Playing Hookie...

So today I played a little hookie from school - it felt so good to get a few things done. The best part of my day was going to Kindermusik with M and S. I love to see M being independent of me and listening and following directions - watching her grow and change is a wonderful part of being a mommy. On my day off I wanted to get our house clean and do a little cooking for the Relay for Life lunch tomorrow at school, why do I get myself into these things. Taking on too much with too little time on my hands - why - I will never know.

On a side note...

I am currently contemplating doing the Warrior Dash in May - if Ryan and I decide to do it, I would feel so good about myself. Getting up and doing something productive with my husband would certianly grow our relationship and help us loose the weight we have both been wanting to loose. That's not really a reason, but I would feel better about myself. I am trying to get a few teachers from school to join in, so I guess I should just do it!

Outside my zone.

So tonight I stepped outside of my relative zone of comfort to go into someone's house I don't really know very well to make a craft, which I'm not so great at making. It was fun, I would do it again and next time I might even talk to someone I don't know. The whole point of tonight was to meet some new people and talk to 'strangers' in a cozy environment and to make something fun. I did the make something fun part, but I didn't talk to strangers. I am so stuck in my own little and I mean little world that stepping out and putting myself out there is hard. So basically I failed myself tonight - I didn't do what I wanted to, but I did have a nice conversation with 2 awesome ladies that I already know. I just feel like I need a group of female friends that are not my sisters or my sister's friends. I need to make my own, I am a grown up - which I think actually makes it harded. Going into tonight I didn't quite imagine the clique feeling that I felt, but I was putting myself into their world and I didn't exactly make any effort to talk to them, so what can I expect. I've got to do better - be a better friend - be more approachable, more friendly, more extroverted! That's it! I enjoyed my evening and hope to do it again soon - but I'll do better! I hope!

I Want To Win...

I want to win this awesome new computer from Kelly's Korner. To get an extra entry all I need to do is blog about it and link it to Kelly's comments. I don't know a ton about computers but this Touch Screen looks awesome and I would love to win it! So check out Kelly'sKorner to try and win one yourself.

Almost Thanksgiving...

It's almost Thanksgiving, which means yummy food and lounging around for a long weekend. We are going to visit my PaPa in Alabama, my younger sister will be joining us along with Ian and Mackey. I am excited to see them, even though they were just here. I will try and take lots of pictures with my new camera to post about Thanksgiving weekend. Eat lots of turkey and have a happy 'slapsgiving'.

Meeting MckMama

Today I braved the cold and rain to meet a famous blogger from somewhere called the Frozen Tundra. (I should probably know where this place refers to, but I don't. If she wanted the world to know where she lived, she would just tell us.) This was soo far out of my comfort zone, but I did it, and for that I am a little proud of myself. My inner-self is super outgoing, but my real life self is much more recluse. I am a homebody, I don't to do things out of my box, I should, but I don't. So I went, it was crowded with lot's of people flocking to see this famous blogger: MckMama and her sweet MSC. While there I discovered that her daughter and mine have the same - unique name. What a surprise! MckMama was actually quite nice, much as I had expected her to be from her blog - I stumbled across her blog back in the summer and I have been reading it from time to time. When she announced she was having an Atlanta meet up I thought, why not and I 'm glad I did. I didn't take any pictures to prove that I was actually there, but I was. It was kinda weird to take pictures of a family that I don't really know, so I didn't, but I am glad I went. Happy Sunday!

Catch Up...

Since I haven't blogged in a while, I have some catching up to do. I have been inspired to 'try' and blog more frequently, so we will see how that goes! Here are a few pictures from Halloween and the Corn Maze!

M and mommy after carving our Halloween pumpkins. Daddy put

stitches in one to represent grandpa's head. Not funny!
Our little pumpkin!

This is so heavy, mommy come help!

M and J at Jaemore Farms on a hayride.

Upside down with Daddy inside the corn maze.

I plan to do a better job blogging. Hopefully with Thanksgiving and Christmas coming up, I will have something worth while to say. I am going to work on editing some recent photos and try to get a good picture of M for our Christmas cards.

George is still in the hospital, but today he actually seemed a little more himself. The antibiotic must be working, he had a little short term memory with is awesome. God is at work in a big way, I just can't wait to see the outcome.

Blogging Stall

Welcome bMack to the blogging world. I took quite a break to enjoy my summer with M. I didn't want to miss a thing since I have to go back to full time teaching in August. That's now only 1 full week away - sadness prevails! We have had an amazing summer of fun. Here are a few pictures from the beach. M and daddy at Fort Morgan playing in the ocean. She is a FISH! Loves to swim and play in the water.
M and daddy.
Mommy and M.
M taking a break from all that ocean fun. Relaxing in her beach chair with a yummy snack.
Walking through the sand was tough work.

We had a wonderful time on our annual family vacation. We stayed in a house in Fort Morgan, Alabama. All the kids had fun playing in the water and driving truck through the sand. The kids all play well together. This year M loved playing in the water, she didn't care too much for the sand, but man did she enjoy the water. I can't wait until next year, hopefully she will still like to play in the water.