Snowy River

Hey Ya'll!!!!! I had a mini version of a winter wonderland. I really do enjoy spending time with R. He makes me happy!!! I really needed this get away! I felt decompressed and less stressed. This was our cabin~ It was really cozy.

I had a great time in Tennessee. We drove up New Year's Day and had the cabin reserved for 3 nights. The first night we got there it snowed!! We were both happy. I know I was thrilled. You have to realize growing up in the South...it is a RARE occasion for me to see much less be able to pick up and throw a snow ball...or let snow flakes caress my face....

We did alot of shopping! Those of you who know me know that I was born to shop. We went to an 8 mile strip of arts and crafts shops. It was amazing! Shops included quilts, wood working, ceramics, pottery, art (photography and painting), and even some live music!

I am surrounded by snow!!!! YEAHHHHHHH I was as pleased as a kid in a candy store.

I am asking again.....because I didn't get but one response about proposals and the best or most unique that you have seen/heard of/ or participated in.....PLEASE SHARE WITH ME!!!!!!!!!

Happy New Year!

We went to Tennessee for a week and had a great time! I love this guy!!!!!

As I am feeling particularly romantic these days~ I would like to know what was the best marriage proposal that you have accepted/watched/heard about/seen or dreamed of????

I have seen billboards, heard it at NFL football games, a simple dining experience down on one knee...

Well, we brought the girls home yesterday. I woke up not feeling right. R cooked spaghetti the night before and added all kinds of stuff. He really is a good cook...but this time it DID NOT agree with me. I drove the rental car to Mississippi. Once we got there and sat down at Cracker Barrel, I just nibbled on my chicken. I left with 90% of it. I can get motion sickness if I am in the passenger seat too long---it started when I was a kid. So I told him on long trips we needed to share the driving. Well, on the way back I tried to drive some but really was nauseated. I tried to hurl 20 times. Well, I didn't have anything in my tummy to upchuck. We made it home I was a miserable bitch. My tummy was cramping and I felt horrendous! He brought me home and left me to suffer all by myself on New Year's Eve. I was kinda bummed with that but he was upset because he book a cabin in Gattlinburg yesterday morning and it's non refundable. Besides he was stressed with the girls here for a week. He needs a couple of days to unwind.
I turned my air on and got in bed....I managed to eat some crackers...everything else was a turn off.
I have only been up about 30 minutes. My tummy hurts cause it cramped so much yesterday. I took pepto. I just ate some cereal. I want to see if I can keep it down before I commit to a 6 hour drive and a 3 day get away. Wish me luck.

Sorry that I haven't been around. I do want to

WISH YOU ALL A HAPPY, SAFE AND HEALTHY NEW YEAR!!!!

I am kinda unsure of my plans the next few days...so I will make it around to my buddy blogs sometime soon.....Tomorrow I go to Mississippi with him to bring his daughters to the ex-wife. After that we're coming back here for our 2 month anniversary. We have been looking into cabins in Tenn & North Carolina. He wants a view, I want to make snow angels. We'll see what the weather holds....

Hi Everyone! I hope you and your family had a very Merry Christmas! I hope 2008 will be your best year yet!

I had a really nice Christmas. My aunt, the professor and I had Christmas at my house. We all cooked and dined as it rained outside here. It was a cold rain...so my lit fire place was wonderful!

My parents ended up with a stomach virus and did not come here. It was the first Christmas I have spent without my parents. It was a sad in that aspect, especially with the year that my parents (mom's cancer) have struggled through.

The professor and I exchanged gifts. He can be very thoughtful! He found me a New Orleans newspaper printed SAINT book with all of the success last year after the hurricane and the trials and tribulations that faced the city. He also got me some Fleur De Lis bookends,a Fleur DE lis gold book mark, a DVD series Kings of Queens, and 3 carat peridot ring. He took me into every jewelry store in the mall and many magazines/flyers. He found the earrings to match in another store. He really does have a sweet tender heart. We had a nice romantic Christmas at my house.

