Hi. It's me.

Anybody there??
What do you blog about after it's been MONTHS? I have no idea.
A lot has happened during my blog hiatus, but I won't bore you with every detail of every event that has occurred (as I'm usually known to do on the 'ol blog).
I'm a very long-winded person, so there are a million things I want to "say" as I'm returning to the blog, but again- I'll refrain from boring you.
Instead, I think I'm going to just post some pictures- they say more than words anyway, right?
So here you go. A snippet of my life during the past few months. Hopefully after this initial returning-to-the-blog post, it'll be easier for me to get back to the day to day blogging. I hope I'm right!

Christmas here, Christmas there, and AN ENGAGEMENT!

Hoping you and your family had a very blessed Christmas!

Here are a few snapshots of our family Christmas this year:

With family in Starkville...

NA, Henry, and Jones.  Love it.

Sisters and cousin, Jake.



My dear cousin Jake



Me and J.

H and me.

Me and that sweet baby girl...

Jones and Mom.

Dad and NA--her first Christmas!

Kristen and her sweet family...

...and Heather and hers...

Christmas with family in Collinsville...

First cousins!

My cousin Brian opening the gifts I gave him!  He loves the bulldogs!



I'm also super pumped about my cousin Jake getting engaged on Christmas!  I love his sweet fiance, and am so very excited about an upcoming wedding in the family!

Congrats Mary Kate and Jake!

a pin or two (or twenty)....

Dear Pinterest,

Where have you been all my life?

I knew that if I broke down and joined Pinterest, I'd become quickly obsessed, as I tend to have an obsessive nature (right MSKS and Claire?). 

I was right.

If you're "on" Pinterest, let me know so I can follow you, and I invite you to do the same. 

Afterall, I do have some pretty fantastic pins.

Allow me to share some of my favorites with you.  I've broken them down into mini-categories for your viewing convenience.

Yummies:

Oreo truffles.  I think I just gained 5 lbs by just looking at these...

Pumpkin chocolate chip cookies?  Really??? Y.U.M.

...and speaking of pumpkin, how about a pumpkin martini?  Yes, please!  Perfect for Thanksgiving.

Cranberry margarita--perfect for a Christmas party!  I love the green rims.

Quotes, verses, and such

Loved this.  I copied it and it's now hanging in my classroom!

Favorite verse.

Story of my life! ;)

Hilarious and absolutely ME.

So very wrong, but also so very funny.

I love this. Such truth to it!

Guilty.

 

It took me nearly 30 years, but I've finally learned to embrace my freckles!  Love 'em!

Right on.

 

Ha!  Sadly, that's one of my favorite things to do!

Period.  Why wouldn't you want to be southern?

hehehehehe!!!

Some fabulous Christmas ideas...

A wedding invitation cut into strips!  What a great wedding gift!

Genius!  Going to start doing this THIS year!  I never want to get rid of old Christmas cards, but have never really known what to do with them!

love LOVE.

 For the love of my great state:

A little style:

I LOVE FEATHERS.

Am I the only one who wants this fur vest?!?!  Totally in love with this outfit, but sadly, I just don't think I could pull it off.

 This and that...

Beautiful.

I'll have one of these whenever teachers start getting paid what we should get paid.

Now....I'll never get a tattoo.  It's just not my style.  But, if I were to get a tattoo, I think I'd get this one. It's simple and sweet.

Seriously, y'all... 

 I love Pinterest.