Amazing Grace

Happy Birthday, Britton!!!

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Happy Birthday, Britton!!!

Hunting Season is Upon Us

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BLOG CANDY GIVEAWAYS!!! For all you scrap bookers!!!

2009-08-04T08:51:00.000-07:00

CraftyC's Crafting Library: MY BLOG CANDY GIVEAWAY!!!

Another Great BLOG CANDY GIVEAWAY from Paper Crafts by Rach!!!

The Crafty Deb : BLOG CANDY GIVEAWAY!!!

You Tube

2009-07-16T11:33:00.001-07:00

I now have an account with You Tube.. so watch out world... all my photos... AND videos... are on thier way! All videos are pushed to the bottom ... so scroll down!

Wedding Video by Mom

2009-05-07T10:42:00.001-07:00

I love this one... Mom made it... I am sure there are more to come!

Introducing The Plotts

2009-04-30T09:21:00.001-07:00

Just a little taste of the Plott Family.... more to come soon!

Meet Pegasus!!!

2009-04-03T08:44:00.000-07:00

This is an exciting time in the Plott Family. Not only are we going to have a wedding in 8 days... but there is a new baby on the farm.... Meet Pegasus! (Gus)

Our new bundle of lanky legs came to us early Tuesday morning. Britton announced his barn name as Pegasus ... gus for short.... and the verdict is still out on a registered name. Gus is already running around and enjoying life and Maggie (Mommy) is doing well.

While not just anybody can touch the new colt.... Peter has already started the training process of bringing up anouther cutter that is respectful of humans and personal space... Gus is very attentive and seems to be in great health!!! Whoohoo... exciting times.

On another note: CALEB TURNED 4 on April 2nd. We had a great Pirate party for him on sunday and ... of course with a little inside info... the auntie gets the prize for his favorite present... a Darth Vador costume.

"The guys," our families sponsor cadets... Sutton and Alex were able to come celebrate with us and didn't mind even putting on the costumes....

But my favorite shot of the day is of Britton and my Nanny snuggling.

It feels like the engagement to Peter has flown by... we are going to have a wedding in 8 DAYS!!! I am looking forward to updating more regularly and hope to see all of you soon! If you haven't already checked out the website I have been keeping up with about the wedding... feel free to check it out. www.momentville.com/peterandamy

New Horse Trailer

2009-03-18T08:13:00.001-07:00

As most of you know... I have not been posting to the Amazing Grace site because I am only keeping up with the wedding blog at www.momentville.com/peterandamy ... however, a few things warrent a non wedding related post and this is one of them. Peter and I have invested in a horse trailer with living quarters!!! Whoohoo... This means no more hotels and expensive meals at every horse show... we can take our own food, drinks and sleep in the trailer. It is beautiful and very roomy. Peter will be taking his first trip in it this weekend, but with 24 days to the wedding I am unable to get away! I am excited about the shows this summer though! We opened a bottle of chapange on Saturday to christen the trailer and then shared the excitement with Britton on Monday when we picked him up. Even the Gige (my mom) said she'd would travel to the horse show now that we have a trailer.

Congratulations Peter and Happy Retirment Playboy!

2009-01-21T09:03:00.000-08:00

Well Done, Playboy!!

The results are in and Peter has succeeded in making a place for himself in the Cutting World. Peter qualified in 4 different classes for the NCHA Eastern Nationals! THIS IS BIG! The best part is that Mr. Playboy's Bill (his recently retired show horse) is the reason for 2 of the 4

qualifications. What a way to end his career as an fantastic show horse! He will be retired now to train Britton and me to ride and cut and make a family sport of it.

CC's Smart Pep is the one who Peter will take to the show! She has proven to be quite a horse. She and Peter qualified in 1 class and she and a pro level rider, Van Young, qualified in another. Peter is considering riding her in the $2000 Non Pro and the $20,000 Novice Horse classes in Jackson, Mississippi in March! I am so proud of him. It is becoming increasingly clear that my life is about to be a horseman's wife. Peter is gone almost every weekend now with horse shows and training dates. I love to go with him but reality has set in that I won't make every show. I just pray that 2009 will continue to be increasingly more successful at this new level of competition.

CC has big shoes to fill.... She has already proven herself by helping Peter to gain his achievement buckle and take a seat in the Augusta Futurity this year. I am sure the hoof prints playboy has left in the arenas of Area 18 will be hard to forget but the future of Palmetto Cutting and Performance Horses is looking very promising!

