V-Day 2009

I have never been a huge fan of Valentines Day. I usually just celebrate Singles Awareness Day. This year, I got challenged by one of the Assistant Vice Presidents of the Credit Union to decorate my house for V-Day. She is a hard one to argue with, so I found myself putting out most of the items I had. May as well enjoy the "pink" holiday, right? :) I actually found myself really getting into it this year. I came into work one day this past week and Lisa had posted an anti-Valentine on my computer screen. I laughed so hard. We even had a Valentines snack day at work.
I had the ultimate distraction this year since Preston and Vicki got married. It was a beautiful ceremony at the Huntsville Museum of Art. Preston was as goofy as usual, which made it loads of fun. I got to watch Emmy during it, which kept me from tearing up too bad. :) Mom brought me some yummy white chocolate and a recordable card for V-Day. I loved it. I'm saving the chocolate though. :)
I spent most of the day trying to decide if I was going to attend this year's Ladies Knights at Whitesburg. I ended up choosing to go and I am so glad that I did. The boys did an excellent job. We got escorted up the stairs, chairs pulled out for us and served all night long. They served us salad, lasagna, breadsticks and cute little cupcakes. Then we watched the movie Fireproof. What an amazing movie! I missed having my closest friends there, but I was able to catch up with some of my other friends that I don't talk to very often.
Valentines Day isn't so bad after all! :) Happy Day of Pink!

Exhaustion

I title this blog exhaustion as I sit here writing it at almost 11:00. Sometimes I think I have insomnia or maybe I have scheduling problems. One would have thought I would have gotten lots of extra sleep since Emily went to bed at 8, but I found it virtually impossible to go to sleep before midnight. I was in bed at 10 last night, but wide awake till 12. *sigh*
Anyway, Emily was really good all weekend. Only a couple of minor incidents, which is understandable. She makes me laugh especially as she starts to talk more. She wanted to wear "Dez gasses" and my shoes. We watched a lot of "Melmo" and did puzzles. I always enjoy my time with her, but I was ready to get back to my "normal" (which certainly isn't normal) schedule by the time Matt and Tonya got back. I may go back into Couples Retreat Babysitting Retirement though.
I came home to clean it up and get things ready for church and "Friends" night. It's not at my house tomorrow so a lot less cleaning was involved- just cookie baking. I think that is one task I will never get rid of and one I am happy to keep. I love cooking.

Praise God

I wasn't planning on posting this week, but I just feel I oughta. This morning I was on my way to work and had made it to the Sparkman exit on 565. I was pulling off the ramp (still slowing down from going 70 on the interstate) and a taxi who had previously been stopped pulled very slowly out in front of me. I slammed on my brakes and could tell there was no possible way just doing that was going to keep me from hitting the car in front of me. I swerved into the other lane (thankfully there were no cars there) and the taxi continued to pull over towards me and I almost hit it again. Next thing I knew I was in the gravely, grassy area and was headed for a metal sign. I immediately swerved back into the lane and was able to stop at the light. By this point, I was shaking and crying. My heart had about flown out of my chest. All I could do was thank God that he had spared me from hitting that car and causing injuries to myself or to the other car. I am thankful my mom prays for my safety each morning. It was only God who got me through that one.

The true end to birthday month

I truly ended birthday month with a bang last night. Kimberly, Rebekah and I went out to celebrate our January birthdays (and other things) at Bridge Street. After a yummy dinner of Lettuce Wraps, Crispy Honey Shrimp and Pepper Steak at PF Changs, we hit the shops. We all got a pair of super hot high heels to celebrate a new year. :) After that we headed to Rebekah's house in New Hope to indulge in cheetos, oreo ice cream and brownie bites, watch "The Women" and paint our toe nails. How girly is that? Poor Jarred just rolled his eyes and went to bed (after he stuck a freezing cold metal flashlight on my back). Rebekah's sister Jenn (she lives in Chattanooga) showed up shortly before we started the movie so we let her enjoy the birthday festivities with us. We probably got 30 minutes into the movie when we just started talking and ended up turning it off. All of the sudden we realized it was 2:30 in the morning. It was like reliving our middle and high school years. I am glad we did it, but boy am I suffering today!
I also wanted to let you know I have started a 2nd blog. I was reading a fellow scrappers blog the other day and she is doing something called Project 365 where you take a picture everyday for 365 days post it and tell a story about it. I thought it sounded like a super cool idea. You can find mine @ dezproject365.blogspot.com. Check it out!