My brothers are special.

I'm at work just waiting for the clock to switch to 4:00 so I can get outta here. I just ran across these random pictures on my computer of all 3 of my brothers making faces. I am cracking up! They are such weirdo's!

Awww... bless their hearts.

rainy day

Well, we did it. We dropped our real estate agent. Our house is OFF the market and I’m kind of nervous about it. We have had some interested people lately and I’m afraid one will decide to put an offer on it today. No need to worry though, because we already have a new guy and he’s coming over tonight to stick another sign in our yard and all that stuff. He’s supposed to be pretty good. Say some prayers!!!

Today is my last day to work this week and I’m hoping it goes by fast. I have some laundry to do and I haven’t even begun to pack for our trip. The Family Reunion starts tomorrow. I can’t wait to get there. This is the highlight of the year for me . Say some prayers about that, too. :)

Later on…..

Mother's Day Fun

"I'm only pretending to like you."


Mamaw had a straight pin, pretending to poke me.


Me & my love..... ♥

Good help is hard to find...

Well, it looks like Chad and I are changing real estate agents. The one we have right now just isn’t very helpful and her lack of experience shows in a major way. She’s a very sweet person and will usually do what she can but only at our request. We need someone more willing to communicate with us on a regular basis and one who will give us some direction. She has done neither of these things and we need our house sold, like, NOW. It’s been on the market for close to 6 months with NO offers. I realize the market is really bad, but I really think she’s part of our problem, too. We have had lots of showings on our house, so I know people are looking. This new agent we plan to use has already advised us to come off of our price. So, we will. That’s all we needed to hear. Advice. See how that works? ;) I was at home sick yesterday. I was unshowered (yeah, I know, not a word) and looking rough when the phone rang. It was our soon-to-be ex-agent calling to let me know that there was someone outside of my house who wants to come in and look at it. I had to peel myself up off the couch and leave so that this person could come in and look. Our agent said she’d let me know what this person said about our house when she hears back from them but, once again, she has not followed through. God willing, tomorrow we’ll get our stuff switched over to this other (very popular and very, very experienced) agent. I can’t wait to see how it goes then. Maybe we’ll finally see some action.

I hope I don’t sound mean about our agent. She really is nice and very personable. But… she just simply doesn’t do her job and we can’t continue to let her NOT do anything. Say a prayer for us please—and for her. ;) After our house is sold and we get moved into a new place, we plan to make some other big changes. :) We need major prayers about that. More on that at a later date…..

Check this out...

Chad's grandmother told me this past Christmas that she had an old diamond pendant to give me. Chad's grandfather gave it to her 30+ years ago and she never wears it, so she wanted me to have it. She also told me she has left something for me in her Will. I could have cried. I knew she liked me but when she told me about those things, I realized that she really, really likes me. She loves me like I'm her granddaughter I believe. Her husband (Chad's step-grandfather) tells me he loves me all the time and he thinks of me as one of his, too. They are really sweet people and I love them to pieces. So, at Chad's cousin's wedding last weekend she gave me this little box. I opened it up and inside I found this. The diamond she promised me:



It's much prettier in person, but isn't that awesome? It's really old and I LOVE it. I have worn it every day since she gave it to me. It is my new little treasure that I'll keep forever, unless I have a daughter. I'll pass it down to her I'm sure.

This is the guy that bought it for her all those years ago--Chad's granddaddy. Chad looks just like him and I think he's so cute! Now...I know what my husband will look like when he's 81. ;)

Lucy, I'm home!!!

...hehe You like? I love. It cracks me up. I wanted a white background and this is what I came up with. I ♥ Lucy!

It's 8 a.m. on a Saturday morning and I'm up and at it. I went to bed at around 11:00 last night and woke up at about 6:45. Normally I think I would have been annoyed by this but today I'm liking the idea that I have the whole day ahead of me to do whatever. I'm going to go shopping for the first time since last summer or fall--not sure. I REALLY need to. I wish I could get Chad to come with me but he's not interested. I usually feel rushed when he's with me anyway so, FINE! ;)

One more week until our family reunion and I can't wait! Gotta get clothes for that, too! hehe

allergies, BOO!

I love springtime, but oh my gosh, can we stop with the allergies!? I’ve never in my life experienced it like I have this year. Actually, up until about 2-3 years ago I never experienced this stuff, EVER. Hitting 30 really made my body change in these sorts of ways. What’s up with that? Just this spring I’ve started waking up in the middle of the night with a stuffy and runny nose~at the same time~and sneezing my head off. It usually only comes in spurts and last for about an hour but it’s really awful. Claritin has become my new BFF lately. I hope I don’t have this stuff during our family reunion next weekend. That would stink!

funny dream

I had another crazy dream the other night. I went to Gatlinburg with Charlie, Leslie, Toni & Chad. We got there and for some reason Charlie needed to get a dog. I'm not sure why, lets just say he needed one for a dog show. (?) I fell in love with the doggie of course, because I love dogs. Well...when it was time to head back home, Charlie decided he had no more use for the poor little fella, so he leaves it behind to wander alone in the woods. I begged him not to leave him, but Charlie does what Charlie wants. ;) So, halfway home I put my foot down and demanded that he take me back right now so I could get the dog myself and bring him home with me. Next thing I know Chad and I are back there (alone) looking for the dog. Suddenly the dog comes limping toward us with another little dog friend. They are both extremely injured and need a Vet, like now. It was actually quite gruesome, but I won't share those details. I'm not sure what happened after that, but apparently he was okay because I remember coming up with a name for my new little friend. What I did was something my mom always does when she gets a new pet. She usually names it after the person or place she got it from. Well.... we got the dog in GatLINburg, so I named him.........Linny. Get it? Yep, even in my dreams I'm clever. ;)

I'm TARD

No, not A tard. Tard. That’s country for “tired”. Between revival alllll last week and working overtime at work just about every day and going out with my friend and practicing songs at the parents’ house (all of this within 12 solid days), I’ve had NO time at home… until last night. I feel bad but I played hooky and didn’t go to church. You ever get home after work/school/whatever and then all of a sudden it feels like all of your energy has been sucked right out of you? That’s how I felt. All I wanted to do was lay on the couch and not move for the rest of the night…and that’s exactly what I did! It was much needed. I feel a little better but still kind of sluggish.

We just recently had another Author Event at work. Authors come to talk to us about their books from time to time, as I’ve mention on here before. Sometimes we get musicians, sometimes unknown names and sometimes we get really famous people. Yesterday we had Barbara Walters. Heather & I went together and we got to listen to her speak about her new book called, “Audition”. It’s an autobiography that sounds very interesting. She had a lot of interesting things to say but the excitement of the event was toward the end when she started handing her book out to us. We were given permission to bring our cameras for this so that we could have our picture made with her. But as my typical luck would have it, right before Heather & I stepped down to get our pics made with her, they said “no more pictures!” haha! Wouldn’t ya know it! We were so bummed! Here we are in front of this legend, so close we could high-five her, and she suddenly says she was done with pictures. Rude, in my opinion, but she did hand me my book and smile at me. I guess I’ll just be content with that. She is a teeny tiny little thing! You can really see her age when you get right up next to her. She’s like 79ish. Is that mean for me to say? Oh well, there it is. J

I was bored and made this. hehe

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