10.18.2011

Terrible Tues

Today has been a day from H-E-DOUBLE-HOCKEY-STICKS!!

Ever have one of those days where your just "over it" all??? Well I never gave this day a chance. I was over it before it even had a chance to get started. I should've just stayed in bed (like I wanted to) for the sake of everyone around me. I have been far from pleasant... but I think that's ok... I have the right to be unpleasant every once in while, right??

There have been a few things that have made me smile today, though.

Check it:

At lunch, I had to get the h-e-l-l outta dodge, so I went for some retail therapy next to the nearest Sonic. Let's face it, some retail therapy and a Sonic Coke can fix just about anything... well for me anyways!! I'm pretty easy to please. And since I was in the area (bc Sonic is nowhere near my work ha), I decided to get some Baked Ziti from Franco's while I was in the "area" as well. Yes, I got food one place and then went to Sonic for a drink... Don't judge!!

I did have some luck on the retail therapy... and some bargain luck at that! Old Navy was having 50% off sweaters. They aren't to die for or anything, but a good sweater for $15... I'll take it any day of the week!

Then when I returned to work, I made a Grace Potter station on my pandora. Why have I not done this before??? Silly me... I guess I'm too pre-occupied in my Christmas, Johnny Cash and Nelly stations to think about making new ones ha!

Anywho, the day hasn't gotten much better, but these things did help a little!!




Ta Ta for now, I'm off to free dinner at Chick-fil-A courtesy of the Rankin County School District!! My friend Krista got teacher of the month (her first month to ever teach.... go girl) and you get a free meal for the fam at Chick-Fil-A... since Cody (her hubs) has class on Tuesday nights, she asked me to go!! Sweet friend.

10.17.2011

Over the Weekend

O what a great weekend!! Besides our heartbreaking loss to South Carolina, it was perfect. We should have won that game. We won the whole time down to the last few minutes. It's a sad sad time to be a Mississippi State fan. We had a great team last year, so expectations for this year were high. We hold our own against all of the other crazy good SEC teams, we just can't pull out the W. But our boys play hard and they give it everything they have and that's all we can ask for.

On Friday, I took off of work at lunch to prepare for the weekend ahead. I scurried around town trying to get everything ready. The liquor store for bloody mary's and mimosas. Apple Annie's for some fun tailgating cups. The grocery store to get stuff to make brownies and puppy chow. To Party City for some MS State napkins. Sonic for lunch, then finally home to actually cook and get everything ready.

When we got to Starkville, we went strait to Kendol's little brother's house in the Cotton District. O this took me back a few years. While we don't miss a game, we hardly ever spend the night just because it can get so expensive. But this weekend, a lot of my best friends from college were going to be there, so we stayed. Not for one night, but for both! So on Friday night, we sat on Matt's balcony in the Cotton District and  had a few beers, before heading off to West Point to meet all of my friends for dinner at Anthony's. Somehow, during my 4 years of college, I never went to Anthony's to eat. What.Was.I.Thinking!! Delish!!! We called it a night early so that we could get up early for tailgating since the game was at 11:20. We fell asleep to the sounds of a Widespread Panic cover band literally 20 feet outside the window!! O, the college life!! Ha. I have to admit, while I'm not the biggest WSP fan, if Little Lilly or Tallboy had come on, I would have been up off that air mattress and dancing by myself on the balcony....)

On Satruday, we arrived at the "Junction" (MS State's Tailgating Area) at 8:40 a.m. and we left at about 6:30 p.m. I'd say we did some solid tailgating. Then we headed to Buffalo Wild Wings to catch the Auburn game and then on to Ricks for some dancing!! Dollar night and a little booty shaking is good for the soul!!! But not so good for my head and body the next day... or the next!!

I laid on my couch at 11 a.m. yesterday morning and didn't move, besides to eat supper, until I moved to the bed at about 10:15. I officially feel old. And I think I may have forgotten how to dance.... Not good... I must practice ha!

Here are a few pictures from the weekend!

