Peanut Butter and Oreos

I have another great story from the office today. Chef and I have been a little stressed this week - about as stressed as 2 of the most mellow people at the hotel get - SO I told him that I would bring something to cheer him up. Peanut Butter and Oreos. He thought the peanut butter was inside the Oreos. Oh was he wrong. You dip the Oreo into the peanut butter. Scrumptious. Best afternoon snack EVER beside a Kit Kat. This will be our lunch tomorrow. Anyway, as I was telling him the correct way to have Oreos, he told me of his terrible past experience with peanut butter. I didn't know there was such a thing. He said that when he came over as an exchanged student he had English and American History. I don't know why the American History was part of the story other than he either had the same teacher for both classes or he didn't like both teachers... Maybe it was because both of them rattled on and on and he never had a clue what they were saying because he wasn't quite the master of the English language that he is now. Either way, his English teacher told all of the students to write an essay on how to make a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. He had no idea what peanut butter was. SAY WHAT?! They didn't have peanut butter in Iceland? "Nope," He said. "I'd never seen it before." I'm confident he beemed down from Mars or Siberia. How could they not have peanut butter? So, he went up after class and told her he didn't know how to make said sandwich. The teacher just thought he was being a jerk and she was mean to him the rest of the year. Thus his bitterness over peanut butter. Poor guy. Tomorrow, I hope to change his views on that. I can relate though... I was always the weird kid that NEVER ate peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. I still think they are gross. :0)

My Flowers

I was inspired this weekend after seeing Uncle Fuzzy's bountiful flower garden. Like a ton of bricks it hit me, I need flowers. Can I grow flowers? Nope. Do I have the slightest clue where to begin? Nope. Do I even like digging in the dirt? That's a big heck-to-the-no. However, I want flowers and I'm not going to get them without putting forth some effort. SO, I went to Wal Mart, got me a water hose, shovel and was in search of flower seeds but after 2 unsuccessful stops and a very hateful chick telling me that seed season has passed, I happened pon all of these boxes at Dollar General. I first needed to consult with Chef on how to grow flowers. He can grow just about anything, but he wasn't all that convinced I could grow them as well. He kinda laughed, then asked what possessed me to do it. I replied I wanted flowers. I think his hesitation was the fact that we haven't been able to keep alive his lucky bamboo or my plant Pris gave me when she left. I forget to water them just about every day. I think we should invest in a cactus. However, seeing that I was determined, he told me everything I needed to do to make this happen. I have been out all afternoon in the sunshine, tilling my front yard with a shovel. I have a blister on my hand. Obviously I was not meant for the farm life - or for digging ditches. Entertaining, Air Conditioning, Internet... I'm good with these things. Sweat, blisters, toiling the earth's soil... not so much. I am determined though. I will have flowers at some point. :0)

A Little Bit of Music...

Here's Cuz, a few hours before the wedding. When there are that many musicians in one place at one time, a song will inevitably break out. This is a BEAUTIFUL piece that Ben and Cuz decided to entertain us with. Absolutley beautiful. I can't even read music and she can bust up and play this with no problem. She is truly a musical genius. My claim to fame is that I can spit my gum in the air and catch it in my mouth. Somehow I don't think those two things even register on the same scale... :0) Enjoy!

Happy 4th of July!

One more reason to LOVE Grace Life Church... We throw really cool parties. An awesome fireworks show is also one of those common graces Bro. Jeff talks about. Food, fun, fellowship, and a grand finale. Bro. Tom, Mrs. Pam, and Julie Thompson sang "Let Freedom Ring" and then we counted down to the BEST fireworks show in the Tennessee Valley. I love me some fireworks! Just incase you didn't get to see any tonight, enjoy the show! (And thank a soldier.) :0)

Cuz's Day!!!

How BEAUTIFUL is my Cuz??!! We celebrated her wedding yesterday and welcomed our dear Joe into the fam at the Cabin in China Grove. I can't even begin to tell you how gorgeous that place is! I was ready to move in within the first 5 minutes. The weather was perfect. The flowers were beautiful. The food was OUT OF THIS WORLD GOOD! The mac and cheese alone makes me want to get married this afternoon just to have that at my reception! It was awesome. Such a good day. Here we have a couple of shots. Cuz, of course in her wedding dress and then one with her and the bridesmaids. Tasha is in her lap, me in back, Sister beside me and Mary Catherine beside Sista.

More pics to follow. :0)

Cuz is getting Married in the Morning...

Well, actually she's getting married today, but this post is going to count as yesterday's post. I was planning on getting off work early and travelling down to Montgomery. Oh was I wrong. While everyone else is chilling for the summer the 4th of July is our BUSIEST weekend at the Hotel. Yeah, busiest of the year. Not to mention this time it just happened to coincide with month end and ALL of our inventory and whatnot was due yesterday. Needless to say my plan to leave early turned into a 12 hour workday, I left Muscle Shoals at 9pm and arrived here in MOntgomery shortly after 12:3o am. Long story follows but the jist is, I get to sleep around 2am and am awoken at 3:3oam by some MAJOR snoring going on. So now I am up. Enjoying the sounds of SNORING and the freeway outside. However, as Matt has said on many occasions, it's not about me. Today is Cuz's wedding day! WE are going to party... if I can stay awake.

OH, and the pic... I coulnd't find one of Cuz, so I went with the next best thing. Her dog Lily is perched on top of a microwave on the streets of Memphis. Why is that weird?

Boys Night!!

Monday Nights are Girls Night ~ this Thursday night was Boys Night!!! Not really, it was Justin's going away party, however, it was my night out with the boys. I don't know how I ended up being the only girl to represent, but it was a heck of a lot of fun. Here, we have from left to right, Ryan Matthews, my Chef, Chris Brown, Bowz, Josh Quick, Justin Herring, and Jonathan McKinney. Favorite quote of the night, when Chef said, "I was so broke I almost considered selling drugs." Yeah, tall, white, Icelandic guy attempting to sell drugs on the side of the street in Charleston... I think not. He'd have a better chance of making money teaching tap dancing. WE MISSED YOU KATIE BOGGUS!!! Fun Night! :0)