The New Niece - Penny

2009-01-05T14:51:00.000-08:00

Penny is the newest member of the family and I am the only one who has seen her in person other than her daddy .... Bo. She is 8 weeks and the most wrinkly and snuggly thing ever!!!

I can't wait to see her again... I am sure she is growing too fast! All other updates are of course... wedding related! With only 96 days to go.... you can check out the latest at http://www.momentville.com/peterandamy

One at a time...

2008-11-13T15:37:00.000-08:00

So, I am not able to find time in the day to keep both this site and the wedding website up to date.... With only 149 more days till the wedding, if you haven't already .... you should check out:

www.momentville.com/peterandamy

But a short update here. The holidays are around the corner and life has switched lanes again. We are full throttle in the fast lane. Since I have no home of my own and am planning a wedding, I am not in charge of throwing any parties this year ... which is a nice break. But I am hoping to get invited to a few... hint hint.

Peter and I have so many great friends that I am feeling a bit overwhelmed and underprivileged how rare time with them is. I would like to say that they are all on a calendar and when their name pops up... we spend time with them. but that is so static and unrealistic that we will probably continue to feel like we are ignoring people and too busy. But I received an email today from a friend and loved her signature line's quote:

'Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways - Chardonnay in one hand - chocolate in the other - body thoroughly used up, totally worn out and screaming 'WOO HOO, What a ride!!'

To get an updated picture on here.... Caleb and Britton from Halloween...

We had a blast at Hallapolooza with my sister's family and Sophia and Caleb really looked like professional clowns... I am always so impressed with my sister.

Peter and Amy

2008-10-27T13:40:00.001-07:00

Created for our Party on Sunday

Go Tigers!!

2008-10-19T17:34:00.000-07:00

So the Tigers didn't win this weekend.... it didn't stop the tiger fans from wearing orange and showing up! I went to Clemson for the 1st time in years to see my beloved professor Dr. Linnell retire. I was able to speak about his influence on my career choices and I can say that it really came full circle.
He is a Citadel Alumni who studied Technology Educaiton, I learned Technology Education from him, and now, I teach technology Education at the Citadel!!! How crazy life is!
I was abel to catch up with a good friend, Judy, and say hi to old professors. I am sorry I did not get in touch sooner. It was great to see everyone!
I stayed the weekend for the game and to visit with some old friends. I did not take one picture if you can believe it!! I have lost the habit maybe. It seems like the camera has come out less and less since it came back from the 4 week stay at the repair shop. Either way .... if you just close your eyes and see orange and hear tiger rag... that pretty much sums up the scenery. The retirement was on Friday. I had to wait for some friends to get off work so I headed to Anderson. I was surprised with my directionally challenged self that I could have navigated the Clemson and surrounding areas with my eyes closed. (I sometimes forget I was there for 7 years) I got a much needed mani/pedi in the perfect color, (had I know the color would be so perfect ... goes with reds, yellows, ORANGES of course, and pinks) I would have gotten the label info. I headed back in to Clemson to go out with Mete... my Turkish friend, and few others. We didn't really hit downtown bars or anything but we went to Keith Street Bar and Grill and had a good time. Nothing has changed...... Buffy is still, and probably always will be, the head bartender at Tiger Town Tavern, a 2 mile radius from the stadium is covered in Clemson tents and tailgaters, and downtown is basically orange. I loved being on campus again. Saturday, I watched the game at what used to be Explorers and then tailgated with friends some of you may remember, James and Darla King, Rob and Molly Moore, and Rob's whole Chem E crew minus Matt... It was really good to see them again. It had been a long time. I then walked quite a ways to tailgate with Donald Spann and his crew... which included Mylan, Jermel, and Jeremy and all of their lovely ladies except Marybeth who stayed home with little Charlie. We all ended up at Jermel's place to hang out until about 10:30 when I realized that my stuffy nose had turned into a full blow fever and cough. So I left and went straight to bed. When I got up late today, I said good bye to Mete and drove around to soem old addresses I had whiel in school. The one in Central left the biggest impression on me. I drove by and could have closed my eyes to hear my sweet haley barking at the sound of me coming home and leaping arounf int he fresh fallen snow and wearing that stupid blue snow hat ... that against all belief, SHE would let me take it off of her. (For those of you who never knew my girl... I will post a blog soon to remember her.) I had lunch at Mete's mom's resturant..... A favorite and highly recommended. (The Rivera on hwy123) I had a plate I have only ever seen there and crave often, The Iskander Kabab and of course a piece of Belin's baklava. FABULOUS!!! I got on the road from there. My only regret was that I did not get to see everyone. I will be back in that direction for a horse show in Pelzer in two weeks time.... Hopefully, I will by to steal some kisses from Charlie Spann and visit Mr. and Mrs. Morris in Wallhalla. It was a grand time announcing my egagement, wearing orange, walking the hills, and catching up with freinds! This time I won't let so many years go by before I do it again! There is no doubt... once a tiger, always a tiger!
GO TIGERS!!!

