Clark Griswold wants his yard back!

So back to talking about decorations, I want to reiterate that I love all that the holiday has to offer, except tacky and over done lawn decorations! Let me explain....National Lampoon's Christmas came out in the 80's, so people who aim to achieve his decorating skill need to go back to the 80's! People it's 2008 almost 2009, let's have some taste please! When people say 'curb appeal' they mean it!

Every night when I come home from work, my neighbors have added a new lawn 'ornament'! Don't get me wrong, I understand having kids and wanting to see the sparkle in their eye, but it can be done tasteful! But this family has a teenager and a middle school kid, enough is enough! I kid you not, they have at least 6 of those blow up things as tall as the roof and that sing, accompanied by about 50 other things that light up the whole yard! They wanted to catch your eye, well it almost blinds me when I drive down the street! Can you imagine what their light bill in January? It's not like they get to see it all the time either cause they are in the house; whereas if you are across the street like us we can see it loud and clear lighting up the neighborhood! Plus another thing that bugs me is that it looks bad in the day light with all the blow up Santa's and the the Grinch just chilling on the grass killing it even more!

In my neighborhood, they give out an award for 'lawn of the year', well I hate to say it, but I doubt they will win.....which I'm sure they think they will! Oh, and there is a house on the main drag that has a lighted (fake) Palm tree in the yard and it has those lighted deer with it and a really pretty front door display....please tell me how that coordinates?? Aren't Palm tree's in the desert or the beach? Meaning that they should have like a manger scene set up? It's so random! To each their own I guess! I know this might sound mean, but whats the matter with wreathes and some white/colored lights and like deer or Santa or a angel in the yard? What's the need to over do it and see if you can blow a fuse?
Since I was a kid, we have always gone to look at Christmas lights and the luminaries that lined the streets! I still like doing that, but when I see a yard/house with so much stuff it just losses that effect for me! SO what kind of outside decor do you guys put out? Or do you have any crazy decorated neighbors?

wedding festivities!

With the holidays in full swing, I have been really busy at work! I have been coming in early and staying late doing Christmas shopping, Christmas baking, and decorating! I love decorating for Christmas! This year mom put up our holiday decor without me and I was sad because she and I usually do it together with Christmas music and she ALWAYS dances like a reindeer to this specific song....that's my mom for ya!! Here is a picture of what Rene' and I have been up to trying to celebrate the season! She picked out a Gingerbread Train instead of the conventional house! Let me tell you, it was a MESS! I love Ace of Cakes and I thought I could handle it, but it was harder than you think! Guess my dreams of working for Duff are over!
Besides working being busy, I was in one of my best friends wedding last Saturday and we all know how those festivities go. It was such an honor to be standing up there with her b/c we have seriously been planning that day our whole lives!!! She was such a beautiful bride and Brian is a lucky man to have her! We had so much fun the whole day and night! With all the stress that Katie has been through this semester with school and then losing her first reception site, it was so nice to just relax and have fun! It turned out to be so beautiful!


My sister and the girls were in town the whole week leading up to the wedding, so that also kept me busy at night from shopping trips to just hanging out! Here is a picture of all the girls at our favorite restaurant the Zodiac at Neiman Marcus. We go there for all kinds of occasions from when we "became" a lady to my sisters bridesmaid luncheon and now we have started a new tradition for a Christmas lunch!

Anna Kate and Stephanie also came to the wedding and that was so fun because that was AK's first wedding... she was a mesmerized. All she wanted to do was dance! Dad and Marcy were there as well. We had fun taking pictures and laughing at AK on the dance floor b/c at one point she laid on the floor in her fancy dress, propped up her head and started shaking her legs like a dead bug....SO FUNNY! Needless to say we were crying b/c it was so funny and we even got it on video, should be on stephs blog soon! It really was a memorable day! Here are a few more pics from the wedding:

Bringing back the 80' with some ELF

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It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas!!!

For months now, my friends and I have been planning a trip to the Mountains. We were hoping to get away and see all the pretty leaves, but we got a GREAT surprise when we got to Ashville on Friday....SNOW!!!!!!!!!!! In my family, snow is like the ultimate fun! With the slightest hint of snow in the forecast Mom is on the ready with milk, bread, hot coco and maybe an occasional spur of the moment trip up to the property! A fire is a must at all times, too! It has been getting much colder this year, than last year where I was wearing short sleeves at thanksgiving, so getting to see all the snow made it feel like winter is finally here.

With the last month crazy busy for myself and all my friends, we haven't had much time to hang out so it was so nice to just hang out and chill with good friends. Sitting around a fire, playing Wii, some good guitar pickin' in the background, a good book, and lots of laughs is what I call a good time in the Mountains! We made yummy dinners both nights and played games that we laughed our aceses off in! If you ever have time, you HAVE to play Battle of the Sexes....it is so funny some of the answers that you get from each sex.....and the surprise you get when they know the right answer!

