I think I'm drowning...

Thank you for the reminder sweet April.

Cowboys 20 | Eagles 16

I Need You Now...

I am loving this song. Fav line: "I'd rather hurt than feel nothing at all."

Garage Sale

Kelly and I had our garage sale yesterday and today.

- we are tired

- my face is sunburned

- my skin is dry

- my lips are so chapped they are on fire!

- people are: weird | cheap | rude | unpredictable | ridiculous

- a few people may surprise you and be: nice | genuine | kind | generous

- mornings in Georgia (during the winter) are cold

- afternoons in Georgia (during the winter) are much better than the mornings

- Heavenly Father sent us Barbara, who took everything we didn't sell/want for her charity garage sale next weekend.

- I am happy giving my things to someone who needs them for no money at all

It is over. And it will never happen again.

No time to...

My current To Do list has more items than the average human can handle at one time. I am so overwhelmed I can honestly say that I don't know what to do first. So, this small post is all I can do for now...I'll post again soon.

One of the items on my list is my campaign for school. I had the (brilliant) idea to use Scrappy, our school mascot, in a photo shoot around campus. Today was the day we made it happen and it really turned out well. Here are a few of my favorite shots:

The role of Scrappy was played by my group member Erin...who did a rock'n job,

esp when so many people stopped us for photo ops!

Photographer: me!

Assistant to the Photographer: Emily

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!