The Wedding Website!

2008-10-15T10:41:00.000-07:00

www.momentville.com/peterandamy

It is official.... We will be making changes and corrections to this site as we plan.... but for those who like to know the details, you can check us out on line and see the most up to date info about the wedding.

Let the good times roll!

The BLOG!!!

2008-10-13T08:40:00.000-07:00

For all of you reading this... I will save you from all the wedding details. Despite it seeming to totally consume my thoughts, it is not totally consuming everyone's... including Peter's. So things seem to happen like normal for 90% of the time and 10 % of the time someone wants to ask what we are doing about the wedding. Thankfully, Peter realizes he has to allow me to devote at least a ten minute conversation... wait that would go both ways ... a ten minute download about the wedding plans and his to do list once a day and then we can move on to something else. In realizing all of this, I have decided to create a separate website for the wedding rather than turn my Blog into the updater... The blog will remain the blog.

SO ... my other big news.. the new job!

I am loving it. I basically kept all of my freedom to create my own schedule and be responsible for my own productive work ethics, but gave up being responsible for the bottom line and sales. Who could ask for more. I also LOVE what I am doing. I have already had a Chance to meet with faculty, sign up for a fantastic convention that I will attend in November, and create websites and a course for Instructional Design.

If it weren't for my office being an ice box.... I would have the perfect job!

You'd think 7-8 months would be plenty of time

2008-10-02T10:10:00.000-07:00

Oh my gosh... I am already stressing out. I have called over 15 locations and everyone is booked solid... some as far out as 2011!!! I am open to suggestion for a location. Any Thoughts?

It is sinking in!

2008-09-29T07:56:00.000-07:00

I would be on cloud nine but the weight of this thing on my finger is pulling me back down to earth. Despite the weekend be an absolute fairytale, I am back at work today wishing I had nothing better to do than plan and daydream about the months to come. This Blog will become a store house for voting and ideas on wedding plans over the next few months... so if you are not into weddings probably best to check back in summer of 2009.... of course it will then be a store house for life in the Plott home... which, for quite sometime, will be a mushy, gushy love story... you'll probably wish you had the wedding details back. :)
Peter and I spent the weekend in NC with working cows. We loved telling everybody and showing off the ring. It was great to come to work this morning and share the big news as well. I will probably try to surprise him this afternoon and go by his office. I am also going to swing byt the old Kaplan place... They hung un there for the wait with me and it woudl be a shame to not let them know it was worth every second!! With my birthday being tomorrow, Woodlands on Wednesday, Family Reunion this weekend, Kelly's bday on the 3rd and Peter's on the 4th... I have lots going on and am already off to a very busy engagement!
I am LOVING it!!!!!
Thanks again to everyone who has wished us well and congratulated us! We are very happy!

