Thanksgiving Holidays

We started the holidays off spending Saturday Christmas shopping and then over to Mama and Daddy's for a game night. Monday was the day I ran some errands and got the brakes fixed on my car and also the Good Samaritans met over at Katie's to count the coin banks for Agape and make stuffed animals for either Children's Hospital or for Rainbow Omega, not sure which just yet. Tuesday I actually got to sleep in a little past normal, but then had to have the car aligned for our trip. Then we had church that night instead of Wed. night. I spent the rest of the day packing for the rest of the week. Wednesday Ben, Rachel, Kim, Addi, me, Pam, Joseph, and my mom all woke up bright and early(around 4 and 4:30 am) for Rick and Bubba's annual Turkey Toss! I know, we're not right, and you'll surely think that after looking at the pictures we got!
Then, I did a little Christmas shopping in Hoover, then headed to Montgomery to meet Jared. He was working there for the day, which made our trip seem shorter and miss the traffic since it was around 11 am when we headed to Montgomery. I took a nap in the Stevie B's parking lot until Jared could meet me for lunch, then went inside for lunch. Jared went back to work and so I did a little more shopping until he could get off. Finally, we head to Brundidge to Jared's parents. Thursday we had Thanksgiving dinner at Jared's aunt and uncle's house. That night we went to the Davis's to visit. Friday I woke up at 3:30 am and braved the chaotic crowd with Jared's mom. Then we drove to Montgomery and met Jared for lunch at Jim 'N Nicks before driving to Americus, Ga to see my Grandparents and aunt, uncle, and cousins. We got there in time for dinner. We stayed up late and woke up pretty early Saturday morning to no toilets or showers!!! Happens all the time at their house and its kind of funny, of course, I'm not the one whose got the bad, old pipes problem. My uncle has an outhouse. They own A LOT of land so he can hunt on his own property, so the summer before last he purchased an outhouse to use for our family reunion (it was at their house that year) and to have for when he is hunting. Comes in handy when the plumbing messes up! Lucky for Jared, Joseph, and I because we stayed in my grandparent's camper that stays at my aunt and uncles house for Grandma and Grandad to use when they are snowbirding from PA. Most of us got shower in the camper because it has water hook up. Bad part is you have to HURRY because the hot water only lasts for one person, and that's only if you turn the water off when you lather and in between shampoos. The good part is that it doesn't take long to heat back up because it's not much water! Now, the kitchen sink was connected to a different water source along with the washer, so, I washed my hair in the kitchen sink, then went out to the camper and to a very QUICK shower! It's always an adventure at their house. I had the best time, like always! We came home Sunday night, which was annoying because traffic was horrible. Jared said that we will stay at home for Thanksgiving from now on because traffic is so awful. I know I rambled on and on, but I tried to sum up my break!

Nice LONG Weekend

I had a wonderful weekend, full of fun! Friday kicked off the long weekend. We ate out with the usual crowd at Jason's Deli and then went next door to Starbucks. Yum! Thanks Kim and Paul! You're too kind! Then, Jared, me, Pam, Joseph, and Casey went over to Dick's until they closed. Saturday I woke up, but not in time for the Belk's charity sale. That's ok, I needed the rest more than the sale! I did attempt to get to the Galleria in time, but didn't make it, so I shopped other stores instead and hit Starbucks again! Then I headed over to Sam's Club. I am almost done Christmas shopping!!! That evening we went to Meleah's 16th birthday party. It was fun! Then we headed over to the Fiesta at Ben and Rachel's. The fiesta was festive! We had Xander for the evening which always makes things so much more fun! Sunday Pam made lunch, bacon cheeseburger meatloaf, homemade (Paula Dean's recipe) mac-and-cheese, and apple butter pie! She hit the target with this! It was delicious!That evening was Rachel C.'s 18th birthday party. We played board games after the party and had a good time! Today, Veteran's Day, I slept in until 10:15 am! It was nice, but not normal for me. Anyhow, I went shopping with Pam, Mama, and Joseph this afternoon. We had so much fun together! First stop, Starbucks! Then we went over to Sam's Club. That's where the adventure started. Joseph found a kayak and had to have it. He had been wanting one and we found one for a good price. Even better, when we went to check out, it was on sale for $40 less! Whoo-hoo! So, that's most of his Christmas for this year and he couldn't be happier! Well, we were in the Element, so we laid Joseph's seat all the way back and slid that sucker in, and only 2 feet of it stuck out the back of the car! We still wanted to go to Hobby Lobby and we didn't want to have the car opened to the public, so we crammed that sucker all way up into the front dash (it barely fit) and we shut and lockd the door. We went a little overboard with the Halloween/Thanksgiving/Fall/Christmas decoration sales. Well, we got back to the car, slid the kayak back out to where it was hanging out of the back of the car, squeezed Joseph into his backless seat (and he could still buckle his seatbelt!) smooshed Pam in next to Joseph in the backseat and stuffed our loot in around them both and shut the door! We even ran through Chick-fil-A's drive through! We made it home and Joseph has received full feeling back in his side! The only scary part was riding through Ensley with the back of the car opened; however it was still daylight and not really that bad, I only ran one red light! All is well! What a fun day! Now I have to return back to work tomorrow, complete with a full day of work, an afterschool book study (blah!), and Family Literacy Night which will end at 8:00 pm! Yuck!!! On the bright side, only four days of work and then a full week of vacation!

"I Apologize A Trillion Times"

"Sorry bloggers....OOOOOOO, I am for real! Never meant to make Rachel cry, I apologize a trillion times...sorry bloggers OOOOOOO."

I have been an awful blogger over the last two months. I hope to do better. I really don't have anything to say, so I will talk about my reaction to some troubling news in the media.





Dumbledore gay??? What???




Ok, you all know that I am a huge Harry Potter fan. I used to say that J.K. Rowling was one of the best writers of our time, but now, in all good conscience, I cannot. Too put it bluntly, she likes gays. She is trying to say that the honorable (laugh if you will) Albus Dumbledore, headmaster of the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, is gay! It does not say, nor elude to the fact in any of the seven books. I'm sorry, but you cannot write one thing and say something else. The book is published and that is that!!!







Ok, you all also know that I am a Dog the Bounty Hunter fan as well. All I'm gonna say to that is, enough already, give the man a break, and put his show back on the air!!!



These are my thoughts for today, lame, you may say, and I'll probably agree!!!