WHEWWW...what a wonderful weekend...

A wonderful weekend but glad it is over....

Super, super busy but I got to see most of my family and I didn't have to worry about work at all!  LeAnne went and met Aunt Maronica to get Kelsey Le' so that she could come spend the night with us.  After I got off work we took all 6 of the grandkids to get their pictures made with the live bunnies, in which I had to hide so that Wilkins wouldn't cry for me.  I can't wait to see these pictures because the photographer would say "everyone look over here and smile" and Wilkins would say "no, no" and turn her head in the opposite direction.  I can't imagine where she gets her stubborness or her attitude?!!  After pictures Kels, me, mom, and Wilkins went to the avenue to go shopping for a couple of hours and then rushed home to get ready for the singing at Smyrna in about 30 minutes!!  I must say we looked pretty darn good to have rushed like we did!  As we all know singings last forever. 

 So after getting home and finally in bed around midnight we had to get up extremely early to get Kels to Trenton for her graduation party!  It was suppose to start at 10am and we arrived at 1010am...pretty good if I do say so myself.  I can't believe that my baby (Kelsey) has graduated and will soon be turning 18!  I feel old but most of all I look at what a beautiful young woman she is turning into.  This is the little girl that used to basically live with us...she always spent the night.  I used to curl her hair for all of her pageants, buy her clothes, took her to get her ears pierced, and so many more firsts for her.  I can't imagine what the next few years will hold for her and as emotional as it was to travel down memory lane, it was also lots of laughs to.  My hope for Kelsey is that she will enjoy her life as a single young woman and when the time is right a nice young man will find her.  I hope this young man will be someone that will treat her well, take care of her, and always be her soft spot to fall.  Now on to the rest of Saturday...

It started off pouring down rain and a little bit chilly as you can tell by the way we are all wrapped up!

Here are some pictures of the kids dying Easter eggs which turned out to be okay!  We did have a few catastrophes...bound to happen when you have little ones.  Of course, they all want to do it all on their on.  Wilkins and Logan managed to spill a few of the cups and torment the older kids but they really didn't understand.  We started at the tables but ended up just sitting on the drive way so there was more room ultimately leading to Wilkins and Logan using their feet to spill the cups!

I guess Wilkins thought the sidewalk chalk was as colorful as the eggs because she started putting them in the same carton!  Too cute...

After dying eggs, they had a little mini egg hunt.  And where is the best place to hide an egg?!  A bird nest of course!!!  LOL

Then there was the little pond/fountain that pretty much tortured Wilkins the entire day because she loves water.  She kept throwing rocks, balls, and anything else she could find in it.  She didn't get it...she thought it was a "bath" so needless to say it was the best thing ever that she couldn't have.

She pretty much would have jumped in there if we would have let her...

I don't know what she was telling Blake or Logan but she was definitely jabbering about something.  If I had my guess she was probably saying how could these mean ol' grown ups put something like this out here and not let us play in it.

Whoever invented sidewalk chalk I will gladly kiss the ground you walk on because that is definitely the best thing since sliced cheese!  I know I will probably regret saying that later because Wilkins wrote all over the driveway, the porch, the rocks, and anything else she came in contact with.  I tried to stop her but all of her grandparents, aunts, and uncles told me to let her because it washed off.  So despite the fact that it kept her occupied most of the day, it also let her know it is ok to color all over everything...YIKES!  Now I am going to have to watch her even more closely when she is coloring and when I have to get on to her for coloring on her walls or table I am going to make sure that I call all of those grandparents, aunts, and uncles and let them hear her crying!!!  Just kidding!  I wouldn't do that!  :)  Addy writes stuff all the time and she will ask "What does this say?" and sure enough she used that sidewalk chalk to do just that.  So at Kelsey's graduation party this is what Addy wrote: 

I had to take a picture!  This was too funny!  I thought my grandaddy was going to have a heart attack when he saw it!!  LOL!  Poor Addy had no clue what she wrote even after we were all laughing at her...only LeAnne's child would do this!!!  She is just like her momma!!

Wilkins used her bottom to clean up most of the sidewalk chalk too.  We were all running from her because she had chalk all over her!  Who cares though, she was having a blast!

She was getting a little tired after playing so hard all day long so she decided she would just lay down on the driveway in the middle of the chalk!  She didn't think she had enough chalk on her I guess!!  She tried to get Blake to lay down with her but as you can tell he thought she was nuts!!  What kid lays down without being told to by their parent?!

