So now what?

Yearly Post

2009-08-05T10:40:00.002-04:00

Why do I think about my blog around the same time every year? I should be ashamed that it has been a year since I posted last. I need to get better at this. I have really gotten into Facebook and post on there several times a week. Today was registration day for Katie. I can't believe that my little girl is starting Middle School. She is having her annual back to school POOL PARTY this weekend. I have about 10 girls coming to the house to go swimming. It should be a blast!

Racing on Friday Night!!!

2008-08-21T15:44:00.003-04:00

Finally the car is ready to race. We have worked for 2 years getting the car ready. We race Friday night (8/22) at Boyd's Speedway. Look at the smile on Chris's face. He never smiles for photos so that makes this one priceless. He is soooo happy! He has already been given a nickname by the other guys we race with. It is ''Chocolate Chip". (long story....involves waffles at Waffle House after a race)

Far from Dedicated!

2008-07-23T08:45:00.001-04:00

I really wish I were a dedicated blogger!! Life just comes at you so fast and there is never enough time in the day. I promise to get everyone up to date with what has been happening and post some pics.

More New Adventures - Premier Designs

2008-04-21T01:43:00.002-04:00

I will soon be selling my FAVORITE product! JEWELRY!! I had a Premier Designs Jewelry show in February. Since then I have been hooked! I absolutely love my new look. Jewelry makes and old outfit look new again. I have gotten so many positive comments about the new items that I have been wearing. Everyone asks about it and I tell them it came from Premier Designs. Well now when they ask I can explain that I can sell them what they want and encourage them to have a party and share the excitement with others!!

Well about a month ago my friend Edna got hooked like I did and started selling it. She has had several parties and is having a blast with it. I went with her on Saturday to a Premier event. I got to thinking why not just start selling it. I love the jewelry and use it daily so the investment would not hurt me.

So... now I am looking for friends, family, friends of family, coworkers, etc to host a party for me. I should have my kit and be ready to go in less than 2 weeks. Until then I will be sending out notes to everyone hoping that everyone will host a party for me!!!

Premier Design parties are great to get all your girlfriends together for a "Girls Night Out". I have lots of ideas for party themes if you need ideas. Premier Designs is High Fashion Jewelry at a very reasonable cost.

Call me or email me for more details. I have set up a new email and website for my Premier Designs business.

Amy-PremierDesigns@comcast.net

www.amy-premierdesigns.webs.com

Good Intentions

2008-04-14T10:15:00.005-04:00

I really have good intentions of keeping my blog up to date. But YIKES !!! Life comes at you fast and sometimes you just get so caught up in everything. Well since Easter (last post) a lot has happened. I went on my first airplane ride alone (story for another day), I also went and taught scrapbooking classes in Madison, WI for my friend Lauren. This little adventure now has a life of its own. What started out as helping her out because she double booked herself for a couple of weekends has grown to me teaching my own classes. Also working in the booth at conventions. I was just asked last night to go to Detroit in May. After that is Arlington, TX in June. Then on to Duluth, GA in July. Yes my head is spinning...

Oh and May 17th is Chris's graduation. See life comes at you fast. You either have to get in the fast lane with it or move over into the slow lane. At this point in life I am driving 90 miles an hour in the fast lane and still getting passed.

Easter Fun

2008-03-24T23:30:00.003-04:00

Katie is not too old to have fun hunting Easter Eggs. She also made sure that we got the eggs colored too. She is growing so quick. I am glad that she enjoys being a little girl. She was so happy the Easter Bunny brought all the things she loves. WOW isn't that amazing!!

Ok it is CRUNCH TIME!!

2008-03-22T22:03:00.001-04:00

My friend Lauren who got me into these scrapbooking adventures came to the house Friday and Saturday. She brought me all the stuff to put together for the classes that I am going to be teaching for her next weekend. All I can say is WOW!! It was a lot to take in. I am still working on making samples for the classes. Also I have to get my stuff together to ship to the convention. (Stuff I can't take on the plane) I have to run, lots and lots to do and a short time to do it in.

Katie Gets Her 15 Minutes of FAME!!

2008-03-05T14:49:00.003-05:00

Katie's picture was in the "Community News" that comes on Wednesday's. It showed her holding her hair when she cut her hair for Locks of Love. She was soo excited to see her photo in the newspaper.

Scrapbooking Adventures

2008-02-28T19:07:00.002-05:00

As some of you may know I have a friend in Atlanta named Lauren. She is a FANTASTIC artist. She can make ordinary things extraordinary. I have appointed myself as her manager. I seem to get her volunteered into all kinds of things when it comes to scrapbooking. When she decided that she wanted to cut and tear paper for a living I had to give her a shove. Sometimes she looses focus like “Dory” on Finding Nemo. Anyway.. I keep getting her into all kinds of stuff and you know I think she is finally having fun.

