Well, I just decided I would continue the previous post as I way to finish out the year. I'll have you know that one of my New Year's goals is to blog more consistently. It's so easy to get out of the habit and I sure have.
Let's see, where did I leave off . . .
6. On Friday, the 9th, E and I spent the whole day shopping, eating and just plain having fun. I don't know when I've enjoyed a day more. You know we went out on Black Friday but that just comes with it's own set of issues. So going shopping on just a regular day was just delightful. We started off with our traditional breakfast at Chick-fil-A and then did all of our shopping within about 3 square miles of where we started. We had to laugh; we kinda kept going around in circles until we got it all done. Well, not done completely but done for that day. We had the best time.
7. D and I got up bright and early the next morning and made our way down to Statesboro to see our boy. The GSU Eagles were playing in the football quarterfinals that day and that sounded like as good as excuse as any to go see G. We met for lunch and then gathered up our things and headed to the ballgame. Yes, they won but I was more focused on the blessing of sitting between my two favorite men in the entire world for 3 1/2 hours. We went to G's house after and hung out with lots of his friends who were in town for the big game. It was fun to be in his environment and a great way to spend a Saturday. We left bright and early the next morning to get back home. Our church's annual Christmas Presentation was that evening and we made it just in time to change clothes and get there. The sounds of the season are just so wonderful - adults and children singing about our Lord's birth. Loved it.
8. On the 14th, we attended our Christmas Communion at church. Traditionally, our whole family goes together but this year G and N couldn't be there. We sure did miss them. I love this service. It's so beautiful and meaningful. I always do supper afterwards at the house and this year's selection was chili and BLT wraps. Quick and easy. Check.
9. On the 15th, the Birthday Girls got together for our Annual Cookie Swap Extravaganza. Oh, this is so much fun. Seriously, food, gifts and cookies with your best girlfriends - what could be better? It's a blast every year. Every one's cookies were amazing. My contribution - Toffee Chocolate Chip Shortbread. I'll have to post the recipe for you.
10. On the 16th, D's immediate family gathered - D's sister and husband traveling from Tennessee and their children coming from the Atlanta area. D's mom has been experiencing some health problems so we opted for dinner out at Red Lobster and then went to their house. We had such a good time but we had a big ole hole - G was missing. He has gotten a job in Statesboro and his schedule wouldn't allow him to be home. First time in 22 years that we haven't all been together. Made this momma's heart a little sad but in the big picture, it was okay. G did get home on Christmas Eve eve and for that I was grateful.
11. On the 17th, E and I worked our final wedding of 2011! This was kind of a last minute, 2-week-before-the-wedding panic call from the bride's mom in need of some day-of assistance and we were happy to help. Let me just say that a Christmas wedding is just gorgeous. The church and reception site were already beautifully decorated. It was just lovely.
12. My birthday present from D this year actually allowed me to check something off of my bucket list. In the 70s one of my favorite bands was Pure Prairie League (or PPL as us cool kids called them back then). I first laid eyes on their new guitarist in 1978. Let's just say it was "love at first sight" or the best it could be on an album cover. I wanted to know all there was to know about this handsome guitarist who could sing as smooth as buttaaah. This little known talent (at the time) was Vince Gill. I have followed his career ever since but had never seen him in person. So you can imagine my thrill when I opened my birthday gift and it was tickets to see him and Amy live at the Fox Theatre for their 12 Days of Christmas Tour. So on Monday the 19th we headed that way. I was mesmerized from the moment he took the stage. The man is so incredibly talented that I just couldn't take my eyes off of him. That Amy was pretty good too but honestly, I could have cared less that she was there. Aren't I terrible? Just honest. Although, she did provide quite the interesting fashion show. She changed clothes four times and all equally gorgeous choices. So for that, I was glad she came. :)
13. The next day, we hosted the store's Operations Staff and their spouses for a Christmas Open House. We had never done this before and now I'm wondering why. It was so much fun. We honestly enjoy these folks so much and loved having them in our home. I had a blast cooking for this party. I'll have to post the menu in the next couple of days.
14. On Christmas Eve, G and I went to the 5:00 service at our church. What a powerful and meaningful service it was. And I was so thankful to be there with G because it seemed as though he had missed most of what had gone on during the season. This service was a great remembrance through baptism and communion about what Jesus' gift of life really means. I was moved to tears and held on to that boy tightly as we left. That moment will be with me for a very long time.
15. Ahhh and Christmas Day! Joy to the World, the Lord has Come! It was a great one. I woke up with all of my family under my roof. What a great thing! D fixed breakfast and I fixed lunch and in between we opened more presents that we really deserved. I am never happier than when all of my family is in my house. It is a thrill I will never tire of. Thank the good Lord that He provided that blessing on that day! We had a great day!
Well, that was kind of an abbreviated version of a very busy month. I'll post some recipes in the next few days and then we'll start thinking about the new year. Have you made any goals for 2012? I've already been evaluating those from 2011 and refocusing on the new. I'll be sharing.
Tuesday, December 27, 2011
Tuesday, December 13, 2011
What I Love about December 2011
Well, good gracious, what’s not to love about December? It is the most Wonderful Time of the year. So let’s just jump right on in:
1. On Thursday night, December 1st was our annual J&J Foods Christmas Party at the Gainesville Civic Center. Actually, annual may not be the correct word because we didn’t hold our Christmas party in 2009 or 2010. Those were hard years for our stores as well as the country as a whole and D made the decision that only “mission critical” (as he called it) expenditures would occur. The Christmas Party? Not mission critical at that point. While we are adjusting to a new normal way of doing business, D decided that it was necessary to honor this our 35th year in business with a little holiday cheer. One of the highlights of the party for me is the presentation of the service awards. For a company of our size, it is amazing that we have several employees that have been with us 10, 15, 20 and 30 years. While those are all impressive, we honored one employee who had been with us 35 years. J&J opened in June of 1976 and this gentleman came to work that August. He’s a fine one to be sure. He are honored that he chose to work with our company for all these years.
2. On Friday night, the 2nd, D and I headed down to Emory University where our niece is in school. She was participating in the Choral Concert through their Department of Music. While she is not a music major, she has a beautiful voice and was selected to sing in their 100+voice choir. Now if an old church, with beautiful stained glass windows, lit by candlelight, filled with Christmas trees isn’t enough to get you in the Christmas spirit, add to that a choir singing like angels accompanied by a full orchestra. It was fabulous.
