Happy New Year

Sooooo....I finally changed my name legally. Today Q took me to the Social Security Administration to change my name! I also took a new passport photo...that is super UG!!!

So from the officially Mrs. Clay...

Happy New Year!!!!!!!!

Have Yourself...

....A MERRY LITTLE CHRISTMAS!!!!

Yeah thats all the excitement I have available for the holiday season. I was so sad last night because I hate not being with my family on the holidays. By my family I mean mine or Q's...either one I will take. We have invites to go other places but its not the same being with someone else's family. Where you barely know people and the conversation is awkward. I dont want to spend my holiday trying not to look out of place, bored, and uninterested. I mean why do I have to fein interest in anything that is playing on television?!!!!

Yeah we are staying home. I just made my final decision. Im making Lemon peper salmon, mac & cheese, corn casserole and veggies in a butter cream sauce. Yeah nothing lowfat here...lowfat is lame. For real. Especially on Christmas. Im probably going to either make some baked apples or honeybun cake a little later.

Thanks T-Mobile for giving us the day off to spend with our loved ones...or in my case one.

Merry Christmas!!!

Happy Holidays

So here I sit, signing and addressing Christmas cards. I am thinking Im late sending out cards, but I havent gotten any so maybe im sitting down right in the nick of time to get these sent out.

Its funny that I dont have much to say right now. I go through my day and normally think..."ooo yeah I can blog about this..." But I always forget. Go figure.

I was sick today at work and couldnt stay. Im home now. I feel crappy but its all good. I have stuff to do anyways. Im still on the fence about getting a Christmas tree. We will see! I might be putting one up on Christmas Eve...

I miss my family so much and I miss my friends. I will keep you all in my prayers.

P.S. Im going to be crocheting this weekend. I need to get on to the next stitch!!!!

Bah Some bug

Im so not in the Christmas spirit. I am not interested in spending money on a gift and I dont care if I receive any or not. Honestly Im so content that I could care less about a day thats been pumped up to be about the economy and not the TRUE SPIRIT. I mean normally Im all into the jesus is the reason fo the season. But its like...ok I know that. How do i make my actions fall in line with my beliefs. Its like I dont feel like I need to go out and try to figure out what gift to get people just because its Christmas and you are supposed to give gifts. Should we be the gifts in our loved ones lives.

I dont know. I guess I should go buy a box of cards to let everyone know Im thinking about them and I wish I could see them.

Maybe the way Im feeling right now has alot to do with the fact that I wont be seeing my family or Q's family AGAIN this holiday season. Im really upset about it in fact. Mostly because Im saving all my money to make it to Melissa's wedding in Barbados. At the end of the day...the money will speak for itself and make the determination on whether Im going or not.

Back to Christmas. I have to work the day after and I know we will be busy with calls from those who got phones for Christmas but have not even so much as looked at the user manual that came with the phone. Ephin dummies. Im such a grinch right now.

This is the first Christmas im NOT looking forward to. So sad...it used to be my favorite time of the year.

Attention Shoppers

I'm sitting my couch. At Peace.

I have found the best butter pecan ice cream in the world. Never mind all the money i have spent trying to uncover the best tasting brand. I have had them all. Been to a gazillion ice cream joints and come home with tons of half gallon and pint containers of my favorite flavor.

But I was a fool. Spending as much as 8 dollars for a half gallon of this creamy rich buttery confection that melts on the tip of my tongue. (Oooo that was a sexy line...get your mind out of the gutter I'm still talking about ice cream) All along...overlooking the store brand thinking I was above it. Imagine that!

So I went grocery shopping and needed some butter pecan to go with the cobbler I made. (Dont ask...cobblers are not my forte.) Can you believe that none of the non store brands were on sale!!! I was disgusted and decided that I was not paying regular price for ice cream!!!

So I picked up the PUBLIX brand. Got it home. And Im ashamed to say that my cobbler almost messed up my ice cream!! It was butter pecan...from publix...for 3.00. I will not buy another brand of ice cream from now on.