We Got Engaged

2008-09-27T05:20:00.000-07:00

We're Engaged!! Peter asked me to marry him!!! Whoohoo! The engagement was very Peter..... easy and simple, but incredibly romantic. We were daydreaming on the fourwheeler about how we would lay out everything on the land and I asked where will our front porch be.... He took me to it. (little did I know that I was helping him set it all up) He held both of my hands and said something along the lines of how it wouldn't be exciting except that he was going to share it with me. Then he said "I would love to have you as my wife, would you spend the rest of your life with me?" I, of course ... cried and threw my arms around him... at which point he had to ask me, "do want to put on the ring?" I said YES to both and he slid the ring on my finger. He marked the spot with an 'x' to ensure that it actually will become the front porch some day. After a few romantic moments, we decided it was time to tell everyone and we are excited! We called mom and Kelly right away. They didn't answer, so we called Bo and Dad, and Papou... No one was answering, so I sent text msg to Bo, Dad, and a few other family members.... from there the news started to flow pretty quickly. We went to dinner with Kelly's family at CrabShack and came back to my mom's house for a champaigne toast with mom, dad, and Aunt Cindy... and then we went back to Peter's and visited our late night neighbors, Matt and Ashley! I must have talked to 2 dozen people and there were several I couldn't get in touch with at the hour it all happened. I hope to tell everyone soon how ecstatic I am! The pictures from the night aren't terribly flattering.... so it is time to get serious about fitting into the perfect dress. But The ring is fantastic and the perfect fit! There are 3 stones... all three are family heirlooms. One is from his dad, Alan Votta! - My future father in law and one is from his mother, Demi, who passed away in 2007 and the 3rd is from his father who passed away when Peter was very young. Obviously I never knew his father, but I was very close to his mother and I love Papou (Alan) like family already... I am very blessed to wear such a wonderful representation of love and hope for a future! Love to everyone who made tonight special for us... especially my family! We are looking at a May 2009 wedding ... I will post the date for everyone to mark on thier calanders as soon as I can!

WHOOHOOO!!! Getting Married!

Back in the Swing of Things

2008-09-23T14:46:00.000-07:00

Well, I have to say, I certainly enjoyed all of time off, but being back at work everyday has given me a new kind of energy and excitment about getting up in the mornings. I spent pretty much all day today working on my new website to eventually link to the ITS departments homes page... You can check out the "underconstruction" link here:

http://www.citadel.edu/computing/fac/idhome/index.htm

I started going to a girls night last week on Tuesdays and am considering a bible study on Thursdays. It will be pretty busy once I start adding evening trainings and find time to spend with Peter... but I think it is good to be busy.

Other than my car... which warrents its own blog that I will publish when I have time... life is GOOD!!!

Britton moved up to the Cardinal's Class in school. His day is much more like it will be in Kindergarten now. He has homework that we are calling his activities... Last week he worked on 3s and Cs.

.... hmmm. wonder if next week will be 4s and Ds? Britton is not especially found of school work but he does it... I get the exciting task of creating a Home Work Chart for the house. Whoohoo!

The Citadel

2008-09-22T14:49:00.000-07:00

WOW! I am working at The Citadel. How long have I waited to be employeed by a University in the technology education field... that's right.. since I graduated. I am so excited and love my new job. They haven't given me a whole lot of direction but have allowed me a lot of time to created a job description. My office is very Government issued... but I will spruce it up in time. My technology is state of the art compared to any other position I have had. I guess when you work in the ITS department the help desk isn't so hard to reach! :)

My Time Off

2008-09-02T08:46:00.001-07:00

Okay... okay... I got the third degree for not having anything posted in over 2 weeks. As I said in the last blog... it is hard to log in and up load pictures to a computer being shared by the whole house. So here is an update. I interviewed and was offered a job at AP Recovery... but not the job I wanted so I turned it down. After the heart attack of my decision to still be unemployeed clamed down, I realized I was very happy to have passed up the position. It looks like I may now have the oportunity to work at the Citadel in a field I love and on a campus I love! I have not been made an official offer, so if you're reading now... stop and pray that I do. But, as for now

I AM OFF!!!! and loving it!

Labor Day Weekend!

We pretty much spent the days at the beach. Saturday, Chuck and Dylan came to play with Britton and me at Folly Beach and Monday, the family crew was there. The kids were so much fun. I got a lot of sun and the food was great, as always!

Shag Festival 2008:

I did not actually take any goo dpictures of the Shag festival because we were too busy dancing adn enjoying the show... but it was fantastic.

Caleb Thinks He's Michael Phelps!

I bought the kids some of those Shami towels to use a the pool and Caleb is learning to be quite the little swimmer. He thinks he is just like Michael Phelps.

Time with out internet or camera!!

2008-08-14T02:26:00.000-07:00

Wow.... first night that I have had access to the inernet or my camera in over a week! My camera was just picked up from the shop today and the internet got hooked up in the new house as of this morning.... so more to come soon... but I'm goin to check out all of your site first!!!
:)

Well, I did it!!

