Summer Reading
Part 2 - July

Time to ramble on and on about all the books I've been reading. I read 17 books in July, which brings me to a total of 39 for the summer! Wowie!! That's alot of time with my nose stuck in a book. What can I say? I LOVE to read!!


Honorable mention goes to "The Lovely Bones" by Alice Sebold that I have been meaning to read forever. I enjoyed it, but it wasn't a favorite. There were a handful of trashy romances as always. "Joshua's Family" by Joseph F. Girzone was pretty good, the prequel to the series I'd read years and years and years ago. I think I enjoyed the rest of the series more than this one though. "Porch Tales" by Phillip Gulley was fantastic! I really enjoy this new author I found (more about him in a few minutes) and this is just a book of random short true stories. They are funny, sweet, heart warming and most have a "moral to the story". He has several others like this and I'll read those for sure too!! "Dreamboat" by Judith Gould was a good find on the bargain table at Barnes & Noble. I took a chance and it was a great book, very very very trashy mind you, but good. Mystery, romance and on a cruise! (100% trash) I read "The Five People You Meet in Heaven" by Mitch Albom again just because I didn't remember it very much. I also finally come to terms with the fact that I just don't enjoy Danielle Steel. I've tried and tried, from now on I think I'll pass on her books. Strange, but true. Now for the top 5:

5) "Into the Storm" by Suzanne Brockman - This is #12 in her Trouble Shooters series. Of course you'd need to start at the beginning. They are super great a tad romance, lots of action books about a group of SEALS navy guys and gals. Good characters that I've come to "know & love" over the years.



4) "Daisy Fay & The Miracle Man" by Fannie Flagg - I love Fannie Flagg and had read all of her other books previously. Turns out I had missed 2 and I found this one at the local used book store. It was a HOOT! I laughed out loud and read parts of it out loud to Andy. (he wasn't thrilled) It's from the view point of a little girl and all the crazy things that happen to her through out her entire life.




3) Brings me to a new favorite author! "Just Shy of Harmony" by Philip Gulley - I didn't realize until I started that this was #2 in a series. The books GREATLY follow the path that Jan Karon's Mitford books do, if you've read those. They are from the view of a Quaker pastor in a small town. It's filled with fun and lovable characters and tons of laugh out loud moments!! It's also sweet and full of moments of faith! I have now read 3 out of the series and this was my favorite of them. The more I read though, the more I am reminded of the Mitford books and the fact they are so much alike.I recommend this one even if you don't read the entire series. It's easy to follow although it's #2!

Just a handful of my favorite quotes:

P. 35 "Although it was true no one should preach without being led - it was also true that God had been in the habit of speaking to Sam every Friday in his office between the hours of 8:30 & noon."

P. 254 "apparently God uses Bozos too"

P. 125 (talking about road signs a nutty church member had made and put up in town) "Go to church and learn to pray or when you die, there's hell to pay." "If you cheat and drink and lie, turn to God before you die."

P. 178 "you're not sick and you're not staying home. You're going to church and suffering with the rest of us."





2) "6th Target" by James Patterson - Wowie! Ya just have to love James Patterson! I think I am beginning to love the Women's Murder Club series as much (or maybe even more) than the Alex Cross novels. This is #6 for the women's club and it was awesome!! Full of suspense and ALOT going on in this one!! I was surprised from beginning to end about where it went and I LOVE when that happens. (The series has inspired a TV showing coming in the fall on Friday nights, I can NOT wait!)



**I am going to hold my #1 until another blog. I am way excited about it and have tons to say and share about it. So.... until next time..... read a book!**

St. Thomas



(View from our room)

We left our house on Monday morning at 6:00 and were at the airport and in line by 7:30. When we saw the security line for the first time, we were sure that we'd never make our 10:00 flight! The line was like something I've never seen before. It moved pretty quickly though and we were through security in just over an hour. Strangely enough I saw a friend at the airport that I work with, what a hoot! (Shout out to Pam who was headed with her hubby for a Vegas Birthday trip!) We met up with Andy's friends from work and boarded our plane. Then.... nothing happened.

(Gotta love the take it yourself photos!)