I came to work today. I did NOTHING yesterday, I was a sick lazy bum. I really felt crappy. I am feeling a bit better today.

My kids are watching Sponge Bob Christmas. THey made cards for the cafe ladies. The ladies seemed so pleased. =)

I need to wrap stuff at home. I need to clean house from top to bottom. I have all of mom's stuff wrapped. I need to wrap 3 or more things for R. I think I went overboard for him. My aunt is always the hardest to buy for!!!!! She has everything. I got her gift cards to a few places for meals. She's like me and chooses not to cook at much-- for just her. Know what I mean?

My kids brought me all kinds of stuff today from chocolate to candles...two of my favorite things.

VOTE

I made in ***A*** in my graduate class this semester. Yeah!!!

I'm home from work today. I just can't handle feeling this crappy and screaming at kids to hush.
I absolutely did the right thing. Ughhhh

I am feeling a bit of 'undeclared confusion" at the moment. Last night he called and had a few things to tell me. One was that he wants me to go to a party for one of his faculty members Sat night at a blues martini bar.

Second, he says I did tell you my Ex is coming in for a night to see the girls when they are here a day or two after Christmas. I told her she could stay here. I was totally silent. I trust him...but I guess I wanted sometype of input asked of me, rather than him saying this is whats happening. Are ya with me?

He did tell me over a week ago he doesn't want to see anyone else and wants us in a committed relationship.

I need to go back to bed and then wrap some gifts.
Hope you feel better today than I do.

Meow Meow Meow

I got out of bed and to work in 15 minutes this morning. I didn't however put a lick of makeup on. I have been at my school for 4 years, never has this happened before. I spent 2 hours up coughing last night. R spent the night and I knew I would keep him up...so I finally got out of bed and on the couch for my coughing fits....my couch reclines so I wasn't lying flat which helps.......

My work Christmas party was last night. The 6th grade teachers all brought a dish. I made Jambalaya for 40. Good god...my house will smell like it for a week.

It was at my favorite teachers house....she just had it built this summer and it is simply lovely.

Reagan went with me = )

Well, I have an evening that I am looking forward to enjoying! I have floor tickets to see Jake Owen/Little Big Town/Sugarland. I saw Sugarland open for Brooks and DUNN 2 years ago and they were great! Jennifer Nettles has so much energy on stage and damn does she have a set of lungs on her. She did a song with Jon Bon Jovi last year.

Can I tell you I am excited that it's finally FRIDAY?

R is going to the concert with me. Romeo is going with his g'friend. I hope I get to see her! Several of my students have told me they are going too. My only decision is what the hell am I going to wear?????

Tomorrow-- I get to sleep in !!! YEAHHH!!!!!!! Really, to be able to sleep til 10.. God do I need that. I"m moving a bit s-l-0-w-l-y today.

I have just a couple of gifts left to buy~~

Hope you have a great weekend!!!!!!!!!!

It's a stange day for me. I wish I was at home. Just didn't wanna move from my bed this morning!

Yesterday, I took R 3 balloons, some flowers and chocolate fudge brownies. (He LOVES chocolate) Well, he told me to call after my work meetings. I did he answered his work phone, "R's house of flowers". I thought it was cute. I had a choral concert last night and invited him to go with me. We met for dinner and he said he was going home from there. He says "The flowers and stuff was a bold move for you". I wasn't quite sure how to take that ~~~ I wanted a THANK YOU !

He asked me to come over after the concert, but I went home instead. He just emailed and said he stayed home from work today that he wasn't feeling well. I told him i'd pick up anything he needed after work...if he didn't need anything then I was going home. I have so much stuff to do at home --I have been neglecting!!!!
Has everyone but me finished their Christmas shopping????

I wanted to pass out my N.O. goodies, spices and mixes to my teacher friends by the end of this week...otherwise we get stuff from kids later in the week and wanted to be seperated from the other stuff. I am cranky today can you tell???????

I'm not feeling quite that bad...actually I woke up with a smile on my face and my guy next to me. I was so comfy that I did not want to get out of bed at all!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I made it here barely. I am in a rather good mood. I played Jeopardy with my Language Arts classes today. We covered vocabulary, spelling, parts of speech and a novel we just finished.

