A Night Filled With Favorite Things

Like...

Grilled cheese sandwiches.

Real coke with a touch if Malibu.

Watching Home Alone.

Putting up the Christmas decorations.

A vent and a blanket on a chilly night.

A warm bed with clean sheets.

A cranberry woods candle smelling up my house.

It's Beginning to Look a lot Like Christmas...

I've had a hard time catching the Holiday spirit this week.

Between the warm Atlanta weather and long list of things I needed to do before heading to NY I just didn't really feel it.

I'm happy to announce that I am kinda catching it now. Somewhere between the Christmas tree at my good man's parent's house and the Christmas music and the cider sipping and pie smells... it's beginning to look a lot like Christmas. And Thanksgiving hasn't even happened yet.

Now all I need is to hear Blue Christmas and Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer and I'm back!

P.S. I caught my first graders at school playing "Pilgrims and Indians" yesterday at recess.Complete with a Mayflower Ship. Precious!

P.S.S. I also caught some of them singing some song about glitter on the floor and taking it off and turning it on and freaks coming around. Not precious!

I realize that this blog has been super boring lately.

Honestly, I just flat out haven't really had anything to talk about. I still don't really but lets see if I can round something up.

I cut all my hair off last week (sorry Dadio) but I don't have a picture to show you. I love the cut though... I just felt like I needed a change.

 On Saturday some couples from our small group at church had a Thanksgiving dinner and it was SO much fun.  I can honestly say that I will be sad when we all start going in different directions. It has been such a blessing to share this time of our lives with people in the exact same situation. Getting connected and making good friends has made all the difference!

My good man and I are leaving tomorrow night to spend Thanksgiving with his parents in Binghamton, NY. His mom and I are hitting the city on Saturday and I'm so excited! Hopefully it will help me get in the "Christmas spirit." I've been trying to catch it but I guess I have to get through Thanksgiving first. Maybe the fact that it was 70 degrees today has something to do with my non-holiday-mood. 

A friend was telling me about the "Favorite Things" episode of Oprah the other day and how she was doing a part 2 episode today. Honestly, I kinda ran home quick so I could catch some of it. Those people act insane! Not that I blame them at all, but it is pretty funny to see them go crazy. 

I would love to keep rambling but I have clothes to wash, a kitchen to clean, and a bag to pack.

Say What???

  I should have been in bed 56 minutes ago but here I am wasting time on the internet. On the MSN homepage is the headline America's 15 Most Popular Professions. Check out this one:

15. Elementary school teachers: The category includes elementary school teachers except those who teach special education. Elementary school teachers are responsible for instructing students in kindergarten through fifth grade on a variety of subjects.
Total employment:  1.54 million
Salary: $53,150
Requirements: Bachelor's degree, teaching certification.

I beg your pardon? 

$53,150 with only a bachelor's degree? Where in the heck are these people working?

It is most definitely not Atlanta, GA.

I'm Shamelesssssss

Raise your hand if you'd like to know a little secret about me.

I'm a major Garth Brooks fan. Have been since the Alabama June Jam where my brave momma and dad drug all three kids to this outdoor country music festival in what couldn't have been any later than 1988.

Anyway. This love for Garth Brooks seeped into my early elementary world with a T-Shirt and a video taped copy of some concert that we watched about a million times screaming every single word to all his songs. 

My dear friends... I'm kinda proud to admit that I sang Friends in Low Places in the second grade talent show. This happens to be the same talent show where they pronounced my name ka-ki (like the pants). But that's a different story for a different day.

My mom and dad made me change the lyrics to "Where the Pepsi drowns and the Root Beer chases by blues away" and I was so stinkin' frustrated at them for that. I get it now but I sure didn't understand why I couldn't say "whiskey" and "beer" in that show. 

(P.S.    LRL... do you remember looking up More Than  Memory on YouTube in between our Facebook stalkings?)

Anyway, for the past 5 years I've made it known that I will see Garth Brooks in concert before I die. The problem was that he wasn't touring.  Last week I heard that he was coming to Nashville and it was almost more then I could take. I mean, Nashville is only 3.5ish hours away and the concert is $25 and in December which is perfect and the very FIRST station I ever made on Pandora was "Garth Brooks!"

It's meant to be. My good man and I don't agree very much on music but we can agree on Garth. Callin' Baton Rouge gets sang on pretty much any trip we take. We are going to the December 19 show and I am soooooo excited! 

Almost to the point where I feel kinda giddy and happy when I think about it. I've already warned my good man that he might see a new side of me and it might not be pretty. I plan on being one of those people who belts out that mysterious third verse to Friends in Low Places. Get ready.

Life Lately

I kept meaning to put up some pictures of the Halloween stuff but Halloween is kinda long over and no one really cares about all that anyway. 

But, I do want you to see my pumpkin (momma)...

This picture is kinda funny from the flash but it looked really cool in person!

My poor good man has been sick all week so we have just kinda hung around and watched Mad Men. I really like it so far and I hear it gets even better.

Yesterday was one heck of a day in the elementary word. A big ole' glass of Moscato (or two) and some leftover Halloween candy helped.

Enjoy your Friday!