Real Life: Live & Unscripted

Weekend wrap up...

Helloooo eeryyybody!! LOL

Did y'all have a good weekend?!?! Mine was SUPERB...let's get started lol

I went to paint pottery with Kisha and some other ladies who shall remain NAMELESS lol and we had a great time. A few pics....

 
I'm going to paint what she painted next time lol.

 
I worked on a Christmas gift ;)

  

**waves** lol. I HATE the way the zipper on my jacket doesn't lay flat! LOL. HOW can I fix that next time? I think I know...I'm ready to make it again lol.

Went to see NEW FREAKING MOON!!! IT WAS INSANE!!!!!!! LOL

The line to get in....

 
oh and this....

  

IT WAS SO INSANE LOL.

It wasn't like this for Twilight lol. AT ALL lol.

The girls and I walked over to B&N to get some starbucks to keep us warm lol

 
FORGETTING it was NOT Friday night, we quickly had to walk BACK to the movies lol. They close at 10 on Thursdays....BOOOO lol

 
LOVE this pic of them!!!

 
Kayla didn't want to take a pic lol.

And don't worry...they only had cocoa lol.

 
FINALLY inside lol

 
Kayla decided to take a little nap before the movie started. She kinda dozed on and off during the first  half but was awake for the second half lol. She did good. lol

 
This one, on the other hand was WIDE awake. AND she lost her voice lol. She was sending me text messages during the movie lol. So sad lol.

We had a great time. I love spending time with the kids. The girls are really growing up. *sigh*

I spent some much needed time with my Grandparents. Granddad would NOT let me take a pic of him lol. I got one but it wasn't good lol.

 
My Grandma is a MESS!!! LOL.  I had the heaviest heart and she sure did make it better. That's my Grandgrand! LOL

We went to a local"lighting ceremony"

We did some window shopping...

 
She was IN LOVE with the MAC lol,....once you go MAC lol..

 
Aj wasn't happy lol.

Jaelyn was somewhere drooling over the ipods lol.

We got cookies from Mrs. Fields....

  

Had to get one for myself.,...the snowflake ya know? LOL

The kids made friends and watched the parade...

 
Aj wondered why the men had on skirts lol

 
LOL

Jaelyn took pics through her glasses lol

 
There were fireworks....

 

And a final pic lol

  

I had a "crop" at my house lol. NOT much got done lol. We did eat and laugh lol. THis is why I don't GO to crops lol. Imma do better though.

I DID scrap. I'll take pics of what I started when I finish it lol. Sorry Kisha...didn't finish  lol.

  

She lurves my camera. I told her I put the neck strap on EVERYBODY lol.

 
They were telling secrets lol...ummmhmm lol

 
Aj LOVES the camera lol. He has gotten a hair cut lol

 
Yes, there was some scrapping going on lol

 
I was on the table lol. I know my limits lol.

 
LOL a farewell shot lol.

Whew...NOW I'mma go to sleep! LOL

Y'all have a good one!
Toodles!

 

Magic City Classic 2009 (VERY PICTURE HEAVY)

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh I LOVE THIS TIME OF YEAR!!!!! Y'all ready!??!

The Magic City Classic is THE NUMBER ONE BLACK COLLEGE CLASSIC IN THE COUNTRY!!!

  

Just a puff of smoke lol.

 
You KNOW you are in for a good time with the "bruhs" that wear purple and gold are next to you lol

  

Gotta start off right!!! lol. BTW, I was at THREE different tailgates lol. TALK ABOUT FUN! LOL

 
THe kids gotta "catch up" lol

 
THIS IS HOW WE DO IT! LOL

 
Those chickens are standing at attention! LOL

 
Havin a little fun lol

 
Heyyyyyyyyyyy Marvin lol. My brother didn't want me to take that pic lol

 
Food in one hand...cup in the other lol. That's how we do it lol.

 
This pic is more for my mom than anyone else lol. Jaelyn was sooo not happy lol.  Y'all locals should know who that is lol. The Smitherman's have been close with my family for yearssssssssssssssssssss.

 
  

 
 
A TV Crew from ESPN was there and came over to see us lol...did anyone see us on TV? LOL

 
She still not happy...notice the neckwarmer, she JACKED? Ummmhmm <_<

 
Let the games begin!!!! Alabama A&M

    

Alabama State

The Bands...

 
 

  

AAMU KILLED IT ON THE FIELD!!!! THE WHOLE FREAKIN BAND MOONWALKED!!!!!!!! THE. WHOLE. BAND! It was "tight" lol.
 
Ok...I'm so not an ASU fan, but the drummajors KILLED IT!!! The band sucked but the drummajors...they DID THAT!

 

Myspace type pics?? SURE....

 
 

Wanna see some kids?

 
 
He was SO knocked out lol.  But when he woke up and realized his mom didn't have him and I did!?!? My lil nephew acted a fool lol.

 
The Fellas lol

 
Lil Bulldogs lol...

AAMU WINS AGAIN!!!! LOL

 
I LIVE FOR THE 5th Quarter!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (That's after the game, when the non-band heads leave...the two bands play back and forth for a while...LOVES IT!)

 
Kayla was SO beyond happy. She LOVES the Dancin' Divas! LOL

 
**teehee**

 
What has HE been drinking lol

 
FIREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE LOL...that's a fish fry gone wrong lol.

 
LOL Fire Department anyone? LOL

 
I can't BELIEVE my nephew is almost 16 **faints**

 
WHAT!???????????? LOVE HOT SAUSAGE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Ummm Eileen?? LOL ;)

 
Umm after being up and out since 7-ish am...yeah..he was POOPED lol.

  

He got a ride to the car lol.

GTFOOH CLASSIC 2009 EDITION

Ok I know y'all ready lol

 
Why he got on his Easter suit..IN THE RAIN!?!?!?

 
Chick in the middle.....umm WHY does she have on a belt???

  

Ummm. Yeah ok. OH BTW...it was really cool that morning...in the rain...ummhmm

 
**sigh**

 
SMH

And this was all BEFORE we even got INTO the game!

  

Chick with the belt on.....I WISH I could have gotten a better pic...

 
******CAPTION THIS****** lol Look how she looking at him lol...he loves blue... in his hair AND it matches his jacket lol.

 
Girl in the green pants was SO COLORFUL!!! I wish y'all could have seen her shoes!! SMH.

 
Bobby B.ro.w.n is that you!?!?! Bobbbaaaaayyyyyyyyyy his had a gooooddddddd whop lol. Isn't that what that haircut is called? What year is this? LOL I'm not going back to the 80's lol

But the lady that took the cake?!?!?!

 
TALK ABOUT SCHOOL SPIRIT!!!!

Ok...how is that for a Friday Post?! LOL

Y'all have a SUPERB weekend!! Stay safe!

Toodles!

Pageant time of year again!

Last week Jaelyn was in a pageant again. She really enjoys doing them and so do I lol. She was in the top ten this year. Here are a few pics:

Before:

 

  

  

  

 

During:

  

  

  

After:

  

  

  

 

  

 

 
LOVE this blurry one of Aj helping her out lol. He did the same thing last year!

Alright, that's it for me!
Toodles!!!

More fun lol.

I'm playing catch up (STILL) with the blog! LOL

A couple weekends ago, we had a fish fry at the house lol

 

Two big boxes of fish and 5 lbs of fries later.....

  

That was the only pic I managed to get lol...of the food anyway lol

  

 
LOL he KILLED that Pepsi lol. Tyler is my little buddy lol

 
 

I don't play monopoly. AT ALL. Patrick and Big Marc stopped me from liking that game YEARS ago...like Jaelyn was a toddler lol. Yep. I do NOT play.

 

  

  

Ain't they cuteeeeeeeeee lol.

 
 
 
LOVE that last pic! They were KNOCKED out lol.

OHHH We played Table Topics...TOO MUCH FUN lol. We did the "regular' one while the kids were up, then when they went up stairs, we pulled out the couples edition lol. LEMME tell you, if you aren't in a STRONG solid relationship lol, you might not want to ask these questions lol. They were too much fun lol.  I learned a LOT about my friends lol....from Timberlands, to ties, and shiny shirts, candle wax, spaghetti strings, see thru, baby oil....yeah buddy lol. HILARIOUS. I already know what I will be giving folks for Christmas lol.

The weekend before (I think) we went out and had a good time lol

 
My little cousins walked up in there and I was like whoaaaaaaaaaaaaa lol. They made me feel SO old lol. Even though they are 23 and 27...just still lol.

  

Alrighty...that's it lol.

Toodles!

I miss him so much....

 

The other day I was sitting down and all of a sudden my mind went to Patrick. The day he died.  I don't know where the thoughts came from but they were there. It's been almost 6 months. It will be 6 months on my birthday.  Not really even looking forward to my birthday this year, I mean I know it's a blessing but just not excited like I was. Maybe that's what started it? I don't know.

I remember being home. Up early on Saturday because I wanted to finish my zebra dress to wear to church the next day.  I was about to season some fish so that it could just marinate all day and night. We were gonna have a fish fry for Patrick's birthday that Sunday after church.

I started sewing, hoping and praying that the machine wouldn't wake up the kids lol. Y'all know I love my quiet time.  I called Tony at work around 545 6ish to say good morning and to let him know I was awake. He didn't answer so I figured he was busy. 5 or 10 minutes he called me back, he was at work but like I said, he was busy so he couldn't pick up. 

