1. Thank all of you for the sweet comments, text messages, and voice mails. Who knew my sitting at a computer at night pouring out my emotions on a keyboard would mean something to somene other than myself, my children...and my family. I have been asked why I have this... I have this blog to let out what is bottled up inside me... to see the highs and lows of life...to help my children remember what they put me through...the tears of laughter and tears of fear. I may have to filter some of my rants now that I know someone other than my mama and Guille are reading!
2. Ben has his first love. Actually, it's his second...because I am his first... but he asked me this week if he could get his "girl" a necklace. He has a look of love in his eyes that makes it bittersweet! I'm gonna add his future wife to my prayer list. I hope she will love him, be able to deal with his hard-headed ways, be a good mama, and take care of him...because he will always be my baby boy.
3. I am excited about what I have ordered for my mama for her birthday. I keep checking every day to see if it is going to be delivered by her birthday... still not here, but I have a few days. I love it so much...I got me one too! My family doesn't like to do birthdays... but I saw this and thought we both needed it! February is the month for our family for birthdays... Mama's is the 6th, mine the 9th, Ben's the 10th, and Mark's the 28th.... Of course I am always dieting during February so I hardly ever make a cake or have a party for all of us... Maybe I should!
4. I love good news. I especially love good news when I get to sit back and watch those who love misery sit and wait to see how I am going to react to the bad news they think I am getting....If I were a child I would have to say nanny, nanny, boo boo....I am an adult though...so I will just watch how everything unfolds and pray for the best!
5. I can't believe the weather this week. I am not complaining though! We cleaned the boat this weekend and I would love to be out on it! I can't wait for this summer. My skin is craving that sunshine! I am excited about coming in off the boat and feeling that sun-crisped skin that feels so much better after a little lotion. I am ready for laughing with my friends over the water. I'm ready to watch sunsets and put my feet in the sand. I am ready to relax!
6. The Super Bowl is this weekend... I love the Manning boys...so I am pulling for the Giants. I am really just looking forward to eating the snacks! Like Forrest Gump says... That's all I have to say about that!
7. Katie Britt and Ben rode down the "Chicken House" trail today on the four-wheelers...I knew that had been gone for quite some time... they were at the creek... couldn't get up the hill to get back... thank goodness she has a phone and had it with her. I would have never found them! If I see them down that trail again...I am going to wring their necks and give them to the Chicken House to fry up!
8. I miss Thursday nights at Georgia Southern. I can count on my hand (yes, just one hand) the number of weekends I spent in the "boro". I am a homebody... do I regret not staying...well... no, not really. I probably had a lot of potential to get into trouble! Anyway... I lived for Thursday nights. I would start on Mondays deciding what to save in my weekly wardrobe for the Thursday night outing! We always met at someone's apartment and headed to wherever we needed to go! I loved the time with my friends... I miss 90210...I miss The Cosby Show... I miss waking up and being so excited about coming home on Fridays.... My Thursdays now... aren't much different! I came home today and "fluffed" the house...got all the clothes washed... cleaned the toilets... and my favorite...made lines on the carpet! I am enjoying all that right now... that cleanliness... KB is in the shower and Ben has gone "Coyote" hunting with Marion! It won't last long, but I am learning to appreciate the little things!
9. Next week is going to be the busiest week I have until...well...looks like my calendar doesn't seem as messy as it does for next week... I am trying to enjoy tonight... I won't have a night next week to enjoy just sitting! I'm hoping I don't get into panic mode and make myself miserable with all the responsibilities!
10. Last week in World History, one of the words was reincarnation. I am not a good student... I wasn't teaching... I was on room patrol...making sure everyone was on the right page, taking notes, not eating, awake, quiet, answering questions to fill in notes, whew... I had a minute to think... about reincarnation. Of course I don't really believe in it, but I have thought about what I would want to be. I don't think I would come back as a person. If I could come back as something... I would want to be my cat. What a life... she is usually waiting at the door when I get up in the mornings crying to top of her lungs... I open the door and she comes in starving like she hasn't had a thing to eat in months... Then she hides. We don't know where she hides...but about supper time every night...she comes down and we let her out.... How hard could life be with that schedule? I tease my children and say she leaves and goes to spend the night with her boyfriend after we feed her. (I need to pray about that too... I do hope that my children don't sleep all day and party all night...and only use me for food!)
