Tag, You're it!

Kristen tagged me!

DIRECTIONS:
- Go to Google image search.
- Type in your answer to each question.
- Choose a picture
- Save the image for use in this note.
- Use this website (http://bighugelabs.com/flickr/mosaic.php) to make your collage.
- Tag the people whose mosaics you want to see.

QUESTIONS:
1. What is your name? Melissa
2. What is your favorite food? lasagna
3. What is your hometown? Harvest, AL
4. What is your favorite color? Blue
5. What is your favorite movie? The Notebook
6. What is your favorite drink? Diet Coke
7. What is your dream vacation spot? Australia
8. What is your favorite dessert? mom's Apple Pie
9. What is one word to describe yourself? Forgiving
10. How are you feeling right now? Ready to be off work to enjoy this pretty weather.
11. What do you love most in the world? My family
12. What do you want to be when you grow up? I am still trying to figure that one out remember. Maybe an Engineer, Architect, or Drafting...but I guess I will settle for Accountant, since I graduate in two weeks.

And... here is my mosaic!

I tag:

Sarah

Alyse

Candace

Do The Ricky Bobby...Stop...Pose for the frame

If you're not first, you're last! Ha ha!

Ok, you know I bring you all of the latest dance moves. Here is the latest dance coming to Huntsville. I don't understand. This actually makes the Stanky Leg look really good.

P.S. The Stanky Leg has grown on me. ha ha! I taught my mom how to do it in Tunica. Wow.

Kyle really needs to make a video of his dance. It is so much better than this. B Hamp just came to Huntsville, and they had a Do the Ricky Bobby dance competition.

Updates

Since the last time I posted, I have just been busy. I haven't made the time to get on to post. So, here goes the updates.

April 11 - Saturday - Was Kyle's mom's birthday. She requested a microwave for her birthday, since her apartment didn't furnish one. She didn't realize how much she wanted to use one until she didn't have one. I think she would just rather make something simple in the microwave than to cook a big meal for just her. I don't blame her because I do that too. I am all for a whole box of macaroni for dinner.

That night, Kyle got off and told me we could do whatever I wanted to do. He said he didn't want to talk to any of his friends and that it was our night to do something. I'm lame I guess and chose to go to the movies. We watched Knowing. It was pretty good, but it ended up being a biblical kind of meaning. We weren't expecting that. It is pretty scary to think that the earth really could be hit by a solar flare one day. After the movie, he gave into his friends and we met them downtown. It was Oakwood's reunion, so we watched DJ Fresh play at Crossroads. It was packed!!

April 16th - Thursday - I went to take my pictures with Candace right after work. **See previous post** Then, I met up with Sarah, Heather, and Jessi for the Cirque du Soleil - Saltimbanco show at the VBC. You should check out the trailer if you've never been to one. I had never heard of it until Heather brought it up. She said they have them in Vegas all the time. NASA employees got 50% off, so Heather and I could get the discount. It was amazing!! Our seats sucked at first, but since it wasn't full, we moved closer and towards the front after intermission. Those people are amazing. I couldn't believe the things they could do. It was unreal. I had never even been to a regular circus, much less this kind. I couldn't believe they were coming to Huntsville either. We had a good time!

April 18th - Saturday - My dad called me Friday night. He asked me what I was doing Saturday. I was supposed to try to read a book for a test I had on Sunday and proof my pictures with Candace. He has been off all week from work before his month long outage and wanted to go fishing Saturday. I said absolutely I will go with you. I was so excited!! Lissy and Daddy time! I was up early at around 7 to get ready and head to mom and dad's. I luckily remembered to ask about a fishing license and found that you can now do them online. That was awesome. I printed one real quick...or well dial up quick. We stopped to get a few snacks and drinks and hit the road. We put in a Priceville. We got on the waters around probably 9. Dad caught a fish right away, but it was a baby Stripe. We were fishing for Crappie. We had about 4-5 poles out with minnows on them. No luck for hours.

