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2010-10-21T16:42:00.003-05:00

Katie's Team won STATE CHAMPIONSHIP for 2010! Katie was the starting setter with 608 assist out of the season and Katie is only in 10th Grade. Way to go girls we are so proud of you!

cinco de mayo

2010-05-05T12:10:00.004-05:00

Today is cinco de mayo so- go have a margarita and eat some mexican food to celebrate.
I will be cooking tacos and guacamole and a pitcher of good cold margaritas for dinner tonight!

back to blogging

2010-05-02T19:37:00.004-05:00

I know, I have been neglecting my blog. I have missed it but I have been so busy with everyday life. The travel volleyball is now officially over. Hoot hoot! I am so happy. We have been traveling every other weekend since Jan. and I am so wore out from it.
Also Jacob has been struggling in school and I have been working with him every night helping him and I also decided to have him tested for ADHD. Which is what he has and we have started some medication. I can already see a difference in him at home and at school. He also has started baseball, so between volleyball practice 2 nights a week and baseball games at least 2 nights a week- you can see I have not had time to think about blogging.
But..... i am back.
WE had terrible storms and at least 12 inches of rain this weekend. Got some things done around the house cause you could not plan any outdoor activities.
Also to update you on the last post I did about Baby Hogan. He lost his battle just 16 days after he was born. He was such a fighter. Bless you Hogan!

Jacob pitching

Andrea and Katie at the LAST tournament.

Hogan's fight for life

2010-04-07T21:52:00.004-05:00

Hogan, my hero

I wanted to share with you this story or blog on this family from my hometown who just had their 3rd child who was born with Trisomy 18. He is such a fighter and his parents are amazing with their faith and prayers to save their precious baby Hogan.
here is the blog address if you want to read their story. http://hogandominy.blogspot.com/

ipad

2010-04-05T21:29:00.005-05:00

The new ipad became available on Saturday and it is awesome. Must have one!
Katie's ipod touch had frozen up and we had tried to reset it and it still did not work so the support person online suggested we take it back to the apple store and get them to replace it. So we had to make an appt to take it to the store ( which is in Germantown) There was a long line of people to get in to see or buy the new ipad. So to make a long story short they replaced the ipod touch with a new one and we got to play on the new ipad. SWEET!

Happy Easter....

2010-04-04T12:30:00.004-05:00

Hope everyone has a Wonderful Easter. It is a wonderful Spring day here in Mississippi.

Haiti

2010-03-24T21:14:00.004-05:00

About 2 weeks ago my husband got the opportunity to go to Haiti to represent his company FedEx. He has been extremely busy with an organization called Heart to Heart International. He helps them with their shipments of supplies (medical and etc) to these disaster areas all over the U.S.and other countries. They invited he and his partner (Karen) that work closely with them to travel with Heart to Heart to see how their help has a tremendous impact on their goal of helping people in need.
Here are some pictures of his trip.

Quote........

2010-03-24T14:52:00.002-05:00

I saw this quote the other day and it stuck with me- so I thought I would share with you.

organized find

2010-03-19T10:13:00.004-05:00

I ran across this while looking on one of my fav websites (Etsy),. Its a pretty cool idea and they are $24.00 The lady who makes these is "The Organized Shopper"

The Last Song

2010-03-11T12:50:00.007-06:00

It's official- the movie will be out on 03.31.10
I know this is a teeny bopper movie but the book and the story was so good that I have to see the movie.

puddle stomp in style....

2010-03-07T18:25:00.006-06:00

I must get me some stylish rain boots!!

charms of life....

2010-03-03T20:46:00.007-06:00

For Christmas one year my very dear friend Dinah gave me the most special gift I have every received and I will cherish it for-EVER. Thought I would share with you my special bracelet.

She had each charm written out on paper with the purpose and meaning for each one.
Birthstone charm- for the year I was born(March)
Hearts- for our sisterly love and bond for one another
Suitcase- for our GIRL trips.
Florida and Seagulls- for our great trips to Florida and so I don't forget what a seagull is. (inside joke)
Cellphone- for all our phone calls to each other
Sun- for our love of sunshine and the beach
Margarita glass- our drink of choice
Four-o- for when I turned Forty- and all the things she did to me on my b'day.
Camera- for my love of taking pictures
Cross- for my Faith.
Pluto- for our trip to Orlando to Disney to visit her brother who worked there as PLUTO.

Hope you enjoyed my charms as much as I have over the years!

Bachelor Finale...

2010-03-01T13:16:00.004-06:00

Tonight is the finale of the "the bachelor" - and every year I say Iam not going to watch this crap! but I get hooked every single time. so will he pick this one....

or this one.....

Iam going with the first one!

ideas that scream " So Martha"

2010-02-25T13:44:00.006-06:00

ran across this on the web today and had to share

This is a really neat idea of putting a rubberband around the can.

have you ever had a flip burger?