Dont judge me and my post about ice cream.

I have nothing else to talk about. Sue me.

Obsession

Man its been a minute since I have posted. I have no energy when I come home from work. The only thing I manage to is pick up the Playstation 3 controller and play Puzzle Quest. I love this game to death. And when i mention death...I am talking about the death of myself. Quenton and I went out to dinner last night after I got off of work, we got home about 11 and I started playing at about twelve. I played until five thirty or so in the morning. My husband literally had to drag me to bed and I was kicking and screaming. I would still be playing right now at 1:52 in the afternoon had he not! He is playing right now and Im so jealous that he is playing MY game. I want to clunk him up side the head, knock him out and have Puzzle Quest all to myself. But its ok i have my shows to catch up on.

Speaking of my shows. My favorite show of the season has been cancelled. Rest in peace Lipstick Jungle. OMG I am obsessed with it as well. I love watching these high powered fashion forward women wage war in their everyday lives.



I hated Sex and the City and I think that Lipstick Jungle is way better. Sex and the City was overdone and they were not all that fashionable to me. I guess I value matching and looking relatively normal in your own special way. I mean I just wasn't watching Sara Jessica Parker on Sex and the City thinking "OMG she is so cute/hot!" NOT ONCE.

I mean Look at Victory's boots! I would wear the crap out of those like I wear the crap out of my leopard flats. I wear them with everything knowing they don't match but its my thing. Leopard accessories. I have a leopard hardcase for my glasses as well! I am in search for the right leopard belt. I love Victory Ford. And I love that they are all regular women who come from regular backgrounds not all Versace Armani named brand-istas!!!! I mean I can duplicate the looks on my girls on LStckJun (in my size 16) and not look ridiculous going to work or to dinner with my husband.

OK enough of that. I'm sad to see them go but I'm sure another show will capture my heart just like this one did. I mean shucks...shows come and shows go...its the nature of the business.

Finally. I must speak on the atrocity I witnessed Wednesday night. Some of my loyal readership (all two of you) have experienced the evil I speak of. Both of you have read Nanny Diaries (yes Q I just outted you)...but we put the movie on our netflix and that was where the mistake was made. The book was fantastic! I felt a range of emotions during my journey into the lives of a girl who took a job that she was too good for because she needed to (wow I can relate). That is one of my favorite books to this day.

The movie was garbage. From the casting, the acting, the wardrobe. Everything was awful. If I wasn't a lady I would literally doodah all over the movie. (I wanted to use literally in this post in that way so sue me) Their interpretation was wretched. It was a total waste of time and space. I want that hour and thirty minutes of my life back. Its like the script writer had no imagination what-so-ever. Then they had the audacity to steal from one of the all time great movies of our generation Mary Poppins.

I have experienced a lot the past few weeks while I was gone. Mostly a lot of television, video games and food. Man I'm enjoying my life...and my obsession for next week in addition to the others. Experimenting with color.


I'm going to go buy some grey short ankle boots today, either suede or leather. Some opaque tights and at least one cute dress.

Oh Yes We Did!!!!

Everyone knows that tonight history was made. I dont need to reiterate that. I honestly wasnt sure, when I cast my early vote last week for Barack Obama, that he would be the next President of the United States. Im my heart I hoped, and I prayed for God to lead us in the right direction. But more than that I desired for American's to make the right decision...the smart decision.

Now we all know that American's are really bad at choosing things. I mean look at American Idol and Big Brother. Whenever we have to make a decision we mess it up!!! But this time we got it right. I am predicting that Barack will be one of the best presidents this country has ever seen.

Yes I said it.

Im so proud and excited. Yes i live in Tennessee so my vote didnt count. Go figure. Im seriously wanting to move because the numbers say alot about the people here.

I didnt cry, but i have this dumb grin on my face and a peace in my heart. Things are going to get better. I will quote my husband by saying, "I have never been so proud to be an American in my life as I am right now."

Doesnt this just make you feel as though ANYTHING is possible!!!!!