Memory Lane...

I saw this meme over at It Coulda Been Worse and thought it looked like fun it is all about your high school memories!!!


1. Who was your best friend? Jenny Malcom. There really isn't enough time in the day to tell you all of the things we encountered during high school. We've been though the good, the bad, the ugly and BOYS (oh, the boys).

2. Did you play any sports? Um, NO... I don't have an athletic bone in my body. My 9th grade physical science teacher, who just happened to be a coach too, told me that if I made it to 21 with out being in a wheel chair I'd be doing good. Well, I've almost made it to 28 without being in a wheel chair... Ha Ha, Showed Him!!

3. What kind of car did you drive? I drove a 1994 Nissan truck, which had nothing automatic. I actually drove this truck until September 2002 then it was passed down to my husband who drove it until May 2006 when some 18 year old kid ran a stop sign and t-boned him. The insurance company totalled it. It was 12 years old and only had 140,000 miles

4. It’s Friday night. Where were you? If its football season and there was a home game we were at the football field. If it wasn't football season our location depended on which boys we (Jenny and I) were chasing.


5. Were you a party animal? No. I was VERY scared of my mom!!!

6. Were you considered a flirt? Not so much. I had the same on again off again boyfriend all thru high school.

7. Were you in the band, orchestra or choir? None of the above.

8. Were you a nerd? I don't think so...

9. Were you ever suspended or expelled? No again scared of my mom.

10. Can you sing the fight song? I don't think so, maybe if someone else took the lead.

11. Who was your favorite teacher? Hands down Mrs. Pittard. She taught home ec. and childcare. My senior year I had her classes for 3 or 4 hours of the day. Jenny and I could get away with murder in there. I actually still see her a good bit, we are Mary Kay team members

12. What was your school mascot? Redskins (actual mascot was an Indian chief)

13. Did you go to the Prom? Yep. 3 years

14. If you could go back, would you? Maybe just for a week or 2, those were good times.

15. What do you remember most about graduation? The trip afterwards.

16. Where were you on Senior Skip Day? Most of our class went to Six Flags, but Jenny and I went shopping. We didn't like Six Flags that much.

17. Did you have a job your senior year? Yes. I worked as a clerk at the Blue Willow Inn Gift Shop.

18. Where did you go most often for lunch? Well, senior year we had year book class right before lunch and we'd leave campus to "sell" ads for the year book, so there was really no telling where we really were. If we were not "selling" ads we all ate outside together or in the year book/art class room.

19. Have you gained weight since then? Yep... enough said.

20. What did you do after graduation? Went to Panama City Beach for a week. Then in the fall I attended college.

21. What year did you graduate? I graduated from high school in 1998.

22. Who was your Senior Prom Date? Joey Snead (who was not a boyfriend, he was a long time family friend).

23. Are you going/did you go to your 10 year reunion? My 10 year reunion will be sometime next year and Heck Yeah I'm going.

Ok, if you play a long leave me a comment so I can check out your past!!! Have Fun!

This is one of my senior pictures... Enjoy!!

Menu Plan Monday

Some of our meals for this week are "carry overs" from last week that didn't get prepared for one reason of the other. However, we did very good last week we only ate out two times, which is huge for us. We ate out on Saturday night in celebration of my Dad's birthday and we ate fast food last night after church. Church wasn't over until 8pm, we had a night of music, and 8pm was way too late to have a nice dinner with "the gang" and it was too late to come home and cook. So Wendy's it was, and we ate for under $10, yay us!!


Monday ~ Salad with Grilled Chicken

Tuesday ~ Cube Steak / Mashed Potatoes / Lima Beans

Wednesday ~ Mexican Chicken / Rice / Green Beans

Thursday ~ Grilled Hamburgers / Chips

Friday ~ Pizza / Salad

Saturday ~ Roast / Carrots & Potatoes / Rolls

Sunday ~ Eat out with the Gang

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All Things Me!!

I was tagged by Jodi to participate in the 4 things meme.

Jobs I’ve held:
1. Clerk @ Blue Willow Gift Shop
2. A/P clerk
3. Legal assistant
4. construction coordinator for home building company

Movies I can watch over and over again:
1. Grease
2. Foot Lose
3. Dirty Dancin'
4. Smokey and the Bandit (PLEASE don't tell my husband that I actually enjoy these, PLEASE)

Places I have lived:
1. Georgia (I'm almost 28 and have only live in two houses, located on the same 12 acres of land)
2.
3.
4.

TV shows I watch:
1. American Idol
2. Friends
3. Hells Kitchen
4. Don't forget the Lyrics (has anyone else been watching this? I love Wayne Brady)

Places I’ve been on vacation:
1. Dayton Beach
2. Bahama’s
3. Texas (if a family reunion counts as vacation)
4. Orlando (Disney World for our Honeymoon)

My favorite foods:
1. Ice Cream (almost any flavor)
2. Hot Wings
3. Grilled Hamburgers
4. Any thing DESSERT!!!!

Websites I visit:
1. AJC Jobs
2. Bellsouth
3. my bank
4. All my blogger friends

I know a lot of you have already participated in this, so I'm not going to tag any one, but if you play along leave me a comment so I can check at your 4 things..

Fit4Life Friday - Week 4

Tis Friday Again...

Week 4 Stats:
Starting weight: 175 lbs.
Current Weight: 164.2lbs.
Weekly change: -1.2lbs.
Total loss: 10.8lbs.
Goal weight: 145 lbs.