To the left are all the girls ready to go to town for the day. It was a trick to just get out the front door and to the cars due to all the ice and snow! Don't you know that we didn't want to get our shoes wet much less bust our butts, which almost happened umpteen times....always made for a good laugh! Can you believe that we had that much snow?!?!?!?

Here is Amanda and I freezing our booties off! It was 28 degree's out side and I am sick as a dog too! This was taken on the front porch, where we were trying not to slip and have a nice background of all the snow! After a lazy morning, it was time to get out and see the sights.

I don't know if you guys are aware, but it seems like every time we all get together we end up at Mellow Mushroom! It has become one of our favorites, so it wouldn't be the same if we didn't go up in Ashville! This is were we ended up to defrost ourselves from our oh so FREEZING walk around downtown Ashville. It was a cute little town, but definitely different. Needless to say we stuck out like sore thumbs! Guess I'm going to need to 'Repent'....hahaha (inside joke from the trip)

Who doesn't love to look out over the rolling hills? It was breath taking! This is what we got to look out over while we were there! God is truly amazing! I have seen some breath taking places, but the mountains just fell like home to me! From the time I was little to now, we have been raised going to the mountains for a "getaway from the city". It was the same for my mother and her family because we have property and family still up in Dillard,GA. I found myself as we drove up through there thinking of all the old family stories I have heard a million+1 times from mom and how much I love my families heritage and all the memories we have up in the Mountains!

Wahoo for seeing snow....it has kicked off my holiday season with a BANG!!! Oh and I think I'm going to start doing a favorite commercial/videos on here every week because there are some really funny ones out there that need to be shared! So if you see one that needs to be posted drop me a line and I'll see what I can do!

Slacker!

I have tried and tried to think of things to blog about, but as I have mentioned before I think of things and then I forget to write about them. So I tried to write them down, but when I would look at the list I couldn't remember what I was going to talk about, so then I was back at the starting point.BOO! Most days I really haven't felt like blogging or nothing is blog worthy and I don't want to bore y'all will my ramblings...So all I got today is what has been going on this week.....

Sunday~ Went to Dawsonville by myself to do some shopping....Enough SAID!!!!

Monday- Nothing....watched some T.V.

Tuesday- Dinner with Dad and Marcy....Really fun cause they usually are never both at the same in town, so this made for our 3rd dinner in a week! I must say we it's always good eatin' and great company when I'm with them! Our first night of dinner treats was to Maggiano's Little Italy on Wednesday, followed by a shopping trip on Friday night with Macry and then dinner at Seasons 52 that Dad got to join after a canceled business meeting! Then on Tuesday we went to one of the oldest restaurant in Atlanta...the Colonnade! YUMMY! We had the best waiter...he has us laughing all night!

Wednesday- Ate leftover fried chicken from the colonnade while mom and I watched a interview with Dolly Parton and then I watched the CMA's. They were amazing!!!! Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood are by far two of my favorite country singers (which I got to see this past year in concert) and they were awesome hosts! They both took home awards and I was so happy! It was so cool watching them this year cause my friends and I have gotten a chance to see just about all of the artists that preformed last night....not all, however there are a few that I would love to still see! I was a happy girl at the end of the night needless to say! Who else watched them? any favorites from last night??

Today- So far did some cleaning and I have been jammin' out to some new songs that I downloaded this week. For those of you interested in what I downloaded....the Lady GaGa album, Amos Lee(2 albums), Corey Smith, and Taylor Swift....SO GOOD!!!Oh yeah, I painted my nails black for the first time....it goes with the outfit. It really isn't me, but every time I see it on Lauren Conrad from the "Hills" she looks so cute, so I thought since I'm wearing black today with some yellow accessories that I would try it! As for tonight I plan on going home eating some grub and watching Ugly Betty and Grays! Oh the life of a single girl! Hey it works for me...for now :(

Hopefully, this weekend will usher some motivation for blogging material! Still working on the final plans! So far all I have going on is UGA/Auburn party, another Wedding shower and then babysitting! Hope everyone is having a good week! TTYL!

Coffee Case!

Over the past few weeks, I have been doing some extensive research on different brands of coffee. I usually just drink whatever is in the coffee pot when I leave for work, but some mornings I need a second cup when I get to work. My boss drinks Starbucks Breakfast blend, so every once in awhile I will have a cup....HECK YA! I never really tasted the difference in coffee till I had this one. So I started buying it for Mom and I to drink in the AM.

Going to Starbucks is a cool, but all the choices and the calories are to boot....I mean come on its like five bucks to have a latte', which adds up sooner or later! Plus when I drink those "designer" drinks I'm on a sugar high like no other and we all know that I don't need a boost in that area!