Then great grandaddy Herbert gave her some strawberries to eat all by herself!!  What a mess?!  But she loved every bit of it!  Who knew she liked strawberries, fresh from Florida courtesy of Aunt Maronica, that much?!

 

After spending all day outside we went with Aunt Maronica, Uncle Kevin, Kelsey, and Avery to Chattanooga just to finish up a little Easter shopping and basically spend a little more time with them.  We used to go shopping every Saturday before Easter with them but since they moved to Florida we haven't gotten to.  It is so odd to think about how much we used to do together and with all the miles between us now we don't get to.  I miss those good ol' days when we only lived a mile apart but I guess we all have to grow up and go our separate ways, hoping that the bond we share doesn't separate too.  We got back into Murfreesboro around 11pm and in bed by 1am...super tired after Saturday!  So I think this post is long enough and jam packed with tons of pictures so I will do a new post with all of our wonderful Easter!!

A stumble the day before her pictures...

Is it just my child or do all children fall the day before they are suppose to have pictures made?  Well, it seems that Wilkins has fell just about everytime she has had her pictures made...I know at least 3 times for sure.  Tomorrow she is suppose to have her pictures made in the buttercups, which of course has been postponed twice because of the weather.  So I am wondering if I called the portrait studio and told them I needed to postpone because Wilkins has fell and bruised her chin what they would say...yeah right!
So Wilkins was running through the living room and I guess she tripped on a speck of dust (there was nothing in the floor).  She literally hit her chin on the end table and went to her knees.  She hit so hard that is sounded like a door slamming.  Of course, being my child, she is in shock for a moment and then starts to cry.  Except for when Wilkins cries she holds her breath until her lips turn blue so I have to blow in her face to get her to take a breath.  She only cried for a minute but it was those big tears that as a parent rips your heart out.  Then she just wanted her "bic" (blanket) and for me to hold her.  She looked up at me with her big blue eyes and in her pitiful little voice said "night night".  I asked her if she was sleepy and she said "no seepy".  So then I asked her if she wanted to go lay in the bed and watch Ni Hi Kalan and she said "yeas" (that is how she says it).  She literally laid in the bed for an hour and just watched tv.  She never would let me look in her mouth but because she has a little lisp I could see that she bit her tongue.  As the night goes on, her chin is getting more red and there is a cut on her chin with a little bruising!!  Go figure!
The one thing that I tell myself is one day when we look back at these pictures I will be able to tell her about the black eye she had in her 6 mths pictures, the black eye in her one year pictures, why she was crying the entire time in her 2nd Halloween pictures (Roseola and Ruebella=no trick or treating), and now her 2nd Easter pictures!  Oh well...growing pains as they say!
Speaking of Easter...my mom made me a skirt yesterday (actually two) and today I went and found a shirt for both in about 30 minutes!  Pretty excited about that, normally when I am looking for something specific I can't find crap!  Gotta find some shoes, earrings, and maybe a braclet that I saw that is super cute!! So after Wilkins' pictures tomorrow we are going to get a pedicure and finish up all the last minute Easter shopping!

Even though the next 4 days is going to be busy I am looking forward to it.  Thursday:  work at 5am, pictures in the buttercups at 345pm, finish all last minute Easter shopping.  Friday:  work at 5am, pictures with the cousins and live bunnies at 330, singing at Smyrna.  Saturday:  Kelsey's graduation party at Daniel's (Trenton, Ga), dye Easter eggs with all the kids at granny's, spend time with everyone.  Sunday:  church at 11am, eat dinner, Easter egg hung then finally relaxation until work at 10am on Monday.

Hope everyone has a wonderful Easter weekend!  I know I will because I am not working so I am sure that I will have lots of pictures to post after Sunday!!  Hope you find the one egg that has lots of money in it!!

Pre- Wilkins clothes...

