Wedding Season

Wedding Season is in full bloom! Next weekend is the first of the two weddings I was asked to participate in and I am ready. And I LURVE it! Hopefully, I will have pictures for everyone to see afterwards!

Weekend

Exciting stuff for the weekend & I thought I would just give you a quick run-down.

Sister & BIL is off to the lake & I am off to Dogsit for my cousin. Also having a mini-reunion with some girls from MMC & sooo excited about it. It has been literally years since I have seen them & we all live in like a 50 mile radius. We will be sharing our love for Mexican food:) Tomorrow, is Sav & Ryan's Speakeasy Couples Bridal Shower which requires costume & I am in charge of the cupcakes! I went shopping yesterday for mine & Erin's head pieces at Party City. They didn't have everything out yet but they did have the feather headbands!!! I can't wait to wear those and spend time with some of my favorite people (all at the same time!). Sunday, I am hosting a bridal tea for my cousin's fiance. I wanted a black, white, & lime green theme. I can't wait for it. It's a little stressful but I love having parties!

Oscar goes for his weekly check-up today. Praying for good news!

So that's my weekend in a nutshell. Until next time folks.

So I'm checking out this blogging through text messaging thingy.

This is sort of like a prayer...these hard times are taking it's toll on so many of the people that I love, including myself.

I need your strength, God, because I am full of stress & anxiety. Please come & take away my burdens. I lay them at your feet.

If you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer.(Matt.21:22)

I love you.

Your daughter,
Kelly

Dreamboat

I found this book that I ABSOLUTELY need!

Just the way I like them - GEEKY:)

Tough

For some reason this week has been tough - the toughest I have experienced in a while. My sweet little sugar lump love muffin is having his eye removed tomorrow:( I keep looking at his pictures on my desk, in my phone, on my facebook and it makes me sad that he has lived 9 years of his live with nothing wrong with him. But now he has to live the rest of it with one eye. I will leave you guys will some photos of my heart:

August

Can you believe that it's August already? And not just August but Mid-August!! That's insane. Where is this year going? I have a lot coming up within the next couple of months, both good and bad. My cousin's fiance's bridal shower, my cousin's wedding, (the dreaded) removal of Oscar's right eye:(, Savannah's Speakeasy Bridal Shower, Savannah's wedding:), and last but not least Disney World! Once these festivities end, new ones begin with the holidays. Halloween, Thanksgiving, MY BIRTHDAY (and yes, it's a holiday), and then Christmas. That's all I really have to say today.

Tired is an Understatement

Blogging after going at Holiday World is tough. We had 2 jam-packed fun-filled days in Indiana Tuesday and Wednesday. And I had to come back to work yesterday and boy was it tough! I am glad I went with everything going on with Oscar, it was a good get-a-way. And I hope we can go back soon.

My very dear friend from work, Monique, is getting married tomorrow in downtown Nashville tomorrow. So the wedding festivities are happening. Yesterday, we had a surprise mini bridal here at the office and boy was she surprise!! Tonight we have the rehearsal dinner and last minute touches to the reception hall. Tomorrow is the big day!
Here's her face from the surprise yesterday





Other news, My little Dyl Pickle is turning 5 on Sunday. I can't believe it. Turning 5 means starting kindergarten:( She is growing up so fast! Saturday she is having a swim party but I am missing it because of the wedding. But I will celebrate with her later. She still has 2 other parties to look forward to with Derek's side of the family and our friends. I just love that little girl and can't believe what a smart, compassionate, gentle, kind-hearted, lively, delightful young lady she has become. Happy Birthday Dylan!!

As far as Oscar, he still has to have his sutchers for another week (along with that annoying Elizabethan collar). I am seriously ready for this to all be over with. I want my old Oscar back:(

Anyways, subject change, maybe after this wedding is over we can start planning our girls getaway trip for Savannah's wedding! Pretty excited about her whole wedding in general. Looking forward to all the fun to be had!

Until next time folks!

Blah

Feeling a little Blah today. Not up for much blogging. I will have to feel you in on Thursday. Off from work for 2 days.

Until next time folks.

It was good to see your face.

Good News! My little love muffin is doing a lot better today:) I am glad. We went for a walk yesterday and he seemed to do fine (except for the extra treats I have been feeding him because I felt sorry for him).

Something I haven't blogged about this week is Phallen's Going-Away-Party that happened at the Wet Bar Sunday! Loads of Fun. Even Ryan and Savannah came which I was extremely excited about:) We talk literally everyday but it's been a while since we've seen each other. And it was good to hang out and let loose (even though it was on a Sunday and we had to work the next day). That night will bring many memories to laugh at later, just ask Erin!?!?! Phall is going away to Ole Miss and I hope she envelopes every college experience

possible. I will definitely have to get down to Mississippi for a visit.

