FUN

Mick and I went to my school's faculty Christmas party tonight. FUN FUN FUN!! Sorry, no pictures, TOO busy eating, drinking and laughing! We always have this at The Shamrock. Always the person who is in charge of the party thinks of ways to humiliate us (in fun). We never know what she will do with the footage she shoots. She will ask us to participate in advance of the party...then we have to wait and wonder how goofy we will look. THIS year she wanted us to sing........of course, I chose a John Fogerty song...Who'll Stop the Rain. So, what did she do with this footage? She turned it into a "Shamrock Idol" show. We watched the "auditions" which was what she had filmed (needless to say I did not make the final cut...no one appreciates a good Creedence song!!) Six people were the choices for finalists...then of course, Randy, Ellen and Simon were there (and Ryan Seacrest). My principal was one of the (inebriated) joyful contestants! However, one of the other faculty members who did an AWESOME rendition of "Family Tradition" won and rightfully so!

After this she showed us a few emails she had saved over the past year....I made it to the stupid email list twice....deservedly, however!

Oh, and I won a door prize...a cd...Stevie Ray Vaughn...which I gave to Mick.

I had an awesome (have I used that word before??) dinner....Bourbon glazed salmon, real mashed potatoes and green beans and a really good salad. Mick had the prime rib...I tasted it and ...oh mama!! If it had not been so rare, he might have had to fight me for it!
We both had pound cake baked by one of the faculty...it was SOOOOOOO good!

I forgot to mention, we had decided we would have a glass of wine (rare for us)...Mick said, "You really don't want a glass of wine do you? Why don't you go ahead and have.......YES....He SAID it!!! He said TEQUILA!!!!! He really had to twist my arm and beg....and I relented and had some....that was some of the best tequila ever! ( I sure miss good tequila!!!). One could barely see traces of orange juice....mmmmmmmmmm.

Ok...well...we had a good time, needless to say. Now...back to reality tomorrow...

Thankful, again

Saturday was frightening. A black SUV slammed into my Taurus. It was no competition...in a flash my tires were bent, water was pouring from under my car and my two little grandsons and I sat stunned. I won't go into details here....and some of you have already seen the pictures...so all I ask is prayer that everything goes the way it should go...and I get another good car.

Please join me in thanking God for taking care of us. I can't tell Him thank you enough.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving to everyone. (those of you on Facebook will see this twice, sorry, but wanted to be sure all the family saw it).

Today was a very good day for me (the 26th). All of my daughters, sons in law and grandchildren and husband were together at one time for dinner, thanks to a surprise visit from the three in Florida!!!!!
I bought a really cute skirt today.
And I spent the day with my very best friend in the whole wide world...I can hear those ocean waves!

Thank you, God, for this day. And please let the weekend move slowly...

Can't Wait!!

I am putting an old picture back on my blog, but one that I LOVE. I took this picture myself (although I am not a good photographer) when I visited Ireland two summers ago. We are going BACK this summer and I am beside myself with joy! My sweet husband needs to see his family and I am happy to oblige him. I never thought I would love it as much as I do. I always wanted to go to Ireland for as far back as I can remember...but when I went there...there are few words to describe the awesome beauty. I have never seen anything like it. Adding to that the warmth of a new family, it has everything. I hope one day we will be able to go there to spend the entire summer (or what little of it the Board of Education will be giving me by then....)

So, one thing I am thankful for this year? FAMILY and the ability to visit ALL of them.

Fun, fun

Having so much fun meeting new people! That has always been difficult for me in the past, but having quite a blast with it lately. Thanks y'all!

crazy days

The last few days of school have been confusing, crazy and maddening. Something happened that has never happened before and I was incensed. I was a good girl, so to speak, and walked away from the confrontation. I didn't want to. I wanted to snap, slap, something...but the icing on the cake was my principal stood up for me. She took care of "someone I care about". That made the entire thing so much easier. I feel better, I feel vindicated. I can stop obsessing. NOW if I can just get the kids to pass the &$#($*#&@)(****&&&@!@ EOCT!!!!!

Gavin

................for peace.............comes dropping.......sssssssllllllllllllllooooooowwwwww..............

a piece of my heart is in heaven

I miss you and love you, sweet, sweet baby