So I did it...finally!  I have so many clothes taking up so much space in my closet that I have been holding on to just hoping and praying that I will be able to fit into them again!  Not gonna happen!  Even though I am only about 10-15 pounds heavier now than before I got pregnant, my body is not the same shape.  I have finally accepted that.  So the only way I know how to come to grips with it is just to get rid of all the clothes that I can fit in but just don't flatter me anymore!  With that being said...I have cleaned out my closet.  Not only did I get rid of clothes that were to small but some that were too big (sigh).  I must say that I did keep about 5 or 6 pairs of pants in the back of my closet with the hope that I would lose the extra 10-15 pounds.  You don't understand....these are work pants!!  I absolutely despise buying any clothes for work because they all come home with some kind of grease stains so that is why I kept them.  Not only are they cute but I didn't wear them that much because they were fairly new when I started putting on the pounds.
This is really hard for me because I have always been small and coping with the fact that I will never get back to that size sucks.  I used to eat junk food all day long and never gain an ounce but now my weakness for junk food ends up being "junk in the trunk"...lol!!  I would love to join a gym and work out but when do I have time for that?!  I work 55-60 hours a week, a single mom, and I hate to ask my mom to watch Wilkins for another hour so that I can work out.  I mean my mom already has Wilkins the entire time I am at work so it isn't fair to tack on a few more.
So if I happen to lose the weight or tone up and need new clothes then I will just have to reward myself with new clothes!!  Sounds like a good plan to me... 
Spring cleaning is under way, yard sale is just around the corner, vacation is less than 5 weeks away, smile is spreading across my face just thinking about these things...

NOT MY WEEKEND!!

So I thought that nothing get worse than Friday but I was so very wrong!!  I had to be at work at 5am again today and as I was driving up I noticed that the entire road leading up to my store was dark!  Needless to say, I unlock the door only to find that our power is out too!  That means more drama for me....yeaaaa! 
I call the electric company only to listen to an automated operator forever.  After listening to a bunch of different options a real live person finally comes on the line.  I tell her of the power outage only for her to tell me "Ok.  We have someone in route to that area to find out the source of the power outage and we will add you to the list."  ARE YOU KIDDING?  I don't think she realized how important it is that we open the doors at 6am to serve eggs and bacon to those committed guests.  I mean we have people standing at the door before we even open just to have good ol' southern cookin'!!  I don't completely understand this madness.  Who in their right mind is standing anywhere at 6am on a Saturday or Sunday when they don't have to...they choose to!  Absolutely the most insane thing in the world to me but let me tell you they do...I had to tell quite a few people that we weren't going to be opening on time and direct them to the next one despite the fact that there was a sign on the door stating the exact same thing.  I think that seeing a note on the front door saying:  "Due to the power outage we will not be opening at 6am.  Sorry for the inconvience but there is another one at exit 81B (Murfreesboro) and at exit 66 (Smyrna).  We will open as soon as we can."  just completely made these loyal guests stare in shock!  So they needed me to take time to walk all the way to the front door to explain to them what was going on because that note was just so CONFUSING! 
Anyway, our power ended up coming back on around 615am allowing us to open just a little before 7am which wasn't too bad.  So on top of the power outage and the late start I ended up being short about 4 servers that were actually scheduled but could have used about 6 more, down 1 host, had a SA (sets up all the food) that had to much to drink last night and was pretty much worthless, 3 of the servers ended up being late...so a wonderful start to the last day of a very eventful weekend.  Oh yeah...let's not forget that my GM decided to get to work extremely early (5am with me...which I hate someone messing with my opening routine and talking to me that early period!) so that he could finish his charts (which he was suppose to finish before he left yesterday).  And to top it all off my DM decided to show up around 1230pm to have a visit because I guess he thought that my weekend just wasn't eventful enough!  You think that those people who stand at the door before we open is loyal you should have seen the insane people who waited 30 and 40 minutes to eat today!  We were on a wait until almost 3pm...hello, go to a drive thru!!  So at least the weekend is over and I guess I can just chalk it up to everyone should have to experience this kind of stuff at least once in their 9 years.  I hope that I only have to experience it only this once and never again!!!
Now to enjoy my two days off...only to return at 5am on Wednesday to await the anticipated visit from the COO,  my RVP (regional vice president), and my DM again.  I can't wait.....just kidding I will be fine without this ever happening!!
I will let you know how it turns out...

Not my day...