Around 8 or so he called me back and told me he had to tell me something. It was kinda quiet in the background so I just assumed he outside. The alarms started flying when I heard a baby in the background. The only person I could think of was his mom and sisters. His sister has a small baby and I thought something had happened. I was NOT prepared for what he said next.

Adrienne, Patrick died this morning.

Now, I'm waiting. SERIOUSLY waiting on him to laugh and say he is kidding but it never came. 

I did NOT believe him. I had JUST talked to Patrick, he was JUST over our house. He was JUST out with Tony the night before. It seriously couldn't be real.

I'll never forget the way I felt when I realized he wasn't joking. Never.

I know people deal with death and dying a lot. But I didn't grow up and see my friends constantly dying. So this was really hard. I've had realitives to die when I was younger but I was too young to understand. The ones I've lost that I remember, I haven't been close to. This was the first time, I can remember feeling this way and I'm almost 32.

I went to the funeral home to see him, before everyone else did. I was going to support someone else, so I actually got there before she did.

Walking in that room, seeing him from far off, just killed me inside. The closer I got to him, to see it was actually him, I lost it. Even though I initally cried, these were tears from somewhere else. I can't describe it.  I'd never really gone to a wake before, but mom told me I needed to do it so I would be prepared for the funeral. I'm so glad I did.

It really took some convincing to talk Tony into going. He flat out refused.  There was nothing i could do or say. He got a call from a REALLY close friend and they were able to tell him how much he needed to come and see him before the funeral. He still refused. He got another call that changed his mind. I don't know what they said or how it happened but it worked. I left to go pick him up and bring him back.

The look in his eyes when he saw Patrick still haunt me.

The funeral was at a huge church here and it was packed. Standing room only. It was such a beautiful sight to know that Patrick had touched so many lives.  In the time that I have known Patrick (I met him in 1993 when I met Tony) I have only seen him mad/angry/upset ONCE and that was about a week before he died.  He was such a great man.

I love him so much. I miss him even more.

I thought it would seem more real, more final after the funeral but it's not. It still doesn't seem like he is gone.

Sometimes when I'm downstairs, I can still see him sitting on the sofa, I can still hear him laugh, asking me what I cooked, looking at whatever I was sewing at the time. I can hear the kids getting excited when they see his truck pull up in the driveway. I can hear him and Tony talking about how they are gonna torture the girls dates when they start dating...that scene in Bad Boys II? Yep, that's them all day long. They have it memorized.  I can remember them laughing till they couldn't breathe while watching "Life" or "The Water Boy" like they were watching it for the first time. 

I don't know. This is like my therapy I guess. The tears flow freely. I don't try to stop them anymore when I miss him, when I think about him.

We had some friends over last weekend and it was the FIRST time, since he passed that I haven't been sad when they all came over. Sad because he wasn't physically here. Not that he wasn't missed, but it was, I don't know...peaceful.

I still have some of his clothes here, some papers I helped him fill out for school. His medicine bottle is still sitting next to my printer. I still have pics up, I still have memories.

I will always have memories.

I guess I'm done now. I feel better. I don't talk to everyone about him, I don't trust everyone like that. Those that are really close to me know when I'm really hurting and missing him.  My heart isn't as heavy. I love him, I miss him and he will forever be in my heart.

AAMU Homecoming 2009

I can't BELIEVE I am JUST now taking these pics off my camera!!! This is SO late..ESPECIALLY with Classic RIGHT around the corner lol.

We had a BALL this year..but BOY DID IT RAIN!!!!

 
Let me start off by saying, I DID look halfway decent before the rain started lol....keep that in mind mmmkay? LOL

 

 

The bands...Arkansas Pine Bluff

  

  

Just a snippet of AAMU. LOVE the band...lawd.

Now the fun stuff lol. Marvin just so happened to be in the tent NEXT to ours lol. That has NEVER happened. We had too much fun. The kids used his truck as shelter during the rain. It was MUDDY by the end of the night. Had my nieces and nephews calling him Uncle Marvin before the day was over lol.

  

The kids had a ball. It rained SO much, it was SOOOOOO muddy. Many a shoes were RUINED lol

  

  

Look at Jaelyn showing her true colors lol

 
LOL look at that face! LOL

 
 
Those are Kayla shoes lol. Can you see her socks!? FILTHY. My SIL and I had to make a run to Walmart the following Sunday morning to buy ALL the kids new shoes lol. NO ONE had any extra lol. Mine were ruined lol. I wore flip flops home lol.

These guys are a mess lol. We missed Patrick SO much. Classic is gonna be HARD.

 

I love Kristy's t-shirt. I want one lol.

 

Glad to see Patrick's sister there... :)

 

 

I wasn't drinking lol. Marvin was trying to make it LOOK like I was lol. Ummmhmm you should see the pic on HIS camera lol.

 

A good time was had by all. Mud and all. OH and I WILL buy me a pair of rain boots and keep them with me at all times. That is all.

  

I promise, I know about 10 people named Keisha lol.

 

This is the biggest dummy alive. SO CRAZY, but SO MUCH FUN LOL. He and his wife are a PERFECT match lol.

  

Craziest BIL on the planet. Add the above guy to the picture!?!?? PURE COMEDY.

  

PLENTY of good food. The rain stops no one lol.

 

Now for the crazies....

This year I was off my game lol. I will come with it for Classic lol...

 
Yep, her hair was PURPLE.

 

I WISH I could have gotten a front view of this lol. I try to not be so obvious but umm yeah lol. There was NO way to get it lol. TRUST me when I tell you it was a HOT mess lol.

 
So is this what's up now!? Just throw on a shirt and some shoes!? Ummm no thanks.

 
The front of this was WAY worse than the back. Keep in mind it was POURING down raining and kinda chilly...

 
ummm. yeah. that is all.

 
The thing that makes this SOOOOOOOOOOO funny is that she KEPT pulling her shirt down. Girl get somewhere and "satdown".

 
Ok, so is this the new thing now!? Keeping your tags on your clothes!? I saw sooooooooooooooooo many folks with their tags still on. ESPECIALLY on Polo stuff. Someone enlighten me.

Alright folks..that's it! LOL

Toodles!

R.I.P Asia :(

My beloved kitty died a couple weeks ago and we all took it SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO hard.

I love animals, and Asia was a part of our family. She is so missed around here. Just sad :(

We miss you Asia and we will always love you!

 
  
  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

 

 

  

 

Learn to crochet party lol

Lawd, Y'all I didn't realize I am SOOOOO behind in posts lol. I have a LOT of reviews, food, and just STUFF now scheduled to post lol.

OKKKK this weekend I decided to throw a "learn to crochet party" lol. We had TOO MUCH FUN! LOL

Family, Friends, and food always equals a GOOD TIME!! LOL

I forgot to take a pic of all the food lol. Y'all know I love to have folks over and I love to cook and bake! We had potato soup, fruit, cheese cake, and just party foods lol.

  

Just a shot of everybody busy lol. At this point, we realized the book we had wasn't working...had to pull out the laptop lol. Thank GOD for youtube lol.

  

Kayla got a little one on one support lol.

then she was good to go...

 

  

Jaelyn was working away....

  

So was Zanete....

  

and Shun.... we were kinda doing our own thing and looked back up at Shun and her chain was long enough to JUMP ROPE WITH! LOL

 
and yes Jaelyn did jump rope with it. HILARIOUS LOL.

 
Some point during the night, the Nuvo came out lol. Making everything even more hilarious lol. ESPECIALLY those that weren't drinking. *AHEM* lol.

  

The beads came out lol. SOMEBODY had a good time lol.

We had a goooooooooooood time. Laughs all around. Next party will be at my moms lol. She told us to bring the sewing machines lol.

THAT will be PURE comedy! LOL

Toodles!

Happy Birthday Kayla

 

Awwwwww they grow up so fast...

  

I took this picture, this morning before she left for school...

 
Mrs. Patrice got the favorite gift award.  She loves ALL THINGS pink and green. Patrice and Ian did good lol.

 
She LOVEDDDDDDDDDDDDDD this card lol. It was so funny.

 
There were balloons....

  

We had cake....

  

Awwwwwwwwwwwwww her name is Sunshine.

 

 

 

annndddd the shutter on my 20D just kinda STOPPED (as in can't take a picture...AT ALL) and I missed the shot of her blowing out the candles :(

Toodles!

A little family picnic...

This weekend we had a little picnic at Oak Mountain State Park . It is really a gorgeous, gorgeous place. I love doing things as a family. It's my hope and prayer that we will continue to have a great relationship with the kids the older they get, and they'll never get "too grown" to want to do things with us as a family. Shoot...I'm almost 32 and LOVE doing stuff with my mom and dad so there is hope right? LOL

 

I just thought this was pretty....green Alabama water and all lol.

The kids had a good time running around and playing...

 

 

 

They decided to "pose" for a few pics...

 

 

 

 

At some point, he decided to pour water over his face...to cool off lol

 

Love the look on Aj's face here, sunglare and all !!!

After a little playing we finally unpacked our basket,cooler and blankets...

Quilt is getting some great usage lol

We grabbed some of the food...

 

 

 

YUMMM lol. Of course there were chips, snack cakes and capri suns lol. Sometimes its nice to just pig out lol.

 

 

I don't know what they were yapping about but I loved seeing them together like this...NO fussing or fighting lol

 

Told y'all Aj said he was hot lol. I cropped Tony out because he was hot too ;)

I laid back and took a little nap lol

 

What I saw when I turned over lol

 

That was my view lol. Isn't is gorgeous lol.

 

I actually love this picture lol.I ended up putting the basket on top of our little cooler because ants kept trying to take it away lol.

