In Honor of Our 10th Year Anniversary....

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This is one of my favorite pictures. And no Brett didn't just come back from the military.

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Our newspaper annoucement.

(I call this our preacher and wife picture.)

Check out my hair. Man that's long. Brett looks like a kid.

Can You believe it!!

It is hard for me to believe that Brett and I will be celebrating our 10th, that's right, our 10th Wedding Anniversary this week. It seems just like yesterday that I was at Jonesboro High School asking him out in the tenth grade. Here is how it went......

I first noticed him because he had homeroom with my then boyfriend. After we broke up I started well, my friends would say stalking, I would say following him around a bit. You know, making sure that I would cross his path during class change and just happening to be driving by when he was washing his Camaro in his yard.

I had a friend call him for a "group" outing. He didn't want to go in a group, but we did end up at the movies. (Far and Away). I was of course late for curfew but called ahead for the OK. Mom and Dad hadn't met him before which was unusual. The whole neighborhood heard us coming home that night. His car was extremely loud. How was I suppose to sneak in when you could hear the car coming two miles away?

Anyway, that was our only date. A year later I asked him out again. But only this time it was to his PROM. Looking back that was crazy. One word Niquil.(I can't tell you but my whole highschool class knows.) He just flat out said no. So that I was it. I gave up. It wasn't until my senior year that he finally called out of the blue for a date. We started dating after valentines of my senior year. 1994. We finally made it to a prom. Mine.

Week Summary

SCHOOL:

Well this was the first full week of school. Everything went great! Trent loves school. He says "Mom, First Grade is Great!" I just hope he continues to think this once the spelling tests and reading words start. And great news.... He finally learned to tie his shoes. He is soooo excited. The after-school teacher taught him. She just happens to be his teacher from last year. So he is actuated to go to the afterschool program. Here is a great Trent story too.... On Wednesday night I noticed that he was looking through the house for something. I said, "Trent did you loose something?" "No, Mom. I'm looking for something special." Then he was busy writing a note on a piece of paper. He finally showed it to me. It said... You are a good teacher. Love Trent . He was looking for something around the house to give to Ms. Phillips. I finally convinced him that he couldn't give any of his toys away to her and that an apple would be just fine. He was so excited the next morning to give it to her. So what happends went he finally gets a man teacher?

Work: For those who don't know. I work for a local developer/property owner/mamanger.And What a busy work week it has been. The storms didn't help me much either. A tornado or something came through Clayton County and I have been busy cleaning up the properties that are owned by my boss. Roof leaks, trees down, broken toilets. You name it. But I really like my job eventhough it is alittle stressful with the double duty since the accountant is on maternity leave until late September.

Other: My loving husband decides to cook dinner one night. I came home and he had the grill going, salad ready, bread in the oven and vegetables on the stove. I was shocked. Then it hit me. I finally got the nerve to ask him what was on the grill. BRATWURST. See below.

Main Entry: brat-wurstPronunciation: brät' wûrst (also brat- also -vû(r)st sometimes - vusht) Function: noun Etymology (brat-): German, from Old High German bratwurst abbreviated to brat, from brat meat without waste + wurst sausage Date: circa 18881: Only the best fresh pork sausage ever tasted, made right in Sheboygan, WI, for frying, grilling, cooking, roasting, and many other tasty delights.

I knew that that was what it was because I saw his beer marinade. It wouldn't have been so bad if we hadn't just watched the bratwurst eating contest on cable the weekend before. I can watch just about anything on TV. (CSI, cutting body parts, reconstructive surgery, murders.) Just not people gorging themselves with food. I had to leave the room before I got sick.

I said," Honey, I don't mean to hurt your feelings, but I can't eat that." I settled for the salad avegetablesles instead.

The First Day of School

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Here is a picture from this morning. I let Trent pick out his own clothes. He went for the casual jeans and baseaball shirt. Not too preppy this time. And after searching and searching I finally found a Pirates of the Carribean lunchbox. He was really excitied and alittle nervous too. All morning he kept reciting his address, phone number, birthday, months of the year, and days of the week thinking he had a first grade test.

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You can't forget about Miss Priss. She was ready for K-2.

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