11. To Guille: I got to eat with Mama tonight since Mark was out of town... Good thing you didn't come because Daddy and I had to give up our fish so KB and Ben could have something else to eat! Mama cooked six pieces of fish...they ate two each... It was good... but no leftovers for your lunch tomorrow... Head to Hardees!
12. Facebook suggestion: This week there has been so much drama on there... not anything of interest of me... but "junk" for lack of a better word. Well... I have gotten rid of that drama. Delete people who drive you crazy on facebook... don't tell the facebook world about your issues! Someone should start a new one and call it "Dramabook"... might be worth a billion one day! Another one "Bragbook".... let me tell you how good I am, how good my children are, and how I want everyone to think my life is perfect... All of that in my sarcastic voice! Honestly... someone should start a "Prayerbook"~
13. I haven't cooked anything great this week... I do hope to have a new recipe to share next week! If you need some ideas until then... http://www.skinnytaste.com/! Have a great weekend!
Thursday, February 2, 2012
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
I Saw God Today
If I had to pick my favorite country music star, I would pick Vince Gill. I can count on my fingers and toes the number of times that Mama and I have trucked across the southeast to see him. At first, I didn't really think he was all that grand... but then...I saw him in person and fell in love! One of the funniest things he ever said at a concert was "Why do all you women bring your bras and panties to Alan Jackson and Garth Brooks and I get golf balls from you?"... Yep, Mama and I had a little basket with a golf towel and balls to take down front... but we thought he would like it! And besides... I would never part with my underwear!
This post should be about my love for Vince Gill and how Mark and I danced at our wedding to his song....but it isn't... this post is about George Strait~ If Mark and I were to go back and get married again... we would probably have to dance to something by him. He touches my heart!
Mark and I started dating in 1991. He was a freshman at Clemson and I was getting ready to start my third year (probably as a freshman) at Georgia Southern. We had a great time together on the few weekends we saw each other at first. He would always come to my house on Sundays and play basketball...Mama would cook supper... and he would head back to Clemson. I guess that is when Mama started cooking on Sunday nights??? We had been dating for several months and the conversation came up about "going steady". Well...I knew we were going steady because I sure wasn't dating anyone else...and I didn't think he was either. I remember sitting on the couch at his house and him saying, "You are my girlfriend, aren't you?"... I said, "You never asked me to be your girlfriend, so I am not sure!"... He got up, went in the kitchen, and came back with a sticky note. The note said, "Will you be my girlfriend? Check yes or no"...It was so "corny", but I smiled the biggest smile and pondered which box to check. Playing hard to get, I told him I would think about it and let him know. I carried that sticky note in my wallet for years. (I wish I could find it now)... I am not sure I ever marked a box, but we are still together after almost 21 years!
Four years later in October of 1995, I came home from work... got ready to go the LC vs. Johnson County football game and never realized it would be a night I would never forget. The ballgame was quite boring...and Mark kept begging for us to leave at halftime...so we did! I walked in Mama and Daddy's... went out on the deck to get our cat...and sat on the couch. Mark told me to put the cat down because he had something for me to read. I thought he was an idiot... he wouldn't sit down... and he was so nervous! He gave me a "note" which was three legal pages he had written on... It was a letter telling me how cool he was... things about our relationship... and a bunch of other nonsense. I really thought he was off his rocker...and he still wouldn't sit down! When I finally got to the last page...it said... "I was wondering if you would be my wife.... check yes or no"! I was so darn excited I couldn't stand it! The first person I told was John Hogan because he was taking up tickets and I needed him to let me back into the game. It was a complete surprise! George Strait's check yes or no song... I think he wrote it for us... except we didn't know each other in 3rd grade!