So… back during the summer at CHA for all you non crafters it is the biggest Craft & Hobby show ever. It is where retailers go to buy there stuff for the season. She met a lady named Leann that owns Everyday Scrap. Leann sets up a booth at Scrapbook Conventions all over the US. She was coming to Huntsville, AL in the fall and asked Lauren to work the booth. Lauren said yes and that she had friends that were coming could they help. Also Lauren had already signed up to teach classes at that convention. So October came and we all went to Huntsville and had a blast working the booth. Leann could not believe the extra $$ she made with having more people in the booth helping her sell. So she decided that she wanted to take us with her wherever she goes. So Lauren is teaching at most all of the shows that Leann is attending and I am going to quite a few to work the booth…. Well at least that was the plan. Leann has a partner and sometimes there is more than one convention in the same weekend so they have to be in two places at once. Well.. Leann double booked Lauren on teaching. The weekend of March 27-30 Lauren needed to be in Columbus, OH & Madison, WI. So I was “voluntold” that I am teaching her classes in Madison, WI that weekend while she goes to Columbus. YIKES…. I was like WHAT !! I am doing WHAT???!!! That was exactly what I said when I called her. She laughed and told me it would be just fine. As the time approaches I am getting excited about the class. Nervous about the plane flight alone but as Lauren would say put your big girl panties on and get to steppin. Lauren is coming to my house on March 21st so that we can go over all the projects so that I am not lost. Oh… and come to find out she is double booked again in May so…. I am off to Michigan in May to teach. At least these are paying jobs so I will make some $$ so that I can pay some bills. Here are a couple of links to the conventions that I am teaching at for Lauren. Check out the classes section and look for the ones with the teacher AMY and sponsored by EVERYDAY SCRAP. Thanks to Lauren I am getting my 15 minutes of fame. Do you think everyone in the classes will be surprised after looking at the samples that have little black kids in the photos and then I show up to teach? Go ahead laugh... I told Lauren someone would say something... and yes Lauren got and email from someone who she met while teaching last year. The lady says "Lauren there is some lady named Amy that is using your stuff!!" We both got a big laugh and I told Lauren.. see I told you so!!
www.scrapbookingevent.com
www.megameet.com

Locks of Love

2008-02-25T21:43:00.004-05:00

Katie has been growing her hair for several years now so that she could donate it to Locks of Love. It has finally gotten long enough to cut off the minimum amount of 10 inches off. She was so excited that the day had finally arrived. She already knew exactly how she wanted her hair cut. We arrived at Creative Images at 5:00 for her appointment. Susan who always cuts our families hair was honored to be able to cut it for such a good cause. As you can see by the pics she is happy. By the time it was all over Katie actually has 11 inches of hair to donate to Locks of Love. She has not stopped playing with her new hair doo since she got it cut.

I talked to a lady at the newspaper and she told me to email her the pics and she would get it in the Hixson Community News that comes out on Wednesday's. If she gets her 5 min of fame in the paper I will be sure to post it.

Life is just kickin my rear!

2008-02-19T22:13:00.002-05:00

There is just simply not enough time in the day. I physically can not get everything I need done in the time I have been given. 4th grade is HARD!!! Katie is struggling and I just don't know what to do. We spent tonight from 7:00 pm -10:00 pm working on homework. During that time I worked on getting everything together so that we can go get our taxes done. I put a load of laundry in to wash. Ifinished getting Katie's clothes she has outgrown ready to go to the consignment sale tomorrow. I put a pot roast on to cook tonight for dinner tomorrow. Oh and I also paid this months bills. I had the BIG bosses in at work today and had to take care of them and also one of the girls in the office was out today because her grandmother died. So I had to do part of her job today too. I just need a mental health day. I just for once want to be caught up on everything.

OH YES! VEGAS BABY!!

2008-02-07T18:55:00.002-05:00

I had the best time in VEGAS! I definately want to go back again. I would even go back again on the whirlwind 24 tour. It was fun! I recommend it. Just don't try to go into every casino on the strip. I have no idea how far we walked but it had to be miles, and miles. I am hooked. I just liked walking around looking at everything. I am soo happy that we went even though I was only there 24 hours. We arrived on Monday night Feb. 4 at around midnight. After a crazy taxi ride to our hotel Bally's, we checked in. Thanks to my friend Edna and her players card they upgraded our room. We got there thinking it would be just a standard room. But NOOOO... it was a HUGE room with a king size bed and jacuzzi tub! We got settled in and then went downstairs to gamble a little... after all we are in VEGAS!! It is true the city never sleeps. Wade sat at a 25 cent machine and put in $20.00. He bet about 5 times and then hit and won $120.00. He said thats it I am cashing out and we are going to bed.

The next morning we got up and out on the strip early. We had breakfast at Denny's and then started the day. Did I say that we walked from one end of the strip to the other.....

Ok I have a few favorite hotels. I love the Venetian. It is soo pretty. I want to go back and take the Gondola ride. I also want to go to Madame Truesseu's Wax Museaum. I liked Caesar's Palace too. I wish we had been able to see the show in front of Treasure Island. The fountains at the Bellagio were FAB!! It was so pretty. Finally my 2 favorites... I love New York New York and Paris. I could spend my whole time in both of those. I love the atmosphere at both of these places.