I took the liberty to go pick up a Santa balloon,one red and green balloon, 2 brownies and put together a few flowers and drove them over to R's work which is the college. I knew he wasn't there (he was in Atlanta for a conference this morning). So I'll wait til I hear from him. Only one person saw me deliver them to his office.... so I doubt I'll totally freak him out.

Last night he decorated more in my front yard and brought over a wreath for my front door. He really is a home maker....I DIG IT.

How do my blog readers feel...what are your personal thoughts on Eloping????

I'll dedicate this to my dad. As it is his birthday today...however he is on Portsmouth England for business. He is testing some Hovercrafts and their mechanical functions. He designs them and handles Propulsion...I am proud of him....
I did have a really busy weekend. I was sick Thursday night. A god awful tummy virus. I called into work sick Friday. I was up practically all night Thursday running to the bathroom. Can I say YUK!!!!

I had a great day yesterday. I got to wake up to R. We ran a few errands and he grilled shrimp, salmon (in a honey sauce), smoked sausage stuffed with artichoke and cheese. HE also sauteed tomato, squash and zucchini...It was yummy and I have left overs for the whole week!

We just had a really good weekend...lots of positive talking and sweet sentiments. He hung up some more Christmas lights in my front yard. We watched some football. Ya'll It's getting all kinds weird.......I am feeling all warm and fuzzy!!!!

Well, it's finally Thursday. I am feeling a bit odd. (Sorry that is normal for me).
Last night R surprised me with two bouquets of burgundy and white chrysanthemums. I was in a moo moo doing dishes out of the shower and with my hair on top of my head . I looked like a ton of bricks hit me. Can I say scary?

He came in and grabbed some of the Christmas lights I bought and set them out in my yard. He did a pretty good job. We watched a little tv and talked. He apologized for being a butt head Monday night. He was just really cranky.

Tomorrow is Friday. Can I say AMEN?

How pushy am I to have sent him and email that reads: "OK. You said once or twice that you didn't know what to shop for when it came to me.
I am going to go out on a limb and act completely presumptious...geeze do I hope I am not making a mistake on this one. I was in Sam's last week and saw a couple of things that I liked. So I am going to include a link......please don't misconstrue this as pressure. Think of it as getting to know my taste.....

Sam's Club - Search Results "

ideas????

These made me smile, I hope they do the same for you!
My class was cancelled last night, so I went over to R's place. We ended up going to Fantasy in Lights at Callaway Gardens. We took the girls and the trolley through it. I had a great time!

I need your prayers. I really want this one to work out.
He has commitment issues, so send him positive vibes please!
I mean wow. I have't felt this way in a L-O-N-G time.

It helps that today, I know I have the rest of the week off. The new PX at Fort Benning opens tomorrow and it's HUGE. I get to go shopping again!!! I love to shop!!!!
I am going to go crazy, I can feel it already. Just imagine a discount Dillards!!!!!

OK, give me more ideas for a Christmas gift for R. I know of a couple of things I am getting...a shirt and a Cd he wants, but I want to get something else a bit more personal. Any suggestions??????

I am hard at work on a PowerPoint presentation for my night class at the college. I will be thrilled when I finish..It is the one assignment I keep putting off!

GRRRR

R is driving back from Miss with his girls. We went to Red Lobster for dinner last night. I refused to work on my stuff after a long day at school...instead I watched the Pursuit of Happiness with Will SMith. It was a touching film.

The weather is awesome here. I will save on electricity this month!

Unfortunately, I went to ULTA last night and spent 100 bucks. I am soooo OCD when it comes to shopping. I am a kid in a candy store when it comes to cosmetics and jewelry! I bought some Nick Chavez hair care products. I have seen his line on QVC for a couple of years and wanted to try.....I like it from just washing last night. I bought his "Thick N Full" line.

Anyone ever heard of this Beverly Hills designer???