Anyways, back to the Breakfast Blend...It was the bomb, till we ran out again and I had to make a detour to the local Chick-fil-A for my morning pick me up! WOW, I love theirs too! I have found that I like strong coffee, with 3 hazelnut creamers(the small containers) and one slepnda....plus it is MUCH cheaper!!! That started to be my new routine, till I got new coffee for the house...and was running out of my allotted coffee money. That is where I discovered Dunkin' Donuts coffee! My sister is a major fan of this brand, so I thought hey I'll give it a shot! Yep, it's delicious too! My Bro-law just gave me the news that DD beat out major moola in the taste test! What's a girl to do??? Strong flavor, perfect with just half-n-half and some splenda....I try for the lesser points, so that I can have more cups. Humm new coffee brand for the mornings????

Wait just a second there.....THEN, Mom gets a new kind of coffee...UGGHH! We use to drink this brand and it was the Bomb, but more expensive than Starbucks and you have to have it shipped! Let's just say Gevalia is yummy in my tummy too! Plus, I even think she got a new coffee maker! This stuff is off the chain good! I missed not having it this morning because I was staying with my cousins! SO the Chick hit the spot today! I know that there are about a million brands and flavors out there, but I'm just a simple coffee drinker and I love hot tea too....how am I suppose to make all this decisions....has anyone ever drank caribou coffee? They have really good designer drinks too, but I only drink those when I need to overload on my calories for the day, which is like once a week! Weight Watchers, HA.... I just busted my count for the week with that right there!

So random poll...What is your favorite brand of coffee and how do you take it?? Black or almost white? Sugar or Splenda? Designer or regular? Espresso shot or in an IV?? Load up the Cal's or make it a slim?? I mean when you stand in line and order coffee, who needs all these decisions?? I mean wasn't it hard enough picking out your outfit that morning or which gas station had cheaper gas??? WAHOO, for almost $2 per gallon!

Enough from me now....I hope everyone has a HAPPY HALLOWEEN and GO DAWGS.....KILL THOSE GATORS!!!!

Dancing Divas and Dudes......

I'm going to go ahead a admit that I love Dancing with the Stars!! I love how they in corporate all those fun dances into the show! I would love to dance like that....It makes me think about Anna Kate because she is always dancing....I think we all wanted to be fairy princesses back in the day, so in a way these girls look like a dream come true for a little girl who use to wear my matching night gown and robe made of satin down the stairs and dance across the floor.

I really didn't get into the show when it first came on a few years ago, but the last few casts have been pretty good! This season is by far the best! In the past seasons I would start watching and then I would lose interest, but not this season! I mean who doesn't love Cloris Leachman?? She is kinda racy, but she is funny! Come on now, I don't think she can dance, but for her age she gives those young bucks a run for their money! I could however do with out all the skanky dresses and the spray tan, I mean come on George Hamilton was already on the show and one is enough, please!!

My favorite dancer by far is...DRUM ROLL PLEASE IS...... Warren Sapp! Every time he dances I crack up....I guess it is because he is so BIG, but for his size he is light on his feet and I love his smile! HE always put his own touch on the dances too. I am rooting for him to win , but Brook Burns is Really Really good too....either one is good with me tho! However, I hate watching the results show.....why they feel the need to block out two hours of good T.V. time beats me, but to some people that like watching little kids dance around while grown ups on the show can't even do the hooky pokie, just doesn't interest me. I like to just check the headlines on AOL for who got the boot the next morning! Plus, what other show on television has two nights of air time? Get it over with on the same night people....the suspense kills me!!! I'll be sad if Warren gets kicked off soon, but I like all the remainders on the show, so I think I'll stick this season out! Do ya'll watch this show? If so, who is your fav. dancer??

FootBall and Wedding Shower....busy!

This past weekend went off with out a hitch! It was a great weekend and I had so much fun! I stayed up late Friday night working on the party favors and watched the lifetime movie about CoCo Chanel! It was a great movie and I hope I catch it again! She is a fabulous woman! Who doesn't love her bags or sunglasses??? Saturday, Mom and I got an early start to Athens before all the traffic hit. We had a hearty meal at an old southern favorite... The awful waffle. IT WAS SO GOOD!!!!!Once we found our parking spot, (which I thought I was going to scream....Google maps suck) we got to our seat and enjoyed the game! It was a great game. Once we would get settled into our seat, they would make an awesome play or something and we were right back on our feet! Here is Mom and I during a T.V. timeout:

Here is a shot of the dawgs playing some defense!

After the game, Mom and I did some shopping in Athens for awhile and when we finally got home it was 10:00 and I still had to carve those pumpkins and make the flower arrangements! I was majorly stressing about the flowers, but I think they turned out great after some nursing....Who knew that sunflowers need sunlight? Gosh, STUPID! Ok, I knew that, but the flower guy at Whole Foods said to keep them in water and in a fridge....so I did. Well they didn't like that!

Luckily, I had made the Bride and Groom pumpkins earlier in the week, but I was down the wire with decorations... I had been on a man hunt for old pictures of Katie and I from our whole lives and I came up with some pretty good ones. I was actually able to find a picture from my 1st. Birthday party where Katie and I are both sitting in our highchairs. Priceless.
Since the shower was a mother/daughter shower, we invited friends from high school and college to attend. We also asked the girls to mail old pics. from back in the day so that we could display them around and we also made Katie a memory book as our shower gift. Katie's grandmother had found a great picture of Katie from way back when, of her dressed up in a wedding dress, veil, and white pumps.....so appropriate!!! It made for a great laugh!!