Looks like I need to go again...... (Edna start watching the airline again....)

V E G A S B A B Y!!!

2008-02-03T21:52:00.000-05:00

VEGAS BABY!!! Tomorrow we leave with our friends Whit & Edna for our whirlwind adventure in LAS VEGAS!! Our flight leaves Atlanta at 10:30 pm and arrives in Vegas after midnight their time. We have a room at Bally's when we arrive. The plan is to sleep and get up Tuesday morning and hit the town all day long. We leave Vegas at approx 12:30 am and arrive in Atlanta at 7:30am Wednesday morning. I am sure we will be exhaused after it is all over but oh the stories we will be able to tell. OH.. wait... WHAT HAPPENS IN VEGAS STAYS IN VEGAS!!

Scavenger Hunt

2008-02-02T16:33:00.001-05:00

Ok so my friend Edna got us into it again. Their church had a scavenger hunt last Saturday afternoon. We all met at the church and were given a list of items to either bring back or take pictures of. Here are a few pics of our journey that day. One stop was at the Carousel downtown. We had to get a picture of the cat. Next we had to find the brick boat downtown and we all had to be in the picture. The last picture we had to have a tea party at English Rose. We had a great time. I really thought we had a shot at winning. After we got back at the votes were tallied.... we were just not good enough. We will give it another try again next year.

Weekend with "The Girls"

2008-01-24T10:36:00.000-05:00

I just got back from my weekend with "THE GIRLS". We had soo much fun! We went to Ft. Yargo in Winder, GA to scrapbook from Thursday night until Sunday night. I forgot my camera. (I know, I am a scrapbooker how could I do that!! I should be ashamed) This pic was taken with my phone. This is my friend Teresa. We had soo much fun over the weekend. Couldn't we pass for sisters! I have found my long lost twin.

As always it was a ton a laughs. Lauren was as crazy as always. You would need to read her blog about the incident with her pants. She tells the story so much better than I can.

We don't have another weekend planned anytime soon. Lauren starts teaching in February and her weekends are taken. We will have to plan in advance for everyone to get together again. I know we will go to Knoxville in April for the yard sale at Scrapbooks & More.

Phone News!

2008-01-06T17:27:00.001-05:00

Well as the pictures can tell ... Katie now has a cell phone. Do you think she is excited? Of course the Princess had to get a pink one.

There is a reason behind getting it. It was just not practical to have a home phone. We were spending $35 a month for something that rang maybe 5 times a month. So we had the phone phone disconnected. So for all you friends and family out there you will need to call Wade, Amy, Katie & Chris on our cell phones. It was only $10.00 more added to the cell phone bill for Katie to have a phone. There are many restrictions to the phone. 1st she can only talk to the people Mommy programmed in her phone. All the family, etc... Also she can talk to friends that have Verizon since those calls are free. 2nd ..No text messaging. I think for a while we will be fine since she does not know how to do all of that stuff. 3rd.. the phone does not go with her to school. She can take it when she goes to the grandparents, aunts, uncles, & friends house but she must keep up with it. If she looses it .. too bad it is gone.

Looks like my little girl is turning into a little lady.

SNOW!!!

2008-01-03T20:33:00.000-05:00

Yes!! Snow on New Years Day!! I love it! Katie and I love snow. Mom called about 9:00 saying it was snowing at her house. I thought she had lost her mind. I looked outside and there was nothing. About 15 min later I looked again and it had started to snow. I was just a dusting but still enough to make snowballs from what laid on the porch. Katie got all her snow gear on and went out to play. Wade could not resist going out and throwing snowballs at her. If only we had gotten more......

Christmas Morning

2007-12-26T23:45:00.001-05:00

Well I think that Katie had a great Christmas. Santa was good to her as always. Katie is taking guitar lessons now so Wade & I got her a guitar case with pink flames put on it. She wanted the one at the store with red flames but I thought pink ones fit her better. This was the year that she was really into clothes. She loves shopping at Limited Too. She got several game boy games too. Along with a Webkinz. We are very fortunate to have such a good girl that really appreciates everything she gets no matter how big or small.

Christmas 2007

2007-12-26T23:35:00.000-05:00

Merry Christmas from the family!! Christmas with the Wood's was great this year! We met on Christmas Eve for lunch. We had a wonderful time. We are so glad that Nick made it in town for the holidays. Lauren & John went to visit his family in North Carolina. We missed you guys!

Merry Christmas from all of us!

WOW!!

2007-12-19T09:57:00.000-05:00

I am finally getting to go to VEGAS!!! Our friends Edna & Whit found a deal on flights. Only $110 total for Wade and I round trip to Vegas from Atlanta. I am so excited. We leave on Feb. 4th and return on Feb. 6th. I know it is not long but just long enough so that Wade doesn't go crazy. He hates crowds, etc. I think he is allergic to fun.