We waited....and waited.....and waited. The pilot came on to tell us that when they had landed in Atlanta, they found an oil leak. They were working on finding out if they needed to fix it or just get us another plane. (another plane please) He came back to say "we don't know where the leak is coming from, but when they opened the door down there ... oil poured out" Sound comforting? After about 10 more minutes we were feeling better when the pilot told us that we were getting another plane! So, we get off and wait again. It takes about 20 minutes for us to find another plane and then another 15-20 before everyone is back on board.


(The top of the hotel where people had weddings and stuff. Great views of St. John and the other small islands!)

Finally, we're off! I had a rather icky flight (too much craziness) and even though I watched a "Ray Ramano" comedy special, played trivia with everyone else on board and enjoyed my own little tv to play with ... I was glad to arrive in St. Thomas 3 hours and 50 minutes later! What a strange morning!

(The view from my chair on the beach one day)

We got a van (taxi) with Andy's friends and were on our way. We learned all sorts of things about the island as we headed to the resort. The island is just as beautiful as we remembered! HOLY MOLY it has TONS of mountains!! We were going straight up, up, up and it felt like we were headed to a cabin in the mountains rather than a resort on the beach. Crazy! We arrived, checked in and headed for the beach!

(Here is part of the pool area. There were 3 pools that were all connected with little water falls. One pool had a volleyball net, one had a pool basketball goal and the other had the big water fall in it. Fun! There were ALWAYS activities going on everywhere at the resort)

Our first day Andy was in his conference from 7:30-4:30 other than for the hour when he came to eat lunch with me. I spent the ENTIRE day at the pool and beach after breakfast! It was 100% heavenly! I am pretty sure heaven will look like the beaches in St. Thomas! I read, swam, laughed at iguanas and baked myself! Andy joined me when he was finished with his junk! We had a fantastic dinner where my steak & 'taters were perfect! Then we ordered "flour less chocolate cake" WOWIE ZOWIE!! It was pretty much FUDGE with cool whip, unreal~ (Did I mention the resort is all inclusive, our first experience with that .. other than cruising)

(The view from our hall. There wasn't a place that didn't offer perfect views)

Day two was more of the same. Andy went to work and I headed to the beach. He was finished for good by lunch and we were l-a-z-y! We talked about heading downtown for shopping and the gondola ride up to Paradise Point (where we went last trip), but ended up spending the entire afternoon at the beach! How can you resist? For dinner I had the exact same meal, including flour less chocolate cake, yummo!

(Andy hard at work)

We spent Thursday morning at the beach until about 12:00 where we had to start out for the airport. We got everyone together and were off. We had the sweetest little O L D man for a driver and he was so proud of his island! He told us all about the old military bases on the island and stopped at the islands American Legion just to show us. (We were afraid we were headed for an entire walking tour too) We arrived at the airport and had to laugh at how different it works there from in Atlanta! The same lady that checked us in was outside directing us to the plane later on, funny! I love that you walk out onto the run way and just kinda "pick a plane"! Hilarious~ Andy said it was a grass hut and a run way, well .. pretty much! When you see just how short the runway is .. you try not to think about it!

(Andy hard at work again)

Our flight home was uneventful compared to the hoopla we'd had in coming. It was about 30 minutes shorter, I think it's neat how that works. We didn't have our own tv and I watched "Blades of Glory" with everyone else, ugh! (Where's a smilie rolling it's eyes when I need it?)

It was the shortest trip we've ever taken! The only place we go for long weekends is the mountains or camping, so this was different for us. We kept reminding ourselves that it was a total surprise in the first place and we were lucky and blessed to even be going! So we think back that at 11 we were on the beach with our feet in the Caribbean Sea and by 7:30 we were sitting in Johnny's Pizza in Hiram, life is wild! We were soooo blessed to be able to take a trip like this for "work", the military is good to us!


(Iguanas were everywhere! This guy was coming for me!! People were feeding him fruit from the bar and he thought I was going to join in the feeding I guess. I was sitting there minding my own business in my chair and there he was! There was an area where they hung out and Andy counted 34 there one afternoon!)

and we're off....

