Extra Extra Man Caught Ironing!

WARNING!!!! This blog entry was not edited by Lisa Harland. There may be misspellings and grammar errors ahead. Please detour from this post if this scares you. OK with that said here are some great shots of my dad ironing. Isn't he cute! He is a great father and awesome husband. Now my mom usually does the ironing but for some strange reason last night my dad ironed his own Sunday shirt. Lets just say he did a pretty good job. He is the whole package. He does yard work, mops the kitchen floor, cleans bathrooms, and now irons his own shirt. Sorry women he is taken :-). Ok so I have some more fun photos to share with you guys. The next photos are of my parents on their beach trip and of me in my new pink outfit! Enjoy!

The Perfect Dress?

Well, it is about time for New Year's Eve. Time to gather with friends and loved ones and celebrate the new year. This New Year's Eve I actually have a boyfriend to enjoy it with. I am extremely excited about this fact. We are going downtown Charlotte to the Avett Brothers homecoming concert. If you have not heard about this band you need to educate yourself and check out their music. You will not be disappointed with what you hear. I will be honest I had heard about The Avett Brothers before from my sister Susan, but really didn't care to look further into the band. But when I met Reiggin he was a big fan. So I got him to burn a CD and thought what the hell I will give them a listen. I am glad I did because now I am a big fan of the band. Also I am filled with excitement at the thought of seeing them live.

So Reiggin got tickets for the two of us to attend their homecoming concert at the Blumenthal Performing Arts Center . Attached to this lovely night was a agreement I made with Reiggin. I agreed that I would wear a dress. Now this may not sound like much if you don't know me. But for those of you that know me, you know that I only wear dresses to Sandy Plains Baptist Church and weddings.

So I decided that I wanted to find a dress that would really wow Reiggin. So I started looking online at Old Navy. There I discovered that Old Navy has a great Plus Size Section to their website. This is pure paradise for me to search though. But I knew that I couldn't get the dress in time for the big night. Also call me crazy but I feel funny buying clothes online. Clothes are just something I like to try on and look in a mirror before buying. So my search had to continue on. I looked at the Old Navy in town and came up empty. Then I went to the local mall and looked around and came up with zero. So I went to work with a long face. I even called my best friend Lisa to complain and for her to make me feel better. And as usual Lisa had some great advice she told me to go check out Cato's and Dress Barn. So the next day I drove over to Cato's and boy was I surprised to see multiple options. I could have danced around the store with joy. So I was finally happy I had found my perfect dress.

Now that I had the dress, I had to have the perfect accessories. Being the crafty person that I am I decided I would make my own accessories. So I rushed over to Michael's which is like releasing a kid in a candy store. I had two gift cards in hand and I was on a mission. I made a bee line to the bead section like always and found the perfect black, white, and gray beads for my dream necklace. So now I had the supplies and just needed the energy to start the project. That would come in time. I mean I only have two days before the big night.

With all this excitement I almost forgot to tell you about some more exciting n ews. First, me and Reiggin got to go to the Jeff Dunham show. If you have never heard of Jeff Dunham shame on you. But seriously, Reiggin introduced me to Jeff Dunham. And ever since then I have been laughing up a storm. Jeff Dunham is a ventriloquist. He has a group of puppets in his act. There is Walter the grumpy old man. Peanut the cute purple creature. Jose Jalapeno the jalapeno on a stick. Then Bubba J the lovable redneck. Melvin the super hero. Last but not least Achmed the Terrorist. This show was the best comedy show ever. I laughed so hard I thought I was going to pee in my pants. So I highly suggest you go check out Jeff Dunham. You will not be sorry!


Man this is one long blog post. I think I am going to call it quits. But before I leave you. One last thing. Saturday night me and my dad enjoyed a good old John Wayne movie called True Grit. It was great. One it was just nice to sit down and watch a movie with my dad. Don't get to do that much with all the running around I do. But I always enjoy watching old movies with my dad and of course love the old musicals. So I leave you with this gem of a movie. Enjoy!

All Wrapped Up!

OK, I am waving the white flag! I have surrendered and agreed to allow my best friend, Lisa, to edit my blog entries from now on. I just couldn't take any more complaints about my spelling and grammar. So hopefully from now on my blog is going to be an easy read. OK with that out of the way lets talk about the fun stuff!

I hope everyone had a great Christmas. I know my Christmas was a blast. I stayed up the night before wrapping gifts and making a necklace for my mom to use to clip to her school badge. So waking up at 9:00am was not enjoyable. I did get to come down to the usual Ford Family Christmas breakfast; scrambled eggs, toast, grits, and bacon. So my stomach was thanking me for crawling out of bed so early. I must say, I got great gifts from all my family members and relatives. But the thing I enjoyed most was listening to all the stories my relatives were telling. Especially my Uncle Billy. I think everyone has a Uncle Billy in the family. The wild one or the one that steals the conversation. But my Uncle Billy is great. This man has lived a crazy life. He was a Vietnam vet. He loves to play cards. The stories he tells of course may be a little stretched, but for the most part are true. Sometimes I wish I could have a life with that many stories to tell. He has really lived and been everywhere and known everyone. I wish someone could do a book on this man. But it is always enjoyable when he comes over and starts telling tales of the past from working in the coal mines in Kentucky or playing cards in Vegas. Everyone is on the edge of their seats listening and laughing.