2010-02-15T13:22:00.007-06:00

the volleyball team all went out to lunch Saturday after our game and we went to flip burger boutique(birmingham)

Can't say that I have ever had a flip burger and can't say if I ever will again. Let me just say this place is Hip,Different, not really me. Not that Iam not Hip- ha ha
There is only 2 locations - atlanta- can so see this being a big hit there and birmingham at the summit.

The burgers were not like a regular burger. they have crab,shrimp and goat cheese like burgers. Not that there is anything wrong with that I just don't want my crab or shrimp on a hamburger bun!

Happy Belated Valentine's Day

2010-02-15T12:56:00.005-06:00

Hope everyone had a wonderful valentines day.

what I'am reading...

2010-02-10T20:33:00.005-06:00

I hate when I start a book and can't put it down. This is the guy who wrote the "Notebook". This book is being made into a movie. The star of the book will be Miley Cyrus. I can so see her in this role. His other book "Dr. John" is out at the movies now. I love the way he is a southern writer and all his books are based in the Carolina's.

Oh DANG...... it SNOWED.........

2010-02-08T19:21:00.003-06:00

we woke up this morning and SURPRISE~~ it snowed~

super bowl sunday

2010-02-07T20:00:00.004-06:00

we are going with the saints! Who DAT!!! Go saints!!

ice storm twenty ten

2010-01-31T21:05:00.007-06:00

we had a small ice storm here on friday and schools closed. John and I worked all day. The roads were not too bad but everything froze overnight and made it all worse on Saturday. We had a volleyball tournament in downtown Memphis this weekend and we did extremely good. We placed 2nd in the silver divison. The girls got metals again and they were so excited.

weekend recap

2010-01-24T21:21:00.005-06:00

my favorite cupcake shop from nashville opened friday in memphis. siked about that!

John, Jacob and Katie went duck hunting on friday night and sat. So I had the night to myself and it was wonderful. Here is a cute pic of Jacob and his hunting buddy from jonesboro ark.

on sunday we traveled back to jonesboro for a volleyball tournament and we won the silver championship!

Blast from the PAST......

2010-01-19T20:41:00.005-06:00

don't even ask me how these 2 things popped into my head today but they did and they made me laugh so hard. I was asking people at work if they remembered them and they were laughing with me. so here is a blast from the past.

I so remember my mom using this on my hair. for real!!!

and these! omg!! when I was younger and you went on vacation in florida and hotels had pools- you could not swim in the pools unless you wore a swimming cap- thank god things have changed.
Are there any of these old goodies from your childhood?

getting above water

2010-01-13T20:52:00.003-06:00

It has been so crazy around the frazier household lately. Getting everyone back to their normal routines, all having colds and the coldest weather I have felt in a long long time. Last week the high has been around 15 and lows about 5 to 8. No busted water pipes (thank god) We got a dusting of snow last week and they closed school for 2 days mainly for the cold weather. It seemed that kids did not need to be at school bus stops in 5 degree weather with wind chill at -10.

Weekend before last John and Jacob went hunting for the weekend and Jacob killed his first deer. I will spare you the picture- (it's not a pretty site) but anyway he was so excited and I think Dad was just as excited. Also, Katie got her learner's permit and she has been driving me everywhere.

She is full go on the competitive volleyball. Our first tournament will be next weekend in Jonesboro, Ark. and then the following weekend will be a tournament here in Memphis. We also have trips in Feb. to Birmingham (hoover) and Huntsville, in March we have Little Rock and Indianapolis and in April we have Louisville KY and back home in Memphis. So as you can see we will have a busy couple of months.

Happy 15th Birthday Katie

2010-01-02T07:19:00.002-06:00

( This cake is one she picked out. Its black and hot pink- The icing is white with spray on color- they tell me it taste just like white icing- we will see)
Today is my baby's Birthday. I can't believe she is turning 15. Seems like yesterday she was born.
So I guess my days of driving are over. She will be my chauffeur from now on. She is going to get her learners permit on Monday. Watch out Olive Branch drivers!~!

(KT in her Aunt Suzan's Range Rover)

Happy New Year

2010-01-01T19:13:00.004-06:00

Christmas

2009-12-29T21:18:00.008-06:00

Christmas this year was one we will not forget. We spent Christmas in Georgia with my family for the first time in 15 years. It was great being with everyone. We had Christmas Eve with my brother Mike and Suzan and there were about 16 of us there for dinner. They had the food catered and we had Fish, fried shrimp, hushpuppies, french fries, coleslaw and of course a Georgia tradition cheese grits. In Georgia you can't have a fish fry with out the grits.
They set up tables and the food in their car garage. Their garage is nicer than some peoples houses.

