Happy Friday (er.... it's my Friday anyway)

I know, I know, it's not technically Friday, but....it is Friday for me as far as work goes.  My hubby and I spent last night packing up everything and getting stuff in order for our long drive tonight.  Not only did we have to pack for the weekend, but we had to pack up ALL of the baby shower stuff as well, plus lawn mower, tools, etc.  You see, we drive into Arkansas tonight and we will get in to mother's about 2 in the morning.  We will get up about 7 or 8 and we will unload the truck and he will head to the big city of Little Rock to pick up his brother and they will then head to our land in Mtn. Home to do some work on it. After that, they will drive back to Little Rock for the night and then on Saturday they will be headed to Fay-town for the BIG Game - that's right - it's FOOTBALL time and that means - RAZORBACK FOOTBALL season! WHOOP WHOOP!!!

The guys will be enjoying the big game, while us women folk tend to the baby shower for my daughter.  I'm thinking of going with something like this to keep it simple, but, I will have something besides the cake on that table, along with a longer table instead of the round:

I have been having fun pulling stuff together and can't wait to see it all completed and decorated for her.  It's also been a while since I've gotten to see a lot of my friends back home so I'm really looking forward to hanging out with all of them for a few hours as well as hanging out with my mama on Friday and Saturday too. :)

Sunday we have our best friend's son's 9th birthday party, which is also in Hot Springs.  I think we will then start making our way back to the Big State of Texas after that just so we can rest up on Monday before going back to work.  That drive isn't too long, but when you are our age, a long car drive can be cumbersome and very tiring, even if it is only 6-7 hours total from door to door.

Anyway, that's what's coming up for my holiday weekend - what do you and your family have planned? I can't wait to hear all about it, so please let me know you were here.  As you can expect, I will be away from the computer for a few days, but hope to catch up again on Monday or Tuesday morning of next week.

Have a wonderful and safe holiday weekend my peeps and thanks for stopping by! 

Lots of love and hugs,

Happy TGIF AND FOOTBALL Weekend!!!

Happy TGIF my peeps!  What are your weekend plans for this wonderful and long 3 day weekend?  Going to the lake perhaps?  Hanging out home?  Hubby and I are headed to our home state of Arkansas to hang with some of our besties and watch the HOG game on TV Saturday afternoon into the evening and I for one - CAN NOT WAIT!!!  It has been WAY TOO LONG since Football season was here and I live for this time of year - football, fall weather and then on into the holidays.  If you are a football fanatic like I happen to be - who is your favorite team that you root for and who are you playing this weekend?  Us? We are playing Auburn:

I am hoping for a huge win for my Razorbacks - or a small win - I don't really care - just as long as my beloved Razorbacks WIN AND BEAT Auburn! :) So... tell me - what are your plans this weekend?  Can't wait to hear all about them!  

Have a great day, a very happy and safe holiday weekend and thanks for stopping by.  Please let me know you were here! :)

Lots of love and hugs,
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31 Days (Day 4) - It's FOOTBALL time again

Happy TGIF y'all!  Got any big weekend plans?  We are sticking around the house and relaxing this weekend. Of course, depending on how my HOGS play against Florida will determine just how much relaxing I'll actually do. You may here me screaming at the tv all the way at your house! HA!

 VS.

How about you?  What are your weekend plans?  Anything fun and exciting happening your way?  Have a great day and thanks for stopping by to say hello! :)

Lots of love and hugs,

Weekend Recap

Happy Monday guys and dolls!  How was your weekend?  Great, I hope!  Ours was good but filled with so much stuff that we were super busy and it went by way too fast for my liking! HA!  Friday night we did our normal, weekly paying of bills, etc.  On Saturday we slept in until about 9:30 and got up and started on the housework, and running of errands.  We had planned to watch our beloved HOGS whoop up on the Kentucky Wildcats but unfortunately, for some DUMB reason, they had it blacked out in our area and we couldn't even get it on the radio.  We had to finally go to the Kentucky athletics website just to be able to hear the game.  Well they kicked some booty alright - they won the game 49 to 7 and it would have been an even bigger whoopin if the refs hadn't called the game with 5:08 left in the 3rd quarter due to thunderstorms and lightning! On Sunday, both the hubby and son had to be at work by 8 a.m. so I was able to get up with them about 7 and get my day started.  I got a LOT done with them gone! :) Here's the breakdown of just my morning:

 

1.  Start Coffee (first and foremost)

2.  Laundry

3.  Order Christmas cards (normally make them, but just won't have time)

4.  Refill Prescription online

5.  Total up checkbook from spending over weekend

6.  Cleaned out emails

7.  Worked on getting brother-in-law's graduation gift (from MAY) completed

8.  Cooked for upcoming week

9.  Made cookies for boss's day and

10. Put hot tub in paper and on craigslist for sale

 

Whew - I'm tired just thinking about all I got accomplished - but man was it nice to feel productive for a change! :)  It's amazing at what I can get done when I don't sleep my day away and have no one at home to interrupt me - LOL

 

How was your weekend?  Catch me up and tell me how you spent your time.  Oh and just because I hate having a post here without a picture - here's one for the fall to make you smile:

 

Would love for this to be MY driveway right now :)

 

Thanks again for stopping by.  I hope you have a wonderful and blessed day! 

 

 

Lots of love and hugs,

 

Friends, Football and Weekend Fun

Happy Sunday guys and dolls!  I wasn't sure I'd have time to post this weekend, but I wanted to put this on here anyway while I had a quick minute.  We had a wonderful weekend and it started off with a nice relaxing Friday night.  Then on Saturday we got everything together to prepare to watch our Hogs play the Aggies at 11:30 yesterday morning.  We completely lost 58-10 which was purely ridiculous to say the least.  All around this will just be a really bad season for our Hogs. :(

 

Later Saturday afternoon, our besties came down from Arkansas to spend the night with us and hang out before they left for their cruise to the Caribbean this morning.  We had such a wonderful time with them and miss them so much!  It's always so nice when friends and family come to town so they can stay and hang out for a little while.  We don't have that luxury very often, unfortunately. :(

Me and Tricia - I LOVE this girl!!



 

It was Joe's birthday on Saturday so we took him to our favorite little Mexican restaurant and they sang happy birthday to him and gave him a cake. However, he ended up buying dinner and wasn't supposed to. It was a nice thing for them to do - but silly when it was supposed to be our treat.

 

 Menu at our favorite Mexican Restaurant

 The birthday boy and his cake :)

 Our besties

Me and the hubby in our Oregon Ducks shirts (they won last night too - yay)

 

 Drinks were empty - it was time for round 2

 Oh well.... then we got up early this morning and Tricia and I cooked breakfast (white gravy, chocolate gravy, bacon, sausage, eggs and bisquits) YUM!  Tricia makes the BEST gravy ever and no matter how many times I have tried to make it I totally mess it up.  So it was a real treat that she was here to cook her famous gravy for us! :)

 

So... how has your weekend been so far?  Don't forget to stop by again tomorrow so you can continue with me through our Oregon vacation.  I can't wait to show you even more pictures! 

 

Have a great day and thanks for stopping by! :)

Lots of love and hugs,

It's Game Day Baby!

Happy Saturday!  I know I probably shouldn't be posting this as bad as we've been stinking it up this year so far, BUT I am and always will be a loyal Hog fan and must continue to root them on.  So... fingers crossed - let's hope they actually pull out a win this morning!  

