McDelightful Monday

I first fell in love with Kyle Chandler when he played Buddy in Pure Country. I was all about 15 years old or so at the time. Then he faded into the back ground making small appearances in sitcoms. Then...he showed up on MY show! When he played Dylan Young the sexy bomb tech on Grey's Anatomy I dang near cried when they killed him off! I really think he would have been a perfect McMan for their show...

Oh well...



Here are your top 5 little known facts about Kyle Chandler:

1.His favorite sport is Baseball.

2.Kyle married Katherine Kyl in 1995. They have 2 daughters, Sawyer and Sydney.

3.He has a dog named Otis (After Otis Redding) and another dog named Buckley

4.He was one of People Magazine's Sexiest Men Alive, 2006. He was named "Sexiest Team Leader"

5.Kyle's older brother, Brian, is a successful Attorney in Texas. He is usually a role model for his brother when needs to play a lawyer.

A Friend's Time?

What does it mean to be a friend? As I grow older my philosophy on friendship seems to be changing with every passing year. Do we change the way we look at friendships as we get older or do our friends change?

This has been on my mind recently as I make out my ever growing Christmas card list. The names I read all have a good memory associated with them, a time which is near and dear to my heart. After reading the list it concerns me that with a select few of them I feel as though it’s a one sided effort to remain connected.

Time is such a precious gift. When I receive a present, a card, or even a phone call from a friend I am thankful that someone took time out of their day to think about me.

My question is this, When do you stop attempting to bridge the gap?

It's a Colorful World..

Well we now have paint on the walls and it is beginning to look like a real house. I have started imagining my furniture layout. It seems now that all of the "pretty" touches are going into the house I am catching a large case of the hurry up and gitterdones! I am so ready to get in there and become new house diva. It looks though as I will have to wait a few more weeks before I can adopt my new title.

Just in case you want to see, (and I know how you do)here's a few pictures..

Dinning room looking towards the kitchen:


The custom kitchen cabinets and GOLD walls:


In the living room looking into the dinning room:


Well thar ye go. That's where we're at. I am chompin at the bit to get in!

Anybody got a truck?

Wah Wah!!

Once again I feel as though I have cheated the angel of death. I really need to get on some vitamins. My body seems to absorb any sickness which is lingering around for the taking. Today I am still under the weather, but I refuse to miss another day of work. I am now eating into my holiday vacation time as it is with the time I have already missed this week. That in itself just makes the whole thing that much more worse! Yes, I am crying about it. The pain I am in, and the vacation time. . .

Now that I am done with my one free Wah Wah card, I will be turning it in now.....

McOMG! Monday

Good morning ladies! It's going to be a short week this week, YAY! Thanksgiving is right around the corner, and for me that means my favorite time of year...CHRISTMAS! I wish we had Christmas every three months or so.

Anyway you can send me one of these for Christmas if you would like...

Nominated by my friend Wendy, and confirmed by earning people magazine's sexiest man alive title I give you..

McMagnificent Matt



and MMMM (I am a total chest and arms woman!)



and since he's one of MY personal favs one more....



Here's your top 5 little known facts:

1.Matt was so anxious to become an actor, he dropped out of Harvard just 12 credits short of graduating to head to Los Angeles

2.Matt learned to play a few songs on piano for The Talented Mr. Ripley.

3.Matt was unable to attend best friend Ben Affleck's wedding to Jennifer Garner due to the short notice, but he didn't forget to send a gift! He sent them a check for an undisclosed amount. A few years ago, Matt and Ben made a wager on who would get married first; bachelor Matt has to pay off the bet!

4.Matt said his strangest encounter was with a girl who told him she never really thought much of him as an actor... never really thought he was good looking... until she saw The Borne Identity and found herself lusting!

5.When Matt's baby nephew cries he sings "Afternoon Delight" for him.


Don't forget to send me your FAVORTIE MCDREAMY!!!

Have a good day :)

Yay, The Book Parade!

The Steens Creek Elementary Book Parade was a fun way to start the day! The kindergarten classes all dressed up as book characters today to put on a parade in observance of Children's Book Week!

All of the teachers were extremely involved in getting the children geared up for such a fun event!

Little Man's teachers...


and of course little man as Tom Sawyer...


All of the children were just too cute for words!

