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GEAUX TIGERS... and whatnot

I am just a little nervous and a TON excited... here 1 minute away from kickoff!
I've got some pic posts coming your way, Christmas, New Year's Eve, etc...

:-)

I woke up this morning and thought, "I totally have to blog this!"

Let me tell you about my dream. Apparently I'm having Thanksgiving-day jitters or something... you see, my family-in-law is coming in, and I couldn't be more excited! (YAY!) The more memorable parts of my dream include Martha Stewart giving me tips on how to fold dinner napkins into animals, and Dr. Derek Shepherd offering to cook me dinner because Meredith was still at the hospital and Gerald was out flying in his airplane. After those 2 helping me out, how could I be bothered to remember the other details?!?

Welcome, Evelyn Rae Smith. You are so loved! (and I sleep-texted your mommy last night when she sent out the info about your birthday! Apparently my reaction was "Wahoo." No exclamation point. I promise I'm excited. I just can't punctuate while folding dinner-napkin animals with Martha.)

Update, Y'all!

So, the video below.... AWESOME! I don't know who put it together, because KUDOS!
The wedding was amazing. Sheri and John make such a beautiful couple, don't they?

Mama and Daddy picked me up at the airport right at 3:30 or so.... just in time to hear kickoff on the radio. Traffic wasn't terrible, and it was easy to find the hotel. Beautiful place, too! I'm a Hampton Inn Believer, now! We got ready and headed to the church down St. Charles. Nothing beats New Orleans for beauty in the Garden District! Wedding at a beautiful Catholic Church, and I don't know if I'm the first to notice, but I think all Catholic churches smell the same! Something about wooden pews and candle wax. Perhaps it's the Old English Furniture Polish all those nuns work into the wood! (am I the only one that remembers that commercial?)

Anyway.... I have to confess.... I had my dear lovely non-football-fan husband send me text messages, updating us on the game. By the time they were pronounced as Mr. and Mrs. John Flatt, LSU tied Bama 24-24. No shame, though.... a guy across the aisle from us was checking the game status all throughout the ceremony, too. :-)

As soon as we got to the ceremony, Mama scoped out a live-feed laptop and hunkered down with the rest of the band (yes, the entertainment for the evening) to watch the rest of the game.
I'm sure if they would've practiced, the band (The Nobles) they would've played the LSU fight song! They were still awesome! The food was amazing, and we all had a blast!!! We escorted the new couple out with a very enthusiastic Second Line. Such a wonderful time.

Sunday, we spent tooling around the French Quarter. I went on a search for a pretty sterling silver fleur-de-lis ring, and found one in the market. SWEET! Lots of pigeons and tourists around. The Saints played that afternoon, so we saw lots of black and gold. We didn't stay on Bourbon St. very long! We ate a yummy lunch - muffelatas - and did some touristy-shops. That's what the french quarter is all about! We tried Cafe du Monde, but MAN was it packed! The most memorable moment, however, was a comment I heard as we walked down Decatur... a very redneck mama made an observation to her child, "I just saw a penguin walk into that bar!" (really!?!) I'm sure it was just a normal, run-of-the-mill pigeon, but someone needs to give that woman a ticket to the Audubon Zoo, STAT!

Anyway, it's time for me to eat....'MUNGRY!

LAMY. :)

Can you feel it?!?

I'm heading to a LOUISIANA wedding in New Orleans on Nov. 3rd.
You can bet that the Bride has arranged for a wide-screen TV to be positioned just as prominently as the bleedin' armadilla groom's cake.

At least I hope so!

Geaux Tigers!

I love my church family!

http://www.jonathanbow.com/
(He's our pastor)

Here's the link to the church, who just celebrated their collective 10th birthday. WOW~!
http://www.crosspointe.org/ On Sunday nights, I'm leading a group of 8 sixth-grade girls in a study of what it means to be a Christian in a Middle Schooler's body. It is awesome. God has blessed me to be able to minister to these girls, and they are more of a blessing to me than I could ever hope to be to them. What's great is that I'll be able to track up with them; next year, I'll be the 7th grade girls' leader, then 8th the next. I'm committed to the group of girls through high school!!! That is a genius idea, don' t you think? Our Youth Pastor, Eddie Mullins is a great (young) man, on fire for God. Eddie does make me feel old, however. And he and his wife Tracy are 'noles and Gator fans... I can forgive them.

Anyway, just wanted to share that awesomeness with you. Hope all is well in your neck of the woods.

I have SIADD: Sudden Internet ADD

Follow the bouncing bullet points:

• The post below is (sideways) the gas-leak from last Wednesday. About a block away from where I work. Flames be FROOFING from the pipes. Hey, I had to. If anyone knows how to rotate a digital video 90 degrees clockwise without getting all techie-nerdy on me, let me know.
• So, I'm sitting here, listening to the Contemporary Christian station on my satellite, when I hear the unmistakable opening bars of "Love Shack." My brain skurrked around, thinking Love Shack? On this station? Well, no Love Shack.... yes MESHACH. Apparently, there's a parody band called Apologetix who does fantastic Christian covers of very good songs. Check it out.
  
• Every time I type "Christian" it comes out Christina... even that time! Sheesh.
  
• I'm hosting a Pampered Chef party... wanna come? Seriously. If you'd like to order something, let me know, and I can deliver it to you when I come home for Christmas.
• Okay, so let me rave for a minute. This website has given me such a mental awakening when it comes to prioritizing my time and resources lately. I've never been the "neatest" of people, house-wise. Remember my apt. on Finks Hideaway? Yeah, didn't think so because not many people came over. It was just too messy. Nottanymoore! I've been flywashed... and my laundry and dishes haven't been THIS done ever. It's a beautiful thing. Let me know what you think. Can't wait for the mad rush of the holidays~!
  

Love yous!