Saturdays

Don't you love Saturdays? I do, especially ones like today. Today I got up early and went to Hoss's baseball games. He had two in a row. They won them both. How exciting! Then my mother-in-law, sister-in-law and I went to Gainesville to go shopping. It was a shopping day with no real goals. We visited many stores. We finally made it home about 7pm. We had one tired baby and lots of sore feet. I am now in the process of allowing myself to rest and wind down. I just thought I would write about my day. Hope you enjoyed your Saturday as well.

Nic and I recently had the opportunity to visit Tennessee. We stayed with Josh, Hope and Lex. One of the days we visited the Alexanders's along with all of the Alexanders, the Butchers, the McMillins, the Blackabys and LeRoy Martin. A great time was had by all! We had Nic's little sister(January-Caroline) with us. She also had a great time playing with Sam, Lex, and Anna Claire. We also drove to Nashville and stayed with Robb, Kim, and Anna Claire. We went to the park to walk the dogs and play in the creek. We also went to dinner and played with Anna Claire. We really had a great time and very excited to plan something again. Great to be back in the blogging world. I finally got my account fixed!

I MISS Nic. I have done well, but at night I am very sad. It's hard to believe you could be so used to someone lying next to you. The first night I didn't sleep well. The next night I was so tired I crashed. Then Wednesday night I spent the night out of town for work and then there's tonight. What will it bring? I think it will get a little easier with time. I love and Miss you Nic!

Busy, Busy, Busy and going crazy!!

I always look foward to summertime. It seems to be when things slow down at the office and in general. Not this year!! I haven't had a single weekend free since May 5th. I am about to go crazy. I offered to do a Bride's Maid Luncheon for two very close friends. They are both getting married in July. I also did a lingerie shower for one of them. I'm the wedding coordinator for another and doing rehearsal dinner! I'm also in charge of decorating for one of the receptions. And it's all VOLUNTEER! When I get there I love doing it. Especially when it turns out ok, but it's all the mental stress leading up to it. On top of all that we are trying to pack up our house AGAIN. This is really where all the stress is. Thinking about having to move one more time. I'm ok with it but it doesn't make things any easier. I have been going through a lot of emotions with Nic moving to Tallahassee. I know it's for the best and I really don't want to move with him, but at the same time I'm about to go through a hard time and I won't have the one person I need with me. Anyways I know I just need to get over it and suck it up, and I will, but I still need to vent my feelings. The one thing I am looking foward to is going to the beach. In the middle of all of this I get to get away and go to the beach. Not only that but Josh, Hope and Lex are coming too. I really need this time with friends and away from everything else. Thank God he provides little breaths of fresh air.

One of those days!!

You know......those days when you really want everything to be perfect and NOTHING IS!!!! I have made this strawberry layer cake about 100+ times. I never think about what I'm doing. I never stress over it. It's always perfect and a hit. So for Nic's birthday, his mom asked me to make a cake/dessert to bring to her house. The entire crew was to be there(that includes Nic's mom, step-dad, Nic, me , Blake, Lana, Hunter, Matt, Grace, Mark, Christina, Hoss, and January). This is just immediate family but it's still a lot of people to feed. I get up and start making everything and all is well until..........I start mixing my whipped icing. It was runny. I did everything the same and it flopped. Nic is trying to calm me. I'm growing more angry by the second. And I start to assemble the layers. Cake, then strawberries, then whipped icing, cake, then strawberries, then whipped icing(with a little force from frustration), then last layer of cake BAM!!!!!!! I lost it. I slammed the last layer on and lost it. That explains the picture. My hand may have gone through a layer or two. Needless to say it still tasted good. I cut it up and put it in a nice parfait bowl and it looked perfect. I brought it to his mom's and brought it home empty. Why I let stupid things upset me so much I'll never know.

A Picture's Worth A Thousand Words

I'm in Key West with my Mom, and her two sisters having too much fun!! Wish you were here!! We have a delux, balcony, sunset view room at the Westin at Mallory Square. It is the best. We have the most beautiful view of the "Sunset Acts" and the sunset !!

New Bloggers

Just wanted to let everyone know that we have some new bloggers. My cousin Amanda, who is more like a sister than a cousin and her fiance Jimmy, who she will soon be married to. She is a special Ed teacher and he is a manager for Disney!! I think this will bring some interesting things to the blogging world.