Well, the City Council race for our district isn't over yet. We have 6 more weeks of campaigning. Please remember us in your prayers.

We are leaving for the beach tomorrow afternoon. William is so excited. He keeps telling the aide that opens his door at school each morning that he is going to sleep in a bunk bed with his friend Thomas. I guess we will be keeping one eye on the Gulf and Gustav and one eye on that Auburn football game! War Eagle!

I funny to tell about my grandmother. She came by the office to visit my sister and me yesterday morning. Now, Nanny is a one of a kind woman. She never know what she will say, nor to whom she will say it. Here is a snippet of her visit:

Nanny: I found some jeans in the road in front of my house yesterday.
Me: Eyes widening
Nanny: They might fit you or Toot (my sister). I don't think I can get into them. They are very nice jeans. I washed them and there's not anything wrong with them.
Me: Oh, okay
Nanny: Do you think Toot might want them?
Me: Oh, I don't know....
Nanny: I don't know why somebody would throw perfectly good jeans out in the road. Maybe I shouldn't have picked them up....

Hmmmmm......

And then:
Nanny: Toot, have you dated the ________ boy? (Omitting last name to protect the innocent victim)
Toot: No, Nanny, isn't he related to us?
Nanny: Oh, he's a distant cousin. His grandmother is my first cousin.

This isn't the first time Nanny has tried to set my sister up with cousins.

Kids DO Say the Darndest Things

Last night, we had a super quick all American dinner of......hamburgers! William refuses to eat any meat (other than square pepperonis???), so I thought I might let him help me patty out the meat. He immediately gagged about the meat (It looked like worms, it smelled...)and then gagged about the smell of the Lawry's Seasoned Salt. Puhleeze. I got him to very gingerly touch the meat, but he opted instead to season them with the salt. A. Lot. Of. Salt. I even tried the Spongebob/Crabby Patty reference to no avail. As we ate our dinner (his was a butter sandwich, green beans, and Mandarin oranges), we slipped a piece of hamburger on his plate. He hopped out of his seat, so offended that we would put something so vile and disgusting on his plate. Oh the horror! He was chugging down his glass of milk when I mentioned that milk comes from an animal. He said, "I knowed that already." Great grammar. I asked if he knew hamburger meat and milk both come from cows. He said he knew that (excuse me, knowed that) from watching Barnyard on Nick. Glad someone is teaching him, since the poor child's momma is leaving him to learn through television. Then, just for the heck of it, I asked if he knows where the milk comes from on a cow. Boy, oh boy. He said, "Yes," grabbed the front of his jeans with both hands and began to demonstrate how a cow is milked. Jason and I almost fell over laughing! I was so ladylike, that I had sweet tea coming out of my nose! Well, that was all it took for the Junior Performer. He was all over the kitchen, 'milking' himself!

I posted yesterday about my love for etsy and Boutique Mia. I have found another cute pillowcase type top made right here in Alabama! You can view the entire line of custom made children's clothing here. Super cute children's clothing with tons of appliques! Make sure you check out the women's Emily top



We took William to vote today. He was so funny. He got up this morning talking about how he couldn't wait to go vote...he had never done that before...it was going to be so much fun, etc. As we left the polling location, he was grinning from ear to ear and sporting his, "I Voted" sticker. I'm glad to be raising a child who is already so interested in performing his civic duty. Even if he is having to learn from Nickelodeon.

Forgive me Blogger, it has been six months since my last post. A lot has happened since then. I certainly won't try to catch up. I'll just start with the most recent.

William has started kindergarten. My little baby is now in kindergarten. He likes to remind me rather often that,"I'm a big boy now, Mama. I go to kindergarten." Sigh.......

We are going to the beach for Labor Day weekend with some good friends of ours. We are really looking forward to it. My husband is currently running for the city council in our town. The election is tomorrow. Thank goodness! This has been a stressful few weeks. I told him over the weekend that I feel like I'm always on display. We have been driving around with "A New Voice, Jason Jewell, City Council District Four" magnets on the Expedition. People just stare and stare at intersections and in parking lots. I can't go into a store without 20 people asking me how it's going. Don't get me wrong. I appreciate the support, it is just mentally exhausting. We are both ready for some semblance of normalcy. If you can call our regular life normal. I really don't think there is anything normal about us.

The first Auburn game is this weekend. War Eagle! We will be cheering on our Tigers from the beach.

Speaking of Auburn, I am really wanting to get this dress from Boutique Mia

I am in love with Boutique Mia's items on etsy. I have etsy love.

I bought these three tops from her earlier in the summer