yes- there is a christmas tree in their garage! nice huh!
So, with all the Christmas stuff put away and waiting for the new year to come in I have a list of " want to do's for the year"
1. Clean out closets and box up the kids clothes for consignment.
2. do some painting in the house
3. Get the downstairs hardwood floors down. ( one room at a time)
4. Exercise at the "y" at least 2- 3 nights a week
5. Start scrapbooking again- way way too behind in this.
6. LOSE WEIGHT
I will keep you posted on all my progress!

oh my

2009-12-17T22:27:00.004-06:00

My mother-n-law accidentally hit the gas pedal instead of her brake as she pulled into her garage the other day and this is what it looks like

She really did a number on the wall. She and the car were ok. Already getting it fixed and hopefully this won't happen again.

my famous "no name cookies"

2009-12-17T22:14:00.004-06:00

I make these cookies every Christmas and they really have no name and I have never seen them in a recipe book,
so I call them my ritz cracker cookies

This is all there is to them. Spread crunchy peanut butter on a ritz and put another ritz on top and dip in melted almond bark.

my obsession.....

2009-12-08T21:50:00.009-06:00

CUPCAKES- love love love me some cute little cupcake shops. I seriously need to open my own little shop! how much fun that would be. When ever I am going to a city I try to find a cupcake shop. here is one of my favs that is in nashville and now in Huntsville and soon to be in Memphis in Jan. Iam so siked!

and here is a new one I found in the Atlanta area

Lenox cupcakes. gotta luv me some georgia bulldog cupcakes!
And this one is on my list of gotta go and see

Sprinkles-

tree skirt

2009-12-07T20:08:00.004-06:00

I have been in the market for a new tree skirt for our christmas tree and have not run across something until now.

Found this on the Crate and Barrel website. Its $79. I am going to wait and see if I can get it on sale after christmas or this looks like something I can make.

drunk reindeer

2009-12-05T19:21:00.004-06:00

every year at work, I put out these cute little reindeer's, and every year everyone says they look drunk. So these are my drunk reindeer. I found these cute little drunks at a dollar store about 5-6 years ago and at the time I bought them I didn't realize they spelled NOEL until someone pointed it out to me. Maybe too much eggnog!

button tree

2009-12-01T21:19:00.005-06:00

For the last year my friend Colby and I made these button trees. This one was mine. Colby's was much cuter than mine. It looks better in person than in this picture. They were so fun to make. Its hard to find alot of buttons to make them. We got the idea from a website we visit regularly (two peas in a bucket) its a scrapbook and craft website with ideas and message boards - you can spend hours looking at stuff on it.

long weekend of.....

2009-11-29T19:06:00.005-06:00

well I shopped while the rest of the family went to Arkansas and did this

my duck hunting family!
They left me all alone (yeah) for 1/2 day Friday and 1/2 day on Saturday. I wrapped all my presents I have bought and ordered my Christmas cards online and picked them up and got the tree up but it's not finished yet, they were suppose to put the ornaments on but I have yet to see any.
Back to the grind of school and work tomorrow. YUCK!

Happy Thanksgiving

2009-11-26T18:08:00.003-06:00

We spent this Thanksgiving here at home with us and John' Mom. John deep fried the turkey, I cooked mom's dressing, green beans, fresh corn and rolls and for desert we had key lime pie.
I am most grateful for my family, my home, my parents, having a job and our health. I ran across this quote the other day and I want to share it with you.

As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them. ~John Fitzgerald Kennedy

Hope each and everyone had a safe and thankful holiday today.
Now, I'am off to check out the sale ads and get my game plan on for hitting the stores at the wee hours of the morning!

Black Friday

2009-11-21T21:57:00.002-06:00

Ok all my shopper friends- THE BLACK FRIDAY ads are posting daily on the blackfriday.com website. Start making your list and start looking for the bargins the day after Thanksgiving. I can't believe that some of these stores will be opening at 4 am. I can assure you I will not be one standing in the cold in line at some store parking lot waiting for them to open at 4 AM
I might get up for a (maybe 6 maybe not- more like 7 am openings)

R.I.P UGA VII

2009-11-19T22:48:00.004-06:00

The georgia bulldogs mascot died today suddenly at the age of 4. He died from a heart condition. Georgia fans are sadly going to miss this beloved mascot at the home game this Saturday against Kentucky. UGA - you will be missed!

movies ....movies

2009-11-18T19:39:00.007-06:00

this is the big weekend for us "twilight" freaks! yes , I am one of them.

I will not be attending the midnight showing tomorrow night! no, I can wait till the weekend to see it. I hope its as good as I want it to be.
Also Katie and I will be going to see this new movie that opens up Friday too.

This movie is a true story about a Memphis couple who takes in this homeless boy and
and he plays football at Ole Miss and goes on to play professional football. Sandra Bullock and Tim Mcgraw star as this couple. did I mention Tim Mcgraw- oh yes that in its self is worth going to see- ha ha

this is a picture of the real couple the movie was based on. It took place here in Memphis but the filming of the movie was done in Georgia.
So if your plans call for movies this weekend - here are two good flicks to check out.