We met another family out there and it was amazing...the oldest daughter was 13 and the younger one was 9 lol

 

The two nine year olds became good friends FAST....they shared in a game of hide and seek lol

Can you believe Jaelyn played too!? LOL

 

Once they exchanged phone numbers it was OVER lol. It amazed me how much these two were alike lol. I was looking at two Kayla's lol. They do and say some of the same stuff lol.

The oldest two exchanged "cell phone numbers" lol

I saw these and HAD to get a pic...

 

 

I'm in love with all things red after I saw those red doors lol.

We had a really good time and managed to make it home before the storm hit lol.

That's it for me!
Y'all have a good one!
Toodles!

Photoshoot with Jaelyn...

 

 

Kwik Sew 3333 and weekend update.....

Kwik sew 3333

I wouldn't have ever seen this pattern had it not been for Subversive Sewer's blog! That is one thing I LOVE about blogging lol. Ya just get so much inspiration! LOL

Pattern Description:
Misses' dresses are very close-fitting, have a slightly dropped waist, and flared skirt. View A is strapless and has stitched elastic at the top edge.

Pattern Sizing:
xm-xl
Did it look like the photo/drawing on the pattern envelope once you were done sewing with it?
Yes

Were the instructions easy to follow?
I didn't use them.

What did you particularly like or dislike about the pattern?
If I could do anything differently, I would have used a wider elastic instead of what the pattern called for. I think it would have given it a smoother finish. IMO.

Fabric Used:
Jersey

Pattern Alterations or any design changes you made:
I underlined the bodice using the same fabric because the jersey I used was thin.

Would you sew it again? Would you recommend it to others?
I doubt if I will sew it again this season but I highly recommend it.

I think I'm done with maxi dresses for the season lol. This was the last one I REALLY wanted to make lol. I'm doing pants, pants, and MO PANTS now lol.

I just saw that I was/am Pattern Review Feature Member! Neato!

We celebrated Tony B'day Friday night / Saturday morning with a bunch of his/our friends lol...

Marvin made a pit stop.....I love my brothers lol...

So did Andre...who should have shaved *ahem* lol

Getting our laugh on lol

Gettin our dance on lol

I had a GOOD time....had to get my swerve on lol

My folks....GOOD PEOPLE....love em dearly!

T-Boneeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee lol Drove all the way from DENVER! lol

My girlsssssssssss lol

 

 

LOVE this picture!

Sam is STUPID. Seriously lol.

Y'all already know how I feel about those shades....indoors...no comment.

 

One of the group shots lol. Derrick (in the wheelchair) was injured when they were in highschool and when I tell you he is silly!?!? I DO MEAN SILLY LOL.

We had such a good time. ALL NIGHT LONG lol. LITERALLY.

Alright y'all have a good one!

Toodles!

Happy Birthday Tony!!!!!!!

Y'all know we celebrate everything all the time, but this year Tony's birthday is EXTRA special to me.  You see he was supposed to be in the car with Patrick the night he was killed.  That hit me HARD ya'll. HARD. Things just didn't work out so they could ride together. I hate that Patrick lost his life but I'm SO GLAD THAT GOD SPARED TONY LIFE.

Tony and I have been together a LONG time. 1996 to be exact lol. We have had good days...NOT so good days and we have had times when I had to make sure my life insurance policy was good lol. There have been times when I wanted to choke the mess out of him and I KNOW there have been times where he has wanted to do the same.

We've been through a lot and I'm glad all that stuff has been ironed out and I'm with him now to celebrate his 32nd birthday. I love you baby!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!

Happy Father's Day!

To two of the most important men in my life!!!
My dad is such a great dad...not to mention grand-dad!! He does so much with the kids and really enjoys spending time with them.

Tony is a wonderful husband and father. He works a lot but is never too tired to play playstation or a few games on the wii with the kids. He makes sure the kids always have a good time and will not hesitate to put them in their place when they get out of line lol. I am truly blessed to have both of these men in my life.

Everyday with the ones you love is one to cherish....don't just do it on "special days" do it everyday :-) I know I do.

Love you both!

Patrice came to visit meeeeeee :-) (PICTURE HEAVY)

Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww lol Y'all know Patrice is my best good friend (said in my BEST Forest Gump voice lol)

I was so happy to have her in my lil town ;-)

It was so good to have Patrice here. Y'all just don't know lol.
Of course we ate lol...


We went out for drinks....

She met my folks....and laughed because my parents eat fish at 2am lol

 

We went to paint ceramic pottery

 

TOOOOOOOOOO many choices lol

 

HAVING FUNNNNNNNNNNN lol

 

 

 

We met Kisha for lunch....

 

 

and we ateeeeeeeeee lol

We went to hancock....

 

Had a fun night out....

 

We had to improvise....the original plan ummm didn't work out lol

 

Had some drinks and more food lol

 

We learned how to play phase 10 and we are ALL HOOKED!!! LOL

We went to the Juneteenth Celebration  (Click the link to brush up on your history ;) held at historic Kelly Ingram Park and had a really good time! Wanna see more pics?? SUREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE lol.

 

 

 

And of course....we ate lol

 

LOL we were able to visit the 16th Street Baptist Church

 

The kids really enjoyed Mrs.Patrice :-) ( I think she enjoyed them too) LOL

 

 

The kids got their face painted...

 

 

 

And did some playing lol....

 

I think Aj is tired lol

 

We left to go get sno-balls as she calls them lol. WE call it shaved ice lol

 

 

Fun times fun times! LOL

Took a little breather....and went to my FAVORITE PLACE:

Yep...Sips N Strokes! LOL

 

WE LAUGHED AND LAUGHED AND LAUGHED AND LAUGHED SOME MORE! LOL

Zanete came and since she was coming ANDRE wanted to come. OMG. I did NOT want him to come at first because it was just gonna be all women lol. baaaaaaaaaaabbbbbbbbyyy he kept us ROLLING!!! lol I'm so glad he came :-)

 

My mom is HILARIOUS...Zanete had some wine she wanted momma to try...she took a SIP out of water bottle top. TOO FUNNY lol

 

It was SO funny when it was time to make our woman look like "us" lol. LAWD all the different shades of brown....whewwwww at one point Andre woman was GREEN lol.

 

 

We wrapped up the weekend with more crafty goodness lol

She taught me to make pecan candy...

 

AND OMG she taught me to make SOAP!!!!! I am SO HOOKED!! LOL

 

Y'all will def see more of this! LOL Y'all already know I have an addictive personality....HUSH lol don't judge me lol

Thanks for coming to see me Mrs. Patrice! LOL Love ya much!!!

That's it for me!! LOL

Toodles!!!

Summer is here! LOL

The kids are out of school for the summer and it's time to start our summer routine! LOL

We always start out with a trip to the library!! I'm glad my kids love to read as much as I do. Excuse the pics...I left my camera at home but you BEST BELIEVE I had my cell phone ;-)

I love, love, love listening to Aj read. He has come SUCH a long way. He had some trouble earlier in the school year but he came out on top! WOOHOO!

Kayla has really  been into the yellow lately lol

We always go to Dairy Queen once we leave the library. We normally go to the library once a week or once every two weeks. Depends on how quickly they read their books.

Grandma got Aj a new PSP for doing so well in school. He LOVES IT lol. He was trying to show her how to work it. HILARIOUS lol.

Zanete came over to bring me some cake bites (see next few pics lol) but didn't want her pic taken....

That's ok...I just get you when you not looking! HAHAHAHAHAHAH lol


OHHHHHH these were SO GOOD! I'm too embarrassed to say how many I ate, but OMG. They are SO GOOD. I have GOT to ask her the name of the bakery again so I can go and get some this weekend. SOOOO GOOD.

 

I got some mail from Japan!! I love getting mail from all over the world!! It's good to know folks ;-)

We took the kids to get shaved ice and nachos from one of our favorite lil spots....

 

 

Yes, Jaelyn was there also lol

 

 

 

That's mine lol. I always get peaches and cream. YUMMMMMMY.

 

Momma and Grand-grand after church Sunday...

 

Y'all know you ain't been to church if you don't get any candy after lol. Well that's how WE do lol. Hmm I don't think I got mine lol.

That's all I have today! I hope ya'll have a good one!

Toodles!!!

TGIFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF!!! lol

Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww sookie sookie nah lol

How about more randomness...lol

Let's start with memorial day stuff....

Tony and I cooked and had friends over...

 

It started to rain but that didn't stop the grilling...just grab an umbrealla :-)

 

The spread....

 

I love to cook y'all. Seriously. There was enough food for everyone to take home for a COUPLE of days and have lunch lol. We ate GOOD lol.

 

I got Jaelyn to snap a quick pic while I was putting the icing on...this cake was OFF THE CHAINS. Recipe to come soon lol. I gotta catch up with the old stuff first lol.

 

The chocolate cake wasn't so good, but it was my fault. I got distracted and let it cook too long. I will make this one again.

THe KEY to all this baking is to do it when people are coming over so you don't keep any of it lol. Oh, that's what I do lol.

 

Tyler ate EVERYBODY strawberries lol

No matter WHAT we eat at my house....the itis is coming lol

 

Once you hit the sofa....its OVER.

 

Tony and Aj cut grass...

 

Train up a child lol...

My herbs are looking SUPERB. I broke some off the other day. Can't wait to use them. I'm so proud!
 

GO ME! LOL

My lily is also doing wonderfully!
 