When Mark started teaching Sunday school, he would always ask the class if we had seen God that week... At first I struggled with that... not realizing exactly what that meant... but in the last year... I have really concentrated on "seeing God".
Education isn't the best job to have right now...for security. I love my job. I love my "babies". I love to watch those light bulbs come on... I love to watch them struggle and finally get it... I love to watch them mature. I can't imagine doing anything else, but lately I have had to start thinking of alternative means of making money if I don't have a job! Today as I was walking around my neighborhood... I was thinking... Am I really going to get to make it in the educational field 30 years? There are so many things that are up in the air right now. If anyone had asked me 10 years ago about the state of education today... I would have said... everyone should try to be a teacher! Just this week...I encouraged KB to be something else. Sad... very sad! As I walked more... I felt drops of rain on my face...I heard the raindrops hitting the leaves... I saw the rain covering the pavement... and I knew... God... those are raindrops that are washing me clean. Not my outside... but my inside... Letting me know that as long as I am "clean" You will watch over me... protect my family...bless my family...hold my family in Your hands. George Strait...I saw God today. Through the darkness of a rain shower... so much light came to be.
I am still working on getting my broom fixed and sweeping up around my porch before I work on others...When God shows up like that... I see my broom straightening up and working on my own doorstep...those dust bunnies of doubt, worry, and frustration... I am trying really hard to get rid of all that...
I saw God today... His fingerprints were all over those rain drops... all over my children's faces as they enjoyed supper and laughed, all over that man sitting on the couch who asked me to check yes or no! I hope one day that my children will look back at the things I write and remember that God is there... just sit and listen...He shows up every time! If they struggle with something...I hope they see God! Thanks George Strait! You have made me smile when a smile didn't seem possible!
This post should be about my love for Vince Gill and how Mark and I danced at our wedding to his song....but it isn't... this post is about George Strait~ If Mark and I were to go back and get married again... we would probably have to dance to something by him. He touches my heart!
Mark and I started dating in 1991. He was a freshman at Clemson and I was getting ready to start my third year (probably as a freshman) at Georgia Southern. We had a great time together on the few weekends we saw each other at first. He would always come to my house on Sundays and play basketball...Mama would cook supper... and he would head back to Clemson. I guess that is when Mama started cooking on Sunday nights??? We had been dating for several months and the conversation came up about "going steady". Well...I knew we were going steady because I sure wasn't dating anyone else...and I didn't think he was either. I remember sitting on the couch at his house and him saying, "You are my girlfriend, aren't you?"... I said, "You never asked me to be your girlfriend, so I am not sure!"... He got up, went in the kitchen, and came back with a sticky note. The note said, "Will you be my girlfriend? Check yes or no"...It was so "corny", but I smiled the biggest smile and pondered which box to check. Playing hard to get, I told him I would think about it and let him know. I carried that sticky note in my wallet for years. (I wish I could find it now)... I am not sure I ever marked a box, but we are still together after almost 21 years!
Four years later in October of 1995, I came home from work... got ready to go the LC vs. Johnson County football game and never realized it would be a night I would never forget. The ballgame was quite boring...and Mark kept begging for us to leave at halftime...so we did! I walked in Mama and Daddy's... went out on the deck to get our cat...and sat on the couch. Mark told me to put the cat down because he had something for me to read. I thought he was an idiot... he wouldn't sit down... and he was so nervous! He gave me a "note" which was three legal pages he had written on... It was a letter telling me how cool he was... things about our relationship... and a bunch of other nonsense. I really thought he was off his rocker...and he still wouldn't sit down! When I finally got to the last page...it said... "I was wondering if you would be my wife.... check yes or no"! I was so darn excited I couldn't stand it! The first person I told was John Hogan because he was taking up tickets and I needed him to let me back into the game. It was a complete surprise! George Strait's check yes or no song... I think he wrote it for us... except we didn't know each other in 3rd grade!
When Mark started teaching Sunday school, he would always ask the class if we had seen God that week... At first I struggled with that... not realizing exactly what that meant... but in the last year... I have really concentrated on "seeing God".
