Thank you google.com for making me laugh.

I've had a pretty stressful few hours. Allow me to fill you in.

A few weeks ago I posted about Brandon's customer, Murray, and how they have been having problems lately. Last week they eleminated 100 positions and tomorrow they are supposed to do the same thing. Brandon asked his regional manager about our future if the plant closes down. We'll be relocated to Bowling Green, KY. There's a blow from right field if I've ever seen one. We never even thought of that as a possibility, always assuming that we'd just head back home to Manchester or Tullahoma after our three years here, and after I finish my masters (you know what assuming does for a gal, right?). I realize it's nice to know that his position with in GE is safe, it's just a bit of a shock at this moment... I mean really, Bowling Green?!! Kentucky?!! What the crap?!!

I have also been preparing for 1/ 2 of a mid-term and a presentation on Saturday. One word... STRESS! I know that I'll do fine, it's a great class w/ my favorite,GPA boosting professor, but it's still a lot to handle in one day. In a two hour period I'll have 45 % of my overall grade to deal with, and deal with well.

My panic attack coping skills are currently keeping a massive tension headache / What About Bob? leaving his apartment for the first time alert / nervous breakdown at bay. This lead me to google my self. I know that I have an incredibly southern name and this proved it. The only other Mae's Anne's McCullough's and Hale's were in the south. Then I did just Mae Anne and guess what... there are a few other Mae Anne's in the world (at least that g0ogle recognizes)! They happen to be a horse, a cat, a Japanes grill in Reno, and a street in Reno. It made me chuckle.

Oh how I wish I was at the ZOE conference right now. I'm feeling a bit deserted in blogland. Pity party for one at table 13... check please!

Deep healing breaths... calmness, peace and tranquility in... scattered, nervous breakdown thoughts out...

Tidings of Joy... but not Bowling Green, KY. :\

The "F" word.

No, it's not the massively illegal potty mouth word you are thinking of, instead it's a descriptor for what I did on my first Psycho test. That's right, for the first time since high school, I FAILED a test. We're not just talking missed it by a few points here either. My grade was 2 1/2 points from being the lowest grade in the entire class (FYI, not one person made an A, and the average grade was in the D range. In my best Chandler from Friends immitation, "Could it BE the teaching?!"). Can you say "reality check"??!!!!!! It has seriously made me get into grad student mode. No more goofing off, I'm hitting the books, articles, journals, case studies, and notes and I'm hitting them hard!

I have a friend who has a shop where she makes all kinds of crafty things: candles, soaps, body wash, shampoo, deoderant, baskets, herbs and teas. It's such a neat little place. She even grows her own herbs and spices to make everything with. Yesterday I went to stock up on some more candles, the last one I bought in February just ran out last week. I got an apple cinnamon one that smells divine! Fall is here, inside and out!

Wednesday mornings the ladies at church have a Bible class. I've been going for about a month and it is one of the funniest things I take part in on a regular basis. Out of 15 or so women, I am the youngest by about 40 years. No matter which book we are studying, every verse pertains to (you must say this in your best Scarlett O'Hara /Steel Magnolias / southern bell accent) "These young people today just don't want to work like we did. My grandsons expect to have what we have now right out of high school. It's just pittiful that they don't know how to work in the fields or put up a garden like we did. I'm just afraid of how it's going to be when they have grandchildren." Keep in mind, I am sitting inthe middle of all of these women with a grin on my face... Hello! I keep them on their toes with comments and give them a different perspective of life as a twenty something. It's definitely interesting!

I got a call yesteday about the job. I have been approved of by "the board" and now must go through one more meeting of some other board to make sure that my references check out and that I'm not a past axe murderer or anything like that. That meeting is Oct. 13, and then it looks like I'll be employeed on a full time basis. The timing really works out well, b/c it gets me through mid-terms and a presentation at school. Yea ~ I almost have a job!

That's all the news for now. I have to make notes and a power point presentation for my project on Saturday ~ biological theries of personality, here I come!

Tidings of Joy... and even the "F" word! :)

Mums the word. 

