juicy cooters ???

OMG!!! Let me just tell you I have No Idea when I have had sooo much fun! I know for sure that I have Never laughed as hard or as long as I did at the St. Jude crop @ Eclecitca this past weekend. :o)

The group of women that go to their crops are just awesome & definately know how to have a Good Time! Apparently they liked us too :o) , they asked if we would be coming back for the 12 hour crops.

Now about the "juicy cooters"! One of the girls was telling us that last year she told her brother-in-law that she wanted some "JLo Glo" for Christmas. When he went to the Macy's perfume counter to buy some he was approached by a woman who was clearly old enough to be someone's MeeMaw & the sales lady proceeded to tell him that they had a new fragrance and asked him "wouldn't you like to smell this juicy cooter?" OMG! what did she say??? Then her brother-in-law looked at the bottle ... it was ... Juicy Couture!!! Okay that's pretty funny :o) , I wonder who finally broke it to her that it wasn't cooter ?!?

A couple of our new friends decided to break up the night with a little game of ring toss ...

this is Julie after she was "ringed"

here's Ann trying to get "ringed", lol! Can you see how tickeled these women are ??? We were All laughing our butts off! (look at Jennifer in the back!)

this is our little motley crew @ 4:30!

a few of us weren't exactly bright eyed & bushy tailed ALL night!

i don't really suggest sleeping in your car in Memphis ( not know for being the "safe" city) especially with you window down!

Last but definately Not least I thought I would share with you where Ann & Julie got the idea for their game! It's a youtube video & it's not called ring toss, it's called women of whippoorwil & it IS The FUNNIEST thing I have Ever Seen!!!! But before you click play let me Warn you their are a few things you need to do...

1. go to the bathroom, trust some people found this out the hard way :o)

2. do not have anything in your mouth, it won't stay there & you may choke

3. watch it more than one time, you will not be able to hear what they are saying the first time, lol

4. be sure you have the volume up!

...ready ... set .... play

hope you enjoy! I know it's been the best therapy I've ever had! :o)

and the clouds are gone :o(

i know that it needed to happen but it's sad all the same.
We got home from my parents Friday -that was yesterday right, lol. I swear I don't know where the time has gone.
Saturday we went to Jackson for the medical career day program (that was ummm... interesting). Later that night Jim started "cutting in" Devan's room- while doing so apparently he wanted to play a little. But what the ....



okay do you see that ??? Like what was he thinking- he was there when we named this kid so when did he Forget how to Spell His Name!!! lol



going, going, gone ...




at first I was worried about letting Devan be a part of the color decision (his best friend had suggested Dark PURPLE!!!! Ugh) . But when I sent them to the store to pick out samples I was pleasantly surprised :o)



the room is FAR from being done but it's livable & the furniture is back in there instead of ALL over the house...



I couldn't find any comforters that I like so that has started a new project. I'm making him jean quilts for his beds. :o) Uh yeah I hope ...
1. that I have enough jeans ( I only need 448 - 6" squares)
2. that I get quicker at the prep part and
3. that the actual assembly part goes much quicker !!! :o)
This was our first week back to school after fall break & I will work 2 days this week (not bad).
Tomorrow my bff Tammy will be coming over after she gets off work & then I will start packing up ALL my stuff. We are heading out bright & early Friday morning (no work for me that day) for Memphis. Eclectica (the best scrapbook store in this tri-state area) is having a 24 hour St. Jude crop & we are going!!! :o) The crop doesn't actually start till 5 Friday evening but she called & we can go early so we ARE! LOL! Cause everyone knows that 24 hours just isn't enough! Plus we need to make sure that we have plenty of time to hit ALL the stores & spend ALL the money that we Don't have! I don't get to Memphis much anymore with the price of gas the way it is so I need plenty of time to pilfer through all the new goodies :o)

better late than never ...

seventeen years ago when I had my kid No one ever told me to be sure and take a picture of my
doctor with my baby (we didn't have scrapbookers back then so we weren't thinking about shots for possible LOs, lol).
Last week went I went for my "yearly" check-up I decided to take Devan with me (not in the room - just to the appt., lol) & I finally got the pictures that I should have gotten 17 years ago-better late than never! :o)



Devan & Dr. Melton, I will tell you the nurses were a little more than confused when they looked up & Devan was back there, lol, I guess Dr. Melton didn't think to tell them he would be coming back




look at that! My baby is Taller than the dr. that brought him into the world. I really can't believe how fast the time has flown by ...