Education isn't the best job to have right now...for security. I love my job. I love my "babies". I love to watch those light bulbs come on... I love to watch them struggle and finally get it... I love to watch them mature. I can't imagine doing anything else, but lately I have had to start thinking of alternative means of making money if I don't have a job! Today as I was walking around my neighborhood... I was thinking... Am I really going to get to make it in the educational field 30 years? There are so many things that are up in the air right now. If anyone had asked me 10 years ago about the state of education today... I would have said... everyone should try to be a teacher! Just this week...I encouraged KB to be something else. Sad... very sad! As I walked more... I felt drops of rain on my face...I heard the raindrops hitting the leaves... I saw the rain covering the pavement... and I knew... God... those are raindrops that are washing me clean. Not my outside... but my inside... Letting me know that as long as I am "clean" You will watch over me... protect my family...bless my family...hold my family in Your hands. George Strait...I saw God today. Through the darkness of a rain shower... so much light came to be.
I am still working on getting my broom fixed and sweeping up around my porch before I work on others...When God shows up like that... I see my broom straightening up and working on my own doorstep...those dust bunnies of doubt, worry, and frustration... I am trying really hard to get rid of all that...
I saw God today... His fingerprints were all over those rain drops... all over my children's faces as they enjoyed supper and laughed, all over that man sitting on the couch who asked me to check yes or no! I hope one day that my children will look back at the things I write and remember that God is there... just sit and listen...He shows up every time! If they struggle with something...I hope they see God! Thanks George Strait! You have made me smile when a smile didn't seem possible!
Monday, January 30, 2012
"Hell Ain't Half Full"
The Mattisons have sayings that stick... Many moons ago, James Frank Mattison (Pop) married Suejette Cooper Mattison (Jet) and they had James Frank Mattison, Jr. (James) married Margaret Franklin Mattison (Granny) and they had James Frank Mattison III (Butch). Daddy married Jane Guillebeau Mattison and they had James Frank Mattison IV... and Harvey Guillebeau Mattison, and me (Rachel Britt Mattison). On a side note... I could give an entire post dedicated to the "horrificness" of Guille's and my names!
Anyway... I am proud to say that my great-granddaddy was the "town crier" of McCormick, SC... now of course being born when he had to have been 135... I have no idea what that actually means. I just know that he married people and said here ye, here ye... whatever that means! Pop was not known to be the nicest of men. My mama has said hundreds of times that Daddy is just like him. I don't consider Daddy mean, but I guess if you are on the receiving end of his honesty...then you might think he isn't so nice. He doesn't put up with nonsense... tells it like it is... and loves to spread a little news if he has it. I only have my daddy to compare Pop to because he died when I was four. I have pictures of him to remember what he looked like, but as far as mannerisms...I have to assume he is just like Daddy...
When I began dating Mark, I hung out with Betty Carol on the weekends and bonded with her...asking her millions of questions about growing up so close to my daddy's side of the family. I love that Mark's mama would come to my grandparents house every weekend in high school and knew all kinds of secrets about my daddy! BC also taught me a lot about Pop too! One of my favorite stories is when they were riding down the road and a car would pass them... Pop would say..."Go ahead, Hell ain't half full!"...
Today, as KB and I were headed to Augusta, a car passed us...flying! I don't know why, but I said, "Go ahead, Hell ain't half full!". Of course she thought I might end up in hell for saying that... but then I thought about it... and realized... Hell isn't half full!
I can think of at least ten things that I would love to send people to Hell for... like passing me when I am already driving 65mph, taking a few words from someone and twisting them to make matters seem worse than they already are, for lying to my face, for not treating their children like children, for being selfish, for being two-faced, for being a "spoon" (you know...stirring up stink), for not listening to advice from others, etc... you get my picture...great day huh?
And then I thought about myself... why do I always try to clean up someone else's doorstep before I work on my own doorstep...it does need a little sweeping... I need to be a little nicer to those that I don't care for, I need to take time to let some people in my life know how special they are, and I need to spend a little more time with God in order to make sure my broom is fresh.