Erasing with Mr. Clean

The rewards for diligently searching for a Mr. Clean Majic Eraser are simply endless! Tonight B came home with groceries and 2 boxes of THE BEST cleaning tool that has ever come into contact with my little hands! I have been happily rubbing away at spots all over my house... I didn't even have to put any elbow grease into getting the shoe marks beside the washer (where we toss all of our outdoor shoes that I don't allow to come past the laudry room)! I see a new addiction coming into my life.... and it's lookin' c-l-e-a-n!

Today was so great. The last Sunday of each month we have lunch in the family life center and then the young men do a 1:00 service and so our entire afternoon and night are free to do whatever we please. It was such a beautiful day. Fall is in full force. I am basking in the moon light, enjoying the breeze from my open window and I'm being serenaded by the crickets, locusts, and the babbling of a nearby stream. Isn't God's handy work something spectacular??!!

Thursday and Friday I went down to Huntsville to help Vette put up pictures and stuff in her apartment. While I was there we took advantage of her Costco membership. I hadn't ever been to a Costco before, but boy howdy, it was something to behold! I stocked up on Chritstmas cards and the cutest gift tags EVER!

Speaking of Christmas, it's just around the corner. Last week I went to Ross and got all four neices and nephew outfits (Osh Kosh, Tommy, Guess, Lmtd. 2 ~ non ghetto & non too mature pieces for the girls), two paris of shoes, linen place mats, and a Nine West bag (as a Christmas gift for either my sis or sis-in-law) for $150. It averaged out to a little bit less than $10 per item. Hello! I love the savings! I had to really get in and dig to be able to piece the outfits together (b/c you most certainly can not put non matching labels together for an outfit. BIG no-no!), but it was so rewarding to get such wonderful deals AND be finished with their gifts so early! Go Me!

Tomorrow I'll hopefully find out about the case management position. I've been thinking a lot lately about how fast we'll be able to get rid of all of our debt with the extra cabbage I'll be bringing in ~ that will just be FANTASTIC! Here's to paying in cash and setting up our children for generations to come.... we hope!

Happy Monday to you all, and as always...

Tidings of Joy... and serenading insects (as long as they stay outside)! :)

It's 2:29 a.m. ~ what the crap am I doing up?!!

Actually, I have been very productive this past two and a half hours. (Since I slept in until about noon today I guess I should be productive at some point!) I have actually been doing homework and research for one of my classes. AND I may have even figured out (much in part b/c of the Microsoft Wizrd) how to make a power point presentation (try saying that three times quickly)! Woo - hoo!

I actually started doing my homework in hopes that it would put me to sleep, but the more I do the more I want to get done. Hopefully I'll get enough done to get to take Sunday off to REST and watch the Titans' game. (We'll not talk about last week's game against the Colts, bad bad things happened in Nashville on Sunday....)

Hey, did any of you waste two hours (technicly about and hour and twenty minutes, church doesn't get out until 8:00 and it's a 20 minute drive back home) watching the latest season of The Bachelor? It looks like the girls have gotten more catty and very Printer's Allyish, if you get my drift. I was not impressed. Sadly, that probably won't stop me from watching the rest of the season. It's like a mangey dog that follows you home and looks longingly at you through the front wimdows. You can't help but look back.

Has delirium set in yet? YOU BET!

Want to know some completely useless information? The application to become a nationally certified mental health professional is 38 pages long. That's a lot of ink for me to buy... and it took almost 30 minutes to print off. "Inconceivable!"

If you were looking for a therapist, what would your expectations be? I'm looking for degree, cost, time sequences, marriage and family, individualistic, etc. Tell me what you would want., please?

I'm off to print out some back logs of articles that should have been done a few weeks ago... time management, Mae ~ time management!

Tidings of Joy... and being productive! :)

Happy 8th Birthday Bug... Shelby to the rest of the world. Halle was REALLY excited, Shelby was a bit ... unsure of having all the attention, and the icecream cake was de-lish!