I want to be watching football instead I am typing.

Thurs

Well, it's the evening of the 4th and I am stuck behind a computer typing Grad school stuff.

How sad is this?

I relaxed most of the day. I went through my mail and paid some bills.

I went to my aunts house and sent brought her some stuff my mom sent back by me.

My mom is having a tough time with this chemo round. Her eyes water like she is crying all the time, her face is broken out in a red type rash as a reaction to one of the meds they are pumping into her. She grew back about an inch of hair after surgery and had in after the following 2 rounds of chemo---but its all gone now. Ya'll she has been such a trooper through all of this. God, is helping and your prayers have meant alot.

We got together with Linda and her mom (the only people besides mom and dad_that I saw while I was home--) Sorry GEE. Linda's mom had both breasts removed and has been through all the chemo and radiation and al the other shit that goes with it. Karen is divorced and only has her daughter Linda to help her with things. HEr mom has to have blood transfusions every few weeks. She told us they are looking at having to replace a heart valve because her red blood cells won't seem to mature. She has really been through the ringer (So keep her in your prayers too). The four of us had a meal while I was home. My mom and Karen didn't eat much, but we got them out and able to visit--neither one would drive to see the other alone at this stage in their lives. They have been friends for 30 years now.

I cleaned and cooked soem so dad would have food and mom didn't have to worry about it.

I did manage to buy some tickets off of Ebay--any one had a bad experience with anything they bought off of there??? I BETTER NOT!

HAPPY MARDI GRAS

Purple- Justice
Green - Faith
Gold- Power

I need all three of these right now~ These are the official colors of Mardi Gras.

The businesses on Bourbon Street have to grease the poles outside so that tourists can't climb them trying to get to a balcony (drunk of course) and kill themselves. It is the only night ALL YEAR that Bourbon street closes. The cops on horses stroll though escorting people to their homeward bound destinations as the street washers come to attempt to clean the streets with water from trucks. The city gauges how successful this Carnival (MArdi Gras) was by the amount of trash collected......

I hate that I have to work today. Seriously, this is only the 3rd year of my life I have ever had to work on Mardi Gras. IT SUCKS. I am wearing some festive beads. Dreaming of a time when friends and family got together to have a picnic, laughter, people watching (you would be amazed at some of the costumes people would dream up.)

Poeple stake out their Mardi Gras spots 48 hours in advance with ladders chained together. People take turns camping out in a tent over night....

This is Hannah's man Taylor Hicks from American Idol. HE was the Grand Marshall for Endymion one of the best night parades, alwaya the Saturday night before FAT TUESDAY.

Only six episodes left...I WILL MISS The show HBO!

These upper two...yep you guessed it Tony Soprano. He was KING of BAcchus on Sunday NIght. The newspaper article I read said he was drunk as shit. The news I watched at Mom and Dad's followed him around at Children's hospital for 2 days prior to the parade as he raised money for these charities. He seems like a genuinely nice guy. I think he was surprised at the AMOUNT of people and families that turn out for these parades. It's an all day tail gate party without the tail gates...ladders and blankets instead.





There is a Krewe or BARKCUS~ which is strictly a pooch parade that strolls thru the French QUarter on Sunday before MArdi Gras (FAT Tuesday)













You see go and visit we treat tourists right! There is nothing better than a Local "Hi Ya'll" . New Orleanians have NEVER met a stranger.

We have creative artists in the city....
This is what we call duck soup.....This is for all the crazt cat ladies out there~ Here's your chance to shine! or MEEOOYOOWWW!

GO LSU!!

My Favorite spots in the French Quarter...JAckson Square named after Andrew Jackson...I have the most beautiful church behind me Saint Louis Cathedral. I dream of getting married there once...and hope it will last forever.

The marriage aspect well, it won't be with the sheriff . As my informants tell me he has a girl he's been seeing. See my luck with MEN!!!

This is the entrance to the French Market---a high class flea market if you will. Nothing used except music~ jewelry, t-shirts, art work, prints, purses, sun glasses, etc. It's a great place to shop. It is right across from the Mississippi River......I bought lots of goodies while I was these 2 weeks ago.