Here is Katie and I at the shower. It was an honor to be throwing her this shower. She is my lifelong friend and I am so happy for her.
It turned out to be a beautiful day, but there was a bite in the air that day, so we had the patio blocked off and the heaters on! It was perfect though! As we all know I love high heels and it's a rare occasion to have Katie in heels too, so we took a picture to commemorate the event! It was so good to see old friends and catch up with each other over a good meal! You know girl talk, it ranges from kids, to jobs, to shopping, and our love lives. There were plenty of laughs to go around. Here are a few more pics from the day:
Our end of the table

Our Place Setting....it totally tied together our fall theme

Here is Katie, Amy and Myself

Here is the memory table with the cake as well! If you look at the round picture to the right of the cake with the pink and blue writing....yep that is Katie and I way back in elementary school..ha!


I had a great weekend and I got to finish it off by spending it with Kali and Whitney. We finished the first season of the Tudors. SAD, We love that show. We also watched Step Up 2.....McCall, I loved it!!! How was every one's weekend?? Busy weeks going on???

Tick, Tick

I started this week knowing that I was throwing a bridal shower on Sunday and I was thinking that I didn't have that much to do. So I have been taken my sweet time doing stuff to get prepared. Then on Monday, Z's girlfriends parents gave me their 4 season tickets to the Georgia game for Saturday, so I have been thinking about that more than I should...like what to wear or if we should tailgate or not. So now I think that just mom and I are going to go to the game b/c of the girls going wasn't able to work out going due to a previous commitment. No worries, however she will be missed. Still looking for someone to go with us...So needless to say I was thinking all along that I had a few days to make the center pieces, stuff the party favors, and plan my outfit...

Still haven't picked what to wear....for either day. T-minus 22 hours and counting. I have a few possibilities, but I just can't decide. Let's take a vote: Should I wear a cute black skirt with a white shirt and green high heels?? or Should I wear my new dress that has the Skirt(black) and Shirt(fuchsia)attached to make the dress and top it off with a patten leather belt??Decisions, Decisions!!! UGH!

I'm started on the decorations, but still have to carve out the pumpkins....did I mention that we are doing a fall theme for the shower? We are and it's going to be so cute....sunflowers and pumpkins! LOVE IT!!!

I love party planning! I love working out the menu, doing the decorations, and all that jazz. I have only had a few friends get married so far, unlike the rest of the south, so I haven't really had to throw that many showers, but when I have, I LOVED IT! I don't think that all of our ideas could have come together more perfectly. So stay tuned for pictures. With all the preparations and going to the game, I still haven't got her a gift....I feel like I'm running out of time on everything! So, I guess I better get off here and go get something accomplished!!! Say a little prayer that everything works out perfectly! SO what are you guys doing this weekend???

Circle, Circle, Square, Square...

Guess I don't have Cooties...Cause I got tagged again! However it does make things a little more interesting, so I'll participate! OK so the rules are to take the 6th picture from your 6th album and post it with a little description about it. Well, I have a few different picture places on my computer so I'll just pick one.I have a ton of albums and this was where the 6th picture fell. Enjoy
This picture was take in Times Square, NY a few years ago. My girlfriends and I went up to New York for the Christmas holiday and it was fabulous. We had just seen the Broadway play "Sweet Charity", which stared Christina Applegate. It was freezing outside and we thought that we could catch a cab, but we couldn't, so we stopped at the Times Square McDonald's and had to walk back to the hotel(like 10 blocks). Plus it started snowing while we were walking!

I was totally in a New York State of Mind, couldn't get better than that!!!

I must say if you have never been to Manhattan, I think that the best time to go is at Christmas! It was so beautiful and it's fun to get all bundled up and go walking around the city and do some shopping. I bet the thanksgiving day parade is awesome too, who knows maybe I'll get there one day!

Remind me to get my Cootie Shot after this.....

So now I'll tag Alexis!

Wake up people

We all know that it's hard to wake up on a monday morning, But how many of you had a hard time waking up this morning since yesterday was a holiday for some?? I will tell you that I feel like this on more days than just Mondays. This video cracks me up everytime I see it on T.V. So enjoy everyone and WAKE UP, it's a beautiful fall day outside!!!

PEPSI MAX REMIX WHAT IS LOVE? - Funny bloopers are a click away

It's Fall Y'All

YAY, It's FALL!! It's my favorite time of year, well beside my birthday and Christmas. They are all neck and neck with each other though! Although today was all rainy and ugly, I was so excited to wear long sleeves again! From the smells and colors outside to the new clothes and even the colder weather, I love it all! It's like the pre- party to all the festivities to end the year! Anyway, now that fall is in full swing, I have been doing a few fall recipes...I have used cinnamon in at least one if not more of the side dishes every night this week! I have made stewed apples, candied carrots, acorn squish, and tonight I made my first Pumpkin Pie! It was so easy, but it took forever to cook! I can't wait to have a piece tomorrow! Looks like I'm going to have to fight off the cat and the pumpkin!J/K! I thought they added a fall touch to the picture!

