I Promise I'm Just Boring...

...And that's the only reason I haven't blogged. I'll tell you what I've done: school, driving, work. That's every day for me. Right now I'm sitting in the library at school because I finished a theatre test early and have 3.5 hours before I have to be at work. This and other similar moments are really the only available time to update, and even now my time would be better spent doing homework. I just don't have the motivation. So aqui estoy!

I would like to put out an open invitation to anyone that wants to come over and help me make some accessories for a one Miss Lara the Fair's Birthday Party. Further details will be disclosed after the party takes place...I don't want to let all the secrets out! ^_^ But the main point is, I'm going to be having a whole bunch of fun in the next 5 weeks, getting ready for what promises to be a really cool birthday theme. Trust Lara to come up with an awesome birthday theme all by herself. Hit me up if you want to be part of the crafting frenzy between now and then! There will be things to cook, bake, sew, draw, and anything else you could imagine. I'm pretty excited.

This weekend we have a little bit more going on. I don't have to work and I get to hang out with the kids allllll day tomorrow (it's been too long since we got to have an all day long play date to ourselves). So maybe we'll all get to enjoy a little bit more of what's going on in my life, post-weekend. I may even do a Sunday weekend recap. Maybe not, though, because I do have several assignments to do for my classes next week. Starting August 10th, though, no more school until the end of the month! Do stay tuned for a bit more fun adventures! I promise that eventually life will slow down, and I'll catch up the way I was for awhile. Right now, though, I'm going to hit the road for Dyersburg and have a lunch date with my man candy before I have to go to work. Doesn't that sound fantastic? Agreed.

Side note: I somehow broke the zipper on my shorts this morning. Can I fix that? Or do I have to buy a new zipper and sew it on...? (Note: "somehow broke" could possibly be attributed to the fact that I bought them on Clearance at Wal-Mart for $4.00. Just sayin'.)

See that wasn't so measly of an update after all, was it?

See Y'all!
The Future Mrs. McCaslin

Catching up on the Last Two Months

As a means of making up for lost time and there really being some things I think I just won't have time to dedicate a whole post to, I decided to just post all of the pictures that I haven't gotten to and give glorified captions for each. That way I can quit feeling guilty about leaving stuff out, and I can begin taking current pictures again so I'm not a week or two behind at all times.

Circa about 2 months ago, we watched a piano and a brother and a Nanny and a Jace ride down the street. This is just as terrifying as it sounds. It's strapped in at the bottom, and we were only going about a mile to our house, but the road was bumpy and we were RIGHT behind them watching its every move. The happy ending, of course, is that it made it to our house!

And now we have a new piano! A lovely lady who is now my hair stylist put up an ad on Craigslist and Matthew got me this little beauty. For those of you who didn't know, he had actually bought me a baby grand piano awhile back, but it was in such bad shape that we decided not to try and repair. This, my new pride and joy, will hopefully be a good start for teaching piano lessons and schooling my kids to be child prodigies. Yay! I love my fiance!

Moving on, here is the most delicious endeavor into Southern cooking I have made yet. A collaborative effort, we made sausage gravy and biscuits (and vegetables, to make sure we're not unhealthy, haha) The delicious idea, the biscuits, and the sausage were made by me, and turns out my Matthew is a gravy makin' fool! So he made the gravy and it was probably almost the most delicious thing we've ever made yet. Soooo good.

Proof that it was sooooooooo goood!

Hey - wait a minute, how'd he sneak in here? ;) Here is Prince Charming himself, looking I do believe very impressed with our cooking skills. He looks so happy ^_^ I like to think I may have had something to do with that smile!

The other man in my life at the moment - Teri's new baby Austin with his Aunt Amanda, Matthew's cousin's wife. In this picture we're all at Granddaddy's surprise 80th birthday party, which was a blast over the first weekend in May. Granddaddy was really touched by the number of people that came to pay tribute to a wonderful man. I can tell he's wonderful and I haven't known him nearly 80 years. But people say that Matthew's a lot like him and looks a lot like him...so I bet we can all say it's safe to assume I'd like him. Anyway, here's an adorable picture of a big ole sleepy baby.

Matthew and his little man checking out the fishing prospects at Granddaddy's pond.

Same ole sleepy baby, now in the arms of Matt's stepmother Candi, who is also now my BOSS. And let me tell ya, she's a  good one. We all have so much fun working in the bakery/deli and it is a great way to spend time with my Father- and Stepmother- in-law.

Thomas enjoying the fishing with his Aunt Shelby and Daddy's foot. 

Lara blowing some successful bubbles. I promise her  look would be a lot cuter if she hadn't had the liberty of choosing socks and wearing a clutch across her body all day. I honestly don't know where either of those ideas came from, but the rest of her sure was pretty!

There's my man again. Still sitting by the pond. Smelling something funky.

Oh wait no he musta just been making a funky face at ME. WHAT?! At least he's happy now ^_^ What a smile. I sure do love him.

