My New Addiction!!

Good grief!! Robert suggested I get on Facebook last night, and now I am addicted!!! It is so much fun to see how many people you can find from your past!!! I think Robert is a little in shock how many friends I have in less than 24 hours! At this point I have 75 friends! I tried to explain to him that when you grow up in a small town you know everyone, in fact, you know everyone from the surrounding towns too!! It is making me miss home again!! This is fun!!! Love, Shannon
PS- I have some great pics on there too!!

Happy Memorial Day!

I hope everyone had a wonderful Memorial day! I worked. I was able to watch the PBS Memorial Day Concert last night, which was amazing and so touching. I have watched it for the last several years, and it makes me cry. It is a great way to get a small glimpse of what the military and their families go through.
My Mama sent a great email about a lot of the facts about Mississippi. Mississippi has a large number of famous writers, actors, singers (blues, rock and roll, and country all started there) and sports figures. There is a small town in Mississippi called D'Lo that I go through every time I go home. D'Lo sent every eligible man in the town to WWII and every one of them died. I can't imagine what that must have been like. I am so thankful for all of the people in the military and am so grateful for the sacrifices they make every minute of the day! God bless y'all and God bless America and our military all over the world! Shannon

It's Done!!

(Disclaimer: This is NOT my yard, but it was getting there!)
After 10 straight days of rain and probably 2 1/2 weeks of not mowing, there was long enough break between downpours to mow. The bad part: it came at 7am this morning. The yard looks great, but I am not so sure how happy our neighbors are with mowing, edging and blowing at 7am. We did not get shot, so I am assuming they slept through it?? There is another front that is going to hit in about an hour, so we had to do it!! It looks really nice! It is so good to know it is done and I can spend the rest of the weekend not worrying about it. I may go to the new IKEA in Tampa today. We are having a little girls and guys get together tonight. The guys are going to see terminator or Wolverine or some guy show that we don't want to see. We are going to relax and rent a movie. We are looking forward to that.
I had the BEST message on the answering machine yesterday! It was Dana and Ryan screaming and laughing. When Ryan stayed with us last October we went to the Zoo and he fell in LOVE with the poison dart frogs. Well, when we were in Orlando we ate at the Rainforest Cafe, so we picked up several different colored poison dart frog toys. Some of them were sticky and when thrown against glass, they race down the glass doing flips and back bends. He loved them. It is so wonderful to hear a child squealing over an inexpensive low tech toy. He said "They are the BEST!!" I think Dana was happy and relieved that we sent something that isn't alive.
Everybody have a great weekend and wonderful Memorial day!!

American Idol!!

This is the first year in a long time that I have really gotten into American Idol. I must say this has been the BEST finale EVER!!! Holy crap!!! I have never seen so many famous performers on one show!! And they were willing to sing with the kids who are basically unknowns!!! It was amazing!!! It is still going on as I type!! Now I am SO ready for "So You Think You Can Dance!!" It is such an inspirational show to me!!! I miss dancing SO bad, and when I watch it, I want to start dancing again!! It fuels my passion again!
Oh my!!! They are about to announce the winner!! I have always loved and pulled for Adam. We saw him over a year ago in a DVD we saw of "The ten commandments, the musical" and he was phenomenal!!! And he just lost!!!! What the hell!!!!! Chris is a good kid, but I don't think he was the best. I'm in shock!!! I think Jeanne (who I have been texting all night) had a heart attack because I haven't heard from her!!! I hope Adam is more successful than Chris like Daughtry was when he lost. Anyway, I'm going to bed now!! Shannon

Much Needed Getaway!

This weekend Robert was able to take off, so we got away! Our stress levels have been unbearable and my sleep walking/talking has escalated to a nightly event. This is a good barometer of when to take a break. I must sing the praises of Priceline.com, which Marcus turned me on to. I picked areas of Orlando that we wanted to stay, then you pick a star level of hotel, then you name the price you are willing to pay. I picked several areas: Disney, Universal area, Downtown area. I put in my price, which I'm not embarrassed to say was $50, and waited about 45 seconds for an answer. Crowne Plaza Universal accepted our bid. It is nonrefundable once you enter a bid, so you just can't enter bids willy nilly. The room we stayed in was very nice, as was the hotel. The max price on the back of the door was $460/night. It was not THAT nice, though. I can't imagine paying that price for any place!!
We got to meet up with Cher Friday night for dinner at Bahama Breeze and some good visiting time. It was wonderful!! It has been too long since we have seen each other!! She looks wonderful!!

