An update...or three or four!

This girl can not catch a break. I seriously need someone to come be me for a few days to help me catch up. Any volunteers?

There must be a million things I have thought I should blog, but if I'm not right in front of my computer it gets put on the back burner. And I have a 278 burner stove top going on these days, so by "back burner", I really mean, BACK BURNER! Time to play catch up.

*** Wild Wednesday with Aunt Kelly & Charley ***

Last week the girls and I went to Aunt Kelly's again and this time she had a surprise waiting for us:

Chocolate Dipping & Sprinkling Rice Crispy Treats!

Then we played outside on the deck:

This last Wednesday, with runny noses and tired girls (read...tired Aunt), we decided to stay at my place and just chillax. No fun treats and no photos, just a calm-ish night.

***Neil's Lake***

A few weeks ago I went on a drive up to Cartersville in search of old books for Kelly's redecorating project. I made a turn onto an unassuming road and came across Neil's Lake. It was so quaint and refreshing, I was excited I had my camera with me. The whole scene had me imaging it could be seen from a second story room lined with windows and a great old typewriter where I could write stories to fill my library.

***Graduation Heels***

With graduation fast approaching I have had new shoes on the brain. I figured I could buy a new dress, but why bother...the robe will just cover it up. And since I love shoes more than, well, most any other piece of clothing, that only seems logical.

The challenge was of course to find shoes that worked with the entire outfit:

Black robe | Red & White honor cords | Gold KSU sash | Yellow/gold lei

Well today I was lucky, my friend Lolo asked me to go to the mall with her. She needed a Seminoles t-shirt to complete her costume (FSU fan) for Halloween. When we pasted Shi, we decided we had to look and see if they had MY graduation shoes. And guess what? They did!

Aren't they gorgeous! They are a little high, but they are stunning! And hello...they will look outrageous with the entire outfit! Don't you think?! ...44 days and counting!

***Halloween 2009***

Tonight is Halloween and the candy has been waiting for goblins and ghosts since 5 p.m.

...and it is raining. Again. It is also game 3 of the World Series. With all of those factors and two tests on Monday, staying in was just the only option.

Rain has delayed game 3, so I enjoyed a Halloween worthy movie, Coraline. I have had 2 trick-or-treaters, they were cute, although I couldn't tell you what they were dressed up as. I gave them a lot of candy. Matter of fact, the little girl wanted to get her own and reached right into the witches trousers! Super cute.

Happy Halloween!

Coraline is now over and just in time for the game to get started. Now I guess I better get busy on my note cards for my Theory test. How I can't wait for school to be over.

Go!...

H1N1 | Prevention | Blog Mockery

It feels like ages since my last post. In all likelihood it's probably been no more than a week or two, but even catching up on my favorite blogs has become a challenge with my crazy schedule. Pressing forward...

A few weeks ago Brian and I had this conversation about blogs. He doesn't see the point and if I remember correctly I think he referred to them as a waste of time. I am not disagreeing, nor agreeing (there are good and bad points), but I was teased relentlessly for a good 13 minutes over this. I promised him I would find a way to blog about him just so that he could be involved in something he doesn't want to have anything to do with. So, to that point he forwarded me an email today that his mom (a nurse) sent to him, so I feel like it's post worthy. And to abide by my aforementioned promise to stop sending forwards, I give you:

6 Suggestions to Prevent H1N1 | Feeling like a pig (ha!)

1. Frequent hand-washing (well highlighted in all official communications) .

2. "Hands-off-the- face" approach. Resist all temptations to touch any part of face (unless you want to eat, bathe or slap).

3. *Gargle twice a day with warm salt water (use Listerine if you don't trust salt). *H1N1 takes 2-3 days after initial infection in the throat/ nasal cavity to proliferate and show characteristic symptoms. Simple gargling prevents proliferation. In a way, gargling with salt water has the same effect on a healthy individual that Tamiflu has on an infected one. Don't underestimate this simple, inexpensive and powerful preventative method.

4. Similar to 3 above, *clean your nostrils at least once every day with warm salt water. *Not everybody may be good at Jala Neti or Sutra Neti (very good Yoga asanas to clean nasal cavities), but *blowing the nose hard once a day and swabbing both nostrils with cotton buds dipped in warm salt water is very effective in bringing down viral population.*

5. *Boost your natural immunity with foods that are rich in Vitamin C (Amla and other citrus fruits). *If you have to supplement with Vitamin C tablets, make sure that it also has Zinc to boost absorption.

6. *Drink as much of warm liquids as you can. *Drinking warm liquids has the same effect as gargling, but in the reverse direction. They wash off proliferating viruses from the throat into the stomach where they cannot survive, proliferate or do any harm.

I come from a gargling family, but I usually wait until I am feeling the sore throat coming on. I guess I better switch that around a bit!

Stay well my little blogging world...that may or may not be wasting time in Blogville!

Taking friend applications...

Job applications are being accepted for the position of friends willing to do this:

That is funny crap! I can't stop watching it.

But seriously...I might need a friend just like these two!

Wired Wednesday | blogging | honors

A friend of mine said to me tonight "someone hasn't updated their blog all week". Emily, as much as I doubt you will appreciate this post as much as members of my family, this one's for you!

I realize I have not posted in a while and even posts before that where a little lazy. Oops.

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A few weeks ago Charley came to my house for a Wednesday visit. The other girls were not here that day so it was just she and I. She posed for a sweet photo while hanging in the kitchen while I fixed dinner. Isn't she a cutie!

And dinner...moose pasta!

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This past Wednesday we had a very exciting day...Aunt Kelly invited us over for a little playing and dinner.

The girls loved every minute of it...so much space to play, so many toys to play with and best of all a play date with cousin Charley!

The magnet alphabet game on the tiny fridge was a big hit!

And Charley could not get enough of Claire, she just wanted to hug all over her.

And the photo of the night goes to Abbi & Charley. Abbi was in trouble for taking toys away from the other girls (twice!) and was in time out in the hall. Well, Charley didn't get it and she was not having it. No one was going to be alone anywhere!

I'm not sure that Abbi thought much of her "punishment" but I'm pretty sure she was OK with the company. Silly girls.

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Graduation. Honors cords. Such a great feeling. And aren't they beautiful!

The End

Tanner baseball

Tanner had a baseball game last Saturday and I took my camera to capture the moments. Enjoy!