Wednesday, December 30, 2009
December 28th...it's a pretty important day!
I got a new camera for Christmas so for my birthday we took a little trip to North Alabama to Little River Canyon to take some pictures...an by some pictures I think I snapped 200ish. It's just good practice and quality family time. Here are just a few pics from the day of different water falls. I finished the evening with dinner at PF Changs with mom, Teri and Tiffany. Not a bad way to celebrate being 32!!!
Christmas 2009
Here is Christmas in a nutshell in the Thomas houses....
We have dinner at Dad and Scotty's house and open presents on Christmas Eve. Here is a picture of Teri and her new baby Ginger, one of me, Dad and Teri and one of me on my new step stool....this is so I wont climb like a monkey on my counters to get stuff in the top cabinets since everyone knows I am accident prone.
Then we spend Christmas Day with Mom. We have breakfast and open presents and just hang out. This year we spent the entire day in our PJs and slept almost all day because I was sick and mom still wasn't feeling well. This picture pretty much sums up our Christmas Day.
We have dinner at Dad and Scotty's house and open presents on Christmas Eve. Here is a picture of Teri and her new baby Ginger, one of me, Dad and Teri and one of me on my new step stool....this is so I wont climb like a monkey on my counters to get stuff in the top cabinets since everyone knows I am accident prone.
Then we spend Christmas Day with Mom. We have breakfast and open presents and just hang out. This year we spent the entire day in our PJs and slept almost all day because I was sick and mom still wasn't feeling well. This picture pretty much sums up our Christmas Day.
A Crazy 48 Hours
Well I can honestly say that this has been the most adventurous and eventful trip I have ever had home...ever. On my way home I stopped in Vicksburg at the outlet mall and realized that I had forgotten my debit card and the memory card for my new camera. I should have known right then something was wrong. Within an hour of walking in the door I met my new "niece" Ginger only to find out that just moments before I got in town my sister had gotten rid of her dog Lucy. No one had warned me that I was walking in to a heartbroken sister who was grieving over getting rid of her great dane. Long story...but Lucy has a great home in the country now.
The next morning I got up early to finish some Christmas shopping with my dad and got some lunch at Dreamland bar-b-que (yummy). Before I had a chance to get to my mom's house that afternoon I got a call from her neighbor, Lou saying that she was on the way to the hospital in an ambulance having chest pains. 17 years ago at Christmas time my mom has a massive heart attack so this is always scary territory for us. I quickly got to the hospital where we spent the evening in the ER before she was admitted to the cardiac ICU. All the tests and blood work seemed to indicate there had been no heart attack but mom was in a lot of pain so they wanted to keep her for observation. The next morning I headed to the hospital for the 9am visitation but when I arrived they had taken her for her stress test and said she wouldn't be back in her for several hours. I decided to mess around in the area and get some last minute shopping done instead of waiting in the waiting room...BIG MISTAKE. I went to Target and got a few things, among which was some Starbucks coffee. I then headed to Walmart and to pick up a gift card for my dad at the movie theater....little did I know I was going to have a wreck. I ended up wrecking my car in the parking lot...my fault...and hit a lady who is very much out to get everything she can from my insurance company. Fun times. Poor little Explorer! I was fine, just mad.
Luckily the car is still drivable...mom got out of the hospital in time to spend Christmas as home and the 48 hours of drama were OVER. I did wake up on Christmas Eve with a full blown case of bronchitis which is still hanging over my head but I can deal with being sick.
The next morning I got up early to finish some Christmas shopping with my dad and got some lunch at Dreamland bar-b-que (yummy). Before I had a chance to get to my mom's house that afternoon I got a call from her neighbor, Lou saying that she was on the way to the hospital in an ambulance having chest pains. 17 years ago at Christmas time my mom has a massive heart attack so this is always scary territory for us. I quickly got to the hospital where we spent the evening in the ER before she was admitted to the cardiac ICU. All the tests and blood work seemed to indicate there had been no heart attack but mom was in a lot of pain so they wanted to keep her for observation. The next morning I headed to the hospital for the 9am visitation but when I arrived they had taken her for her stress test and said she wouldn't be back in her for several hours. I decided to mess around in the area and get some last minute shopping done instead of waiting in the waiting room...BIG MISTAKE. I went to Target and got a few things, among which was some Starbucks coffee. I then headed to Walmart and to pick up a gift card for my dad at the movie theater....little did I know I was going to have a wreck. I ended up wrecking my car in the parking lot...my fault...and hit a lady who is very much out to get everything she can from my insurance company. Fun times. Poor little Explorer! I was fine, just mad.
Luckily the car is still drivable...mom got out of the hospital in time to spend Christmas as home and the 48 hours of drama were OVER. I did wake up on Christmas Eve with a full blown case of bronchitis which is still hanging over my head but I can deal with being sick.
Saturday, December 19, 2009
Christmas Came Early
Christmas came a little early this year and I have been a picture taking fool! I got a new camera this year for Christmas and my birthday and with the addition of my Christmas bonus. I have been wanting to upgrade to a Canon Rebel for quite some time after playing with friends of mine and now I have my very own. In less than a week I have taken over 1000 pictures. Matti is not enjoying my new hobby...she just sighs every time she sees me take it out. I am really trying to work hard at not just taking pictures of her but some of my best ones thus far have been of her. I'll share some of my favorites so far....
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