3. That afternoon before the concert, D and I got to thinking that if we were going to Emory in Decatur for the concert then back to Atlanta on Saturday, perhaps we should just stay in the Atl for the evening. So my every economical husband goes on the Priceline app on my phone to find us a hotel. I’m sure you’re familiar with the whole Priceline procedure, bidding on a hotel without prior knowledge of the actual hotel. So the thing about that is that you never really know what you’re going to get as far as quality of hotels go. You get to pick the number of star rating that you desire but let me just say that a four star hotel say in New York City is a little different than a four star hotel in Statesboro Georgia. No offense to Statesboro but it’s a fact. Believe me, I know. Anyway, D put in the info and out came our hotel. Well, this time we got lucky because for a whopping $69 we stayed at The Westin at Perimeter. It was fabulous and I just wished I could have slept in that bed for longer than 7 hours. This bed was so good that D and I might have pulled off the sheets to see what the brand was. Okay, we did. It.was.that.good. oh my word, I didn’t want to get out of it. Except for the fact that if we didn’t get to that Dome in time, we wouldn’t get to see the BULLDOGS PLAY IN THE SEC Championship!!! And if you can’t tell already, I was just little bit excited about the whole adventure.
You know, after looking at the length of that above paragraph, I probably should have devoted an entire post to this but oh well, too late now. We dragged ourselves out of the One. Fabulous.Bed, put on our red and black, loaded up the car and headed downtown. Now, I love the Bulldogs and the energy on this particular game day was enough to cut with a knife. It was great. Oh and the best part, we realized from talking with one of D’s employees that we had two more tickets than we originally thought. So who can we call that could come last minute? Oh yes, E and N. Yay! I think before D could get off the phone with her she was already in the shower getting ready. I honestly could go on and on about the great time we had at Fan Fare because who wouldn’t when there was complimentary fried macaroni and cheese and an appearance by the Red Coat Band and Hairy Dog (who I hugged by the way). And that was all before the game even started. We had fabulous seats in the Dr. Pepper suite. Now I usually don’t name drop because well, I don’t have any names to drop, but I will say that there are perks for selling 50,000 cases (give or take a few thousand) of Dr. Pepper every year. The folks there were so gracious to invite us to sit with them and we could not have enjoyed it more. You know the absolute best part about sitting in a suite? The private bathroom. Oh yes. Thank you Lord. This made the fact that we lost the second half of the ballgame a whole lot more bearable.
On a totally unrelated note, I love to go to events like this and just people watch. Oh at the cute fashions you see. I’ve never seen the like of cute dresses, boots, sweaters, sweater dresses, tights, scarves, etc. I could go on and on but the highlight for me (and I so wish I would have taken a picture) was the LSU fan with the gold-sequin encrusted cowboy boots. Boy, howdy, those were a classic I tell you. You just wonder where she might have bought those or was this a do-it-yourself project with an industrial strength Bedazzler. We’ll never know.
4. On Monday night, the 5th D and I had another great music opportunity. When D opened his music store in 1984, one of his first employees was a very talented trumpet player. So talented that he had just come off a 4 year travel gig with the Christian music group, Truth. I loved Truth. Still do. I always dreamed of singing with them because they always had the best looking guys in their group. (I was very spiritually mature). I was and still am, a sucker for a good-looking man who can sing. Oh, I digress. Anyway, I had Truth’s albums (and they were actual vinyl albums) back in the day. Then I had their 8 track tapes in my car and then I had their cassettes. This year Truth is celebrating their 40th anniversary. They actually stopped traveling back in 2004 but decided to tour one last time for this, their anniversary year. And on Monday night, they came through Gainesville to Blackshear Place Baptist Church. And our longtime friend, the trumpet player, was invited to play in their trumpet section. It was a very special evening.
5. On Tuesday, the 6th some girlfriends and I headed out for our annual trip to see another good-looking man who can sing, John Berry. I won’t go into once again how much I love John Berry but I will say that he has a new gospel CD out and it is awesome. You should get it. I have it in my car and cannot stop listening to it. We had a great night of music, laughter, and Mexican food. And, in my humble opinion, it just doesn’t get any better than that.
We’ll friends, I’m going to stop there for today. There’s lots more to tell but I’ll save it. I think that’s all the rambling one person should be subject to for one day.
1. On Thursday night, December 1st was our annual J&J Foods Christmas Party at the Gainesville Civic Center. Actually, annual may not be the correct word because we didn’t hold our Christmas party in 2009 or 2010. Those were hard years for our stores as well as the country as a whole and D made the decision that only “mission critical” (as he called it) expenditures would occur. The Christmas Party? Not mission critical at that point. While we are adjusting to a new normal way of doing business, D decided that it was necessary to honor this our 35th year in business with a little holiday cheer. One of the highlights of the party for me is the presentation of the service awards. For a company of our size, it is amazing that we have several employees that have been with us 10, 15, 20 and 30 years. While those are all impressive, we honored one employee who had been with us 35 years. J&J opened in June of 1976 and this gentleman came to work that August. He’s a fine one to be sure. He are honored that he chose to work with our company for all these years.
2. On Friday night, the 2nd, D and I headed down to Emory University where our niece is in school. She was participating in the Choral Concert through their Department of Music. While she is not a music major, she has a beautiful voice and was selected to sing in their 100+voice choir. Now if an old church, with beautiful stained glass windows, lit by candlelight, filled with Christmas trees isn’t enough to get you in the Christmas spirit, add to that a choir singing like angels accompanied by a full orchestra. It was fabulous.
3. That afternoon before the concert, D and I got to thinking that if we were going to Emory in Decatur for the concert then back to Atlanta on Saturday, perhaps we should just stay in the Atl for the evening. So my every economical husband goes on the Priceline app on my phone to find us a hotel. I’m sure you’re familiar with the whole Priceline procedure, bidding on a hotel without prior knowledge of the actual hotel. So the thing about that is that you never really know what you’re going to get as far as quality of hotels go. You get to pick the number of star rating that you desire but let me just say that a four star hotel say in New York City is a little different than a four star hotel in Statesboro Georgia. No offense to Statesboro but it’s a fact. Believe me, I know. Anyway, D put in the info and out came our hotel. Well, this time we got lucky because for a whopping $69 we stayed at The Westin at Perimeter. It was fabulous and I just wished I could have slept in that bed for longer than 7 hours. This bed was so good that D and I might have pulled off the sheets to see what the brand was. Okay, we did. It.was.that.good. oh my word, I didn’t want to get out of it. Except for the fact that if we didn’t get to that Dome in time, we wouldn’t get to see the BULLDOGS PLAY IN THE SEC Championship!!! And if you can’t tell already, I was just little bit excited about the whole adventure.