I cannot believe that it has been since November that I posted. We were so busy with football and school that I just have not had time. The holidays are going to be fun. After Friday I am off until Jan. 2nd. Maybe then I will have time to get caught up on some things I need to do. I am hoping to get my kitchen painted while I am on vacation.

I have lots going on for the new year. Once I get my thoughts together I will get it on here.

I hope everyone has a MERRY CHRISTMAS and a HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

Senior Night Football Game

2007-11-05T21:09:00.000-05:00

Pics of us at Senior Night. Chris looks like he has lost his best friend. We can never get a smile out of him. He got to be one of the Captains that night at the game. GO BUCS!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!

2007-11-05T20:51:00.000-05:00

Katie decided to be a Midnight Witch. I just couldn't put the black makeup on such a pretty face. Maybe next year she will go back to being a Princess. And yes Katie's hair has gotten that long. There were several people that thought it was a wig.

Our friends Clint, Jennifer & Summer came over a visited before we started trick or treating. They always dress up when they take Summer out.

Katie is 10!!!

2007-10-21T20:20:00.000-04:00

I cannot believe that Katie is 10! She is growing up so fast. My little girl is becomming a young lady. These are pics that were taken on 10/17/07 her actual birthday. She wanted to go eat dinner at Ryan's. She had dinner with Nannie, Bubba, Mom and Dad. Her birthday gift from Mom and Dad was guitar lessons. She went on Thursday for her first lesson and did great. She was so excited. On Saturday she had a party at the house with 6 girls. We rented an inflatable and the girls had a great time. There were 4 of them that spent the night. (I am so glad there is only 1 birthday a year.) Everytime I let her have girls over to spend the night I ask myself why I keep doing this. They had a great time!

Scrapbook Weekend!!

2007-10-10T11:11:00.000-04:00

Ok this is my most favorite weekend of the entire year!!!! I leave in the morning to go to Gatlinburg to scrapbook with my friends. Thursday through Sunday!!! I am sooo excited. I love going to Croptoberfest. It is such a relaxing weekend. I get soo much stuff done. I enjoy spending time with my girlfriends and getting to scrap. I will post pics of the weekend next week.

Funny for the day..

2007-09-23T22:58:00.001-04:00

Ok some of you may know my friend Lauren from ATL. She is crazy. She is always suprising everyone and doing crazy stuff. Well this time she got it. Katie and I drove to ATL today to suprise her. She had no clue it was great! The look on her face when we pulled up was priceless. She has been under a lot of stress lately with getting her basement finished. Katie and I went down to help her out for the day. She has a GREAT new scrapbook room! I LOVE her shelves. I ended up scraping paint off windows and hanging her curtains. Everything is looking good. Our friend Teresa came down today to spend a couple of weeks with her. She is going to help Lauren go through all her stuff and get organized. Maybe they will come to my house and help me. My scrap room needs major help.

Life is always an adventure!

2007-09-21T09:44:00.001-04:00

Well yesterday Wade called me from work saying that he was having problems breathing and his arm was numb. I immediately left work and went and pick him up and we went to the ER. For Wade to ask to go to the doctor I knew he was sick. Long story short... after being in the ER from 11:30-5:30 and 1 xray, 1 cat scan and 2 breathing treatments later... he has a bacterial infection in his lungs. They have him on an inhaler, steroids & antibiotics. The doctor said he should be just fine. Next time his sinuses start draining he will listen to me and take some medicine. That is what they think caused the infection. Men... what do are we suppose to do with them?

Is there a DOCTOR in the house!!

2007-09-10T22:27:00.001-04:00

Ok all you moms out there. Here is a tip that may save you a lot of heartache. ALWAYS check the seams on a stuffed animal or doll before you put them in the washing machine!!! As you can see Katie's build a bear has an open wound. I came home from an auction tonight and Wade yells at me from downstairs to come and look. I come down the stairs and he asks me what are we going to do about this. Is there a doctor that can fix it. The bear even lost the heart they put in there. I washed the bear last night with a load of towels. Wade had come down to change them over and found this. He took everything out of the washer and piled it on the sink. He cleaned out the washer and walked out of the laundry room for me to perform surgery. FYI... they put a whole lot of stuffing in this bear. It is everywhere. I am having to shake off the towels into the sink and put the stuffing back in. After that the towels will go back in the wash and maybe all the fuzz will come off. I am hoping to get it sewed up and Katie be none the wiser. I hope this piece of advice will save someone else from having to do open butt surgery on a bear.

Right after all this happened I had to call my friend Lauren. She proceeds to tell me to get off the phone and get my camera and post on my blog. I hope she realizes that not all the crazy stuff happens to just her.