Thank goodness Friday is over!!  Let me give you a run down of how my day went yesterday and why I am still recovering today!
Let's start with the funny part (at my expense) of my Friday afternoon! I went straight to get my hair cut and colored after work. I have been going to the same person for over 7 years and I really don't care what she does with my hair as long as she doesn't color it purple, pink, or any other crazy color. I don't normally care how short she cuts it either as long as I don't have to have my neck shaved because it will eventually grow out. But today I told her some specifics...I want my hair shorter (not touching my shoulders), layered some in the back (so it will be fuller), and a little bit longer on the sides. Other than that I don't really care what the color is or anything. Well, me being me, I don't really pay anymore attention after that because I am just not one of those girls who really cares what my hair looks like. I mean it is naturally curly so I can't really style it anyway so why should I, right? Wrong! I am talking and she is cutting and cutting (still not paying attention).  I am to busy talking about my upcoming trip to Disney World with the other hair stylist, who also loves Disney as much as I do, to really even care how much she had cut.  She tells me to flip my head over (normally she styles my hair straight), which I do. She is drying my hair while scrunching it with her other hand and who knows how much product she has already put in it! I flip my head back up only  to find myself looking like I have a fro...for real! And not only has she made my hair really, really big (as most hair stylists do) but she also has managed to cut BANGS! Not only do I have bangs now but she has straightened them with a flat iron. So picture this...Ronald McDonald with straight bangs, parted to the right side, angling down to cover my eye (annoying to say the least)! Needless to say I tell her I look like I have stuck my finger in a light socket and thank goodness I am going home and no where else! Of course, my mom and sisters were practically rolling on the floor laughing when they saw me...glad I could entertain!

Now for some more entertainment, again at my expense!  I have been to the tanning bed 3 times in the last week and have not been burnt one time.  In all actuality, I don't really think I have ever really been burnt...maybe a little red but nothing bad until now!  I go to the tanning bed last night and the girl working talks me into going to the "standup bed".  Not only is this the most uncomfortable thing in the world but I will never do it again.  You are literally standing in something like a capsule almost like being in a coffin except for the top is open and of course, it isn't dark.  So I am in this thing and I can't for the life of me get comfortable.  They have these two bars for you to hold on to so that your arms are not down by your side but I just couldn't fathom standing like that for 10 minutes.  So the entire time I am feeling rather awkward trying to find some way to place my arms without holding on to those bars.  I end up putting my hands on my hips and then realizing that if I do that then I am going to have hand prints on my sides.  Never did find a good way to stand but it doesn't matter because I will never do it again.  Especially after waking up in the middle of the night on FIRE!  I am not kidding.  Saying I look like a lobster is the understatement of the year...I couldn't get comfortable all night.  My skin is literally on fire and somehow I manage to get burnt under my arms which is unbelievable because I don't think I had my arms up but a minute or two.  Being burnt under the arms is the most uncomfortable thing ever.  It isn't that bad when I am at home and don't have a bra on but unfortunately I had to work today.  So with work comes stupidity.  I mean I had to state the obvious all day long when everyone asked me "are you burnt?"  DUH!  Finally, I just started making up some of the most absurd stories about why I was so red.  It was a very miserable day...I ended up going in the bathroom taking off my shirt, then my bra, and lathering up with lotion twice.  I was hurting so, so bad.  I came home stripped down and had my mother rub aloe all over my back which helped for all of 15-20 minutes.  Unfortunately, I couldn't even relish in the temporary relief because while my mom was putting aloe on my back Wilkins decided to pull her diaper off, which was dirty, and bring it to me.  Needless to say she managed to get it down her leg and on her feet.  So my mom stood her in the bathtub to go get some fresh wipes while I tried cleaning up the diaper she had dropped.  I guess my mom forgot that Wilkins can climb out of the bathtub because she came running around the corner, poop still on her leg and feet, and now smeared on the bathtub from where she climbed out!!!  FUN! FUN!  I went ahead and gave Wilkins a bath while I cleaned up everything else, finished lathering up with aloe only to realize I was miserable with clothes on period.  I don't know how I am going to make it through tomorrow with clothes on.  I still burn just sitting her with a t-shirt and panties on so if this doesn't get any better tomorrow is gonna suck and on top of that my DM is suppose to be there! 

