So we all knew I wasn't the best blogger!

Ok, Ok, I know this is typical of me not to post for months at at time! Things have been just super busy and I haven't put the time into my blog. I'll try once more to keep it up! Keep your fingers crossed...... AGAIN!

Our Bowling League

Our little group have started bowling! Cosmic bowling!!! It is soo much fun to hang out , listen to really loud music, dance like goof balls, and of course bowl. The girls don't really take it too seriously, we just like to laugh and see how awful we can be or how shocked we are when we do good.
Now, the boys on the other hand.... Can be a little too pre-occupied with the whole win, win, win mentality! Oh well by the end of the night everyone is laughing and setting up plans to do it again soon! I couldn't ask for better friends to act like a complete fool with!!! Oh and yes, I do suck at bowling!

Girls League: Left to Right
Mary, Melanie, Bridget, Me, Adele

Going to the "Big City"

Jimmy and I never venture out to Atlanta. In fact we have never been as a couple together to hang out with friends. It was soooo much fun. We stayed with Kelly and Austin (super close with both of them) They showed us around Buckhead and we got to see their kind of night life.
We also got to meet new people that we found to be so cool that we have put them in our friend pile. Kelly and Austin has such great friends and I enjoyed getting to hangout with them.
We went for Andy and Monica's engagement party and had so much fun hanging out with everyone. It was like a reunion! I'm so happy to have soo many wonderful people in my life and I am very thankful that Jimmy and I have remained close to them.I love how weddings can give people chances to hang out again and laugh about old time and make new memories. I can't wait for more of the happy couple's festivities!!!!

1 down .... How many more now?????

Ok, well the first day came for back to school with the kids..... You're thinking how did it go??? I planned and planned and planned AND I STILL GOT STRESSED OUT! Good news was the things that I worked on over the summer that were sooo not really important ended up not being a normal issue ( schedules, locations, work set ups) Now it was just staying on time with everyone and making sure my kiddos worked and made it to all the extras that they had to go to. I am sooo tired and really am sooo glad I have tomorrow and then get a weekend!!! I'm heading to visit mine and Jimmy's college friends for an engagement party (he is a groomsman and I'm bridesmaid). We have been friends with this couple for at least 4 to 5 years. I also get to see one of my best girlfriends Kelly and hang out with all our friends that we used to hangout with ALL the time. I know I'll have so much fun, no time to relax. We all know that doesn't do much. I relax by stressing out and worrying about whats to come! Sooooo how many more days till school's out for summer, hey I'll take Thanksgiving right about now!

Pitty Party for Mary :(

Well...... Its that time again....... The last day of a working day for me to have the luxury of not having to get up at 5:15 and go to work. I'm in that pitty party mood right now. I had a great summer. I didn't do anything but hang out around the house, go to the gym, lunches with my mom, hanging out at the pool, shopping around. Wow... What fun I've had!!! Its back to work on Monday and get back to my normal routine. Can't say I'm looking forward to it! I love what I do, but those summers off make you just want it to continue on and on!!!! Back to reality, time to work!

My New Diet Plan

I have decided that along with exercise (Yes, I'm really going to go to the gym --- NO FAT TAX!) that I'm going to do the no carb diet. I know its going to be really hard, but Jimmy is going to do it with me! We are going grocery shopping on Friday and not have anything carb related in our cart. We have decided that once a week we will have rice. Maybe wheat pasta. We are also going to buy small bowls to put the food in so we can watch our portion control. Jimmy is also going to make enough so I can take leftovers for my lunch. Save some money, since I used to do lean cuisines. Soooo expensive!!! We have wedding to be in this year and we have some motivation. I want to look like Jessica Beil. I know I'm never going to be a super skinny stick girl, She's so in shape and has curves and muscle and looks sooo great. Jimmy just wants to tone up and feel good and in shape.

Here is what I aspire to look like (I know not over night!)

Gary 2 aka G squared

I forgot to put in that we have an new additon to our little family. NNOOOOOO I'm not preggers!!! Gary 2 is Jimmy's pet lizard and I finally took a picture of him. Kinda don't mess with him so much. He hisses at everyone, but not a Jimmy. He eats worms and crickets and its soooo disgusting!!!

My new bridesmaids dress!!!

I love my friends!!! I always wonder what bridesmaid's dress I'm going to wear and every time they turn out great! I have been in two before and loved them sooo much that I've already worn one to a wedding and the other is going to be worn to another wedding real soon. So when my girlfriend Monica just sent us pics of the her BM dress I loved it!!! Its so hard to make sure everyone likes the dress and can see you can wear it again. This one is so old school like an Audrey Hepburn kinda way and I love that era so I could see how wonderful it was! The best part of this dress..... IT HAS POCKETS!!!!!!! AWESOME!!!!!! Now to diet and workout to make it look even better on me :)

When life hands you some lemons..... toss them to the side and hang out with your mom!

Those are the words I find myself saying today. I have the best mom ever. She knew that I was having some stress with getting stuff ready for school and also knew that Aug. was going to be pretty tough for me. She took the day off work to hang out with me. She always knows what to do and say to make me either feel better or not think of anything but having fun with her. We have a special relationship. We've always been friends and mother/daughter. I know some say you can't be friends with your parents but I wasn't proof of that. I always wanted to make my mom smile and never upset her so I tried to stay out of trouble. She is very opposite from me and I think that's why she gets me.