11.14.09

2009-11-15T19:45:00.004-06:00

It has been such a beautiful week, cool crisp air, sweaters and leaves falling. Here is a shot that Katie and I took while we were out doing some Christmas shopping this weekend in Collierville.

Speaking of Christmas shopping- I am very close to being finished ! Woot Woot!!
I need to get my Christmas cards picked out and get started on them this week. I was determined to get all this done early this year.

volleyball tryouts

2009-11-07T08:51:00.003-06:00

were held last Saturday for competitive. Katie decided to try out for Delta force and Memphis Juniors (whom she has played for 2 years)
Katie decided to go with Delta Force this year- she made the 15-1 elite team. We are very excited to be in a new club and looking forward to some awesome coaching this year.

volleyball banquet

2009-10-30T09:02:00.001-05:00

The High school volleyball banquet was this week and we don't see the girls dressed like this often so I will take advantage of these photos.

Shelby, Dee & my KATIE
These 3 had on very similar dresses. Each one was different. They were just too cute

30 year CeLEbration.....

2009-10-29T20:29:00.012-05:00

my senior picture "class of 1980"

Donna, Susan & Lisa

Susan & Marie

Susan, Lisa & Shelia

I went home this last weekend to Dublin Georgia for my 30 year high school reunion. Yes, I feel old. It was the best weekend and better than I had expected it to be. It was wonderful seeing all the classmates from 1978, 1979 of course 1980 (#1) 1981, and 1982. It was great seeing and spending time with the ole girlfriends. If you can't decide to go back for yours, you should really go- it was FANtastic.

the wait is over

2009-10-19T19:29:00.004-05:00

tomorrow is the day this comes out

and I will be making a stop before work to pick this up!!

fall is in the air:

2009-10-18T21:20:00.008-05:00

and I am loving it. The cool days and nights and my leaves in the backyard are turning yellow = best time of year
It makes me want to put on a pot of chili for dinner and roast marshmallows over a fire in the back yard.

Today I made a fall favorite of mine that I usually make and take to work.
I thought I would share with you
Apple Cheese Ball
1 8oz. cream cheese
1 Granny Smith apple
1/4 tsp cinnamon
1/4 tsp chopped pecans
Ginger snap or graham cracker stik cookies

Peel and chop apple: mix well into a ball with cream cheese, cinnamon and pecans. cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate at least 8 hours or overnight. Serve with cookies

100th post

2009-10-12T22:59:00.002-05:00

Today is my 1 year BLOGGoversary!
and its my 100th post. I can't believe I have had this for a year now and I can still keep coming up with things to post. thanks for everyone who looks and keeps up with THE FRAZIER's!

my cute little pumpkins

2009-10-11T19:41:00.007-05:00

check out my cute pumpkins I made this weekend. I made these for some friends and Jacob's teachers.

fall pictures

2009-10-11T19:24:00.005-05:00

I had been wanting to take some railroad pics for a long time and while we were in collierville tennessee this weekend I just so happen to have my camera and capture some great photos.

and these around the town square

one year ago today oct 9th

2009-10-08T20:42:00.005-05:00

we were facing the toughest day we have ever faced in our life. John's surgery for kidney cancer. We did not know what we had facing us and our future and kids were the most single thing on our minds as we faced this day.
We had many prayers from all our friends and family and faith is what got us to today.
We are cancer free minus a kidney and life if good! John is in Canada for 2 weeks on a hunting trip and he is feeling wonderful. God is good!

Clydesdales

2009-10-08T20:31:00.004-05:00

Have to be the most beautiful horse in the world.
The Budweiser Clydesdales were in town this weekend at the local distributor and Jacob and I went to see them. He could not believe how big and pretty they are. And what the heck- no free samples!!!!

Fall is in the air....

2009-10-04T18:18:00.009-05:00

The weather has cooled off and leaves are starting to turn. It's finally fall. My favorite time of year. Yesterday I got out a few fall decorations to put up around the house.

two new ones I have ordered from the touchstone catalog.

Jacob and I were going to the pumpkin patch today to pick out some small pumpkins for decorating with but it has rained here all day. We will save this for next weekend.

decisions decisions.....

2009-10-03T14:00:00.007-05:00

do I pick my mom's Georgia Bulldogs....

or do I pick my dad's LSU Tigers to win today.

well, Dad left for Canada today on a hunting trip so I am going with......

...........GO DAWGS!!!!!!!!!!!!

9.23

2009-09-23T20:18:00.009-05:00

Its getting about that time of year for these...

pumpkin spice latte's from Starbucks- Iam not a pumpkin fan at all but I love these drinks.

and these......

Candy corn kisses
just bought a bag of these on Sunday and they are almost gone. We put them in the refrigerator and they are yum!!

yet another tailgating invention....