Another reason that I love the fall is because it is now my niece Abby's birthday! Today, Abbs turned ONE!!! I can't believe that it has already been a year! What a blessing she is and not to mention what a cutie pie! To the right is the birthday girl sporting her 1st birthday crown at dinner, that didn't last long! Our new family tradition is that on the girls birthday we go eat at the famous Angus Barn...they even have an Iron Chef....if that explains how good the eatin' was! Afterwards we went back to Steph and Larry's new house to eat cake and open gifts. Well Abby tried too, but Anna Kate being the big sister did most of the "helping". It was a great visit and I can't wait to go back in a few weeks to have some one on one time with the girls.

For those of you who don't know, I love to do arts and crafts. It's therapeutic for me and I love doing it. So at night I make hair bows, bow holders, diaper cakes, and pillow case dresses etc. For the past few nights I have been doing some new bow holders and it has been keeping me pretty busy! Here is a slide show of a few things I have made. Let me know what you think.

Gas Craziness!

With Atlanta's Gas Crisis in full blown panic, I must say some people have really stepped up to the plate to save gas. In the picture above you will see (sorry kinda blurry) a little boy riding on a segway down Medlock Bridge Rd. about to cross a major intersection. He is definitely doing his part to "Go Green" too. For those of you who don't know what a Segway is, it is one of those motorized Scooters that you stand and Balance on, but for Grown-ups, not a kids scooter. When I saw him just segwaying down the road, my first thought was "Where do I get one?", then I could so hear his Mom saying "Can you run to the sore for some milk....I ran out of Gas!" I couldn't believe that a kid was driving one of those, when he doesn't even have a drivers license.

I must say that it's not everyday that you see one of those, except for the Rent-A-Cop at the mall patrolling the middle school kids who got dropped off for the movies! The only other time that I have even seen one of those is on MTV Cribs when Shack had one for his house cause it was so big or (he was to lazy) that he used it to get around the property. Then on an episode of The Simple Life, Paris Hilton tried to mop the kitchen floor with one and she fell off! SO FUNNY! If only we all had one of those to just run to the corner or to use around the house, then we might not have to be in this Gas crisis anymore! Come on with the GAS!!!

This and That

Before another weekend gets here, I thought that I would fill you guys in on what I did last weekend.....On Friday night Amanda, McCall and myself went to the fair for what was a nice kick of to fall. We eat ourselves into a silly oblivion, but who can resist all that great food that is so bad for you?? I mean it's only once a year that I get to eat funnel cakes and cotton candy so I carelessly give into temptation. Before we ate to our hearts content, McCall and I rode a few rides in which I was glad we chose to eat later. The dizziness would have surly made me sick, but it's not the fair without out being dizzy from all the spinning around.

On Saturday, I spent just about the whole day with my cousins shopping for Mary Katherine's Miss Freshman Pageant dress. It seems just like yesterday that I was doing the same thing back in the day. It was so fun playing dress up with her. I can't believe that she is old enough to be doing her own pageant...I can still remember when she came to my pageants. I am so happy that they are including in all the festivities...I even get to go back stage with her to help get her ready! SO FUN. That night I just chilled and watched the Dawgs grasp another win.

Sunday, we woke-up early to go down to Buckhead Church before going to the final Braves game. It was so much fun and the seats are always great. Thanks McCall and FTI for a great day. It was perfect weather for a day at the ball park. News flash...I forgot my camera again, so I had to use my cell phone...Here is a few pics to document the day.

Here is McCall and Katie....this was right before we almost got Knocked out by a foul ball that hit two rows behind us...

This little guy is the usher that is working every time we go to the game and EVERY TIME he stops right by our seats and tells us how cute we all are...this is a picture of him dancing and trying to pump the crowd up. How cute is he???


On Saturday I got the call that one of my Best Friends, Erin, was in Labor with her second baby boy. She lives up in Toccoa still and wasn't suppose to be induced until tomorrow(Friday) and I had already scheduled to go then, but when he came early I had to wait to go see her since I already had plans....so early on Sunday morning Asher Johnson Fleming was born. He weighted in at 8lbs 1oz and was 22 1/2 inches long. On Monday I drove up there after work to see her and little Asher. They are doing great and he is just precious. Just last year I was there for when her first son,Drake, was born. I got to hold him just minutes after he was born, so I was kinda bumbed that I couldn't be there for Asher's' birth too. God is so amazing. Erin and Cameron have two precious little boys. It's so different for me since I'm so use to AK and Abby, but I like throwing the mix in there with the boys. She is the first of all my girls friends to have babies so its kinda weird, but a good thing.

