The List Goes On......

MAKE A LIST EVERYDAY THAT YOU HAVE ALOT TO DO. IT CAN SIMPLIFY YOUR LIFE BY 20. ESPECIALLY IF YOU ARE LIKE ME AND HAVE 20 MILLION THINGS TO GET DONE IN ONE DAY, WEEK, MONTH, YEAR. ITS A GREAT WAY TO PRACTICE TIME MANAGEMENT SKILLS AND NOT FEEL SO OVERWHELMED BY EVERYTHING YOU HAVE TO DO. MAKE SURE YOU DON'T FORGET TO JOT DOWN ALL THE IMPORANT TASKS YOU HAVE TO DO IN ONE PLACE TO KEEP ORGANIZED AND START WRITING AWAY.

SOME PLACES TO START:

GROCHERY LISTS

TO DO TODAY LISTS

APPOINTMENTS LISTS

EXPECTATION LISTS

BUDGET LISTS

FINANCIAL INCOME LISTS

CHRISTMAS PRESENT LISTS

IMPORTANT THINGS TO REMEMBER LISTS

ASSIGNMENTS THAT ARE DUE LIST

VERY BRADLEY PLANNER

Lists are my thing. I make a list for everything to keep organized. I also have an agenda to keep my work schedule in, write all of my appointments down, and try to keep up with my ongoing social life with friends and family. Not to mention, I will be going back to school so keeping up with assignments and projects that are due is a must. At any rate, this Vera Bradley planner above is the best thing since your high school agenda book. It has 2010-2011 calenders in it when an address book, and important dates to remember. It also is filled with monthly calenders and weekley calenders so you can document your special dates. Its great beacause its binder like and is small so it can fit in almost any purse size and very durable. I had a 2009-2010 one that I retired and it was still in great use. You can also use them for another year and buy the inserts for a new year.

OUR NATIONS CAPITOL

HERE ARE A FEW PICTURES FROM DEREK AND I'S TRIP TO DC FOR A DAY. WE DROVE A LADY FROM DEREKS WORK TO DC SO SHE COULD VISIT HER FAMILY FOR THANKSGIVING SO WE DECIDED TO MAKE A DAY TRIP OUT OF IT. WE HAD TO VISIT ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETARY BECAUSE MY GRANDFATHER (PAPA NORM) IS BURRIED THERE. I VISIT THERE EVERYTIME I GO TO DC. WE ALSO TOOK A SMALL TOUR AROUND THE CITY. I WILL TELL YOU, I DONT THINK DEREK COULD EVER LIVE IN A BIG CITY...TRAFFIC WAS HORRIBLE.


GRAVESTONES




THERE WERE 29 FUNERAL THERE THAT DAY






ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETARY









AMERICAN RED CROSS BUILDING IN DC




PENTAGON MEMORIAL IN DC




NATIONAL MONUMENT

It's the Holiday season

SECOND ANNUAL TACKEY CHRISTMAS SWEATER PARTY AT JOE AND NICOLES (OUR RECENTLY ENGAGED FRIENDS)







OUR CHRISTMAS CARD PICTURE






OUR FIRST CHRISTMAS TREE TOGETHER =)
(Derek also took the time to put up christmas lights outside of our house which are very pretty and two small christmas trees at the front door)

Aishas Engagement Party=)

Table of food consisting of sausage balls, chips and salsa, cheeseball, apple dip, and a cupcake tower.










Drinks anyone? My fav was the punch with sherbert ice cream









All the girls at the party! It was at Ashely's house.

Landscaping Fun in the Fall

The finished product.







Front of the porch with the pumpkin







Getting the mulch out from the back of the truck





Last Monday we laid landscaping fabric out in front on the trailer and lined it with rocks then filled it in with mulch. Dereks mom and dad came to help us. She has a small landscaping business so she is always helping us do yard work! There is still more to come.

Mummy Cakes

Cheatue Morsiette Winery/Vineyard in Virginia




We took a trip to Cheatue Morsiette Winery a few Mondays ago! SO AMAZING! We had lunch at resturaunt, toured the winery, and then did a tasting.




It if was not for my friend Ashely!!!! I would not have a blog... nor would I have made these mummy cupcakes to take to work tommarrow! With that being said.... Sunday is Halloween=) Not very excited because I will be working ALL weekend long, as will Derek. We wont be trick or treating or dressing up in the latest holloween fasions this year! Haven't blogged in awhile since I've been so busy lately! Derek just had a birthday, and his parents got to meet my mother last Monday. We had a great time, and I cooked some BBQ dinner for us all. Derek and I have been looking at houses and doing more yard work around the trailer. The trees are turning all shades of oranges, yellows, browns, and the lake is so placid this time of year, its absolutly gorgeous! Until next time...~Leigh

It's Thursday and time to BAKE!!!!

the next best thing----OIL and VINEGAR! So instead of salad dressing (which I usually use for my salads) I have started to put oil and vinegar on EVERYTHING. well almost...everything. But indeed, it is alot healthier than your everyday salad dressing and it adds alot of flavor to your salad. So...instead of putting fattening salad dressing on everything...try OIL and VINEGAR! I bought these bottles at Wal-mart yesterday for $2.95 each and they look wonderful in the kitchen!



Last night was the first night I used my NEW pampered chef baker dish! (sooo great). I baked cubed steak and rice for Derek and I which was quit delicious! Today, I am going to the grochery store and tonight for dinner we will do a whole chix with pineapples and cherries:):) YUM! Now, if you do not have one of these great pots then you for sure need to get one! Find your nearest pampered chef consultant fast!







I got to an early start this morning and baked my neighbor, Willis, a blueberry pie (his fav) and am giving him a Thank You note for all that he has done for me and derek. He lives near us and I cannot tell you how many things he has helped us do. He's helped me mow the yard, put a new battery in the jet ski, hang huge shelves underneath the porch to mount TVs on, borrow his lawn mower, and most recently he mounted my mailbox back on the post. He is always in a good mood and I just love talking to him about his cole mining stories. He just bought himself a new Camero too that keeps him quit busy:) Heres to Willis!