DECKTOPIA

2007-09-08T20:40:00.000-04:00

I am so tired of working on this deck. Why do I feel like this thing keeps getting bigger and bigger! Ok the 1st picture was taken about 1:00 TODAY! The last picture was taken at 7:00 TODAY! Wade, Chris and Uncle Jeff and me worked hard to get all that done. I am hoping we will get even more done tomorrow. I hope the weather holds out a little longer so that we can enjoy it a while longer. Katie got in the pool this afternoon. The pool temp was about 79 degrees. Just a little chilly for me but she didn't seem to mind.

Katie's birthday is in October. Maybe everything will be finished so that we can have everyone over and cook out and have cake on the deck.

Pool Update

2007-09-02T18:07:00.000-04:00

Ok here is the latest pics of the pool and the deck. My friend Lauren made me go out just now and take these pics. As you can see Wade is building the portion of the deck where the hot tub is going to sit. Another pic is of the frame work of the new stairs. One is of the pool and the new deck. Finally the finished screen porch. All freshly painted. For now this is all the deck we can afford. We are going to put is all the way around as the money is available. It gets us started. There is enough room for several lounge chairs. It is at least ready to use tomorrow for our cookout.

Football Time in Tennessee

2007-09-02T10:47:00.000-04:00

Well it is at least football time at Boyd Buchanan! Chris is a Senior this year. I can't believe it! Where has the time gone. This is Chris at football camp a couple of weeks ago. What happened to the little boy who sat in the floor and played with hot wheels. It is hard to imagine that our little boy is becoming a man. Time sure flies by. Live every minute like it is your last.

The Back Yard

2007-08-30T20:44:00.001-04:00

WOW! Why do we always take on these BIG projects. Why can't I ever do something simple? The backyard is a mess. We had / have a goal of having the deck completed by Monday. We do have the screen porch rescreened and painted. The door needs to be put on. The base of the deck is done we just need to screw in the deck boards. We probably would have been on schedule but the rain the past two afternoons have messed that up. Hopefully we will kick butt on Saturday morning and be ready to use the pool on Labor Day. Maybe mother nature will hold out for us.

POOL IS IN!!

2007-08-21T10:54:00.000-04:00

YEA! The pool is in! We filled it all day yesterday and all night last night. I turned the water off this morning because if I had left it on all day it would have run over. I have about 3 more inches to fill and it is done. We are soo excited. Katie is ready to jump in tonight. Now we have the deck to build. I will post some pics soon.

Life in the fast lane...

2007-08-12T19:33:00.000-04:00

Why does my life have to be soo crazy? Well Katie, mom and I got back from our trip to Jacksonville for my cousins wedding. We had soo much fun. It was great to get to go to the beach two times in one year.

Looking at the pictures that I took I cannot believe how big Katie is getting. She will be 10 in just a couple of months. Tomorrow is the first day of school. I can't believe she is going to be in the 4th grade. Where has all the time gone?

Well things are progresssing with the pool. I have a huge dirt mess in my backyard right now but hopefully by next weekend there will be a pool in its place. As always this week is going to fly by and I am not going to be any further ahead. My house is a disaster area. I need a maid! But like my friend Lauren I would probably clean for the cleaning lady and that just does not make any sense.

I think there are more important things than an immaculate house. Like spending time with your kids. The housework will still be here when they are gone.

POOL NEWS

2007-07-31T22:34:00.000-04:00

Ok it is official. My husband is trying to kill me. It is not a quick death noooo it is slow and painful. We came home from work today and got started on the yard. Our friend Clint came over to help Wade and I. Without him we would still be out there. We got the fence taken down and the shed torn down. I also got the yard sprayed for ants. (per the pool people) The tree company will be here in the morning to start taking out the 8 trees that need to come out. I should have taken a before pic tonight before it got dark but I forgot. I will try to get one in the morning when I leave for work. I know it is going to look like a disaster zone when I get home tomorrow.

The pool is scheduled to be installed the week of August 6th. At least we may get 4-8 weeks out of the pool before we have to close it down. Wonder how long it is going to take to fill it up and get warm? Oh YIKES.. wonder how much my water bill is going to be?

YIkes!! No blog entry in 2 weeks?

2007-07-29T18:39:00.000-04:00

Ok I admit I am sooo bad at this. I am even bad at reading my friends blogs. My friend Lauren could have said all kinds of bad stuff about me in her blog and I would not have even known it. The problem is that the webnatzis at work will not let me have access to my blog therefore I cannot check it or ready anyone elses. After working on the computer all day at work I really don't like to come home and turn mine on.

Well I have been busy doing the auction thing. Things at the booth are doing well. I am making a little bit of money. It is at least paying for my habit.

On to today... Wade and I got a wild hair and we purchased a pool today. Yup you heard me right... a swimming POOL! I am excited. They had them 50% off. I understand that this is the end of the season but we will get some use out of it before we close it down for the winter. We have a ton to get done. We have trees to cut, fence to take down & move, a storage building to remove, get a backhoe and move dirt oh and a deck to build.

Hopefully we can have everyone over for an end of summer party. I will take pics of the progress. We are planning on starting on Monday. Wish me luck!