An upclose and personal look at our fabulous early b-day gifts. I'm a wee bit excited about them ~ I keep checking the porch to make sure they haven't left. I'm sad, I know... 

This is what it looks like when 20 unexpected people yell at me as soon as I walk in the door. Somewhat frightening, but really neat too... once I got over the mild heart attack! (Thoughts from Shelby.) 

Brandon & I celebreated the first day of fall by spending some birthday bucks on wicker furniture (two rockers, seat cushions and a table for less that I could by a rocker and a half at Lowes! I love this little hole in the wall store in Killen, AL!!!). Now my front porch is complete and I am successfully a southern wife! 

I'm almost two, don't you think I can smile on my own accord without you telling me to? Just to prove that point, I'm going to look at you like you're an imboclie... and still be stinkin' cute. (Thoughts from Halle.) 

Are socks underwear too?

Lying in bed last night, Brandon and I got into the discussion of whether or not socks are in the underwear family. Here's how the discussion went:

Brandon and Mae lying in bed, temperature set to "perfect sleeping temperature" (70 degrees), the two of us nestled in bed complete with the down comforter and quilt, and my ice cold toes warming between B's warm calf muscles.
B: Why don't you just wear socks to bed to keep your feet warm instead of taking all of my warmth away?
M: Well, a couple of reasons really. 1. The reson couples went from sleeping in seperate twin sized beds to sleeping in one larger bed was to keep the wife warm. Without our living furnaces, we'd all die from hypothermia and there would be no more procreation ~ therefore, in order to keep the world populated, we need to have you by our sides while we sleep. 2. You can't wear socks to bed. They get all uneven in the middle of the night, one falls off and is gone to sock gobblin land and the other one becomes a dust rag. Since I'm not really into dusting, I don't need any extra odd socks lying around doing nothing but taking up drawer space. 3. Socks are an accessory to shoes, if I am only wearing p.j.s to bed and not shoes, there is no need for socks.
B: But socks are considered underwear. You wear them under shoes, so since you wear underwear to bed, you should also be able to wear socks. Besides, they are in the underwear isle at Wal-Mart so they must be considered one and the same.

For the sake of sleep, we decided to agree to disagree, even though I am right. My feet were warmed by his flamingly warm calves and we awoke to a happy morning. So I ask you, where do you stand in the Socks as an accessory v/s Socks as underwear debate? Be sure to back up your answer with completely off the wall reasons.

I am off to attampt to read for tonight's Psycho class. After talking to other classmates, I have learned I am not the only one who was flustered by Egor and his possible list of theraputic treatments.

Tidings of Joy... and warm feet at bed time! :)

My mouth is not controllable...

... we'll just blame the meds.

Tonight in class, Dr. Cravens was talking abou all the possible Doctoral degrees that are offered (most definitely not one of his more interesting lectures). One that came up was the D.M.V. for veterinarians (not the dept. of motor vehicles, duh Mae Anne!) and he asked how much we had spent at the vet's office lately. After taking the highest bidder, Dr. C said that one of his clients had spent $1600 on a pet in the last two months. To which I commented under my breath "or you could use a bullet and get there faster." Well, Dr. C kind of heared a bit of it and asked me to share w/ the class, who in turn boo'd me. Hey, all I can say is that none of them must have grown up on a farm, or remebered the end of Old Yeller. Call PETA on me if you wish. That's my story and I'm stickin' to it!

Tidings of Joy... and healthy animals ( you dang vegans!) :)

I am...

...unofficially employed. Tammy from Centerstone just called and said everything went wonderfully and that "the board" doesn't meet until next Monday (the 27th), but until then she'll get everything together to "get the ball rolling." FUN! I love not being rejected... and even better that they are excited to hire me! Warm fuzzies, warm fuzzies, warm fuzzies!

...officially on Clomid. We'll see how this goes. I've forwarned Brandon and told him not to take anything evil that comes out of my mouth to heart for the next few days. Or for the rest of our lives, can I blame any future spouts of evil on drugs?!!??!!

