You know You Grew Up in the 80's If

You Know You Grew Up In the 80's if:
1. You've ever ended a sentence with the word SIKE.
2. You can sing the rap to the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air and can do the Carlton
3. You know that "WOAH" comes from Joey on Blossom
4. If you ever watched "Fraggle Rock"
5. It was actually worth getting up early on a Saturday to watch cartoons.
6. You wore a ponytail on the side of your head.
7. You got super-excited when it was Oregon Trail day in computer class at school.
8. You made your mom buy one of those clips that would hold your shirt in a knot on the side.
9. You played the game "MASH"(Mansion, Apartment, Shelter, House)
10. You wore stonewashed Jordache jean jackets and were proud of it.
11. You know the profound meaning of " WAX ON , WAX OFF"
12. You wanted to be a Goonie.
13. You ever wore fluorescent clothing. (some of us...head-to-toe)
14. You can remember what Michael Jackson looked like before his nose fell off and his cheeks shifted.
15. You have ever pondered why Smurfette was the only female smurf.
16. You took lunch boxes to school...and traded Garbage Pailkids in the schoolyard.
17.. You remember the CRAZE, then the BANNING of slap bracelets.
18. You still get the urge to say "NOT" after every sentence.
19. You thought your childhood friends would never leave because you exchanged handmade friendship bracelets.
21. You ever owned a pair of Jelly-Shoes.
22. After you saw Pee-Wee's Big Adventure you kept saying "I know you are, but what am I?"
23. You remember "I've fallen and I can't get up"
24. You remember going to the skating rink before there were inline skates. 25. You have ever played with a Skip-It.
26. You remember boom boxes and walking around with one on your shoulder like you were all that.
27. You remember watching both Gremlins movies.
28. You thought Doogie Howser/Samantha Micelli was hot.
29. You remember Alf, the lil furry brown alien from Melmac.
30. You remember New Kids on the Block when they were cool...and don't even flinch when people refer to them as "NKOTB"
31. You knew all the characters names and their life stories on "Saved By The Bell," The ORIGINAL class.
32. You know all the words to Bon Jovi - SHOT THROUGH THE HEART. 33. You just sang those words to yourself.
34. You still sing "We are the World"
35. You tight rolled your jeans.
36. You owned a bannana clip.
37. You remember "Where's the Beef?"
38. You used to (and probably still do) say "What you talkin' 'bout Willis?" 39. You're still singing shot through the heart in your head, aren't you! PASS THIS ON TO ALL OF YOUR FRIENDS WHO GREW UP IN THE 80s!!!

I don't have time now but the pics to this were the best.. I might one day repost with the pics but for now this will do...

10 Thankful Things

Ok, it is Thursday again and I want to stop and give thanks.. It seems when I do this whatever bad or negative things are going on are just so little and I feel more at peace...

1. I am thankful for my husband.... he is such a wonderful and sweet man and has been so attentive to me in the last week, even took me out for a date night last Friday.

2. I am thankful that he is talking to me... If you know Eric is a man of few words maybe that is why we are together cause I am a woman of many words but this past week he has sat down and talked to me about my day, his day, life, plans just chit chat which is something is hard for him...

3. I am thankful for hanging out with our friends Tammy and Dexter and their little girl Katelyn Saturday night. We just had a good time of talking, eating wonderful pizza from Mellow Mushrooms and playing the wii.

4. I am thankful that I am getting my gallbladder taken out next week maybe now I can lay down and fall asleep.

5. I know I have said it before but I will say it 10,000 more times I am thankful for the friends that I have. They give me so much in laughter, wisdom, memories, and wonderful friendships... Love ya girls..

6. I am thankful that I have a Facebook account and put my maiden name on there cause I have caught up with some long lost friends, even going to have lunch with one today.

7. I am thankful for all my blogger friends, you all inspire me to be a better person, mom and make wish I was more creative and could understand this coupon thing... Stacy I nominate you to lead a group for bloggers and coupons for all us to meet and learn how to do all of it..

8. I am thankful that in 3 weeks me and my husband are going out of town for the first time alone since Tyler has been born..

9. Of course I am thankful for the snow, the cold (there has to be a good reason for it), the heat I have at home and in my car and for all the other small things in life.

10. I am very thankful for God cause he is the reason for everything above. He is the one that has bless me with my family, friends, and everything else.. Give praises to Him!

Kept Woman

A friend of mine email this to me and I wanted to share with all of you and also keep it for a reminder. I am thankful I am a "kept" woman!