Here is Asher, asleep in my arms. I luv him!

This is Drake last year asleep in Erin's arms. DO you think they look alike??

One Crazy Day!!!

Let me just recap for you my day...Woke up late after staying up late reading my new book (Love walked In). Spent some time with Jesus in the car thinking that I would have a good day, but when I get to work, the kitchen is full of dirty dishes etc.(which happens everyday). Some days I'll get a nice surprise, but it's few and far between! But hey it's my job! I'm open to new prospects:)

So I check my email and the boss wants me to clean out from between the window and the screens of each window in his room and bathroom. No biggie....so I do my regular cleaning and start for the windows...It was like caked on mud with dead spiders and bugs....UGH at this point I'm grossed out!!! But it felt so good outside that I didn't mind it to much! As I'm closing one of the windows, I didn't know that they were the kind that pop out, well IT FELL ON MY HEAD!!!! My eyes went blurry and it slammed my sunglasses straight down into my skull! Now I have this pain in my back, neck, and chest! It like jared my whole body! My poor sunglasses were all bent...I think I was more concerned with them, than myself!

So after that I go get the kiddo's and we head over to the annex to get Wesleyan apparel for Rene'....who knew that a plain fleece with a "W" logo the size of a quarter on the back would cost $55...come on!

Once we get home I start making dinner....my yummy homemade Lasagna with pita bread and balsamic dip as an appetizer!! This is a favorite around that house! Anyways, as I'm washing stuff in the sink the whole spicket shoots off and water goes everywhere!!! I'm screaming for Z to come help and then it occurs to me that I need to just turn off the water...after it was everywhere! The boss man come upstairs from working out to fix it, so that I could finish cleaning up the kitchen for the second time today! Oh JOY!

Could my day get any worse?!?!

OH YEAH....following that Rene' needed me to help her pick out an outfit for the pizza party tomorrow after school. For those of you who don't have teens, let me tell you that it's hecka hard trying to decide what to wear...God still confirms this to me everyday that I'm not ready to be a real mommy yet!!! God love them, but I'm not ready for that step yet! I still get to go home everyday!!

Needless to say Rene' and I have total opposite taste...I'm more of a polo and khaki kind of girl and she is into t-shirt and tennis shoes(black)!! I'm sure that y'all can see my frustrations! I had to break it down for her and compromise alittle! Needless to say we picked a cute enough outfit....after all I'm not the one wearing it! Just another headache to add to the pounding one I already had!

Then...Z needed me to cut his hair! He has one of those long shaggy hair swoops! I have done it once before and it turned out okay! So I start cutting! It's actually quite cathartic....till i cut a piece to short...OOPS!!

Don't worry I made up for it! He never knew!

Then as I'm thinning his hair out we start getting eaten alive by ants and mosquito's! Now I have bites all over my legs and my feet! That just topped off my whole day!

It was just a crazy day and I can't wait for tomorrow cause it's Friday and me and the girls are going to the county Fair!!! Funnel Cakes and Cotton Candy here were come!!! Say a little prayer for me that tomorrow is a better day!

Better Late than Never

I know, I know....it's been to long since my last blog! I have been really busy the last few weeks! From birthdays to Jury duty, I have been doing it all! I'm always coming up with different things to blog about in my head or things that I see and I tell me self or sometime those around me to "Blog it", but I just don't seem to get around to doing it. SORRY:(

So in my free time all I have wanted to do was read. I love to read. It is just a great escape for me. Well, I am a huge fan of Gone with the Wind and for Christmas Dad and Marcy got me the newest book in the series called "Rhett Butler's People". I read it at once when I got it (LOVED IT), and then I started GWTW since I had never read the book (only seen the movie a million times). I must say it is my all time favorite love story and I have a major crush on Rhett.

Anyways, so in my OH so boring time spent in Jury duty, I started reading the sequel "Scarlett". I had read this one awhile ago, but once I started reading I had forgotten how much I didn't remember because I was in such a hurry the first time. From the start I was hooked, again! I love the deep south traditions that are written throughout all three books. From the struggles to the triumphs to the fabulous balls and high steaks flirtations this story just entraps me and I can put the book down! It's like I wanted to keep reading to see when Rhett would come back or to find out how their next lovers quarrel would turn out.

I must say the "Scarlett" is a LONG book (825 pages) and there are some parts that I could have done without, but it really was a great book. It was kind of weird to have read all three books so close together and compare story lines and characters. By far I favor "Rhett Butlers People" to "Scarlett", but Scarlett is a longer version with things we would have never know about if this book had not been written.

So now that I am finished with the series, I have some time now to just hang out and such. But I have had some life while still in my fake world of fiction. Last weekend McCall, Amanda and I went to Athens to cheer on the Dawgs and to hang out with some friends who live up there! It was a great time, but soo HOT that we passed on actually going to the the game and opted to watch it downtown at Mellow Mushroom and AC. It was a great time and the Dawgs WON!! Here are a few pics from that day although I really wanted the picture of the three of us, but its on Amanda's camera.
Here is Amanda and I at mellow mushroom cheering on our Bulldogs!
Here is a cute picture of McCall with a fan that we found because it was Blazing outside. I must say it saved us! She so graciously posed for this picture!