....the aunt of an 8 year old. Shelby's birthday was yesterday. My sister threw her a surprise party ~ when Shelby's the center of attention and she doesn't expect it at all, she turns into a very shy and quite little girl. She's becoming VERY conscious of herself and what people think of her. It's all fun and sad at the same time.

...behind on my homework for tonight's class. I still have to watch "As Good As It Gets" and critique that and "Awakenings", plus read two chapters for a quiz. I love the busy life, when I am officially employed I'll definitely have to make better use of my time management skills ~ right now they are a bit rusty!

Tidings of Joy.... and all good things in life! :)

Ivan has left the building...

...and he's left his mark on us forever. I just can't believe how this hurricane has impacted so many people in so many places. Brandon and I live in Tennessee's Tornado Alley. Seriously, Lawrenceburg holds every bad weather state record with the exceptoin of snowfall. We're pretty used to tornados coming in and sweeping things away ~ I've seen at least three that were up close and personal. In November of 2002, Manchester(our home town) was ripped apart by one. Hurricanes are a completely different story all together. We had several trees and power lines down and were without electricity for a few hours last night, incredibly blessed and spared immensly compared to onther parts of the Southeast. My prayers are with all that were touched and experienced any sort of loss from Ivan.

During the power outage last night was one of the most peaceful and quiet times that B and I have spent together in our three years of marriage. He is usually pretty stressed out over bad weather, but last night we were both very clam. I had all the candles lit and the radio was playing soft tunes and sending out weather and police updates. We ate dinner by candlelight and just talked and read magazines. It was very nice and kind of like a snippet of how I hope things will be when we're an old gray couple ~ just peaceful and happy in quiet moments.

I had an interview yesterday for an adult case manager for people who have been diagnosed with mental disorders& others who are are mentally retarded. It was a really easy going interview w/ the case management suprevisor and her boss. The whole thing lasted a little less than an hour and I thought it went pretty well. One of the questions was by Mr. Boss, he was looking over my transcripts and said, "I can tell by looking at your resume and transcripts your religious backgroud. I'm not allowed to ask you about that, but one thing I can aske is this... (long, dramatic pause, I'm having heart palaptations while the seconds tick loudly by) Are you ok with being cussed at?" My resopnse was, "Holy crap, you bet!" Nah, just kidding. I actually said, "Yes sir, I have a grandpa who missed his calling as a sailor. He taught me a lot of what not to say!" After that we all had a good laugh. That goes down as the most interesting interview question I have ever had.

Now I must finish filling out the 16 page application and get B to give it to the ladies who sit behind the bullet proof glass at the Mental Health Center. How's that for a welcome, we're here to help you invitation? A bit over the top in my opinnion, but then, I am not sitting in their seats either.

Happy Friday everyone. I am getting a much needed cut and color today, it's time to go back to the fall / winter brunette shade. I may even treat myself to a pedicure too!

Tidings of Joy... and grandpa's that cuss like sailors! :)

P.S. Spell check still isn't opening ~ oh well.

Randomness All Around

I had my first Psychopathology (from here on out to be known as Psycho) test tonight. I was expecting more dates and definitions and history since that was the material covered. Instead I got questions such as this:

"Egor, who lives in the Dark Ages, is diagnosed with having paraniod scitzophrenia. Which mental health provider would he go to for help? A. Psychiatrist B. Monk C. A mental health asylum D. It was the Dark Ages, he wouldn't have gotten any help."

Come On! What the crap??!?!!! I was flustered to say the least... I'm sure the grade won't be so great on this one. At least I know what NOT to study for the mid-term.

On my drive home, I found a rock station that actually picked up for most of the drive. It was so great to hear Journey, Pink Flody, Skynard (I can never spell that right.), CCR, The Marshal Tucker Band, and so many more. Later into the drive it turned into Big Hair Band Night / Two for Tuesday with Joe Elvis. Great stuff! When he played Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody I automatically went back to the sceen from Wayne's World and did the head banging ~ it was such a freeing thing!!!