Back From Vacation!

2007-07-14T22:46:00.001-04:00

WE ARE BACK!!!

We all had so much fun! The photo is of our whole group. Our best friends Edna, Whit & Megan Cooze went to Myrtle Beach with us. Chris also took his friend Brandon. We had some adventures along the way. On Sunday when we arrived it rained most all of the day. But that did not stop us from going to the beach. It was just raining so we stayed out. Heck we were already wet what did it matter. On Sunday when we checked in the remote controls did not work. On Monday or maybe Tuesday the fire alarm went off in our room every time we opened the balcony door. Come to find out the batteries were dying and all three needed to be changed. Other than that we had a smooth time. We ended the week by leaving the beach on Thursday and drove up to Charlotte. We stopped and visited Hendrick Motorsports and Lowes Motorspeedway. Chris was in Nascar heaven. The only thing that would have been better is if we had actually gotten to meet Jeff or Jimmie. The whole vacation was very relaxing. I hate the thought of going back to work on Monday.

Myrtle Beach HERE I COME!!!

2007-07-07T23:51:00.000-04:00

Ok it is 11:52 pm the night before we leave for the beach. I am just now finished packing the bags and the car. We are ready... Well except that we left my camera in Wade's truck and it is at his brothers house. So we have to make a stop there in the morning before we head out. I am soooo ready. I will post pics and details next Sunday! Off to bed to get ready for the 8 hour drive.

VACATION!!

2007-07-01T21:17:00.000-04:00

We leave for vacation to Myrtle Beach on Sunday!!! I am so excited I can't stand it! We are going with our friends the Cooze family. I talked to Edna today and she is like me she can't wait. I know this will be the longest week of the entire year. It is even a short week. Luckily work won't be too busy. It is month end and I have a ton to get done before I leave so it will make the week fly by.

News from the Wood Family

2007-07-01T21:13:00.000-04:00

Wade and I have made a big decision. We are putting ourselves out on a limb and have made an offer on a house. Not another one for us to live in but investment property. We are looking to fix it up and sell it for a profit. We will find out by Monday if they accepted our offer. While we were there writing the offer there was another couple waiting outside to come in and look at it. Thankfully they did not see that we were writing the offer and hopefully ours will be accepted first. But in reality the buyer may hold out till the last minute to see if any better offers come in. Keep your fingers crossed.

In the meantime my other booth has come open at the Antique Mall. If I don’t take it I will loose it. So if I don’t get the house I will still want to keep going with the booth. I hate being an adult and having to make decisions. I just have gotten to the point to where you have to spend money to make money. If you don’t put yourself on the line you can’t get ahead. Heaven knows I am not going to get rich just working my regular job. Wade and I are just trying to find other ways to earn some extra income.

How does everyone do it?

2007-06-24T15:23:00.000-04:00

OK I am absolutely exhausted! I feel as though I have not stopped for 2 weeks now. This is the first time I have had a few minutes to write. We have been on the go and I have not been home to get anything done. I cannot even remember the last time I cooked a meal. I know we have been eating out all the time. I have been throwing laundry in as I am breezing in the house so I have clean clothes but... they are all piled on the pool table.. (thanks Edna..you warned me).

I just feel like I am going to loose my mind. I am at my wits ends. Which by the way does not take long to get to. I have been in a horrible mood lately and have snapped at everyone. I finally got some sleep this weekend. Maybe that will help. Vacation is only 2 weeks away so hopefully I will get some much needed rest.

Well got to run Katie and I are headed back to the pool. It thundered earlier and we left. No thunder is over 45 min so I think it is safe to go back. I need the relaxation!!

Bloggin

2007-06-05T20:42:00.000-04:00

Ok I have realized that this bloggin stuff is hard. With the summer here I am soo busy. Also with getting the antique booth I have been to auctions at least 3 times a week. I didn't realize this hobby would turn into a full time job. I got my first check from Knitting Mills (where the booth is). But to my dismay the only person that sold anything was my sister inlaw. But on a good note on Monday I sold 1 possibly 2 items. Hopefully I can find my nich. I just don't know what sells the best right now. Our booth is a hodgepoge of items.

Well I have to run. For some reason the laundry fairy does not stop here anymore and do my wash for me. It is amazing how many clothes this family wears.

Exhausted

2007-05-30T22:30:00.000-04:00

The weekend has finally caught up to me. I am tired of auctions and junk. Tomorrow I have a baby shower at work and then Friday is Open House at work. I will be there from 7 AM to 9 or 10 PM. Oh and Saturday is my neighborhood yard sale. Maybe on Sunday I can get some rest.

Antique Booth

2007-05-29T18:13:00.000-04:00

I am sure that you have all been waiting to see the pics of the booth. Well wait no more here it is....

Isn't it great! I am auctioned out though. We were at auctions this last weekend from Friday - Monday. On Monday we went to two that day. Hopefully we made some money over the weekend to make up for what I have spent.