On the following day the three of us went to see our favorite guys: SHANE and SHANE. They were in town playing at the Church of the Apostles where Russ Masterson is on staff. We meet up with Morgan and some of her friends as well as seeing Kristy Queen Masterson. Always good to see friends that you don't get get see very often. Shane and Shane were amazing and it was a GREAT night to just worship! This our third time seeing them this year! They keep getting better and better each time!

I don't know if you can tell, but in the picture below Shane and Shane have brought a small group of strings onto the stage to play with them and they were awesome...they said it was their 2nd time ever playing with them and it just made the experience so much better! Sorry it's kinda blurry.


It was also my little girl, Rene's 12th birthday this week as well as McCall's birthday so yesterday a big group of us went to Taco Mac to watch the dawgs get another WIN! Sorry for such a long post, hope all is well and would love hear from y'all! I hope to do better this week.

Long Weekend Getaway

Man I love to take road trips!! I love them when they involve a long weekend and time with my family! Mom asked me last week if I had any plans for the holiday weekend and I said that the girls wanted to go to Athens for opening weekend of Georgia football, but I was open to whatever. So at the last minute we decided to take a road trip to see my sister up in Wake Forest, NC. It also helped that the Dawgs will be in town next weekend too, so I can cheer them in then!!

Let me tell you from the moment the girls wake up, they are on speed 900!!!! I just love when we arrive late and with hopes of sleep in, I am awaken by the sweetest baby in the world pulling at my blinders cause she wants to play!!! It doesn't get much better than that!
Steph and I were able to do some fun shopping at the mall while the girls took a nap, which I am ALWAYS up for! I am so ready for fall to get here tho, so I can get more new clothes!!! Sunday was a great day for resting and playing! Here is Abby when she and I were playing chase...now that she can crawl we can have more fun!!! The closest camera was my phone so I turned on my light to get a better pic, so that's what the funny face is for, but it's too cute!!

On Monday, all the girls decided to head out to Pullin Park to have a picnic and hang out before we hit the road home! Larry wasn't able to go cause he had to work...sad! This was my first time there and for those of you who do not know what it is, this is the park when they shot the opening scene of the Andy Griffith Show...You know the lake shot with their fishing polls?!?!?! I know you are whistling the song now!!!!
This is such a neat park. We were able to have a picnic by the lake, ride the carousel, take a train ride and ride on the water boats. As you can see Bella also made the trip. She and the girls are big play buddies! This is a great picture of all the "girls".


Here is Anna Kate and I on the train....it was so neat to be on there cause its been forever since I was on one and to share it with these precious girls. We were also able to see some of the N.C. State campus while on riding!

It was such a great weekend and I hated having to come home, but another busy work week is already in progress! I'll see them in a few weeks for Abby's 1st birthday! I can't wait because I already miss them! But till then, I have some pretty fun things going on! Hope everyone had a great three day weekend!

Blast from the Past

Were you one of those teens that LOVED watching 90210 back in the day? Well I was then and I'll confess that I love to watch the re-runs on the soap channel when they are on now! Tonight on the CW is the premiere of the new 90210 and so far so good! I found myself singing along with that oh so memorable theme song!

Who could forget the air punch in the opening credits! Wouldn't be the 90's with out Kelly, Brenda, Brandon, Donna, Dylan (my fav), Steve, David, and Andrea!

SO now that there is a new cast and a few of the old one's back, I am so excited! I mean they even have the peach pit, which is now just "The Pit" with a new flair (even with Nat). I find myself looking for more of the old story continued rather than all the new teen drama! For instance, one of the girls in the new cast is Kelly's little sister Erin, and Kelly is the school counselor. Brenda and Kelly are rekindling their friendship, while Kelly raises a 4 yr. old son (which I think is Brandon's). It's so weird to see the new cast and be able to compare their characters to who they are supposed to kinda be like from the old cast! From designer clothes, fab cars, and crazy party's...I guess West Beverly will never change.

Charlie Bit Me

You know how when you check your email it seems like you have a million forwards from friends/family? Well, my mom is notorious for sending forwards. She is so funny cause right after she sends them to me, she will either call me to tell that I need to read the emails she sent me because they are "so good" or come tell me that she just sent them to me and then will proceed to tell what they are about. So then when I go check my email I have a bunch of emails that I know what they are already about and that I don't want to read cause she already told me what they were about and how great they were! It's so stinking cute and I love that about her cause they really are good, but sometimes I really don't want to look at all those cute baby animals or read some crazy long email that just wants to tell me I am Beautiful because...!HA! That is just one of the MANY reasons why I Love My MOM SO MUCH and I wouldn't change that about her cause then I would have no time to check facebook/myspace because I would be spending all my time reading those GREAT emails my mom sends me!!