All of these old songs got me to thinking about what has molded my musical taste. Our record collection was full of Daddy's favorites: Skynard, Marshall Tucker, Pink Floyd (I think), ZZ Top, Led Zeplin, The Outlaws (Willie, Waylon and the Boys, was that just one record or more?) and Momma's things: John Denver, Olivia Newton John, James Taylor (?), Kenny Rogers, Dolly Parton, Alabama, The Judds. Adding in our Mickey and Minnie Do the Disco, John Denver and the Muppets Christmas, and The Chipmunks Family Christmas, plus my grandparents and thier neverending blue grass recordings, it's no wonder my taste in music is so big ~ it's like a smorgusboard of genres!

I love music. Daddy was in a band for a while ~ one of those long haired hippy rocker types back in the late 70's and early 80's. He can play the acoustic guitar and sing Desperado and still give me chill bumps. I want to be able to play the guitar, just because. I dappled in the banjo and upright bass for a small time, but I'm such a weenie that I couldn't get my fingers to the calloused point in order to really be able to play.I can't imagine how much fun it would be to sing & play my children to sleep or have a jam fest in the living room ~ even if it's singing Mary Had a Litlle Lamb to some future little Hales.

Ok, enough nostalgia for tonight. Be safe if your in the path of Ivan, or if you aren't!

Tidings of Joy... and acoutsic guitars! :)

Crazy, Busy, Thought and Prayer Provoking Days In the House of Hale

I love to do plays on words. Our last name is a neverending joke of phrases.

Anyway, things have certainly been crazy here these past few days and I have a lot to ask that you pray for:

• One of my sister's co-workers (a pediatrician) desperatly needs prayers. His wife was late to a dinner on Labor Day and as the story unfolded, she was found deep in the woods where she allegedly had committed suicide. Apparently things look suspicious b/c the authorities are treating it as a homicide, not a suicide. Regardless of the details, this family needs prayers. The doc and his wife are in their early 30's and whenever something of this nature takes place it's hard to deal with, but with the investigation and a small town rumor mill the size of Texas, I'm sure there is even more undue stress on him.
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• Brandon works for GE as a chemical contractor / sales / take people out for golf and a steak dinner person. His current customer (Murray, the lawn mower company) is in a major situation. From what little B knows it looks like if they aren't bought by a major company soon, they will be forced to close down the plant. This plant is THE employment place in Lawrenceburg. Although B's everyday work would change, our financial situation isn't really in jeopardy, but the bulk of Lawrenceburg's is. If 2,000+ people were to be out of work, it could devestate this entire town. The rumor mill here is horrendous as welll and people are really afraid for their futrures.
  
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• My little "send the resume out and hope for a bite" bit was successful. I have had a mental health agency call / e-mail asking for an interview. If I am successful in getting a job as a case manager it will mean several different things for me and any clients. B and I want desperately to get out of any kind of debt (other than our mortagage and my student loans, which according to Suze O. are good kinds of debt) before we bring a child into this world (either through me giving birth, or through adoption). The extra $$, though not an ammount that would support us both, would make a HUGE difference in us obtaing that goal. Also, being a case manager is a BIG job that affects people's lives ~ wisdom and love are a definite must in this field.
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• Today is Ron's last chemo treatment before they do more testing and go into stem cell replacement. He is usually sick for the rest of the week and then gradually gains his strenght back as the days pass. So far things are working out well. Praise and Thanks to God!

I guess that's about all of the news for now. We had a wonderful time at the concert on Saturday. I'll blog more about that later. For now I have a lot of reading to do for school and a test to study for tomorrow. Now Simon and Garfunkel are playing their soothing sounds of silence and I am reading like crazy for a quiz that I forgot about. I believe the words school and stress are synonamous. What do you think?!!

Happy Monday to all & as always...

Tidings of Joy! :)

P.S. For some unknown reason, the oh-so-random Blogger spell check isn't opening in Netscape. Please overlook any errors from America's #1 misspeller! :)

Welcom to the world of Netscape and Inadequcies...

So, today (and this week really) has been a day of odd, inadequate feelings and I thought I'd share some of them with you all.