Auction Crazy

2007-05-26T13:41:00.000-04:00

We have been busy this week with loading in our Antique Booth. I have been cleaning and repairing furniture that we have gotten. I am on my way down there today to put more in that we bought last night. We are heading out again tonight to another auction. There are 3 more between now and Monday. Hopefully this little venture will be lucrative. I will take my camera and get a picture of the booth. It is called Wood Brothers Antiques.

Wedding Photos

2007-05-19T22:23:00.000-04:00

Yea! It is over!! The renewal of wedding vows for my inlaws was today. I am exhausted. I was up until 2:30 am putting together a CD to use at the wedding since we were unsure about the piano player. You all know that after doing all that work she did show up today. But better to be safe than sorry. I got up and to my brother in laws this morning for his neighborhood yard sale. I made a purchase by myself and the guys were pleased. I got at table & 4 chairs for $35.00. Anyway I think I am pulling a Lauren and digressing again...

The wedding was beautiful. As you can see by the photo. Don't we all look gorgeous!!! After the wedding we had to go to my nephews graduation. I am just now getting home. I am loading the pics to Walmart.com so I can get them printed tomorrow. If I don't it will be days or weeks before I got that done. Who knows I may get creative and do them a wedding scrapbook. (Note: I have not even done my own so no one needs to hold their breath on this one.)

Guess what I did?

2007-05-16T19:27:00.000-04:00

Well I made the plunge. I am now the proud owner of a booth at Knitting Mills Antiques. Wade & I along with his brother Jeff & wife Laurie are going to fill it up. This way we can get rid of all the junk we buy at the auction. We LOVE the auction and the thrill of buying a bargain. But I want to try and make some $$. We are going to try it for 6 months and see how it goes. Who knows we may not make a dime. But you don't know until you try. I am excited. So that means we are going to be busy the next couple of weeks going to auctions and buying stuff.

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!

2007-05-13T22:50:00.000-04:00

I know you are reading this and thinking .... did you loose your mind. An Anniversary and Mother's Day all in the same weekend! My mother has been saying this for 11 years now. Don't ask me why I picked the day before Mother's Day to get married. Hind sight I guess I could have picked another day but I wanted to get married in May and that was the only weekend available. (ok so I don't remember for sure but it sounds like a good answer.) Sorry like my friend Lauren I am digressing.

Mother's Day this year was spent getting up and going to church with my mom. After church we went and had lunch at Ryan's. We met my in laws Lynne & Billy there also. We had a nice lunch. After lunch we headed back to our house for a photo op and change clothes and then we went to Lowe's. We picked up mulch and a few plants and went to mom's house to work in the yard. It is amazing what some weeding and a few bags of mulch will do. The yard looks great! So now that I am exhausted I am going to bed and get ready for the week ahead.

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY!! (to me)

2007-05-13T22:41:00.000-04:00

Friday May 11, 2007 Wade and I have been married for 11 years. Can you believe it? Who would have thought it would have ever lasted this long! LOL. Wade really put some thought into our anniversary. He brought me flowers to work on Friday and planned our whole evening. We had dinner at Hennen's. By the way it was FABULOUS!! After dinner we walked around downtown and stopped at Ben & Jerry's for ice cream. We were going to take a carriage ride but because it looked like it was going to rain there were not any carriages out. We ended our evening at the hotel room that he had reserved. I was soo impressed that he did all that just for us. So ok he has brownie points for a while...

Whew!

2007-05-06T20:15:00.000-04:00

Boy has it been a whirlwind of a week. The weekend has gone by just as quick. The plan was to get up on Saturday morning and go to the yard sales and then head up to Tansi. Well it was such a yucky rainy day we hung out at home. We got up early today and headed up there. We got a ton of stuff done. We got 10 bags of mulch put out, the water turned on, the air conditioner put in the window, cleaned the bathrooms & the kitchen. Oh and I also vacuumed the whole place. It is ready for us to go up for Memorial Day weekend. I am pooped now. I got home and put clothes in the wash. Why is a woman's work never done?

Lookouts Game

2007-05-02T18:57:00.000-04:00

Well we went to the Chattanooga Lookouts game on Monday night. Katie won a ticket at school for being the most improved. I got the box seats that my company has so that we could be more comfortable instead of sitting in the cheap seats. Well our surprise the seats were GREAT! We were right behind home plate. We got to see all the action. We also were sitting around all of the scouts for the other teams. It was really neat. The weather was so nice. We actually enjoyed our night out at the ballpark. We only lasted till the 6th inning. Katie had already eaten ice cream and was ready to go. We figured she wouldn't make it. Anyway she had to get home and get ready for bed.

WOW What a Week!

2007-04-29T19:30:00.000-04:00

Yikes! I knew this week was going to be crazy and it definately was! This is the first chance I had to get on the computer. I had 6 groups in at work this week. Monday thru Wednesday I got home late. So with my week being so busy I have spent today doing laundry. I am still waiting on the laundry fairy to come over and help me out but somehow it never happens.

