Where have I been?

So I know I have been slacking on my blogging duties here lately, but I promise I'll get back on track. Just to give you a few updates:

-Brad is STILL looking for a job. No one wants to hire anyone right now because the economy is so bad. And they really don't want to hire someone without any experience.

-I am completely exhausted today, for the record.

-I have baby fever. I want a baby. Now. So encourage my sweet husband to get a JOB so we can start working on that!

-Our preacher resigned Sunday night. And we have several staff positions open right now so we don't really have anyone qualified to be our new preacher right now. So the search is on...

-My grandmother's 80th birthday is next week!

That's pretty much all I have time to write today. Like I said, I promise to get back on track! Hope yall have a great week!

Nevermind

So instead of making our blog private, I just made some changes. Lucky you! Notice the new site name?

So guess what

After an interesting set of events, I am making our blog private. Comment or email me and I'll tell you what you need to do in order to be able to read our blog from now on. HOLLA.

Jigaboo

Ok. Ok. Ok. okokok. -That's for you, April.

Yesterday, I got a call from our answering service saying that one of our vacant rental houses had been broken into. I was completely shocked because this particular house is in a very good neighborhood and we have never had any problems over there. Anyway, so Brad and I rush over there to meet the police. When we get to the house, the front door deadbolt has been pryed off and a paint roller had been disassembled (the house is in the process of being painted, and the painters had just left to go to another job.) Apparently, a little kid was trying to be funny in front of his friends and broke into the house. I told the police officer that I most certainly wanted to press charges if they caught the person. After we made a police report, Brad and I left while the officer drove around and asked questions to all the little kids that were outside at the time. WELL, I just received a phone call from a lady named "Cam" who said that she was the mother of the child that broke into our house and she just wanted to ask me "if I could find it in my heart to not press charges against her poor 11 year old son. She is just a single mother trying to make it with six kids. He was just messing around and he didn't really DO anything." Ok, #1 the kid pryed the deadbolt off with a screwdriver. Have you ever tried that? It takes some skill, so obviously this isn't the first time the kid has done this. #2, why yes, he most certainly did DO something. He caused me to stop doing laundry and my husband to stop cutting the grass at 6:oopm last night and drive from Moundville to Tuscaloosa JUST to screw a deadbolt back on a door. #3 the kid needs to be taught a lesson. Send him to juvi for a little while and see if he thinks it's funny to break into another person's home. Burglary, by the way, is a felony. #4 the MOTHER needs to be taught a lesson. If she would have kept her legs closed, she wouldn't be stuck with six kids to take care of. Maybe after her little jigaboo son actually gets repremanded for his actions, he will straighten up and won't end up like all the other jigaboos walking around selling drugs, sex and alcohol in Alberta and West End every morning as I drive through checking rental property. SO in conclusion, I WILL be pressing charges. And in 10 years when the kid has taken the right path in life, you can come find me, and thank me.

Things I love and love to hate about my husband

Because there is relatively nothing of interest going on in our lives right now, I decided to steal this idea from another blog I read. So here goes:

Things I love to hate:

1. He thinks that picking Bella up from my mother's everyday is my responsibility and he shouldn't have to do it.

2. He occasionally leaves the toilet seat up and ready for me to fall into!

3. He waits until I start flat-ironing my hair in the mornings before he gets up to get a shower. The moisture in the air from him taking a shower makes my hair (that I've worked on for 30 minutes) frizz up.

4. He procrastinates. He would much rather sit in the living room and play Guitar Hero than go outside and cut the knee-high grass.

5. He taps. Tap, tap, tap, all the freakin time. And when I tell him to stop tapping, he always has to do it ONE MORE TIME.

6.. Even though I HATE to admit it, Bella worships the ground Brad walks on. If he would let her, she would lick his face for 30 minutes nonstop.

Things I love:

1. 99% of the time, if I ask for the remote, he hands it over.

2. He always takes out the trash!

3. He always puts my needs/wants before his own.

4. He kindly does his #2's in the spare bathroom :o)

5. He knows that I would much rather lay in bed than tailgate all day THEN got to the football game, so he provides me with all the necessary items....unlimited supply of Mountain Dew, an $8 Mt. Dew and $5 preztel at halftime, etc.

6. He hardly ever says anything when I want to eat Benkei 3 times a week!


And there you have it. This Sunday I am hosting a bridal shower for a friend of mine, so I'm sure I'll have pictures from that next Monday. Hope yall have a great week!

Bella's first football game!

We have been wanting to take Bella tailgating for a while now so last week I went out and bought her a jersey and a cute bow for the game. She was so excited!

We got out to the Quad on Saturday, put a leash on Bella and started walking toward our tailgating spot. I walked about 5 steps and realized that Bella was NOT walking. She was still sitting in the same spot I put her in. I called her and tried gently pulling on the leash, but she wouldn't budge!! She refused to walk on the leash! I had to carry that 13 lb. little baby!

She had a lot of fun, but she will not be making any more trips to the Quad anytime soon. She insisted that I hold her the ENTIRE time. It was way too hot for that! So maybe she will get to come back out when the weather turns cooler.

This week, I made my chicken dip again and this red velvet football cake!

Yum!

The trip to the Lodge

My Dad is building a huge hunting lodge in Greene County and April and I have been dying to see what it looks like. So today, we took a field trip! The lodge is 10,000 square feet and has 8 bedrooms, 10 bathrooms, a commercial kitchen, a loft AND a playroom. HUGE! The highest point on the ceiling reaches 35 feet!

The fireplace (the hole is 5 feet long!)

The massive living room. That's April standing at the bottom by the door.

A look down the hallway of the eight bedrooms

April and I

Pretty!

Ok, so after Dad gave April and I the grand tour, he set us loose to explore because he had "work to do." Are we 7 or what? So we started walking around and got really bored. And this is what happened:

Never leave us alone with a camera!