Happy Thanksgiving (a little late) and bye-bye sweet Croom

First of all...HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

I hope you all have a wonderful holiday. Trey and I have had a great one so far - and we are still going! We went to the coast to visit his family on Wed. night and stayed until Friday morning and then drove across the state to Starkville (God's country) to be with mine until tomorrow. It has all been wonderful. I have so many things to be thankful for - we truly feel so blessed. One of my greatest blessings is my family, my old and new family, so I am so thrilled to be here with them!



On a different note, I am so sad about Coach Croom. I know everyone has their opinion and I know everyone likes to win, but I love that man. He took a team that was in trouble and brought character back into the program. He has acomplished alot, including being named SEC Coach of the year last year.



Granted, we decided to not show up to the Egg Bowl, (I DON'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT), but I am still upset about his resignation. I wish him the best for sure.

Read about it here.



So long, Croom. You will be missed.



Ok, got to go play with Henry! Who, by the way, will be 2 on Monday and can say the ENTIRE ABCs, count to 10 and say things like "Heather, I have to sit here and concentrate."

True story. I love him.

tag!

I was tagged by the middle sister. I am supposed to list 6 things interesting about me and then tag 6 others to do the same. 

So here you go:

1. I can't stand when things are spelled wrong on purpose. Example: Kountry Kitchen, KREATIVE BLOGGER! (it hurt me to put that up there, but I love my sis and I love lists.) 

This is ironic because I can not spell worth a flip without spell check. But I ask, WHY spell incorrectly on purpose? 

2.  Sometimes I like coffee and sometimes I don't.  I can't explain it.  Some days all I want is a good cup of Joe.  Others, if I think about it or smell it, I feel sick at my stomach.  

3. I refuse to go to the tanning bed and I wear sunscreen everyday.  Yes, even when I spend all day in my office. I used to not be this way.  I regret that now.  Do I like being very pale? Heck no.  But I refuse to ruin my skin to try to look "good".  I recently got tan sprayed by a girl.  Not a machine. a person. It was worth it.  But I can't afford the upkeep.  $30 for a 3 day tan? Craziness.  I will just embrace my whiteness. 

4.  I could spend all day with old people.  The older the better, I say.  

5. I slept with the same baby doll for years.  Her name is Baby.  I had her when I was a baby.  Baby has been everywhere with me: through surgeries, vacations, sleepovers, college.  Yes, college.  Trey refused to sleep with me and Baby after our marriage, so I retired Baby to the

 drawer in my bedside table.  I sleep with her when he is out of town.  She is in rough condition, having been through various "surgeries" herself.  I still love her.  I wish i had a picture of Baby. I would share it. 

6. My dog wears pajamas. Proof:

weekend in Natchez

Last weekend a group of girls and I went to Natchez for one of our friend's wedding. We had the best time. Truth be told: I have never had a bad time in Natchez - right, Nan? Anyway, we all piled in my car and headed out Saturday morning. The wedding was gorgeous. Audrey got married outside on the porch of a mansion. Breathtaking. She both entered and left the ceremony in a white horse-drawn carriage. Very fairy-tale-esque. I loved it.

I also loved the dancing and the reception, but that is neither here nor there.

Here are a few pictures from the weekend.

The girls. We have girl's night. Like Sex and The City and Desperate Housewife watching:

Audrey, the bride, of course:

Audrey made the mistake of telling us that she and her new hubby were staying in the mansion where they wed. This, obviously, was also the place of the reception.

Audrey, now is the time to tell you that Jennifer and I took it upon ourselves to take pictures in your honeymoon room.

You gave us permission to look, which resulted in the taking of this picture:

And a few more reception and post-reception photo ops.

Fran, Erin, Me and Jennifer:

there was an accident:

Emily and Emily and me.

This was taken right after they admitted to blog stalking me. If that is not a kodak moment, what is?

Me, Erin, Fran, Jami and Jennifer at Fat Mama's.

CONTINUING ON TO SUNDAY:

We leave The Eola on Sunday morning and head out to grab some lunch before our trip back to the 'burg. Magnolia Grille. Yummy.

Did I mention I was the driver? Maybe now would be a good time to point out that fact.

Anyway, I parked the car and the five of us headed in for some good food.

AN HOUR AND A HALF LATER -

we walk back to my car when Erin looks at me and asked what that strange noise was.

It was my car. And it was running. The engine was on. For an hour and a half. Just sitting there. Waiting. Wasting.

Awesome.

AN HOUR AND A HALF LATER -

We are cruising on minding our own business when I look back and see a cop. With the lights on. Chasing me.

I pull over and await my sentence. I honestly didn't think he would give me a ticket. I have never even been pulled over. Cut a girl a break, man. No such luck. Without so much as a smile, he handed me my due. Crap. I didn't argue: I was going over the speed limit. But on my behalf, I thought the speed limit was 70. I later learned it was not...

After the cop handed me the dreaded yellow slip, he headed back to his un-marked car, no less. We were free to go. Careful not to speed, I slowly merged back onto the highway. What I didn't take into account was the gravel I was parked on.

I spun out.

Yep. Rocks were flying at the cop.

Good job, captain idiot.

Anyway, we laughed the rest of the way home, as I was driving 5 under the limit.

I don't want to talk about it.

I don't want to talk about the fact that I got my first speeding ticket by a sneaky unmarked car. 

I don't want to talk about the fact that my bathtub is in my front yard.  Seriously. Don't ask. I said I didn't want to talk about it. 

Or the fact that I showered on campus today before work and the water pressure was awful, thus resulting in a really bad 'do. 

OR the fact that the men in the bathroom messed up my toothbrush so I went to the Corner Market to get another one AND THEY ARE OUT. Of toothbrushes? Why? They said they are getting a shipment on Thursday.  AWESOME. I will wait until then to brush my teeth.  

BUT I do want to talk about my fun weekend in Natchez - so get ready for fun pictures.  Hopefully downloading tonight.  Get ready. It was fun.