Speaking of not seeing each other enough, we are actually having dinner today which will be good for both our hearts and our bellies:) We are eating at the local Lipscomb favorite Mexican restuarant Jim Nachos (which Jim nachos are my absolute favorite!). I will have to take a picture to post.

I am still car hunting. This is probably one of the biggest financial decisions I have ever made so as you can see I am getting terrible anxiety from it. Pray for me.

Until next time folks.

Mundy

OOOHHH so tired...need sleep.

Oscar has been limping on his front left paw and I am really worried about it. I almost stayed home from work today because of it. When I went to leave he didn't even budge:( I am really sad about this. Pray that he gets better...

I love my little Sugar Lump and I would be lost without him.

Lean Pocket Breakfast

Oh, it's Wednesday. I am eating a pizza Lean Pocket for breakfast - yum. Not really. Work again today. Hopefully I can be a little more focused than yesterday.

Went my mom and Tonya's yesterday afternoon to see the kids and eat dinner. And Sydney conned me into helping her clean her room while I was there. That kid has more knick-knackery than any kid I know. Tonya also asked me to go to Holiday World with them July 21-22 so I need to see if I can get off work for that. Might put me over my days for Disney but I always have sick days;)

Weekend plans are unfolding pretty nicely. Blind date this weekend either Friday or Saturday - it's undetermined. I will let you know how that goes on Monday. Saturday morning, Erin found a new bed off Craigslist that she wants to get for her new apartment. So we are going to look at/buy it. Sunday is BIL's sister, Deena's baby shower at Meemaw's (I guess I can call her that). Sweet Ella Renee is due in August! And then that night is Phallen's Going Away Party at the Wet Bar in Dickson.

Just this morning, I finally heard back from Hallmark Volkeswagon about the car I was interested in. It's a little bit more than I want to pay but may be worth it since I really love it. I will have to see. Here are two options so far:

Black is my favorite color (but not in a gothic way but in a Jackie O way) so I ultimately am drawn to that one but of course it's the more expensive of the two.

Until next time folks.

One last thing!

Here's a Slideshow done by JCP of my cousin's wedding that I performed a few weeks ago:
www.jonathoncampbell.com/aprilmike

Oh and have your tissues ready!!! If you are human then you know the trials and tribulations of life. This just shows good things can happen to good people:) Love endures all things. Congratulations!

Mondays

Last night, Erin and I went to look at her new apartment that she will be moving into the first of August! So happy for her and I know this is a big (& a little bit scary) step for her. But hopefully she will find what she is looking for and grow stronger because of it. I love you BESTIE!! I am sure lots of GREAT;) memories will be made at your new place!

Saw super HOT guy in cafeteria as I was getting my morning coffee. But couldn't bring myself to say anything to him...hopefully next time.

I am not getting any responses back from the car dealers that I emailed. They all say email for price but then never respond to your emails - ugh! I hate new car shopping.

Short and sweet today but hopefully will have more to write about as the week progresses.

Way Behind

I am way behind on the blogging after a minor set back but Thanks to Savannah for encouraging me to continue:) This past weekend was full of activities. Due to the holiday weekend, I had Friday off. Erin and I ventured north to Louisville, Kentucky for a full day of roller coaster rides. But for some reason, the park wasn't as big as I remembered it. So we finished up there much earlier than we had anticipated. We stopped for lunch at the Louisville Cardinals Hall of Fame Cafe. The Lobster Bisque is a must try!! Loved it!

Saturday was Independence Day! We had family and friends over for some swimming and grilling. Fireworks got cancelled due to the rain. But hopefully soon, we will have a make-up celebration.



Sorry to interrupt this blog but I have a very IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT to make: SUPER HOT GUY THAT RODE UP IN THE ELEVATOR WITH ME AND GOT OFF ON THE 3RD FLOOR - LETS DO LUNCH:)





Ok, just needed to get that out there.





I am on the hunt for a new car and I am so undecisive. I go back and forth between the things that I want. But I almost always end up back at a VW Beetle Convertible. I have emailed a few places and I am waiting to hear back from them.





Sydney's going to District All Stars on Thursday and we are so proud of her! She kept thinking that they were saying History when they were saying District so now she is going to History:) I just lurve her. And I wish her all the luck in the world!! She quite the athlete, I must say.

