Jules gave me Mr. Peckin Pants tonight at 2am. She sewed him together with her own hands.
I love him

Pictures from the back yard.

“Distance makes the heart go digital.“

Preparing for the worst, expecting the best.
Jules and I are moving to Kentucky. I can’t wait. Should happen within the month.

[Written for Jules in October 2007]
Little Things I Love About You
1. All the notebooks you’ve put pieces of yourself in.
2. “I Did it Dance” when you didn’t really accomplish anything to warrant it.
3. The mole on your left cheek.
4. Your snake venom smile.
5. Mighty Mouse syndrome.
6. You have a list for your lists.
7. You’re as [...]

Alison (11), my niece, when asked if she and her sister (13) could drive the car if I passed out.
We could figure it out. The skinny one makes it go and the fat one stops it.
Alison (11), my niece, during an after school chat in the car.
It’s so fun to ruin the lives of little [...]

[May 2005]

My hair is getting so wild right now that I want to go back to the old us.

After searching and changing our minds and toying with the idea of Kentucky, we found something near us that we both love for the wedding location.
Town Manor

Since it’s in Auburndale, away from big city prices, I’m hoping it’s affordable. If not, I’m going to have to go back to “scheming” for the next 8 months [...]

There’s few wedding details that we’ve agreed on immediately, but this is one of them.

No worries though. We have eight months to persuade each other to our side on everything else.

December 26, 2003
(my first writing about Jules)

It took you twelve days to make four out of five an unlikely perfection. Your lack of voice and my anxious desire, began the balance of perpetual totter.
You listened as I spoke. And as I listened, you stumbled across “me too’s.” Tippy-toed, into me, across hushed conversations and timing [...]

[July 2004] 
I am low. Very low. Not blood sugar low, least… not now. But I was.
~ ~ dududoo dududoo ~~ FLASHBACK ~~ dududoo dududoo ~ ~
So there we were, in the apartment. Julie was laying down and I had just tested my blood sugar. I was at 61, low for a normal person- very low [...]

I’m cleaning out my phone and came across a photo of Jules and I from Christmas day. I think she was expecting a ring for Christmas- muwahahahahahahaha!