This is HUGE for me lol. I don't do green living stuff well! LOL

 

I found a new ironing board cover. Yes I know I can just make one, but I didn't wanna lol. Besides, this one was only 4 bucks lol.

 

Love my little pin cushion lol.

 

I picked up some really cute cotton knits to make the girls some elastic waist shorts. Gonna keep it simple. I let them pick what they wanted lol. THAT was funny!

Ok that is ALL for me! Y'all have a great Friday!

Stay safe!

Toodles!

In Memory of Uncle Pat

My kids have had a hard time dealing with Pat's death.  Well, we all have but it has been REALLY hard for them.

Some of you emailed me some great suggestions on ways to help them cope.

Yesterday we went to Lowe's to pick out a flower for Uncle Pat.
 

It was important to Tony and I that the kids picked everything.
 

So they did....down to the flower pot.
 

We came home and had to plant it REALLY fast because it was about to rain.

We managed to get it done JUST in time for a REALLY good watering lol. Rain that is lol.

 

Aj picked out the flower pot, Jaelyn picked out the Kim's Knee High Coneflowers, and Kayla picked out Garden Spice Carnations.

Tony paid for it lol.

We got perennials so HOPEFULLY they will come back every year lol. IF NOT, we will plant flowers for Patrick every Memorial day. Y'all KNOW I'm not good with living green stuff lol.

I caught the kids peeking out at the flowers all evening. Then Aj said he is always gonna be with us, and he smiled and went upstairs.

That made my heart smile.

So thanks to you all for the great suggestions. I would have never came up with it.

You guys are great!

Toodles

My baby....

Is growing up. We were in church one Sunday and he told me he wanted to be baptized because God want's everyone to be baptized and love Him.

He was baptized on May 3rd.

They grow up so fast. I just want to teach them the right things so they are ready to go into the world when the time comes.

Toodles.

It hurts so bad....

The pain in my heart just cant be described. I talk about Patrick on here ALL THE TIME because he is such a part of my family.  He was killed in a car accident early Saturday morning. He was 33 years old.

This is so hard for our family. Patrick was like a brother to me and my husband. He and Tony had been friends since they were like two. 

Patrick was a friend to many folks. The type that never met a stranger. EVER. A kind, gentle soul. Just a great guy. crazy as hell but a wonderful man lol.

 

The kids would put an old sheet on the table and call it the nixon restaurant lol. Patrick always had dinner with us. When I cooked...I cooked enough for Pat and he could EAT.  His birthday was the other day and we were gonna have a gathering for him at our house this afternoon. My heart hurts.

 

See Pat was MORE than a friend. THe kind of friend that everyone isn't blessed enough to know.  He was our family.
 

He LOVED the kids.He was Uncle Pat! Didn't get any better than that lol.  They are REALLY taking it hard. Pray for my babies.  They haven't had anyone that was THIS close to them die. Kayla is really going through trying to understand. It's hard.
 

I miss him so much. My husband misses him so much.
 

We love him SO MUCH. This just hurts.

This is the way I will remember Pat. CRAZY as hell. Happy and FULL of life.

Pray for his family. His son who is too young to understand. His parents who have to bury him. His younger brother and his sister. His friends.

I keep saying I love him because I do. Very much.

Pray for Tony. They were together right before it happened. Tony had to leave early because he had to be at work at 4am Saturday morning.  He saw the accident on the interstate on his way to work but had NO clue it was Patrick.

Just pray for us all.

Field Trip...Field Trip!!! Oh, and weekend wrap-up lol.

Anytime my mom and I travel more than an hour with the girls we call it a field trip. Complete with snacks and all lol.

We set out early to a new and undiscovered fabric store. Now it's new to us but it has been around a WHILE lol. We already can't wait to go back lol.

I grabbed my "project sheet" lol (I just took the pattern envelope picture and made it smaller and put the fabric yardage under each picture. It REALLY helped to have a visual of each pattern. I will do this EVERY SINGLE TIME I go in the fabric store)

This store was small but PACKED TO THE GILLS!!!!!!!! It was awesome! THe prices?!!? INSANE! SUPER reasonable!!!!!


 

HEre is a peek at their linens....OMG. They are FABULOUS! Such great quality linens. *sigh* lol At super fabulous prices. LAWD lol.
 

Then there was this whole other room that we didn't even explore. I sent Kayla to take a pic while I was getting my fabric cut lol.

What did I get!??!?!!

Ooookkkkkk, that floral is SO GORGEOUS IRL. OMG. The polka dots are what the girls picked out, the white has white stripes in it (shirting fabric), and that turquoise is linen for a dress for Jaelyn, that green multi print!?!? LOVEEEEESSSSSSSSS IT.

These are ALL linens. That redish/orange at the bottom is SO fabulous!!!!

 

Ahhhhhhh this demin...I didn't really get a good pic of it but it has this sheen/shine to it and it is TDF. I don't know WHAT I'm going to make with it but it has a good stretch to it also. I fell in love with it. The green is a stretch cotton poplin. This stuff feels FANTASTIC. LOVE IT :-)

They did NOT have a selection of knits. Y'all know I could sew and wear knits all day every day but I was ok with all my woven purchases lol.

I purchased almost 30 yards of fabric...that's ok though isn't it Carolyn? LOL

After the fabric store we went to the mall and did a little shopping with the girls....

 

 

Left the mall and headed over to a local spot to grab some grub...

   

 

SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO good. OMG.

 

She was TI-RED lol. Just LAID out in the back seat lol.

Sunday Jaelyn was in a Tea at Church...

 

All the kids really dress up for it. Kayla and Aj weren't in it...THIS year lol.

 

My lil cousin Raymond :-)

We chilled out Sunday night, played some games on the Wii and just relaxed.

I've been busted about not posting any food pics soooooo I have some that I have stored up lol. I will get those to publish this week lol.

Alright! Ya'll have a SUPERB Monday!

Toodles!

The Weekend is OVER lol

I was *THIS* close to not MOVING my car and I had a slight change of plans lol.

Took the kids to the park Saturday afternoon.

Then went and got these:

We went to see Walking with the Dinosaurs and it was REALLY neat. The kids LOVED it.

Before it started we picked up some JUNK food:

The mess that was left behind lol

A few pics from the show:

 

 

 

 

 

 

and one of the littles ;-)

Sooooooooooo what else is going on???

 

*GASP* Could it be!??!? You'll find out soon lol

 

My Easter outfit...almost finished. WHAT?!? Don't act like y'all didn't get Easter clothes lol. I still do lol.

 

This book is SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO full of ideas!! We love our home. It's modest. It's ours. We have projects to do!! YAY! LOL

 

She LOVESSSSSSSSSSSS this cat. That's Chunky lol.

I did a BUNCH of scrapping but since this post is pic heavy enough I'll post them later this week!

Y'all have a good one!

Toodles!

Ahhhhh Happy Monday!!

Did you guys have a good weekend?

Did you get any snow!? As you can see we enjoyed our "dust" lol

I am SO glad it is March! I plan to chill most of the month lol. February is always a busy month for us lol.

We had Jaelyn's birthday party Saturday night and they all had a great time!!!

Lookie at my big girl lol

 

She had on this cute little belt that came off sometime during the evening....along with her jewelry lol

 

Pretty decorations!

 

 

Pretty cake....

 

Oops...didn't realize it was turned the wrong way until we started cutting it lol.

      

NO party is complete without her "big uncle" Corey came too but I forgot to get his pic lol  

 

Thirsty much? LOL

 

 

Make a wish!!!

 

 

Where is Jaelyn?! LOL

 

The kids had a great time! There was another room set up like a "club" so it was wayyyy too dark to take pics, but with all the loud music and kids screaming and dancing...yeah I didnt want to go in there anyway lol. Tony and Patrick posted up to make sure the guys were on their BEST behavior lol. It was SO funny lol.

 

And her favorite gift of the night?!?! LOL

 

She had a sleep over but I was so tired when we got home,I forgot to take pics! LOL

Y'all have a SUPERB day today!!!

Toodles!

Scrappy goodness and we have SNOW!!! LOL

No Layouts but I do have new product! LOL

I got my hands on the new thickers!! YAY! LOL

Anna Griffin has some great new goodies out.... I LOVE these little journaling notebooks!!




And the vellum quotes!?!? TDF! I am gonna get SO much use out of these!!!

In other scrappy news,  I am going to be designing for The Soulology Project! I can not WAIT to get started on this!! I hope you guys will hop on over and sign up. A lot of us scrappers don't scrap much about ourselves. This will be a GREAT way for you to get started! I'm so excited I can't wait!!

Now for the snow pics! YAY lol

 

 

 

Even Tony got in on the fun lol

 

The kids are having a ball lol

My neighbor took a pic of me taking a pic of her lol. I am sure I look a HOT MESS! LOL  kinda GTFOOH bad lol.

 

Sled anyone!? LOL My neighbor pulled out a pool! LOL too funny lol

 

Crutches, snow and hills don't mix lol.

Gary took to "rolling" the kids lol

 

Jaelyn refused to go down lol...

Kayla however embraced her roll lol

This is one of those times that I'm glad my kids aren't big yet. They really love the "dusting" lol

That's all I have for you guys! Hope you have a great day!

Toodles!!!

Weekend Wrapup....

I don't know WHY I can't seem to do these posts on Monday's lol. Seems like it is ALWAYS a Tuesday!! LOL

ANYWAY LOL

I decided VERY last minute to do a 5K Run/ FUnwalk with my mom. WHEEWWW. I did NOT condition myself like the last time. Trust me when I tell you I PAID FOR IT lol. I finished in 46 minutes lol. NOT BAD...but I had fun lol.