2008-07-29T07:17:00.000-07:00

It has been a while since I have had time to blog... I have been busy making big changes in my life!
I am officially unemployed!!
I left Kaplan on Friday. After 5 years it was time to say goodbye! Hopefully someday they will learn that taking advantage of their employees and paying them dirt is not a fair way to do business. I resigned making sure that my resignation letter gave some insight to my feelings about the director that I had and the job requirements vs the pay...and while the letter was very professional... they did not take me up on the 2 week notice that I offered. Luckily, I expected that and had already prepared to leave the same day.
So now it is on to packing, moving, and job hunting....
I already have an interview this week and have applied to a couple a of positions, but if you know of anything that would be interesting for me, please send the info my way!
I will post more later...

And the Crazy July Continues....

2008-07-09T13:48:00.000-07:00

What a fun day on the Farm. My God Children that are in town from Italy and their grands, my aunt Mar and uncle Fred, came out to visit the farm yesterday. My mom and Caleb and Peter's dad, and friend, Steve also came. We had a full house. Steve brought Fresh Trout to cook on the grill and amazingly enough I think Caleb was his biggest fan for the fish! Everybody else had "bangers and mash" or a hamburger! Thanks to Peter's "grilly feva"...

Uncle Fred road a four wheeler for the first time ever and all the kids played in the yard. Peter spent some time doing one of my favorite past times.... bug catching. All the kids, big and small, took a spin ... literally... on the horse walker/swing. I don't have any pics of the kids with the horses... but aunt Mar does... so I will have wait to post those. But Maggie, Playboy, Chex, and Noble were all on their best behavior.
Britton had a little trouble sharing while all the chaos was at its height... but all in all it was a fantastic night ...
and after all was quiet and Britton jumped in the bath... He THANKED me for washing his hair!!! for those of you who have been around... you know this is a miracle in the making. Hair washing is normally his biggest battle each night. Tonight he said... see that wasn't so bad... as we rinsed soapy water out of his hair and laughed about how proud we were of him for not yelling and crying. To whoever is listening and to God Almighty!!! thank you for getting us through he hair washing traumas and on to a more fun bath time!!! We had Chocolate Milk to celebrate and Peter took him to a big breakfast on the way to school this morning... Hopefully it will encourage him to always let it be this much fun to take a bath!!

Gob Bless America!

2008-07-08T12:28:00.000-07:00

The 4th of July is always a BLAST....

We celebrated at the Beach House again this year and had a whole day on the beach! We spent more time in the water than out, I laid out for the first time this year (other than in the Bahamas) and we ate like there was no tomorrow.

Even my dad found time to relax! Kelly and I found out that we were not the only dribblers... and that with as fun as building the castles were... that is was much more fun to tear them down.

Peter and his dad, Kelly's fam, the Vatter crew, Bill, and David all came out to celebrate with us. The fireworks were amazing!

A Very Merry Unbirthday to You!!!

2008-07-03T12:15:00.000-07:00

It is so nice to have my God Children in town. Victoria and Annabelle live in Italy and are normally only here for about week each year. So we have a tradition of celebrating their birthdays (June and December) in which ever week they are here... this year it is the week of July 4th. So July 3rd was the celebration! We had a party at the beach house with Kelly and her kids, my parents, Peter, and the Vatters. It was tons of funs!! We collected shells on the beach, sang Alice in Wonderlands' A Very merry Unbirthday, and had cake!!! It is so nice to have them home for a while!

Bahama Mama

2008-06-30T14:56:00.000-07:00

There were so many beautiful pics... it was hard to pic just one... but this one I thought showed off a little "Mad Skeels"... in photography.... See I love my camera link for more.

I took a vacation from both jobs this month and went on what was supposed to be a diving adventure.... of course I got a head cold and was unable to actually dive... so... as my co worker and friend, Kat, says... well you'll just have to be forced to relax then... ON VACATION... as if I should need a reminder as to what relaxing means or permission to do it! Anyway... When we were supposed to be diving in Ft. Lauderdale ... Peter and I booked a spot on a head boat and went off shore to fish. Then we boarded a LITTLE cruise ship and had our first umbrella drink by 1:00 on Saturday and the relaxing began. We went Snorkeling and visited an all inclusive resort on Sunday and were back home by dinner time on Monday... amazing what can be done in 24 hours these days. We had a ton of R&R and agreed that next time we'd plan for longer and do all inclusive from the beginning... as our free cruise ended up costing us about $1500.00. :(

However.... I made a friend who showed up in my cabin every night named Fred.... seen left and we agreed that the Gombay Smash is the drink of choice in the Bahamas.

