Just call me Percy...

Our friend Faye is now affectionately known as Faith to me. That started about 4 or 5 months ago, I suppose, and it just stuck. One day this week I wrote an e-mail to her,
"Dear Faith,

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(You get the jist, right?)

Love, Perserverance" I thought it quite witty, but didn't draw any extra attention to it just to see how it went over. Faith caught right on! She immediately agreed with me, and asked, "Can I call you Percy, for short?" To which I replied, "That will be just fine."

"Perseverance is a great element of success. If you only knock long enough and loud enough at the gate, you are sure to wake up somebody."
~ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow ~

WHUD UP?

MOM made the 5:00 news last night...In case she wants to post the story, I won't give the details.

I want to give a shout out to my girls for hooking me up with the Cadbury's!
Thanks Faye!
Thanks Debbie! (I can write it, I just can't say it.)
Remember that commercial Thank ya Eastah Bunnae!
Or, to the tune of Thanks for the Memories: THA-NKS for the CAD-BU-RY'S

No news from The Scarlet Letter essays. Boy am I glad we don't play it by their rules! Imagine if you will, her sentence in our time. We'd all have little white t-shirts we wore everyday and a closet full of scarlet letters to represent our sins. I am sure I'd own the whole alphabet! Is there a sin that starts with Z?

I have been sick and tired...

LITERALLY. Not of something (or someone) Heehee. It started Monday when I took a break and spray painted in the garage with the door shut. I felt fine Monday, a little crummy Tuesday, and like I had the flu Wednesday. Needless to say, I haven't posted since then. Of course the one time, in my misery that I tried, there were technical difficuties. So, today I post! And no it wasn't a blonde moment! I know not to do that. I just did it anyway. It seemed too much trouble to open the garage, and I may have lost the creative moment. Did I mention the insides of my nostrils were black? This picture reminds me of Monday. See the black coming out of my nose?


I know what you are thinking: Could anyone put any more pictures of themselves on their blog but Shayla? Well, I don't have any of YOU!

On another subject, I visit blogs daily. I even go to these local people's sites who do not know me, but I consider them acquaintences. Should we have a Weblog mixer or something? Remember mixers from college? They usually had a theme, funny pictures were taken, keg beer was drank from a dixie cup. The beer could be optional for those who do not indulge. Anyone wanna?

Happy Valentine's Day All!

I heart each and every one of you.

XOXO,

Shayla

In case you were wondering...

What do the men-folk (yeah, we're married alright) do, while the women-folk are out making gosh-darn-sure they don't miss anything?
Well...wonder no more!!! Here they both are caught in the very act.

It's fun to stay at the...

DAY OF DECADENCE

Yesterday was a day to remember! One of those Top 25's. I really haven't taken the time to rank it specifically. I do not want to overanalyze it, just relish in the satisfaction. The only thing missing was CCE's. There were other treats in lieu of them though. I didn't tell Mom where we were going, just that we were going, and at 7 AM we hit the road for Atlanta. First formal stop, Fire of Brazil restaurant. Being a self-proclaimed carnivore, (Michael describes it as a Viking.) FOB is a medium-sized slice of Heaven. You see this is a Churrascaria, or Brazilian Barbeque, with all-you-can-eat of 17 different kinds of meat; open-fire roasted on a huge spit; and served to you by Gauchos, Brazilian Cowboys in gaucho pants! Oh my, my. The majority of the 17 different kinds of meat are varieties of STEAK. Are you jealous yet?!?

Then after kickin' it like Vikings, we went to stretch our cultural muscles at the Atlanta Botanical Gardens. You see, they were celebrating Carnvale! No it has nothing to do with being a Carnivore!!!! Hang with me here. It is a Brazilian (should I move there?) celebration, similar to Mardi Gras! WEEEE! It was in honor of Orchid Daze, when you get to see every possible kind of orchid blooming in its simulated natural environment. They also have a C-load (that means a bunch, but another story) of courtyards. I really want one. I think I'll just dig up all the grass in my backyard and make me one. I can if I want to! Bring a little ABG home with me. After all, I already have some faux orchids (scared of the real ones) all through the house, it'll be exactly the same, well almost!

As if the all-you-can-eat meat, etc. wasn't enough, we topped off the day at a gourmet shop called Happy Harry's. I can see why he is happy. I had a Cherry Bomb, a Grand Marnier Truffle, a Peanut Butter Prailine, and a diet Sprite (tee hee.) Well, I believe we covered Gluttony for the day. I feel a fast and repentance coming on! "Thank you Lord, for such a wonderful day! Mom and I have felt a bit deprived lately. Forgive us."

a hint for Mom:
SAT-UR-DAY i-n the Park,
I think it was the 4th of...February?