Camping

We spent most of last week camping at the lake. We're pretty lucky to live only about 35 minutes to get to some very nice areas of Lake Allatoona. We arrived on Sunday afternoon to pick out a "first come, first serve" spot at our favorite campground, McKinney. Thankfully there were still some nice spots on the water left. Andy, Gizmo & I were ready for 4 nights in the "woods". Ok, we have a camper ... Still, we were camping! After 8 weeks of no rain, brown grass, dead flowers, low lake level and local ponds drying up ... the drought ended starting on the day of our yard sale and the rain continued on and off through our week of camping. We couldn't believe the luck, but we still had a good time. It rained for awhile every day and every night! We did get to go swimming a few days. Andy went fishing every morning and evening right by our camp site. There were TONS of brim that hung out around a fallen tree right by the waters edge. I fished with him one night and we were catching a fish with every cast, funny! He even had the fish JUMPING OUT OF THE WATER when he'd hold the worm just above water level, nuts!! We cooked out every night, yummy! I read several books and cross stitched, Andy went for bike rides. We played TONS of HOURS worth of UNO, Monopoly, Scattergories, Mancala and I can't even remember what other games. We watched a handful of DVDs worth of "Raymond" episodes. Despite the icky weather, we had a great time! We had some visitors as well! Mr. Squirrel returned several nights before we'd get the trash to the dumpster, Momma duck and her babies were regulars at the water edge and the duck gang decided to make themselves at home after a rain storm one afternoon.

One man's trash
is another man's treasure

Before we moved out of our last house, we had a yard sale. It was almost 6 years ago now. We made some extra money and got rid of some junk. Andy laughed at me because I put a plastic fish bowl out there full of marbles, it was $1 or $2. The very first person that pulled up, an older woman .. rushed straight down the driveway to grab the fish bowl of marbles like it was just what she was looking for. She was so excited with her little find and I told Andy "HA!"

We had another yard sale when we actually got moved in and all settled here, about 5 & 1/2 years ago. No marbles that time though.

We've been putting stuff in the basement for years saying we'd have another yard sale, we keep putting it off. We have donated truck loads of stuff twice, just to skip the yard sale work. I've worked for two weeks cleaning the house inside out & upside down looking for stuff to get rid of. Today was the day! It just happens to be the first day all summer it's rained at our house on and off all day, but I digress.

Somehow I ended up with a gallon Ziploc bag of, you guessed it, marbles! "Here we go again" Andy says while rolling his eyes. At 7:50AM our first shopper arrives. An older gentleman by himself. He walks around and wants the set of crutches (that I almost tossed) and then he goes for .... wanta guess? .... Yep, the marbles. First customer, my $2.00 bag of marbles sold again!!

Happy 4th of July

"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness."

God Bless America!!

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Clocky Mobile Alarm Clock - Almond

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How adorable is this movie? Ratatouille!! Disney & Pixar did good with this one. I wasn't so sure about the characters being rats. (I did NOT like Valiant, didn't think the birds made good characters) These were hilarious, fun and lovable rats though. I loved the characters, the plot, the setting, everything! I think this one has the potential to become a Disney hit for sure! Guess we'll see how the rest of the world takes to it. I loved it !!!

Summer Reading
Part 1

I am going to start this as saying it's part 1. Since June isn't even over yet, I am sure there will be more parts to follow! If you know me, you know I spend my summers reading like crazy!! Although this summer has been BUSY so far, I have had tons of down time to read. I just finished book #21 of the summer tonight. (Yep, I said TWENTY-ONE) Needless to say, I also read VERY fast!! That's close to a book a day. So here ya go. My book list of best reads so far this summer, here goes! Top 5 with explanations, then "the others".


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#5 - "Maximum Ride 3: Saving the World & Other Extreme Sports" - James Patterson
Of course any book by James Patterson rocks my world. He has one (of my top two) favorite writing styles with his super short chapters. You can not put the book down, because each chapter is only 3-5 pages long, keeps you soooo into the story. This is the 3rd in the series about the "winged kids" that is written for the teeny bopper clan. I love the stories though and think they are a super read! He is by far my favorite mystery writer EVER!!!! Several of his books are movies and there will be a TV series about his "women's murder club" books this fall!!! If you've never read his books, try one!!!!



#4 - "Summer Sisters" - Judy Blume
I just found out in the last month that Judy Blume has four novels written for adults, who knew? Her older children's books are fantastic. This was a SUPER book about two friends and their summer adventures from when they are young until they are 20something. It kept me guessing and I could NOT put it down when we were on vacation!! Kinda... "racy" if you will, may shock you a little, but worth it!!