Attitude determines your success or failure."
A Kept Woman.......................... I Am a 'Kept '
Woman? You see, there were a few times when I thought I would lose my mind, But GOD kept me sane. (Isa. 26:3)
There were times when I thought I could go no longer, But the LORD kept me moving. (Gen 28:15)
At times, I've wanted to lash out at those whom I felt had done me wrong, But the LORD kept my mouth shut.. (Psa. 13)
Sometimes, I think the money just isn't enough, But GOD has helped me to keep the lights on, the water on, the car paid, the house paid, etc.., (Matt. 6:25 -34)
When I thought I would fall, HE kept me up.
When I thought I was weak, HE kept me strong! (I Pet. 5:7, Matt. 11:28-30) I could go on and on and on, but I'm sure you hear me! I'm blessed to be 'kept '
Do you know a 'kept ' woman? If so pass it on to her to let her know she is 'Kept ' I'm "Kept" by the Love and Grace of God

My 4th Photo

All my blogging friends are doing this game of Photo Tag and it looked like fun!!

Here are the rules:

1. Go to your 4th picture folder
2. Use the 4th picture in the folder
3. Tell us about your picture!
4. Pass it on!

Here is the 4th in my 4th...

This is my oldest son Ryan and his girlfriend Allyson which is his cousins sister in law and they met on the day of the wedding (no relations at all). She lives in Evans, GA so on this day we decided to meet her and her mom in Columbia and hang out for the day. This is them in Toy R Us playing around. Yeah Allyson we give him those looks too....

Tell us about your 4th...

My B'day

So, I get back from Charleston and let me tell ya I ready to come in to a house that was all messy cause you know that is what guys do when you are gone but I was not going to let it get me down I was in to good of mood.. Well to my surprise I came in and the house was clean and I mean CLEAN, dusting, floors, bathroom, our bedroom, EVERYTHING.. clothes were wash, dry, folded up and put away.. Boy, my husband had been a busy bee all weekend. He has done a little of this before but I was not expecting it this time cause he had work at the church on Saturday morning and Saturday night we was working on the light to work out back so he was busy already. But he got the boys and had all of them help and I came home to a clean house w/ candles lite and smelling good..That was the best b'day present ever, beats everything else. Yes, to this day it is still clean which is amazing cause everybody is picking up after their self finally..

Not only did he clean the house but he made me a ice-cream cake with home made icing with chocolate chips spelling Happy Birthday.. It was delicious and just very thoughtful.



I rush home on Monday night to do the cake and gift with the family cause I had Bunco that night right down the street and spending my b'day with those ladies was great and I even won 2nd place which was 4 butters from Apple Barn in Gatlinburg. Then when I left Friday Eric gave me money from his mom and grandma and then since I was going that was my b'day gift but he gave me more money to take (big deal around here he can be tight) but he had another gift for me and when I open it up on Monday night I was like oh,oh.. We have this already, he had given me a Couples Devotional book and as I was looking to see if it was the same one he let me know it was.. Now, let me tell ya I bought this book 3 yrs ago and he had not done it and nor has he really wanted to I don't think but for him to give it to me was a big deal. Don't know what got into him this weekend but I am not asking I am just enjoying my husband treating me like a princess and loving on me. Thank you Eric for the best b'day ever you are officially out of the dog house for last years (yes, he has been it for a year and he knew it)

Me and my boys



I love him


My beautiful cake that my friend Kim made and then she took me out for lunch cause my work was taking me out on Monday to Billy Dee's she took me on Tuesday to Noodle House, along with my other friend Shannan and I got some smell good stuff from her and smell good candle from my friend Beth and they are actually around the same smells..yummy


His cake I made for him on his b'day a week before, yeah it was burnt and didn't taste that good.


Eric's yearly pic w/ the boys


His home-made b'day card letting him know that he has a celebration dinner he gets to pick and also he has 2 tickets to go and see Larry The Cable Guy in April .


So, I don't know about the rest of you but Eric and I can't get on the same place on gift giving to be about the same. I did a little extra at Christmas, my b'day he made up for last year and spoil me for this year and I barely did anything. I did cook and make him a terrible cake and got him tickets but he did so much and really didn't cost him a thing which I love.. But we are on board for Valentines we are taking our first trip since our honeymoon alone. It was to be a surprise but I had to tell him cause he was acting like he was planning something. Looks like is going to be a great year..

Charleston w/ the Girls

Last year I turn the big 40 and I had always said that when I turn 40 that I had some ways I wanted to celebrate..