My Hot Lunch Date

Last night, I came home from work, put down my stuff and begun to help cook dinner. My son sat at the bar while the adults were standing around making idle chit chat about the day. As I turned to empty the water from the noodles, the little man said, "Momma will you come eat with me tomorrow?" I stopped thought about it for a minute and said, "Sure Buddy." I went about my way not thinking much about it until lunch time today. I showed up at the school at promptly 12:00,and to my surprise, it was Thanksgiving Feast Day!




One by one every little Indian and Pilgrim filed into the cafeteria to get their lunch. It was a fun time, and I was glad I unknowingly accepted his invitation.

Day 115: We are almost there!

Are y'all tired of photos yet?? Well here's one more installment. The painters are at the house working today. My kitchen is definately YELLOW. The ceiling, the walls, all of it, YELLOW and I like it :) Here are a few shots of the house from last week. Yes, I am referring to "heck week"

We finally got some siding and bricks:





This is standing at the front door looking towards the back of the house:



And standing at the back of the house looking forward:



and look!! custom cabinets!! and they look great!!



Hopefully I will be able to get some shots of the inside of the house painted this afternoon.. maybe. It's always dark thirty when I leave the office.

We got a close date for the end of November, so Merry Christmas to me!

The Wedding.

Yes, I officially made it through what I like to call heck week. There were only a few tears, two formal dresses, 2,000 flowers, lots of pictures taken, and two majorly swollen feet. Both events, Mistletoe & The Wedding, turned out to be perfect.

As promised here are a few shots from the wedding...

The sanctuary turned out beautiful, not that it needed much in the first place.



My growing family:



The Bride's & Groom's Cakes (those flowers gave me HECK!)












The Wedding Party:




And Mr. & Mrs. James Marshall Brister

McTransform my Monday!

Good Monday Morning Ladies!!!

I hope everyone had a restful weekend. Mine was, well you know, busy. I will post a few wedding shots today when I get a chance. Onto the fun stuff!!!

This Monday morning finds us in a place, with a fellow I had briefly forgotten about,that is until I revisited The Transformer Movie.

Mr. McJosh Duhamel is our featured catch of the week:



and casually speaking....



I ran into some REALLY risque pictures of this fellow looking for a decent shot. Lets just say this guy leaves nothing to the imagination!!!! (look fo yourself later..)

Here are your Top 5 Little known facts about Josh Duhamel

1. Josh graduated from Minot State with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Biology. Josh completed his degree in 2005, 13 years after he first started it.

2. Josh is now engaged to Fergie from the music group Black Eyed Peas. They became engaged in late 2005.

3. Josh won a Daytime Emmy Award in 2002 for Outstanding Supporting Actor for the role of Leo on All My Children.

4. While starring in Las Vegas, Josh appeared in 6 of NBC's The More You Know public service announcements. His topics are anti-prejudice, child abuse, family communication, internet safety, mentoring, and staying in school.

5.His favorite actor is Jack Lemmon. He is quoted as saying, "I would love to have a career like that".

(Don't forget to send in your nominations for McMondays! Shoot me an email to nominate your favorite McDreamy McMan)

Have an awesome day :)

For Me, Mistletoe is Ova!!!

Thank the lord I made it through "Grande Event #1" Mistletoe for me is in the history books. I will drop by in the morning to do some light clerical work, but then it is on to wedding details!!

Here are a few more shots that were taken later in the day..

Marshall & I hanging out as only we know how.


Sandi finally made her Mistletoe Debute! She will be taking over from here. I know she can do it. She's the best we've got!


and after a morning of shopping all I bought was the "blonde" cookbook and a few of these...



Cow will be so pleased!

Mistletoe Decor Shots...

And The Beat Goes On...

Here I am at about 2:00 I am getting geared up for my second Mistletoe shift. So If you ladies are attending tonight, I'll see you there :)

Meanwhile here are a few more shots I took this morning..

This is me and Mrs.Debbie Da Blonde, author of the "Any Blonde Can Cook" cookbook series. She is a gal after my own heart. She's just a fabulous lady!




These manly men are confident holding down what they call the "girly" themed booth.



Every entrance had it's own southern Mississippi feel...



and since BLOGGER will not let me attach anymore photos right now, Ill leave you with these for now..

Check back later as I hope to post more! It's off to Mistletoe!

