Random....

So as I'm sitting here waiting to go to work I figured I'd blog. Not too much change in my life....just the same old stressful things :) I get to start actually painting my room next week so I'll be moved in a couple of weeks....YAY! I am competing in Miss Abbeville this Saturday night. Little nervous since it's been 5 years since I actually did a pageant. I hope I do good cause I eventually want to compete in Miss Peanut one day :) I also leave for the Alternative Spring Break in 2 weeks!! SOOOO EXCITED!! I will be helping make a difference in the community. And my sister is coming up in about 3 weeks so I will get to see her again. Haven't seen them since around October during the Peanut Festival. Anywho....I unfortunately have to get up and go to work :(

Life Changes....

Ok so I figured I'd blog and talk since my so called friend refused to listen to me....funny how that usually works out. Anyway, me and my family are in the process of moving back to Abbeville into my grandpa's old house. And this house needs ALOT of work...I'm talking scraping most of the walls,repainting,and tearing up floors and putting new ones down. Plus actually getting our furniture and everything else over here from Georgia. Not exactly the time where everyone is in a great mood :b

Plus, to top everything off we just found out my sister and nephew will bemoving in with us in about 5 weeks or so! SOOOOO EXCITED!!!! My brother-in-law is going to A-School in California for about 6 months so rather than pay for an apartment and than move she's just coming back home. I CAN'T WAIT for them to get here so I can actuall spoil my nephew like any Aunt would do. Plus it's been almost 4 months since I've seen them so it should be fun.

Anyway, onto my original reason for writing this blog.....just figured I'd let everyone know what was going on. If you've read some previous posts then you've read all about my ex-boyfriend....boy what a waste of time. Anyway, the same day I dumped him he was back with his ex-girlfriend and supposedly happier than ever. Well just the other day I heard the news....he is going to be a DADDY!! HAHA. My sister and me discussed it when the whole breakup happened and said she wud be pregnant within the year and they would get married because of how righteous they claim they are. Well she's 4 months now...which means she actually got pregnant like 3 months after they started dating. I find it unbelievably funny how much people contradict themselves in these situations. :)

Anyway, just figured I'd get that off my chest. My supposed best friend went pyscho when I tried to talk to her. I was calling this girl a horrible person because I said I knew it would happen and how did I not get they were uber excited for this baby just like their families were....which I still talk to his mom when I see her in town and I don't think she's all that excited. She didn't want a grandkid for several more years and made the comment she didn't want one from her. I got a little mad cause my friend was sticking up for her and not even trying to listen to me....so I quit trying and talked to my sister. Thanx Court for actually listening and letting me talk. Can't wait for you to get home! I'll write later with a progress report on the house and some pictures!!

ASB 2010

So my excitement is literally growing everyday. I got my first e-mail the other day about my trip to Mississippi. It told me where I would be staying for the week, what I needed to bring,as well as a few interesting facts about Biloxi. After a day of working we can go to the beach which is right across the street from our dorms, or even walk around and explore the city. I really couldn't be more pumped :) Now I just have to raise money to pay for my trip, along with buying new supplies that I have to take down there. I'll keep updates as I get more e-mails and info.

Alternate Spring Break

So I am pretty pumped! I honestly don't remember the last time I was this excited. I got accepted to be a part of United Way's Alternate Spring Break 2010!! So awesome :)

I'll be a part of 80 teens from all over the place spending the week in Biloxi, Mississippi helping to rebuild the community. We will all be completing different projects in different groups to actually make a difference in someone's life. Now for anybody that knows me, knows that I am one who puts others before myself. My parents have actually had to make me buy something for myself because I would spend it on my sister or on them because I saw something they might want. I am so excited that I am gonna be able to go down there. I plan on blogging about it all along with posting alot of pictures. I can't wait to meet other people who like making a difference as much as me!

O and for anybody who is feeling generous and wants to help out visit my facebook page. You can find a link to a fundraising page. I have to raise about $200 to help buy all the tools we will need. Thanks for any support!!!!

Family Ties

How many of you have ever lost a family member?? It sucks and is something that is really hard to go through.However, the older I get the more I realize that losing a family member doesn't necessarily mean that someone dies. It can simply mean that someone decides to drop you from their lives. You've spent your entire life calling them family,spent every Thanksgiving and Christmas with them,and suddenly they're gone from your life?