Luckily, I did get a license, because we got checked by a game warden. I had never had that happen before, but then again I have only been out a couple of times. Dad said that was a well spent $12, because it probably would have been over a $100 fine. I'm so glad we did that. After a few hours, dad needed to potty...so I figured I might as well too. So, we pulled over to a bank so I could hop out and tinkle in the sage grass. ha ha! I only got a little on my pants. ew! gross! ha ha! We only caught 4 small fish the whole time. Two crappie and two stripe. None of them were worth keeping, but we sure enjoyed the pretty day on the water. I actually got to drive the boat. Boy was I nervous! I've had my boating license since I was 15-16, but I've never driven one. It was hard to turn that big sucker to keep between the buoys for the creek channel. It was fun though. I'm just a little too short to see over the visor though.

Later on that night, we went to dinner with Angie, Josh, Heather, Derek, and some others. We had a yummy Outback dinner. We wanted to hang out, so we went to the Station for a while, but the band was not good at all. So, why not shake a leg. You know I like to. So, we went to the good old Horse and danced all night. Or Angie and I did anyway. We had a great time.

April 19th - Sunday - I read the Goal book for class. Or should I say read half the book. It was a book I had to read for class. I had only read a couple of chapters before then and the test was due that night. I read all day and only made it halfway through. I just quit and took the test. I thought it seemed pretty easy to have only read half the book. It was mainly definitions and stuff. I made a 41/50 = 82. I was disappointed in myself, but I couldn't get into the book to go faster. I will probably end up with a B in that class, because all he gave for work was exams. I have 3 Bs and 2-3 As. I am upset with a B! I wanted an A. Maybe he will curve the grades...yeah right...hopefully though.

Like I said before, tonight is my last bachelors class! I am so pumped. Wish me luck on my presentation tonight. My teacher is super nice and fun, so I am not at all nervous....yet. I think we will do just fine. I'll try not to go so long next time. I will no longer have homework, so I have no excuses now.

Graduating!

I know, I know! It has been a while. I have much more to fill in about from the last week or so. I just had to get this one posted.

I took pictures with Candace from Simple Sweet Photography. We took them downtown Huntsville in any little nook and cranny that we could find pretty. She did a great job! Go check out my pictures in the slide show. Give her a call for any of your picture needs. She will meet you on location.

It is always hard for me not to smile, because that is what comes natural to me. So, I feel like the not smiling ones make me look funny. ha ha! I need to learn like Tyra says, "Smile with your eyes!" Funny thing is I think i thought I was. Not so much like Tyra! I wish I was that good.

I took these pictures for my graduation invitation. Candace made me a collage of several of them for a post card type invitation. I think they will be so cute. I hope to get them tomorrow, so I will scan them in to show you. Tonight is my LAST CLASS! I am so excited! I have to present tonight on our business simulation game. I can't believe it is all over.

Anyway, I hope to update you more soon on the rest that I have done in the last week or so. I have been extremely busy with doing last minute homework. I'll try to get better when I get out of school.

Time to Retire the Fishing Poles!

Wow, my crazy husband. I’m beginning to think he should give up fishing. He has Thursday off, and since it was warm out yesterday, he and Derek decide to take the canoe out fishing on the creek. This is something they always do. Derek just recently bought the canoe, so before it was my parent’s flat bottom type boat.

Well, I am sure I won’t get the story all the way straight, because it was all over the place. I am telling the story as it was told to me, so please know there could be some slight exaggerations here. These are the things their day entailed:

• They were 300-400 yards away from where the truck was parked, when they ran into rapids. They went right towards a tree branch and ran a foot of the boat into the bank and mud.
• Kyle jumped up and wrapped around the branch like a monkey and hung there as the boat started to sink. (ha! I’m picturing this in my head.)
• He waits for Derek, who is standing in the creek, to tell him how deep it is. So, he lets go.
• The canoe is wedged against the tree branch and water is gushing down both sides of the canoe past them.
• As the canoe flipped, it dumped Kyle and Derek’s cell phones, Kyle’s jacket with wallet and car keys in it, and a fishing pole. Luckily, Derek stepped on Kyle’s jacket to get the truck keys and wallet back. Not so much for the phones.
• They went back to the truck to figure out what to do and Kyle wanted to change out of his cold wet clothes before trying to get the canoe out. My poor honey didn’t think he would have to get wet again…luckily, we only live down the road.
• Due to his key chain buttons being soaked with water – there was actually a bubble in it – his truck alarm went off when he unlocked it with the key. He had to ride all the way home with it going off down the road. Everyone was looking. Ha! He said never have all of our neighbors been outside until his alarm is going off.
• They head back to get the canoe. They thought they spotted a trail that went behind these people’s property that would have been right where the canoe was. They figured they might as well ask before just doing it. It was a truck trail by a cotton field. Derek talked to the husband who couldn’t understand what he wanted, so he sent his wife to the door. Derek explained again what he wanted to see if they minded if he drove back there to get it. The lady didn’t say no, she said Hell no! ha!
• While walking through the woods on the edge, they saw at least 3 snakes. Kyle killed one of them after almost stepping on it.
• They tried to decide at the fork in the creek which way they dumped at. Kyle remembered, but the only way across was on a tree that had fallen. Kyle, Mr. Football feet, jumped one foot at a time on two branches to jump across. Derek said he couldn’t do it, but tried anyway. Off he fell into the creek. Ha!
• They finally found the canoe. Kyle started axing away on this tree limb to free the boat, because the water pressure was so much that they couldn’t get it loose. It wasn’t an average axe. It was this medieval looking curved, not sharp axe. He chopped for a long time at the branch while Derek shivered on the bank. Ha ha! The axe cut his finger, for which he thinks he needs a tetanus shot. He said it also bounced off of something and hit him in the back of the leg. Finally, he cut it loose and here comes the rest of the tree towards his head, but thank goodness if caught on something else. Geeze.
• Finally at some point, the canoe was out of the water. During all this craziness, Kyle got stung by a wasp. It was in his shirt. Derek described it as the huge red wasp that had a string hanging out of it when it flew off with no stinger. Ha! Kyle took off running and hollering across the field when it stung him. He has a huge welt on his back with a red dot on it to prove the sting.
• If they couldn’t get the canoe out, they planned to tell us that they were robbed at gun point for the canoe, wallets, and phones. I think the old lady at that house could have been a good culprit!

That is all I can remember for now, but as you can see why it is hard to remember. Sooooooo much stuff happened. I laughed the whole time he was telling me the story. I felt so bad for them. Heather and I were on the phone with one another wondering where our husbands were. Both of Kyle’s vehicles were home with a trail of soaking wet clothes in the house. Derek wasn’t home, the canoe wasn’t either, but he left her a note he would be home soon. It was 2 hours later. We were worried as we always are, because neither of their phones worked. The panic set in right as they were at the door coming home.

Then, we went to eat. That was an event in itself I think. Kyle knocked his drink and spilt it all over the table and our seat. Derek raked half of his salad into his lap while trying to eat. Ha ha ha!! I think they just should have stayed at home yesterday. And they wonder why we worry!!?!?

Apothecary Jars

I follow this blog: Living with Lindsay. You should check out the post today about apothecary jars. She always has really cool ideas for things. When I read her blog this morning, I thought the first jar looked familiar. I thought to myself...I have one of those. It was right here by me at work filled with Reece Pieces easter eggs. I located my jar in a tub that was in the attic a few months ago. I had mine filled with one of those old Nokia cell phones that you could change the face plate on. I threw those out and washed it. I was thinking it would be a pretty good candy jar. I first dumped some peanut M&M's in it, because my Mexican kitchen is so colorful. They kept getting eaten, and I wouldn't refill it. I brought it to work, where I try to keep some candy. Everyone at work loves Easter time for these eggs! I keep a spoon in there so that no one has to reach their little hands in there. Check out what all Lindsay has found would look cool in a jar like this. Have any other ideas?

Sorry these pictures aren't great. I'm at work with only a camera phone.

Rotten Eye

Ha! Well, this is what my eye decides to do today. It started running yesterday, so I took my contacts out. I wore my glasses all day yesterday and today. It is worse today. This stinks!! Surely that margarita I had last night didn't make it this much worse! ha ha! Now, I will probably have to put off my pictures with Candace again. I can't be looking like red eye willy in my graduation pictures. *Frown* Before anyone starts getting on to me, I plan to go to the doc this afternoon AFTER I go to the dentist to get the chipped tooth fixed. What a fun evening. I can't wait!