2009-09-19T17:27:00.004-05:00

Put a college logo on there and the school color and ride around while tailgating and you could sell the heck out of these babies!!

Waiting for GA DAWGS to pay the ARK HOGS tonight- Keeping my fingers crossed on this game!
John is on his way home from the airport. He has been in Mexico this week on business.

my music at the moment

2009-09-17T10:00:00.001-05:00

is the new colbie caillat cd! If you liked her song Bubbly- you will like her newest cd.

my new favorite store...

2009-09-16T22:27:00.008-05:00

is Charming Charlies- This is a new store that has opened in the Collierville (TN) mall and it has become MY FAVORITE STORE!!
3 words for you Jewelry , Purses, Shoes!

The store is set up by color- and let me tell you its awesome. Its not expensive- very reasonable. Do a search on the website to see if there is one near you.
Also I want to share an online store to you. Its called ETSY. This is a site for people to sell their homemade items and you can pull up people in the town you live in and see there goods. Its really neat if you want to find homemade neat out of the ordinary items.

Saturdays= game day

2009-09-12T13:37:00.005-05:00

Nothing better than Saturdays in the fall- SEC football. My 2 games don't come on till tonight so Iam going to do my 2nd best thing on Saturdays- Shop
Georgia plays South Carolina tonight and LSU host Vandy! Go Dawgs and Tigers!
Found this on the internet today and I have to share- What a great invention!

Notice the Margaritta machine in the car! Yeah--- now we are talking.

happy labor day......

2009-09-07T19:29:00.007-05:00

Today is labor day and I hope everyone had a relaxing day and long weekend. We have been busy around here. This weekend my neighbor Nancy got married to her soulmate. Katie and I went to the wedding Saturday night and here is the happy couple.

They are extemely happy and I am happy for her. She deserves much happiness.
Here is Katie at the wedding. She looked GREAT amd much older than 14 in this photo.

Tomorrow is back to the grind of work and school. Katie has 2 out of town ballgames this week. Here is a picture of the volleyball team at school goofing off.

57 degrees

2009-09-01T06:41:00.004-05:00

is what the temp is in North Mississippi this morning. Feels like fall in in the air. Already bought a pumpkin pie candle and have the house smelling so good. Perfect weather for friday night football and of course SATURDAY SEC football which starts this saturday! whooo hoooo go dawgs!!!!
Not much going on in the frazier household these day except homework, school volleyball games and now cub scouts. A mothers work is never done!!

23 years ago......

2009-08-23T15:13:00.002-05:00

John and I were married. Gosh it's hard to believe we have been married for 23 years.

homework... volleyball...

2009-08-20T08:00:00.001-05:00

This is what our days are like around here. Getting back to the routine of school, homework and now school volleyball games.

random pic of Katie from the weekend!

Ready for the weekend... are you

wednesdays words of wisdom

2009-08-19T20:39:00.003-05:00

1st day school

2009-08-10T21:45:00.003-05:00

for Katie as a freshman in high school and 3rd grade for Jacob

my volunteer daughter

2009-08-04T20:53:00.006-05:00

last week was Katie's last week of volunteering at the hospital. She worked in the Physical Therapy dept and I think she has found her a profession she is interested in. She put in about 110 volunteer hours this summer.

also last week we had my parents from Georgia here visiting us. We enjoyed them so much and we enjoyed her cooking and cakes. We were so sad to see them leave Sunday.
Although they had much excitement Thursday when ANOTHER tornado hit Olive Branch and it hit in our neighboorhood with several houses damaged and trees down everywhere. We only lost a shutter off one window but we found it down the street. There was one neighborhood down the rode from us that was totally destroyed. They will have to tear down and rebuilt at least 10-20 homes there.

{lunch}

2009-07-30T22:31:00.008-05:00

today my friend Colby and I decided that we would go out to lunch today to one of our favorite place we love to go

we went to Muddy's Bake Shop for a simple box lunch

as you can see we ate one before we left the shop. we did order us a simply sandwich with chips and these boxes well- we could not resist! we LOVE cupcakes!!!

About 5 this afternoon we had another tornado in olive branch. This time it actually hit my neighborhood. The houses in the front part of our subdivision had severe damage and trees down everywhere. We were very lucky, the only thing we had at our house was a missing shutter on a window upstairs and I found it down the street.

9 years ago today

2009-07-25T16:58:00.003-05:00

i gave birth to the sweetest little boy.
Happy 9th Birthday Jacob

My parents flew in yesterday to spend a week with us and be here for Jacob's birthday.

{pizza on the grill}

2009-07-22T21:04:00.005-05:00

i tryed something new this week. While on vacation last week one of our friends Mike H. cooked some pizzas on the grill and they were to die for. I watched what he did and thought that it was easy enough so tonight I tryed it.....

It was really good and I will have to experiment with different toppings, This one was grill chicken from the night before, onions, black olives, pepperoni, cheese,

{the countdown is on.....

