Holidays and All It's Surprises!

I am DONE with finals and FREE for a whole MONTH!!! 

I am beyond excited!  Imagine my surprise yesterday on my very first day off of nothingness when I am cleaning the house and walk into the dining room to look up at our light fixture and see.....A BAT!!!

There he was the tiny brown bat, just napping away hanging from my cord cover on the chandelier...My shrieks of fear and running around the house like a mad woman grabbing shoes, keys, and the dog and evacuating did not phase him...

Once the health department arrived, there he still was "hanging around" on the cord cover sound asleep.  They removed him, are testing him for rabies (he's been euthanized), and then will inform me if we have to go through rabies vaccinations or not (oh, joy!).  Fingers crossed he was negative!!!

Then it was on to the "how the heck did he get in?" question.  This company came out (b/c our sucky bug guys don't handle bat issues) and said it would cost $1500 to "bat proof" the house?!?!?!  Do I look stupid or like I was born yesterday...DON'T THINK SO, HON!  I sent him packing and called who else, my daddy!

Hubby understood that this was an issue only daddy can handle!  Up he went to the roof to the chimney area, where low and behold, we had a hole which little bat went into and down the chimney, into the living room, and to his roost on the dining room chandelier. 

Whew...bat crisis averted thus far...Thanks of course to my Best-Super-Dad-Ever...Love you Superman Dad!

"Black Wednesday" Shopping

So mom and I decided that we were in no way venturing out on "Black Friday" this year, but that instead we would be having our own "Black Wednesday".  Well, it worked out great!  NO lines at Target and a pretty short one at Honey Baked Ham today!  I also got my Starbucks Caramel Brulee Latte (my current obsession!) with NO other cars in line!  SCORE!!

Target has the cutest satin pajamas that I am obsessed with as well....I have three of the four prints, and let me tell you, nothing sleeps better than slippery soft satin PJs! ;)  The prints are super cute...blue polka dot, black and white cheetah leopard print, red, and purple. 

I also got successful finding hubby's Christmas present early this year!!  He is of course getting a special ornament, which he gets from me every year now.  The tradition started when that was all we could afford one Christmas, a special ornament from me to him that signified something important to us...Last year was a glass concrete mixer truck ornament (we have a concrete company, Oconee Concrete), and this year is pretty cute if I may say so myself...will post pics after Christmas!!

AND...they have electric razors on sale now at Target...so I snapped one of those up as well for hubby! :)

Happy Shopping and Happy Thanksgiving!

CPR/First Aid

This beautiful Saturday morning, I will be in a classroom.  That's right, a classroom, learning CPR/1st Aid...I am excited at the idea of learning to save a life, etc...but not for 6 hours in a classroom on a Saturday! :(

I also hate tests...I wonder if the CPR/1st Aid test is hard?  Goodness I hope not! 

Off to CPR class and hoping our sweet puppy gets to feeling better soon.  He has been so sick...He has a genetic skin disorder and allergies...We are awaiting the results of the allergy tests conducted on Wednesday and can't wait to start getting those injections so that he can start to heal and feel better...

Oconee 2010 Christmas Card

I have to share the fabulous new Christmas card that my husband's company, Oconee Concrete, is using this year.  One of the girls in the office, T.C. picked it out.  I have to say, it is the cutest thing I have ever seen!  :)

We are in the concrete business, nothing cute or girly about that, but this card is just precious! :)

Enjoy!

Wednesday Off!

Today I have the day off!  It is so excited and nice - a break from the otherwise hectic week of lesson plans, unit plans, school, etc...

I am going to do the following today:

• Make Chess Squares with my mom
• Take said yummy-gooey Chess Squares to little brother's school for bake sale (he's not so little anymore at 17!)
• Take Porter Pug to the vet at 3pm (he still has the icky skin issue - it is now turning big patches of his skin black and he looks pitiful!)
• Finish a lesson plan (due tomorrow, I know, I'm terrible!)
• Maybe cook dinner for the sweet hubby! :)
• Work on a parent resource notebook (Blah for having to travel around town finding helpful information!)
• Pray for this semester to be over with already!
• Stalk out any good deals online for cute shoes, sweaters (I'm loving big, bulky, and soft sweaters right now!), Lancome makeup (in MAJOR need of powder, lipstick, eyeshadow, etc), and the list could just go on and on!

I really would love to have a new ring for Christmas too...It's been on my wish list since the hubby and I got married in 2008...I want another band just like my wedding band to go on the other side of my engagement ring...Is that horrible and selfish of me?  I don't think so...I think hubby should see it as testament to his super-ring-picking abilities! ;)

Happy Hump Day!!!

Misc. Musings

• I am procrastinating...I have so much to do coming up in following weeks, and I am putting it all off...BIG TIME!
• It is chilly outside and I love it...and so does Porter Pug
• I love coffee, but I hate to make it...the hubby does a way better job anyhow!
• I am absolutely dying to go shopping at one of my fav boutiques...but I can't stand one of the people that works there, so I'm not going (I refuse to spend $$$ somewhere that thinks they can be rude/snarky to me!)
• I am hoping Georgia pulls out a win today against Auburn...and Alabama too when they play them...we are a house divided, but we always pull for the Dawgs and Tide!
• I want to highlight my hair but I'm terrified...I'm a hair-coloring-virgin!
• I am FREAKING OUT about student teaching coming up soon...I am taking my CPR class next Saturday (ALL DAY LONG! :( )...so I'm "ready" but not really ready!
• I am ready for Christmas and all that it brings - faith/religion, family, traditions, decorations, parties, helping others in need, shopping in Dawsonville w/ mom (Lancome here we come!), and so many other things I can even count them.
• I am super excited to give the hubby his extra special ornament I picked out for him this year...it has become a tradition...I find an extra special ornament for him and I give it to him Christmas morning...it started when we were broke as a joke, just married, and that was all I could afford to give him, and it's stuck! :)

Have a happy weekend to anyone who might read this! :)
Mrs. TLB

Do's for Good Conversation

 I saw these do's for a good southern conversation on a blog at Sweet Southern Prep and loved them!  I am borrowing them to post on here...I think they are all very true and great advice when out socializing! :)  I am glad I had the chance to brush up on a few of these useful tips!

 

Southern Do's for a Good Conversation

(Social Graces by Ann Platz and Susan Wales)

 

• Share the conversation. Let everyone take a turn.
• Keep the talk interesting and light.
• Never embarrass your hostess.
• Never ask what something costs.
• Never use rude or shocking language.
• Keep personal problems private, especially at another's expense.
• Be sincere with your compliments.
• Correct your spouse's etiquette, grammar, or behavior in private.
• Talk with the people on your left and on your right when dining.
• Be honest.
• Listen carefully.
• Be respectful.
• Learn to compromise.