Can your fingers fall off from too much texting?

If so, Emily is DOOMED!

Last weekend, we upgraded all 3 cell phones since it had been about 2 years since we had done so. Today, Emily asked me if the Auburn fight song was downloadable on her phone. I figured it was, but decided to check online to make sure. (and it is) While browsing around, I noticed that it said we had sent 5021 text messages since May 22nd...beginning of our billing cycle. I laughed out loud and thought "There's no way that right!" So, I decided to pull our last 2 bills to check the usage. In March, Emily sent 3,951 text messages!!! As if that's not shocking enough, in April she sent....are you ready for this? 11,084!!!!!!!!!!! Yes, that's ELEVEN THOUSAND AND EIGHTY FOUR text messages in ONE MONTH! I almost spit my tea all over the desk!

So, apparently 5,021 is accurate....and apparently Emily has waaaaaay too much time on her hands! Chores, in abundance, are headed her way.

Yes, I live in Texas

Here is what Jeff Foxworthy has to say about
us folks from Texas ...

If someone in a Lowe's store offers you
assistance and they don't work there, you may live
in Texas;

If you've worn shorts and a parka at
the same time, you may live in Texas;

If you've had a lengthy telephone
conversation with someone who dialed a
wrong number, you may live in Texas;

If 'Vacation' means going anywhere
south of Dallas for the weekend, you may live in
Texas;

If you measure distance in hours, you
may live in Texas;

If you know several people who have hit
a deer more than once, you may live in
Texas;

If you install security lights on your
house and garage, but leave both
unlocked, you may live in Texas;

If you carry jumper cables in your car
and your wife knows how to use them,
you may live in Texas;

If the speed limit on the highway is 55
mph -- you're going 80 and everybody's
passing you, you may live in Texas;

If you find 60 degrees 'a little
chilly,' you may live in Texas;

If you actually understand these jokes,
and share them with all your Texas
friends, you definitely live in Texas.

Shannon & Glenn...DigiScrapped!

While recently browsing Shannon's new beach photos on Facebook, I came across this picture of Shannon and Glenn. I love it! Therefore, I decided to create a digital scrapbook page with it. Shannon doesn't know I'm doing this so we'll see how long it takes her to find it. LOL!

Friday Photos...sort of

As most of you know, Friday is the day I use to share photos. Well, since I don't have a lot of new photos yet, I had to improvise. I'm sharing 2 new digital scrapbook layouts! The photos used on these pages were taken from my Photobucket account. They were initially uploaded to Photobucket so I could email them. Therefore, they were reduced in size and are no longer print quality. I am hoping that they will look okay in my scrapbook pages since I don't use a full size picture. Hoping...but not sure right now. Anyway, at least I have them to look at since I no longer have the originals. And today I'm sharing them with you! Enjoy! (Just don't click on them so you can view larger...they are really blurry!)

Like bargains? You're gonna love this post!

Do you love bargains? I sure do! Before our computer crash, I had lots of links to some great bargain sites. Of course, now I can't remember most of them. However, I did happen to find a link to one of them - Money Saving Mom. This is an awesome site if you are a bargain hunter like me! Sorry I don't have time to tell you more about it, but I'm off to Target for some FREE mayo and chocolate bars after I request a sample of my favorite toothpaste...all courtesy of Money Saving Mom! Hurry and find out what bargains are waiting for you at http://www.moneysavingmom.com/ . Don't worry...you can thank me later!

Sweet Music To My Ears

Tonight, McKinney Boyd High School Band will present their Spring Concert. All of the bands - Honors Band, Symphonic I, and Symphonic II - will be performing. Emily was one of the fortunate few incoming 9th graders to make Symphonic I band. She has worked extremely hard this year and has greatly improved her talent. We are so proud of her!

P.S. I told you that you'd be seeing more of my digital scrapbook creations! It's seriously addicting!

Fear not...the blog has NOT been abandoned!

Well, it has been a sad, sad few weeks around here...for me anyway.

After my case of spring fever writer's block, we went on our camping trip to Petit Jean State Park in Arkansas. It was wonderful...everyone had a great time! We can't wait to go back again. The waterfall was magnificent and I did take LOTS of pictures as promised. In fact, over that 5 day trip, I took over 160 pictures! And that was after I deleted some!

However, the most horrible, dreaded thing that I could ever imagine happening, happened. Our computer crashed. I lost FOUR YEARS worth of pictures!!!! All of Abby's infancy pictures, all of our special occasions...including our camping trip, everything...gone! I literally cried and mourned the loss of my pictures for several days. I am still devastated just thinking about it. But I suppose time has a way of healing old wounds...and the loss of pictures...by creating new memories. This past weekend, I got out my camera for the first time since the crash. It was Perry's birthday and also Memorial Day. Although I still cry inside for the irreplaceable photos, I look forward to creating more. Below is one I took yesterday of Abby playing in her pool. Oh, and now I have a new obsession...digital scrapbooking! I'm sure you will be seeing lots of my creations in the near future! Ha, ha!