You know, after looking at the length of that above paragraph, I probably should have devoted an entire post to this but oh well, too late now. We dragged ourselves out of the One. Fabulous.Bed, put on our red and black, loaded up the car and headed downtown. Now, I love the Bulldogs and the energy on this particular game day was enough to cut with a knife. It was great. Oh and the best part, we realized from talking with one of D’s employees that we had two more tickets than we originally thought. So who can we call that could come last minute? Oh yes, E and N. Yay! I think before D could get off the phone with her she was already in the shower getting ready. I honestly could go on and on about the great time we had at Fan Fare because who wouldn’t when there was complimentary fried macaroni and cheese and an appearance by the Red Coat Band and Hairy Dog (who I hugged by the way). And that was all before the game even started. We had fabulous seats in the Dr. Pepper suite. Now I usually don’t name drop because well, I don’t have any names to drop, but I will say that there are perks for selling 50,000 cases (give or take a few thousand) of Dr. Pepper every year. The folks there were so gracious to invite us to sit with them and we could not have enjoyed it more. You know the absolute best part about sitting in a suite? The private bathroom. Oh yes. Thank you Lord. This made the fact that we lost the second half of the ballgame a whole lot more bearable.
On a totally unrelated note, I love to go to events like this and just people watch. Oh at the cute fashions you see. I’ve never seen the like of cute dresses, boots, sweaters, sweater dresses, tights, scarves, etc. I could go on and on but the highlight for me (and I so wish I would have taken a picture) was the LSU fan with the gold-sequin encrusted cowboy boots. Boy, howdy, those were a classic I tell you. You just wonder where she might have bought those or was this a do-it-yourself project with an industrial strength Bedazzler. We’ll never know.
4. On Monday night, the 5th D and I had another great music opportunity. When D opened his music store in 1984, one of his first employees was a very talented trumpet player. So talented that he had just come off a 4 year travel gig with the Christian music group, Truth. I loved Truth. Still do. I always dreamed of singing with them because they always had the best looking guys in their group. (I was very spiritually mature). I was and still am, a sucker for a good-looking man who can sing. Oh, I digress. Anyway, I had Truth’s albums (and they were actual vinyl albums) back in the day. Then I had their 8 track tapes in my car and then I had their cassettes. This year Truth is celebrating their 40th anniversary. They actually stopped traveling back in 2004 but decided to tour one last time for this, their anniversary year. And on Monday night, they came through Gainesville to Blackshear Place Baptist Church. And our longtime friend, the trumpet player, was invited to play in their trumpet section. It was a very special evening.
5. On Tuesday, the 6th some girlfriends and I headed out for our annual trip to see another good-looking man who can sing, John Berry. I won’t go into once again how much I love John Berry but I will say that he has a new gospel CD out and it is awesome. You should get it. I have it in my car and cannot stop listening to it. We had a great night of music, laughter, and Mexican food. And, in my humble opinion, it just doesn’t get any better than that.
We’ll friends, I’m going to stop there for today. There’s lots more to tell but I’ll save it. I think that’s all the rambling one person should be subject to for one day.
Thursday, November 24, 2011
Happy Thanksgiving to One and All!
Happy Thanksgiving Family and Friends!
I love, I mean I LOVE Thanksgiving. Honestly, what could be better than spending the whole day with your people talking, laughing and eating? Nothing I can think of.
Today already D and N have run the Annual Half-Marathon Turkey Trot; 13.1 miles of beautiful Atlanta scenery. Both finished in less than two hours. Seriously, 13.1 miles in two hours? It would take me two days. I'm so very proud of both of them really. I'll just say that the best part about running that far on Thanksgiving is that you can eat absolutely anything you want the rest of the day. And according to them, they plan to.
After getting home from the race, I made a bee-line for the kitchen. I have two assignments for supper. 1. Crunchy Cranberry Salad. I've made this salad every year for as long as I can remember. I'm not a fan of the jelly-ish substance than comes out of the can so I had to come up with a suitable substitute using cranberries. It's a congealed cranberry salad involving strawberries, pineapple and pecans. And oh, this is so very good. I actually made it yesterday and have it chilling in the frig. It's better the second day anyway. 2. Sweet Potato Casserole. I'm not sure I've had the sweet potato assignment before but I am all about it. Actually, I've probably been a little bit of an over-achiever with my assignment. I've made not one, not two but three sweet potato dishes. They would be as follows: a. The Traditional Casserole, baptized in butter, brown sugar and pecans; Praise Jesus. b. Sweet Potato Tart I: pecan/graham cracker crust with an interesting combination of sweet potatoes, whipping cream, butter and honey for the filling. For the topping, Tart I will have pecans, coconut and marshmallows. c. Sweet Potato Tart II - same as Tart I with just marshmallows. Oh at the goodness.
One down side of going to the Turkey Trot is that I don't get to watch the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. But my trusty DVR should have it on the queue so I'm not too upset. I'll settle in this weekend sometime with a cup of hot chocolate and enjoy every minute of it. I've also recorded Charlie Brown Thanksgiving. Classics, you just can't miss them.
Another Thanksgiving weekend tradition I'm so excited about is Black Friday shopping with my girl. After supper tonight we will get all of the ads together and make a game plan. One thing we do know is that you have to have a plan. We will not be starting at midnight tonight by the way. Although our start time is not confirmed yet, I will tell you that we will have breakfast at Chick-fil-A. Oh and get this. My girl got us some sort of deal on the internet where we have priority parking at the Mall. And every body said amen.
I've always considered it a blessing that I was born and married into a family that doesn't fuss when gathered together. Granted there have been some tense times because let's face it we are just as human as we can be. Some more than others.:) But overall, I love the people God has put in my life. And I am so thankful for each and every one of them. I have the best husband, children, parents, in-laws and friends a girl could possibly have. It's a marvel really. But the thing that I am most thankful for is that God loves me and wants a relationship with me. I feel so unworthy. So very unworthy. But so very thankful. This verse has been in my head all morning: "Give thanks to the Lord for He is good; His love endures forever." 1 Chronicles 16:34
So I'm giving thanks to the Lord for He is Good! His Love endures Forever!