Also just hearing tales of my mom, aunt, father, uncle, and brother-n-law was cracking me up. Just remembering all the games we played as a kid like Mother May I and Red Light Green Light just made me smile. Also it is kind of sad to think kids now a days don't do any of those fun things outside. They are to busy inside with their Wii or XBox. Now not to say I don't enjoy some good Wii or Xbox time but I wouldn't trade those memories of playing outdoors with my sisters and kids from the neighborhood for anything. Those are the tales I will be telling my kids one day.

Just remembering how much trouble or adventures me and my sisters got in to was a blast. Also listening to Joe, my brother-in-law, talk about the stuff his older siblings did to him brought back memories of what my sister Susan would do to me. The one moment that will always stick in my head is the vacuum incident. It was a lovely Sunday night and I was watching TV in the play room and Susan was busy vacuuming the room. It was loud so I just kept turning up the television so I could hear it better. Well quickly I realized this was annoying my sister very badly. So I just started to turn it up just to make her mad. This was a bad idea. She took that vacuum and with it running stuck it right on top of my head. Left a bald spot on my head for awhile. And let it be known my sister never got in trouble for this incident! Good Times!

But I must say the whole day was a great day. I had good food, great conversation, and made memories to last!


P.S. the photos are of my Christmas Tree, ceramic Christmas Tree from childhood that we just rediscovered, my oldest sister Lisa and her husband Mike, the whole gang, and my awesome aunt and uncle!

Merry Christmas!

Just stopping in to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! I hope everyone gets to enjoy their family and friends today. Here is a beautiful picture of the lake in McAdenville, North Carolina aka Christmas Town USA! My family's tradition every Christmas Eve is to drive though McAdenville and look at all the beautiful Christmas Lights. This year it was extra special since my sister Susan got to come along. She has been living in Pittsburgh for about 2 years now. It is so nice to have her back home for the holidays. So I will wrap this up now and again wish everyone a Merry Christmas! OK one more picture for the road! You can see more great photos of McAdenville at their official website http://www.mcadenville-christmastown.com/ . Enjoy!

Tonic Sol-Fa

OK another short entry, but it is a must read! Today when I woke up and came down the stairs. My dad rushed me into the living room to listen to a show. He had recorded this concert the night before! This band was 4 guys and they song with no music. They are called
Tonic Sol-Fa. These guys sound so good I was blown away. You have to go check out their website. You will be running to buy a CD. I can easily say their music is 10 times better then anything on the radio today. Go check them out!

The Chick Hat :-)

Ok so this is going to be a super short post! Here are some pictures of me and my new chick hat. Enjoy! When I said short I mean short :-)

Long Time!

Ok so I know it has been way to long since I have made a blog entry. I really have just not been in the mood to write. I have been quite busy with working as a hostess at longhorn steakhouse and still doing the graphic design thing at The Gaston Gazette and bowling on top of that. And my boyfriend Reiggin kind of likes seeing me every now and again too. It has just been crazy. And still in the back of my mind I am thinking of the tough times my good friend Katie Apple is going though watching and waiting for her young son Jake to pass away. And I think to myself I really have nothing in my life to be complaining about. I have great friends, family, and boyfriend I am truely blessed. But lately I have not been doing to hot in bowling so that is why there has not been to many bowling scores posted. I have been staying in the 100's but nothing to really brag about. I just can't seem to get my hand not to curve at the last minute. It is driving me nutts!

Ok enough of that. So is everyone ready for Christmas? I know I am not. Well I am ready to see my sister Susan and brother n law joe but buying the gifts I am not done with that yet. And sadly I will not be able to buy the gifts til Saturday after my shift at longhorn. So I will be out in the shops with all the other crazy last minute shoppers. Oh Well! Talking about christmas my family's tradition is to always go see the Mcadenville Christmas lights every year. As cheesy as they are I love every year driving though with my mom and dad. Sadly this year I think I may have to work the night shift at the gazette monday night I am not thrilled about this. But life goes on. So what kind of family traditions do you have for christmas?

Another random thought of mine. Is that I have become very crazy about my etsy chat rooms. Especially the trading room I have made about 20 something sells. One is a sell and the rest is trades. I am just a trading whore what can I say. But I have gotten so great items. So if you dont know about ETSY shame on you! You have to check it out www.etsy.com. And while you are there check out my shop www.uncckitkat.etsy.com. I have great jewelry and paintings :-).

Ok well guess I need to be getting back to my car ads now. But to end this entry I want to state to all you that read my blog it has come to my attention that my bad spelling, grammar, and run on sentences are some what annoying. Oh I thought about getting my friend Lisa to be my editor, but then I thought WHY! It is my blog and I think I am going to write it they way I want to. So just a warning my blog will never have great spelling, grammar, or sentence structure. Sorry Scott I hope you can handle this. And Lisa I love you and I think you will still come read my blog. So I do realize that my blog is mainly just the run on thoughts in my hand and have no structure or grammar what so ever. But I love it!

So MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE! I hope everyone has a great time and that Santa is good to you all!