 

 

VS

So what's on your agenda for the day?  Anything fun and exciting?  Do tell!!! Have a great one and thanks for stopping by!  WOO PIG SOOIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Lots of love and hugs,

Weekend Recap

Happy Monday my peeps!  How was your weekend?  Great, I hope!  Ours had its ups and downs.  It started out really nice on Friday night when hubby and I decided to go to Red Lobster for dinner.  We haven't been there in SO long and it was such a nice treat! :)  On Saturday we slept in very late - like 11:00 a.m. late!  We were SO tired and needed the rest apparently.  Then we got up and ran some errands so that we could get back in time for the Razorback Game.  THAT is where our "downs" came in.  We knew we were going to get killed by Alabama but I wasn't really expecting that bad of a butt whooping!  We lost 52-0!!!  It was another VERY BAD game to say the least and everyone in Arkansas is calling for the head of the head coach.  We have such talented boys on our team but we have such piss poor coaching and our star quarterback was still out this week.  Needless to say, it was another sad game. :(

 

On Sunday we slept in until about 10:00 a.m. and then got up and ran some more errands and went to try a new bbq place we had heard about (not good).   We then came home and began packing for our upcoming Portland trip.  Other than that we just layed around and hubby rented the new Snow White movie with Kristen Stewart.  Have you seen it yet?  It was actually good and he said he thought it was the best Snow White movie he's ever seen.

 

So fill me in and tell me what you did this weekend!  Anything fun and exciting?  We are in the final stretch of the countdown for our trip and can NOT wait!  We are so excited that we were ready to pack and leave today! Just 2 days and counting. :)

 

Have a great day and thanks for stopping by to say hello! 

Lots of love and hugs,

Happy TGIF!!!!

Happy Friday peeps!  How has your week been?  Mine has felt like it's been NUTS and I feel like I'm going to need a drink tonight! I had one last night as soon as I got home but may need more if today isn't a better day.  HA!  It has been THAT crazy - ugh!  So what are your weekend plans?  Anything fun and exciting?  We are going to be watching the Hogs play tomorrow afternoon against Alabama and we know we are going to get K-I-L-L-E-D to say the least!  *sigh* 

 

 

BUT, we have always been and will always be TRUE Die Hard fans so we will root them on - win or lose! It would be nice to pull out a surprise win against Bama and aren't expecting any miracles, but crazier things have happened. *fingers crossed*

 

However, today is an exciting day in itself because I get my new kindle fire in and I can't wait to get it and play with it and start catching up on my reading.  :)

 

 

Have a great day and wonderful weekend and thanks for stopping by to say hello!

 

Lots of love and hugs,

It's Game Day Baby!!!

Happy Saturday my peeps!  Hope you are having a wonderful and lazy day today.  We've been up since the crack of dawn (actually it was still dark outside) - which is 6 a.m.  I have already gotten SO much accomplished that it's unreal!  I got a load of laundry done, dishes and trash taken care of before I had to take my son to another town over from us so he could take his ACT test this morning - and that was all before 8 a.m.!!!  Of course after that I had to stop and get gas and stopped for my morning treat - a Starbucks Venti Pumpkin Spice Latte - YUMMY!!!  I love any and all things Pumpkin and Fall is my favorite time of year so this fits perfect in my morning routine! :)

 

Now that I'm home, I've gotten another load of laundry completed, killed some ants and have swept and mopped my kitchen and laundry room (where the ants were for some strange reason).  Next I have to get ready to go to the bank and then head to the County Fair by 11:30 to work for my son's Project Graduation from 12 to 4.  After that - it is GAME ON!!!!  Can't wait to call my Hogs alongside my hubby while we watch them kick ULM's butt!!!

So - what is on your agenda's today and this weekend?  Anything fun and exciting?  I'll be waiting to hear all about it so please share!  Well I better get off here and get ready to go tackle the rest of my day.  Have a wonderful day my friends and thanks for stopping by to say hi! :)

Lots of love and hugs,

Job Changes and the Birthday Girl

Happy Monday morning everyone!  Hope you had an awesome weekend.  Ours was great here - started out with my beloved HOGS playing on Saturday and kicking MAJOR BUTT to catapult them into the Top 3 in the AP and BCS polls!!!  WOOT WOOT!!!  This Friday we play LSU and I think our boys are going to kick some MORE major bootie and I am looking forward to it!!! 