... come on buddy :o)

last weekend when Devan & I got to Tammy's it took "the guys" all of about ummm... 5 minutes to get rock band set up down in Sky's room, lol.
After about an hour they had come upstairs for a drink & a few minutes later I heard Weston (Tammy's grandson) say "come on buddy" to Devan :o) (he was ready to go back downstairs to play again). Devan is so good with little ones when they are around, I hope he never loses that quality ...



new buddies Devan & Weston



just being Guys & Rockin' out!!!

we're back, well for tonight ...

we had a fabulous 4 days visiting with Tammy & her family :o)
Devan "Rock Banded" with Weston & went to Church with Bees
I scrapped with Tammy(worked on the rolodex that I'm doing with Devan's drama pics from last year), did a little shopping & went to the Dr. for my yearly.
We stayed up late & ate too much, lol, you know the usual bad habbits for time spent with those you are closest to.
We came home today to do laundry & repack, heading out in the morning to my parents for a few days. Going to take the nephews on our "fall picnic" tomorrow and just hang out with my parents for a few days (if it works out).
We'll be back Friday to get ready for Saturday. Devan has been invited to attend a "medical career day" in Jackson.
So tonight I'm trying to do a little catch up while waiting on the laundry, I had promised that I would post the chicken recipe that I tried last week when I had a chance to enter it on the computer- here it is (hope you enjoy) :

PAN SAUTE`ED CHICKEN WITH VEGETABLES & HERBS

4 CHICKEN BREAST
1 TBL. ALL-PURPOSE FLOUR
2 TBL. OLIVE OIL
2 SMALL RED ONIONS, CUT INTO QUARTERS
8 OUNCES FRESH WHOLE BABY CARROTS (ABOUT 16)
1 LB. NEW POTATOES, CUT INTO QUARTERS
1 ½ C. CHICKEN STOCK
3 TBL. LEMON JUICE
1 TBL. CHOPPED FRESH OREGANO LEAVES
1 TBL. CHOPPED FRESH THYME LEAVES

Heat oven to 350.

Season the chicken as desired. Coat with flour

Heat oil in large dutch oven over medium-high heat. Add chicken and cook until it’s well browned on all sides. Remove chicken from the skillet.

Add the onions & potatoes to the skillet & cook for 5 minutes. Add the carrots, stock, lemon juice and oregano and heat to a boil. Return the chicken to the skillet. Cover the skillet.

Bake at 350 for 20 minutes. Uncover pan and bake for 15 minutes or until the chicken is cooked through and the vegetables are tender. Sprinkle with thyme.

... and away we go

so this had been the first week of Fall Break & it has been a very Busy week!
Devan has been taking an ACT prep course this week & we've been working on his room little by little ...



as you can see the guys took down the chair rail this week ( he didn't want it anymore)
the walls have all been scrubbed and prepped for painting (if only we can get the time, lol) .
I finally got around to having Devan design his Sr. ring
(I know, I know... better late than never)
& it has been ordered-should be here in about 4 weeks ...


here's a pic, I really like the way it turned out. I wasn't sure if it was going to happen- at first he wanted some really strange stuff on it that had NOTHING to do with His time in high school. His dad & I both insisted "that in years to come someone should be able to look at your class ring & know something about your high school years". So this is what he came up with.
Zach (my weekend kid) showed up unexpectedly on Wed. & I knew something was wrong ...
I told him to sit & when I sat with him he broke down. After a few minutes I asked if it was Sierra & he said they broke up !!! You could have knocked everyone over with a feather, their relationship began 3 years ago - here on our property at a bon-fire Devan had.
Zach stayed the night that night & went to church with Devan.
Sierra called crying, a wreck & so I went & met her down the road at one of the churchs & we talked for a few hours.
my goodness this job sure can be hard:o(
We Love them both & we don't want to see either one hurt, but they were very young when they started dating & it's hard to think that they would "stay together" for ever at that age.
Now on to the Good Stuff!!!
I have got to get busy & start packing ... Dev & I leave bright & early in the am to go to my bff's -Tammy !!!
I have my "yearly dr. appt." on Monday so we'll be heading on to Batesville from Jonesboro (sooo much quicker & easier when you already have 2 hrs. of the trip behind you), and we'll come home Tues. evening. So that gives us Sat., Sun., & Tue. with Tammy :o).
Tuesday evening to unpack, do laundry, repack, & head back out this time to my parent's on Wednesday.
We'll come back from there on Friday & then we'll be in Jackson bright & early on Saturday morning. Devan was invited to attend a "medical career day" at on of the hospitals there and one of the areas they are "shadowing" that day is radiology (which just happens to be an area that we have been trying to steer him towards). At least he can kind of get a taste of it & see if it really appeals to him at all.
I also tried a "new" chicken recipe this week. It was very easy & sooo Good! I'll post it later after I get it entered on my puter.
whew, busy busy busy times. Guess I had better get up & packing :o)
hope you'll have a Wonderful Weekend (I know I will ;o) ...