It simply amazes me how someone can cut family out of their life like that. Something happens and they decide they don't want to be family anymore.No more phone calls,no more visits,no more celebrating good news with them....just nothing. Simply a person that used to be there for you and spend time with you.Oh well I may just be dragging on about something nobody cares about.

But I do make a promise to myself in light of this. I promise that from now on....after I get married until the day I die.....I WILL make time for Family. They will remain a huge part of my life as they have been for 18 years now. No husband,no boyfriend, or friend is gonna tear me apart from them. I will make time to visit family,to call family,to spend time with family...including crazy aunts that have always been crazy :b I love my family and I'm thankful for the ones that have remained a big part of my life.

A New Addition....

This Beautiful puppy is the latest addition to our small family. I think he is a lab/terrier mix....but were not really sure. The Vet guesses he was around 6 months old now and wouldn't get a whole lot bigger.

The day before yesterday my mama and me started noticing a whining sound around the house. We just assumed it was a cat and didn't pay much attention. Well as the whining grew louder and more constant, we opened the door and realized it was a dog under our house. And anybody that knows me knows I am a dog lover so I ran outside to see. There was this cute little puppy staring at me. Usually stray dogs aren't known to be so friendly to people but boy was he different. He ran right out and rolled over on his back for us to rub his belly. So we gave him some milk and called around to see whose dog this was. Well nobody claimed him so we came to the conclusion that he was dumped. How can anybody do that to a puppy??

Anyway, my mom and me took him to the Vet. He was covered in cuts and scratches all over and we couldn't just leave him. So after some convincing and showing my daddy a picture we decided to keep him. We named him Roscoe because he reminded us of my late grandpa. Anybody that knew him knew he always frowned. Whether Bama or the Braves were winning or when he was cracking a joke...he always frowned. I kid you not this dog frowns. He has a slight underbite and his lips curl downward.

Having him so far has been awesome. I had 3 dogs before we moved but they went to love with another family. However, Roscoe has made himself comfortable in our house. He already has his spot to sleep in my bed...has his favorite toy...and is actually very easy to train. Only one accident in the house so far buts that's cause waited too long to take him out this morning. I hope everything keeps going good....Mama is even starting to get attached :)

The Waiter, George...

Just last week I had surgery on my ear. I've had this surgery 15 times before so it's pretty routine for my family. We drive up the night before and go to the Galleria and out to eat. It's usually pretty fun but this particular time it was HORRIBLE!!

Now before I start...Me,My Sister,and My Mom have all three been waitresses. We know what the job entails,how annoying some customers can be,and how hard it can be when you get swamped with several tables. It's not an easy job and nobody does it because they want to. However, I think everybody should have to do it at least once.

Now we went to Outback Steakhouse to eat which is usually sooo good. We got there at 5:00 so no dinner rush had come in yet. We were seated in a section by ourselves so it shoud've been easy for any waiter! We sat for 5 minutes before our waiter, George, finally comes over and gets our drink order. (Now I was trying not to laugh because his voice was cracking something horrible and I'm very very easily entertained) George disappeared for ten minutes before finally bringing us our drinks. Him disappearing would become a regular thing that night.

Now if I'm in a restaurant and I run out of something to drink and you're not swamped I get really aggravated. Well when George came back out to check on us he asked did we need anything. My dad asked for a refill of Coke. George disappeared yet again and after ten or fifteen minutes brought us our food. As he was handing us our food, a table of four guys were seated behind us. These were guys who had just had a hard days work and wanted a good meal so they could get back to their hotel and sleep. He took their drink orders and disappeared. When he finally got their drinks out and took their order he asked did we need anything and yet again we asked for another refill of Coke. George then walks out with a glass of Coke and Sprite for the table behind us and yet again we ask for Coke. Well come to find out the Sprite wasn't even necessary...nobody had ordered it and it wound up sitting on the table all night. Also George had given one man Sweet Tea when he ordered water and the guy got tired of asking and just drank it. Well he finally brings us a Coke after he tries to give us the salad that belongs to the table behind us. By the time my dad actually got his drink he was 3/4 of the way done eating his food. So we asked George for a to-go box and our ticket....little did we know that this would start an hour ordeal.