#3 - "The Last Summer of You & Me" - Ann Brashares
I love Ann Brashares who wrote the "Sisterhoood of the Traveling Pants" books!! Those are big time favorites. They are written for a teeny bopper, young adult age group - I LOVE them though!! Cheesy, but cute and sweet! This is her first 'written for adults' novel and it was fantastic. It's the story of two sisters and their best friend, who is a guy, and their adventures during the summer at the summer homes on Fire Island. How the friendships grow and change over the years and what happens when they become young adults. It's a GREAT book!! WOWIE~




#2 - "Lean Mean Thirteen" - Janet Evanovich
The only reason that this book is #2 and not #1 is because it's the 13th in a series. It's awesome, made me laugh out loud more than once. The language is horrible, but you have to adore Stephanie Plum, Morelli, Ranger, Bob the dog and what about Grandma?!!?! I wish they'd make these into movies, what a HOOT that would be! Janet Evanovich is amazing and I count down days until her new books come out. I tried to save the #1 spot for a newer book that I didn't know what the story was going to be about and I found one.



#1 - "Baby Proof" - Emily Giffin
Thanks Misty for introducing me to this author through "Something Borrowed" and "Something Blue". Emily Giffin is my favorite "new" author of the year. (Much like Mary Kay Andrews last year) I LOVED this story, the characters are a hoot (think "Sex in the City"), keeps you guessing what will happen (and wishing), several great plots going on and I love her writing style. I am totally in love with this book! I think I'll read it again this summer!

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Here are 'the others'.

Judith Bowen - "Men of Glory" - These were Harlequin romance books. there were 8 in the series and I read them all.
Lynnette Kent - "The Scrapbook" - Another Harlequin. She's one of my favorite 'trashy romance' authors and this one was awesome!!! It's about a Navy family and it's a flash back kind of story.
Catherine Coulter - "Born to be Wild" one of Mom's authors.
Sandra Brown - "Ricochet" one of Mom's authors, ok mystery.
Richard Paul Evans - "The Christmas Box" for about the 5th time.
Richard Paul Evans - "The Christmas Box Miracle"
Danielle Stee - "H.R.H" one of Mom's authors.
..and 2 more Harlequins that I can't remember..

June 12, 2007
8 Fantastic Years

On Tuesday Andy & I celebrated 8 fantastic years together! Crazy how fast time flies. On one hand, it seems like just the other day that I was in high school or college. On the other hand though, it seems more like 28 years of marriage rather than 8 and it's hard to remember life before we were married!

I am blessed to be married to my favorite person in the world and my best friend! I'm 100% positive that we were made for each other and God knows what he's doing!

Andy also did GOOD and bought me the Peacock Vera Backpack, how sweet is he?
See my previous blog tribute to my Vera obsession,
this makes 8! And yep, this was a picture from Disney.
We didn't take one last night when we went to dinner
or came home to watch "Everybody Loves Raymond"
DVDs. He he he.... Old, boring, married people ..
that's us!!
We are going to St. Thomas next month though!

44 Days & Counting!

Guess who is returning to St. Thomas in July? You guessed it, the Tanners! We couldn't have been more shocked to learn that Andy is 1 of 5 people from the Georgia National Guard invited to attend a conference in the Virgin Islands. How amazing is that? I want even begin to tell you the deal that we're getting, you wouldn't believe it. We're going for pretty much nothing! (However most of you know because I've went on and on and on about it!!) We're staying at the Sugar Bay all inclusive Resort! It's only for 3 nights and Andy is going to be in the conference most of the two full days that we're there...NOT ME!! We fly down at 10:00AM on Monday, July 23rd and will be soaking up island sun by 2:00 that afternoon! We've been talking about it being the most gorgeous place we'd ever been and wondering when we'd be able to get back!! Here are some pictures from our last visit as we get excited about the next~ (The first picture is where we will be staying this time!)

Another Survey:
Are you kidding me? Giving in to peer pressure, as usual!
You guys know I can't pass one of these stupid things up!
Plus, it lets me put off cleaning just a little while longer..
..so here goes~

1. When’s the last time you ran?

Are you kidding me? Ran?

2. Do your jeans have rips, tears, and holes in them?
On the bottoms, because they are too long .....

3. What are you dreading right now?
Cleaning!!!!

4. Did you celebrate 4/20?
Did I miss something?

6. Favorite ice cream?
I'd rather have an icee or smoothie. Chocolate though when it's ice cream.

7. When was your last doctor’s visit?
Last month.

8. Do you get the full 8 hours of sleep a night?
Not during the school year work week, otherwise YEP - I LOVE to sleep!!!

