good bye Rita; hello empty nest.

i love my kids. here are some more requested pictures of my three darlings. they are cute, i must give them that, but i also must admit i feel out number now that there are three. oh wait.. i am out numbered.

well, Rita was kind enough to pass up little new braunfels (along with houston, austin and san antonio). we didnt have the floods we were sure would devesitate our homes, or the winds at mind blowing speeds that would have torn apart our town. that is great. i am very thankful for that....but dont you think, god, that you could have blessed us with at least a minor change in weather? maybe just a little. we didnt get so much as a drop of rain, aside from a morning dew yesterday. our record high didnt even sink down into the double digits, we are still hitting at least 103 everyday! i've been holding my breathe for winter to start showing its coming for a month now. i'm starting to turn purple. its just hot. i thought phoenix was bad, but this humidity. in phoenix we were smart and knew to stay indoors in the summertime but here we feel compeled to go out and enjoy the summer.

i had an awesome weekend. two of my best freinds, the daves, come down for my birthday. ithiel and lord.. arrived friday morning.what a surprise. thanks to ithiels great prowess at keeping surprises i was pretty sure he was coming into town, especially when he disappeared from on line, but i had no clue lord.. was coming with him. good times. good times. we did many many things; suffered in the heat together on sat, lots of gaming, drinking, more gaming, meet some cute lesbians etc. when it came time for them to depart last night, mr rainbowponi and i were so sad to see them go. we tried very hard to convince them of the joys of living in new braunfels and the wisdom of crashing at our house one more night. but in the end they thought it best to go. when i hugged them i threatened not to let them go. they didnt take it too seriuosly though. when my husband and i watched them walk to the car we both hung on everyone of thier movements, not wanting to let this weekend go yet. we watched them climb into the car and drive away, and then we had to go inside. back to normal. back to an empty house. i felt a sad thinking feeling wondering if this is what an empty nest feels like. then i realized that i was nuts, no one is allowed o feel empty nest with three kids at home. i still miss them though. what a great weekend.