Hometown News...

So I'm reading my local paper online and see that a woman and two men in Lansing NY (hometown) have been displaced from their home due to a fire. Supposedly the woodstove ashes they threw out side were still smoldering and caught the deck, garage and remainder of the house on fire.

As horrible as this news is, I'm happy to see that their Number 8 car survived the mishap and is able to drive the Lansing backroads another day.

Yes, my hometown is as redneck as yours...

February... finally

I had a little "Anti-New Year" going on recently... I'm not quite sure why but it just seemed easier to start things over in February rather than the beginning of the year. Maybe this way I'll stick to some of my resolutions - first one being to get back to the gym. I've been lazy for the past 6 - 9 months and totally feel and see it on my body.

My goal is to shed the 10+ pounds I've gained over the past few years but I'll be happy w/ shaving off 5 for a start and getting back into some of my spring clothes. I plan on doing this by getting back to the gym and eating better, drinking less. I started today by eating a well rounded breakfast, lunch and dinner, staying out of the candy cupboard at work and making it 30 minutes on the elliptical. I plan on doing the same tomorrow... and the day after...

Anyway wish me luck with my resolution and enjoy the pictures of Kenny and me with our Superbowl 3D glasses...

Good times!

Happy New Year's Eve

Gosh, I cannot believe that 2008 has already come and gone... talk about time flying.

Lots has happened since my last post; I turned 26 (i wish), went to the Donelson Christmas parade, drove through a lake-effect snow storm, attended a Lansing High School boys basketball game, hung out with the family and drove 14 hours back to Nashville...

So here is the last 14 days in photos... http://www.flickr.com/photos/southernnychic/

Have a safe and happy evening, check back in 2009...

The weather outside...

... is frightful.

What a day. I woke up this morning to the news telling me that there was a wreck on I65 south near my work exit. I slowly got out of bed, knowing it was gonna be one of those days i should have just stayed in bed. I didn't feel well this morning; sore throat, runny nose, this crazy weather has finally gotten to me.

I finally made it out of the house at 8:15, the traffic was a bit heavier then usual and i got behind a bus on Edmondson Pike... do you know how many kids live in those apartments there? Several.... I gradually made my way over across Hogan onto Franklin. Once on Franklin traffic came to a hault. If it was backed up on Franklin Rd that far north of Brentwood, i knew that it was gonna be a long drive in. So I turned around and headed back home and worked from there for a few hours.

Around 10:30 I made my second attempt through the pouring rain to make my way to work. This time I drove the back way down Edmonson to Concord to Crockett.... two hours after my first attempt, traffic was still backed up!!

I finally got to work around 11:15 and gradually started feeling worse - remember, i woke up with a sore throat and runny nose. Around 4:30 we looked out the window and realized it was snowing... and snowing it was. When I walked out to my car at 5:00 it was covered w/ snow.

Again, due the weather the traffic SUCKED. People were driving 40 down the interstate (I admit I was one of them, I lost my snow-driving skills 10 years ago). It took forever to get home, but i made it home safely.

It was still snowing a few hours ago, so i snapped some pictures. It's starting to feel like Christmas!

things that have happened...

... since my last post. Let me catch you up....

Halloween

One of my friends had a party, I helped w/ the decorating... he was a slave driver and was disappointed in my party preparation skills. I had to go back out and reset the latern locations on the front walk...

Thanksgiving

I went to my brothers for the Thanksgiving holiday. Always a joy squeezing the four of us into this apartment. Besides the fact that my mom set off the smoke detector making everyone evacuate the apartment, it was not to bad of a time. We went into the city to see Spamalot the Friday after Thanksgiving... Broadway/Times Square was beyond crowded, thankgoodness my dad remember a bar that was a few blocks off broadway, were we went two years ago. The man has a memory of an elephant when it comes to places he's been. Anyway, we had a pre-show drink and hurried to see the show. It was pretty funny... worth the trip into the city.

Birthday Party

Hunter turned 2 today, his party was on Saturday. I think he enjoyed it....

Other then traveling and attending parties, life has been pretty boring lately. Trying to stay ontop of my Christmas shopping, thankfully I have the majority of my list complete since Christmas is only a few weeks away. Crazy huh??? Ahhh...

D's Wordless Wednesday Nomination...

Finally... a little relief

I stopped by Costco after work because my car was running on fumes.... I pulled in happy to find the pumps running at $2.14/gallon... it cost me $29 to fill up.

When's the last time gas was this cheap???