Today we went out to see my dad and have lunch with him. He loves having family time and really liked that we came to visit him. Then we wandered around some cute antique shops and a really cute boutique. We just talked and talked. About everything. Never a quiet moment with me and my mom. Then we came back into town and did some bargin shopping. She always spoils me and gets me things but just having her with me is the best present of all. I adore her and everyone knows that we just have a special bond between us. I never see that going away which is wonderful. I truly thank God that she is my mom as well as my friend :) Thanks for the day mom, you'll never know how much I really needed it and enjoyed our girl time!



Me and My mom

My New "Wish Item"

I have found the most perfect thing to put in our house! We have every square inch decorated but what's one more thing! I have now put this on my "wish list". Its very much Jimmy and my style. Lets see if one day I can cross it off the list!!!

go to this link to see it!
http://www.letterperspectives.com/

My Little Kenna Bug

I haven't really done a great job keeping up with my blog.... Imagine that. So I wanted to make sure I added some info about the cutest and most wonderful niece I could ask for. She's really not biologically my niece but I've been there since the day she was born. My mom and I are super close to her parents and have formed a friendship that's more of a family relationship. She is the most wonderful kid I have ever met. I see a lot of myself in her and also get to see how Jimmy, and my parents react with a little one. It melts my heart to see that one day I'll have something so great as Kenna. She's loves being with me that makes me see the joy of a child's love for someone. I wish she was around more (she moved up north a couple of years ago), but my mom and I always send stuff to her and make her know we always think of her. The picture show how much we look alike in weird way that we could pass for family. Even when I have my own she'll always be my first. This is what she said to me when I asked what she would do when I had kids. In her words... " Doesn't matter, I was the first".

Debating...... Do nothing OR Try and over prepare????

Since school starts back in the next week I've been trying my best to get organized and be super on top of things. The problem is ..... I'm not relaxed. Jimmy says that there is nothing I can do to really be prepared for the first couple of days or month for that matter and to try and relax and do nothing. I really try but my mind always wonders to school and I think "well, I'm not doing anything, so I should be productive and work at school". I always say I'm only going up for a couple of hours, but then that turns into going to school at 10:00 and leaving after 2. So I'm going to really try and not go to school anymore until the actual contract day begins. Lets hope I can do it!

Jimmy's school project

I've been getting back into my classroom these last couple of weeks and Jimmy promised me that he would help make dividers for my work areas. For teaching my kiddos the least amount of distractions the better so with my mom and Jimmy's help they came up with a great idea. I'm super proud of Jimmy and very thankful for my mom giving some "donations" to the cause. Lets hope they work!

Haven't really been doing so great....

I know, I know.... when you have a blog then you should probably write on it more than twice in a time frame of 5 months. I just really don't have tons to talk about and when I do I tend to do facebook more. I'll try!!!

Wedding Weekend

This weekend has been so much fun! This year has been full of weddings. Just this past weekend we have been to 4 weddings in just 2 months and 2 of them were this Saturday. Nick and Ellen and Jamie and Candice got married on the same day at the same time. We love both of these couples and have been friends with them for years so we couldn't not go to both of them. My best friends Kelly and Austin were also invited to both so we did a mad dash to Nick and Ellen's ceremony and then dinner at the reception we stayed for about an hour then went across town (Nick and Ellen's reception was at the Summit Club) to Pelham for Jamie and Candice's reception. We had a blast and it was so nice to go with Kelly and Austin. Its really wonderful to be friends with both the bride and the groom. Its nice to go to a wedding look back at when they first started dating and wish them all the love that they deserve. :)

Have to show you "our kiddos"

well since I have decided to make a blog of EVERYTHING. These two precious ones have to have a picture so you can remember what they look like when I talk about them!

Shaft is 8 years old and is Jimmy's "big boy". He is a rotwiller/lab mix. I'm telling you he is the SWEETEST dog you will ever meet. I have never owned a big dog,most of my family dogs have been fairly small mostly the size of terriers. When Jimmy and I first started dating I was really hesitant of being around Shaft, but now I can't imagine not having him around. He looks so mean but he loves everyone :) 2 years ago he got a type of bone cancer and we thought we were going to loose him, but since we were in auburn ( love that Vet program!) the vet removed the back leg ( it would have spread to the rest of the body) with the cancer and he has been cancer free ever since !

Now my little one....... Thats a different story!

His name is Gizmo and he is 5 years old and is a Shitzu. This is my first dog I have owned on my own. I've had family dogs but Gizmo was the first one I had to take care of all by myself. He a character. He doesn't like anyone at first but when you get to know him he's really fun to be with. He is spoiled and when you know him you can see that.

I tend to take a lot of pics of them so be prepared!

Yes, we are now bloggers!

Hi Everyone!
This is my first blog! I have got to give major props to my lovely cousin Brooke. She showed me hers and I had to do one! Jimmy is really happy because now I won't interrupt his TV time with me going on and on about my day! Jimmy says "Thank you soooooooooooo much Brooke!"-I hope I won't ramble too much to everyone!


Props for Brooke- My blondie :) The alternating AU/Bama Girls: Helena,Brooke,Me,Alexis