Civic Duty

"The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex."
U.S. Constitution, Amendment XIX
Passed by Congress June 4, 1919
Ratified August 18, 1920

I voted today. Please do the same. Today is the last day for early voting, or be sure to get out on Tuesday!

Sleep, Work, Eat, Work, Sleep...and Repeat

There's not much to post about. I've been working like crazy. I'm finally off for an evening, and I'm at my parents' house for family dinner and the Titans Monday Night Football. It's live from Nashville...pretty cool.

Exhaustion

I finally made it through my first week at two jobs. Wow. I only had to work at Party City 2 nights last week, but the hard part was working there all day yesterday. After work I went to Hermitage to celebrate my birthday with Amy, Katy (2 friends from the Clever Factory), and Paul (Amy's boyfriend). It was a blast and great to see them all again! Amy roasted a chicken and it was so delicious, and she made me yellow cupcakes with chocolate icing (a favorite combination)! We watched the new release of Sleeping Beauty on DVD. That's such a good one!

Friday night was also a birthday celebration. We had lasagna (so delish) at the Johnsons' house. They also got a birthday cake from Sam's (white buttercream on white cake)!

Just because I'm finally getting around to it...here are some pictures from the bonfire at the lake last weekend!

AbiLyn and Lex love to help as you'll see.



Lex with Grandaddy and Mom G.

The hostess with the mostess!

AbiLyn with her friends, Kaylee and Avery Allen

News

I got a job...2 jobs actually. I got a full-time day job in MURFREESBORO! I started yesterday and it's going to be great. I also got a part-time job working for Party City through the first week of November. I start there tonight...Happy Halloween!

In other news...I think my beautiful Land Rover Discovery that I love so much may be dead forever. Thankfully, we can manage with just one vehicle right now. We're going green! HaHa!

I have pictures from this weekend, and I'll get them up sometime. Don't expect too much posting in the next few days, though!

Sunny Days...

I don't know why I have Sesame Street on the brain today, but YouTube is a goldmine. Below are some clips that were my favorite when I was a loyal little PBS viewer!

Fireproof

So good. Go see this movie if you can, but I must warn you to take a hankie. Tears, so many tears.

Pleasantness

We had our first fire of the season last night...in the fireplace. It was so nice.

We opened all our windows yesterday and completely turned off the central heat/ac. We closed most of the windows when we went to sleep last night, but we opened them all again this morning. The house is airing out and it's so lovely.

Our neighbor catty-cornered across the street has a stereo in his garage that plays jazz all day almost every day. I think he's retired. Anyway, I love that he does that. As I type I'm sitting by an open window, hearing music, and a lovely breeze is blowing in.