She's back!

Not that anyone missed me, but I missed writing! Not being able to get on the Internet at work and not having Internet at home is killing me! So I grabbed the ole iPad and starting on my first day back blog! I have so many pictures and invitations to share with you that I have done since our last visit so I will get to uploading them now and say goodbye for today! Y'all have a great evening and stay safe as those storms come rolling through the lone star state!

I'm still here

Just been busy...lots going on, but if you read this you probably know it all. Here is a pic from my reunion this weekend. Shelly, Michelle and I. Wow, I can't believe that it has been almost 25 years since we were last at the round table in the cafeteria eating cheetos and those peanut butter and chocolate cookies for lunch...and we were skinny...Looks like I am the only one that continued to do that after high school... Yall look great! I had a great time, and still recouping.. it will be a long time before I stay out until 4:30 again! geeezzzz....

Haley & Bobby

I had the "opportunity" to take some cheerleading and football pics the other day... I'm not used to sports photography so it is a little new to me. I think I ended up taking better "couple" pics than anything else...you decide and give me your opinion!

His last first day...

Since it is customary for me to post the first day pics here it is... it isn't great, I had to wipe the sleep from my eyes to take it... He was up bright and early and really ready for school. Senior year, only goes 1/2 day, he is in heaven... me, not so much. It is hard to believe that he will be heading to college next year and I won't get to take pics of it. One part of me is really excited about the young man that he is becoming, and part of me is sooo sad to see the kid in him gone... I hope that he has a great Senior year, stays out of trouble, and enjoys every minute of it. These are really the days he will remember!

Amanda

I have some new pics to post...finally!

Sneak peak for Barb until she gets home and can view them all....this is was my first try with studio lighting. I know that I can do better!

Mirrors

Yes, finally a new post, a new gripe...
So I went to buy a bathing suit the other day. Dillards was having this sale, awesome sale, which made bathing suits basically 70% off. So, stimulating the economy and fulfilling a need to wear a bathing suit that was not 5 years old on my next vacation off I go.... I walk right past the bikinis...no matter how much weight I lose, I don't think I will ever see a bikini again...I got too much baggage to hide!! So, on to the big girl, cover me up bathing suits! I find a couple of suits that I think might look ok and head to the ever dreaded dressing room. I try the suits on and MUCH to my surprise I actually like quite a few of them. So I figure hey, I never like bathing suit shopping so lets buy all of them!!! So $160 later, I leave with 5 suits. Not too bad I might add. Yesterday I am heading to the Mall to return some stuff to Macys and thought I might need to take them out of the bag and try them on one more time to make sure... then all of a sudden WTH? Why in my own mirror do these suits look awful? One that I thought was really cute with some flowers on it makes me gag. It was like the flowers had gone from boutinere size to a freaking table arrangement, a big one... that one had to go back for sure! I can see people on the beach now watch out here comes that lady with a huge flower on her huge stomach!!! So I am leaving you with a question to do some research, do they alter the mirrors they use in the dressing rooms? Is it the mirror? The lighting? or was I just freaking blind when I picked some of them out? I'm now down to 3 bathing suits... so no trips longer than 3 days or I will have to go back to the big bertha standby suit that is 5 years old!

hmmm read this

It pertains to my last post read the comments some are hilarous!!!
http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com/Investing/Extra/is-walmart-the-new-target.aspx?GT1=33002

Then diggin deeper I found this one..
http://blogs.moneycentral.msn.com/smartspending/archive/2008/03/28/wal-mart-vs-target-which-is-better.aspx

Reading the comments of both pretty much justifies (like I freaking needed that...) my blog entry this week!

Target vs Walmart...

To some of you this may be a no brainer.. for me it used to be quite gut wrenching knowing that Walmart is so much cheaper. In this day and age it is all about price..well almost. see why
Trip #1 Walmart
I drive through the parking lot dodging little kids left and right that do not have the sense to get the heck out of the way of a freaking car! hello... make it to the crosswalk where I have to wait for 30 people, walking slow as a grandma or chasing their kids around while leaving their cart right in front of me leaving me at a standstill. Finally, make it past that only to find a spot 30 cars down the row. I make it to the crosswalk on foot only to be almost run over by some trashy white teenager with their rap music blaring so loud that they can't hear me yelling at them. Finally the blast of cold air when I make it through the door. I am now greated by every nationality there is in the world except another white person... we have all the countries covered and I haven't even made it past the check out stands on the way in. Now to find the bread isle. They rearranged this walmart and all walmarts are laid out different, so where the heck is the bread. Finally found the bread. What? No Sara Lee 45 cal bread? The bread that is one freaking WW point for 2 pcs...screw it I won't buy any other bread... So I start making my way out the door only to stop by produce and see a little girl of I don't know what nationality with a plastic produce bag over her head just waiting to suffocate to death. Hello where is your ignorant mommy??? oh there she is hey stupid, don't you know that can kill a kid? WAKE UP! she just looked at me because of course she doesn't speak English. Then suddenly over the loud speaker there is an advertisement in Spanish....OMG get me out fast. So I run, get in my car and drive across the street to Target.
Trip #2 Target
I find a parking spot 2nd from the front. Walk in the front door, past the produce, the bread is the first isle. Walk to the end of the isle pick up my parmesean cheese and head to the checkout. I haven't encountered one foul smelling person yet, no one with 10 earrings, no kids running loose like wild bangees...I make it to the check out there is a caucasion person that checks me out. And bam I am out the door in 2 minutes and back in my car.

I'm a target fan...even if it cost me .30 extra cents!!!