• Since sometime Monday, my computer has been acting up in the worst manner possible. Brandon came in last night and waved his majic techno wand over her (seriously a female, with massive PMS!) and she improved quite a bit, but was still pouting a bit here and there. This afternoon, she shut down completely and refused to let me open up anything at all. I had to put here in time out for several hours, and upon re-examining the situation and consutling the in-house techie, came to the conclusion that it was Internet Explorer's fault and now I am using Netscape. This could very well be a possible case of Schizoaffective Disorder, but symptoms have only been present for a few days, not months.... oh well.


• I am in search of a job that will do several things to help me along. (Call me selfish, it's ok...) 1.I would love to be able to wear scrubs to work on a regular basis. 2. The more mental health experience I have, the more I'll be able to advance and understand where my future client's are coming from. I REALLY want to be able to empathize well, communicate well, help clients out, allow them to better thier lives, etc. 3. I miss not having my own $$$. This may sound odd to others, but knowing that I am adding to our bank account, makes it a lot easier for me to deduct from our bank account (even though B and I have seperate accounts). My school load isn't even that heavy (I almost wish I had taken 12 hours instead of only 9), and I am sure that I will be able to handle a regular work week (although I've never really had one before) and still be a good wife, Christian, person, student, etc. 4. I miss talking to people on a regular basis. I have sent my resume out to several mental health agencies in the area (there are actually more than I realized) and so far it's been a long wait... well, two days is a really long time to an impatient person ok? :P

• Last week I had another doc's vistit (If you're not comfortable w/ hearing words such as ovualtion or sperm, you may want to omit this paragraph. You're welcome!) We discussed a lot of what I've been going through w/ the fertility challenge (there's no such thing in my mind as infertility, simply fertility challenges) and other life aspects this past summer. She has put me on a plethora of medications and it's going to be incredibly interesting to see how I react to each one individually and a combination of them as well. Today I went to the pharmacy to pick up a months supply of Clomid (to help attract the little swimmers to my egss, if indeed there are any eggs to attact them to) and a months supply of Glucomphodge ( a drug that many diabetics take, no I am not diabetic, but it is also supposed to help in the whole attraction of the sperm ~ or something like that). Most days I am incredibly thankful for insurance ~ today isn't really one of them. Here's why. I would think, that since a doctor prescribes a medication, she would be fairly sure that it is needed. Well, my insurance company doesn't exactly agree. A five day supply of Clomid (100 mg, b/c I am apparently going to be stubborn and reject the normal 50 mgs) cost $59.60. The insurance company sent a note to the pharmacist saying that they had to have proof from my doc that I needed to take the Clomid before they would cover any part of the cost. Does that make sense to anyone else in the world? She wrote the prescription for the love of Jehosephat!!! It's annoying enough to have to come to the conclusion that my body is rejecting things that normally happen, such as getting pregnant, ovualting, dropping the eggs on a regular basis, things like that. But to go to an OBGYN 5 times in one year and finally be given a prognosis and start down the road to Fertile Myrtle Land and hit a speed bump b/c the insurance company needs proof of my needs is just a bit too much! Are ya with me here Blog Family? Can I get an "Amen!"?

• Sometimes I feel pressure (From my own self, we've been down this road before, remember the B in Geometry?) to have a really good blog, to lift people up, to inspire, to show that I am a light to the world. And lately, I know I have not been doing that. Reading other blogs does to me and for me, what I feel I should be doing to and for everyone else. So, in my attempt to lift, laugh, launch, and light I give you the pondiferous point of the day.... Oh who am I kidding? I'm on 15 million different kinds of drugs that are playing ping pong with my hormones. It's pondiferous enough for me to have gotten this far into the post without breaking down into tears.

• Got a question, can you like your elbow? Just try it and let me know please!

Happy weekending bloggers, commentors, readers and snoopers. We are once again off to Nashvegas for a Gretchen Wilson and Kenny Chesney concert. Yiipppeee ~ or in Red Neck Woman fashion ~ YE HAW!

Tidings of Joy.... and many fertile eggs! :)

And we're back!