Besides...hell ain't half full... and I sure don't want to be down there cleaning up doorsteps...
FYI... Be nice, don't stir stink, and DON'T PASS ME!
Thursday, January 26, 2012
January 26, 2012- Thursday Thirteen
Wow, Thursdays come around quickly!1. 7.6 at WW... still not where I want to be... started walking this week though... I guess every little bit helps!
2. This week...I am jealous of Mark. It isn't fun receiving a text message telling me he is on the 44th floor looking at Times Square and my view is a yard that needs some pine straw and some fresh plants in pots!
3. This is the first week I have worked every day since before Thanksgiving... makes for a long week! The good thing? Tomorrow is jeans Friday... doesn't take much to make me happy!
4. This afternoon I walked around our neighborhood circle... in shorts and a t-shirt. I am sure people in their homes had to close the blinds from the glare of my legs, but seriously...January... shorts... I thought this was snow weather!
5. I am swamped at work... I used to have time to scan my phone during the day, listen to messages, answer emails... I have time for nothing... I think school has turned into Walmart... you know...work more for less!
6. Last month I was on the kick of Keurig Apple Cider... after I found out it was 2 points on Weight Watchers... I decided to find something else formy drink of choice: I found English Breakfast Tea... a little splenda... fat free half-half... Yummy!
7. I personally have issues with men who cheat on their wives.... but Blake Shelton... I have to look over your faults... I love listening to your music. I'm thinking Jesus would say forgive, forget... enjoy the music. (if it isn't talking about cheating!)
8. Mark and I are having a small disagreement about where we went on our honeymoon... This month's Southern Living has a getaway page to a resort in the keys... I swear it is where we stayed on our honeymoon... The lagoon... the little huts... the beautiful scenery... I guess he will just have to take me back since he says that isn't the place! I am only 99% sure that it is true because we did have the honeymoon from hell! After spending a few days at Hilton Head (and I got food poisoning), we headed to the KEYS...on a plane. S.C.A.R.E.D to death! We get to the resort room, turn on the television... and see that there has been an airplane crash. I stayed glued to the television watching every detail. After two nights of our supposedly four night stay... I talked him into driving all the way home. Wow... took forever. It didn't help that it was hotter than hot....I wanted to drive up A1Avenue to enjoy the scenery at 35 mph...and Mark was madder than a wet hen since he had to get on an airplane when we got back to go to work. So... he may be right... but at least that is what I remember from 15 years ago.
9. I finally learned what some symbols mean... yes, I just assumed what they meant... but I finally got it.... :) is a sideways smiley face =) and this is too! of course that means that :( is a sad face and so is =( Now that I see it... I feel like such a blond... I 'm gonna have to make sure Tara isn't putting chemicals on my scalp! I always thought when people sent those symbols to me it was their phone not acting right because no face showed up! I'm stupid... I know!
10. I was thinking that since I have worked with middle schoolers and high schoolers I would be able to handle when my children get that age~ you know dealing with the drama... I am not looking forward to it... A t A L L .... However I did enjoy my company today on my front porch!
10. I was thinking that since I have worked with middle schoolers and high schoolers I would be able to handle when my children get that age~ you know dealing with the drama... I am not looking forward to it... A t A L L .... However I did enjoy my company today on my front porch!
11. There are five days left in January. According to my schedule... I should have all my rooms reorganized and cleaned... I have not done O N E! So much for my OCD lists! I will shred it along with the other lists that I haven't done!
12. I found out this week that my two years at private school count toward no retirement for me in Georgia.... it was a school in South Carolina...Retirement age for me just went up two years!
13. I am so excited to be at #13. I am going to take a long, hot bath... listen to this pouring rain... and wrap up with two best sleeping pals a girl can get! Hopefully, she won't talk in her sleep all night like last night...and he won't drool all over me! But listening to their breathing makes my heart smile!
