The Folta Factor

When telling a story to a friend or group, whether it be comical, scary, serious, whatever, sometimes it's best (in my opinion) to add a little "flare." Doesn't hurt anyone. Certainly nothing to be considered a lie. Just some fluff to make that story a bit more interesting. That's what southern girls do. Call it embellishing, exaggerating...doesn't matter. Add a little factor in here n there to help the story along. My beloved husband likes to call this "The Folta Factor."

Now, the majority of my close friends understand this concept and tend to just sit back and enjoy. Others have learned to chime in and relish the fun while throwing in a few exaggerations of their own...Makes for a good time.

So, here we go.

Story #1: My son ate Ravioli last night. He made a mess.

Story #2:

After a long, hard days work I rushed home to start dinner and a load of laundry, feed the kid, the dog, and wash leftover dishes. The dog needs to poop. Take baby out of highchair, chase dog around house. Baby is mad, crying and horizontally positioned under my right arm. Out we go. Dog chases after train going through backyard. Baby wants to get down and eat grass. Cell phone ringing and the faint sound of a rescue vehicle I'm sure is on the way to my house. Just remembered I left the stove heating an empty pan. Back inside. Baby in highchair with food! Dinner in progress...Ahh. Step in fresh poop. Turn around. Discover baby covered head to toe in orange chunky goo. I was frightened, yet intrigued. 13 minutes left on dinner, scooped up baby--threw in tub. Wait! Baby OUT! Must first kill invasion of ants in tub. Note: always a good idea to leave your dirty kid unattended in bathroom while searching for Raid. Returned to find dog eating child's face and child laughing. Back in tub. Orange water, orange walls, chunks clogging drain. Supermom unclogs and discards. All the while, baby contemplating adoption. Peripheral vision locates dog feasting on drain chunks. Bath finished and Vio la! An Orange stained Ooompa Loopma.

FunFilled Weekend

"I love my Uncle Aaron."

What a great weekend with Aaron and Lindsey...Spent a day at the pool, went bowling, ate some serious meals, watched movies and relaxed. My kinda weekend.

wait for it...

Back in Full Force

Bridgemen Band Camp started last Monday. The kids are fantastic. So respectful and polite. Did I mention there's 380 of them? and counting. The show is really fun and is sure to be a crowd pleaser with the title "Thirty Years of Building a Bridge." Bringin back all the ol' favorites with some really cool visual effects. (as if you care)

Anywayzzzz, things are super busy with work. (Praise Jesus!) I'm busier now than I've been in a long time and it feels good. So now with camp underway and Tanner learning to walk we haven't a moment to rest. (he's up to four steps at a time now :-) But it's all great and we are very happy in Valdosta so far.

We've visited a bunch of churches. Unfortunately, we haven't found one with ALL qualities that suit us. It's like that perfect house in a crappy location. Wish you could just mesh everything together. Oh well, we're not giving up or ready to settle just yet seeing as how there's over 200 churches in the area. Not even kidding.

Miss our friends. and Heritage. a lot. It's all good though. Peace out. Off to bed.

The difference between a "vacation" and "trip"...

...is a nine month old named Tanner.

I'm exhausted.

BUT we had so much fun in Santa Rosa~ even though it wore us slap out.

Big T looooved playing in the sand and jumping over waves with Mommy.

We spent time with Aunt JuJu (Jon's sis) and all the pretty Newman girls for three whole days which was such a treat! I will say, it was one of the most fun vacations we've had.

I wish more of my pictures would have turned out.


Okay. THIS is an awful pic, but I just had to show you how the Mohawk is growing.

This is what I'm dealing with

(curl-hawk)

Failed attempt at an afternoon photo session.

Baby Needs Food!

Our house in P'ville is currently for sale. We've had great traffic, but no bites yet. So, if you hear of anyone lookin around send em my way. It's zoned for the new high school scheduled to open this winter. Four bedrooms, Two and a half baths, Mother-in-law plan, 2220 sq ft, Two car garage, Hardwood, Tile, Granite,
1/2 acre lot.

Stainless Steal Appliances (frig remains), ceramic tile floors and back splash,

granite counter tops, pass through to living rm,

lots of cabinet space (we never used it all).

Eat-in-Kitchen and breakfast bar.

Dining overlooks the Living area w/ gas log fireplace.

Bedroom #1 (study) w/ walk-in closet

Bedroom #2 w/ walk-in closet

Tanner's new room has only the bare essentials :-(

Bedroom #3 with two closets


Guest bath has granite counter and linen closet.

Master

Master bath has jetted tub, two walk-ins, linen closet,

separate shower, and double granite vanity

Full privacy fence

$249,000