The Holidays are here

 and I'm feeling so blessed... for so many reasons

Way back when

Trying to get caught up. October was a busy month for us, and I hardly posted about it at all. We had a trip planned to South Carolina for a long weekend to catch UK take on the Gamecocks. My parents and Little Man went with us. While we had to change our plans just a couple days before due to unexpected family death with the family friends we were supposed to say, we still had a great time. We stayed in down town Columbia the first night. It really is very pretty and there are lots of great restaurants, bars and live music. My parents stayed at a different hotel and kept the Little Man for us that night so we could spend a little bit of time together. I have to say it was completely weird to wake up on my own the next morning. The next morning we left our hotel stopped by Starbucks, and met my parents so I could see a Little Man for a while. We caught a cab to the stadium and here's where the best part of the game came in.

We had met some great people at the beach at our recent summer vacation who are Gamecock fans.  They kept in touch and invited us to their tailgate. It was so fun and such great Southern hospitality. Thank you David Able, family, and friends. Pretty much the rest of the day was a little downhill from the time we got into the stadium.  I was completely pumped because South Carolina is a place I've always wanted to go watch us play. We started off great with a field goal and then that was pretty much it. The rest of the game was a wash and we lost by some crazy amount of points. We left a little early and began to walk back to meet my parents. Mind you I say walk, on the side of the road, which my husband thought would be brilliant. We walked about 2 miles. I didn't mind the walking, I mind how this disgusting I was by the time we made it to my parents car. From this point we went to Asheville and ended up staying the night there and just kind of wondering around downtown and eating. Asheville is a place I definitely want to go back to you. Over all it was a great trip. Not the score had went to see on the scoreboard, but nonetheless a good trip.

Pottery Barn

My mom and I have been doing the Pottery Barn classes.  They take place about once a month and they are lots of fun.  The instructor (Sean) is so great and has some creative and informative ideas.  ON top of all of that, you also get 10% off that day in the store.  Right up my alley.  I highly recommend checking out your local Pottery Barn for upcoming classes. 

LOTS of my random stream of consciousness

Random stream of consciousness as I drive to work. 

I just passed the bank. I have money and my purse that's been there for about a month. It really needs to be deposited. I had a stack of magazines at home but I haven't gotten to. I don't mind not getting to them. I just find it humorous that on the cover of one it says "how to make time for family love and friends". I'd like to know how to do that but I can't even make time to read the article. I have parent conferences tonight. As I was driving to work I noticed a full Moon. I'm not going to lie, it makes me a little on edge. One of the reasons I enjoy going to Starbucks in the morning is Gloria. Gloria is the woman that works the drive through window. She is so happy and sweet. I was talking to two separate friends at two different times recently and they both like the same Starbucks for the same reason. I guess Gloria is kind of like an icon around my area. My real life friend Caitlin had her baby girl yesterday. She is beautiful. It made me think that  Little Man was that little. It's almost hard to remember. He will be eight months next week. I am so excited for the holidays. I'm looking forward to starting some new family traditions this year and completely taking in all that the season has to offer. I still have not blogged about my fall break over our chance to South Carolina for my 30th birthday for that matter. Hopefully I can start to catch up because that is what the purpose of this blog was for. For me to document and remember my life now. I am horrible at remembering things and I really will enjoy looking back over the years. In one more Starbucks related items.  I love the new holiday cups. I actually wish they sold them as mugs. The little saying are too cute. My favorite is "let's discover why were best friends" and "every day with you is a snow day".

I wrote this on Tuesday and am just now getting it up- so here is a few additions:

Conferences went great- but I was passed out on the couch by 8:15 that night.  We  committed to starting P90x up again.  At least 3 days a week.  We started tonight with some yoga.  We thought it would be a good warm up, and instead we realized it kicked our butts! A year ago I had no problem with it.  It will be good for us to get back in shape though because as of this week- Little Man is crawling!  Well, his form of crawling- it's a blend of army crawl with his own personal spin on it. I have a conference tomorrow morning before school at Starbucks with a parent I love.  Her daughter decided she wanted to go to Starbucks- so she took it upon herself to suggest the meeting place.  Smart girl- I can't complain!  

K if you have stuck with me for all of this give yourself a pat on the back.  It's no wonder I can remember anything.