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Ben to Katie Britt 2
Just so I can remember these things that my children say to each other...
Preface to the story:
One of my family's favorite things to say to each other when we meet is "How yerrr doin?" from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YVQ0jfZqsE I will be honest and say I don't think my children have ever watched this video, but family has watched it...so we say it!
Tonight- KB and I picked up Ben from Mama's...
Katie Britt: "Ben, when we left Hardees there was a sugar girl there!"
Ben: "How fat was she and did she ask you how yerr doin?"
I almost wrecked the car pulling in the garage.
Moral of this story: Be careful what you say... it will come back to haunt ya!
Preface to the story:
One of my family's favorite things to say to each other when we meet is "How yerrr doin?" from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YVQ0jfZqsE I will be honest and say I don't think my children have ever watched this video, but family has watched it...so we say it!
Tonight- KB and I picked up Ben from Mama's...
Katie Britt: "Ben, when we left Hardees there was a sugar girl there!"
Ben: "How fat was she and did she ask you how yerr doin?"
I almost wrecked the car pulling in the garage.
Moral of this story: Be careful what you say... it will come back to haunt ya!
Thursday, January 19, 2012
January 19, 2012- Thursday Thirteen
1. I didn't work today because I had to go do what women have to do when they turn 40. I heard this story the first time years ago....like when I was 18 or 19.... and it was so funny! I laughed and laughed... well...let me tell you...it is true! I am sure Boo-Ma will turn over in her grave since I am discussing this...and Mama will call me crass...but also consider that I had another grandmother who had to have both tatas removed! "The Story"... If you want to practice for a mammogram...simply go outside and place your tata on the cold cement floor of the garage... run over it with a tire... repeat with the other side. Oh the things to look forward to with age!
2. Now to more serious things... food... I cooked a delicious meat this week! Thanks to KCR... I took 6 boneless, skinless chicken breasts~ (wow this post is all about those), a package of dry ranch dressing, and a bottle of hot wing sauce (Hooters is my favorite)... cook in the crockpot all day.... When I got home...I took the chicken out and pulled it apart with a fork (looks a lot like BBQ)... I toasted a hamburger bun and put a piece of Swiss cheese on top... melted... Yummy, easy, and one pot clean up...can't beat that!
3. I didn't do so great this week at Weight Watchers... -.2 So that makes my grand total 6.8... talk about heartbreaking! Anyway... I ate out due to work ~ being out of town~ and obviously didn't count portions correctly... Hopefully, this week will be better!
4. I love Ben... I really do.... but for some reason tonight I am overwhelmed with love for him... he makes me laugh. This morning I was in charge of getting the children to school...Mark left early for Atlanta, and I didn't have to leave for my appointment until mid-morning...so I had the duty of breakfast, dressing, and dropping off... let me just say...Praise Jesus that isn't my job every morning. My children are not angels in the morning! I can remember at least three yelling matches and running out the door with four minutes to get to school on time...(school takes five minutes to get to)...I yelled at him and told him he would be sleeping in his bed tonight and not camping out in the den because he was so ugly. He talked all big and said, "I will." Well... as I am typing this we are on about round four of the good nights, I love you, see you in the morning... I can't break my promise to him that if he is ugly he has to sleep upstairs... but I sure would love that little stinky crack down here with me!
5. Sis got to "walk to town" for the first time this afternoon! I warned her, threatened her, and warned her some more. I told her she had to prove herself, that she could be responsible, be where she was supposed to be, and not act silly... As far as I know she succeeded... I am so proud of her... What I didn't tell her was that I was walking the streets when I was in the 3rd grade and would run home right before Mama and Daddy would get in from work! I feel sorry for my children... I am not sure they are going to be able to outsmart me... if they do... it won't be that I didn't try!
6. One of my best girlfriends who has done my hair since high school ( not legally, but getting ready for ballgames) has a prayer request for her daddy... they think he has had a stroke. I love this man! He was one of the "older" daddies in our grade! We could always go by his gas station and he would be so nice... he would take care of us... let us do what we wanted... and entertain us with his stories of "Shot"! I pray Mr. Alex is okay... I love you Tara!