I love, I mean I LOVE Thanksgiving. Honestly, what could be better than spending the whole day with your people talking, laughing and eating? Nothing I can think of.
Today already D and N have run the Annual Half-Marathon Turkey Trot; 13.1 miles of beautiful Atlanta scenery. Both finished in less than two hours. Seriously, 13.1 miles in two hours? It would take me two days. I'm so very proud of both of them really. I'll just say that the best part about running that far on Thanksgiving is that you can eat absolutely anything you want the rest of the day. And according to them, they plan to.
After getting home from the race, I made a bee-line for the kitchen. I have two assignments for supper. 1. Crunchy Cranberry Salad. I've made this salad every year for as long as I can remember. I'm not a fan of the jelly-ish substance than comes out of the can so I had to come up with a suitable substitute using cranberries. It's a congealed cranberry salad involving strawberries, pineapple and pecans. And oh, this is so very good. I actually made it yesterday and have it chilling in the frig. It's better the second day anyway. 2. Sweet Potato Casserole. I'm not sure I've had the sweet potato assignment before but I am all about it. Actually, I've probably been a little bit of an over-achiever with my assignment. I've made not one, not two but three sweet potato dishes. They would be as follows: a. The Traditional Casserole, baptized in butter, brown sugar and pecans; Praise Jesus. b. Sweet Potato Tart I: pecan/graham cracker crust with an interesting combination of sweet potatoes, whipping cream, butter and honey for the filling. For the topping, Tart I will have pecans, coconut and marshmallows. c. Sweet Potato Tart II - same as Tart I with just marshmallows. Oh at the goodness.
One down side of going to the Turkey Trot is that I don't get to watch the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. But my trusty DVR should have it on the queue so I'm not too upset. I'll settle in this weekend sometime with a cup of hot chocolate and enjoy every minute of it. I've also recorded Charlie Brown Thanksgiving. Classics, you just can't miss them.
Another Thanksgiving weekend tradition I'm so excited about is Black Friday shopping with my girl. After supper tonight we will get all of the ads together and make a game plan. One thing we do know is that you have to have a plan. We will not be starting at midnight tonight by the way. Although our start time is not confirmed yet, I will tell you that we will have breakfast at Chick-fil-A. Oh and get this. My girl got us some sort of deal on the internet where we have priority parking at the Mall. And every body said amen.
I've always considered it a blessing that I was born and married into a family that doesn't fuss when gathered together. Granted there have been some tense times because let's face it we are just as human as we can be. Some more than others.:) But overall, I love the people God has put in my life. And I am so thankful for each and every one of them. I have the best husband, children, parents, in-laws and friends a girl could possibly have. It's a marvel really. But the thing that I am most thankful for is that God loves me and wants a relationship with me. I feel so unworthy. So very unworthy. But so very thankful. This verse has been in my head all morning: "Give thanks to the Lord for He is good; His love endures forever." 1 Chronicles 16:34
So I'm giving thanks to the Lord for He is Good! His Love endures Forever!
Wednesday, November 16, 2011
What I Love about November 2011
Last night about 9:00 my sweet girl sent me a subtle little text message that simply said "going through blog withdrawals." Well, as sweet as that was, I knew I had to get back in the blog saddle. Because truly if she were the only one who read it, it would be worth it. That's why I blog. Someday, maybe she and some other family members might look through all these ramblings and catch a glimpse of what I'm all about. Which is a scary thought in itself.
I know I'm a little behind but let's talk about November.
1. The month started off with a great trip to Atlanta to the Cash and Carry Mart. Honestly, it's a bunch of women (and I mean a bunch of women) surrounded by scarves, jewelry, pocketbooks, bags, house accessories, gifts and tons of other very good things as far as the eye can see. We shopped til we dropped.
2. The first weekend of November was Marketplace at the Civic Center benefiting our medical facilities here in Gainesville. I met some friends there for a little bit of walking, talking and shopping and then we added a few more girlfriends and headed for the hills. Yep, you guessed it - it was Girls Weekend!! yay and woohoo! We headed up to one of the girl's beautiful family home where we sat by the fire, talked, ate and enjoyed the most beautiful display of God's fall version of creation. It was magnificent! The whole weekend was awesome. A great time to relax and recharge.
3. Last Wednesday night, D and I headed down to Atlanta to have dinner with my adopted sister and her precious son and daughter-in-law. Just a reminder that this is the son who we saw marry this darlin' girl last April in the middle of the ocean. We just love them so much and it was great to lay eyes on them. We laughed, cried and laughed some more all in the course about three hours. Oh, and we ate at the Cheesecake Factory and we had cheesecake and it was the Turtle cheesecake and we ate every bite of it and it was delicious. The end.
4. Last Thursday, I attended the Challenged Child Brunch and Fashion Show with some very special ladies: my momma, my girl, my girl's mother-in-law, and the ladies in the Operations Division at the store. What a great group of women to enjoy food and fashion with! I had two epiphanies at this event: 1. if I were about 5 inches taller I could wear anything and look good in it and 2. the chocolate dessert we had should be illegal.
5. On Saturday, one of my best buddies and I decorated the office for Christmas. It was great to spend the day with my friend and by the time it was all said and done, we had just about got ourselves in the Christmas spirit.
6. This decorating has to be done early because tomorrow night is the annual Jingle Mingle on the downtown Square. There's food and drinks and the stores are open late. I love strolling around the Square hand in hand with my sweet husband surrounded by the Christmas lights.
7. And guess who will darken our door this Friday afternoon? My big ole boy! I'll have a little over a whole week to spoil him. This momma can hardly wait.
8. Saturday the Party Girls (our unofficial name) and I will be loving on some very special women at New Beginnings. Perhaps I should explain the term Party Girls. A group of ladies from our church get together and provide birthday cake and ice cream; hair cuts and spa treatments for hands and feet to about 50 ladies who are in a transitional home. Therefore, we have a big ole party with these ladies and they love it! This ministry is near and dear to my heart for many reasons. I'm so looking forward to getting up there and throwing some birthday fun around and pampering these ladies. Love them.
9. There will be more to come about this but on Thanksgiving Day, N and D will be running the Turkey Trot half-marathon in downtown Atlanta. E and I will take the opportunity to do something not related to running 13.1 miles.