GOMBAY SMASH`

1/3 White Rum

1/3 Coconut Rum

1/3 Pineapple Juice

Over Ice

Who has time to Blog?!!

2008-06-17T15:00:00.000-07:00

So I will type to catch up first, then I will type to keep up later this week.
June has been a whirl wind of excitement! Peter and I had that crazy planned weekend that I mentioned in the earlier Blog titled something like.. my other job...
We attended his 20 year Middleton High School Reunion and had a blast. Lots of his friends are really fun and a pleasure to meet. Thursday night we caught up with everyone at a cocktail hour at Vendue Inn, Friday we took Britton and went to the River Dogs Game and Saturday we has a really nice evening at the Visitor's Center Downtown. Some where in there we also threw a great 4th birthday party for Britton... I have uploaded the pictures to the Internet so feel free to check them out under the link to the left called, "I love my camera!" We had so many wonderful friends come out to celebrate with us! The Hulk...aka.... My Dad...aka... Big Daddy... attended and made a big entrance! The kids had a great time playing on the farm! We also had a surprise visitor... Donald and Marybeth brought Charlie by and of course everyone had a turn giving attention and kisses to the new baby. Thanks for coming everyone! and when we thought it was time to catch our breath... Peter and I were off to our favorite neighbor's wedding. Matt and Ashley, it was beautiful ... but the pic I am posting by far is my fave... Ashley realized she forgot her bouquet about 5 steps in to her "here comes the bride walk." On Sunday, we of course celebrated Father's Day!

with Church at Calvary and lunch with Papou... and then a beach house get together that was very relaxing! with a lot of napping and golf watching.

WHEW!!!! and then it was back to my real job on Monday.. :)

WOW...

2008-06-10T09:13:00.000-07:00

Saturday, Peter and I and our friend Paul went offshore about 80 miles... while we caught no fish that far out (despite having Peter and Paul with me... haha a little bible humor,) it was an incredible day. After a rough ride out, everything laid down about 5:00am and the sun began to rise... literally. All I could keep in my mind while watching this awe inspiring event that happens everyday that I will never get tired of... is the words to one of my favorite worship songs.

"Who imagines the sun and gave source to its light, yet concealed it to bring us the coolest of nights..... You are amazing God." and in that same song... "You put the stars in the sky and you know them by name... You are amazing God."

This is such and understatement. The stars are the least of his impressive creation. Watching a school of amber jack swim along side and under your boat, seeing the sun skip across the 5 foot swells of clear blue ocean, or hooking and releasing a shark into the deep will truly put a person in their place. Creation is such an awesome undertaking!

All in all .... we stopped off at the Charleston 60 and Reef 33 and I hooked a 14" and a 16" Black Sea Bass (one of the uglier fish in the sea, but apparently good eating) .... and a HUGE Grouper... that got away... Peter hooked a shark and Hog Fish and Paul hooked a 3 foot amber jack.
Next time I go ... I'll take more pictures... but here's a 360 view of nothing around... and my favorite of Peter from the day.

My Other Job

2008-05-29T19:03:00.000-07:00

Everybody who wants to can give me a hard time about this "needing a plan thing," but here is what happens when you don't have a plan. Peter and I have now planned a 4yr old's birthday party for 10am, replied yes to a wedding for 6:30 pm, and have his all day affair 20 year reunion already paid for and replied to all on the same day with Father's Day the next day, so no wiggle room on the birthday party if we want any of his friends to come. While I could simply refer to the very first of my blogs about people and plans, I would rather draw attention to the fact that with out me Peter would not even be aware that all of this is happening on the same day until the week before despite that he told me all three items at the same time. I have become his personal secretary. AND I LOVE IT! I feel like it is what I was made to do. The problem is it is easily a 40 hour a week position and I don't get paid for it. :)

A Rose By Anyother Name... would be Stella!

2008-05-24T15:26:00.000-07:00

Nanny turned 86! this week. We all met at the food court to celebrate over lunch. See pictures below. This rose is from her front yard. She is pretty amazing!

Tech Savy

2008-05-09T00:51:00.000-07:00

Alright.... so now everyone I know is going to find my blog. Although I started it as a place to vent, I am now going to have to keep it clean and not talk about any of my loved ones anymore. The least two people I would have assumed to create a blog now have one... my mom and sister. Luckily for me, they are not typically the people I am venting about. But none the less, this blog has been deleted of past blog comments to start fresh as just a way to share fun things rather than vent about life and its unruly ways. So if you were looking to reread my rant and raves of days gone by.... sorry, you'll just have to keep checking for future excitement with amazing grace.

