They're HERE!!!!

the daffodils have bloomed. they're a little wimpy, but they're here! i pulled into the driveway after school, and there they were. beautiful little yellow buds by my front door. i shrieked like a little girl. i love spring!!

pyrexlove

for those who haven't found it, pyrexlove.com is my answer to many pyrex questions. we collect pyrex...here's a little view of that...please excuse the horrific cabinets...

this is our piece in the dining room with most of our pyrex. we love it.

we have it all above our cabinets in the kitchen too...

we found this baby bottle!!

my dear husband recently discovered something i have been searching for for a loooong time...glass carafes by pyrex! i knew they existed, but i have been looking and looking, and he finally found them for me. they say pyrex and everything!

we only have one of the orange carafes, and it's in my fridge right now with orange juice in it! we also have 2 sizes of a blue flower design, and we have lemonade and peach tea in those. my pyrex collection is almost complete now!!



i have also just recently started a garden. i wrote about it before, but i have a picture of my little daffodils...

it's in a little pot, and it's finally growing!

see the little buds!? i can't wait! i love daffodils. they remind me of daffodil contests at st. mary's! too bad they don't have that anymore...

you know i like my chicken fried!

well john and i babysat last night for some our friends' adorable girls. after the girls were asleep, we were watching tv, and the most amazing thing happened...ZBB was on CMT Crossroads! for those who don't know, ZBB is zac brown band. my favorite thing in the world. now he's because famous lately, but ive been on the bandwagon for years. i usually hate those "cool bands" that everyone loves once they're famous. i like the ones i followed before anyone knew them. lady antebellum. drew holcomb and the neighbors. shedaisy. ZBB. i've been a ZBB fan since my sophomore year in college. no one else even knew them! i had chicken friend on my iPod way before anyone had heard about them. i'm just that awesome. i had the original versions of songs, not the ones that they have changed and put on the radio. john and i also had our first wedding dance to a ZBB song because we love him that much.
so we were watching crossroads. jimmy buffett was the other group on there, but i was in it for ZBB. here's the link to the show...Crossroads. i gave john a CD with tons of ZBB songs on it the first Fall we were dating. we've seen him live twice, and he's amazing. he is one of those artists who jams in concert, he doesn't just sing normal songs that everyone loves. he's so entertaining to watch, and i'm always amazed at his skill. this picture is about the time that john and i had just seen ZBB for the first time.

i love ZBB. that's all that this is about. i want to leave you with a truly inspiring song...or the lyrics at least. i love it. enjoy!

here's a link to the website, where you can hear the song.
click on ZBB JUKEBOX and then you can click "Chicken Fried" or anything. he's wonderful.

You know I like my chicken fried
Cold beer on a Friday night
A pair of jeans that fit just right
And the radio up


Well I was raised up beneath the shade of a Georgia pine
And that`s home you know
With sweet tea, pecan pie and homemade wine
Where the peaches grow
And my house it`s not much to talk about
But it`s filled with love that`s grown in southern ground
And a little bit of chicken fried

Cold beer on a Friday night
A pair of jeans that fit just right
And the radio up
Well I`ve seen the sunrise
See the love in my woman`s eyes
Feel the touch of a precious child
And know a mother`s love

And its funny how it`s the little things in life that mean the most
Not where you live, what you drive or the price tag on your clothes
There`s no dollar sign on a piece of mind; this I`ve come to know
So if you agree have a drink with me
Raise your glasses for a toast
To a little bit of chicken fried

Cold beer on a Friday night
A pair of jeans that fit just right
And the radio up
Well I`ve seen the sunrise
See the love in my woman`s eyes
Feel the touch of a precious child
And know a mother`s love

I thank god for my life
And for the stars and stripes
May freedom forever fly, let it ring.
Salute the ones who died
And the ones that gave their lives so we don`t have to sacrifice
All the things we love
Like our chicken fried

Cold beer on a Friday night
A pair of jeans that fit just right
And the radio up
Well I`ve seen the sunrise
See the love in my woman`s eyes
Feel the touch of a precious child
And know a mother`s love

You know I like my chicken fried
Cold beer on a Friday night
A pair of jeans that fit just right
And the radio up
Well I`ve seen the sunrise
See the love in my woman`s eyes
Feel the touch of a precious child
And know a mother`s love

it's the end of the world as we know it!

it's the new seal, and i don't like it like the light and life one, but it will do.

well i had my very first interview today. needless to say, i was a nervous wreck. i slept surprisingly well last night, but i woke up and i swear i thought my heart was going to jump out of my chest, just like the cliche. the interview was at ten, so from 6:00 when i woke up, til 9:58 when I went in, i thought i would die. i sat at my desk waiting. and waiting. and pacing. and asking for prayers. and waiting. and trying to calm down. etc. i finally went over and walked in, and albert was standing outside the office. jo came out and got us, we went in, we sat down, and i began fidgeting. suddenly my hands seemed to like each other more than they ever have. i couldn't stop fidgeting. after two questions, jo felt it necessary to ask me if i was nervous. YES! i said, i'm extremely nervous! she and albert both laughed, and told me there was nothing to be nervous about...easy for them to say...they already work here. they're the ones bulleting me with questions. i survived. we laughed, i wanted to cry but didn't, and i felt like i answered the questions ok. i'm sure i could have done better, but i'm satisfied. i felt that it was a good thing that i am the first one they have interviewed, and i asked about the process...how long will it take, what's the next step? they told me that it's only the first round of interviews. if they find a couple of people that they really like in this first group, it could be over quickly. the last step is to talk with the head of school. yay. more to worry about. but for now, i am alive, i survived, and i think it went well. I'M GLAD IT'S OVER!