Finally, the DH adjusted my 'puters attitude problem and now I feel like I have been invited back into the inner circle. Happy am I!!! :)

Thinking of the hurricane victims all over the Gulf, the Atlantic and where ever else they may be, this verse seems fitting... "But to the poor, O Lord, you are a refuge from the storm. To the needy in distress, you are a shelter from the rain and heat." Isaiah 25:4

I am so happy that Must See TV is back on, even if it is sans Friends. Must go watch The Apprentice and Medical Investigation ~ blood and guts, here I come! On a different, but really cool note, since B works for GE (who owns NBC) he has access to every person's e-mail address who works for NBC. Yep, don't you wish you were married to him too?!!

Tidings of Joy... and being back! :)

Things that make you go hmm...

If you have the opportunity, please take a few minutes out of your Labor Day to laugh. There is a show on the Discovery Channel called Southern Chopper ~ a mix b/t American Chopper and King of the Hill. Just a glimpse at what happens in Virginia on a daily basis... and this is the state that part of D.C. comes from??!! Not much different from my life in the 'Burg.

In other news...
Notes to self:

• Avoid using the term "holy crap" on a minister's blog.
• Avoid standing in 3" high stilettos on tile floors in T.J. Maxx w/ others around to see what happens.
• Books-A-Million should not exist.
• When choosing a place to buy a home, make sure it is in a 45 minute radius of a metropolitan area ~ the further out you go, the more people start to look like extras in the movie Deliverance.
• Avoid setting open bags of shredded cheese against the microwave, unless of course you enjoy having shredded cheese b/t your toes.
• What do you call a man w/ no arms & no legs floating in the ocean? Bob. My favorite joke of all time!!!

Happy Labor Day everyone!

Tidings of Joy... and honkin' good BBQ ribs! :)

Hip hip hip hippopotamus...

Ok, so I couldn't come up w/ a title and I wanted everyone to sing a happy church song. Hope it's stuck in your head too. :)

This week has been absolutely CRIZAZY! I went to Huntsville on Wednesday to help Vette get settled into a new, less ghetto apartment. When the two of us get together, it's usually filled w/ more talking and shopping than it is actual work. This was no exception, but the place looks homey and cool and like she's lived there for at least a couple of weeks and not just 3 days! I'd say "mission accomplished."

Brandon has been planning to go to last nights pre-season ending Titan's game for several weeks and I've been badgering him to get me a ticket too. (I am the Titan fan in the family, not him!) While Vette and I were working away yesterday B called and said there was an extra ticket ~ WOO HOO! So I left Huntsville around 1:45, got to L'burg by 3:30, rolled the hair (b/c it hadn't been blown out and looked pitiful) and we hopped in the car to head to the Coliseum in Nashville by 4:00. (Those trips alone equal Mae being the car for WAAY too long!) The game was lots of fun, we even got to have appetizers at Mulligan's and enjoyed watching the people all around us. There were lots of families, and during half time the 4 &5 year old community football leagues got to play on the field. They were precious! B's favorite parking garage is in Printer's Alley (should be a 'nuff said, but I'll continue for any non-Nashvillians) which also happens to house stripper row. Let me just say that matching couple mullets are alive and well in the ole' Printers Alley. And the next time I am w/ the hubby in downtown Nashvegs (which will be next Saturday for Kenny Chesney's concert) we WILL NOT park in Printer's Alley!!! Unless we're running short on cabbage and I need to make a special appearance at the Showgirls Lounge... Kidding folks, kidding! :)

Tonight I am meeting my sister (Lynette) and sis-in-law (Karen) in the 'Boro (aka Murfreesboro, but that's just too long to type out) for a girls night out. We'll end up either at Toot's for some fried dill pickles, or Outback for some Alaskan king crab legs. Yummy!

Until then I am going to work on the laundry that has piled up in our dressingroom, talk to my hubby, and enjoy an afternoon nap.

Happy Weekending to you and yours!

Tidings of Joy... and non matching mullets in Printer's Alley! :)