Goodbye Smokey K

After many many thoughts and prayers, I decided to give my cat away. I love her dearly, but unfortunately she was causing my husband some allergy issues.

Thank God for good families. Smokey went to a wonderful family with 2 children and a mama and papa. I know she will be happier there then here, but I will truly miss her.


I love you Smokey K!!

Food Court Musical

Happy Monday!

An unfortunate Bunny

Wow a month since my last post...I need to do better!

So, yesterday, I was up early for a Sunday and decided to go shopping to beat the Wal-mart crowd. I was so excited that I actually beat the crowds and got through pretty quickly.

On the way home, I turned onto a back road...and a bunny ran in front of me. YIKES!! I did a little swerve..but unfortunately the bunny got stuck under my wheel. I roadkilled a bunny. A poor unfortunate bunny. I felt horrible. What a way to start a Sunday.

I know it's not the worst thing in the world to accidently kill an animal because they ran in front of you...but it isn't the best thing in the world to do.

A day has past and I past the site of the unintentional murder happened, and I saw the rabbit. Now I'm thinking there might be some good because nature took it's course. Maybe I provided a meal for a random cat or bird. Fresh kill. Maybe it was good. Maybe it was a simple death...quick and a short pain.

Does a death of animal bring good to other situations? Life cycles say it does...but one still can't stop feeling horrible about a situation.

Hope you had a good Sunday.

Gimme Gimme Gimme That Fish

Ever seen this commercial?



It's so funny and catchy! We sing this song wherever we go! (well for the past the 24 hours). Don't know if I'll buy more filet-o-fish products, but it definitely fun!

Hope you are having a wonderful day!

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Jodi Picoult

Have you ever read Jodi Picoult books? If you haven't, I highly recommend it. Yesterday, I just finished my 2nd book by her....and Oh My Goodness! It was phenomenal!

Awhile ago, I was introduced to Jodi Picoult through a new book club that I joined a month or two ago. We were required to read Change of Heart by Jodi Picoult. It is about a guy on death row who decides during the book that he wants to donate his heart to the sister of the girl he killed. Does the mother take the heart or not? Is it possible to donate organs while having the death penalty as your way of death? Lethal injection kills your heart so you can't reuse the heart. What do they do? What happens?

The second book I read by Jodi Picoult was My Sister's Keeper. This book made me stop a couple times to think...what would I do in the situation? How could I request medical emancipation from my parents when it affects my sister? One of my best friends? That's what this book is about....a sister who was created to be her dying sister's donor. She was created with the perfect DNA for her sister so she could live longer. Anytime the dying sister needed blood or bone marrow, the sister gave it. It takes a deep look into a heart wrenching situation.

I don't want to give you too many other details, but I do suggest both these books. I can't really suggest her other books, but I have no doubt in my mind that they are good.

Enjoy a good book? Please share!

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Old Navy or Kohls

I'm not much of a shopper. I mean, I do the regular shopping like "grocery" shopping and "getting things we need for around the house" shopping, however shopping for clothes is not the highest priority on my shopping list. In fact, I feel like I hardly do it compared to some people.

These last two days have been a different story. I feel like I have shopped like crazy..yet really...I haven't. I went to Kohls yesterday to buy a swimsuit for my aqua aerobic class which was pretty nice. Kohls for the last couple years has been my favorite store. It's an amazing store with astounding bargains sometimes. I have gone up to the register expecting to pay one price and end up paying much less. That's my kind of deal!

On the other hand, I use to love Old Navy. I loved it while I was in college...and some after. Then I started feeling like I was getting too old for Old Navy. So I deleted it from my "favorite stores" list. I am here to tell you today that is back on my "favorite stores" list!

I went there tonight and I went crazy (for me). They have a wonderful sale on jeans and I bought 2 pairs! (Old Navy jeans last...I have 2 pairs that I bought back in college and am still wearing!) I am so excited because I found 2 short pairs of jeans. So that means, I don't feel like a dwarf when I put on the jeans! They fit! Then I proceeded to find 3 inexpensive shirts which I know I'll wear! YEAH!

Have you found any extremely cool deals lately? What are your favorite stores?

Hope you have a wonderful day!

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PS-Thanks Sonic for agreeing with me about Old Navy!

Valentine's Day...a week later

Last week, Captain N surprised me with a really special trip to Myrtle Beach! Have you ever been? If not, I highly suggest it! It was an incredible trip! :)

We were able to leave on Friday because my boss was kind enough to give me the day off. We left in the morning and arrived in the smack dab middle of the afternoon. Since last Friday was the only scheduled "nice" day, we immediately took a walk on the beach which was COLD, but still the exhilarating feeling you get when you step onto the beach and see the waves, and feel the grainy soft sand beneath your feet was unbelievable! We took off our socks and shoes....and walked. It was beautiful!

Afterward, we went to a place called Captain Benjamin's Calabash Seafood. Can I just say OH MY GOSH! This place had incredible crab legs. Just right. Juicy with the butter flowing off. I must admit though, I'm rather bad at taking the meat out of the crab legs, but luckily (for me) Captain N is great at it!

On Saturday, it was rainy, but we still were able to explore Myrtle Beach. We drove around Broadway at the Beach. We went into an overpriced t-shirt store and then eventually went to the Hard Rock Cafe! They have the most incredible chicken club sandwich! I don't think I've tasted better bacon! :)

Saturday also was fun because we got to spend alot of time in the hotel room. We ended up ordering a $20 pizza...which was a little too much in our opinion.

Then we watched the movie Australia...which was really good!!

Sunday arrived too quickly, and we packed up. We went on a quest to find a good breakfast place and each one was full to the brim at about 11 am! So we drove by the Ocean and headed on our way home. Our trip ended with an excellent breakfast at the Cracker Barrel! :)

I hope you had a wonderful Valentine's Day! :)

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