Mallory and Katie at Anthony's

Kate and I at Anthony's

Kendol and I at the game


All of our boys had on pink!!
Made my day.

This classy broad was right in front of us.
Seriously... of all the things in her closet, this is what she picked.
Welcome to Mississippi.

Kate and I burnt... obvsss

Ran into Claire and Gina!!! Yay!!

Jamie, Katie and I doing a little booty shakin'

10.13.2011

Thankful Thursday!

I love Thankful Thursdays!!
It's my weekly reminder of how blessed I am :)




There's nothing else I need to say, I don't believe.





Be Blessed,
Cal

From the Last Year...

Ok, so this is just a little bloggy game about 7 of your posts from the last year!! This was passed along to me by Amy at Crazy, Random Happenstances and I couldn't wait to play!! Thanks girl!!

What's the dealy-yo? There are 7 categories, you pick a blog entry of yours from the past year that best fits that category!! I'm pretty pumped bc a year ago, nobody read my blog, so it's a chance for people to read some of the stuff I wrote a long time ago!!! HA

1) MOST BEAUTIFUL
I would have to say my "most beautiful" post is one I did about my mother on mother's day. In Greenwood, there is a "contest" in the newspaper each year for "Mother of the Year" and this was my submission for her nomination.

2) MOST POPULAR
My most popular post (judging by number of comments... a whopping 9) was an "O How Pinteresting" post I did when I found out two of my very best friends had just gotten engaged. It's wedding pictures from Pinterest. Of course it's the most popular. What girl doesn't love a wedding??

Congrats Katie and Chris!! WINNING

3) MOST CONTROVERSIAL
Unless you understand the rivalry between Mississippi State and Ole Miss, you don't find this controversial at all. Even then, it's really not controversial, but it's the most controversial post I've done, to date. I've never really blogged about a testy subject. Mississippi State started this "funny slogan" after we beat Ole Miss is the Egg Bowl 2 years in a row. The Egg Bowl is our in-state rivalry game between these two teams (who hate each other) that's always on Thanksgiving. Ole Miss usually has a better team than us, so it is just our funny little way of saying that for "now" this is "Our" State!! We won... we should be able to brag a little, right?

4) MOST HELPFUL
I have never done a tutorial of any kind, besides passing out very simple recipes, that ANYONE can cook. So I am going to say this is my most "helpful" post because it is where you learn about me. It is about "Where I came from", so it helps you to learn a little background about me and the things I blog about.

5) POST WHOSE SUCCESS SURPRISED YOU
Ummmm.... they all surprise me... still to this day. Because for about a year, I would post and nobody read it except for my mother, sister, grandmother, aunt and a few friends and people from back home, when they happened to see it posted on facebook. But, one day in July (literally over night), people started reading more! It was crazy! I still don't understand how some bloggers have 1,000 followers after blogging for 6 months ha! Don't know how yall do it! More power to ya :)

6) POST I FEEL DIDN'T GET THE ATTENTION IT DESERVES
I've always liked to write, even back in highschool, and this just may be my favorite thing I've ever written. It is about the amount of stress a girl goes through in one football game!! It's worth the read... TRUST.

7) POST YOU ARE MOST PROUD OF
If this is referring to the posts that I'm most proud of writing, it would be #6 and #4 on this list, but as far as the post I wrote regarding something I am proud of myself for, it is this one. It is about me finishing my very first (and probably only) half marathon. Actually that is what a lot of my blog was about from June 2010 to December 2010. For me this was a MAJOR accomplishment, being that the last time I had run anywhere was during 7th grade track... which I quit after one week. So this was HUGE!! And this is the post I did right before the race!

Now to pass this little game on to 5 more bloggers!!!

1.) Jamie at her blog Jamie Harris
2.) Meg at her blog Henning Love
3.) Camylla at her blog Simply Camylla
4.) Rachel at her blog Simple Little Joys
5.) Memrie at her blog Live Laugh Love

And, of course, anyone can feel free to play along!!