2009-07-20T21:30:00.005-05:00

There are 47 days left to opening
day of College Kickoff!!!!!!!

week of fun in the sun...........

2009-07-19T15:29:00.007-05:00

we had such a good time in Panama City. We did the waterpark one whole day, John and Jacob went deep sea fishing one day, Jacob and Katie went parasailing one day (I could barely watch my two babies 1000 feet in the air over the ocean)
and of course no trip would be complete without going out to eat at Jacob's favorite place in the world......

3 years of metal mouth.....

2009-07-09T20:47:00.007-05:00

to this........

Katie got her braces off today and I can not tell you how excited she was. Her teeth look so good.

The bathing suit in the picture is to let you know that for the next week all I will be doing is this in Panama City Beach.......

wacky wordless wednesday

2009-07-08T21:18:00.004-05:00

4th of July

2009-07-06T22:22:00.004-05:00

what is the 4th of july without a cupcake......
Hope everyone had a great 3 day weekend and enjoyed being with family and cooking out.

{we won}

2009-06-30T22:01:00.003-05:00

The Angels won the city's 7-8 year old championship tonight. Our record was 12-1 and we played against the Cubs (13-0) and we won the game tonight 18-7. The boys were so excited and they deserve to be the champs. Way to go Angels!!!!

this week.....

2009-06-27T08:40:00.007-05:00

LSU baseball won their 6th National Championship for Baseball against Texas. It was a great college world series this year. I love LSU except when they play my Georgia Bulldogs.

Also this week Jacob's baseball team finished their season and his team the ANGELS won 1st place in the American Division.
We have a tournament this weekend to decided who will win between the American and National Teams. We don't play till Monday night and if we win we will play Tuesday night. Will update you on the winners. Hopefully we will be one of them.

{update}

2009-06-22T21:25:00.005-05:00

on the topsy turvey....... growing but no tomato's yet-

happy father's day

2009-06-21T21:48:00.003-05:00

John had a good day with Katie and Jacob today. He look them to a friends house and they went swimming all day.
Happy Father's day to my Dad. I wish I could have been with you today. We will be together sometime in July. I love you daddy!

wednesdays words of wisdom

2009-06-17T20:03:00.002-05:00

Mississippi Tornado

2009-06-13T14:13:00.004-05:00

We had some bad weather yesterday afternoon around 5 and did alot of damage in Olive Branch. We lost power for 5-1/2 hours but most of the town is still without power and might not get it back till the middle of next week. They did say it was a tornado. I went around town taking some pictures to share with you.

randomness....

2009-06-09T21:15:00.005-05:00

not much going on in the frazier household these days. John is extremely busy at work and I am always busy at the hospital- never a dull moment there. Katie is doing volleyball workouts at school every morning and on fridays she is volunteering at the hospital. She is working in the physical therapy dept which is where she wanted to work since she is very interested in that field. She worked one day and really liked it. Jacob is at the Y for summer camp and they seem to be wearing him out because every day he comes home so tired and takes a nap. He has 3 more baseball game left- they are rain makeup dates. We are still in 1st place in our division.

We are counting down the days to our vacation in July.

There is nothing- and I mean nothing on tv these days so all I do is watch Food Network and DIY and HGTV.

Do you every wonder- I do !!! how do these people get on the room makeovers and do they have to pay for it or does the network pay for the re-do's

Just in case they are looking for some volunteers I want a patio makeover. I want this outdoor fireplace.

It never hurts to DREAM.......

goodbye May

2009-05-31T19:46:00.006-05:00

......hello June

Can you believe its June already. Not much to blog about lately. I will share with you 2 places I want to visit- they are kinda on my bucket list.

One is Molly's cupcakes in Chicago

this is the cutest little shop and they say they have the BEST cupcakes. I know they sure look yummy

The other place I want to visit is in New York.
Serendipity 3

{memorial day weekend}

2009-05-25T21:16:00.005-05:00

Hope everyone had a good and safe holiday weekend.

We had a pretty uneventful holiday weekend. We did go to a cookout on Sunday and dodged the rain all weekend. It was a nice long weekend. I had planned on scrapbooking some this weekend but the only thing I completed was a page for Katies book. This is a page on all about what Katie likes in 2009.

The kids were playing with the timer on the camera and this is what they came up with
I guess you could say they are happy to be out of school for the summer!

Jacob starts the YMCA camp tomorrow and Katie well tomorrow she is going to clean house- she doesn't know that yet ha ha!

{slugger}

2009-05-20T06:50:00.005-05:00

From Monday Nights game. The Angels won their game 21-7 and that win put them in 1st place in their division! YEAH. We had not played a whole week and the boys came to the ballfield ready to play.
GOOOO Angels!!!!