7. I just looked at the calendar...would never count down the days to the next holiday, but... we have a break in February, a break in March, and a break in April... I am not working a full month for the rest of the school year... hmph... hate it!
8. We are headed to Clemson this weekend... going to the basketball game against Georgia Tech... go Tigers!
9. Random thought... I miss Christmas music season... not necessarily the Christmas music, but I wish every season had a genre of music... Like right now I wish I was listening to music about winter, snow, hot chocolate, sweaters....all that... instead I am listening to Mark watch Phil Mickelson talk about Augusta BEFORE he won the Masters... rerun!
10. I saved almost 8.00 this week with coupons! I think that is great! I won't ever make it on Extreme Couponing, but that is 8.00 to add to my fun money!
11. When we were little, Boo-Ma would come get us to "paint the town"... I used to think we were really going to paint it... I wonder how she would feel now...we don't have to paint the town at all... we can read facebook and find out who is where, who ate what for supper, and who is in trouble... saves on gas, but still makes me wonder!
12. FYI~ there is a little stinky butt on my couch! I caved... he is precious, he will only be little once, and (Mark will be here in the morning to deal with him)!
13. I tried Cherry Diet 7-up this week... yummy! Try it!
2. Now to more serious things... food... I cooked a delicious meat this week! Thanks to KCR... I took 6 boneless, skinless chicken breasts~ (wow this post is all about those), a package of dry ranch dressing, and a bottle of hot wing sauce (Hooters is my favorite)... cook in the crockpot all day.... When I got home...I took the chicken out and pulled it apart with a fork (looks a lot like BBQ)... I toasted a hamburger bun and put a piece of Swiss cheese on top... melted... Yummy, easy, and one pot clean up...can't beat that!
3. I didn't do so great this week at Weight Watchers... -.2 So that makes my grand total 6.8... talk about heartbreaking! Anyway... I ate out due to work ~ being out of town~ and obviously didn't count portions correctly... Hopefully, this week will be better!
4. I love Ben... I really do.... but for some reason tonight I am overwhelmed with love for him... he makes me laugh. This morning I was in charge of getting the children to school...Mark left early for Atlanta, and I didn't have to leave for my appointment until mid-morning...so I had the duty of breakfast, dressing, and dropping off... let me just say...Praise Jesus that isn't my job every morning. My children are not angels in the morning! I can remember at least three yelling matches and running out the door with four minutes to get to school on time...(school takes five minutes to get to)...I yelled at him and told him he would be sleeping in his bed tonight and not camping out in the den because he was so ugly. He talked all big and said, "I will." Well... as I am typing this we are on about round four of the good nights, I love you, see you in the morning... I can't break my promise to him that if he is ugly he has to sleep upstairs... but I sure would love that little stinky crack down here with me!
5. Sis got to "walk to town" for the first time this afternoon! I warned her, threatened her, and warned her some more. I told her she had to prove herself, that she could be responsible, be where she was supposed to be, and not act silly... As far as I know she succeeded... I am so proud of her... What I didn't tell her was that I was walking the streets when I was in the 3rd grade and would run home right before Mama and Daddy would get in from work! I feel sorry for my children... I am not sure they are going to be able to outsmart me... if they do... it won't be that I didn't try!
6. One of my best girlfriends who has done my hair since high school ( not legally, but getting ready for ballgames) has a prayer request for her daddy... they think he has had a stroke. I love this man! He was one of the "older" daddies in our grade! We could always go by his gas station and he would be so nice... he would take care of us... let us do what we wanted... and entertain us with his stories of "Shot"! I pray Mr. Alex is okay... I love you Tara!
7. I just looked at the calendar...would never count down the days to the next holiday, but... we have a break in February, a break in March, and a break in April... I am not working a full month for the rest of the school year... hmph... hate it!