Here are my week 3 goals and a review of how they worked out:

Weight Loss Goals:
Loss 2 pounds (did not quite make the 2 lb. mark)
Journal food intake and count points - (100%)
GYM - go there (well, we went one day and I walked 1.5 miles on the treadmill)
Water - drink some (48oz. would be good) (did not go so well)

Better Me Goals:
Continue daily devotions (yay, everyday)
Continue with NEW budget (not so motivated)
Focus on finding a new job (applied for 5 jobs, still waiting to hear back)

Week 4's Goals will be:

Weight Loss Goals:

• Loss 2 lbs. (this doesn't seem like much, but I'm having a hard time resisting food while I'm at home ALL day, with little to do)
• Gym - 3 times - NO EXCUSES
• Water - drink MORE

Better Me Goals:

• This week it is all about a JOB... my severance package runs out July 31 - that means no more paycheck and no more insurance

Wish me luck! I hope you all have a great and healthy weekend!

Thanks to Deedra for hosting Fit4Life Fridays!!

UnWorthy...

My friend Jessica nominated me for this award. Wow, I'm so unworthy of this award. I saw this nomination several days ago, but wasn't sure what to say... I've looked back over my own blog entries and compared them to some of the others out there and my entries seem so simple, just daily ramblings of my simple life. I'm amazed that my ramblings have touched anyone!?!

Here is the history behind this award:

This award was started by a teenage girl named Jocelyn and you can go here to read more about her. Below is the background behind this award in Jocelyn's own words:"

As for my award, it is called The Blogger Reflection Award. Why? The reason for the title is because this award should make you reflect on five bloggers who have been an encouragement, a source of love, impacted you in some way, and have been a Godly example to you. Five Bloggers who, when you reflect on them, you get a sense of pride and joy... of knowing them and being blessed by them. This award is for the best-of-the-best so consider who you pick, carefully. This award should not be given to just anyone. If you're going to do the award don't just write a few words and slap it on your blog. Write real thoughts about these bloggers and what they've been to you, and if the bloggers you pick have already been given the award, don't be afraid to give to them again. They deserve it as many times as it's given."

Now those are pretty big words to live up to and I'm touched that I've touched someone else. I've considered who I'd give this award to and here are my nominees and why:

Jessica - is a personal friend of mine and began touching my life way before blogging. She has taught me about not settling, about sticking to standards and about being your own person. And besides all that she is just a great person all around. She is awesome!! Thanks Jess for being such a good friend.

Jodi - is also a personal friend and she too began touching my life before blogging. I don't have children, but I know that one day the Lord will bless me with children and I want to be the Godly mother that Jodi is, she sets such a great example for her children. She is my "mommy" example. She too is a great wife and I know that we lives daily as the "model wife" that we find in Proverbs 31. Thanks Jodi for being such a great example of a mother and wife.

Emily - is my sister-in-law (our husbands are brothers). We've learned a lot about each other over the last 18 months or so, we've stuck together when "in-law" time were hard and when things looked their worse. Emily has taught my about endurance, she's adjusted to being married, living part-time with our in-laws, going to school full time and working full time (among some personal struggles, I'm sure) all in about a years time and she's come out sane - now that's endurance... Thanks Em for being the sister I never had!!

Deedra - is a blog friend, but I always come away from her blog with something to think about. It may just be a funny story about her precious little boy or it may be something that she's shared that really touches my heart. She has also started Fit4Life Fridays which encourages each of us to not only be healthier, but to set goals that will make us better people. Thanks Deedra for being setting a good example, you set you goals each week and stick to them and I do consider you a friend.

There are many more blogs that I stop by on a periodic basis, but these 4 I check at least once a day. So, stop on over and check them out! Thanks girls for being such great friends and for encouraging me.

Tackle It Tuesday

Well, since I'm officially a Domestic Diva these days, I decided I'd join in on Tackle It Tuesday!

I'm a little embarrassed to show you what my guest bedroom looked like yesterday, but here goes:

OK, so the big pile on the bed is winter clothes that I never put away, the boxes at the foot of the bed are summer shoes that I have not and will not wear, and summer clothes that I can not wear. The picture on the right is a pile of summer clothes that I can wear, but haven't thus far, the blue box in front of the ironing board has some random clothes in it, the laundry basket has 2 pillows in it that we've never used and will not be using, they are horrible and the laundry basket is sitting on 2 suit cases that need to be returned to the attic. And YES, that is a stationary bike in the back ground, and yeah, it's just taking up space...

I worked for a while on Monday (this project was SO BIG that Tackle It Tuesday started on Monday and I'm hoping to be done on Wednesday) and now this is what the room looks like...

NO, it's still not finished, but I'm waiting on Hubby to put the boxes in the attic, because there isn't enough room in there for me to finish my cleaning and for those storage boxes. I'm hoping to finish this project tomorrow and I'll be showing you the end result, I need someone to be impressed, as Hubby has no problem with the way it looked yesterday.

Tackle It Tuesday is hosted each week by 5 Minutes for Mom!!!

Menu Plan Monday

Monday ~ Bruschetta Chicken / Steamed Veggies / Rice

Tuesday ~ BLT Sandwiches / Chips

Wednesday ~ Spaghetti / Salad / Garlic Bread

Thursday ~ Pork Chops / Green Beans / Potatoes

Friday ~ Grilled Chicken Salads

Saturday ~ Eating out - a friend is singing at a local restaurant

Sunday ~ The Usual - Eat out with the Gang

This is our menu! Hope you all have a great week!

Menu Plan Monday is hosted by I'm an Organizing Junkie, Thanks Laura!!