Now to how my Friday actually started:
 
I had to be at work at 5am only to find the manager that had closed the night before was still there!  Always a bad sign!!  The hood cleaners had came and usually they are done by 3am at latest but this time they managed to mess up our ANSUL system.  For those of you who do not know what that is...it is like an automatic fire extinguisher.  If the grill or something was to catch on fire it would automatically put the fire out and shut down all gas from continuing to go to the grill.  Well, somehow they managed to trip the switch causing the gas to shut off and in turn managing to shut down all of our ovens, 2 of the 4 kettles, and most of the electricity in the back of the kitchen.  The other manager let me know that the people who are coming to work on it would not be able to be at our store until 7am...not good!  We are suppose to open at 6am.  So I get on the phone and start calling all of our employees, telling them not to come in until 7am.  In the meantime the guys get there and let us know that this was going to be at minimum three hours, which puts us now opening (if we are lucky) at 10am or 11am!  I told the other manager to leave because he had to be back at 3pm and began making calls again letting the employees know to enjoy the rest of their morning off.  I then sent the 7 or 8 employees that were there home and told them to call back around 930am.  So here is where it gets real fun...I can't manage to get away from the phone because everyone can't imagine why we aren't open and of course, I am the only manager working.  (Should be two managers on a Friday morning but my GM decided not to come in at 5am like he was scheduled.)  I have been on the phone with my district manager numerous times by now and he is unhappy that I am by myself considering the crisis we have going on.  He lets me know that my GM told him (DM) that he had worked until 330am...NOT! (LIE #1)  He most certainly did not work...in fact, so far everyone that I have talked to that worked on Thursday didn't even see him in our store.  Either way the drama continues...the guys working on our ANSUL system let me know that the 2 parts they need can't be located and their branch manager is trying to find what they need.   Of course, there always has to be that one person at the home office who calls to tell you that it is just a breaker tripped and wants me to go flip the breaker.  I do that and surprise, surprise, nothing happens which I let him know.  I then tell him that the guys working on this told me that while they were filling up the third tank a pin shears and has never had this happen to him.  Not only does the pin shear but it is an odd pin and it is going to be extremely hard to locate another one.  The guy from home office lets me know that a breaker was tripped to begin with and now that we let these guys screw up we are in deep water.  Of course, he knows what it is because he isn't anywhere near our store nor has he looked at it but because that is his job he is automatically right.  WRONG!  Just like a man to tell you what is wrong without actually knowing what the crap they are talking about. 
Then I receive word at 10am that the branch manager has located the parts...in Louisville, KY!!  This takes two and half hours from Nashville and then two and half hours back.  Add on about a 45min-hour drive from Nashville to Murfreesboro and then at least two hours to work on it after the parts are received, that puts us opening at about 530-6pm!!  UH-OH!  A decision needs to be made now on whether to bypass the ANSUL system or wait until it is fixed.  Bypassing the system means there is no fire protection other than the 5 or 6 fire extinguishers we have hanging on the walls.  Not bypassing the system means not only do we miss all the breakfast sales but then the lunch and part of the dinner sales on a Friday.  Needless to say we bypass the system and my GM gets there around 1030am and we open the doors at 11am with a handful of employees.  Ended up being a pretty good afternoon, got a lot of praise from my DM on how I handled the situation, got lies #2, 3, and 4 from my GM and who knows how many more. 

And so I live another day to tell of the fun a restaurant manager/full time mom can possibly have....

RAIN=no pictures in the buttercups :(

Rain, rain go away...PLEASE!!  So I got Wilkins' dress from granny and I love it!  It is white with yellow smocking and butterfly sleeves.  Wilkins was suppose to get her pictures made today at the Sam Davis Home in the buttercups at 11am but the rain ruined all plans!!  So now weather permitting we have rescheduled for Saturday at 5pm...let's hope the rain goes away because I can't wait to get these pictures.  Because of that we decided to head to Cool Springs Galleria and just wonder around...not really shopping but just looking.  Unfortunately who really goes to just look and not buy.  I have tried that several times but it never happens.  I usually always come back with something for Wilkins.  Buying for girls is just so easy as you mothers with little girls know.  I ended up buying her 2 pairs of jelly shoes and 2 outfits along with sunglasses. 
I did manage to buy some material for mom to make me two skirts...one for Easter Sunday and one for the singing on Good Friday.  Yellow and Blue...I started with yellow for Wilkins' Easter dress and now LeAnne and Haley have ended up buying their kids Easter outfits that happen to be yellow and blue.  Funny thing is LeAnne and Haley always try to avoid getting their kids the same colors because on Easter they try to match their kids.  I find it absolutely hilarious because not only are all of us going to match but mom and dad are also wearing yellow...HOW FUNNY!  The best part of all this is we are not telling Bradley before because he would probably refuse to wear his so I can't wait to see his face on Easter Sunday when he walks in the door and realizes that we all match!! 
Well, I have to be at work at 5am, work a long day with people that drive me bananas, then get my hair cut and colored at 3pm.  It's going to be a busy day!  I had brought some evals home with me to write for some of my employees and that didn't happen so now I am going to have to try to get them written tomorrow at work which is absolutely impossible most of the time.
Let's hope the sunshine comes back and stays until after Easter...I don't want a cold or rainy Easter!!

