Long and Luxurious

  I have just got to plug my new eyeliner. I love it! It's a liquid liner that has lash-boosting serum in it to make your lashes grow. Lashes are visibly longer in two weeks and even more so in four. I can truly attest that it works. I don't have any "before" and "after" pictures, but I can honestly tell a difference. It's not as "potent" as Latise, but at $10 a pop, it's way more affordable.

  So if you want long luxurious lashes, buy this stuff!

The Best Christmas Presents Live and Breathe

  So one of my favorite friends gave me the best Christmas present ever--he let me keep his dog for a few days. Now I know that sounds more like a favor than a gift, but he has the best dog ever. I always beg Benjamin to let me keep the Pete-ster when he goes out of town and whatnot. Unfortunately, we've never been able to line up our schedules to make that possible.

  A couple of days before Christmas, I got a text from Ben saying he was possibly coming to Alabama for Christmas and asked if I'd be down for keeping Petie when he left to go back to Nashville. I was coming to visit for New Years so I would just bring Petie back with me. Of course I immediately said yes.

  We had a great time! We lazed around watching television, went for walks around the town, and played in the yard. Everyone in my family got to meet Sweet Pete and fell in love! How could you not love a sweet, lazy, well-behaved, three-legged dog wearing a Scooby Doo t-shirt?

Lazy day with Petie

 How can you not love this face?

 I came home from dinner and he had arranged the pillow like that and was watching E-news.

 Mom and Petie

 

Goodbye 2011, Hello 2012!

We celebrated the arrival of the new year in Nashville. We had so much fun! Jenna had to work Friday evening so we departed late Friday night and arrived sometime around 3 am.

  We started the day with a lovely breakfast (okay, by the time we got up and got out it was lunch time) at the Pancake Pantry. I wish I had this little restaurant in my kitchen because they make the best pancakes ever! We then walked off the calories with a little shopping in the cute boutiques.

  We went downtown to celebrate NYE. I have never been around so many people in such a tight little space in my entire life. A little scary! But we had soooo much fun! Lynyrd Skynyrd (yes, I did say LYNYRD SKYNYRD) played a street concert! It was amazing! We watched the music note drop and then listened to Free Bird. I cannot express just how happy and excited I was to hear them play. I love, love, LOVE Lynyrd Skynyrd!

  After the concert we payed tribute to ol’ Auburn by going to Bourbon Street Blues Club. It was so much fun! They played jazz and blues and we danced and danced and danced!

  It was a great new years, to say the least.

  We went to the Grand Ol’ Opry on our last night in Nashvegas and looked at all the beautiful  Christmas decorations! 

  Of course, the hardest part is saying good bye!

The Proof is in the Pudding

   I'm keeping my goal for 2012 on a very practical level. I decided to just stick to one resolution. Keep it simple. In other words, keep it doable. But for real, it's probably going to be the hardest one for me to keep. It's a real doozy.

   My resolution is to start answering my phone during 2012. Okay, pick yourself up off the floor and close your mouth. Anyone who even slightly knows me knows this is BIG. No, more like HUGE. Most people who aren't middle school teachers simply do not understand the mental exhaustion incurred in a day's time. By the time I walk off the school's campus, I just do not want to talk anymore. In fact, I've gotten so used to not talking on the phone that I rarely ever know where my phone is once I come home from work. It usually doesn't even cross my mind until it's time to go to bed and that's only because I use my phone as an alarm clock.

   But no more! I'm going to get out of my social rut and pick up the phone. Maybe next year's resolution will be to start actually calling people.....I may need a year to be ready for that. ;)

   So if the saying is true and the proof is in the pudding, then here's the pudding.

Oh, by the way, it's corn pudding that's on the menu today.