I'm back.

.... more than a year later. This blog is like a bad horror movie where the monster doesn't die, right? I'm sure there is a more positive analogy out there, I just can't dig it up. Anyway, you get what I mean.

What was my motivation for coming back? I'm not sure, actually. I think it's the same as it always is post blog-hiatus.... I finally get enough of a breather in my day-to-day to remember how much I enjoy putting thoughts to digital paper, THEN I start to imagine un-realistic future me happily typing away on posts during the nights and weekends (setting: a coffeeshop, the library, smiling with a cup of coffee at my kitchen counter... you get the visual on this?)

And then I decide to post.

I won't be foolish enough this time to promise myself that I'll update this thing more often. But I did try and entice myself with a new blog skin. I have such a tortured creative soul, you guys. I want things to be pretty, I just don't have the patience or talent to do what I want. Graphic design skill? Nope. (And it's not like all I'm lacking is the software and time, y'all. I really don't have the orientation). I'll begrudgingly accept the Blogger templates......

So, what's going on with me? At this exact moment in time, Tim and I have come off of consecutive weeks of plans and commitments (lots of fun ones, some not-so-fun), and I have a week-and-a-half before class starts for me for the fall semester. Summer is officially winding down.

I have some other thoughts that I WILL promise myself to blog about, but as an entre act, here are some of our latest adventures, as seen through the eyes of my phone camera :)

Ben Folds concert at the new amphitheater in town. Was a TOTALLY fun weekend, and we actually got to meet Ben Folds before the concert because he ate at the same restaurant as us! Be still my geeky teenage heart.

We found some decent barbeque in town, which is HUGE for us. Of course, I didn't take a picture of my food, instead I captured the moment they brought me beer in a giant Mason jar. It was a Friday after work, OK? Priorities.

We enjoyed the 10th annual float trip in Missouri with my sister, her friends, and all of us who have jumped on the bandwagon through the years. I have no photos of that event (it's better that way) but Tim and I decided to enjoy a night in Hermann, MO before the float. We took Polly, enjoyed a pastoral BnB, and ate some tourist German food. Mmmm wurst and schnitzle. Don't judge.

Some of my extended family came to town for little Tee's wedding shower and we had a great time. We wandered around NewBo market during the day, walked around the Czech Village in the afternoon and capped the evening at a winery and then with dinner nearby. It was such a perfect (albeit warm) day. That winery scene is one that I really try and capture in my brain, if you know what I mean. Just helps me remember a time when I'm totally happy and relaxed. I try and rifle through those images later when I'm, you know, NOT those things.

I can't remember the last time we got a picture all together like this. Even though it looks like a photo of my mom, Paul, and Maureen that got photoshopped together with a photo of me and Tee.....

I can't even. My baby nephews are selfie pros. Love those boys! I keep these images around when I need to remember happy things too :)

These are supposed to be a real depiction of what's on my phone camera, right? So here it is, me trying out a free sample of red lipstick from Sephora (love that place). What you can't see in this photo? This is me dawdling to avoid working out. 

Until next time, friends (and future un-realistic blogger me will promise you that it'll be soon......),

Kate