As we're waiting we're talking to the table behind us. They had been asking us if we were having problems with George and we had been talking ever since. They had thought something was wrong with George since he took their order and they just assumed George had smoked something or took something...who knows?!? Well George came to their table after disappearing for 15 minutes and began apologizing. Supposedly the kitchen had new staff members and he was swamped having to help them out. Then we asked again for a to-go box and a ticket. After sitting for another 15 minutes he asked again did we need anything and we had to tell him again. He then went to the other table and aplogized again. Told them about the kitchen staff again and began telling them he had just had a hard day. He had to drive all the way to Birmingham from Huntsville (like a 2 hour drive) just to come to work, he had lost his wallet (which he said had alot of money in it with his license and everything), and he said he had to change his pants. Now why he did that I'll never know....but it was pretty funny to listen to him. Then he disappeared yet again. Now all his disappearing would have gotten annoying really quick but we were having such a good time talking to these guys...they were great. They actually were from out of town too headed back to their hotel room which is why I think they were beginning to get soo aggravated about the service.

In the process of waiting again, the server brought a table of 5 to be seated in the same section with George. Well with 7 pissed off people there already we told them she needed to sit them somewhere else. She disagreed and we protested again that he had 2 tables that he couldn't keep up with so they didn't need to add to it. Plus if they actually wanted what they ordered in a decent amount of time they didn't want to sit there. So they finally listened and were moved to a different section. George then walked out and brought us a ticket and a to-go box. After he set the box down he proceeded to pick up a plate with a piece of steak on it. My mom picked it up and moved it to a different plate which in turn George turned around and picked it up as well. So in order to actually get the food to take back to the hotel, my mom had to sit and hold this piece of steak in her hand so he wouldn't take it. Seriously?!? If I ask for a to-go box I want to put that food in it...I don't want it to sit and look at it. Then we discovered that the ticket he brought us wasn't ours...it was for the table behind us. So we gave it to them and in 15 minutes when George showed up again we asked for the right ticket. Yet again this guy disappears! About 20 minutes pass and he tells the table bahind us they're food will be ready in a little bit and then comes to us. For the 5,000th time we ask for a ticket. He apologizes and goes back to get it.

He shows up again after 15 minutes with 2 tickets in his pocket. He hands us one and walks to the other table. My dad busts out laughing and when we ask why he simply said it still wasn't the right ticket. George heard and handed us the other ticket and said sorry for the mix-up. Upon opening that ticket it was still the wrong ticket! We had gotten the wrong ticket 3 times and each time it was for the table behind us. He apologizes and said the kitchen staff handed him the wrong one. He then tells the table behind us that the kitchen staff couldn't read the ticket so he wanted to make sure the order was right and proceeds to read their order aloud. Now if you had been there you would have died. His voice was cracking something awful and he was beginning to talk in two different sound pitches...HILARIOUS!! Which I want to know how their food would be out in a minute but the staff couldn't read their order?? Anybody care to explain that one??

Well after getting the wrong ticket 3 times my mom gets pissed. And Courtney if you're reading this you can imagine how mama felt at this point :b So she gets up to go talk to the manager. Well the manager then disappears to go find George and have a talk with him. After 10 or 15 minutes the manager appears with George (who really doesn't look happy) and hands us the correct ticket. He apologizes profusely and says he took the Bloomin' Onion off of our ticket to cover this little mishap. Which as we looked at our ticket it turns out George had put two on our ticket! George then again apologized to the table behind us and said their food would be out in a minute. We wound up being at Outback for almost two hours and the guys behind were there about an hour and fifteen minutes already. They were pissed enough that they were getting ready to leave and go eat at McDonalds. To this day I still wonder whether or not they actually got their food or wound up leaving.

Again I respect waiters. It's a tough, annoying job and nobody really wants to do it. If you're waiting tables I get you need the money...I've been there and I've done that. Palin and simple it sucks. But now our Waiter, George gave a whole new meaning to a bad waiter. Seriously, he literally was on something. I don't know if he was disappearing to smoke something or take something but something funny was going on. His behavior was crazy and his eyes were super glossy. Either way, George was feeling extremely good...