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Where does the time go?!
Okay...I have been a bad blogger. I want to play catch up ONE more time and then resume my regularly scheduled blogging. Since my last post I have been very busy and very sick! Last Wednesday night Mike and I went to the Preview Party for Mistletoe Marketplace. We went with our good friends Sid and Cerissa and we had a blast. It is the largest fundraiser that the Junior League of Jackson holds every year and it funds most of the projects we have in the community. For those of you who don't know what it is, it is a shopping extravaganza! Over 150 vendors from all over the country come to Jackson to sell their stuff. There is something for everyone there and we raise almost $1 million dollars. On Thursday, a friend of mine from high school came to visit me. Theresa and her sweet daughter Audrey came and we had a great visit. We had a nice lunch on Friday and then headed to Mistletoe where we shopped and shopped. We headed back home and got Landry and Audrey for Pictures with Santa. Landry did great! We have the best Santa year after year at Mistletoe. He comes from Ohio (I think) and he never disappoints. I took the photos with Santa last year so I had my photo taken with him last too...what a difference a year makes.

We left out on Saturday morning and headed to see Bama play LSU. The was not before we made a pit stop to the doctors office so I could get a Rocephan shot. I wasn't feeling very well and I almost canceled on the whole trip but I decided to go anyway. I am really glad I went because it was the best game I have ever been to. I almost had a heart attack...like 4 times...during the game but we prevailed and won it in over time. We tailgated with some friends who are LSU fans and had a great time. They had quiet the set up with a big motor home and a HUGE blow up projection TV screen. They had it catered with boiled shrimp and gumbo. It was a great day and a great win. Roll Tide! After the traffic cleared up a little, we headed down to New Orleans. We were absolutely beat but hungry so after we checked in we hit Bourbon Street and got some thing to eat. It is always fun to people watch in New Orleans. There are some real characters there and always something to see. After we got back to the room at a respectable 12:15 am we both passed out and didn't get up until 10 the next morning! I didn't realize how badly I needed the sleep until we woke up the next morning. We had a little lunch and headed to the Barnharts to get the Bug. On the way home, we stopped by the Fuel Stop in Manchac and picked up some fresh shrimp right off the boat. There is nothing better than fresh Gulf shrimp! We never dreamed that we would be able to go and do some of the things we have done since we don't have family close. The Barnharts (aka Momo and Paw Paw) have been so good to us and they absolutely love Landry. We know that she is in the best of care when she is with them.
All in all we had a great week. I had a good friend come visit, watched Alabama win and ate good food and Landry got a new pair of boots! How much better does it get than that!? Theresa, thank you for coming and bringing that sweet girl of yours. Bella misses her! Momo and PawPaw, thank you for taking such great care of our girl. She loves you and knows how much you love her.

Now....back to my regularly scheduled blogging.