10. Thanksgiving - there's so much to say about this day. I'll share more later.
11. Black Friday. Yes, E and I will once again brave the day with the crazies. We love it. The key to enjoying this day is to just not take it too seriously. If you do, then all the fun is lost. I just go to spend time with my girl and because that is the primary goal, we have a great time.
I'm going to end with 11 because I'm just liking 11 right now. So there you have it. November in a nut shell. Which reminds me I toasted a bag of pecans last night because I made a Pumpkin Pecan Pie (which was about an 11 on the delicious scale). These make such a great snack. I think I'll have some right now.
Have a great Wednesday.
I know I'm a little behind but let's talk about November.
1. The month started off with a great trip to Atlanta to the Cash and Carry Mart. Honestly, it's a bunch of women (and I mean a bunch of women) surrounded by scarves, jewelry, pocketbooks, bags, house accessories, gifts and tons of other very good things as far as the eye can see. We shopped til we dropped.
2. The first weekend of November was Marketplace at the Civic Center benefiting our medical facilities here in Gainesville. I met some friends there for a little bit of walking, talking and shopping and then we added a few more girlfriends and headed for the hills. Yep, you guessed it - it was Girls Weekend!! yay and woohoo! We headed up to one of the girl's beautiful family home where we sat by the fire, talked, ate and enjoyed the most beautiful display of God's fall version of creation. It was magnificent! The whole weekend was awesome. A great time to relax and recharge.
3. Last Wednesday night, D and I headed down to Atlanta to have dinner with my adopted sister and her precious son and daughter-in-law. Just a reminder that this is the son who we saw marry this darlin' girl last April in the middle of the ocean. We just love them so much and it was great to lay eyes on them. We laughed, cried and laughed some more all in the course about three hours. Oh, and we ate at the Cheesecake Factory and we had cheesecake and it was the Turtle cheesecake and we ate every bite of it and it was delicious. The end.
4. Last Thursday, I attended the Challenged Child Brunch and Fashion Show with some very special ladies: my momma, my girl, my girl's mother-in-law, and the ladies in the Operations Division at the store. What a great group of women to enjoy food and fashion with! I had two epiphanies at this event: 1. if I were about 5 inches taller I could wear anything and look good in it and 2. the chocolate dessert we had should be illegal.
5. On Saturday, one of my best buddies and I decorated the office for Christmas. It was great to spend the day with my friend and by the time it was all said and done, we had just about got ourselves in the Christmas spirit.
6. This decorating has to be done early because tomorrow night is the annual Jingle Mingle on the downtown Square. There's food and drinks and the stores are open late. I love strolling around the Square hand in hand with my sweet husband surrounded by the Christmas lights.
7. And guess who will darken our door this Friday afternoon? My big ole boy! I'll have a little over a whole week to spoil him. This momma can hardly wait.
8. Saturday the Party Girls (our unofficial name) and I will be loving on some very special women at New Beginnings. Perhaps I should explain the term Party Girls. A group of ladies from our church get together and provide birthday cake and ice cream; hair cuts and spa treatments for hands and feet to about 50 ladies who are in a transitional home. Therefore, we have a big ole party with these ladies and they love it! This ministry is near and dear to my heart for many reasons. I'm so looking forward to getting up there and throwing some birthday fun around and pampering these ladies. Love them.
9. There will be more to come about this but on Thanksgiving Day, N and D will be running the Turkey Trot half-marathon in downtown Atlanta. E and I will take the opportunity to do something not related to running 13.1 miles.
10. Thanksgiving - there's so much to say about this day. I'll share more later.
11. Black Friday. Yes, E and I will once again brave the day with the crazies. We love it. The key to enjoying this day is to just not take it too seriously. If you do, then all the fun is lost. I just go to spend time with my girl and because that is the primary goal, we have a great time.
I'm going to end with 11 because I'm just liking 11 right now. So there you have it. November in a nut shell. Which reminds me I toasted a bag of pecans last night because I made a Pumpkin Pecan Pie (which was about an 11 on the delicious scale). These make such a great snack. I think I'll have some right now.
Have a great Wednesday.
Friday, October 21, 2011
Food Friday, The Vendor Party and a Wild Thing
This girl is trying to get back on some sort of blog routine and I vaguely remember that Fridays were all about food around here. So, I thought we would talk food for a few minutes because it is after all, one of my favorite subjects.
What have you been cooking? Last Sunday evening, D and I hosted our small group from church at our house. So I had the pleasure of cooking supper for these fine folks and if you know me, there is nothing I enjoy more than having family and friends in my home for a get-together that involves food.
This was my menu: Easy but Elegant Pork Tenderloin; Cranberry Chutney; Sweet Potato Tart; Black-eyed Peas; Slaw; Corny Cornbread Muffins; and Fresh Apple Pound Cake with Caramel Icing. If Jesus asks me what I want to eat when I get to heaven, this will be my first choice. I think I've posted all these recipes on the blog before but if not, they are What's for Supper? recipes that can be found on the store website, http://www.jandjfoods.com/ if you're interested. All except the Sweet Potato Tart which I'll post very soon. It was to.die.for.
So last night, I had a hankering for some seafood but just couldn't decide what and how. Then I remembered a recipe for Baked Coconut Shrimp. I had all of the ingredients on hand with the exception of the shrimp so I ran by the store and picked up a pound of raw shrimp and two bunches of asparagus for roasting to accompany the shrimp. Came home and whipped that up quick as could be and D and I ate like little pigs. So today I'll share my Baked Coconut Shrimp recipe.
Baked Coconut Shrimp
Ingredients:
1 pound large raw shrimp, peeled and deveined
1/3 cup cornstarch
1 teaspoon salt
3/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
2 cups flaked sweetened coconut
3 egg whites, beaten until foamy
Directions:
1. Preheat an oven to 400 degrees. Lightly coat a baking sheet with cooking spray.
2. Rinse and dry shrimp with paper towels. Mix cornstarch, salt, and cayenne pepper in a shallow bowl; pour coconut flakes in a separate shallow bowl.
3. Working with one shrimp at a time, dredge it in the cornstarch mixture, then dip it in the egg white, and roll it in the coconut, making sure to coat the shrimp well. Place on the prepared baking sheet, and repeat with the remaining shrimp.
4. Bake the shrimp until they are bright pink on the outside and the meat is no longer transparent in the center and the coconut is browned, 15 to 20 minutes, flipping the shrimp halfway through.
Okay, so if you remember a couple of weeks ago, we hosted J&J's Vendor Party at the farm. It was a blast! Here's a few photos from the evening:
God gave us this view from the deck.