I did get time yesterday to go over by Scrapbook Heaven and pick up Lauren goodies that she purchased over the phone with her gift certificate from the yard sale. Can you believe that woman thinks that I am going to make sure that bag of goodies gets to her? Possession is 9/10 of the law right? Just kidding Lauren.. I will try to get your stuff in the mail this week.

Katie won a ticket to the Lookouts game at school about 2 weeks ago. She is the most improved in her class. The prize was the ticket. I got extra tickets from my work so that we can all go. The game is on Monday night. She keeps reminding us that the game starts at 7:15.

At school on Friday Katie participated in the Run-Walk- A-Thon. She got donations from the family. You could pledge a specific amount or so much per lap. It seems she only ran/walked 9 laps. So.. this time I would have got out much cheaper if I had pledged per lap. Hey you never know. Last year she ran/walked over 40 laps.

Well I gotta run the dryer is buzzing.

Great Weekend!

2007-04-22T19:50:00.000-04:00

What a great weekend!! I went shopping at the scrapbook yard sales at Scrapbook Heaven & Scrapbooks & Moore in Knoxville. I got some great buys. It was so good to get to see Renee, Melanie B, Melanie L, Kay and Lauren. I think the overnight trip refreshed all of us. You know some time you just need some girl time. We even talked about when we can plan to do it again!

While I was gone to boys (AKA Wade & Chris) had some guy time. They went to the dirt track races on Saturday night. They are soo excited about working on the car. They have spent the whole day today out in the garage working on it.

Katie came home from Girl Scout Camp. She had a blast. I can't wait to see the pictures. She got to go out in a canoe and also got to ride a horse named Traveler. She said the only complaint was that she had to kill a bug.

Looks like we are all refreshed and ready for the week ahead. Monday through Wednesday at work for me are going to be hectic. I have 6 groups of people that will be in town during that time. I will just take it one day at a time.

What Wade's Been Doing

2007-04-19T19:58:00.000-04:00

Wade has been busy working the yard lately. He has put in a pond. It looks soo good. It is still a work in process. He still needs to add more rock and Katie has to pick out the fish that goes in it. I just bought some plants last night for it. The rest of the yard is looking great too. We actually reseeded the lawn this year and have kept up with the watering. I am so proud of him!

KnoxVegas!

2007-04-19T19:52:00.000-04:00

Well Katie is off to Girl Scout Camp and she is thrilled. This will be the first time out of town this long without me, Wade or family member. She has everything packed already. So since she is leaving... I did not want to stay home with the boys. So... Lauren is coming up from Atlanta tomorrow and we are going to KnoxVegas!! Saturday morning is the Yard Sale at Scrapbook Heaven. We are going to stop over at it in the morning and then head to Knoxville. We will go to the Yard Sale at Scrapbooks & More in Knoxville and then over to the Love Crop to scrapbook the rest of the day. We are going to spend the night and hang with the girls in KnoxVegas!

What A Weekend!

2007-04-16T20:14:00.000-04:00

Well just when I thought it could not get worse it does. I caught Katie's stomach bug. Yep I was up Sat night/Sunday at 2:30AM praying to the porcelain god. I guess only one good thing has come to all of this. Yep..I have the cleanest toilets of anyone around. I have spraying almost a whole can of Lysol around everywhere. So far Wade has dodged the bullet on this one. (insert devil laugh). I hope he does not get it. (LOL)

Another good thing is that while I had free time on Friday staying home with Katie, I got all the invites done for Lynne & Billy's vow renewal. YEA!!!

Well Katie is going to Girl Scout camp this weekend without me. I am kind of sad but I am also glad I don't have to go. She is sooo excited about going. She is going to get to ride a horse. I will let you know how it goes.

Friday the 13th!!!

2007-04-13T15:24:00.000-04:00

Yikes!! I had actually not even thought about today being Friday the 13th. It hit me this morning when I got to work. My freaky Friday started off at 1:30 AM with Katie getting sick. I thought it was just something she ate. But after throwing up 3 times I knew something was not right!! Just when I thought that was it...NO... the cat started throwing up to !! Needless to say after being up till 3 AM cleaning up and 1/2 can of Lysol, we were all ready for bed.

We all got up fine this morning.. tired but fine. Katie was feeling better so I sent her to school. Well.. that did not last long. The school nurse called me at 11:30 to come and get her that she was not feeling well. Come to find out they sent over 100 kids home from school yesterday. There was a note sent home.. that of course I did not read. Seems like there is some kind of stomach bug going around.

So..Katie and I are at home today. She is in the bed watching cartoons and I am in my scrap room working on invitations for my inlaws renewal of wedding vows ceremony in May. I have close to 100 of these gems to get done in less than 10 days.

So that is my next adventure....

First Post

2006-04-11T13:04:00.000-04:00

Hello... this is my first post. Not only that but my first blog. I have always wanted to try this so here it goes.