A Day With My Mother

I spent the afternoon with my mother yesterday. We went to her favorite place to lose money, Greentrack. Now, for those of you who do not know this establishment, it is located in a tin roof building in Greene County Alabama. And, it has lots and lots of slot machines disguised as "BINGO". Right. Whatever. There's nothing BINGO about it. And, it's not regulated so I like to say their slogan is "Greenetrack Takes Your Money" instead of the one that they advertise, "Greenetrack Pays You Money". We wondered why they were so dang busy, and oh yeah, it was Kentucky Derby Day. Everyone in Greene County was there to place a bet on a horse. Everyone. I really felt like getting a nuclear scrub-down after I left there. Yuck. But, we still had fun.

We really wanted to eat at the Cotton Patch Restaurant, which we found out was closed. Such a shame. I have many memories of eating there as a child. Steaks that melt in your mouth. Onion rings shreded so thin it's almost sinful. Watermelon rind pickles. And homemade buscuits. (sigh) oh well calories saved. Instead we went to Outback, which was good, but not quite the Cotton Patch.

All in all a great time with mother, which is rare these days with Payton in the picture. I just wanted to document it so that one day I can read this again. Mother's day is next Sunday. I love you mama. Thanks for a wonderful day.

Birthday Bash Photos

Laughter + Good Friends = Great Birthday Bash. Tonight we celebrated Josh and BJ's birthdays at Judy and Pav's house. Although JM didn't show (someone remind me to cuss her out on Monday LOL) we had a fabulous time! I didn't want to put the pictures on facebook, but I will plaster them on my blog:
This is Jessica and Amy. Amy is my office mate and I don't even want to think about how much I'm going to miss her after she graduates next week. It's so sad that you can't be a grad assistant forever! Jess works in media relations and is awesome!


Meet Mr. Eli, possibly the cutest baby ever. He's going to grow up and marry Payton, the other cutest baby ever.

The Hubs and Judy

Singing Campfire songs (KUM BY YAH)......Now all we need is roasted weiners!

Oh wait. We have those.

Kevin was feeliing "very lucky" last night. Perhaps it's because he is "living the dream".

Fernooski, my traveling partner in crime and her hubs the Bobster also were in attendance.



This is BJ, or "Beej". He was a birthday boy!!!

And this is the baby mama, Deb. I love this picture - she is looking at Eli. You can actually sense how much she loves this baby through this pic. She is a pretty cool chick.

Pagoda, Pergola. Pagoda, Pergola. So what's the dif? None in my book.

Judy and Jonathan on the porch having a discussion about cats. Don't ask. I don't understand it either.

Pav chillaxin.

Sorry Trentster, little Katie, other birthday boy Josh, and Jonathan's wife. I took pics of you but they were all very blurry. I'm gonna blame it not on operator error but the pain pill.
Oh and one more pic of the cutest baby ever. It's an oxymoron - clearly he is everything BUT a smallfry.

Love you all, thanks for the invite!!!

Lord I'm Bored...............

This afternoon I was in the office all by myself. So, on my breaktime I went out behind the office and snapped a few pictures. Here they are!