We got up Saturday morning and decided to go to Sea World. Neither of us has been there since our early twenties. It was a great time. We got to ride the Manta, which is scheduled to open in a month or so. It is CRAZY. We were on a roller coaster FACE DOWN and going really fast and high. It was really neat!!

They had an adorable show with lots of animals that were from the humane society.
The Shamu show "Believe" was wonderful. I love the way the Busch theme parks are so patriotic and recognize our military people. It was really touching. We saw another show that had dancers and people I like to refer to as "flippy floppy kids." They flipped and flopped and flew through the air on long white strips of fabric. It was fabulous!!
It has always amazed me what people will wear to theme parks. Some wear high heels, some wear bathing suits, some wear little shorts. It's just amazing!!!

Today we went to Downtown Disney. We walked all around and had a great time. It wasn't too busy or too crowded. We left there and went to Celebration and walked around a little street market and shops. It was relaxing and peaceful. Now we are home and continuing to relax for the rest of the afternoon!!! AHHHHH!!! That was a great break!!

Love, Shannon and Robert

PS- We did not see this guy!! I found him on the internet! The guy we did see had SLIGHTLY longer shorty shorts on, and they were really tight!!!

Been Awhile.

I know it's been a bit since I have posted, but work has been rampant. I cannot believe all this has happened so quickly. I am going to be an uncle again, Mother's Day, P-Joe's B-day, our 4 years since we met anniversary, our seven months since we had Dorothy's wings and got married. All I can say is that we love you all. We both have been so grateful to you all through all this. Marcus, you are still as amazing as ever. BTW, thank you for hooking me up with the Wickers Sauce. Shannon now has her steak fries. She has been making them since it came. I had to take some of the sauce to Beef O'Brady's for Shannon when she got her chicken strips. We are planning our first anniversary trip but there is still a deep down longing in my soul to get us all together again for another party of epic proprtions somehow. I can never thank you all enough for the shear joy you brought us. We are so blessed.

Robert & Shannon

Happy Mother's Day and Happy Birthday,

I have been "under the weather" the last several days, so I have been very slow getting getting things done. I wasn't able to go to Jennie's wedding in Oviedo tonight because of feeling so crappy. I am very disappointed, but I didn't want to risk making them sick or being unable to make the 2 hour drive home.
Anyway, tomorrow is a VERY special day!!! It is Mother's Day!! Happy Mother's day Mama!! You are the greatest!! It is also Daddy's birthday!! Happy birthday Daddy!! You are the greatest!! Daddy was born on Mother's Day, so that makes it even more special. Tomorrow is also 4 years since Robert and I first "met." By "met" I mean the first time we got matched on Eharmony and started asking/answering questions. The four years has flown by!
I hope everybody has a great Mother's Day. I wish I lived closer to my parents so I could spend these holidays with them. If you see your Mom tomorrow, hug her tight. I will have to hug my Mama over the phone, which will have to do for now. I do realize how blessed I am to have a Mama and Daddy that I can talk to on the phone! Much Love, Shannon

A Ray of Sunshine!

We celebrated Mother's Day today with Robert's parents since Robert was off. We found out that Scott and Kelly (Robert's brother and sister-in-law) are expecting a baby ON OUR 1ST ANNIVERSARY!! How neat is that!! We are so excited!! We asked Kelly if they have twins, if she would just give us one?? She assured us that they were only having one. It is so nice to have some wonderful news!!

Regrouping.

I'm trying to regroup and get back into writing mode, but it doesn't seem to be happening right now. I have my beloved laptop back and as soon as I get back in the mood, I will begin to write funny stuff again. Love, Shannon