What have you been cooking? Last Sunday evening, D and I hosted our small group from church at our house. So I had the pleasure of cooking supper for these fine folks and if you know me, there is nothing I enjoy more than having family and friends in my home for a get-together that involves food.
This was my menu: Easy but Elegant Pork Tenderloin; Cranberry Chutney; Sweet Potato Tart; Black-eyed Peas; Slaw; Corny Cornbread Muffins; and Fresh Apple Pound Cake with Caramel Icing. If Jesus asks me what I want to eat when I get to heaven, this will be my first choice. I think I've posted all these recipes on the blog before but if not, they are What's for Supper? recipes that can be found on the store website, http://www.jandjfoods.com/ if you're interested. All except the Sweet Potato Tart which I'll post very soon. It was to.die.for.
So last night, I had a hankering for some seafood but just couldn't decide what and how. Then I remembered a recipe for Baked Coconut Shrimp. I had all of the ingredients on hand with the exception of the shrimp so I ran by the store and picked up a pound of raw shrimp and two bunches of asparagus for roasting to accompany the shrimp. Came home and whipped that up quick as could be and D and I ate like little pigs. So today I'll share my Baked Coconut Shrimp recipe.
Baked Coconut Shrimp
Ingredients:
1 pound large raw shrimp, peeled and deveined
1/3 cup cornstarch
1 teaspoon salt
3/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
2 cups flaked sweetened coconut
3 egg whites, beaten until foamy
Directions:
1. Preheat an oven to 400 degrees. Lightly coat a baking sheet with cooking spray.
2. Rinse and dry shrimp with paper towels. Mix cornstarch, salt, and cayenne pepper in a shallow bowl; pour coconut flakes in a separate shallow bowl.
3. Working with one shrimp at a time, dredge it in the cornstarch mixture, then dip it in the egg white, and roll it in the coconut, making sure to coat the shrimp well. Place on the prepared baking sheet, and repeat with the remaining shrimp.
4. Bake the shrimp until they are bright pink on the outside and the meat is no longer transparent in the center and the coconut is browned, 15 to 20 minutes, flipping the shrimp halfway through.
Okay, so if you remember a couple of weeks ago, we hosted J&J's Vendor Party at the farm. It was a blast! Here's a few photos from the evening:
God gave us this view from the deck.
D conquering the mechanical bull.
This is totally unrelated but I shared last week that I had ordered a pair of booties. Well, look who arrived at my door this week. And even better news, they are my birthday present from my momma. I was talking to her on the phone last week, sharing my joy about finding these beauties, when she said, "well, honey, I'll just get you those for your birthday. I always want to get you something that you really want and it sounds like you're pretty excited about these boots." Seriously, who wouldn't be excited about these?
Thursday, October 13, 2011
A Day in the Life
I thought I would go back and see when the last time I wrote one of these "Day in the Life" posts and would you believe it was last November? Well, it's high time we did this again.
1. Outside my window . . . I'm at the office typing this so I'm not absolutely sure what the weather is like outside right now but when I came awhile ago it was overcast and my iphone weather app says is 69 degrees. Loverly to me.
Oh, speaking of the iphone, guess who walked right into that AT&T store and ordered herself a brand new iphone 4S. I've been due for an upgrade since February but the new iphone rumors had been swirling and I thought I might wait for the new iphone 5. Well, when that got the no-go, I just decided to get the new 4S. When I ordered it a week ago, they said it would be delivered to the house in 14 to 21 days. E on the other hand, ordered on line, and hers should arrive tomorrow. Go figure. Doggone if I'd known that I would have just saved myself the time and gas and stayed home and ordered on the world wide web. But I told her last night that I'm really kinda glad that she is getting hers before I am because that way she'll know how to work it by the time I get mine. Really helps this old woman's learning curve when your precious daughter can just tell you how to work stuff.
2. I am reading . . . a bunch of different things. Two new books that I just ordered for my Kindle are Max Lucado's "God's Story, Your Story" and "Untangling Christmas." My sweet sis-in-law sent me an email to tell me that Max's book was free (as in costs 0) on Amazon for 24 hours. Well, because I love Max Lucado and I love free, I quickly got this downloaded. Just started reading it and it's great so far. I haven't started "Untangling Christmas" so I'll have to let you know. Our couples Bible study group (and our whole church) is reading "If God is Good" by Randy Alcorn. Great day, this one can quickly go deep and be way over my head. But it definitely gives me pause to think about some subjects I've never thought about before and that's always good. And of course, my chronological Bible. Looks like I might be about two weeks after the end of year finishing this but that's okay. I need to give myself permission and be okay to read the Bible through in one year and two weeks.
3. I am watching . . . well, you know we discussed tv a few days back and I was just super excited about the return of the sit-com for television, i.e. no more reality shows. I've checked out a few of these sit-coms and have been disappointed. It seems there is a central theme of sex in most of them that frankly is inappropriate and offensive. One that I do like although it's not a sit-com is Charlies Angels. On a purely girly level, I love these girls clothes, shoes and hair styles. That may be the best part although the plots have been decent. Oh and because I believe in full disclosure, I have been sneaking a peek at Dancing with the Stars. Yes, I know, I vowed not to watch but J.R. Martinez just won my heart. And last night was the best results show ever because Blake Shelton was on there singing the "Footloose" song from the new movie by the same name. And just guess who was back on the dance floor cuttin a rug? Yes that would be our girl Julianne. She's also the lead female in the new "Footloose" movie. Which leads me to my next point.
4. Movies I want to see . . . obviously the new "Footloose." I have watched all the trailers, been on the website, and read the background about this movie. First of all, "Footloose" was one of my favorites back in the day. Love Kenny Loggins and Kevin Bacon. So as soon as I heard this movie was about to cut loose (sorry), I had to know all about it. And did you know that the whole movie was filmed in Georgia - Atlanta, Covington, Senoia and Acworth. To me, this is the best dance movie of all time. I know I know, Dirty Dancing and Momma Mia were good too.
Second, I've been wanting to see "Courageous." Everyone says it's awesome.
5. What I'm wearing . . . to be honest, I'm a little overdressed for the office today. I'm wearing a black jacket, black tank and black pants. Wow - that couldn't be more boring could it? Well, I did add some pizzazz with jewelry. D and I are going to that event in Atlanta tonight and I have no idea what the dress code is so I'm playing it safe with this ensemble.
