In.... Out....

Not much excitement other than we had a huge banquet tonight for the Fellowship of Christian Athletes. Guest Speaker: Rick Burgess. This I learned, those Ins and Outs signs on doors are FOR REAL. Running full speed into a door that's about to be opened will give you a purple knuckle.

Final Score:

Door- 1 Kim- 0

Love to All!! :0)

Paper Chain!

I put up my Charlie Brown Christmas Tree this morning. It was pointed out by more than one person that it needed a little bit of love. I couldn't disagree. It's a little sad. SO, I told the kids we'd make a paper chain to decorate it. They had no idea what that was. I told them it was "Old School". Again, crickets. They had no clue what "Old School" was. They totally got it when I said Little House on the Prairie and back in the old days. Then they asked me if that's how I decorated my tree... Not exactly what I was going for. It was fun though. :0)

Photo Op!

And my fantastic weekend with Coach Holladay concluded with breakfast this morning and a photo op in front of the Christmas tree. What a good weekend it was. Absolutely nothing has changed. I talked a mile a minute, telling him everything he's missed in the past 6 years, he sat back and laughed, occasionally chiming in. We're that kind of crazy close that he's heard absolutley everything since I was 10 years old so I don't think anything surprises him anymore. It somewhat surprises me now that I think about it. There are certain subjects I do not talk about. But with him, it's different. I guess it's because he was always there when I was growing up, so somehow, it's ok. And it was fun. Definitely the BEST weekend I have had in a long time. Early Christmas for me! :0)

Chloe's Ballerina Debut!

How incredibly cute is this ballerina? Chloe was awesome beyond awesome as shown in the video. She's the one in the middle and shown in the pic. It was great. Fun times. :0)

My wonderful, very good, fabulous day!

Today was a good day. IT's true. God can give you a good part to a day, a good afternoon, or He can just open up the flood gates and make the whole day spectacular. This was one of those days. Work - Good. At 8am, I thought it had a chance to go either way, I am so grateful it went the good way. THEN at around lunch, the greatest guy I know showed up. Coach Holladay arrived. This means nothing to any of you, I know, but to me, it meant a lot. After I got off, we went out to eat. He wanted to go to Dale's because John, his brother, had told him how wonderful it was. It's a finer dining place so it was very fancy-schmancy. I kinda chuckled to myself the whole way there, knowing how this would unfold. We sat down and examined the menu. He was checking out appetizers. "You like crab claws?" Of course, I shook my head no. Nearly cracking up, I replied, "Would this be a good time to tell you I'm a vegetarian?" He cracked up. "Are you serious?" I nodded. "10 years now." It's been 10 years since he left Lynn. So here we are, at a fine dining STEAK house. Hil-arious! I did have a delicious bowl of French Onion Soup (which I've never had before) and a salad. Plenty for me, entertainment for him. After we left, we headed to get some crazy expensive coffee and then sat and chatted. I have no idea how long. Probably 2 1/2 hours. But it was so good. I can without a doubt say that this has probably been the best day I have had in over 9 years. It was total awesomeness. :0)

Steve's Christmas Trees

Went to visit my pal, Steve Carpenter tonight and found him outside, videoing his trees. Jimmy always loved them as a kid and now that he's in the military and serving in... Japan I think... so Steve had to make him a video to send to him. I was equally as amused so I had to video as well for my blog today. Enjoy. :0)

Outkast - Rosa Parks Day!!

OK, I don't fully expect many of you to listen to this entire song... I had never heard it until tonight. An old friend of mine, Spencer, made reference to it and I had to do a little research. In honor of Rosa Parks Day, I just had to post it. I love the part where it says, "Ah ha Hush that Fuss, Everybody Move to the Back of the Bus." Cracked me up. And thank goodness for Rosa Parks. Where would we be without her? Also reminds me of a funny story... my Aunt Vicki's maiden name was Parks. When her oldest daughter Meredith was really young, they were studying Rosa Parks at school. She told the teacher she was pretty sure they were related. Hil-arious. :0)