I have not posted any photos or updates from our SSI trip, because the day we got back we were unpacking, cleaning up, and sleeping...Until the midnight phone call...
I always keep my cell phone beside the bed so in case something happens, someone can reach me. Mom called to tell us that her older sister, my Aunt Pam, was in ICU at St. Francis. She was upset and crying and asked me to come, so I jumped up and got dressed and met her and my family at the hospital...all 15 of us. We are a big family and we love each other and are very protective of one another...
The doctor told us she might not make it thru the night...we all prayed and stayed there till 6am the next morning when we knew she pulled through...I went home and slept for a few hours and came back up there b/c they were going to transfer her to Emory where they were equipped to do the surgery she needed...massive tears all thru her aorta. We cleaned her house for the past two days and got it ready for them to come home, and the great news is she gets to come home today, thank goodness!
Praying for her safe recovery...
Saturday, September 10, 2011
Thursday, September 1, 2011
St Simons Island, Georgia
This is where we are headed...
Happy Labor Day Weekend....Here's to the end of Summer (and wearing white :( )
Tuesday, August 30, 2011
2 Songs & 1 Picture
2 Songs
1. Into the Mystic - Van Morrison...I am obsessed with this song...begged the hubby to dance to it @ our wedding, but we wound up using it for the dance where I was with his dad and he was with my mom. FAVORITE. SONG. EVER.
2. Everything - Lifehouse...this was the first song that the Mr. and I danced to...and it was just a simple dance in the middle of the living room. We think of it as "our song". So pretty...
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| The song was on this album called "No Name Face". |
1 Picture
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| This is a picture of the Mr. in I in Destin...we had JUST gotten engaged an hour before hand. We went here to eat and called everyone from the table during dinner already making wedding plans! :) |
Monday, August 29, 2011
5 Foods, 4 Books, and 3 Films
5 Foods
- Pizza (thin and crispy crust, yes please!)
- Pasta w/ spicy marinara sauce
- Sushi
- Mom's mac and cheese
- Twizzlers (the tropical flavored ones - which I can no longer have thanks to TMJ)
4 Books
- True Blood books...yes there is quite a few, but they are all essential if you watch the show! :)
- Flower Shop Mystery series...so girly, funny, and suspenseful all at same time, but not serious reading here!
- Aurora Teagarden Mystery series...also by Charlaine Harris...love all of her books...these are kind of scary, but so good!
- Family Bible...it's special for a lot of reasons...I got this from my MIL the Christmas after P. and I got married...it has a family tree in the front for both our families...very special to us.
3 Films
- Gone with the Wind...enough said...
- Father of the Bride - parts I and II
My Father the Hero...love this movie so much, and not a lot of people have seen it...I have a tie for third fav...it comes in close w/ Captain Ron, which I think is just so funny. I love old cheesy funny/romance type movies!
Saturday, August 27, 2011
Six Places
1. Italy...I have always wanted to go and according to my Nana we have Italian heritage, so of course that gives me good reason to go, right?! Specifically to Sicily and Venice.
2. Ireland...My mom's dad's family is Irish...blond hair, green eyes, freckles, and fair skin...Yep! I think it is such a beautiful place and would love to visit.
3. Killington, Vermont...I went when I was younger for a family ski trip, and I have wanted to go back ever since. Such beauty it is indescribable!
4. Columbus, GA...silly I know since I live here, but it's special to me and I can't see myself living anywhere else. I lived in Phenix City for a few years, but I was born and raised in Columbus and call it home. :)
5. Gray, GA...it's my husbands hometown where he was born and raised and it's a special place for both of us. I have so many good memories of fun things we have experienced together there...w/ my family, his family, and friends...cookouts, swim parties, Christmas parties, GA parties, fishing, etc....so special.
6. St. Lucia...our honeymoon wasn't the smoothest of things...our wedding day was a comedy of errors which to me is funny...limo breaks down on way to reception (leaving us no ride to Atlanta that night), by bustle is busted (twice!), sister in law falls off and is dragged behind a golf cart, mother in law forgot her dress that she was to wear during the wedding two hours away (eek!), fight breaks out between two girls in the parking lot (fueled by alcohol! :(), among other things...but our honeymoon was so wonderful and beautiful and we were beyond blessed to get to spend that week together in marital newlywed bliss! However, we had a private honeymoon villa, BUT the didn't tell us they would be doing construction right outside our plunge pool or that said plunge pool would not be heated...YEP...freezing cold! lol...it's funny now, but wasn't funny then when hubby mooned he work crew he didn't know was right outside the bedroom window! lol We will have such fabulous stories to tell our kinds and grand kids one day! lol
2. Ireland...My mom's dad's family is Irish...blond hair, green eyes, freckles, and fair skin...Yep! I think it is such a beautiful place and would love to visit.
3. Killington, Vermont...I went when I was younger for a family ski trip, and I have wanted to go back ever since. Such beauty it is indescribable!