and the zoo adventure continues ...

when we went to the zoo the last time Sierra said "I've never been to the Memphis Zoo" & I promised that we would make the time to take her. It was like pulling teeth to get it all together but we finally got all the schedules worked out and this past Sunday packed up the car & off we went :o)



isn't this little guy the cutest ?!? he looks like that really feels good :o)



Sierra, Devan, & Zach pose with "Budda"



the butterfly garden was closed :o( , I guess it gets too cold for them - what do you think they do with all the butterflies when they close the garden ??? Sierra found this one while we were on our way to the garden



isn't he Beautiful! Sooo Majestic



a little tongue action! hehe, can't resist a "cat" with tongue :o)



he looks sooo wise, kinda like Rafeki



one last shot of "my peeps" before we left



... so Zach bought these roasted- flavored-larva-YES! WORMS! before we left & the guys are fixing to EAT THEM!!! (while posing for this one of the boys said "our worms are touching!" , I 'bout laughed my butt off)



do you SEE this!!! That is MY son!!! The ONE who WON'T put ANYTHING in his mouth that has the name PEA or BEAN !!! But He WILL eat a WORM !!! ARE YOU KIDDING ME !!!
It was a nice afternoon spent with "peeps" who are close to my heart :o) , the weather was sooo much nicer that the 94 degrees that we had last time, lol. And somehow NO one managed to fall/jump into the fountain this time :o)
So how did you spend your Sunday afternoon...

Once upon a time there was a very pretty little Princess ...

and I had the privilege of spending the day with her this past Saturday. :o)
This is our cousin Meleah's daughter "Princess Jenna" & this is her very special "Princess Tea Party" ...



our "tea party" was supposed to have 2 princesses, but 1 of the princesses had a melt down instead :o(
so we went on with the tea party as best we could & tried to make it as fun for Princess Jenna as possible



it was a tough go we had the melt down & then BOTH of my batteries were dead after about 6 set up shots! Meleah called a neighbor & borrowed a camera so all the tea party pics were taken with Shelly's camera instead of mine (thanks Shelly)



here is Chewy at the tea party, while he wasn't totally comfortable in the chair it sure made for a few cute shots :o)



Princess Jenna has a pleasant conversation with her guest Chewy ...



being the ever gracious hostess Princess Jenna makes sure her guest has plenty to eat ...



after everyone left Princess Jenna found a special bottle of bubbles ...



isn't she just the cutest ???



After we were through with tea parties & bubbles we changed clothes & jumped in my car ( it was Jenna's first time to ride with a top down!) & headed to the local "pumpkin patch" at the church. Of course I had to have this shot ...



a pic of Jenna & Meleah together, aren't they just the cutest together :o)



while spring time is my favorite time of the year I just LOVE the way the fall colors photgraph



Miss Jenna had made her coice of pumpkins



I swear I think she is just the "coolest" 4 year old I know, just look how well she pulls off wearing mommy's sunglasses! She's workin' it :o)



whew, it was a very full day! tea party, bubbles, pumpkins, & first time riding "topless" ( yes we taught her how to raise her arms in the air and scream!!! ) hehe . She was just wore out & fell asleep on the way back home, of course I couldn't resist grabbing my camera (it had charged in the time it took to have the tea party) and snapping one more shot :o)
So that was my Saturday... I got to spend it with one very special 4 year old & her mommy :o)
So how did you spend your Saturday ???

a sweet surprise ...

around Thursday Devan started telling us that come Friday he had a surprise for us. We really had NO idea what he was up too, but he seemed to be getting great joy from it. :o)

When he got out of school Friday he text that he was on his way to get the "surprise", when he got home I was on the phone with Jeff. I thought he was going to wear a hole in the carpet pacing back & forth waiting for me to get off the phone, lol.

When I did get off the phone he proudly told me that I had to wait until after dinner but that I could have a taste!

Seems that one of the girls at his lunch table works at Dairy Queen & Monday she was talking about all these really good Blizzards that they have right now. Devan decided to "skip" lunch for the rest of the week & use his lunch money to go get everyone Blizzards on Friday, he got me strawberry cheesecake. :o) (he did take lunch from home on more than one day, lol)

Sometimes he's just too sweet & he really makes me glad he's mine!