Mimbres, NM

it's crazy how so much can happen and be done that even i don't know where to start in telling a story. guess i'll have to compartmentalize.

My Grandma Anna Mae
she is amazing. no joke - 96 years old and still making me laugh so hard i cry. she's living in a nursing home now that's about 2 hrs away from here, and has been for about 5 years. but see, when she was younger, she liked to paint. and she still does. she's got paintings all over the room, she's selling them, had a big banquet in her honor around christmas time, and is still really enjoying life. and she remembers things like they just happened yesterday. i can't even put into words how much she inspired me with her stories of traveling the world, dating adventures in college, and even her "flapper memories" with the short dresses and fringe. she's beautiful, in a breakable way, obviously aged, but i did notice how her nails were still being manicured.

The House
oh my wow. up and around and down, out, in, through and anything else with the mountains. it's hidden in this little nook, pretty as could be and sooo isolated. spanish style build, tile floors all throughout, and the ranch!! horses and mules and chickens and of course a bunch of dogs. german shephard patty, sheep dog roxie, big bloodhound jake, little russel terrier lucky......they'd keep you busy if nothing else. we took all the dogs for a hike today in the mountains (you know, one of the hikes where you are squeezing between boulders and splashing through streams, and spotting evidence of bears every 5 minutes. my aunt told me she had a gun though, so nothing to worry about, of course....... :S

it's truly awesome here. i really can't wait to go see my grandparents in independence though. my whole family. the other half of me :) it's kinda weird how i can feel soo at home in st. marys, but then travel ten hours west and feel at home in missouri too. then again i was born there. and we visit, never as often as we wish, but as often as we can. *sigh*

but i kinda miss home. my maggie. my bed. my trent. :)

if you're reading this..i love you.