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It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas!!!

For months now, my friends and I have been planning a trip to the Mountains. We were hoping to get away and see all the pretty leaves, but we got a GREAT surprise when we got to Ashville on Friday....SNOW!!!!!!!!!!! In my family, snow is like the ultimate fun! With the slightest hint of snow in the forecast Mom is on the ready with milk, bread, hot coco and maybe an occasional spur of the moment trip up to the property! A fire is a must at all times, too! It has been getting much colder this year, than last year where I was wearing short sleeves at thanksgiving, so getting to see all the snow made it feel like winter is finally here.

With the last month crazy busy for myself and all my friends, we haven't had much time to hang out so it was so nice to just hang out and chill with good friends. Sitting around a fire, playing Wii, some good guitar pickin' in the background, a good book, and lots of laughs is what I call a good time in the Mountains! We made yummy dinners both nights and played games that we laughed our aceses off in! If you ever have time, you HAVE to play Battle of the Sexes....it is so funny some of the answers that you get from each sex.....and the surprise you get when they know the right answer!

To the left are all the girls ready to go to town for the day. It was a trick to just get out the front door and to the cars due to all the ice and snow! Don't you know that we didn't want to get our shoes wet much less bust our butts, which almost happened umpteen times....always made for a good laugh! Can you believe that we had that much snow?!?!?!?

Here is Amanda and I freezing our booties off! It was 28 degree's out side and I am sick as a dog too! This was taken on the front porch, where we were trying not to slip and have a nice background of all the snow! After a lazy morning, it was time to get out and see the sights.

I don't know if you guys are aware, but it seems like every time we all get together we end up at Mellow Mushroom! It has become one of our favorites, so it wouldn't be the same if we didn't go up in Ashville! This is were we ended up to defrost ourselves from our oh so FREEZING walk around downtown Ashville. It was a cute little town, but definitely different. Needless to say we stuck out like sore thumbs! Guess I'm going to need to 'Repent'....hahaha (inside joke from the trip)

Who doesn't love to look out over the rolling hills? It was breath taking! This is what we got to look out over while we were there! God is truly amazing! I have seen some breath taking places, but the mountains just fell like home to me! From the time I was little to now, we have been raised going to the mountains for a "getaway from the city". It was the same for my mother and her family because we have property and family still up in Dillard,GA. I found myself as we drove up through there thinking of all the old family stories I have heard a million+1 times from mom and how much I love my families heritage and all the memories we have up in the Mountains!

Wahoo for seeing snow....it has kicked off my holiday season with a BANG!!! Oh and I think I'm going to start doing a favorite commercial/videos on here every week because there are some really funny ones out there that need to be shared! So if you see one that needs to be posted drop me a line and I'll see what I can do!

Slacker!

I have tried and tried to think of things to blog about, but as I have mentioned before I think of things and then I forget to write about them. So I tried to write them down, but when I would look at the list I couldn't remember what I was going to talk about, so then I was back at the starting point.BOO! Most days I really haven't felt like blogging or nothing is blog worthy and I don't want to bore y'all will my ramblings...So all I got today is what has been going on this week.....

Sunday~ Went to Dawsonville by myself to do some shopping....Enough SAID!!!!

Monday- Nothing....watched some T.V.

Tuesday- Dinner with Dad and Marcy....Really fun cause they usually are never both at the same in town, so this made for our 3rd dinner in a week! I must say we it's always good eatin' and great company when I'm with them! Our first night of dinner treats was to Maggiano's Little Italy on Wednesday, followed by a shopping trip on Friday night with Macry and then dinner at Seasons 52 that Dad got to join after a canceled business meeting! Then on Tuesday we went to one of the oldest restaurant in Atlanta...the Colonnade! YUMMY! We had the best waiter...he has us laughing all night!

Wednesday- Ate leftover fried chicken from the colonnade while mom and I watched a interview with Dolly Parton and then I watched the CMA's. They were amazing!!!! Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood are by far two of my favorite country singers (which I got to see this past year in concert) and they were awesome hosts! They both took home awards and I was so happy! It was so cool watching them this year cause my friends and I have gotten a chance to see just about all of the artists that preformed last night....not all, however there are a few that I would love to still see! I was a happy girl at the end of the night needless to say! Who else watched them? any favorites from last night??

Today- So far did some cleaning and I have been jammin' out to some new songs that I downloaded this week. For those of you interested in what I downloaded....the Lady GaGa album, Amos Lee(2 albums), Corey Smith, and Taylor Swift....SO GOOD!!!Oh yeah, I painted my nails black for the first time....it goes with the outfit. It really isn't me, but every time I see it on Lauren Conrad from the "Hills" she looks so cute, so I thought since I'm wearing black today with some yellow accessories that I would try it! As for tonight I plan on going home eating some grub and watching Ugly Betty and Grays! Oh the life of a single girl! Hey it works for me...for now :(

Hopefully, this weekend will usher some motivation for blogging material! Still working on the final plans! So far all I have going on is UGA/Auburn party, another Wedding shower and then babysitting! Hope everyone is having a good week! TTYL!