Kayla tried to keep up with me but ummm...nerp lol

Kayla couldn't make it to the finish line lol

I got my mom strolling across the finish line....

There was a live band there to keep the runner/walkers motivated and I asked them to say Happy Birthday to Jaelyn lol...She was like mommmm how did they know! LOL

Love this one of my mom cheering Jaelyn on lol. She SMOKED those kids lol.

When Jaelyn finished she laid out across the table lol.

Kayla was running too lol

Jaelyn couldn't decide if she wanted me to cook her a bday dinner or if she wanted to go out...once she FINALLY decided what she wanted we headed over to O'Charley's lol.

She was enjoying her bday pie lol

Sunday we hopped in the car and took a wee drive up to the Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville

The kids have never been and Tony and I haven't been in YEARS soooo off we went lol

 

 

 

 

That is my dream camera...MANY MANY years ago lol

 

 

 

Can you see my family under there!?!? LOL

 

 

 

 

I loved watching Aj read about everything! Especially when he got to the big words he didn't understand. He would try and sound it out then ask for help. :-)

 

Then the kids did a little rock climbing lol.

All in all it was a great weekend! LOL

Now, Im trying to get back in the swing of things! LOL This month has been ubber busy and it's not even over yet! LOL

The home decor bug has bitten me...more on that later! LOL

Y'all have a great day!

Toodles!!

Happy 13th Birthday Jaelyn

We Love You!!!
*sigh* I have a teenager y'all.
WHERE did all that time go!?

Woooo Hoooo! It's MONDAY!!!!

I LOVE Monday's!!!! I have a list of things I need to get accomplished this week so I will be BUSY.

Let me go ahead and break the news....remember green gable that was knitting up oh so lovely? LOL

Your eyes do not deceive you lol.

I threw it in the trash. WHY?

LAWD! I tried it on once I separated the sleeves and never did look in the mirror. Just kinda looked down, saw it fit and took it off and kept knitting.

WELL I was ALMOST finished with it (was knitting for length) and I decide to try it on again and send a pic to Patrice. LAWD when I saw it on me!??! The lace section was just JACKED UP! It didn't continue all the way over to the right side. When I say I BAWLED!?? I didn't notice it was messed up until I looked at it on me lol.

A picture is worth a THOUSAND WORDS! LOL SERIOUSLY!
I BAWLED!! I felt so bad. I just threw it away.

I do believe the yarn I used has bad juju lol. Remember when I tried to do Rusted Root a while back?? That was the yarn I used! I tried to do a couple other projects that did NOT turn out right lol. IT IS THE YARN!!! LOL

Imma get some more yarn and do it again, and it will NOT be red lol.

MOVING ON..... lol.

Thursday Night I went to Sips N Strokes yet again and had a blast! This time I talked my mom into going lol

 

She was all happy paying for her class lol

I got there early to make sure I could grab seats for all of us and I was surprised when I saw they already had us set up!

 

What does that sign say? LOL

 

Wooo hooo lol that's for us lol.

 

Momma was just painting away lol...with her left handed self lol.

 

One of us together lol

 

Didn't she do a great job for her first time? I think her painting was the best of the group!

And here is a group shot lol

 

We REALLY had fun! My mom enjoyed all the ladies and the ladies enjoyed her. She kept cracking up about something or another lol. I finally got to meet Neecha and  Kisha was there too lol. Maybe now she will update her blog lol.

We aren't painting this month. We have something else planned lol. Wheew chile lol.

Jaelyn was also in a play Thursday night and Tony being the wonderful father he is, went and had a good time lol. Cheryl also sent me a couple pics since I wasn't there! YAY! LOL

Friday night I went to a book signing at Books A Million where the one and only E. Lynn Harris was there signing his new book!

 

He is REALLY silly lol.  I have hat hair so ya gotta excuse that lol.

 

And he was REALLY nice. He seemed sincere. It was fun meeting him!

While I waited in line, the kids played in the kids area and picked out some new books.

 

 

 

Jaelyn actually started on her book while we were there and finished it on Saturday. I guess it was REALLY good lol.

Saturday my mom and I took the girls shopping.  *sigh*

 

 

I HATE CLAI.RE'S. SERIOUSLY.

But the girls loved it and I guess that is all that matters lol.

We also went to Fore.ve.r 21 and a few other stores and they really had a good time.

Mom and I went to Hancock too. I actually purchased some spring fabric! It was strange buying fabric but I can get used to it again lol.

Sunday was our Anniversary/Superbowl party lol. We had a house full and SO MUCH FUN! LOL

 

Verdi is soooo good to me lol. And that was NOT all of it lol.

 

Gotta love the budlight. Too bad I don't drink beer. And we had regular BL, but there wasn't enough room for everything in my fridge lol, and my fridge is kinda on the large size I think lol.

Yep that is Kool-aid for the kids. It's not gonna kill 'em lol.

 

Tony was handling that grill! LOL

Y'all see that apron? He made that in the 10th grade lol. He STILL wears it when he cooks lol.

 

He kilt it lol. I did the inside cooking stuff, he did the outside lol.

And since it was our anniversary I made him a red velvet cake. I make it for him every year lol.

It's gone lol.

Along with all the food and drink lol.

Successful party! LOL

Alright, this got REALLY long...LOL

Hope y'all have a SUPERB Monday!

Toodles!!!!

It's our Anniversary!

We have adopted this as our song and we plan on staying in love! Just listen to those words. I ALMOST put this on auto play lol.

Lets Stay In Love - Blackstreet

How about a few Anniversaries of the past? LOL

2008 We had a really great time on our first cruise together! 11 years is a LONG time to be married!!! CELEBRATE!!!

2007 We started a tradition this year for our anniversary. Going on a Trip EVERY year without the kids. We kicked it off with THIS TRIP. Our schedules were so crazy in Feb that we couldn't go until April! LOL We NEVER went on a honeymoon. We got married so young, and Jaelyn was almost a year old lol. We just couldn't afford it. Time is a wonderful thing! LOL

2006 Look at those pics! We look SOOOO young lol. I guess we were huh?

WE HAVE BEEN MARRIED 12 YEARS TODAY.

 It hasn't been easy but it's been worth it.

Marriage is work. You get out what you put in.

I'm no expert and Lord KNOWS I have made many mistakes, but I have learned from them.

We are closer now than we have ever been.

We both still have issues but hey...that comes with it lol.

Some days I want to be all up under him and don't want to give him room to breathe.

Some days I want to choke the shit out of him, as I am SURE he has days he wants to strangle me! LOL

I love him. He is mine. He loves me. I am his. FLAWS AND ALL.

I can't wait to spend the rest of my days with this man.

*MUAH* Love you babe!

How was your weekend?!?

Mine was pretty laid back and just relaxing!

I LOVE IT!

I have so much going on the next couple of months, I am going to ENJOY weekends where I do not MOVE....

Well, where I don't move much lol.

My parents went to the Eagles concert Saturday night and I took a pic (since I had to take them to the concert lol)

Don't they look cute?!?!?! Awwwwwwwww
Umm notice that jacket? She has good taste lol.

My mom is ALWAYS buying something. Look at this ancient Chinese desk/table she got...

This is how it looks closed...looks like a table right? Check THIS OUT...

How freaking cool is that? I REALLY do like it.

When I grow up I wanna be just like my momma lol.

I really have THE best parents EVER. I love them so much.
*mushy moment over* lol

I got a good deal of sewing done! I will keep this post updated as I cross things off my list... woo hooo!!

I also got some GOOD knitting time in.

GG is looking goodddddddddddddd lol

 

Won't be long now!!! YAY ME! LOL I AM going to finish! LOL

Ok, that is it. I am REALLY rambling today.

Toodles!

TBF....and a buncha other stuff lol

Man....what DAHELL they got on?!?! LOL

LAWD lol
TOO FUNNY!!!

Let's seee where do I start? LOL

I am going to do Project 365 this year lol. I started a new blog for it and you can follow that HERE if you would like. I still have to jazz it up a bit but I will do that a little bit later on. I'm going to do mine a LITTLE bit different soooooo lol. WIsh me luck with that lol.

I'm also doing Twitpic 365 with Patrice lol. I will PROBABLY use a lot of the same pics lol...just a warning lol.

Tony said his best Christmas gift was tickets to the Papa Johns.com Bowl Game NC State vs. Rutgers. The game was superb.

Here are a couple of pics...

They said the game was packed and it was COLD. It was a part of Patrick's gift too...can't just buy one ticket...and I wasn't going lol.

Ya'll have to excuse Tony's head... *sigh* he is in the process of letting his hair "loc" so ummm yeah he KEEPS that stocking cap thing on it when he is out of the house. LAWD. I will be glad when this phase passes. I have been taking pics sooooo. I will post them soon one day lol. I don't have the very first twists but I do have the beginning of the loc process.

*DEEP SIGH* I went to Sips N Strokes the other night,  and did NOT enjoy myself. I have gone a lot as you all know, and I have NEVER not enjoyed myself. That CHANGED. The instructor SARAH whom I will make SURE I NEVER have again was AWFUL. THE ENTIRE CLASS WAS NOT PLEASED. What does that say?! YOU SUCK AS AN INSTRUCTOR!!!  The class ended at 9. When I left at 9:45 people were STILL trying to fix their paintings.  This was the best I could do with mine. The original picture looked something like this:

 

TRUST me when I say it took a LOT of work to get it even remotely close to this.  I STILL don't like it.