I'm cracking up reading what I wrote in that last Day in the Life post from last November. I wrote in this section about my love for boots, particular the bootie. Well, some things never change. What is it about boots/booties that I love so much? I've got to tell you a little secret. I've been wanting a leopard print pair of booties for well over a year. I've searched the stores and the internet with no avail. Well . . . yesterday I was reading a fashion blog (imagine that) and she mentioned something about some Aeorsole riding boots. They were really cute so I followed the link to these boots and low and behold sitting right next to these riding boots were, you guessed it, leopard print booties and they're Aeorsoles. So that means they're comfy too, right? I ordered those in a big hurry and they should be at my front door in a few days. What if they come the same day as my iphone? That truly will be too much to take.
6. What I'm listening to . . . you probably aren't going to believe this and think you're reading somebody elses blog but I am listening to more and more talk radio. Now, I don't get too political around here but I am super interested in this upcoming election and super intrigued by Herman Cain and his 9-9-9 plan for America. So, go figure. But you know there is only so much of that a girl can take so I plug in Luke Bryan's new CD "Tailgates and Tan Lines." It's really good but I'm a country music nerd.
7. What I'm thinking about . . . that's a loaded topic. There's so much going on around this pea brain that some days I think it might explode. But besides the obvious upcoming weddings and assorted business ventures, when my thoughts go deep, I'm pondering one of our memory verses for our study at church. Boy oh boy this spoke volumes to me.
"God made Him who had no sin to be sin for us so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God. " 2 Corinthians 5:21
God made Jesus for the purpose of taking on our sin. That's right - my sin and your sin. He took it all. Paid the price. Secured the debt. For us.
So that we might become the righteousness of God. So that we can become through His goodness, in relationship with Him. Honestly, the words righteous and righteousness have always thrown me just a little bit. It kinda sounds unattainable. So this is what I'm thinking about. How do I become the righteousness of God? Because if I'm reading this verse correctly, that's why Christ died for us. See - told ya this was a lot to think about. I want to understand this because it sounds pretty important if you ask me.
And that, my friends, is a day in this life.
1. Outside my window . . . I'm at the office typing this so I'm not absolutely sure what the weather is like outside right now but when I came awhile ago it was overcast and my iphone weather app says is 69 degrees. Loverly to me.
Oh, speaking of the iphone, guess who walked right into that AT&T store and ordered herself a brand new iphone 4S. I've been due for an upgrade since February but the new iphone rumors had been swirling and I thought I might wait for the new iphone 5. Well, when that got the no-go, I just decided to get the new 4S. When I ordered it a week ago, they said it would be delivered to the house in 14 to 21 days. E on the other hand, ordered on line, and hers should arrive tomorrow. Go figure. Doggone if I'd known that I would have just saved myself the time and gas and stayed home and ordered on the world wide web. But I told her last night that I'm really kinda glad that she is getting hers before I am because that way she'll know how to work it by the time I get mine. Really helps this old woman's learning curve when your precious daughter can just tell you how to work stuff.
2. I am reading . . . a bunch of different things. Two new books that I just ordered for my Kindle are Max Lucado's "God's Story, Your Story" and "Untangling Christmas." My sweet sis-in-law sent me an email to tell me that Max's book was free (as in costs 0) on Amazon for 24 hours. Well, because I love Max Lucado and I love free, I quickly got this downloaded. Just started reading it and it's great so far. I haven't started "Untangling Christmas" so I'll have to let you know. Our couples Bible study group (and our whole church) is reading "If God is Good" by Randy Alcorn. Great day, this one can quickly go deep and be way over my head. But it definitely gives me pause to think about some subjects I've never thought about before and that's always good. And of course, my chronological Bible. Looks like I might be about two weeks after the end of year finishing this but that's okay. I need to give myself permission and be okay to read the Bible through in one year and two weeks.
3. I am watching . . . well, you know we discussed tv a few days back and I was just super excited about the return of the sit-com for television, i.e. no more reality shows. I've checked out a few of these sit-coms and have been disappointed. It seems there is a central theme of sex in most of them that frankly is inappropriate and offensive. One that I do like although it's not a sit-com is Charlies Angels. On a purely girly level, I love these girls clothes, shoes and hair styles. That may be the best part although the plots have been decent. Oh and because I believe in full disclosure, I have been sneaking a peek at Dancing with the Stars. Yes, I know, I vowed not to watch but J.R. Martinez just won my heart. And last night was the best results show ever because Blake Shelton was on there singing the "Footloose" song from the new movie by the same name. And just guess who was back on the dance floor cuttin a rug? Yes that would be our girl Julianne. She's also the lead female in the new "Footloose" movie. Which leads me to my next point.
4. Movies I want to see . . . obviously the new "Footloose." I have watched all the trailers, been on the website, and read the background about this movie. First of all, "Footloose" was one of my favorites back in the day. Love Kenny Loggins and Kevin Bacon. So as soon as I heard this movie was about to cut loose (sorry), I had to know all about it. And did you know that the whole movie was filmed in Georgia - Atlanta, Covington, Senoia and Acworth. To me, this is the best dance movie of all time. I know I know, Dirty Dancing and Momma Mia were good too.
Second, I've been wanting to see "Courageous." Everyone says it's awesome.
5. What I'm wearing . . . to be honest, I'm a little overdressed for the office today. I'm wearing a black jacket, black tank and black pants. Wow - that couldn't be more boring could it? Well, I did add some pizzazz with jewelry. D and I are going to that event in Atlanta tonight and I have no idea what the dress code is so I'm playing it safe with this ensemble.
I'm cracking up reading what I wrote in that last Day in the Life post from last November. I wrote in this section about my love for boots, particular the bootie. Well, some things never change. What is it about boots/booties that I love so much? I've got to tell you a little secret. I've been wanting a leopard print pair of booties for well over a year. I've searched the stores and the internet with no avail. Well . . . yesterday I was reading a fashion blog (imagine that) and she mentioned something about some Aeorsole riding boots. They were really cute so I followed the link to these boots and low and behold sitting right next to these riding boots were, you guessed it, leopard print booties and they're Aeorsoles. So that means they're comfy too, right? I ordered those in a big hurry and they should be at my front door in a few days. What if they come the same day as my iphone? That truly will be too much to take.