Coffee Case!

Over the past few weeks, I have been doing some extensive research on different brands of coffee. I usually just drink whatever is in the coffee pot when I leave for work, but some mornings I need a second cup when I get to work. My boss drinks Starbucks Breakfast blend, so every once in awhile I will have a cup....HECK YA! I never really tasted the difference in coffee till I had this one. So I started buying it for Mom and I to drink in the AM.

Going to Starbucks is a cool, but all the choices and the calories are to boot....I mean come on its like five bucks to have a latte', which adds up sooner or later! Plus when I drink those "designer" drinks I'm on a sugar high like no other and we all know that I don't need a boost in that area!

Anyways, back to the Breakfast Blend...It was the bomb, till we ran out again and I had to make a detour to the local Chick-fil-A for my morning pick me up! WOW, I love theirs too! I have found that I like strong coffee, with 3 hazelnut creamers(the small containers) and one slepnda....plus it is MUCH cheaper!!! That started to be my new routine, till I got new coffee for the house...and was running out of my allotted coffee money. That is where I discovered Dunkin' Donuts coffee! My sister is a major fan of this brand, so I thought hey I'll give it a shot! Yep, it's delicious too! My Bro-law just gave me the news that DD beat out major moola in the taste test! What's a girl to do??? Strong flavor, perfect with just half-n-half and some splenda....I try for the lesser points, so that I can have more cups. Humm new coffee brand for the mornings????

Wait just a second there.....THEN, Mom gets a new kind of coffee...UGGHH! We use to drink this brand and it was the Bomb, but more expensive than Starbucks and you have to have it shipped! Let's just say Gevalia is yummy in my tummy too! Plus, I even think she got a new coffee maker! This stuff is off the chain good! I missed not having it this morning because I was staying with my cousins! SO the Chick hit the spot today! I know that there are about a million brands and flavors out there, but I'm just a simple coffee drinker and I love hot tea too....how am I suppose to make all this decisions....has anyone ever drank caribou coffee? They have really good designer drinks too, but I only drink those when I need to overload on my calories for the day, which is like once a week! Weight Watchers, HA.... I just busted my count for the week with that right there!

So random poll...What is your favorite brand of coffee and how do you take it?? Black or almost white? Sugar or Splenda? Designer or regular? Espresso shot or in an IV?? Load up the Cal's or make it a slim?? I mean when you stand in line and order coffee, who needs all these decisions?? I mean wasn't it hard enough picking out your outfit that morning or which gas station had cheaper gas??? WAHOO, for almost $2 per gallon!

Enough from me now....I hope everyone has a HAPPY HALLOWEEN and GO DAWGS.....KILL THOSE GATORS!!!!

Dancing Divas and Dudes......

I'm going to go ahead a admit that I love Dancing with the Stars!! I love how they in corporate all those fun dances into the show! I would love to dance like that....It makes me think about Anna Kate because she is always dancing....I think we all wanted to be fairy princesses back in the day, so in a way these girls look like a dream come true for a little girl who use to wear my matching night gown and robe made of satin down the stairs and dance across the floor.

I really didn't get into the show when it first came on a few years ago, but the last few casts have been pretty good! This season is by far the best! In the past seasons I would start watching and then I would lose interest, but not this season! I mean who doesn't love Cloris Leachman?? She is kinda racy, but she is funny! Come on now, I don't think she can dance, but for her age she gives those young bucks a run for their money! I could however do with out all the skanky dresses and the spray tan, I mean come on George Hamilton was already on the show and one is enough, please!!

My favorite dancer by far is...DRUM ROLL PLEASE IS...... Warren Sapp! Every time he dances I crack up....I guess it is because he is so BIG, but for his size he is light on his feet and I love his smile! HE always put his own touch on the dances too. I am rooting for him to win , but Brook Burns is Really Really good too....either one is good with me tho! However, I hate watching the results show.....why they feel the need to block out two hours of good T.V. time beats me, but to some people that like watching little kids dance around while grown ups on the show can't even do the hooky pokie, just doesn't interest me. I like to just check the headlines on AOL for who got the boot the next morning! Plus, what other show on television has two nights of air time? Get it over with on the same night people....the suspense kills me!!! I'll be sad if Warren gets kicked off soon, but I like all the remainders on the show, so I think I'll stick this season out! Do ya'll watch this show? If so, who is your fav. dancer??