Tonight is the SUGARBOWL!!! Notre Dame vs. LSU...GO LSU!!! The revelers are already in the quarter out celebrating and cooking like only CAJUN's know how to do. It's at the Superdome...kinda wish I were there~

When you get a minute check out BRADY QUINN---he's Notre Dames quarterback and HOT. YOUNG BUT HOT> I mean good size guys running around in tights chasing a ball. How do I get through the Spring WITH OUT football????
This was my LUCKY HAT, that I bougt while I was home.
Amazing how many comments I got that night~ Go SAINTS
I LOVE my fleur De Lis~~~~their like Cheese...i'll take it on anything!

Ok lots to do and it's now 8:17...

Jan 1 2007

See how N'awlins reindeer are dressed BG!!!

This is the Christmas Tree that Linda and I enjoyed while in the Quarter...I have lots of pics to post...several that are for BG exclusively!!1 Girly I thought of YOU as I took them. I know you now feel completely LOVED and adored!

Today, again I went shopping--Pier 1, Bed Bath and Beyond (I found 2 silk pillows for my new bedspread for 20 bucks--Yippee! ), Bath and Body, (I have fallen in love with a sparkle roll on scented Strawberries and Creme...they were 3 bucks each, so I went all out. They also have my Wallflowers- plug ins for 5 bucks...So I grabbed a few of the as well. YEP I AM TOTALLY BROKE~ but damn it I smell some kinda good.

SEE D and BG I had many a drink for your guys....This was a few hours into the evening~ Ok i'm pretty pissed off with G. He's totally blown me off the last 4 days. HE said he'd call...and didn't. So I called him. (I"M AN IDIOT) He said his daughter was sick again. I'm not sure if I believe him. He said how he's had 3 days off and doesn't wanna go back to work. He asked how I was --said I sounded "Down". I said I was fine. I wanted to jump his shit...but why. I mean we have no commitment, not sure I can see a future with him....wondering why I am feeling so controlling...or wanting to control his time. WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH ME???

NYE 2007

Onions and Christmas trees
A family is at the dinner table. The son asks his father, "Dad, how many kinds of boobs are there? The father, surprised, answers, "Well, son, there are three kinds of breasts.
In her 20s, a woman's breasts are like melons, round and firm.
In her 30s to 40s, they are like pears, still nice but hanging a bit.
After 50, they are like onions". "Onions?" "Yes, you see them and they make you cry."

This infuriated his wife and daughter so the daughter said, "Mum, how many kinds of 'willies' are there?"
The mother, surprised, smiles and answers, "Well dear, a man goes through three phases.
In his 20s, his Willy is like an oak tree, mighty and hard.
In his 30s and 40s, it is like a birch, flexible but reliable.
After is 50s, it is like a Christmas tree". "A Christmas tree?" "Yes - dead from the root up and the balls are just for decoration."


Well, it's New Years Eve and I have just finished FOLDING CLOTHES! Wahoooooo...oh the excitement. It's so hard to contain myself. I have another warm load in the dryer. I mean it doesn't get any better than this....

"Sad but True" as James Hetfield would say. I spent the day cooking and throwing some shit away. I need to do soooooooo much more! I cooked a meatloaf, a hashbrown casserole, peas, and black eyes peas. I have food for a week. Knowing that I go back to school day after tomorrow, I wanted to have some dinners to nibble on. My Saints played their second string guys and we LOST.

I did treat myself to a mani and pedi last this eve...I mean what the hell else did I have planned???!!!! I thought G might call and wanna do something. NOPE
T invited me to Buffalo's with him and a bud...A invited me over to her parents place...I wanted to be all warm and snuggly with a guy tonight. It's rainy here and VERY HUMID....ICK

GUess I am gonna have to settle for DESTINY my only male kitty....He's my heart and soul anyway...he never lets me down.

For some reason Blogger will not let me post any pics my last 2 posts..GRRRRRR
Happy FUCKIN New Year.