{weekend recap}

2009-05-17T19:21:00.006-05:00

Not much going on in the Frazier household this weekend. Got some much needed things done around the house along with the usual cleaning and laundry.
We did make a much needed purchase this weekend. I can't tell you have tickled pink I am over this purchase since "I" do most of the grilling,-

The new grill:

also this weekend we were at Home Depot and saw a Topsy Turvey hanging in the garden dept and its was loaded with cherry tomatoes. I NEVER buy any of those things they advertise on TV but we laughed and looked at each other and we BOUGHT IT. We will keep your updated to see if we will have tomatoes.

{happy mother's day}

2009-05-10T11:48:00.005-05:00

To my Mom: I love you soooo much.
I wish I could be with you today- I will make it home to Georgia as soon as I can.
Hope you have a great day!

Hope all you Mothers have a wonderday day with your familys.

Ps- It is still raining here! ENOUGH already.

{april showers....

2009-05-06T19:43:00.004-05:00

are suppose to bring May flowers. Or so the saying goes. Well so far for this May it is has rained almost the whole month and we are just on day 6. Flowers are trying to bloom if they don't get washed away.
So with all the rain we have had I guess you can say that we have not been doing alot of this

and so the other saying goes Rain, Rain go away come again another MONTH!
And also in our household we are counting down to the last day of school!!! yea
15 days left.

music fest

2009-04-29T19:22:00.005-05:00

This weekend is the Beale Street Music fest and they have a really good line up- too bad Iam not going ! ha
The only one I really care to see would be the one and ONLY AL GREEN!!!

Friday, May 1 - Gates Open @ 5pm
The All-American Rejects
Steve Miller Band
Ben Harper & Relentless7
Tommy Castro
Katy Perry
The Cult
G. Love & Special Sauce
Jack's Mannequin
Rise Against
Ronnie Baker Brooks
Matt Nathanson
Medeski, Martin & Wood
Lurrie Bell
Bonnie Bramlett

Saturday, May 2 - Gates Open @ 1pm
Al Green
Korn
George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic
John Lee Hooker, Jr.
Shinedown
Elvis Costello
The Roots
Curtis Salgado
Saving Abel
Los Lobos
Michael Burks
The Bar-Kays
Thriving Ivory
Susan Tedeschi
Julian Marley
Cedric Burnside & Lightin' Malcolm
Chancho En Piedra (from Chile)
Muck Sticky
Green River Ordinance
Hubert Sumlin
Billy Gibson Band
Shane Dwight
Jump Back Jake

Sunday, May 3 - Gates Open at 1pmJames Taylor
311
Fall Out Boy
John Mayall
Hinder
Bonnie Raitt
Snoop Dogg
Guitar Shorty
Theory of a Deadman
Jerry Lee Lewis
Three 6 Mafia
Sherman Robertson
Chancho En Piedra (from Chile)
Amos Lee
Prosevere
Damon Fowler
Dead Confederate
Reba Russell Band

{my knockout roses}

2009-04-27T19:55:00.003-05:00

are kicking butt....
I planted these double knockout roses last year in my flower beds and I cut them back in Jan. and now they are budding and loooking gooood!!!

{weekend recap}

2009-04-26T17:40:00.002-05:00

This was our last volleyball tournament and I can't tell you how happy that makes me feel. We had our last tournament in Jonesboro Arkansas at the Arkansas State University campus. We lost, but that is a good thing for me anyway, if we would have one, that would have meant a trip to Miami Florida--- that I didn't really want.
We have been non-stop since December with practice 2 nights a week and every Saturday along with tournaments and I needed a much deserved break-.

Katie tryed out for High School Junior Varsity/ and or Varsity volleyball last week and she MADE it! She doesn't know yet if she will be on Varsity or the JV until the end of the summer- Which they will praceice and weight train all summer- (yuck)
She was very excited.

After our tournament Saturday, Katie and I got home in time to attend the Annual Memphis LSU Alumni crawfish boil that John and Jacob were already attending Yum- they were sooooo good!

{hooked........

2009-04-22T21:11:00.005-05:00

on these books........

Thanks to my daughter, Katie. She saw the movie and read all 4 books in a 2 weeks period. So therefore, she made me watch the movie and I had to know what happens after the movie. So with what litte time I have between baseball games and still volleyballing it I READ!!!! thanks KATE!!!! :)

blog-less

2009-04-15T20:28:00.003-05:00

is this a real word?......
I have been so slack this last week on blogging. My Mom and Dad were here last week from Georgia and I was busy enjoying them and her meals for me when I got home from work everyday- and I might mention my familys clothes washed and ironed everyday for me and also might mention a clean house everyday when I got home. Can you say HEAVEN! :)
We had a good Easter- The weather has been so rainy and cool. Where the heck is SPRING!