1. A cruise
2. A girls weekend at the beach or mtns
3. A couples weekend at the beach or mtns
4. A big surprise party with all my friends and family

Well, I didn't do any of those nor did I get to the goal that I wanted.. Yes, I thought I would wake up on my 40th and look like Sheryl Crow boy did I cry when I didn't.... So, I am always late for everything so I guess I will be late doing my celebration bash. Don't get me wrong I had a good b'day with dinner at Kanpai with some friends, my friend Regina sent me black flowers, the girls at work gave me a surprise b'day lunch and did all the 40th stuff all that stuff was really great and appreicated but I also wanted one of my 4.

My friend Amy had a b'day in December and we started talking about how we would love to go somewhere over night and she had mention she had never been to Charleston. So, I called up my other friends Ree and Ginger (I was actually suppose to be taking a cruise with them so I guess this was the next best thing) and ask if they were gain to go too. So, here is one thing off my list that I wanted to do when I turn 40. I work for a company that I can get discounts at Hilton and Marriott brand hotels so I set off to search what I could get. I got us a room at Doubletree at the corner Church and Market St it was a 2 room suite, valet parking, beautiful hotel, center of Market just totally awesome and we paid only $44 (this include tax), not $44 a piece but $44 for the room for the night so that was like $11 and then another $19 for valet parking so for one night we all paid $16.. You can't beat that and trust me I keep on going on the web to see when I get that hotel again and take Eric down there for that price. Well, we all were just excited to go and on Friday afternoon we were like why are we not going down today, why are we waiting to go tomorrow. So at 6pm on friday night we are calling each other back and forth and by 7 we deceide to even though none of us are pack we are going. I had to hurry and pack and get the room for Friday night too but I couldn't get it for that price (Hilton only allows so many discounts a month). So I went on Marriott and we got Springhill Suites on the river for $44 (includes tax) for friday night so we paid $11 a piece to get there at 12:15am.. Amy lives in Easly and then the rest of us live in Spartanburg so we meet in Ft.Inn and left Gingers van at my sister house for the weekned. By 9pm we are hitting 385 and heading to Charleston one stop in Clinton to get me dinner (everybody else had eaten but I had not had time) and the girls some coffee and we made another stop closer to Charleston for a bathroom break. We get there at 12:15 in bed lights out and we stayed up talking and laughing until 3:30am.. It was all worth it...

Satuday we get up and get ready and head out in search of breakfast or brunch whatever you want to call it. Ginger is the one in the group that is our DJ and our food source. So she made the comment we should eat somewhere we don't normally eat at home. We found a little place on Savannah Highway called The Early Bird and let me tell ya it was really good. We got a bacon, egg, cheese (we think goat cheese) on a crossiant and it was huge and really good and then harsh brown but they also had something I think called sweet potato fries or something so we got a order of those cause everybody around us were talking about how wonderful they were and I have to say they were... For there we went into downtown and started looking for our hotel. Now, let me say Eric and I for christmas got a GPS and this trip it really work great and I was thankful that we had it but down in those street we did get confuse but we finally found the hotel. They had a room ready for us so we got to check in at 12:30 instead of 4.. After we got in the room and oh and ah over everything and had the bellhop guy take our pic we took off and hit the Market and then we deceided to take a carriage tour and our rt was the French Qtrs. Our tour guide was from Taylors-Greer and just made the tour really insteresting and fun. We stop afterwards and grab a snack at TBonz and then finish the Market. Then onto the room to freshen up and head to place in Mt. Pleasant called The Wreck... now let me tell Bertha (our GPS) took us through this beautiful neighborhood to this end of the road that looked shady (not a keeping the sun off shady but the shady as in trouble). There was this long dirt rd we couldn't decide if that was it or not, then all the boats like at a ship yard and we knew that was not it but there was a place w/ cars out in front of and it looked like a dump but we knew it look something like that so we got in and found out we were in the right place... NOw, I am going to go off tell ya a funny story (by the way I have left alot of them out cause we said our weekend was "in the vault" you know what happens or is said in Charlestons stay there) but this is not about one of us.. I was trying to take a pic of the girls in front of the sign that says The Wreck and this lady that was a local ask if she could take our pic so we said that would be great and it took her awhile and we were in alot of peoples way and when she handle the camera back she said that was really a great pic of y'all.. I did something that I forget I erase that pic and I hate that did cause I am dening you of a good laugh.. it was a blurry pic of our some of our legs.. I guess she thought we had nice legs.. Ok so we go in this place and there are fireplaces lite, alot of locals, they give you a menu and tell you to circle what you want. I wanted shrimp and scallops w/ a baked potato and salad but here you pick your meat and all the food comes with red rice, hush puppies, cole slaw and then something called homiey which is fried grits and had jalenpos in them so I didn't even attempt to try it. It was fresh and good but I am a cheapo so paying $20 and then leaving a tip for a total of $25 is to high but it was a weekend of adventure and fun and I didn't mind.. We paid and headed out and we were outside taking pics and who walks out our friend that thinks her pic are wonderful now she wants to take one out in front of the anchor.. oh course I didn't want to be rude and tell her no so I let her while she was getting her glasses out we were all laughing and wondering how this pic will look, I guess the glasses help out... So after all the pics where done somebody had told us to go to a place called Red's on Shim Creek they always had a band and karkoe and the view was great... Ok, the view was great, the food looked good but we were stuff but sitting there watching the Panthers and Cardinals play football, the college kids drinking and partying and well the 2 girls being really friendly we decided it was time to go. We headed back to our hotel left the car and yep the camera and walked Market St and saw all the night life and heard some great music and even dance some.. When we got back in the room the girls had surprise me and they had a b'day gift for me. Now you have to know Amy had only met Ginger 1 time about 2 wks before this trip and never has met Ree and come to fine out they had been going behind my back and doing this.. My friend Amy is the one that sells Thirty-One and if you read my post about that you know I have been wanting this one pocketbook. Well they went in together and got the pocketbook and the key fob and I have order the wallet so I will have my first whole pocketbook set.. I feel grownup now..lol