4. Columbus, GA...silly I know since I live here, but it's special to me and I can't see myself living anywhere else. I lived in Phenix City for a few years, but I was born and raised in Columbus and call it home. :)
5. Gray, GA...it's my husbands hometown where he was born and raised and it's a special place for both of us. I have so many good memories of fun things we have experienced together there...w/ my family, his family, and friends...cookouts, swim parties, Christmas parties, GA parties, fishing, etc....so special.
6. St. Lucia...our honeymoon wasn't the smoothest of things...our wedding day was a comedy of errors which to me is funny...limo breaks down on way to reception (leaving us no ride to Atlanta that night), by bustle is busted (twice!), sister in law falls off and is dragged behind a golf cart, mother in law forgot her dress that she was to wear during the wedding two hours away (eek!), fight breaks out between two girls in the parking lot (fueled by alcohol! :(), among other things...but our honeymoon was so wonderful and beautiful and we were beyond blessed to get to spend that week together in marital newlywed bliss! However, we had a private honeymoon villa, BUT the didn't tell us they would be doing construction right outside our plunge pool or that said plunge pool would not be heated...YEP...freezing cold! lol...it's funny now, but wasn't funny then when hubby mooned he work crew he didn't know was right outside the bedroom window! lol We will have such fabulous stories to tell our kinds and grand kids one day! lol
Friday, August 26, 2011
7 Wants
1. To be finished w/ both my Masters in Counseling and my Doctorate as well :).
2. To have a newer and bigger home...living in an old house is not as neat as it sounds (tiny closets, and not a lot of storage space).
3. A baby...we would love to have one...we have got names picked out and everything...but all in God's time. :)
4. For my hair to hurry up and grow back out.
5. For Oconee to continue on it's successful path...I am so proud of my husband and the company...He has worked so hard for the success he has gained.
6. For mom and dad to be able to sell their house this go-round...she would love to be back in town.
7. For S., my younger brother, to get into whatever college he wants to next year (I think he's leaning towards Auburn, lord help my poor dad!)
2. To have a newer and bigger home...living in an old house is not as neat as it sounds (tiny closets, and not a lot of storage space).
3. A baby...we would love to have one...we have got names picked out and everything...but all in God's time. :)
4. For my hair to hurry up and grow back out.
5. For Oconee to continue on it's successful path...I am so proud of my husband and the company...He has worked so hard for the success he has gained.
6. For mom and dad to be able to sell their house this go-round...she would love to be back in town.
7. For S., my younger brother, to get into whatever college he wants to next year (I think he's leaning towards Auburn, lord help my poor dad!)
Thursday, August 25, 2011
8 Fears
These are in random order...
1. Roaches...they terrify me, so of course we get the huge ones during the warm summer months...ICK!
2. Cancer....it is prevalent in my mom's family (breast cancer specifically)
3. Alzheimer's...watched my grandmommy (dad's mom) pass from it this past October...it's truly an awful thing to watch someone slowly decline like that...
4. Loss...plain and simple, I can't bear the thought of my husband, mom, dad, brother, etc. not being here every day with me or me with them....
5. Dark...I am an adult and the dark still freaks me out...I am a huge advocate of night lights :)
6. Tight spaces...I get very claustrophobic and will FLIP OUT on you if I'm put in a situation where I'm confined!
7. Planes/Flying/Heights....I think the idea of being that high up, moving at high speeds...yeah, freaks me out MAJOR!
8. Fire...I am one of those weirdos that's is so afraid of fire...I have to be a safe distance away from it, and even then I have to know I have an extinguisher somewhere close by...this applies to sparklers, fireplaces, fireworks, and even the candles you hold during Church service, like on Christmas Eve...yes, it scares me w/ that many flames in one room!
1. Roaches...they terrify me, so of course we get the huge ones during the warm summer months...ICK!
2. Cancer....it is prevalent in my mom's family (breast cancer specifically)
3. Alzheimer's...watched my grandmommy (dad's mom) pass from it this past October...it's truly an awful thing to watch someone slowly decline like that...
4. Loss...plain and simple, I can't bear the thought of my husband, mom, dad, brother, etc. not being here every day with me or me with them....
5. Dark...I am an adult and the dark still freaks me out...I am a huge advocate of night lights :)
6. Tight spaces...I get very claustrophobic and will FLIP OUT on you if I'm put in a situation where I'm confined!
7. Planes/Flying/Heights....I think the idea of being that high up, moving at high speeds...yeah, freaks me out MAJOR!
8. Fire...I am one of those weirdos that's is so afraid of fire...I have to be a safe distance away from it, and even then I have to know I have an extinguisher somewhere close by...this applies to sparklers, fireplaces, fireworks, and even the candles you hold during Church service, like on Christmas Eve...yes, it scares me w/ that many flames in one room!
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