Here are a few scrapbook pages I did not too long ago. These are for my 2005 book! and yes it is now 2009 ..... just a little behind :)

{wednesday's words of wisdom}

2009-04-08T07:00:00.004-05:00

{4-6}

2009-04-06T20:10:00.003-05:00

Back from Hotlanta~ Had a great time. The girls placed 57 out of about 140. There were some tough teams. There were team from all over the U.S there and we didn't play that well. Our best day was Saturday. We won every game we played that day. Atlanta was happening as usual.

This is the Welcome sign as we entered the GWCC ( Ga World Congress Center)

View from our hotel.

Katie during a game.

{atlanta georgia here we come}

2009-04-01T22:02:00.004-05:00

Oh .... by the way Happy April's fool day!
We are heading to Atlanta tomorrow for the BIG SOUTH QUALIFIER in
volleyball. This is a HUGE tournament. There are at least 800 teams from all over the United States. There will be 104 courts being played at one time.
We will be at the World Congress Center. It should be a fun, good trip for the girls
GO MEMPHIS JUNIORS- 14 elite Team!!!!!
Will update and pics on Sunday or Monday.
HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND!!!

{easter tree}

2009-03-29T19:55:00.004-05:00

Put out a few Easter decorations this weekend. Got this new tree at the gift shop in the hospital that I work at.
It turned kinda cold and rainy this weekend and we were so lazy today that we didn't even leave the house. In fact, Jacob kept his pj's on all day. We all need a day like this from time to time. We made brownies and also ate the whole batch!!!

{my girl}

2009-03-27T21:24:00.006-05:00

It is so hard to believe ......that she is going to be driving this time next year!
It is so hard to believe..... that she only has 4 more years of school and leaving the house to go to college.
Cherish every moment you possibly can :)

1 family favorite

2009-03-25T21:18:00.005-05:00

.......dish that I fix for my family is Poppy Seed Chicken.
They love it and its sooo super easy and I just have to share.

Poppy Seed Chicken
3-4 boneless chicken breast cooked and chopped in chunks.
1 can cream of chicken soup
8 oz. sour cream
1 tsp poppy seed

Topping
1 stack of Ritz crackers- crushed
1 tsp poppy seed
3/4 stick of butter, melted

Combine soup, sour cream and poppy seed.
Grease 9 x 13 baking dish. Cover bottom of
dish with 1/2 chicken, top with 1/2 soup
mixture and repeat with soup mixture on top.
Top with crushed crackers and poppy seed.
drizzle melted butter on top of crackers
Bake 30 minutes at 350.

It is so yummy. Hope you can try it. If you
do, drop me a note and let me know what you
think!

{sweet indulgence.....}

2009-03-23T20:16:00.008-05:00

These are new at Cold Stone Creamery- don't they look delish............
Katie had one tonight and she said it was "the bomb"

Not much going on in the Frazier household. We had a intown tournament this Saturday and came in 4th- in the 15 year old division. Not too bad but not too good either.
Getting ready for the Big Atlanta Qualifier April 3-5. They better work their buns off or they will not make it very far at all.
The weather was so nice Sunday that we worked in the yard all day.
Hope everyone is having a good week so far. Spring is so here with all the tree's budding and pollen everywhere.

Steve and Me....

2009-03-18T19:24:00.005-05:00

A friend gave me this book for my birthday and I just finished it. It was very good.
Loved the crocodile hunter. After reading this book I truely believe these two were meant to meet and be together. So sad their love story ended so tragically and so early in their lives.

{st. patty)

2009-03-16T22:31:00.019-05:00

I guess you could say I am a little IRISH. I am from Dublin Georgia and we celebrate St. Patricks Day for the whole month of March. Our high school football team was called the Fighting Irish and our stadium was the Shamrock Bowl. We have shamrocks painted on the streets in downtown and we have a Leprechaun contest. And I can't believe that I am actually posting this but I was a leprechaun when I was in the 3rd grade.

{new design}

2009-03-14T18:17:00.003-05:00

So I guess you can see I have new blog background change.
I won it!!!
Can you believe- I NEVER win anything. I was on a blog that I enjoy looking at My Sweet Savannah and she had a new blog background designed by L. Miller designs. I went on to her blog and she had a giveaway for a free blog design. I signed up and WON....
Lindsey did a wonderful job on my blog. Thanks- I love it!!!!!!!
Hope everyone is having a great Saturday. It is cloudy, cold and rainy here.

{Good day- Bad day}

2009-03-13T21:01:00.007-05:00

.... for me so far Good Day!
Knock on wood. Iam not usually a fan of Friday the 13th.

Can't wait to show everyone my new changes in store!!!
Until then have a good- Friday!!!

{Little Rock}

2009-03-09T20:16:00.009-05:00

some of the girls at dinner after we played Saturday.

This weekend we were in Little rock for the tournament and found this really cute cupcake bakery. The ladies in front of the counter were there forever and I was
tired of waiting for them to leave so I took the picture of the inside with the ladies back sides showing - sorry ladies.......