So long for now. Hopefully it won't be long until we meet again:)

Busy as a Bee

There's a lot to catch up on seeing as I haven't blogged since last Wednesday. Thursday night was The Wet Bar night! Definitely a fun night, right Erin? :) Friday was low key and I spent it mostly recovering from the night before after having mexican with my sis, BIL, and good friends Matt & Amber England. Saturday, I slept in (or layed in bed) until around noon. That's what I am talking about! Isn't that what weekends are for?!? Once finally out of bed, I met Erin at the delish Cracker Barrel and a little bit of shopping at Nashville West. She came back to the Bluff to stay and help me go over the wedding ceremony I was performing Sunday. But she had some other plans that I was not invited(heehee) to so I snuck off to go late night bowling with Ryan, Savannah, Livi, Jake, Luke, Anna, Sarah, Brett, Andrew, & Eric. It's always a good time with any one of those guys! So glad I went. Sunday morning came fast and my nerves were starting to get to me before the wedding ceremony. But all-in-all it went very smoothly (except when I signed the couples marriage certificate I put July instead of June & had to correct it- this is really eating away at me - sad day). I am looking forward to all of the great pics done by JCP! The whole weekend was fantastic - except for the whole date on the marriage certificate & I never did get my house cleaned!!

Until next time folks.

Hump Day

Thank goodness it's one more day closer to Friday. Supposed to be having lunch with Luke today. I'm not sure where we will go. I could really use something fried about right now! Definitely not part of the 'Summer Slimdown'! I broke down yesterday and went to our snack machine here at work. I was really depressed afterwards when I realized that I just used 6 WW points on 4 bites of food - ugh. But I did an extra activity to make up for it, I think.



Mine and Erin's walk in the park yesterday was lovely. Stifling hot but lovely all the same. I always forget how many people actually go to the park. You have your joggers, your power walkers (that's us, haha!), your strollers, people watchers, drug dealers, the homeless, mothers-that-don't-watch-their-kids, the hoodlums and lastly (my favorite) the guy peeing in the bushes! I guess that's what you get when you go to a public park. We are going to try to stick it out again today if the rain subsides. It's looking gross out there at the moment.



One interesting thing happened yesterday! And this is probably the most exciting thing of my whole week - whole month even! I officially ORDAINED! My cousin April and her fiance are getting married in an intimate ceremony this Sunday at her house in Burns and she needed someone to perform the ceremony. I looked into getting ordained online and Dickson County recognizes it so BAM! You can now call me Reverend Kelly Ann Jennette. I am looking forward to performing the duties on Sunday. It is going to be so special.



On a different (sad) note, I will be missing the famous Ryan Arthur's birthday (HAPPY BIRTHDAY RYAN!) this Saturday afternoon at the Sounds' Greer Stadium because the Dyl Pickle is graduating from PRESCHOOL! I'm sure there were days that her parents weren't sure she (they) was going to make it but she did! Only 13 more years! It's hard to believe that she will be starting kindergarten in August. I feel like it was just yesterday when she was born. People say that all of the time but it's really true. She's been on this earth for five years and has such a BIG heart already. I wish I could be more like her.



Until next time folks.

Networking

Isn't facebook funny and the things you can find out from facebook? Who's engaged, married, single, with or without kids, lives overseas or lives next door. I wonder if the guy who created facebook made it for stalkers like me?! Haha probably not. I spend majority of my day checking peoples statuses, if I have new comments and uploading pictures taken just now:) What would I do if I didn't have facebook, I wonder? Actually do my job and probably not be so addicted to my iphone haha. So thank you facebook creator guy, I love you!

Last night was pretty uneventful. But a few highlights, I took Sydney to ball practice and Dylan cried because she didn't want me to leave her. And my cousin wants me to become ordained so that I can marry them this weekend! So when I finish this blog that's what I will be looking into.

Erin and I decided we would go walking tonight at Centennial Park as part of our "Summer Slimdown" (aka weight-loss-for-Savannah's-wedding & for other reasons that I hope to be able to share with you shortly if something transpires;)). Well I don't have too much to blog about today so I will just leave it at that.

Until next time folks.

Wake up Little Girl

So I started this post last Friday but was unable to finish because of the lack of sleep I had the night before. And by lack I mean non-existent, seriously.




Erin and I went to the Wet Bar Thursday night to hear Shane & Larry play music. We saw lots of old faces and thoroughly enjoyed ourselves;) Afterwards, we went to Boot's for a late night bonfire. Which was kind of silly for me to do since I had to be at work at 7:30 am. That's why sleep was so non-existent Thursday night. Here are a few funny photos from our fun night:








Friday, my only plan was to sleep. I had planned to go to bed at 5:30 as soon as I got home. So that's what I did. I only slept for about 2 hours but finally went back to bed at 10pm after watching the tube.




I had to get up 6am Saturday morning to babysit Sydney and Stephen. And of course, Sydney was awake waiting for me when I got there. We are both one in the same where we like to eat as soon as we wake so I made us some eggo waffles before we fell back asleep until close to 10;) Now that's sleeping in, kids! The rest of the day consisted of us going to baseball/softball games. Sydney is our little rockstar and overachiever in the family. She hit her 3rd homerun that night and scored the only 2 points of the whole game. You gotta love her. Here she is on the right from her gymnastics competition.


