We were so productive this weekend. We bought and installed a new pendent light for the living room, painted our new doors for the bedrooms & bathroom, painted the front door, hung curtains in the office, AND hosted a football watching get together yesterday for J’s birthday, then went to look at houses with my…

J’s birthday celebration weekend has been zipping along splendidly. Thursday we went to lunch then did a little Christmas shopping, then ended up at Best Buy where we bought a new tv for the living room. He’s been talking about wanting one for 2 years now, and there’s no interest until 2004, so why not.…

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! To my fabulous husband, Jon, who turns 31 today! I’m leaving work here in just a minute to get started with the festivities. He already knows one of the presents he’s getting is something from Old Navy since I blogged about it the other day. Note to self: remember that husband reads blog.…

My Granddaddy died about 10 years ago. My Grandmommy has since befriended a man named Ray. Ray pulled his trailer up on the land next to Grandmommy’s house and has been living there for 5 years or so. He takes care of things for her and makes her feel safe so we don’t give her…

Last night I stopped into Old Navy for a couple of things for J and they have all of their fun stuff on sale for 50% off already! Greeting cards, holiday gifts, holiday themed things, notebooks & photo albums, and all of their cool dog stuff- leashes, big bones, stockings, reindeer antlers, etc. Tonight after…

Now that we have power I can share some pictures from the storm. Our icy back yard. Larger image here. Our neighbor’s tree split in two: It made a huge crashing noise in the middle of the night. Larger image here. Thankfully we only lost small limbs. Our icy little tree in front yard: Larger…

We have power!! Hurray! I can’t tell you how excited we were to get power back. It came on just as we were trying to figure out where to board the pets. We just didn’t think they could take another 40 degree night. We lost all of the food in the fridge, but only about…

Last night Mom, Hale, J & I went to dinner then to see the new James Bond movie. The movies were packed. I guess we weren’t the only ones looking for some heat for a couple of hours! This power outage is making me appreciate things I know I took for granted somewhat. Like hot…

I completely underestimated the weather. I didn’t post yesterday because we’ve been without power since Wednesday night. I was luckily off work yesterday and the day before so we were able to prepare somewhat. But the weather never lives up to the forecasts here so we were still taken off guard. Last night we slept…

We’re in for our first winter storm of the season today. It hasn’t really hit yet, I keep waiting for it too. They closed the schools before the first drop of freezing rain even fell. Poor J’s store was slammed. They did more business the last two days than before Thanksgiving. I can’t for the…