We had a blast on NYE. We went to a family party first...it was Michael Jackson themed lol....

The kids had a blast...there was a ton of food as it ALWAYS is with my family lol...we LOVE to eat lol. I don't know where Jaelyn was when we took this pic lol.

My Uncle Speed (We have a TON of nicknames in the family lol) and my dad lol

Uncle Pig giving me the evil eye lol...he know he love me lol.

My Uncle Wayne...the Host...that is a WIG on his head and his ONE glove lol

We were getting our cha-cha on. I swear that dance never gets old. I sweated my hair out lol, and before you ask, yes that is the same sweater in the above pic....don't act like you ain't never did it before lol

My mom wanted to learn so we were TRYING to teach her....

Had to call for some backup lol...she needs two on one help...One on one wasn't working lol.

 

Then I went to another party and did it up again lol

I don't think I got out of bed until almost 11 New Year's Day lol.

Ok, that is ALL I GOT! LOL

Hope you guys have a great weekend!

Pray for us...we are doing something new as a family lol.

LAWD! LOL

TOODLES!

TGIF and some pics! Kinda pic heavy!!!

Mannnn what y'all know bout dis hur? LOL FINALLY here are our family pics we took for our Christmas cards. Now first let me tell you THIS lol.... I can't seem to find the cards that I made. I have no clue where I put them!! I ended up buying some and had to go through the entire addressing them again process and umm yeah....

Anyway. That really turned my stomach sour. ugh. Enjoy some pics...and a few out-takes lol.

As always you can click the images to make them larger.

This is one of my favorite family pics lol. Aj is blowing his hands to keep them warm, Jaelyn has her sleeves over her hands, and Kayla is looking like Momma PLEASE hurry up lol.

 

A couple of me and Tony....

 

(check out Kayla lol)

 

 

Whheeww that Kayla is something ELSE lol

 

I love this one of Aj and Tony...

 

Kayla and I did a self pic lol. Kinda hard with my 17-40 L on my camera. It's kinda heavy. LOL

 

Aj FLAT OUT REFUSED TO GO OUT ON THE ROCK. R-E-F-U-S-E-D lol. It was SO funny lol

Run baby lol

 

All that pretty hair lol. She jumped ALL the curls out of it lol.

 

Ummm okay! lol THAT is what a fast shutter does for you! LOL

Y'all have a great weekend! Toodles!!!

I miss my friends today..... :-(

It is late, and I can't sleep. I miss my friends :-(

Over the years, I've learned you can't be close to errryyybody.  ESPECIALLY the last couple of years.  It was a hard lesson to learn because when I love...I LOVE, so when I hurt...I HURT. I am a loyal friend. I still care about people and wish the best for them, but I do it from a distance. Everybody ain't for you. BELIEVE that. Everyone doesn't have your best interest at heart and EVERYBODY don't wanna see you happy.  THAT is the gospel truth.

When you have good people in your life. Treasure them. People now-a days are just fake. They change with the direction of the wind. Call themselves your friend one day and talking about you the next.  I speaks what I know lol.

Cathy came home in November and I got to spend some time with her and the kids while she was here.   Hard to believe we have been friends for over 20 years.... TIME FLIES.  We have been through the good, the bad AND the ugly lol

*Sigh* Me loves Patrice and Stacey lol. So funny that the three women I love most, and that I'm closer to than anyone (outside of my mom)...all live on opposite sides of the damn earth lol. Did y'all know we ALL have the EXACT SAME MIDDLE NAME?!? All three of us? LOL

Patrice in St. Louis....Stacey in North Carolina and Cathy in Hawaii lol.

I keep plane ticket money on reserve lol. Let me go find my damn candle....lol

Long time friends and a little news.....

These two have been friends FOREVER.....

It makes my heart smile to see them "bond" with each other.  Patrick is sooooooo stupid lol, and so is Tony so when you put them BOTH in a room together!?!? LAWD talk about pure comedy lol.

Treasure your friends...I know I treasure mine :-)

Now for my "little news" and HELL no I am NOT pregnant lol. I almost dropped my phone when I saw that NIK lol..you know better lol.

I am working again!

LOL but not that "mandatory" gotta pay the bills type of job (even though extra cash is ALWAYS nice ). I got a fun part time job working in a local store in the SCRAPBOOKING DEPARTMENT! LOL How fun is that! My ideal job was at Hancock but they wanted me to work evenings AND weekends so that wasn't happening lol.

I wanted to get out of the house a few days a week and still be able to pick up the kiddos, and do school things with them. This one is perfect! I have so much fun, but LAWD THE PEOPLE THAT I SEE..... Whew...look for a new series coming up over here....I think I'm gonna call it "GTFOOH" because that is what I think when I see what they do/wear/say etc. Don't worry, I ALREADY have pictures stored up and ready to go lol.

That is IT guys! Hope you have a superb Thursday!!

Toodles

The day after....lol

Did you guys have a good Thanksgiving?? We really really did!!! Why don't you listen to this "throwback"  song and get movin....especially for everyone that is going to black Friday sales lol. I don't want ANY part of that madness lol

This has to be one of my FAVORITE Christmas songs!!! LOVE IT!

NOTE TO EVERYONE TAKING PICS LOL....
Make sure your card is formatted BEFORE you want to start taking a lot of pictures lol. I started taking pics at my moms house and my camera kept telling me I didn't have any memory...umm ok I had only taken like five pics lol. This is a 2gig card...umm ok. Then I thought about it. It has been a WHILE since I formatted my card lol. BUT If I would have formatted it then I would have lost all the pics I had already lol.

Here is my Thanksgiving wrap up lol. Doesn't even count the people that were over at our house because I didn't have time to take these pics off the camera before they got here lol and the battery on my point and shoot is DEAD lol

 

 

 

 

 

There were no fancy dishes, or place settings...just family, good food and just being together. That is what matters most. I love my family more than anything. When it is all said and done, that's all you have. I let mine know all the time how much I love and appreciate them. Mushy moment over ;-)

We ended up riding 4wheelers with the kids...here are the last two pics I took lol

AJ LOVES TO "POP HIS COLLAR" he is SO cool lol

 

He is something else.

Here is one I snagged with my camera phone of my dad and Tony working on the motor in my car. SO glad Tony is learning from my dad. All I have to do is buy my parts! LOL

I hope you all have a great weekend. If you all are going out PLEASE be safe and watch your surroundings. FOLKS CRAZY!

Toodles!

If a picture is worth a thousand words.....

What would these pics say??


Jaelyn told me she wanted to go outside to read her book because it was "quiet" lol.  She took her blanket and wrapped up on the bench to read. I decided to check on her since I hadn't seen her in while and had to run back in to grab my camera. I don't even think she knew I was there lol.

She is REALLY loving this series and does not want it to end lol.

~Typepad users....what is with this whole typekey crap!?!? I mean seriously. I do NOT like it. I don't want to sign in with a typekey. Me no likey. Hmmm. Guess I will email them and see if I have the option to NOT use it. I like the new platform which a lot of you have already had for a while but I'm just getting it...like last week maybe. It's cool...this typekey crap? NOT SO MUCH!.

~Are y'all about finished cooking?? I just took my LAST cake out of the oven. I am ready to go to bed lol. I still have a few things to cook tomorrow but I will get 'er done lol.

~Can someone tell me why Kayla falls ALL.THE.TIME!?!? We have had her checked out...her equilibrium is fine, nothing going on in her head...she is just CLUMSY. She fell down the stairs today....I think she only fell down 8 of the 15 *eyeroll* going to the family room downstairs....THEN she fell down the ladder (why does this look like it's spelled incorrectly!?!?) getting out of her bed to go to the bathroom. Any suggestions other than wrapping her in bubble tape?

~I have a LOT to do tomorrow and most of my morning will be spent away from home. Hmmm. Yeah.

~The kids are ready to put the Christmas Tree up. I don't even have all the stuff pulled out yet. SOME but not all.

~ I printed the labels for my Christmas cards. I will mail them them December 5th. YAY! Oh I still need to get our family picture taken! LOL...gotta do it before the 5th huh? lol

~ WHY do I have my pictures printed at other places when I have THREE printers at home?!? I sent some pics to SAMS to be printed and I HATE them. Seriously. I told them they looked like crap and I could do a better job printing them out at my house. I got them for free but won't even use them. 90 pics! I ordered a bunch of ink for my Picturemate today. NEVER again. I'll print them myself.

~I do not like Lu and Ronalyn anymore. They have hooked me on 24!!!!! I watched six episodes of season one and LOVE IT! I ordered season 1-6 from Amazon yesterday. Let's call it a belated birthday gift! LOL I need to watch that on something larger than my 15inch laptop screen lol

Ok...I'm sleepy so I'm rambling lol. If you made it this far woo hoo lol. If not, I don't even blame you lol

Toodles!

I'm Blessed.....

To be a mother!


Even when they fuss and fight like they don't know each other..
Even when they work MY.LAST.NERVE.

I love them more than my own life and I'm sooooooooo thankful for them.

Toodles!

"Almost" Silent Sunday

Girlfriends make it better when they don't even know it :) Love Y'all!
Oh, y'all killed my battery too lol

Toodles

Miss Photogenic and Top Ten!

**ETA, no I did not make Jaelyn's dress nor do I plan to ever make one for her lol**

Jaelyn's Pageant was sooo much fun. See, we only do it for the fun. I NEVER make her participate, she has to tell me about it. It's not about winning or loosing, but placing is ALWAYS nice! So we had a GREAT time...a few pics?! SURE!

