Tagged...

My friend, Katy, tagged me to play the random fact game! How fun! Here are 7 random facts about me...

1. I am an 8 hour girl- more if possible! I love to sleep. My mom would probably say I am making up for all of the nights I did not sleep in my childhood! Overall, Cooper has allowed me to remain this way even with a little one living in our house. Lately though, he is waking up between 5 and 6. I am not happy about it!

2. I am training to run a 1/2 marathon with my good friend, Josie. This is a big feat for both of us because although we have always been exercisers, we have never been runners. It is also a feat because we have set a goal with exercise and are following through with it! December 6th is the day!

3. I love to decorate. Not a huge surprise to people who have been to my house, but I love to decorate for holidays, too! I get it honestly because my mom decorated for every holiday growing up, and I loved it! Here are my witches that I have had for many years and who make me so happy to pull out Halloween decorations every fall!

4. Ok, this is more of a confession, but I love Sex & the City. I have never watched the full-blown episodes on HBO, but I love the PG rated TBS reruns. I also loved the movie and purchased it when it came out at Target- much to the dismay of my husband! I think it is my fascination with the clothes (fabulous) and how people live their daily life in NYC! It is a city I love to visit (yearly if possible) but could never live in!

5. I have a tendency to be a political junkie. With the car time that my job dictates, talk radio is so readily available and is so easy to get sucked into. After the 2004 election, I had to detox from all of the politics, and I imagine that starting in about 10 days, I will begin the detox for 2008.

6. I like a tidy house! I feel better about the day when I know that the house will be clean when I get home. If for some reason I leave the house a mess, it bothers me all day. Definitely the control freak coming out in me! That being said, my car and closet are disasters! I guess I just like knowing where the mess is and knowing that it is contained!

7. I love make-up! It's not that I wear a ton of it, but I love the promise of a new "product!" I like it from any retail outlet, but Sephora is euphoria to women like me! The online version is so enticing, and I have to literally walk the other way when one is close to me in a mall if I am not willing to commit some serious cash!

So here are the rules:
*Link your tagger and list these rules on your blog.
*Tell seven random facts about yourself on your blog

* Tag seven people at the end of your post by leaving their names as well as links to their blogs
*Let them know they are tagged by leaving a comment on their blog
I'm tagging:
Jessica
Kathy
Mary DeVan
Selwyn
Holly
ok- I know it is only 5, but I don't have that many blogging friends!! Too many of my friends are on Facebook instead!

trying to see the positive

With Auburn's football season looking worse and worse as the weeks go by, I have to focus on what really matters around here! As an Auburn fan who was born, raised, and lives in Tennessee, the only victory that impacts my daily life is the one that occurred several weeks ago! Never got around to posting this picture of Cooper and his friend, Cade, but it somehow eases the pain of how bad things have gotten on the Plains! War Eagle anyway!

a little humor...

After a couple of days being stressed out about the election and the state of both the economy and my "evil" pharmaceutical job, this was a fun surprise in my inbox from my friend, Susan! Laughter is good medicine for sure! We are getting excited about Halloween around here for several reasons, but one being that Cooper is having a birthday party that night and will be two the next day! Hope this makes you laugh! Happy Trick or Treating!

The Beach!

The last leg of our vacation was so great! We were at the beach with a bunch of Dan's friends from college to celebrate the wedding of Bryan and Heather. They are both so great, and we had a blast with all of his friends.

Rehearsal Dinner night when all of the boys wound up in the pool! Yes, Dan's shirt ripped, and he became Rambo.

Cooper loving Micah's guitar playing (and

dancing to it, too!).

Running and playing on the front porch of the house

Cooper and his friend, Lily!

Coop's two favorite people at the beach- "the baby" (as he called her all day long- also known as Evie) and Jason (the baby and Lily's dad).

What a sunset for a wedding! Congrats Chambers and Heather!

Disney- day 2

Cooper had such a good time at Disney! He played and rode rides and talked about buses and monorails all day long! We started the day at Disney Hollywood Studios and spent the majority at Magic Kingdom. What a fun experience! We are at the beach now relaxing and preparing to celebrate the marriage of some friends this weekend. Will post on the third part of vacation soon!

Disney- day 1

We have survived our first day of Disney fun! We had a blast! Other than a little rain, the day was great! We started at Animal Kingdom and hopped to Epcot. Cooper loved Animal Kingdom- especially the safari; Dan and I loved the Food & Wine Festival at Epcot! The Disney buses were Cooper's favorite thing today, though. Isn't that typical? Take a child to Disney World when you could have taken him to the Jackson bus stop instead! We found a toy Disney bus that we had to buy at the end of the day to remember the fun!

First Leg of the Marathon Vacation...

I wish I could say that the trip to Auburn was a total blast. Unfortunately all parts of the weekend were not fun including the football game which was just wrong. Our Saturday morning began with finding our car towed, and it never seemed to get much better. The one high point was tailgating at Natalie's house. "The White House" as they call it is so great! Nat and 9 of her friends live there very close to campus and have a great set-up! They had all of their families over to tailgate, and we had a great time! Thanks, girls, for the hospitality and for putting up with a crazy, almost two-year-old running around for the day! We have made it to Disney and are headed to the park in the morning!

Cooper and Caroline- the niece of Nat's friend, Kathleen- swinging

Cornhole was a highlight!

The Edwards/Sikes Fam before the game (we missed you Sister)

Coop & Dan at the game (can you tell Cooper wasn't too sure about the experience)

Cooper and his Nanie!

Happy Birthday, Daddy!

I didn't actually buy this hat for Dan's birthday, but he and Cooper posed for a picture in one of the many Downtown Disney stores with it on! You can't tell in the picture, but the candles on the top light up! Happy Birthday, Dan! We love you and are thankful for you everyday! Thanks for spending your birthday driving us!

Exhausted!!

I think our bundle of energy is growing! He is eating all day and sleeping lots (thank goodness). He sacked out on the couch watching Wheel of Fortune! Maybe he is resting up for our marathon vacation that starts on Friday! We are headed to Auburn, Disney World, and then the beach for a friend's wedding and will be gone for 9 days! Think about us with this almost two-year old traveling! Thank goodness for the new car's DVD player!! Will post soon about our travels!