Yesterday was great! I had lunch with my aunt Sissie, Cousin's Dawn & Steph, my wonderful mother and sister for the guest of honor, my cousin April. She is getting married next weekend in a small intimate ceremony in her backyard with only her fiance and son. So we wanted to do something a little special for her to let her know we love her and support her! We had lunch at the Cheesecake Factory and for most of the ladies, it was their first time. So it took them a little while to decide what they wanted from CF's 20 page menu. I have a few great pictures from lunch. I will have to upload them and share. Afterwards, we made a quick pit stop to see our new baby cousin Charlie, who is such a fighter! He was home for a day from the hospital before having to return with jaundice & sleeping extra heavily. We are all praying he will get to come home today.

Until next time folks.

Trash Day

I have finally made it into work today after a detour driving in. I am drinking my morning coffee and ate a hearty breakfast of egg beaters omelet and turkey sausage. Part of my lose-weight-for-Savannah's-wedding diet. I have until October to whip myself into shape.

Last night's dinner with Sharon and Savannah was great! Fully enjoyed the conversation and the great frozen lemonade I had. I am looking forward to many more of those times:) I didn't make it to the Station Inn last night...I was much too tired. I hope GOTV did well and had a large crowd.

One of my bestest friends, Olivia, is on vacation right now and she supposed to be coming home tomorrow. I can't wait to hear about her amazing adventures with her Jakey Poo. And look at all of her pictures because I know she took some;) That's what I love about her...you can always guarantee that Liv will document any special occasion we have. Thanks Liv!

As for school, right now my decision has to due upon money:( I did some math and the tuition for LU is insane for me to finish my degree there. Do I want to pay that much money to be making way less a year after my degree? Anyways, I have a month or two before I need to make that decision. Maybe I will win the lottery before then **crosses fingers**.

Tonight = GIRLS NIGHT OUT!!! Erin is coming to staying in the Bluff and we are going to hit up The Wet Bar for some free beer and live music - Rock It Out, Shane Robnett & Larry Fleet!! A night guaranteed to be a good one full of old friends.

Until next time folks.

Next Move in the Game of Life

Day two of Blog and all I have thought about since yesterdays post was what I would write in todays! Besides one of the greatest cups of coffee that I am drinking at the moment this is what I have to say;)

Three good things are happening today - On my lunch break, I will be heading over to the Lipscomb campus to meet with the Adults Studies assistant about finishing up my degree. It is my life's goal to get a college degree and at this rate it will be a lifetime! I don't have much longer to go if I could just put my heart into it. Only one thing concerns me with LU, tuition is outrageous! When did life become so expensive?? Maybe after today's meeting I will have a better idea if LU is the place for me.

Number 2 on the agenda - I am meeting up with Sharon from http://jonathoncampbell.com/ to pick up some prints that my family ordered of Dyl Pickle. Shout out to Sharon for helping run a successful (and amazing!) business and being a mother of 3! You ROCK! Before the photo shoot, all Dylan kept saying was "I want to be in magazines!". I told her 'I don't know about being in magazines but you will be on the internet". She was just as happy:) After today, I will have physical prints to enjoy instead only on the web! Here are a couple pics of Dylan done by JCP:

Last but not least on the calendar for today - My most talented Cousin, Deanie Richardson, put together a band of kids, called Green on the Vyne. And boy, are they amazing! They are having a CD release party tonight at the infamous Station Inn in the Gulch at 9pm. If I can stay up that late, I will be in attendance but at this point, I can't make any promises:) Everyone needs to check them out at http://myspace.com/greenonthevyne.com. They make me jealous of their talents & wish that I inherited the "musical" gene.

Until next time folks.

My first time

Today I decided to start a blog...for my own sake and no one else's really. I thought it would be good for me to just let it all out-ha. As if I don't already:) So I am just going to get on with the damn thing and jump right into it, head first. I got the title to my blog from a Matt Nathanson song called Bulletproof Weeks...I don't know what that means but its pretty catchy.



June 2nd is my cousin Rocky's 25th birthday - he is crazy and energetic and pretty handy when you have a flat. I appreciate him dearly. And for a couple of months, along with new DAD cousin Trey, we will all be the same age. Late 1983-84 was a good era for our family, I have to say:)



It's supposed to be uber-ly hot today, like in the 90's. Really - what happened to Spring? It went from Winter to Summer in a split second. Hopefully Sis & BIL's pool will be up and running this weekend so we don't miss another weekend of swimming.

I think I should wrap this up for now. This is probably a pretty boring post for my first time but it's getting late and I have to get to work. So long for now:)