Are you serious?

So...this weekend, Mike and I went to Savannah. (This December tradition started mostly because of my addiction to the Food Network and admiration for Paula Deen).

Saturday morning, Mike completely surprised me and caught me off guard and asked me to marry him. Keep in mind, it was 8:15 AM, and we spent the previous night on River Street. I thought I had heard correctly, but asked him at least 3 times, "Are you serious?" He said yes, he was serious, I told him yes....then he had to tell me to put my ring on. I immediately wanted to come home and tell everyone, but Mike told me we had some more eating to do...we ate at Uncle Bubba's (Paula's brother's restaurant) Saturday night, and today ate the Sunday buffet at The Lady & Sons. We tried not to talk to anyone, so as not to relay any excitement, etc...meanwhile, realizing we were nearing home, I learned my mom had gone to Auburn to visit my brother---FOR THE DAY! So, we had to wait to tell her until late tonight...which is why phone calls were made very late!

At this time, we don't have a date set, or any plans...we will wait to the first of the year to make arrangements, etc...

I will post pictures from the weekend once we upload them...probably Tuesday night...

But for now, I leave you with my ring---it's so glad to see daylight instead of hanging out in a bedside table...

Oh...and before you ask...NO, we did not see Paula or her sons this weekend. :(

Happy Monday!
Mercer

Venting Session

I just want to blog for a bit to relieve some stress...

1. First of all, I do not like Denny the Ghost on Grey's Anatomy.

2. I am not happy that ABC is not going to renew Dirty Sexy Money.

3. (This is what sent me over the edge). I went to Wal-Mart tonight, and while putting my items on the belt, I noticed the girl (I refuse to call her a lady), was strategically separating her purchases...then, I notice why. She is paying for her food purchases with food stamps. (I am okay with this...) BUT, she then proceeds to spend $70 in CASH on beer, cigarettes, and lighters. Meanwhile, her child is wriggling around the buggy (her child is wearing NO shoes-and it's winter), and the mom refuses to realize her child was getting stuck in the buggy. The woman finally turns around, flashes her nose ring, and puts her purse in the buggy. I was boiling at this point...thank God, that I had a large purchase, because I would've hated to see her load up her car (probably an Escalade) with all her goods. UGH!!!

Okay, I will go back to the corner now....

Beat Bama!

So, I know that Mike is a UGA fan, but I still felt the need to post the "We Believe" banner.

On a sidenote, I would like to thank Alabama for having a winning year...it greatly helped my sales. This year, customers have bought anything that is houndstooth. I offered houndstooth in the past, but it never sold until this year, so from a business standpoint-thank you! Meanwhile, some of you might be asking, but did you sell the orange and blue? Well, thanks for asking, yes, I did...just as much, if not more, than I have in the past...so from a business and personal standpoint-thank you and War Eagle!

And from Mike, Go Dawgs!

Tis the season...

to monogram!

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(had to have a shameful plug!)

NKOTB Concert Recap...

Now that I am off my NKOTB "high," I will now reflect...let me first say my throat hurt for about 2 days...probably from screaming like a little girl...but oh well. After they sang 3 songs, I turned to Kelly and said, "I'm exhausted," so, I can only imagine how the "old" kids felt. We had a great time and I would go again in a heartbeat...it was amazing how words to songs just came back to me like it was yesterday. They sang everything I thought they would...Jordan even took it old school and had his shirt open (like in the music video) for "I'll be Loving You Forever." The audience was about 95% female...the remaining 5% were guys who were dragged to the show. I was telling my mom that my ears were ringing for days, then she reminded me that she wore earplugs when she took me to see them. I can't wait until I have little girls so I can take them to see whoever the "it" band of their time is...

I'M BACK!!!!!!!!

Well....I'm back and I have a lot to say...but will blog more about it later. I will say this, after all these years...it was awesome. My ears are ringing, my throat is sore, I can hardly talk, my legs hurt, I have blisters on my feet, and I messed up one of my shoes dancing...BUT, it was so worth it. I'll be loving the NKOTB forever...my friend, Kelly Sasser, who went with me, has to be at school to teach tomorrow at 6:45 AM---nice!

In other news...we got back around 2 AM, and saw one of the old mills in Columbus burning...strange, guess we'll know more about that tomorrow.

West Jones Ave. (Mike's side of the story)

I wanted to tell my side of the West Jones story and why it brought a smile to my face to see it still standing. Let me start by saying that my times at GSU were some of the best times of my life. As a poor college student, I had a limited budget to live on. So me and 7 of my friends decided to move in together in a small 3 bedroom house. Needless to say the rent on that house was not very much so each of us paid a whopping $33 dollars a month in rent, which was great for us because it left us with enough money for any extra curricular activities and glaucoma prevention. :) I have plenty of good memories from that place from the midnight pruning to the dead robin red breast in the middle of the living room floor. Good times.....good times. Going back to West Jones Ave. when we went to Savannah was like going back to your childhood home....you remember your friends and the times you had in the house and so of course it brought a smile to my face.

I want to dedicate this blog entry to by dead homey--Scratches the Gangsta cat.