How much do I love this pic of Aj before it started?

Cheryl's daughter Delaney. She looked gorgeous!

Proud Daddy....

She was walking out...I had my ISO @ 1600 lol

LOVE this one of Aj helping her to the car

That is it for me. I hope you guys have a fab weekend. I personally don't want to MOVE.

Toodles!

Happy Birthday AJ!

Happy Birthday to my BABY!!! He is 7 years old today!
We love you AJ!!!!
GASP MY BABY IS SEVEN
**Looks for tissue!**

Have a great day guys!

Toodles!

Celebrating Sisterhood (VERY PICTURE HEAVY)

Did you guys have a good weekend? I sure did!!
I have told you guys before how much Patrice and Stacey mean to me. These are truly two amazing women! I love them both dearly! Love you ladies :-)

Ok...enough mush lol....

Well, we planned a trip to get together and have a good time. I've met Stacey before but not Patrice...BOY did we have fun!
I hoped in a plane early Friday morning...

To go and see these ladies!  I had a nice little flight so what did I do??

Did a lot of knitting and listening to my ipod. I LOVE that thing!
I STILL don't understand the logistics of my flight..I had to fly to Chicago just to fly down to North Carolina...but OH WELL lol. When I got there I saw these neat Lego displays..


I thought these were so neat! Aj LOVES legos so this was more for him than me lol.

After a little layover I FINALLY made it to Charlotte

YAY! We left the airport and went straight to Bojangles for some nice and greasy fried chicken lol. It was SO good!

We then made our way to the fabric store Mary Jo's

OMG! This store is HUGE...

I am SO glad I made the exception to not buy fabric unless it was vacation fabric when I said I wouldn't buy any fabric until the new year lol.(dang, how many times did I say fabric? LOL)

Serious discussion going on lol

Cutting some fabric! Wooo Hoooo lol

It was OVER once I found the knits :)

Ohhhhhhhhhhh I was in heaven!! I will have to show pics of what I got later on lol.

Yep, we stopped for half a second to take a picture lol

After fabric shopping, we went back to Stacey's place to rest up for a minute and freshen up.

They even had a birthday cake for me!! Awwwwwwwwww. I was doing something on my phone and didn't even notice them lighting the candles lol

You guys are so sweet!!! After those festivities we went out to dinner...

The food was yummy!

and so were the drinks!

Just a group shot...

we had SOOOOOO much fun lol

After dinner we went home..rested for a few then got dressed and went to Blue Restaurant and Bar and had a FAB time!!

I promise y'all we really didn't sleep lol. We left there and headed over to "Kiss"

Whhooooo talk about fun!

We had a blast. Have I said that already? I will probably say it some more lol. Tanisha is in the red hat. She is Stacey's neighbor and she is a sweet heart too! HEY TANISHA!!! :)

Once we left KISS, we headed home and passed out. I woke up at 4:30 despite not going to bed until ummm shortly before then lol. It's my internal clock. Sorry bout that Patrice :-)

Saturday was SO.MUCH.FUN!!!!

We met up with some fab ladies!!!

Michelle who SERIOUSLY needs to update her blog, Nik, Delta Purl aka Jennifer, Toni, Renee and I even met Christi aka Turtlegirl!

We all met up at The Cottage Yarn Shop...

Ohhh so much pretty yarn! I will have to show those purchases later as well :)

Nik was serious about her shopping y'all lol

Yep...SO much fun lol.

We left there and headed over to Big Daddy's Burger Bar

OMG... TALK about GOOD. Like VERY good!

I had a "spiked" milkshake. It was SO good. Even Patrice who is the most picky eater I have EVER known  liked it lol. It was called a Royal Peaches & Cream. SO good. Once I got mine, everyone else at the table wanted one hahahaha. It was the bomb. I want to make some at home lol.

We left there and headed over to Charlotte Yarn

This store was really nice!

Stacey took us to the mall next...it was a nice mall. I picked up some perfume and that was it lol

We left there and I FINALLY GOT TO GO TO TRADER JOE'S!!!!

I now see what all the rage is! Christina would send me tea from there and I LOVED it. NOW I have gone and I am totally hooked. EVERYTIME I go to Atlanta I will restock! LOL Ohhh and I picked up a few bottles of white wine that I've heard so much about! It's SOOOO good!  Ben the wine guy was HILARIOUS...

We left there and rested up for a few minutes and headed back out to another spot called Tempo.....babbbbyyy Michelle you were right..it was "different" lol

People watching was SO INSANE and SO funny it was just CRAZY!!! This one dude...man..and these two girls that looked like men...and well just wow lol.

We had such a good time...I know I keep saying that but we really did lol.

I guess this post is long enough..I will say that before I got on the plane to come home it started snowing in Chicago lol and it was COLD up there!!!! 30 degrees in Chicago and 30 degrees in Alabama is TOTALLY different. Dana and Robin, I don't know how you do it lol.

Thank you Stacey for a wonderful time and for being such a super sweet host! I had a blast!!!

Ok, you guys have a great week! I have ONE more birthday celebration for me tonight and that is it for my  birthday! LOL

Toodles!!!

Adrienne...is that YARN I see?!!??! And I have an elected official in my house...

There is a newly elected official in my house....say hello to the NEW Secretary/Treasurer  of the student body at her school!

It was a landslide!! We are so proud of her!!!  YAY JAELYN!!!!

Ahhhh why yes it is! Guess who is knitting?!?!

Don't look too hard or you will see where I messed up....go easy on me. I haven't picked up my needles since FEBRUARY lol.

I have the pattern memorized now, and I don't even know where it is...so I can't even tell you what the name of it is but it is a scarf lol. I think Tony threw it away lol.

I hope to show you a FO soon! LOL

Have a great day guys!!

Toodles!

Happy Birthday Daddy! Happy Anniversary Mom & Dad!

Yes my dad got married on his birthday...I always tell him it's so he would NEVER forget his anniversary!!! LOL

I THINK my dad is 54 (he is NEVER honest about his age and now I'm confused lol) and they have been married 32 years!!

I'll post my stupid story with a pic tomorrow lol. Wanna give the day to the parents :-)

Toodles!

Weekend wrap up and I looovee my family!

Hey y'all!! Did you guys have a good weekend? I sure did!

For some reason I have trouble remembering what I did on Friday lol.

Saturday we had some friends over to watch the game(s) lol. Miss Tamika and I left the guys here and went out for some drinks....

**CAN SOMEONE TELL ME WHY MY PICS LOOK BLURRY??? WHEN YOU CLICK THEM THEY ARE FINE...ANYONE...ANYONE...**

and Miss Tamika.

Love this pic of my parents....

and some more random shots....

awwww lol

That's my Grandma hugging my Uncle..

I really like this pic of my dad..

Oh and everyone was hugging him because he and my mom were on program. I was the first time ever for my dad...I THINK my mom has done something before lol.

I love love love love love love this shot of my dad and aj....

I really love my family. I'm blessed to have a family like the one I do. Yep...blessed indeed.

And how about tonight's dinner. I am making it a point to start taking pics of my dinners again lol

15 Bean Soup.....this stuff is SO good. There is a dry bean mix that has 15 different types of beans in it. I add a few more beans to it, and sometimes I just use my own beans...soak them overnight...cook them slow the next day. I add smoke sausage, shrimp, garlic and I think that is it. It is SO good and so filling. Throw in a lil corn bread and babbbbbbbbbbbyyy you talkin bout GOOD eatin....ummm hmmmmm.

Ok that is all for me! I hope you guys have a superb Tuesday!!!!!

Toodles!

I'm convinced.....

I have beautiful children...and only one wanted to take pics :-) Click them to make them larger and see all that cuteness lol. I guess I'm a LITTLE partial.... :-) but ONLY a little lol

Beauty and brains....yep I'm bragging lol

Hope you guys are having a great Sunday!
Toodles!

Weekend Wrap up

Thank you all for the Birthday Wishes for Kayla yesterday! She asked me if she could tell you thank you since you were strangers. She isn't supposed to talk to strangers lol. It was so funny. I let her read the comments and she only recognized a couple of names (because I physically talk to/about you guys all the time) I was so tickled lol.

DId you guys have a good weekend? We sure did.

For some reason I can't remember what we did on Friday. I can't seem to find any pictures so ummm, I am guessing we didn't do much!?? LOL

Saturday I did some sewing and we went to a wedding. That is IT lol.

Sunday we went to church (more on this later) and then we went to do our "annual" thing of going to the Southern Women's Show. We always have soooooo much fun. If you haven't picked up on it yet, I kinda LOVE hanging out with my mom lol. She is always so animated lol.

We should have known what kind of trip it was going to be when we walked in the door lol. We have NEVER purchased anything as SOON as we walked in lol. This time was SO different.

The first booth we saw was for SMOOTH Legs

Ok....the thing that got us was the fact that it said ALL NAUTRAL. We were interested lol.

THIS STUFF WORKS LOL. My mom would NOT let me take a pic of her legs before she shaved but you could SEROIUSLY braid the hair on them so it was PERFECT for her to try out lol.

IT REALLY WORKS! LOL We thought it was a gimmick but ummm NO lol, we both bought some lol.

The girls did a make and take at the Stampin Up booth

They had fun with that. They never pass up an opportunity to scrapbook. I am teaching them well lol.

Kayla has this weird facination with fake hair:

I seriously don't know where this comes from. I could totally understand if she didn't have gorgeous hair, but she has a HEAD FULL of it lol. She is soooo funny. She acutally cried because I wouldn't buy her any...ummm NO MA'AM!