10.12.2011

O How Pinteresting

First and foremost, can someone please explain to me how lots of people can see my pictures I post from pinterest, but ever since they launched this updated sight, all that shows up on my screen are the link things?? This was not an issue before, but I can't see them on certain other blogs either. Is there a setting somewhere that we are missing?
 
google


And..... we'll just keep on going with the dream home... I know yall are so excited...




Brick Walls in the Kitchen... Yes please!




Heaven!! I'm a sucker for a fireplace..


Source: bhg.com via Callie on Pinterest


Like I said... Sucker for a fireplace... A fireplace with a hearth is #1 on the Must Have's list for our next house!  And a real fireplace... None of this gas logs shizzzzz




Brick Floors??? I'll take 'em!!




A-DORBS...


Source: google.com via Callie on Pinterest





Brick Ceilings??? Sure!!!


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OB-SESSED...

OK MOVING ON!!!
TO CHRISTMAS THINGS...
Yes It's  October... I'm aware.








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AND NOW ON TO RANDOM THINGS!!




Spray Painted Wine Bottles for Vases!! Genius


Source: etsy.com via Callie on Pinterest


Burlap Anniversary Pillow!


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Source: None via Callie on Pinterest


Am I in Starkville yet??? Is it Friday?? Hurrrrrryyyy!!!!

10.11.2011

The Fair

Sooooo... last night I had my first experience with the Mississippi State Fair. It only took me 26 years to get there!! It was just what I expected. Delicious food, fun rides, air brushed t-shirts and lots of... let me just say "interesting" people. I didn't get many pictures, but just know that it consisted of....


THIS
Chicken on a Stick from Penn's
 One of These:
Funnel Cake is an absolute must


A Ride on this:

And everyone else enjoyed some of these (gross):
Sausage Dogs

Gyros
Can you imagine eating a gyro at the Fair?
Barf
Now for the few pictures that were taken!
Kendol and Cody rode the Crazy Mouse Roller Coaster with Kaitlyn

Krista and Kaitlyn on the Carrousel

Kaitlyn and I on the "Tilt-a-Whirl"
I taught her how to "lean lean lean lean lean" so you spin really fast!
She did it the whole way home, every time we turned!
She is now a master "Tilt-a-Whirler" for life!!


10.10.2011

Over the Weekend

This weekend was awesome for a few reasons...

1. Mississippi State won their ballgame!! It was just UAB, but a win is a win.

2. The Saints won... And they beat Cam Newton... that makes the victory even sweeter!

3. We spent Saturday out in the country drinking beer, getting food plots ready, fishing and shootin Sh*t... you know... all the things you are supposed to do in the country ha!


Kendol's Cheesin'


4. We went to Shuckers on Saturday night, where I got a shrimp basket (delish) and got to scope out some costume ideas for our "White Trash Bash" we are throwing over Halloween weekend for my friends Tiffany and Colby, who are getting married!!! I can't even explain the people there. While you have all of your normal 20 somethings and of course your motorcycle men & lady friends, there is this whole "other" group of people, that I just honestly don't know how to explain. I still can't figure out where they come from. Needless to say, my outfit ideas are coming together nicely. And I'm sure I will be getting LOTS more ideas tonight, when I take my first EVER trip to the Mississippi State Fair. It's guaranteed to be interesting. (Yes I have lived here for 26 years and have never been) Can't wait for a funnel cake... Yes, it's early in the morning and I'm already thinking of the funnel cake I will be taking down tonight... I will be having chicken-on-a-stick too....... Don't Judge...

5. On Sunday, my momma came to town and we did a little shopping with Ann-Hamilton and Hayes... where I FINALLY found these beauties that I've been looking for in stores for months. You may remember them from HERE!! Can't. Freakin. Wait. To. Wear. Them...


6. Kendol cooked Tuna and a Shrimp/Crabmeat Bisque for supper last night... It was like my own little "Bonefish" at the hosue!! Sad thing is... I forgot my leftovers for lunch today... :(

7. And last but not least, I have a slight lead in Fantasy Football, with both of us having one player left to play tonight...  Fingers crossed for all three of my teams to have a "W" for the weekend!! WOO HOOOO