Today, I have started working in a totally new position here at my office and I am extremely excited and already feel like a major weight has been lifted off my shoulders.  I decided to leave the paralegal position (which I sat at for 8 hours a day being bored out of my mind) and take a different position downstairs as a floater assistant.  Meaning, when an assistant is off on vacation, etc., I will be one of the ones filling their spot while they are gone.  I much prefer the assitant type of work as opposed to the paralegal work.  I LOATHED that position and am so happy that my firm chose to keep me and place me somewhere else instead! :)

And... today is my "baby" girl's 18th birthday and it makes me SO SAD!  She decided to go live with her biological dad (about an hour away) when she turned 18 and so this weekend she moved in down there - yesterday to be exact.  She wants to graduate from the same high school that her dad and I did among other family members.  I hated that she did it during the middle of her Senior Year but her dad wouldn't let her come live there until she turned 18 for some strange reason.  It was a very bittersweet weekend needless to say.  :(  But, she and I had a great time this weekend doing Christmas shopping among other things together.  Yesterday we went to Hot Springs and hung out with my mom, sister and niece and that was a lot of fun too.

So.... HAPPY 18TH BIRTHDAY MY BEAUTIFUL BABY GIRL!  I LOVE YOU MORE THAN WORDS CAN SAY AND MISS YOU ALREADY!!

Well, thanks for stopping by to say hello and please let me know you were here.  Also, please fill me in on your upcoming Thanksgiving plans - I can't wait to hear all about that and how your weekends were.

Lots of love and hugs,

Hop Along Friday Blog Hop

Hello  my friends - happy Friday and happy lonnnnnnnnnnnnggggggg weekend!  Woot woot!! Today I decided to play along with Chubby Cheeks Thinks in her weekly Hop Along Friday blog hop since I've not done it in such a long time.  Come play along, won't you? :)

Here are their simple rules to follow - easy peasy!

1. Please only link up blogs, only. Once you link up with other bloggers, please feel free to follow them on other social media outlets, but we ask you to leave this link up for blogs, only.

2. Please remember to return every week as the link list will start over each week. With that being said, the link list will be open from Thursday evening through Friday night at 11:49pst, but will be visible indefinitely.

3. We do not require that you follow each and every person on the hop, but we do ask that you take your time, have fun and follow the blogs that stick out to you. We will do the same.

{ TO PARTICIPATE }

1. Follow each of our hostesses:

Chubby Cheeks Thinks
Belly Charms
Living on Love & Cents
The Adventures of Goober Grape & Monkey Man

2. Add your blog link to our link list.
3. Place our button on your sidebar!

There you go - that's all there is to it!  Be sure to play along and meet other fun bloggers like yourself! :) 

On another note - what are your weekend plans for the Labor Day holiday?  We are planning to lay by the pool and get some sun, do a little grilling out and of course, getting ready for the FIRST BIG GAME of the season on Saturday night - Arkansas Razorbacks vs. Missouri State Bears.....GO HOGS!!! 

VS.

I can't wait to hear all about your weekend plans and I hope to catch up on all of your blogs soon.  If you are new here and a new follower - WELCOME!  I can't wait to get to know you and read all about you and your family on your blog, so please remember to let me know you were here so I can follow you back!

Have a wonderfully blessed day and an even better long holiday weekend.  Stay safe!

Lots of love and hugs,

Back on Track with Weight Watchers & Calling those HOGS

Last year about this same time I decided to try the Weight Watchers program and did really well on it.  However, since my vacation to the beach this past August, I fell completely "off" the wagon and indulged in a little lot of yummy food and occasional drink through the holidays.  Well, things have gotten so out of control with my eating habits (especially due to the holidays) that I must get back on track completely and stay on track for good.  I had a doctor's appt. last Wednesday night and told him my concerns with my health and so he decided to have my blood drawn on Friday morning of last week, which I did.  I go back to the dr. tonight for the results of those tests.  He is running a lot of tests on everything he can think of - i.e.  cholesterol, diabetes, thyroid among others and to be honest, I'm quite nervous as to what he might find even though I've never had any kind of health problems whatsoever.

