It's Official..

And maybe a bit last minute but...

I will be spending New Year's in Dallas!!!!

I absolutely cannot wait!

Jessica and I will be leaving early Wednesday morning to meet up with some of our friends, and we will come back sometime next weekend!

And who knows, we may both get jobs and never come back....haha wishful thinking!

Happy New Year!

Where Do I Begin?

I really do not even know where to begin..

Life has been busy to say the least. Christmas was amazing but leading up to Christmas, maybe not as glamorous. Over the past two weeks, I have been soo busy working, going to Christmas parties, catching up with friends, interviewing, and trying to get everything together for Christmas. Yes, I will mention that had an interview last week in which went very well; I just don't think that Meridian is the city in which I want to reside for the time being. With that being said, I will continue to look.

Christmas day was amazing, the Florida Vons came to visit this year and we had soo much fun getting to catch up with them! We got together Christmas Eve for lunch and also again for dinner, we spent all of Christmas day together, and we also spent all of yesterday with them also. I spent all of last night curled up with Sophie in my down comforter in front of the fire watching movies and catching up with the whole family. Who could ask for more? We had soo much fun and I really hate that the Florida Vons had to leave today! We had lots of fun with you and cannot wait for you to come back!!

Work was a little different this year. This December was the best December that the store has ever had in its 37 year history, and for that we are very grateful; however, my feelings for the business did change slightly. I love working in retail, and although it is sometimes tough and sometimes not-so-rewarding, I think that I would like a different change of pace for a little while, at least. The few weeks leading up to Christmas were so busy that they were almost not enjoyable, and sometimes working in the retail business will make you hate the holidays before they ever arrive. This year, for some odd reason, I really wanted to experience a Christmas not in the retail business. For the first time in my life, I wanted a Christmas in which I had time to sit around and watch Christmas movies, bake Christmas cookies, and have enough time to make it to every party/friend get-together that I was invited to without getting caught up in all of the hustle and bustle that the holiday seems to bring. December in the Mayer family is always the busiest season of the year; we tell my dad goodbye at Thanksgiving and we don't have much time to spend with each other until after Christmas is all over. We are extremely thankful for such good business, especially in this economy, but for once in my life I would love to experience a normal life during the Christmas season. Maybe next year?

New Year's Eve is coming up on us quickly and I couldn't be more excited to see all of my friends! Until next time..

Merry Christmas to all and to all a good night..

Hope you had a very Merry Christmas! Lots of updates to follow very soon..

The Countdown Has Begun!

Only 5 days until Christmas, and I still have presents to buy! Thankfully, the two calendars arrived this week and they could not be more perfect!! After I posted one of the calendars below, I realized that I have it set to private so I am the only one that can view it. Maybe I will change that soon.

I have been extremely busy this week. I have worked everyday and we have been super busy! It seems, however, as though the only way that I can remember to do things is to write them on my hand. My to-do-list is becoming a little lengthy and somehow my to-do-list on paper tends to get thrown away on a daily basis. Needless to say, I know my hands look completely ridiculous by the end of the day. Just the other day I had a brilliant idea to write it on my arm considering I wear long-sleeve shirts and no one would know. What has my life come to? Either I'm getting old or short of memory very early on in life. And with that being said, I really do have a good memory; I just have to make extra sure that everything gets ordered for my customers before Christmas. I wouldn't want to be responsible for the "Christmas that never came" at someone's home Christmas morning.

I did go to a Christmas party in Gainsville, Alabama last night though. A guy that I graduated from high school with has a Christmas party at his riverhouse each year, and this is the first year that I have been able to go considering work usually gets in the way this time of the year. Words cannot describe just how much fun was had at this party. So many of my friends that I graduated with were there, and I had an absolute blast getting to catch up with them! However, this morning was not much fun. I woke up at 8:30 to be able to make it to work. I purposely took my car so that I would be able to leave early this morning and make it in to work on time. Well let's just say I got a little lost, a little being quite an understatement. An hour and a half later, very little battery left in my phone, and no battery left in my GPS, I arrived safe and sound in Meridian. I've never been so happy to see the "Welcome to Mississippi" sign and a little civilization before in my life. The whole hour I was lost in Sumter County, I had no cell phone service, a dead GPS battery, no remote sign of civilization, no road signs, no major highway or intersection, and absolutely NO convenient store (let alone any other kind of store). I was a little worried to say the least. But no worries, I found my way home!

Thank goodness I have tomorrow off. I have zero plans for being productive.

Christmas Season..

Things I love about this time of year:

1-Christmas movies

2-Christmas music

3-Cold weather/snow

4-All of the lights and decorations

Things I do not love about this time of year:

1-That I feel as if I have the flu.

2-I sound like a man.

3-My face is beginning to resemble the goodyear blimp.

4-Wearing cocktail dresses when it is 30 below

I think that this is all for now!

My Life Lately..

I'm beginning to wonder if there is anything that I haven't done lately? Since I have blogged last, I worked all day Monday, taught 4th grade Tuesday, worked Wednesday and all day today, went straight from work to babysit two very precious little boys, and I will be teaching 4th grade again tomorrow. I have had such a wonderful class and am excited to go back.

I am convinced that kids say the darnest things!! One of my students wrote me a note on Tuesday; this is what it said:

"Thank you! Thank you for being a wonderful teacher, you look like you are 15! How old are you?"

If she only knew how old I really was!

Tonight, the little six year old boy that I babysat kept playing with my hair. Well, about halfway through the night he whispered into my ear:

"I want to tell you that I want to kiss you on the lips."

I almost fell out on the floor. My only response to this was, "No, I just don't think that is a very good idea."

The Friday before Thanksgiving, I had a first grade class. They were watching a movie and the television in the classroom was hanging from the corner on the ceiling. One of my students yelled out, "If I have to watch this movie I'm going to get a cricket in my neck."

I can only imagine the stories that you hear if you are a full-time teacher.

I also forgot to add that I am completely through Christmas shopping except to get my sister and my grandmother a little something!!!! What a relief! The calendars had a shipping deadline(December 11) that I had to meet, and I must admit that it feels so good to have all of that out of the way! I stayed up most of the night last night to finish it. Needless to say, I am counting down the days until I can sleep in again! Now onto cleaning..

I've Been Busy..

Finishing this! I figured I would give you all a little sneak peak but shhhh....it's a secret!! This is a calendar that I have made my dad for Christmas, and I've also made my mom one too. I've been extremely busy and will update as soon as I get a minute!