FootBall and Wedding Shower....busy!

This past weekend went off with out a hitch! It was a great weekend and I had so much fun! I stayed up late Friday night working on the party favors and watched the lifetime movie about CoCo Chanel! It was a great movie and I hope I catch it again! She is a fabulous woman! Who doesn't love her bags or sunglasses??? Saturday, Mom and I got an early start to Athens before all the traffic hit. We had a hearty meal at an old southern favorite... The awful waffle. IT WAS SO GOOD!!!!!Once we found our parking spot, (which I thought I was going to scream....Google maps suck) we got to our seat and enjoyed the game! It was a great game. Once we would get settled into our seat, they would make an awesome play or something and we were right back on our feet! Here is Mom and I during a T.V. timeout:

Here is a shot of the dawgs playing some defense!

After the game, Mom and I did some shopping in Athens for awhile and when we finally got home it was 10:00 and I still had to carve those pumpkins and make the flower arrangements! I was majorly stressing about the flowers, but I think they turned out great after some nursing....Who knew that sunflowers need sunlight? Gosh, STUPID! Ok, I knew that, but the flower guy at Whole Foods said to keep them in water and in a fridge....so I did. Well they didn't like that!

Luckily, I had made the Bride and Groom pumpkins earlier in the week, but I was down the wire with decorations... I had been on a man hunt for old pictures of Katie and I from our whole lives and I came up with some pretty good ones. I was actually able to find a picture from my 1st. Birthday party where Katie and I are both sitting in our highchairs. Priceless.
Since the shower was a mother/daughter shower, we invited friends from high school and college to attend. We also asked the girls to mail old pics. from back in the day so that we could display them around and we also made Katie a memory book as our shower gift. Katie's grandmother had found a great picture of Katie from way back when, of her dressed up in a wedding dress, veil, and white pumps.....so appropriate!!! It made for a great laugh!!

Here is Katie and I at the shower. It was an honor to be throwing her this shower. She is my lifelong friend and I am so happy for her.
It turned out to be a beautiful day, but there was a bite in the air that day, so we had the patio blocked off and the heaters on! It was perfect though! As we all know I love high heels and it's a rare occasion to have Katie in heels too, so we took a picture to commemorate the event! It was so good to see old friends and catch up with each other over a good meal! You know girl talk, it ranges from kids, to jobs, to shopping, and our love lives. There were plenty of laughs to go around. Here are a few more pics from the day:
Our end of the table

Our Place Setting....it totally tied together our fall theme

Here is Katie, Amy and Myself

Here is the memory table with the cake as well! If you look at the round picture to the right of the cake with the pink and blue writing....yep that is Katie and I way back in elementary school..ha!


I had a great weekend and I got to finish it off by spending it with Kali and Whitney. We finished the first season of the Tudors. SAD, We love that show. We also watched Step Up 2.....McCall, I loved it!!! How was every one's weekend?? Busy weeks going on???

Tick, Tick

I started this week knowing that I was throwing a bridal shower on Sunday and I was thinking that I didn't have that much to do. So I have been taken my sweet time doing stuff to get prepared. Then on Monday, Z's girlfriends parents gave me their 4 season tickets to the Georgia game for Saturday, so I have been thinking about that more than I should...like what to wear or if we should tailgate or not. So now I think that just mom and I are going to go to the game b/c of the girls going wasn't able to work out going due to a previous commitment. No worries, however she will be missed. Still looking for someone to go with us...So needless to say I was thinking all along that I had a few days to make the center pieces, stuff the party favors, and plan my outfit...

Still haven't picked what to wear....for either day. T-minus 22 hours and counting. I have a few possibilities, but I just can't decide. Let's take a vote: Should I wear a cute black skirt with a white shirt and green high heels?? or Should I wear my new dress that has the Skirt(black) and Shirt(fuchsia)attached to make the dress and top it off with a patten leather belt??Decisions, Decisions!!! UGH!

I'm started on the decorations, but still have to carve out the pumpkins....did I mention that we are doing a fall theme for the shower? We are and it's going to be so cute....sunflowers and pumpkins! LOVE IT!!!

I love party planning! I love working out the menu, doing the decorations, and all that jazz. I have only had a few friends get married so far, unlike the rest of the south, so I haven't really had to throw that many showers, but when I have, I LOVED IT! I don't think that all of our ideas could have come together more perfectly. So stay tuned for pictures. With all the preparations and going to the game, I still haven't got her a gift....I feel like I'm running out of time on everything! So, I guess I better get off here and go get something accomplished!!! Say a little prayer that everything works out perfectly! SO what are you guys doing this weekend???