12. If anyone came to your house on your “lazy days” what would they find you wearing?
"Play Clothes" - shorts and a t-shirt

14. Have you ever been on your school’s track team?
Are you kidding?

15. Do you own a pair of Converse?
Nope.

17. Do you eat raw cookie dough?
Yep

19. Don’t you hate when the radio ruins good songs by playing them too much?
Not really, I'm usually hooked on it and don't get tired of it for awhile.

21. Do you watch Trading Spaces?
Use to watch it ALL the time, not so much anymore.

22. How do you eat oreos?
Dunk 'em in milk!!

23. Have you ever stayed online for a very long time waiting for someone?
Nope, but I do check to see who is on my instant message list when I'm on.

24. Are you cocky?
About some things I guess

30. Could you live without a computer?
Seriously? Not for long I hope!

31. Do you wear your shoes in the house?
Never!!!

33. At what age did you find out that Santa wasn’t real?
He's what??

34. How many phones, house phones and cell phones are in your house?
3 House Phones & 2 cell phones

35. What do you do when you’re sad?
Cry, read, watch sappy movies....

36. Who would you call first if you won the lottery?
Andy

37. Last time you saw your best friends?
My closest ones, week before last -
My oldesst ones, about a year ago

40. Who or what sleeps with you?
A hubby, a dog, sometimes a cat and way too many pillows
(and currently a Winnie the Pooh stuffed animal that Andy bought me on our trip, yep... I'm SERIOUS)

AND NOW MOVING ONTO FORTY FiVE OUT OF NOWHERE…

45. Is anyone on your bad side right now?
Kinda

46. What jewelry are you wearing?
None (took my rings off b/c my hands were dry and lotioned up earlier)

47. What’s the first thing you do when you get online?
Check email, look at IM list, the farm, friends blogs

49. Do you watch Grey’s Anatomy?
Never miss it!!

50. How do most people spell your name?
Correctly, other than my great aunt who spells it Monaca....
Then there's the other friend whose known to spell it Moncia - and she's known me for 20+ years

51. Would you wear a boy/girlfriends clothes?
Yep, was known to steal them forever. Hubbys tshirts, yep!

54. Where do you work?
I'm semi retired! he he he .. Preschool 3 hours a day, 4 days a week ...
Off for TEN WEEKS, woooo whooooo

56. What are you doing tomorrow?
Hanging with "the wee one", going to stay with my still "on bed rest" Mom

57. Is Justin Timberlake becoming the next Michael Jackson?
I don't get it?

58. Favorite name for a girl?
I like all these new "different" names or boy ish names for girls!
Grace is a favorite these days too

59. Favorite name for a boy?
Family names: Lee, Cole, Roy, William,

60. Will you keep your last name if you get married?
Nope, didn't. Not even using the initial.

61. Your favorite restaurant you don’t get to eat much at?
Angelos & Captain Andersons - once a year at the beach
Tokyo's Japanese - b/c it does scary things to my stomach

62. When is the last time you left your house?
Yesterday to take lunch we cooked to my parents

67. Do you return your cart?
Yep, drives me NUTS when people leave them everywhere!!!

69. Do you have a dishwasher?
Yep, can't imagine living without it.

70. What noise do you hear?
TV, Mom on the phone yapping away, Gizmo snoring

71. Would you survive in prison?
Doubt it!!!

72. Next concert you hope to go to?
I'd like to go to ANY one I guess, it'd have to be with friends though. Andys such a stick in the mud about that kind of stuff.

73. What was the last thing you ate?
Pop Tart & diet coke

74. Who was the last person you said “i love you” to and meant it?
Andy this morning

75. Who is the youngest in your family?
My house, that would be me - he he he
My immediate family, only child - that would be me
My extended family - that would be Dylan on my side and Layla on Andy's side

76. If all of your friends were going on a road trip, who would be the most likely to over pack?
Me for sure, I like to pack for ANY thing that MIGHT come up!

77. Do you know anyone with the same name as you?
Not personally, use too....

78. How many shoes do you own?
No idea, not as many as most women though. Shoes aren't my thing, if they feel good I wear them until they fall apart. Now purses, that's another story-

79. when was the last time you ate peanut butter?
Last week. I like to eat it by the spoon full!

