since when does greys sing?

you get brownies... 

but i didnt really like the brownies.

you see, the oreos were supposed to stay on the bottom.

because i used the mini ones they "floated"to the top.

well, j liked it. so i guess it wasnt a total fail.

and how about this singing grey's anatomy?

umm, what?

ill post the recipe tomorrow,

mainly because i have to find it again.

(and ill post on what i think would make it better.)

"bake alaska"

(this is what my husband told me to do in the kitchen.)

so i have a joke for all of you loyal blog readers...

what do you get when you mix 

ice cream and oreos (and maybe some other things)?

ps- i think b&w makes it look more suspenseful.

well, ill find out at 10:30.

but, you can find out tomorrow night! 

see you then!

ohh i've got this friend...

perfect title becauseee... 

a) this is one of my favorite songs on the civil wars cd, and i mean fav! and 

b) because i do have this friend named kelly in louisville and i went to the pie kitchen with her tonight.

see? pie.

disclaimer: this picture now looks weird but it was taken in a hurry because the pie kitchen was packed and im still not embracing my "im a blogger so i take pictures of every little thing!" life publicly yet. 

ill work on it, just like im working on not cheating.

so when we went home (i know yall are sick of me talking about us going home... when will this girl ever stop talking about this darn trip... umm probably when i start talking about the next one.) i had to take our lovely green curtain that i had on my windows in high school that my mom made me that didnt fit this window but was just make shift (breathe)...

... so she could chop it up and add to the cute polka dot curtain that i got from peddlers mall because they are about 12 inches shorter than the sheers. well the parking lot light shines in my eyes (not j's because he sleeps like a rock!) while im trying to sleep so we needed a curtain... i promise this is a need and not a want. so my mom and i went shopping at ross on friday morning and i found this beautiful babe.

ehh the only weird thing (thank you kelly from nc, lindsey, katie, and lauren for questioning it friday night when i showed you- so here is your picture so you will believe me) is that it is a shower curtain. now i decided that i wouldnt really broadcast this, so dont spread the word. but this lovely shower curtain that matches really well was only $8.99. i should go into the curtain buying business because i have such great luck with it. (it will probably end since im bragging) but i think my curtain looks great and it covers the whole window and keeps the giant bright light out of my precious eyes. and just for the record, it doesnt feel like a shower curtain and its not plastic (coughkatiecough).

(and no its not going to be ironed... but you probably knew that)

call me if you need curtains and 

a) arent ashamed of where they could come from or 

b) what they might actually be.

uhhh ohhh

i know, i know... i missed two days of blogging.

i feel terribly bad. i woke up sunday morning and my first thought was "I didnt blog!". just imagine my horror. i had every intention of keeping it going while we were gone (obviously! i posted about bojangles) but we were so busy. and my excuse for yesterday is that we got back at 11:30 and my eyes wouldnt have stayed open for anything. so im begging yall to forget my little mishap... especially my sister in laws who said "ahhhh" (imagine the sound a first grader would say).

and speaking of those lovelys...

they both asked me while we were home if i ever received their cards. and i said "what cards?". well apparently they mailed them a long time ago and i had not gotten them yet. but the little cuties were sitting in the mailbox waiting for me when i got home. 

nahh not my sisters, i wish though.

these guys...

the precious lilly is from Lauren (right) and the cute carolina girl is from Katie (left)

(who is still proudly yelling go heels... even after last night.)

these sweet cards were so encouraging. i couldnt be more thankful for the wonderful sisters that God has blessed me with. and i truly believe i am more thankful for them and all of my family and friends after being home this weekend. it was so good to see everyone and spend time with them. 

we really enjoyed the sibling time we had friday night... matthew lauren katie josh and i and the two dogs were all piled up in katies bed talking and laughing until 2am. it was like old times again. j and i cherish those moments very much since we dont experience them that often. we are so thankful for who God has put in our life and being away from them all has made us realize that more. 

we love them all very much!

i know you are asking where the pictures are from this weekend...

well i did a horrible job on taking some as L pointed out to me.

so this old picture of us at J's graduation and their cards will have to do for tonight.

now, i am off to bed... because i need 20 hours of sleep.

and remember i didnt forget anything this weekend. okay?

sweet southern food

 

oh how we have missed our dear bojangles.

i never thought it would be something that we missed,

but that amazing sweet tea and delicious honey mustard and those fries...

oh my heavens! love ittt.

so naturally, this is where we stopped for dinner last night in hickory.

and it was so good.

i know yall are sitting there thinking this girl has gone nuts.

call me when you live without bojangles and all those wonderful things mentioned above for two months. thats what i thought. we all agree its just that good.

our cups... :)

for now we are enjoying our family, friends and new haircuts.

enjoy the weekend my friends.

ps- ignore the unedited pictures. im on my sister in laws computer.

cd of the day, not picture of the day.

i know this is cheating and i will never do it again.

ill be good mom i promise.

the picture of the day is not one i took,

ehh but one i stole.

... no more stealing either. ill make a list.

but you can pretend i did take it, because i love this picture!

our new favorite band:

"The Civil Wars"

(im not sure if this is the album cover, 

but i should be packing instead of researching so its going to have to do.)

please go download their cd "Barton Hollow" from itunes.

my money conscious husband suggested that we do it.

it is only $7.99 and totally worth it.

also, i want to be her. she is so pretty and has great hair.

we are leaving very soon my friends!

packing 101.

maybe this should be packing 201 because i feel as if we are pros by now.

here are our clothes... now they just have to make it into the bags. 

(note trusty vera there)

j's essentials:

clothes

hat

sperry's(duhh)

deodorant

toothpaste/toothbrush

and many books... which he is in charge of packing.

m's essentials:

many shirts... because im indecisive 

"b shoes" aka bedroom shoes

and several real shoes

workout clothes... 3.6 miles tonight! whoo!

monogram hat

scarfs

jewelry

makeup, hair stuff shower stuff, toothpaste/toothbrush

camera!

(i will say i wanted there to be a lot more dresses in my suitcase,

 but i dont think the weather is going to allow)

and im sure im forgetting some things.

but obviously i need considerably more than he does!

oh... and i have been making a list of things to go home and come back all week.

(one of them being summer clothes! yayy!)

so now i need to put all of this in bags and become more organized.

and dont worry this adventure will be documented thoroughly.

see you friends in north carolina!