We love all the different vendors that show each year. We had a good time shopping and my mom actually admitted that she had never spent as much as she did this year lol. I was admitting no such thing lol.

Jaelyn had a FIELD day at one of the booths that sold earrings lol. I think I stopped taking pics because she was trying to buy earrings that were as big as her face lol. Nope...not a good look lol.

Once it was all over I did get a few pics:

Love this one of my mom and the girls.

Can you guess who doesn't want to take any pics?? :-)

Hahahahah I'm such a mean mom :-)....these will make GREAT SB pages lol

Then the little one had a birthday.....

She loves her birthday crown and wears it ALL DAY LONG.

This year Kayla did NOT want the normal sheetcake for her birthday. She wanted a BIG GIRL CAKE lol. At the wedding we had a cake similar that was white with buttercreme frosting and had strawberry filling. That is what she wanted...that is what she got. Pink and Green of course.

She also said she just wanted ONE candle a big one...since she is a big girl...ok baby **singing...you can have whateva you likeeeeeeeeeeeeee lol**

Love this pic

She wanted a birthday dinner this year so we had about 10 people over and I cooked her requested meal lol

Kayla has been begging me to make lasagna for about two months lol.This huge massive dish of  is now GONE lol. I have used my grandma's recipe since I started making this. She kinda teared up that there wasn't anymore left so I will make a small dish of it today lol. We had salad, lasagna, garlic bread and corn on the cob. It was pretty tasty lol.

Ok that is all for me! HOpe you guys have a great day.

Toodles..

PS...I don't know WHAT is going on with the size of my pics, but I will fix that NEXT post lol

Happy Birthday Kayla!!!

She is 9 today! Mommy loves you!!!!!

Toodles!

TGIF!!!!!!

WHOO HOO!!! TGIF! Are you glad it's Friday? I am!!! This week ZOOMED by!!! I mean seriously!
Let's throw it back!

Y'all know you used to love this song lol. Don't even front lol. Tenderoni is still in rotation on my ipod lol

Last night Jaelyn's school had their Homecoming dance. Nothing formal. Just regular school wear and Jaelyn went with Tony this year...

I don't know if you can see it in this picture, but Tony has decided to twist his hair....I'll get a better pic later...I think he actually wants dreads...it's growing on me :-)  Shut-up Patrice lol.

Jaelyn was SO excited about her dad going with her lol. I'm happy that they are as close as they are. I hope they can always be that way.

What do you guys have planned for the weekend?? Not a whole lot here. I am actually going to a wedding that I am NOT in NOR am I shooting. Will be fun!

I was going to make McCall 5746 to wear to the wedding but the cleaners STILL doesn't have my fabric. I went to pick it up the other day and they said it would be ready this morning..WELL...I went around 4 in the afternoon and it STILL wasn't there. I am going to CLOWN if they have lost my black wool crepe.

SERIOUSLY.

So now I will pull something out of the closet to wear. I just WANTED a new dress.

Ok, that is all for me right now. Hope you guys have a fabulous weekend! Be safe!

Toodles!

Weekend wrap up!

I'm a day late but better late than never lol.

Did you guys have a good weekend? We sure did.

Tony and I love doing things together without the kids. We also love doing things together as a family. This was one of those let's go out and have a good time family weekend lol

We started off by going bowling Friday evening. WELL lol. I THINK this was the first time Aj has gone with us lol. I know he went when he was in summer camp but never with us lol.

FUNNYYYYYY. Here are a few blurry pics because SOMEONE I KNOW **coughcoughtonycoughcough** can't take good pics lol:

Another family went with us and Tony was helping the little-est one bowl...it was too cute.

The kids got really excited when the lights went out and the lasers came on lol.

And the final score??

Gotta have one of me and Tony ;-)

The girls wanted to do "my.s.pa.ce" poses...

Yeah they crazy lol. When we left though they were POOPED!

Yeah they were TIRED!!! LOL

Once we rested up over night lol. Saturday was equally as busy.

Jaelyn is going to be in a pageant November 13th and we went and picked out her dress. It is SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO pretty and sparkly.  I will show those pics on November 14th lol. Kayla was GREEN WITH ENVY because her school doesn't have pageants lol. Her time is coming. I know once she starts, she will ALWAYS want to be in them. She really is my girly girl lol.

Once we finished with that the girls and I had a good lunch then we waited on Tony and Aj to get home and we headed over to Alabama Adventure for ONE LAST TIME lol.

This was taken right before we left lol.

Jaelyn and I were on this cup spin thing (that REALLY made my stomach hurt OMG) and I had the camera and decided to take apic...I love this one lol.

Well that is IT guys. It's late and I need to get ready to turn in lol. The girls had new furniture delivered today and the delivery guys came SO late it messed up my entire day. I had so much to do and now I will be doing that tomorrow...or today lol.

I was tagged a couple of times, so my next entry will be that and I'm planning another "mini wardrobe" but not like the one I just did...just a LITTLE different. More on that later.

Ok, have a great day guys!
Toodles!!!!

FINALLY FRIDAY!!

Let's throw it back!!!

Now if you want to see something funny, watch the video HERE  I couldn't embed it lol. WHAT do they have on? LOL and check out those moves lol.

The other day, I was in the garage with my dad and I just started to get kinda weepy. I think it had a lot to do with the fact that my mom had been talking about my dads accident. July 15, 2003. Five years ago. WOW.  My dad told my mom he wondered what she would have been doing if he had died. Yes, he could have died. I realized it then, but the more I thought about it the other day, I was just overwhelmed with thankfulness. I am SUCH a daddy's girl. YES EVEN AT 30 lol.

(Excuse the crappy cell phone pics)

I was watching him work with his brother (my dad is in the brown tshirt) and was just amazed at how far he has come. After being non weight bearing for SO long, having to do physical therapy for SO LONG...it's just good to see him active again. He is no where near as strong as he used to be, but he worked hard to regain his strength.  He has so much so much passion and loves to work. He sits down every now and then but he loves being busy. Think that's where I get it from? LOL

I turned my attention to Aj who was just in awe of what my dad was doing. I don't think he even blinked while he watched him. I was thankful all over again that my dad made it out of that accident. He does a lot with the kids, but especially AJ. Teaching him what he knows. The girls love to hang out with him and they will be the same way I was lol. My dad taught me early on about cars lol. I can change my oil and my tires if I need to. I can tell you what I THINK is wrong with a car even if I can't fix it. lol. I remember being a little girl and helping him at my uncles shop lol. Passing him the tools he asked for and helping him clean them off when it was time to go. My kids will get to have those same memories.

I'm happy my kids have my dad. Hopefully he will be around for a long, LONG time.

Ok, moving on lol.

I made the red velvet cake again for Tony the other day. He called home from work around 1-ish and begged me to make another one...

I forgot to take a pic of it once it was made...when I took this I had hands out ready for their slice. I don't know what it is about red velvet cake but folks pop up out of the woodworks lol. I sent most of it away. Might be two slices left lol. If you cut it small lol.

Sorry Stacey, this one has nuts lol

The person I got the recipe from doesn't want me to giveit out but I did try another one this time. I got it from The Comfort Table by Katie Lee Joel. This book is awesome btw. I plan on making some more stuff from it this coming week.

AND I found the recipe online! I wasn't sure if I could scan it right out of the book so this makes it even better. It's really good.

Grandmother Paul's Red Velvet Cake

I will say this. The first time I try a recipe, I make it exactly like it's written. The next time, I tweak it. This is VERY sweet. I think you can get away with way less sugar. I'll make it again with my changes but NOT until next year lol. I don't even think I'm doing red velvet for Christmas lol.I want to try a southern comfort cake.I've never had any (that I can remember) and I keep hearing rave reviews!!

If you make the cake let me know how you like it!

I FINALLY got my Ali Edwards Book

SOOOOOOOOOOOOO many neat ideas.  LOVE IT!!!!!!

As if this post isn't already long enough.... I have become obsessed with finding a pattern like this jumpsuit:

The $450  price tag is not appealing at all lol. I also love the style of this one, but don't like how the legs taper:

at $324  it's less but not too much lol. Looks so comfy. I'm so obsessed lol. I'll make it now if I can find a pattern and make a wrap to go with it lol.

Have a great weekend!!

Toodles!

Just a little randomness....

Hellooooooo lol.

Here is the necklace I forgot to take a picture of yesterday. I almost didn't get a picture of it because it started raining lol:

and a close up

These are some of my favorite candle holders lol.I love the little bold color accents around my home lol

Here is my shot from the hip from the other day...I literally pulled over from driving to take this pic lol. I was on the phone with Zanete and she told me I was crazy lol

and just in case you need a daily dose of Aj *coughcoughvirginiacoughcough*

He SERIOUSLY loves the video camera part of my camera...heck he loves the CAMERA. I'm going to try and find him a child friendly video camera for Christmas lol. Who knows, he might make movies one day lol. Maybe I'll show you guys what he does with this video camera...it's HILARIOUS lol.

Hubby and I had a impromptu lunch date Friday and here are a couple of pics:

We started off with the Anti Pasto Salad...SO GOOD

I had the Chicken Florentine ( I will SO be making this at home lol)

Tony had the Chicken Pesto

Full and happy....lol

Good times good times. Ok..that's it for me today. Sewing and scrapping content soon...hmm what happened to knitting!??! LOL

MY 5K IS IN FOUR DAYS!!!!! ACCCKKKK!!!

Toodles!