6. What I'm listening to . . . you probably aren't going to believe this and think you're reading somebody elses blog but I am listening to more and more talk radio. Now, I don't get too political around here but I am super interested in this upcoming election and super intrigued by Herman Cain and his 9-9-9 plan for America. So, go figure. But you know there is only so much of that a girl can take so I plug in Luke Bryan's new CD "Tailgates and Tan Lines." It's really good but I'm a country music nerd.
7. What I'm thinking about . . . that's a loaded topic. There's so much going on around this pea brain that some days I think it might explode. But besides the obvious upcoming weddings and assorted business ventures, when my thoughts go deep, I'm pondering one of our memory verses for our study at church. Boy oh boy this spoke volumes to me.
"God made Him who had no sin to be sin for us so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God. " 2 Corinthians 5:21
God made Jesus for the purpose of taking on our sin. That's right - my sin and your sin. He took it all. Paid the price. Secured the debt. For us.
So that we might become the righteousness of God. So that we can become through His goodness, in relationship with Him. Honestly, the words righteous and righteousness have always thrown me just a little bit. It kinda sounds unattainable. So this is what I'm thinking about. How do I become the righteousness of God? Because if I'm reading this verse correctly, that's why Christ died for us. See - told ya this was a lot to think about. I want to understand this because it sounds pretty important if you ask me.
And that, my friends, is a day in this life.
Wednesday, October 12, 2011
What I Love about October 2011
Well as we all know, this should have been posted a lot closer to the beginning of the month. But it is what it is so here we go:
1. October started out with a bang with one of our brides getting married at Montaluce Winery. You know, we have grown quite fond of this place and oh, at the beauty this time of year up there. The weather was perfect, although it leaned to the chilly and windy side. The wedding was out by the water and was perfect in every way. Her colors were chocolate brown, greens and purples. Gorgeous.
2. We also assisted from afar with another wedding in St. Simons Island on October 1st. The family is from Gainesville and just needed our help putting all the details together from this end. It sounded fabulous and I loved every little detail of this bride's day. I heard from the mother of the bride that it was quite the beautiful affair.
3. Can you believe on Sunday the 2nd that I, along with some other wonderful friends, threw a bridal shower for a long-time friend's daughter at our church? Let me tell you when you are planning three events in one weekend, it takes some detailed to-do lists. I think my list was about twelve pages long but it all came off without a hitch. Thank the good Lord.
7. Tomorrow night, D and I will attend an event that we have wanted to go to for years - The Taste of Georgia held at the Depot in downtown Atlanta. Anything that sounds like there might be food involved - we'll be there. Should be fun.
8. This Saturday, we will be assisting with another one of our precious brides. We have had the pleasure of working with her throughout her complete planning so it's always fun to see how everything comes to fruition. Her colors are navy and hot pink. This combination is super hot right now and while I wasn't a fan at first, it has really grown on me. We do story boards at our office for each of our brides and to see hers with these colors, it is just gorgeous.
9. Oooh, then on Sunday, the 23rd the daughter of some of dear friends is getting married at the farm. I just cannot tell you all of the fabulous details this bride has chosen but it is very vintage and beautiful. She'll get married out in the field then we'll move up to the deck for the reception. Lots of burlap, quilts, old books, trunks, vintage plates. So pretty.
10. By the time this month ends, E and I will have completed six events/weddings in the last eight weeks. To celebrate this, D and I are going to head down to Jacksonville for the Georgia/Florida game. This will be a welcome break and honestly, I can hardly wait.
So there you have it. Isn't October the best month ever? I love fall. Enjoy!
1. October started out with a bang with one of our brides getting married at Montaluce Winery. You know, we have grown quite fond of this place and oh, at the beauty this time of year up there. The weather was perfect, although it leaned to the chilly and windy side. The wedding was out by the water and was perfect in every way. Her colors were chocolate brown, greens and purples. Gorgeous.
2. We also assisted from afar with another wedding in St. Simons Island on October 1st. The family is from Gainesville and just needed our help putting all the details together from this end. It sounded fabulous and I loved every little detail of this bride's day. I heard from the mother of the bride that it was quite the beautiful affair.
3. Can you believe on Sunday the 2nd that I, along with some other wonderful friends, threw a bridal shower for a long-time friend's daughter at our church? Let me tell you when you are planning three events in one weekend, it takes some detailed to-do lists. I think my list was about twelve pages long but it all came off without a hitch. Thank the good Lord.
4. On October 10th my boy had a birthday -22 years old! This child brings so much fun and laughter into my life. He's a pleasure and a treasure. We hadn't seen much of him since he left for school in August so it was great to lay eyes on this boy. We had birthday lunch on Sunday and it was great for our whole family to be together.
5. The Monday night Bible study girls are now the Tuesday night Bible study girls. This is like a paradigm shift for my brain. For maybe five or six years we have met on Monday nights at my house. Well, we decided that Tuesdays might work well for a season and we started our study last week. Boy, was it good to be back around the table and in the Word with these ladies.
6 . Last Saturday, our family along with the J&J Foods management staff hosted our Vendor Party at the farm. We have this event every other year in order to thank those fine folks who supply our stores and all those who basically, allow us to do business every day. This year's theme was western and the star of the show was the mechanical bull. Everyone in my family gave the old boy a go. Except for me. I know my limits. I'll post some pictures - you'll want to see, trust me.7. Tomorrow night, D and I will attend an event that we have wanted to go to for years - The Taste of Georgia held at the Depot in downtown Atlanta. Anything that sounds like there might be food involved - we'll be there. Should be fun.
8. This Saturday, we will be assisting with another one of our precious brides. We have had the pleasure of working with her throughout her complete planning so it's always fun to see how everything comes to fruition. Her colors are navy and hot pink. This combination is super hot right now and while I wasn't a fan at first, it has really grown on me. We do story boards at our office for each of our brides and to see hers with these colors, it is just gorgeous.
9. Oooh, then on Sunday, the 23rd the daughter of some of dear friends is getting married at the farm. I just cannot tell you all of the fabulous details this bride has chosen but it is very vintage and beautiful. She'll get married out in the field then we'll move up to the deck for the reception. Lots of burlap, quilts, old books, trunks, vintage plates. So pretty.
10. By the time this month ends, E and I will have completed six events/weddings in the last eight weeks. To celebrate this, D and I are going to head down to Jacksonville for the Georgia/Florida game. This will be a welcome break and honestly, I can hardly wait.
So there you have it. Isn't October the best month ever? I love fall. Enjoy!
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