Amazing Person #2

One of my dearest friends gave me a slap on the wrist this week for being a bad blogger. She is so right. I have neglected the blogosphere, so I thought it apropos to dedicate this post to her! Now, she needs a nickname. Let's call her.......Shiksa! That is a fitting name, and I think it will give her a much needed giggle.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAD!

BG turns the big 6-2 today. Happy Birthday, Dad!

Anyone who meets my dad immediately falls in love with him. He is one special person. He grew up in the same town where he still lives today. He and my 2 uncles were raised on a farm by two of the most humble and warm-hearted people on the planet. Nothing is more important to BG than family and God with Auburn football - well, Auburn in general - coming in as a close 3rd.

Easter in Small Town Alabama looks like...

THIS.
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To frame this up properly, I have to tell you. One of the things I love most about me is that I come from a tiny - and I mean TINY - small town in Alabama. You can count the number of traffic lights on one hand. Everybody knows everybody. When I was a mischievous teenager, my parents knew about the trouble I had gotten into, before I got home. Time stands absolutely still in places like this. It is virtually the same place that I left when I went away to college. But anyway...

April 4, 2008

This was a VERY exciting day in my world. Something I never thought possible became official. Five faces I never thought I would see in the same place again...were in the same place again. There were rumors. Lots of them. There were rumblings. There was reason to believe in the weeks prior to April 4th. But that day it became real. Very real.

Amazing Person #1

I have a very dear friend who lives in Chicago. He is truly one of the coolest people I've ever met. I'm going to give him a nickname here, but I have to tell you a little bit about him first. He and I met through a mutual friend and hit it off instantly. He is one of those people that can instigate bouts of side-splitting laughter in me easier than most...not that it's difficult for anyone, mind you (I'm a giggler), but he's just one of those people that is funny without really even trying. On top of his sheer talents as an accidental comedian, he has quite a story.

IT'S A BOY!!!!

I AM BEYOND THRILLED TO ANNOUNCE THAT I WILL WELCOME

MY FIRST NEPHEW

TO THE WORLD IN AUGUST!!!

Don't get me wrong. I LOVE LOVE LOVE all of my nieces, but I cannot wait to have a little prince in the family. And BELIEVE ME he will be treated as such.

I called my dad yesterday - who shall heretofore be referred to as BG - to share in the PURE JOY of this news and wasn't able to reach him. Never fear. He always calls right back, but rarely leaves a message. Clearly, he was overcome with exuberance, and left me the following message:

CLASSIC BG

To know him is to love him.

Let's be very clear - THIS IS NOT MY CHILD. I AM NOT PREGNANT. But anyone who knows me can tell you, I am one of the world's biggest doting aunts. I CAN'T WAIT UNTIL AUGUST!!

No doubt, there will be lots of BG antics to come, but now you, at least, have a little taste. :)

Beasley

Let me tell you a little something about my best bud. His name is Beasley. He'll be 4 in June. He is black and white. He loves me unconditionally and is always happy to see me...and everyone else. All he wants in life is to be near me and occasionally some food, water, and a squeaky toy.