Burnt Nail

Pretty sure I need to go back home and start over...

I just managed to burn my fingernail.  Not my finger, but the nail only.  I was lighting a candle with a lighter and got the nail only.  Gross and odd, huh?

A Glimpse at Our Future

I must share this story...we enjoyed a nice lunch at the Japanese place (after cutting both front and back yards, scooping pop, spreading winterizer, cleaning house including mopping) with a family of five sitting at the same table.  There were three kids, boy, girl, boy...oldest maybe 10 youngest around 3 or 4.  The entire meal they all ate their food, asked nicely for whatever they wanted, and even tried new foods...and never once did any of them do anything out of line (even a minor step).  


During this youngest son asked dad if he could go hunting tomorrow.  Dad said, I am taking your older brother, so you will have to ask mom if she will go with him so I can take you.  Very quickly both boys turn to mom and ask, will you please go hunting with us so both can go? Mom asked sister if she would go spend the afternoon with her grandparents...and she said of course, so Mom agreed to go hunting.  


As we drove away, I said, "wow, that was a glimpse at our future."  Andrew responds, "First, we aren't going to have three, just two and ours will never be that well behaved."  I died laughing...I was thinking more about the hunting discussion than the behavior, but I just loved how honest he is about how terrible he was as a kid.   Once we stopped laughing, we agreed that we will likely face the same hunting situations one day too.

Cooking Club, November Edition

More recipes to share...all from Southern Sideboards (Junior League of Jackson) again...

 Make this cake and make it now!  It is wonderful!  Would be great as cupcakes, muffins, anything, just make it!

 These little fellows were surprisingly good.  We first tried them cold and they were really good, but then we tried them warm and they were even better.  So here's the deal...they are great cold, but they are excellent warm...unless you tried them both ways at the same time, you wouldn't know this though.  Great for a party!

 This is very similar to Grandmomma's mac and cheese...also reminded me of Bear's Den, just not as greasy...  Super quick, super easy.

We actually had this in July, but it is really good.  Sounds kinda odd, but good.  In fact, I think we are going to have it tonight.

Not Right

It is not right to have this amount of candy sitting on your desk when you are trying not to eat sugar during the day.  It just stares at me all day - I wish my coworkers would hurry up and eat it all.

 It is not right to make your dog carry his own bed from the bedroom to the living room, but if he volunteers, then it is perfectly acceptable.  It is my understanding that he volunteered for this task.

Loud Prints, Loving Boys, and Looks Yummy

MB knows me well - I love loud prints, colors, designs, etc on the golf course and while I don't like things to be overly feminine, I don't like to have  "man's bag" either.  So her choice of head covers is just perfect!

Then I caught this loving embrace and look...

Cooking club is tonight. My task for the evening is pumpkin cake.  The recipe indicates that the cake should be made ahead of time and chilled so that the icing may set.  Now in my family, if the cake looks like the Leaning Tower of Pisa it will taste wonderful.  If like looks wonderful, it usually doesn't taste too hot.  (Yes the picture is at an angle, so no Leaning Tower of Pisa).  The truth will be discovered this evening.

Oh Mrs. Susan - I need my cake pan back.  I left it at your house last weekend. 

Andrew and His Boys

All dogs love Andrew.  He is the dog whisper - has been his whole life.  While in med school, he trained Bailey (his parents' black lab) to duck hunt.  They spent hours working together and even had a few successful hunts!  Bailey is the most well behaved, well mannered dog ever.  On the other side of his hip is the dog that is semi-boarder line worst behaved dog in the family (only the lap dogs are worse).  This picture was taken right after we got to Macon on Friday/Saturday morning.  Bailey greeted us at the car and never once left Andrew's side.  Tucker loves his daddy much more than me so of course he stayed on the other side.  We even slept with both dogs in the room.  Tucker had to sleep beside Andrew (on the floor of course) and Bailey (the dog that actually does what you say, when you say it, and will stay there until you tell him otherwise) had to sleep beside me on the floor.  We figured Tucker won't share his bed and didn't want to deal with a dog feud at 4am.  It was hilarious all weekend - I would be fussing at Tucker trying my best to get him to do something (he is and has a hard head), and I would look over and Bailey was already doing what I was begging Tucker to do and I wasn't even talking to him.

Two reasons for posting this - one - in case you want to compare Tucker to a "large for the breed" lab and two - to share just how much dogs love Andrew and how much they love him.

I am pretty sure the only thing to have made this picture any better for Andrew would have been to have Annie (the chocolate lab that was already upstairs to avoid the monster dog) and Maggie (his family's lab when he was younger) in the picture with him.

Crazy Weekend, Again

Here is the run down - Andrew, Tucker and I went to Macon this past weekend for two reasons...1) I had a wedding to attend and 2) Andrew skipped the wedding and celebrate GT Homecoming/Clemson (smack down). 

The wedding was wonderful (except I was the oldest Phi Mu there...and whew...that hurt).  Below is a picture of us with the bride.  Ready for this - this is my Phi Mu family, minus the one on the end...that is the bride's sister (who is an active Phi Mu, but not in our family). 

for the heck of it - here is the family in Oct 2005...

Lindley went as my date since Andrew skipped out and we had a blast.  It was great to finally see her again!  Lindley is married to Andrew's best friend, Gary.  When all of us were dating, Lindley and I were informed that we better like each other because we had no choice but to friends...I think it worked out okay!

 

Andrew reports that the game was a blast and so was the company!  He enjoyed all of it so much that he had to spend the night :)!

Tucker thoroughly enjoyed his visit with Bay and Ann but missed Grandma and Grumps.  He did get to see Mac and CC though and was shocked and thrilled.  Mom and Dad took Andrew and I to lunch on Saturday at our favorite semi-Macon place - Grits Cafe in Forsyth...YUMMMMMY!  They claim I have a birthday this week - I have decided that since I can't remember how old I am already there is no point in adding another year, 26 sounds grand.  Don't tell me I haven't been 26 in two years please ;) !  Thanks for lunch Mom and Dad!  And thanks for letting me tag along while y'all went shopping.  And thanks for walking my dog.  And thanks for my gift - y'all are wonderful!

Then on the way home on Sunday we stopped to visit Natalie and Jason.  We had an amazing lunch and enjoyed our time with them.  We miss those two - even Tucker, he told us so. 

In case you couldn't figure it out - the reason we have 72K miles on my 2009 car is because we love family and friends - and we don't mind the drive at all.