8. We are headed to Clemson this weekend... going to the basketball game against Georgia Tech... go Tigers!
9. Random thought... I miss Christmas music season... not necessarily the Christmas music, but I wish every season had a genre of music... Like right now I wish I was listening to music about winter, snow, hot chocolate, sweaters....all that... instead I am listening to Mark watch Phil Mickelson talk about Augusta BEFORE he won the Masters... rerun!
10. I saved almost 8.00 this week with coupons! I think that is great! I won't ever make it on Extreme Couponing, but that is 8.00 to add to my fun money!
11. When we were little, Boo-Ma would come get us to "paint the town"... I used to think we were really going to paint it... I wonder how she would feel now...we don't have to paint the town at all... we can read facebook and find out who is where, who ate what for supper, and who is in trouble... saves on gas, but still makes me wonder!
12. FYI~ there is a little stinky butt on my couch! I caved... he is precious, he will only be little once, and (Mark will be here in the morning to deal with him)!
13. I tried Cherry Diet 7-up this week... yummy! Try it!
Monday, January 16, 2012
KB's Interview from 2009-2012
KB's answer in bold are tonight's answers... the original interview was done in 2009
1. What is something your mom always says to you? go empty your basket (go find the cat)
2. What makes your mom happy? when the kitties don't "hisk" at her (being with the cat)
3. What makes your mom sad? when she can't find a kitty (when she can't find the cat)
4. How does your mom make you laugh? tickle me (dancing and singing)
5. What was your mom like as a child? pretty (like me)
6. How old is your mom? 38 (40)
7. How tall is your mom? 5 foot 6 (5 foot 6)
8. What is your mom's favorite thing to do? go in the office and get on facebook (tell us to clean up)
9. What does your mom do when you're not around? get on facebook (I don't know)
10. If your mom becomes famous, what will it be for? getting on facebook (being a cat lady)
11. What is your mom really good at? getting on facebook (cooking)
12. What is your mom not very good at? sports (singing and dancing)
13. What does your mom do for her job? teach (teach special education kids)
14. What is your mom's favorite food? chicken (oyster stew)
15. What makes you proud of your mom? cause you are my mommy (when I get good grades)
16. If your mom were a cartoon character, who would she be? Hannah Montana Cartoon
(Peggy Hill)
17. What do you and your mom do together? go shopping (shop)
18. How are you and your mom the same? we like to shop and get on the computer (we are girls and we like to spend money)
19. How are you and your mom different? i don't have a facebook (She likes to clean and I don't)
20. How do you know your mom loves you? she takes care of me (she tells me)
21. Where is your mom's favorite place to go? the office and get on facebook! (New York)
1. What is something your mom always says to you? go empty your basket (go find the cat)
2. What makes your mom happy? when the kitties don't "hisk" at her (being with the cat)
3. What makes your mom sad? when she can't find a kitty (when she can't find the cat)
4. How does your mom make you laugh? tickle me (dancing and singing)
5. What was your mom like as a child? pretty (like me)
6. How old is your mom? 38 (40)
7. How tall is your mom? 5 foot 6 (5 foot 6)
8. What is your mom's favorite thing to do? go in the office and get on facebook (tell us to clean up)
9. What does your mom do when you're not around? get on facebook (I don't know)
10. If your mom becomes famous, what will it be for? getting on facebook (being a cat lady)
11. What is your mom really good at? getting on facebook (cooking)
12. What is your mom not very good at? sports (singing and dancing)
13. What does your mom do for her job? teach (teach special education kids)
14. What is your mom's favorite food? chicken (oyster stew)
15. What makes you proud of your mom? cause you are my mommy (when I get good grades)
16. If your mom were a cartoon character, who would she be? Hannah Montana Cartoon
(Peggy Hill)
17. What do you and your mom do together? go shopping (shop)
18. How are you and your mom the same? we like to shop and get on the computer (we are girls and we like to spend money)
19. How are you and your mom different? i don't have a facebook (She likes to clean and I don't)
20. How do you know your mom loves you? she takes care of me (she tells me)
21. Where is your mom's favorite place to go? the office and get on facebook! (New York)
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