Birthday Dinner

Tonight the hubby & I went to dinner with my mom & brother to celebrate my birthday a little early since we'll be out of town this weekend. I chose Texas Roadhouse because I was craving their chicken salad for some reason.  

After dinner we came home, I watched all the coverage on the Troy Davis case.

I have to admit,  I am disgusted with the way things turned out. No one knows the truth besides GOD, Troy, & the victim. But one thing I thought this country stood by was "proof beyond a reasonable doubt." And if there is any doubt, then how can we kill someone? It's not about race. It's about justice.

To the people celebrating Troy's death, I say this...

If it were your son, brother, or dad in this situation & there was even a slight possibility that he could be innocent, what would you do?

An eye for an eye leaves both eyes blind...

4 more days

And the hubby & I will be headed to New Orleans to celebrate my birthday! 

CAN'T WAIT!

As an early birthday gift, my brother got my windows tinted for me. We have a running joke about him giving me gifts for my car. Apparently each time he decides to gift me anything to do with my car, it breaks down & I have to get a new one. One time he got me brand new tires for my expedition, a few months later it gets hit by lightening & fries the engine. Another time he got the windows tinted on my benz, a few months later the engine head cracked.

I'm not superstitious, but this has me a bit nervous. 

At least this car is brand new so hopefully it will last several years.

Here's a pic I found the net of my exact car with tinted windows. It's been raining here so I haven't been able to take the pic myself. But this is exactly what it looks like...minus the rims.

 Looks good huh?
Thanks brother!

Hubby & I caught the end of this show last night about things to eat while in New Orleans.
One suggestion was taffy. I've never been a big fan of taffy but I am determined to find this:

The Roman Chewing Candy truck.
This is the original truck built in 1915!

I've never eaten at Emeril's but I heard it's really good. So we're debating on whether or not we're going to try it.  The show featured his famous banana pie & it looked SO good!

Does anyone have any suggestions for New Orleans must-sees?

Weekend Recap

Friday I did some random shopping at TJ Maxx. I picked up a little of this & a little of that. I decided we need new spatulas and other utensils, and since all of the Kitchen Aid utensils were $3.99 I picked up a few random tools. I also bought a table runner with fall leaves on them for $9.99.  I was in the mood to shop for Fall decor.

 I love these colors!

 I'm embarrassed to admit this, however I do want to document it so I'm gonna post it here anyways....but I finally bought a new brush after having the same one for 17 years. I know, what the hell took so long right? LOL! I loved that brush. It was a cheap plastic brush I got in high school but it works for my naturally curly hair. Last week while cleaning it I realized there were hardly any bristles left. I was d@mn near using a flat piece of plastic! I also got a Tortoga Rum cake. If you have never had this cake you are missing out!  It is SO good! I got it for $4.99 at TJ Maxx (& it was vacuumed sealed & fresh)! If you order it from the website it's at least $33. And finally I picked up a Witch snowglobe to add to my Halloween decor! 

For some reason, that night I couldn't sleep and I stayed up til 5 am watching random old movies. Have you ever had those nights where you're just UP and can't sleep? And then of course for some reason I woke up early which annoyed me.

Saturday I shot a wedding and when we got home hubby decided to throw an impromptu fight party. Mayweather & Ortiz were fighting so we had a house full of people. Did anyone else watch that fight? Ortiz was so wrong for headbutting Mayweather and Mayweather was wrong for his sucker punch. But I was so mad to hear Mayweather cuss the old guy out during the interview. But I literally LMAO when the old guy said "If I was 50 years younger I'd kick your @ss!" WOW! Mayweather is so arrogant to me. He is a good fighter, but he doesn't have to be so cocky about it. 

We had some friends stay over & when we woke up the next day we were pleasantly surprised to find they had made breakfast for us. Yummy egg sandwiches, fruit, & banana fruit smoothies. So delicious! (Thanks Lisa & Brandell!)

I should have take a pic after everything & everyone was at the table though.

Sunday I had another photo session. A family session for my friends. While at the session my camera kept freezing. Thank god that didn't happen at the wedding the day before and thank god I was with friends when it happened. UGHH! I am sending my camera off to be cleaned & looked at this week. I am so upset because I wanted to get some good pics while in New Orleans but I guess that's not an option. I have a wedding next weekend so I need it back by then. :(

Anyways, Sunday night the Falcons played the Eagles so once again we had a houseful of men over to watch the game. As you can tell by all of my posts, we almost always have a houseful of friends & family over. If anyone watched the game, you know Atlanta won so of course we were HAPPY to say the least. Now we're deciding on which game we want to go to. It will be my first NFL game so I am excited.

Pic of us eating during the game.

I love having such diverse friends!

 

Good Times!

YouTube Saturdays

Happy Saturday!

This may be old to a lot of you, but I never get tired of watching Karmin!

What have you found on YouTube that you'd like to share?

TGIF

I have a busy weekend ahead of me. I'm shooting a wedding tomorrow & a family portraits on Sunday.

And then next weekend is 'Nawlins, and the weekend after that is another wedding.

*whew*

Last night I ordered this:

I can't wait to get it & hang it! :)

Hope yall have a great weekend!

Birch Box

I joined the bandwagon & signed up for Birch Box!

I can't say for sure yet if I am happy with it because

 I just got my first box today and haven't tried all the samples yet.

So here's my box:

I received Incoco Nail Polish applique in cheetah print, Salvatore Farragamo Attima perfume (smells great), Jurlique ultra firm & lift cream, Jouer lip treatment, Colorescience mineral powder, & a friendship bracelet (which I immediately threw away).

These look fun but I keep french tips on all the time so I don't know if I'll ever get to try them.

 How was your Birch Box this month?

 I missed my friend Hannah's baby shower this past Saturday but I still got her a gift. One of my favorite things is personalized gifts. So I am a frequent shopper of Things Remembered.

I decided to get her a snow globe called "The Light of God." 

I think it would be perfect in the nursery! 

The prayer says:

"The Light of God surrounds me. The Love of God enfolds me.  The Power of God protects me.The Presence of God watches over me. Wherever I am, God is and all is well. Amen." 

I had it personalized with the baby's name. And the added bonus is that it plays Amazing Grace!

Think she'll like it? 

I'm meeting with her tonight to shoot her maternity pics. 

I'm so excited for them!

And in other exciting news (for me anyways)...I finished 90% of my Christmas shopping! 

WOOT WOO!! I just have 2 more gifts to buy and I am officially done. HALLELUJAH! I have never shopped this early but I feel SO relieved! I say I am going to start early every year & never do. I can't believe I finally did it. It's so good to know I won't be broke or in debt for the new year.

Has anyone else started their Christmas shopping? 

You better hurry, there's only 102 days left!

Rejection

I didn't get the job I interviewed for a few weeks ago. Oh well, what can you do?

I am SO ready for a change. 

Blah!

I've been trying to brainstorm to see what I could do on my own. I already own a photography business which is doing great, but I am kind of burnt out on that as well. 

I recently came across a book that seems quite interesting. It's written by a local author. It's a personal memoir about a woman who was married to a pastor, and then one day in church, a male member of the congregation stood up and ousted the pastor for being gay. The pastor committed suicide sadly. It's not about bashing him, it's about how God helped her overcome.

Orders placed by September 20th will receive an autographed copy.