planning ahead

we don't even own our own house yet. i'm quite glad of this, because i don't think it's the time to buy a house and then try to sell it in this market. but alas, i'm bored at school, looking at martha stewart's wonderful ideas for houses. lovely. here's what i've found...

i love the idea of using a ladder in the bathroom to hang towels on. it takes up virtually no space at all, and you don't have to have that tacky plastic rod above the toilet. i'm a fan. 

i really like how warm this room feels when you look at it, and i LOVE LOVE LOVE the shutters! it just looks so sophisticated yet comfortable. my kinda room!

john and i have already planned our getaway home out west. not the one we'll live in permanently, but the one we use for vacations and for our families to come play. we had talked about having something just like this...a few beds together in a big room...perfect for kids to stay up all night and play with cousins!

i want to have a library in my bedroom like this when i'm a grownup. it reminds me of the house we used to rent every summer on the cape.

now i hate this room for the most part...i would die if i had a bed with uneven bed posts on it, and i can't imagine such a hard looking bed being comfortable. it looks miserable. but i LOVE the floors! so old and country looking. i want it. thanks.

back to turkeys...

well, spring break is over. well, there are 14 hours left, but i plan on sleeping through most of those. i spent my break resting and watching tons of tv, which was awesome because we have att u-verse, and i had recorded a bunch of movies and shows that i'd been wanting to see! i love having a tv where i can record things. it helps when i want to watch project runway, but my husband has already sat through an hour of grey's anatomy and can't bear anymore. so i just record it and watch it later!
i have also spent the break looking for a yummy nutella recipe. i'm dying to make some nutella brownies or cake or something. it's one of the best things we had while we were in venice - nutella gelato. YUM! i have loved nutella for a while, but gelato? in venice? amazing! i'll let you know what i decide to make.
i'm also ready for some more nice weather...i'm in the mood to make my memaw's pasta salad and chicken salad. just some great spring cooking...mmmmm. it's cold and dreary again today, but i'm praying for nice weather soon!
i started a new garden while i was on break too! although we want to be able to rent this house for as long as we need it, i'm so tired of the front yard looking like garbage, so i dug out the weeds...this took all week, literally...and i bought some dahlia seeds and columbine seeds, and daffodil bulbs. i put the daffodils in a pot, and i can't wait for blooms!!

SB2K10

i hate when people write spring break like that, but i'm very happy that i'm on spring break!! school was out on friday, and all this week. it's great! then again i haven't gotten to enjoy much of it...yesterday my darling husband woke me up at 4:30 am to go fishing. that's right...deer and duck hunting may be over, but fishing has only just begun. we've already been two times before, but we went like normal people, in the afternoon, when it's warm. not so yesterday. 4:30 am. it's cold. the sun isn't up. there are 5 other people (men) waiting in line to buy minnows, and they think i look like an idiot in my spandex running pants, but i'm not about to be out there on the water in jeans, just in case we capsize. i'd like to try to save myself, not be dragged under by heavy wet jeans. so we got our minnows and head to the boat. he pushes me off from shore, jumps in, and we're off. just as we're halfway across the lake, making our way to a runoff, he shouts to me...i'm shuddering with my head tucked under a blanket...that the motor is 'running like a top!'. he sounds happy about this, so i assume that's a good thing. then the boat stops. i look up. he didn't do it. the motor quit. just quit. he says we're fine, and i, in all my love, tell him that it's ok if we aren't fine, but i'm not about to swim back to shore. he can send someone to get me. after 5 minutes, and multiple boats racing past us, he gets the thing started again. i'm back under the blanket. we make it around some curves and some trees in the water, and we find our spot. as we tie off to the bank, i notice that he has put me, in the back of the boat, by the bank. he's floating in the front, unattached to the shore. if something like a snake or a raccoon comes sliding down that bank, it's landing on me. oh yay. for most of the 4 hours we were out there, i was scanning the shore for rodents and critters. john caught a bunch of fish, i caught 2, and i was fine with that. next week is another chance. can't wait!

here's one that he caught a couple weeks ago when we went...

tonight i get to babysit the cutest kid in the world (until i have my own of course). every tuesday i've been babysitting baby nathan. he's in the sort of miserable phase right now though. if his mom leaves the room, he throws a fit. if she's home, he wants her to be holding him. when i walk in the door, he knows that means that she is about to leave, so he cries. the whole time she's getting ready he cries. the whole time i feed him dinner he cries. it wears him out though, so he ends up going to bed well, which is nice. but that shrill scream right in your ear? not so nice. he's just so cute though, that it's hard to get upset with him! and he's a year old...he can't tell you what's wrong, so he just cries. and cries. and cries. he's sweet though. and last week he fell asleep on me, and slept there for an hour and a half. so cute! this is his new trick...he climbs in the refrigerator and pulls everything out. gotta love him.

i think that babysitting him is good experience for way down the road in my own life, but babysitting him also helps me realize that it's gonna be WAY down the road.

i knew this would happen...

 

i'm sick. i knew it. i knew i would get sick if i didn't get enough sleep, and i didn't get enough sleep because of the yard sale! now i'm sick and i can't breathe and i'm pretty sure i'm dying. life is sweet huh?