So to update everyone: Who am I kidding, there is nothing to update. Life is grand and I am still waiting...

Another New Year

2008-01-11T09:50:00.000-08:00

Well... since I typically write this on breaks from company time... I have not written since I went on vacation for the holidays! My Christmas was wonderful... my New year's Eve... annh... been better. Christmas surprise this year.... A beautiful jewelry chest that stands close to 4 feet tall (From my two wonderful related Santas...) and it holds.... almost all of my jewelry... it's probably time to pare down, and an aqua lung wet suit from my boyfriend. (Open Water Dive Certified ... so this is exciting) Funny that my friends who know that I am madly in love with my boyfriend of almost 2 years. ... think that this no better than receiving a vacuum cleaner from my beloved.. they believe it is high time that he be giving me a ring. While I agree it is time to get a ring... I also am very excited about the wet suit and was not expecting a ring so therefore was not disappointed. However, New Year's Eve was another story. My sister threw an incredible Alcohol free party. We had the whole family there and friends of the family that might like a place to go where they could take their kids with them. Of COURSE ... my boyfriend and his 3 year old were included in this event. They came and we all had a good time right up until 11:30pm. With second possession in overtime on the Chick-Fil-A bowl of Auburn and Clemson Tigers... and 30 minutes before midnight my boyfriend decides to leave. No ... he's not mad at anybody and as far as I could tell, he was having a good time. Yes, his son was getting tired, but so were all the kids and they only had to hold out for 30 more minutes.
Well regardless of my thoughts.... he left and so our first New Year's Eve together and my first New Year's with any body special in years.... I STILL DIDN'T GET A KISS AT MIDNIGHT.

All in all it was an great holiday and I am over the new year thing.... since I understand the reasoning... tired kid, 45 minute drive home, tired himself, drunks on the road if he had waited... okay okay ... i get it!

Other BIG news from the holidays include two new babies> a friend of mine had a little boy on Christmas Eve that I intend to be very involved with and another friend had a little girl on New Year's Eve... which although not overly involved I am really excited and love holding newborns. I also had a dear friend of mine get engaged on Christmas day and am now having to plan a trip to New York for the wedding in April.

Sickness is not an option if you have newborns to hold ... they are only small once! Catch up with you later.

It's Beginning to look a lot like Christmas

2007-12-08T06:37:00.001-08:00

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas
The Bank account is red
Take a look at the Christmas tree, all the presents underneath
and you'll see why......
I'm beginning to feel a lot of pressure
Everywhere I go....
buy me this and buy me that and I can't find it at....
It's a season of dough.

Actually despite my little spin on the American Classic Christmas Carol... I am actually way a head of the year. I'm not even on Christmas vacation yet and I have marked all but 2 of the 11 kids of my list and several of the adults. I have agreed once again that I am giving "tin o' goodies" to everyone in order to save money, but considering is the only time of year that I actually shop.. I am finding once again that there is a lot of great crap out there that I just seem to have a knack for finding and wanting ... for some one else.

Well, Happy Holidays and I wish everyone the best.

Court Date

2007-11-26T07:11:00.000-08:00

Today is Court Date.... I am going to defend myself against a man who thinks he is entitled to money since my dog killed his ex wife's dog. What is the world coming to?!! I realize the situation is devastating, but he is not in this because of devastation... he is in this because of money.

I'll post tomorrow how it goes.

The Holidays

2007-11-20T10:44:00.000-08:00

Wow.... It is amazing! You hit November 15th and like clock work the traffic increases.... the wrecks increase.... the money decreases... and stress increases!!!
I am really looking forward to this years holiday season for so many reasons... Shopping/buying and receving gifts IS NOT ONE OF THEM.

Lists....

2007-11-13T08:38:00.001-08:00

It is that time of year again where from the second you wake up and have a conscience thought, you wish you also had a list pad close by. I thought of 20 things today that I needed to get done and in 20 minutes forgot them all.

Game Night- How about tomorrow...?

2007-11-12T14:28:00.001-08:00

I have just been invited to game night. The other day I was invited to girls night, this past weekend I went to dinner party night, and I planned about three weeks ago... when NOTHING was going on... to host my own "river house night." Why is it that there are 365 days in a calendar year and everyone plans everything using only about 120 of those days?