Sunshine and Pigtails = HAPPY :)

What a beautiful day it turned out to be?!  When I went to work at 5am this morning it was so, so cold.  We even had a fire going at work which I have come to hate!!  A fire is nice when you can curl up on the couch with a good book, not when you are running around making sure everyone's eggs are cooked JUST RIGHT and their grits and gravy are HOT!  But as the day went on, and all 5 of the district managers that had set up shop for about 3 or 4 hours decided to leave the sun began to come out.  It started out as a very hectic day and it wasn't looking to good for me trying to get out of there before 4.  For some reason around 1:30 things just started falling into place and I bolted at 3.

When I got home Wilkins, who had supposedly been going to sleep, was standing in her bed being silly.  The sun was shining so I grabbed her out of her bed and said "who needs a nap anyway?" 

Her hair was so frizzy and tangled...it really did look like a rat's nest!  So I decided to see if it would go in pigtails and it did!!  It looked so cute...I love it!  With her new little hair do, her red bouncy ball, and her pink cozy coupe we headed out to savor the warm weather! 

Of course, she loved being outside and probably would have stayed outside for hours on end.  I was surprised when she looked up, pointed, and said "sky".  I didn't even know she knew what the sky was but she must have learned it from Nick Jr.  Some of those shows are completely stupid but she is learning a lot from those shows.  Most of them try to get the kids to repeat what is being said and teaches them to pick up after themselves, etc...  No more knocking Yo Gabba Gabba, Dora, or Ni Hi Kalan!!

Anyway, back to the beautiful outdoors... her little red ball bounced right over beside a patch of irresistable mud.  Wilkins just had to reach down and touch it but when I said no she decided that it wouldn't hurt to just tap it with her toes!  Wrong...tapping it with her toes turned into running around in it!!  But do you really know any 2 year old that doesn't want to experience the thrill of playing in a little mud?!  I sure haven't met one yet!  Her little size 6 foot also manages to find a puddle of water to step in soaking her little canvas pink polka dot shoes!  So not only does she get to play in mud but then she gets to truly enjoy being outside...BAREFOOT!  Watching her walk in the grass with no shoes on was kind of amusing...she kept tip toeing!  I ended up taking her over to her Aunt Haley's and Uncle Bradley's so she could play with Lucas and Logan.  Haley and I left the three of them with Bradley while we went to get some hotdogs to grill out.  Ended up being a pretty great afternoon of just enjoying the beautiful weather.

So here is Wilkins with her very first picture with pigtails!  Ain't she a beauty?!  Needless to say not taking a nap was a good idea at the time but by the time we got home mammy had made her an outfit.  Wilkins wanted no part of trying on anything because she was so tired...of course, we made her do it anyway, tears running down her cheeks and her belly.  I then tossed the little stinky thing in the bathtub, washed her up including her hair and then just let her play in the bubbles.  I then thought that I would torture her some more (not really) by blow drying her hair (which she despises).  I lathered her up in some good ol' baby lotion (after all she is only 2 and I love that smell), put her pajamas on, and then a little more torture!  Her nose drives her nuts and as much as she hates the dreaded "booger sucker" (as I like to call it) she also hates to be stuffy.  She comes to me, points to her nose, and says "nose" in a very whiny voice so we get out the "booger sucker".  While I was cleaning out her nose she held on to her little suffed Pluto and literally fell asleep in the floor!!  She was wore smack dab out!  I will probably regret it in the morning because she was out at 7:30pm so that means she will be up super early!  Oh well...we enjoyed the day which was completely worth it!!  Can't wait until Thursday when she gets her pictures made in the yellow butter cups at the Sam Davis Home.  Let's just hope that granny has got her dress smocked by then...I just got her the material and thread to her yesterday!!