Memories

 So you know how I told you HERE that there's big changes coming? HERE I told you the hubs and I are going through a bunch of our stuff. Last night hubs and I decided to go through our storage boxes...

G says that I'm not "sacrificing" enough for our move, he says I'm not getting rid of enough stuff. He has no idea, I guess he can't see all of the BIG BLACK TRASH BAGS FULL of TRASH throughout the house... All filled with stuff that I'm sacrificing! I guess he can't see the boxes and boxes of stuff for our garage sale either... But now he's just being CRAZY!

Last night he pulled out 4 storage tubs of ,yes, my stuff. My grade school memorabilia that my mom has collected for me over the years. Cards and coloring books, school pictures and grades for each year, and even some old homework and assignments. He told me to get rid of my stuff...

"The Scary House"

and the REALLY scary cat? Haha

I learned how drugs can be harmful at a very young age.

Even as a youngster I knew that "interior design" barbie must match her surroundings...

Virtual high five to the person who can find me in my second grade class photo!

How can he think that I'm going to get rid of this stuff?!?!? It's memories! 13 years of school memories folks... you can't replace this stuff... So what do I do? Get a REALLY BIG box and put 4 storage tubs of stuff into 1 box... That's ingenuity!

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Come PARTY with me!

The Truth About My Husband...

This guy cracks me up. ^^^

Last night we were cleaning out the closet and going through our dressers getting rid of a BUNCH of stuff...

In one of his dressers is a tiny drawer only about 2 inches tall. Let me tell you though... he sure knows how to cram junk in there.

G likes to open e-v-e-r-y  s-i-n-g-l-e piece of paper that he hasn't looked at in OVER a YEAR to make sure it's nothing important.

Welllll let's just say I'm a bit quicker at it than he is. So I would grab about 15 pieces of paper scan through them and could tell they weren't important. So I would shred them and throw them (trying to make it into the trash can and failing. So he would have to bend over and pick them up. Evil I know... You know he loves me when he puts up with this on a regular basis.)

It was one of these times, when he was picking up shredded pieces of paper that I learned about my husband. Our Convo went something like this...

G: Oh no! Oh nononononono!

Me: What?

G: What have you done?

Me: What?!?!?!

G: I can't read this now!

Me: Yea no joke, it was a bunch of random letters and numbers. So what?

G: How am I ever going to get into the Database now?!

Me: What? What database?

G: Honey, I think it's time I come clean.

Me: {sitting there with a confused bewildered look on my face}

G: I've been lying to you... I don't work for an auto parts store. I am a CIA operative. And you just tore up my pass code to get into the database. How am I ever going to explain to them that YOU got a hold of my password and TORE IT UP?

Me: {Bewildered.... and then I BUST OUT LAUGHING}

Yup this is what I live with... Hey, someone that you can still laugh this hard at {I mean with} HAS to be your best friend. HAS to be the person you are meant to spend eternity with...

I love you! GGC, My CIA Operative...



Friday Eye Candy {17- Sugar and Spice}

If you follow my Pins on Pinterest you might have noticed a board called "Wee baby Wiggins" with a collection of baby shower ideas, nursery ideas, outfit ideas... baby stuff... well sadly it's not MY baby I'm pinning for there... but it's for my BEST Friend!

 Yesterday we got to find out the gender of the baby!

We're......

TEAM PINK!

{as if you couldn't guess from the title?!}

I mean, all I really want for this sweet baby is for her to be healthy and happy. I know wee baby is going to have a wonderful life with parents like Corey and Stacey. It is nice to know the sex though. Now I can go shopping!!!!!!!

So I bring you.... the girly version of

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I'm so ready to meet this baby! Miss Avery you are already loved by so many people. I can't wait to see you. I'm having so much fun dreaming up cute stuff to make you! And know, baby Avery, you are loved. You're mommy and daddy are the best people I know. They will love you with EVERY ounce of their hearts and every fiber of their being. You have a wonderful life ahead of you.

What I Wore Wednesday! {10- Pinterest to Life x2}

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Even Mom's getting in on the fun!

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Can you tell we're related???

Yeah me neither.... Hahaha...

Follow Mom's Pin's HERE!

I'll be linking up at THESE parties!

What can we learn from Facebook?

What can we learn from Facebook?

We can learn A TON! Especially with the new "you know you're from <blank> when..." groups that keep popping up...

"Maybe Cooter Barnett??? For some reason I'm thinking she had crazy hair and laughed a lot!"

"Cooter gave me anesthetic when I was giving birth 3 times loved her!! Sheirly I. was one of Dr. Rhoades nurse' s Joyce H. and Bettye O.'s mother was one (just can't remember her name)..."

"Time to get into this. I remember "Cotter" Barnett. She gave me anesthetic twice. Once in 1956 for tonsil operation. Told me I would see Pink Rabbits. Never saw them. Then in 1968, for my knee operation. Told her I was mad that I never saw those pink rabbits. She told me (at age 18) this time I would see Playboy Bunnies. I told her to "FILL ME UP!" Still did not see them bunnies."

All of these are stories are about my great-grandmother found on a page from a town she lived in...

Good lord I miss her. I'm happy to know that other people have such fond memories of her as well.

I will never stop learning from you Cooter. Ever.

To read more about my AMAZING great-grandmother

READ HERE

& our trip to her home town HERE

I'll be linking up HERE.

Gallery Wall!

I've been needing to re-do my gallery wall. I love having old black and white photos of family up. My gallery wall used to just have pictures of family. It wasn't utilizing all of the space on this GINORMOUS wall. So I got to work on fixing that.

I hung up my Coffee Sack Art and the old washboard I got for FREE!

The mirror I found at the dollar store. It was originally gold, a couple of coats of spray paint and it's now a beautiful silver.

I found the "home" print on Pinterest and downloaded it from eighteen25.

This little print also came from Pinterest. I just printed it off and framed it. Love the saying. Reminds me of my great grandmother. {Read about her HERE}

So what do you think? Improvement? Best part? There's room to add more!

I'll be linking up to some of THESE awesome parties!

4th of July: What are your plans and some inspiration!

What are your plans for the 4th?

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A backyard party?

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A barn party with a rustic feel?

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A barbecue?

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A picnic in the park?

Or how about getting married on the lake?

Yup that's what we did. 2 years ago.

The day I married my best friend. It was perfect.

I love you honey. Happy Anniversary!

Food, and the Garden District, and Plantations OH MY!

Wednesday I showed you What I Wore.

Yesterday I showed you around the Big Easy.

How about some food and HUGE houses?

Where to eat?

These are my TOP places to eat at!

(Listen to me! I sound like I know the best of everything in New Orleans... I've only been there once and I'm a know it all! Haha... Okay but REALLY these two places we ate are TO-DIE-FOR-AMAZING!)

First Up? Stanley's

(Side restaurant where you can wait to be seated...)

We recommend? The Omelet Sandwich!

He recommends? The Spiced pickled green beans that come in... (see below)

Her recommendation? The Bloody Mary...

Mmmmm the PERFECT lunch!

P.S. Marion Barber works there... Really! Okay JUST kidding... Inside joke...

For dinner?

Deanie's Seafood

Such a cute restaurant too!

Must eats: Crab Claws or Oysters for an appetizer.

For dinner? The Pick 3 Combo platter is AMAZING! and HUGE!!!!

The Garden District

The houses in the Garden District are GINORMOUS!

Way to cute trolley cart!

Plantations

Ummmm they gave MANSIONS for wedding gifts?

Beautiful Lillies!

Just look at all that Spanish Moss!

I'll be linking to some of *THESE* great parties!