I am only 5'3" and currently weigh 136.8 lbs. which is 20 lbs. too much for my short petite body frame - or at least for me being content in my own skin.  After all of these years and at my age, it is time I don't just start taking care of myself - it's time I continue to take care of myself as I age.  I'm no longer a "spring" chicken where I can just get back into shape quickly - it's definitely taking more time and a much slower pace for me to get where I want/need to be.

So... starting today, it is going to be Weight Watchers Wednesday every week so that I can keep track of my progress and hopefully, move forward from here.   I would like to put up pictures to show you the beginning all through the end until I get on lifetime maintenance with Weight Watchers - however, at this point in time I don't have the courage to do that - but maybe near the end I will show you the beginning photos.  Unfortunately, they are pretty sad. :(

On another note.... my beloved Hogs played the Ohio State Buckeyes in the Sugar Bowl last night and the game was intense to say the least.  The first half really stunk as we were down 3 touchdowns almost going into half-time.  However, since our boys are really and have always been a second half team - they fought their way back and only ended the game with a 5 point deficit.  Much to our dismay, they could have actually won the game in the end but threw an interception which cost them the game, among other dropped passes, etc.... But... they did a great job and have never been in the Sugar Bowl before and we are a number 8 team playing a number 5 team so I'd say they fared pretty well myself and are VERY PROUD of my home team. :)

So how was your night?  Great, I hope! Thanks for stopping by to say hello and have a great day my peeps! :)

Lots of love and hugs,

Back on Track with Weight Watchers & Calling those HOGS

Last year about this same time I decided to try the Weight Watchers program and did really well on it.  However, since my vacation to the beach this past August, I fell completely "off" the wagon and indulged in a little lot of yummy food and occasional drink through the holidays.  Well, things have gotten so out of control with my eating habits (especially due to the holidays) that I must get back on track completely and stay on track for good.  I had a doctor's appt. last Wednesday night and told him my concerns with my health and so he decided to have my blood drawn on Friday morning of last week, which I did.  I go back to the dr. tonight for the results of those tests.  He is running a lot of tests on everything he can think of - i.e.  cholesterol, diabetes, thyroid among others and to be honest, I'm quite nervous as to what he might find even though I've never had any kind of health problems whatsoever.

I am only 5'3" and currently weigh 136.8 lbs. which is 20 lbs. too much for my short petite body frame - or at least for me being content in my own skin.  After all of these years and at my age, it is time I don't just start taking care of myself - it's time I continue to take care of myself as I age.  I'm no longer a "spring" chicken where I can just get back into shape quickly - it's definitely taking more time and a much slower pace for me to get where I want/need to be.

So... starting today, it is going to be Weight Watchers Wednesday every week so that I can keep track of my progress and hopefully, move forward from here.   I would like to put up pictures to show you the beginning all through the end until I get on lifetime maintenance with Weight Watchers - however, at this point in time I don't have the courage to do that - but maybe near the end I will show you the beginning photos.  Unfortunately, they are pretty sad. :(

On another note.... my beloved Hogs played the Ohio State Buckeyes in the Sugar Bowl last night and the game was intense to say the least.  The first half really stunk as we were down 3 touchdowns almost going into half-time.  However, since our boys are really and have always been a second half team - they fought their way back and only ended the game with a 5 point deficit.  Much to our dismay, they could have actually won the game in the end but threw an interception which cost them the game, among other dropped passes, etc.... But... they did a great job and have never been in the Sugar Bowl before and we are a number 8 team playing a number 5 team so I'd say they fared pretty well myself and are VERY PROUD of my home team. :)