Hey the baby woke up! Now in the arms of his mommy and being generally just  the cutest person in our family at the moment.

So...here is a picture I took of the cat...and my attempt to feed him that went somewhat awry. The food did eventually get onto his plate, but uh...it may have gone a few other places. I dunno how he ever got to eat the bits that landed on his back. I guess cats are pretty flexible :P I was just trying to keep him in shape.

Battle scars from my first week at work. 10 points for anyone that can figure out what these marks are actually from! Hint: They aren't bruises and they didn't hurt.

A closer up version of my battle scars, haha.

Just about the prettiest preschooler that you ever did see! So proud of her!  Kindergarten and 1st graders will be in our house from now on!

This cool guy enjoying a spinning flyer that was sent to him as a Grammy gift! We sure do love these!

Andddd kindergarten graduation: Thomas receiving a Science Award! Wooohoo, who's surprised? Not me! Haha

There you go guys. The next post I write up will actually be a little bit current, hopefully. But this will probably keep you entertained for awhile at least. Now you've met Sally and my Car, so we can get on with real life and real updates from now on! Yay!

I'll See Y'all on the flipperoo side!

TFMM

Fantabblyastic News!

When I typed out that ridiculous title, the post was actually going to be about my Tennessee residency for college this summer. In the last 30 seconds since typing that, however, I realized I have other fantabblyastic (now that I had to type it twice I just feel stupid for even thinking of it the first time...) news: My big brother Johnny has lived for a whole 23 years! That's a lot of years without getting struck by lightning or anything else crazy like that! So I'm very happy that it was his birthday yesterday. Whenever it's a loved one's birthday, I always smile and feel the need to tell everyone why that day is special, every time that I write down the date. Which, when you work in a deli that needs to keep track of expiration dates and stuff, is quite a lot.

So, Ynnohj, although neither of us are as cute or stylish as we were in this picture, I still hope you had a great one. We haven't been together to celebrate in awhile so I have no idea what all you got up to yesterday. Hopefully somebody made you a cake :) If not, I'll make one for you this weekend for Mother's Day.

Moving on!

After all of the stress and trips to the library and searching for a notary public in the nearby vicinity on Monday, everything worked out. The college wrote me an email on Tuesday afternoon saying that I had been granted in-state residency. Holla holla! This means that I will be starting classes in the first week of July and not stopping until I have a degree. Hopefully. If I, say, get married or have kids or something...I'll cross that bridge when I come to it. Until then, college. Because minimum wage is very difficult to live on, especially when your car gets 19 miles to a gallon and you live 20 minutes away from your minimum wage job and have to like, pay for stuff.

Anyway chitlins, that's my good news for the day. And I know, I know there is more going on in my life. I haven't told you about any of the cool stuff that we got up to last weekend. I didn't even tell you what was Wonderful about Yesterday. It's rough going. I will be stuck in an airport for enormous quantities of tomorrow afternoon so expect updates tomorrow night (maybe earlier, it depends on if Houston has free wi-fi in the airport.)

I must go get ready for work at 9:00. It's been lovely.

See Y'all!

TFMM

Low on Time, So I'll Just Give A Topical Update

Here I am at 4:55 AM, sitting at my computer with a cup of coffee. I thought it would be more painful than it was to wake up at 4:30, which probably has something to do with being sleepy enough to get ready for bed at 9:00 last night.

The reason that I am on this computer at 4:55, however, is the point of this blog post. I finally got a real, regularly-paid paycheck at Food Rite working with my future stepmother-in-law, and I am scheduled for 6:00 AM today. Yawn. But it's a job! And I can get the right hours to pick up Thomas and Lara from school on Fridays and most Thursdays. So that's all I'm asking for.

In slightly other news, I have to fax a bunch of forms over to UT Martin this morning, quick fast and in a hurry, in order to prove that I deserve in-state tuition. I sure do hope that it all gets in on time! If that doesn't work out, it may have to be one more semester of working instead of taking classes. I thought I was through with all that, but perhaps not.

Right, it is now 5:00 AM on the dot, and I must get ready to leave. Newbern Food-Rite is about a 20 minute drive and I like to get there early, ESPECIALLY if it's early and I'm sleepy and will take a long time to get around. :-)

Stay tuned for updates on all kinds of things. We're going to have a big ole time! Although I must warn you, I may prioritize laundry and dishes over the blog this week. When I get home around lunch time, it feels more than a little sinful to hop on the computer (because it was $800! That would be dangerous and irresponsible!) than to eliminate the dishes in the sink or, I dunno, vacuum something.

So you just keep your ears peeled okay kids? I promise you won't go unupdated. I have birthday parties, graduation parties, throw up, car trouble, and subbing to talk to you about. It may take awhile to get it all out, but just you wait okay?

See Y'all!
Although I can't see any of y'all right now because it's 5:00 AM and the sun hasn't come up yet ;)
TFMM