Sunday we got up, got ready and packed and checked out as we were walking to the car we notice that the back tired was flat. Oh my, what are we going to do. Thanks to Ginger she talked the valet guy in getting somebody out there from maintance and having air put in the tire and Amy notice there was a nail in the tire. We were told that it was a slow leak and we could make it back but we didn't want to chance it so we type in Pep Boys in Bertha (GPS) and she told us where to go. We went and had the tire plug and then went on to Shoney's to feed our hungry tummies and then headed home..

All in all we had a wonderful weekend of laughter, adventure and wonderful friendship. Love ya girls, thank you for making my b'day special!!!!!!!!!!!

So what about the other 3 things I had wanted to do when I turn 40 well for Eric's 40 we are planing a couples cruise or trip to all exlusive resort so that would be 2 down at one time.. The party well maybe I will give it to him or one of my friend that is turning 40. I did give Ryan one for his 16th so maybe we will count that...

Here are the pics from the weekend..

We the next one to see my homecoming...

10 Thankful Things Thursday (10TTT)

A friend of mine sends me her daily devotions and when I saw this I thought it was only fitting for Thankful Thursday.

IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO PRAISE OR THANK ME TOO MUCH. As it is written, I inhabit the praises of My people. Sometimes your adoration is a spontaneous overflow of Joy, in response to radiant beauty or rich blessings. At other times your praise is more disciplined and measured-an act of your will. I dwell equally in both types of praise. Thankfulness, also, is a royal road to draw near Me. A thankful heart has plenty of room for Me.

When you thank Me for the many pleasures I provide, you affirm that I am God, from whom all blessings flow. When adversity strikes and you thank Me anyway, your trust in My sovereignty is a showpiece in invisible realms. Fill up the spare moments of your life with praise and thanksgiving. This joyous discipline will help you live in the intimacy of My Presence.

Psalm 22:3 (KJV); Psalm 146:1-2; 1 Thessalonians 5:18

What am I thankful this Thursday....

1. I am thankful for the best husband in the world...

2. I am thankful for the best friends that a girl could have.

3. I am thankful for the job that I have that I get great rates on Marriott and Hilton brand hotels

4. I am thankful that Eric's job is not slowing down like a lot of other contractors are.

5. I am thankful we were able to go to Charleston on Friday night instead of Saturday morning.

6. I am thankful the weather was nice all day Saturday.

7. I am thankful for all my facebook and blogger friends.

8. I am thankful for all the reconnection of my high school and co-workers friends.

9. I am thankful I came home to a CLEAN house that even smelled good.

10. I am thankful and bless for every one that surrounds me in my life and for the will and plan that God has in place for me and how He has used and is using each and every person.. Yes, I am truly bless and thankful....

PS: When I get to post about my girl weekend and my b'day I will go into detail about some of these that I am thankful for...