Christy :)

48 Hours and Still Counting!

So we worked out tails off and of course everything took a little longer than I had planned.. But with plenty of help we pulled off a pretty nice booth. I must say the purple bow in the booth was the best...Thanks Barbara!


Tom can decorate a mean Christmas tree..


and here we are the end result:



my moms sign turned out pretty well, I am excited


I made it to the Preview Gala, even after I thumped off the cheetos and picked off a few stray cat hairs, I have to say...I didn't turn out half bad ;)


For you ladies who are sitting at work another long day before you get to charge Mistletoe, here's a little sneak peek just for you! The view from our booth...


Junior League did a wonderful job capturing the Southern Christmas Charm :)

24 Hours And Counting...

So here's a small walk through the past 24 hours in "Christyvision" with the help of my nerd bling:

My truck was completely loaded down


We got there at our 4:30 dock time


and.....we realize at that point we have no ladder. So ingenuity became rampant. Alas "Table Ladder" Say hi Jennifer!!!!


I am not sure who invented carpet tape, but they apparently had longer fingernails then Jennifer & I...


After 3 hours of hanging garland..I am sure we set the record for longest garland application time (which was also pointed out by our neighbor when he ducked in to say thank you for making him look fast) we noticed two of the trees were WAY too tall... Did I mention ingenuity was at work???


After working 4 and a half hours we still did not complete the booth..


So I got up early, dropped off my little man...


and back it's back to work for me. I am headed back to the Trademart. Then I got a hot date for lunch, a dentist appointment for my daughter, then I gots ta get my hair did, then it's off to the preview gala tonight!

Check back and I'll try to post more pictures today!!!

By BLOG broke and it hurts!

Some yayhoo broke the FTP portion of my MOM's BLOG...So I have pictures to post and no where to put them ...so.

I'll just post ans see when they show up.

This is how the day started. Goats apparently ransacked my desk leaving behind tons of valuable paperwork they should have shredded..




Thanks to the MOM I have "nerd bling" which allows me to download pictures on the fly! Thanks mom!





I have spent the entire week painting and crafting now my fingers are burnt from hot glue and I ruined my favorite beeter with poster paint while painting this and other canvases! GAH!




and...

I still have to finish the Bro's Rehearsal Dinner invites and get them in the mail today..





Still I need prayers and drinks! Hopefully they'll get my BLOG back up soon!

Hey Y’all Watch This!

Hey Y’all Watch This!

A phrase synonymous with one person who is calling attention to themselves while making a decision to attempt something utterly impossible.Usually that "something" will also have less than a 2% success rate.

This week, which we will call heck week here forth, has been dreaded by me for the past two months. Why has my BLOG been so silent the past few days? No, I was not kidnapped by aliens again, although I have been feeling a little out of my mind. Actually I have been battening down the hatches and assembling an army for a week that promises to test the very limits of any living being.

This week I will attempt a fete which has never been done before (by me). I will be attempting to decorate, coordinate, meet, greet and run a Mistletoe Market Place booth for The Clarion Ledger all while planning, decorating, directing, hosting and participating in my brother’s wedding and rehearsal, and posting BLOGS all within a 96 hour time window. How am I gunna do all of this you ask?, with my big girl panties, a laptop, a small borrowed photo card reader and lots and lots of praying. So sit back, hang on, and look for pictures! I may be too busy to write, but I can bring you along by way of photography!

Oh, and. . . .

Hey Y’all Watch This!

McMMMM Monday

Good morning ladies,

Once again I have been absent longer than needed from my BLOG. That in of itself is an entire BLOG and I will definitely post it as soon as possible. Onto the fun stuff....


On this guy I went out on a limb. He's a much older distinguised type of hottie, but still one of my all time favorite leading men. I give you..

Mr. Robert McRedford


Top 5 little known facts about Robert

1.He is the founder of the Sundance Film Festival, which he named after his character 'The Sundance Kid' from the movie Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969).

2.Robert was mentioned in the theme song of the 1980s TV hit "The Fall Guy" (1981).

3.He is of mostly Irish descent.

4.He ws a pitcher on The University of Colorado baseball team in the mid 1950s.

5.He was considered for the role of Michael Corleone in The Godfather (1972).

There ya go.

Have an awesome day :)