Anyways, awhile back someone sent me a video forward, so I thought that I would see what it was. It was so funny and cute, but I didn't have time to send it out to people. So yesterday when we were in church the pastor was teaching on Minding the GAP in our lives...well then he shows a video! It was that same video that I had received in that email and I thought that I was going to cry because I was laughing so hard! Anywho, my mom is sitting next to me dying laughing and looks at me and was like "I have never seen this before" and I just couldn't believe that I had seen a forward that my mom hadn't...J/K! But it was so cute that I had to post the video! I hope that you like it as much as I do! My favorite part is when Charlie starts laughing!!! SO CUTE!


Charlie Bit Me - Watch the top videos of the week here

The Olympics

WOW....it's been so intense! I love watching the events at night! I remember when the Olympics came to Atlanta in 1996 and our mom took my sister and I to the field hockey game and it was so much fun. We also got to go Centennial Park a few times, which was a blast cause we went on a hunt to find our bricks that have our names on them!! We are forever part of this city!! Stephanie and I wish that we could have gone to the gymnastics meet, but of course they were the hardest tickets to get, so we settled on watching them on TV. Steph and I grew up taking gymnastics and when we were younger our favorite gymnast was Kim Zmeskal! So needless to say this year when gymnastics was on T.V. she and I were on the phone talking and making sure that we saw how great our USA team is and reminiscing about our old favs like Shannon Miller and Dominique Daws. This year I am so amazed by how graceful Nastia Lukin is on the uneven bars and how Shawn Johnson was prefect on everything even though Nastia Beat her in the all around! Hey, at least they both got Bronze and Gold. So this year I have really gotten into swimming and beach volleyball as well! Right now as I'm writing this the men's USA volleyball team is in their second set for best 2 out of 3 after winning their first set for the GOLD!! As I am sitting here and watching I find myself cheering out loud and getting nervous for them! It really makes you proud to be an American to see our home team in the running to be the best in the world! Last Saturday night as my friends and I were out seeing a local band play, we watched as Michael Phelps set the new world record for 8 gold medals! It was so much fun cause we were all screaming and cheering on the USA rely team and watching history me made! Not sure if anyone is keeping up with the over all medal count, but the USA has 96 total medal, however China is leading in front of the US with the most Gold medals with 46 and we have 29. I don't know what I'm going to do when the Olympics are over! But for now GO TEAM USA!!!!

Busy time of year!

With School starting tomorrow for my kido's, we have been so busy! For those of you who might not know, I am a nanny for two kids...well they aren't kids, Zack is 15 and Rene' will turn 12 on September 10th. Zack is going to be in the 10th grade and Rene' is starting 6th grade tomorrow! They are both in private school now, so we have so busy from getting uniforms to new student play dates to decorating her locker. WOW, did that take me back to high school or what! I so vividly remember always making sure that my locker was top notch with the best "signs" or how my mom would come decorate the outside of my locker for spirit day! So it was special to share this opportunity with Rene'. It was really kinda fun doing that since I love that kind of stuff anyways!

So to kick off school starting I wanted to take the kids to six flags, but they are now closed during the week, so I took them to the Georgia Aquarium instead. It was my second time going, but it was just as great as the first! It is so fascinating to just sit there and watch all the fish swim around! I was especially taken by the beluga whales! Just the way that they moved was amazing! While we were watching them, one of the whales got right in front of us and started flapping her tail fin while resting her head on a rock and the commentator said that she was napping! It was precious!

Here is a picture of Rene' and I in front of the fresh water tank! She is such a great girl! We have had a great summer!

So now that school is starting back, it's back to the bump and grind of things! More time for reading recipes and cooking fun meals, I hope! However, we are already trying to plan a day to six flags for fright fest! A promise is a promise!

Chang Gang

HAHAHA....Very Funny Rachel!!! My good friend Rachel "tagged" me on her blog...so now I'm supposed to fill out some random questions and tag someone else...


3 Random Facts
1. I have never had the chicken pox's
2. I can't stand band-aids on my fingers
3. I have at least 3 or 4 pairs of sunglasses in my purse at all times!!

3 Current Obsessions
1. Going to Concerts
2. The song "Might to Save" by Hillsong United
3. My Blog

3 Goals
1. To continue growing my relationship with the Lord
2. Get a better JOB
3. Stay on top of Weight Watchers

3 Fears
1. Never getting married or having kids
2. Losing my family
3. Not being Financially stable

3 Joys
1. Reading or watching Harry Potter
2. Taking Pictures of Anna Kate and Abby
3. Getting new clothes!

So, now I tag my BIG sister Stephanie and McCall!!! HA

Summer is almost over....:(

Since summer is almost over, I thought that I would share a slide show about what has been going on in my life since April. From weddings and beach trips to my birthday and concerts, I have been pretty busy! This has been one of the BEST summers of my life. So many memories have been made and many more are to be had! I hope you enjoy some of my favorite pictures from all these events!!!