Accent

I am in St. Louis this weekend on work and staying with some great friends. This morning we went to church and the pastor has a killer Wisconsin accent. It was great. Thanks to Pastor Shevey for his great accent and talking to us about it afterwards!

Mosquitoes

Alright folks I have a confession to make. I live in 90 + degree weather in the summer time by choice and I love it, except for 1 thing - these bleeping mosquitoes!! OK that isn't the confession, but I will get back to that in just a second. Back home we made fun of these pesky little things as the state bird and they are everywhere to be sure. However, I moved to Alabama and now I can't even walk outside without getting attacked. Here is where the confession comes in, so I haven't worn skirts or shorts for pretty much two summers straight now. I like to wear light clothes and be cool in the summer time but these days my legs, ankles and feet look like someone beat me up. And by someone I mean the mosquitoes. They seriously hate me with a passion around here. Today, I was in the grass for apx. 2.5 minutes and my feet blew up in little (BIG) bites, claritan and benadryl cream to the rescue and I could at least walk without feeling like my feet needed to be itched right off of my legs. They might be the state bird of Wisconsin but they take the cake around here for the one thing that can really really get under my skin. Haha...under my skin...I made a joke...well it was funny in my head at least. So the BBSC (Beer Brats and Squeaky Cheese) tip is if you plan to move to the south be prepared to fend off mosquitoes like you've never done before!

Back On

Yes I  have been slacking and I admit it, but yesterday I was inspired not once but twice to get back at it.  Tonight in honor of those inspirations I am posting both of them for you to read and maybe be inspired.

First was an email that was forwarded to me by the great and wonderful Nancy. Now I have to say that I don't do the whole chain mail thing, but this article was a great reminder of my home team and that football season is here! Take a minute and read this inspirational story, you will be glad you did.

Secondly, I don't aspire to be a professional blog writer by any means but I know it is something I want to do for fun because I enjoy it. My hope is that just one person will read and enjoy it (*clears throat* hint to the hubby) but no one is going to read it if I don't post anything. *sigh* but lately I have felt more like reading blogs than writing my own. I read many blogs in a day, but my favorite by far is Ree Drummond who is the author of http://www.thepioneerwoman.com/. She seriously rocks! Yesterday she posted this article and it really spoke to me. If you like to blog, I am speaking to you "Graphite Free", or want to get into blogging, that is you "Embrace the Suck" then read this list and her blog.

So there you go, here are the two things that have kindly reminded me to stop making excuses and get my butt back in the saddle. Consider it done!