So how was your night?  Great, I hope! Thanks for stopping by to say hello and have a great day my peeps! :)

Lots of love and hugs,

Weekend Recap and Thanksgiving Tablescape

Hello my wonderful friends - how the heck are you?  How have you been?  I've missed all of you so much and have missed being online the last few days and catching up on your blogs and other things.  How was your weekend?  Fill me in, catch me up so I don't feel so out of the loop okay?! :)  I am feeling better finally - whew!  Whatever I had was miserable to say the least.  I didn't do much at all and slept in until 10 and 11 each day since Friday - which apparently my body was telling me was much needed!  Now, it feels so good to get back on schedule and back on track with my daily routine.  I don't know about you, but I feel so out of sorts when I am not in my normal everyday routine. 

Soo... let me see.... the only thing I really did this weekend besides watch my beloved HOGS beat South Carolina Gamecocks on Saturday night, was manage to get my Halloween decorations taken down and my Thanksgiving ones put up.  I have heard there are a few people (my personal friends included) who have decided to skip putting out their Thanksgiving decorations and just skip straight to CHRISTmas.  Me, personally, I just can't do that.  I love Thanksgiving tremendously and it is one of my favorite holidays next to CHRISTmas.  CHRISTmas always comes first though as my favorite. :)  Anyway, here are a few pictures from my Thanksgiving tablescape.  Nothing too fancy, but I hope you like them:

So there you have it my peeps.  Other than decorating my dining room for Thanksgiving and watching the football game - I also made 2 crockpots full of yummy goodness for dinner for the next few nights for my family and will share the recipes with you later this week.  One is for Chili and the other is for Vegetable beef soup.  They are both so yummy and I think you will really enjoy them, so be sure and check back.  I will post them both probably on Thursday. 

Well, it's that time of morning already so I better get my booty moving.  Hope all of you had a wonderful weekend and have an even better week ahead.  Thanks so much for stopping by to say hello and I can't wait to check out your blogs later this morning. 

Lots of love and hugs,

Weekend Recap and Thanksgiving Tablescape

Hello my wonderful friends - how the heck are you?  How have you been?  I've missed all of you so much and have missed being online the last few days and catching up on your blogs and other things.  How was your weekend?  Fill me in, catch me up so I don't feel so out of the loop okay?! :)  I am feeling better finally - whew!  Whatever I had was miserable to say the least.  I didn't do much at all and slept in until 10 and 11 each day since Friday - which apparently my body was telling me was much needed!  Now, it feels so good to get back on schedule and back on track with my daily routine.  I don't know about you, but I feel so out of sorts when I am not in my normal everyday routine. 

Soo... let me see.... the only thing I really did this weekend besides watch my beloved HOGS beat South Carolina Gamecocks on Saturday night, was manage to get my Halloween decorations taken down and my Thanksgiving ones put up.  I have heard there are a few people (my personal friends included) who have decided to skip putting out their Thanksgiving decorations and just skip straight to CHRISTmas.  Me, personally, I just can't do that.  I love Thanksgiving tremendously and it is one of my favorite holidays next to CHRISTmas.  CHRISTmas always comes first though as my favorite. :)  Anyway, here are a few pictures from my Thanksgiving tablescape.  Nothing too fancy, but I hope you like them:

So there you have it my peeps.  Other than decorating my dining room for Thanksgiving and watching the football game - I also made 2 crockpots full of yummy goodness for dinner for the next few nights for my family and will share the recipes with you later this week.  One is for Chili and the other is for Vegetable beef soup.  They are both so yummy and I think you will really enjoy them, so be sure and check back.  I will post them both probably on Thursday. 

Well, it's that time of morning already so I better get my booty moving.  Hope all of you had a wonderful weekend and have an even better week ahead.  Thanks so much for stopping by to say hello and I can't wait to check out your blogs later this morning. 

Lots of love and hugs,