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!

Visit my site...www.itsinthebagshop.com!

(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.

New Kids on the Block had a bunch of hits...

I've been waiting for October 29, 2008 for about 4 months now...tonight is the New Kids on the Block Concert in Atlanta. Remember the Disney commercial where the family is going to bed and the little boy says, "I'm too excited to sleep!" Well, that was me last night...I am giddy as a school girl and I can't wait.

I was lucky enough to be in NYC when they performed their first concert in 18 years...it was not the "real" reason I was in NYC at the time, but it was certainly a bonus. Aflac had their financial analyst briefing that week, so Mike went to work, and I went to play. Luckily, that Friday he was off, so we ventured out at 5 AM, in the freezing rain, to go see the boys. Well, when we got there, we learned people had been lining up since 9AM on Wednesday morning...talk about some diehard fans. Let me just say, the boys still had it!

I can only hope for the same tonight...of course, I will blog about this event tomorrow...until then, Hang Tough! :)

Disclaimer: Mike wants you to know he is not going with me.

Happy Halloween!

This weekend we visited Marengo Creek Farms with Mike's family. We had heard so much about it, and wanted to go; however knew that we would need to take kids in order to get the "full-effect." We enjoyed looking at chickens, feeding goats and sheep, petting the mini-horses, stomping in the corn, and going on the hayride.

Gracie & Sophie playing in the corn

Here's our pumpkin...Mike named her Pumkinita.

Mike thinks by adding "ita" to the end of any name makes a great name.

So, with that being said...Have a safe and Happy Halloween! Love, Mercerita and Michaelita