Life on the access road...

Baby, It's Cold Outside

The only way it should be this stinking cold is if there is enough snow on the ground to keep us all at home where it is nice and warm!

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Hee Hee!

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Week in Review

I have been meaning to update all week, but, as always, the first week of the semester got a little hectic.

I signed up with Facebook about 6 months ago but had never done anything with it until this week. It is fun to do something a little different than blogging.

The week started off with me having a very nice birthday. Of course, the neatest thing was getting watch Noah make his official proposal and give Treece her ring. I can't think of a nicer present. Thanks for those of you who called and emailed with birthday wishes. Thanks also to Mom and Dad for birthday lunch.

The weather was stinking cold. Either give me above 70 or enough ice/snow that I don't have to get out in sub-freezing temperatures!

Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday were spent either teaching or doing things for school.

Adam and I went to the FOCAL library sale yesterday. We got a ton of books. Now, that is all I want to do, but I'm trying not to let myself until I get the rest of the semester lined out.

Terry and I went to see Night at the Museum. I thought it was hilarious, but Terry was not as impressed.

I went with Noah and Treece to check out a potential place for the wedding - Windsong Center for Performing Arts. It was beautiful but unbelievably expensive. They are going to keep looking. However, Treece did find her dress, so things are progressing.

Wendy got her hair cut. I haven't seen it, but apparently, it is pretty short.

Well, that is my boring week in review.

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August 11, 2007

Yeah! Noah and Treece have finally settled on a date. After working around Harding's summer term, Treece's graduation, one of her bridesmaids being out of the country, etc. this is what they finally ended up with.

More details to come....

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Basketball!

Yesterday was a great day in basketball. First, the Hogs put an unexpected pounding on the 8th ranked Alabama Crimson Tide. It seemed like the Hogs could do nothing wrong and the Tide couldn't do anything right. Almost as sweet was Duke going down in OT to Virginia Tech!

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Just a quick note...

Since our new carpet will be installed in the morning, we will be unplugging the computers this evening to get them out of the way, so we will be with out access to the internet for a while. I am so ready to get new carpet in the den. This other has been down 12 years and with 4 children, a dog, and 3 cats over those 12 years, it looks pretty rough. I have to say though that it has held up well and if the replacement carpet does as well we will be lucky.

The new year has been so nice. The weather is great, so we are not having to run the heater as much, which I am thankful for since our gas bill quadrupled last month from the previous month.

Adam has an interview for a full-time position with the library in Jacksonville today; please say a prayer that he will get it as he really needs something right now to give him some focus.

I got to spend time yesterday with Treece, her mom, and best friend Ashley looking at wedding dresses. I thought it was so sweet of her to include me. We spent over 3 hours at one shop with her trying on some really pretty dresses. She narrowed it down to 2 there, but is going to look some more. They are both beautiful, each with a very vintage look. One is very classy - very Grace Kelly; the other is reminds me of something from 1940s Hollywood - lots of lace.

I did look around at the mother-of-the-groom type dresses. It was somewhat depressing. I have SO much weight to lose! Also, most of them look so "old lady." I keep having to remind myself that I am now that "old lady!"

Hunter starts back to school tomorrow, but I don't go back until the 16th.

We used the George Foreman grill last night for steak. Wow! It did a great job. I think we are trying chicken tonight. We used it New Year's Day for waffles - something we don't need to do again for a while (about 60 pounds from now, maybe).

Oh yeah, I finally got to see Snakes on a Plane last night on DVD. I had been wanting to see it since it was on at the theaters. I thoroughly enjoyed it with the exception of the 1 sex scene and the rough language. I thought it was pretty funny.

If Hunter gave you his new cell phone number, be advised that it has changed. Cingular inadvertently gave him a number that is long distance from our home phone - not good - so they had to change it. I don't want to post it online, but if you need the new number, send me or him an email.

I plan to post some Christmas pictures soon.

Hope everyone is having a great new year!

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Happy New Year!

Well, 2007 is here! Terry and I saw it in last night with Wendy, Noah and Treece - no big parties for us. We interrupted our game of Apples to Apples long enough to count down and snap a couple of pictures. I hope 2007 is as good to us as 2006 was.

While surfing the internet Saturday night when I was unable to sleep, I came across the plethora of "Top" lists that come out at the end of every year: top 10 movies, top 10 songs; top 10 albums, top 10 books, etc. Before I started looking on the lists for movies, I did a mental recall of what I had seen over the year and had to admit there weren't very many stand outs. Now I know that is because I haven't seen any of the top 10 with the exception of Cars, which some listed among the best for the year.

Anyway, out of boredom, I went ahead a made a list from my rather limited movie viewing of 2006. Because my selection was so small, I narrowed my list down to the top 5. I also included what I consider to be the 3 worst movies I saw in 2006.

Cindy's Favorite 5 Movies of 2006

5. Barnyard
4. The Devil Wears Prada
3. The Lake House
2. She's the Man
1. Cars

The Worst of 2006

3. The Break Up
2. Abominable
1. Nacho Libre

I think my biggest disappointment for a movie this year was the Pirates of the Caribbean sequel. I anticipated a movie as good as the first; it didn't happen.

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