more ibuprofen and forget about it. goodness. and it didn't help that i was wined and dined at all my fav places from barista parlor to puffy muffin. wowsa. where is the number to that plastic surgeon? haha kidding. hell, no i am not.

d)working through logistics

e)the cutest alarm clocks

f)field development

g)and across a few states a similar thing was happening

and whilst i was away, those wild ass monkeys quickly changed MY cottage on the hill to a fraternity house. we'll call their weekend, "keepin' up with the joneses". 

h)member breakfast

i) oversight committee

on friday, the Mister asked our 9 year old, "if you could have any of your friends come for the weekend, who would it be?" without skipping a beat, he answered, "asher jones". and at 11:30pm he saw his bff at the door. i am told they were up til 3.30 am doing all kinds of crazy boy stuff. 

j)meeting adjourned

so here you have it. life is good. and full. and i am still hanging on for dear life. missing, but still in action. hope your weekend is full of love. ours is full of snow which means we're hunkering down with mugs of yummy hot goodness, a blazing fire and books glorious books.

your still relevant,

gf

if it weren't for this man, i wouldn't be here

 my father's birthday is today! i think of my dad like a simpler version of andrew carnegie. he was raised with nothing, including bootstraps up which to pull himself. as a boy, he recalls a hole in the floor of a room he shared with his siblings. a hole that welcomed a mouse. a mouse that frightened him greatly. he vowed to change his family tree. and he did. 


today he is a self made, self taught success. he quite literally built his life with his own two hands {as well as all of the homes we ever lived in}. 


even though he never went to college and didn't even finish high school, he passionately took a leap of faith. as a young father, he started a business as a subcontractor in the field of construction. there is a scene in a movie i recently watched where a man was trying to climb out of a pit. he was wearing a rope around his waist in case he fell. it wasn't until he removed the rope that he was able to escape the pit. why? because the fear of falling is what motivated him to leap-strong. i thought of my dad and his leap. 

over the years my father dabbled in flooring, but it's drywall and sheet rock that built the company that still thrives today, after 40 something years. if you live in nashville you have seen his work. it stands on the nashville horizon. it is affectionately referred to as "the batman building". his fingerprints are seen at vanderbilt hospital as well as the university and the nissan plant to name a few. i am incredibly proud!

his namesake

today i honor my father. a man to whom i owe my life! from him i inherited my love of the outdoors, my impatience, my ability to see the potential in a piece of junk, my love for good food and good beer {though i would add my taste in beer far surpasses his} and my insatiable love for any and all bodies of water be it ocean, river or creek. we're both pretty cute too-wink, wink.


happiest of birthday, daddy. we can't wait to see you in 2 days. 
xo,
gf