2nd Thought

Now that I think about it, Auburn was technically a run away - he left us!

Lost

Monday evening at feeding time, my Auburn did not eat. I took him out via the front door to see if he needed to potty first due to us being home all day. Meanwhile my husband let Jasmine out the back door when she did finish eating. Both dogs came back into the house via different doors. Auburn was still not interested in eating. I went back to uploading pictures in our computer room. Came back out about 20 mins later to see if Auburn had eaten. He had not nor could I find him. In my search, I discovered that our gate to the deck was not locked from earlier (our back door had been open all day for the dogs to enjoy the beautiful weather). We immediately starting looking for Auburn outside. My husband found him very quickly, not sure where nor do I really want to know because he was not in our yard. I was in pure panic mode and could not think straight. Just glad the nightmare was brief!

Family Reunion

The creek
Mountains

Kelly & Michael

This weekend was my 8th trip to the annual family reunion in Gatlinburg, TN. Arrived in the burg by 10:30am Friday morning. Elisabeth and I headed out for the Pancake House for breakfast while the hubby headed out with his dad for a little family fishing. As we walked down, we noticed that Alabama fans were already out and about in full force. Got seated by noon and while in line Elisabeth decided she no longer wanted pancakes but instead wanted lunch. Luckily, they do serve lunch! Some guy even stopped at our table to comment on the fact that she was eating a burger - I wonder if he had already hit the bottle! Elisabeth quickly replied that she was a local and that she was allowed to not eat pancakes. Finished up and headed for shops. Looked at some cool boots - we both want a pair, hint, hint! After walking around we headed back to the cabin to be on hand to greet family arriving.

It really was a beautiful weekend to be outside. Not too hot and not too cold. A group headed to the playground. Later on after lunch a few of us headed to the burg for some mini golf. After that Michael and I headed back so I could catch the Auburn vs LSU football game. We ended up winning and it was awesome - War Eagle!!! After that game was the UT vs UA game. This one didn't go so well, but I think all were prepared for a loss. A late night card game started and I headed to bed.

Sunday, we packed up and said our goodbyes to family members. On the road by 11am and the traffic was heavy. Our 5hr road trip turned into almost 7hrs just due to traffic. Glad to be home and hit the bed early.

Bike Tour

The Bike Tour was downtown this morning.

Big Bike
Bike Pen

Kim, Kelly, Jeni, Paula

Denise, Mary Anne, Kelly, Mike, Kim

Red

Saturday night we went to a late night showing of the movie Red. It has several great actors in it, my favorite was Bruce Willis! Pretty good, so I would recommend it to my friends.

Auburn Football

Today I watched Auburn defeat number 12 Arkansas! It was an awesome game yet again. The constant scoring back and forth was stressing me out. Worried that it would come down to the last minute, but the 4th quarter was nothing like that!!!! Final score 65-43 - highest scoring game in the SEC history. Now 7-0 in our season this year!!! I was totally wishing that I could of been throwing some toilet paper tonight, WAR EAGLE!!!!!

Lunch with Mike

Today I met my stepdad, Mike, for lunch at Cracker Barrel in Trussville. I was early so I sat down to send a text that I was sitting in a rocker out front. While doing this, I had an elderly lady ask if I could work a camera. It was a group of Red Hat Society meeting for lunch. I told her I would and the next thing I knew I had five cameras! Finished taking their group photo and was greeted by my dad. Had a nice time talking with him over lunch. BTW, it was just as crowded on this Saturday as one would typically see on a Sunday!

Plans

I had an informal meeting for something that I am looking into being a part of in the future. Hopefully, I am selected and I will be excited to tell everyone!!!!

Rescued

Tonight I have been watching the news coverage of the Chilean miners being rescued. Out of 33 miners, I got to see 29th-33rd being pulled up from the mine. Wow, what an amazing story!

3 Day Weekend

I spent most of it in bed sick. Bummer.

Did find enough energy to watch AU's game and was glad we pulled off a win, it was a nailbiter. Was also glad to see that UA lost their game.

Seriously

I have the worst luck! I got disappointing information. I'm stuck in a reoccurring pattern, I could of predicted the outcome just based the past events :-(

Happy Birthday . . .

to me! This year is my 32nd birthday. Had to work that day. I had one friend treat me to lunch at Moe's, my favorite place. Another friend gave me a gift card to O'Henry's which is my favorite place for potato soup and salad. Later on we all gathered for some yummy Strawberry cake. Throughout that day I got phone calls, email and facebook messages with birthday wishes! Came home to a sweet card and a AU cookie cake from the husband. Plans to go to the Marcaroni Grill during the weekend. It was a very nice day!

Mums

Stopped at Home Depot to use my coupons for their mums. While there picked out new concrete pots for the front of the house. We got two of the mums planted this evening. Looking all fall now!

Lunch With Amy

Saturday afternoon I met up with our friend Amy to have lunch at J Alexanders. I have not seen her in almost a year. They have recently moved which puts them closer to get together to do things. Had a great time chatting with her and looking forward to getting together again! Also, this was my first trip to this restaurant so I would like to go back sometime for dinner.

Animal Print

Animal print is in this year, so I have had my eye on a cute pair. This weekend I had a birthday card with some money arrive from my dad, Steve. So, I now own a pair of leopard print heels. I can't wait to wear them to work!

Chomp

One day last week Kim, Jeni and I headed over to the mall for lunch. While eating Kim had asked which Florida was UA playing this weekend. I replied that it was the Gators and I hoped that they win as I did a mini version of the chomp! Then Kim threaten to leave me at the mall! Back at work us AU fans did the chomp around Kim. Unfortunately this weekend her team beat them and I'm sure she had a good time texting me every time her team scored a touchdown. All in good fun! Atleast my real team won, WAR EAGLE!!!!

Butterfly

Butterfly in herb garden.

What's New

Last weekend I went to visit with Mike. He built a deck and another rock wall. It was a beautiful fall day so we got to spend it chatting on his new deck.