81. What service is your cell phone?
Cingular

82. What’s for dinner?
Salmon patties and biscuits (welcome to the South 'Yall)

83. What’s the last thing you purchased?
Groceries - Saturday night -

84. Do your siblings ever pay for stuff for you?
Don't have any, but my parents sure do!! (see only child comment, he he he)

85. Where is your cell phone?
Laying here beside me, I couldn't remember Grandma's new phone number.

86. Is your phone on vibrate or ring?
Ring and LOUD

87. What brand are your pants right now?
Um .... n/a

89. Did you eat breakfast this morning?
Yep, answered this somewhere back there

90. Do you like marshmallows?
Yep, roasted over a campfire are the best!! I'll eat them anyway though: plain, in or on something! New faves are ones with chocolate in the middle that my friends brought me from Japan!

91. What irritates you most on the internet?
When I am typing something and it quits without me saving.

92. What brand is your digital camera?
Which one? Minolta is one and I can't remember the other two.
I'm saving right now to buy two more though: A biggie Nikon and a smallish Sony.

93. Do you watch movies with your parents?
Yep, mostly with Momma though .... we go to the movies ALOT

96. What song best describes your life right now?
Not sure?

97. Do you own expensive perfume/cologne?
Nah, I wear Victoria Secrets and it's not really expensive. I want a bottle from France ....EPCOTs France that is, but we didn't make it over there this time. Next trip, I am planning on it though!!!

98. Are you taking college classes right now?
Nope, thank heavens that part of my life is done!! I could be interested in going back again (though I do have my bachelors thank you very much), but don't know if I could sit through classes again.

101. Do you like sushi?
No way, no how, cook my fish please!!

102. Do you get your hair cut every month?
HA!!! No way. (and my Mom is a retired hair dresser) I'm always stuck between keep the short hair style or let it grow and put it up. Let it grown and put it up is winning again right now!!

103. Do you go online everyday?
FOR SURE, my computer stays online 24/7 and I just go in and out of the room. (or currently check it as it sits here on the couch)

MORE Pictures
These are from my phone!
(I'm thinking they look familiar to Dad & Misty)

Us at the Pool

MGM

1 out of oodles of bunnies @ EPCOT
(they were at every park and our resort)

I told ya I love this guy, here's a poster of him!

Mickey Waffles - Yummo!

YUMMO! Ice Cream Cookie Sandwich, the way it SHOULD be done!
Fresh choc. chip cookies, chocolate ice cream!
HOLY COW!!
I could only eat half.
And Misty, for the record... I'm guessing even more than a
gazillion WW points! You were more than right!!

My innter brat comes out!
I don't wanna go!!!!!!!!
WHY are we not staying through the holiday weekend?
Remind me please?!?!

The Pictures~

At the Poly, right after a HUGE meal @ O'Hana!!
Our #1 Favorite place to eat in "all the world"!

On the "Great Movie Ride", gotta love it!
My sweetie hubby bought me a prize too, see my favorite bear
there in the picture?!?!

Flower & Garden Festival, which is awesome I might add.
We missed most of it though. The only time we went to EPCOT was
at night, all THREE times!! Oops~ We never got to see all the cool stuff.
We ran out of time SO FAST!!

Friends whom I adore and can't wait to go back with again!
Right Guys???!!!??
(are they gonna shoot me for posting a picture of them?)
The only one I have of all of us is one I'm buying that the
photographer took. Why didn't we ask someone to take more
of us?! Duh~

#1 Reason I MUST buy TWO new digi cameras!!
This small cheap one always takes blurry pics, I hate that!!
I want a "biggie" one too. Guess I outta stop traveling and save?
Singing in the Rain~

I love Kelley, yes I do. I love Kelley, how 'bout you?!
Finally, we get our dates together!!
Out of 5 pics, this one is the "least blurry".
And later I say, crap... I didn't take one with Tom too!!
Why didn't you say "HEY, WHAT ABOUT ME?" boy??

My FAVORITE purple friend!!
I am 100% obsessed with FIGMENT, no doubts!
I didn't get to visit him this time though, he was always gone at night.
I also regret not getting the $7.99 ON SALE back pack at "his store". Ugh!
Why don't I just go ahead and buy these things?!

Guess that's me? Chicken First Class!!

Andy & Mr. Ed!
he he he