tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-106920522024-03-23T13:54:18.047-04:00Bless Your HeartLiving out loud in the CarolinasShannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12910508176410224127noreply@blogger.comBlogger622125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10692052.post-16206542214158663032007-03-19T13:13:00.003-04:002009-09-02T16:48:05.724-04:00Beans don't burn on the grillBlogger & I have enjoyed a 5 ansd 1/2 year love affair but it is time I moved on. No big reason for the switch. I've been thinking about it for a while as WP allows you to password protect individual posts instead of having to password protect the whole blog. And when & if we ever get a kid I want her pics to be password protected. From now on you can find me at www.shanny.wordpress.com. Shannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12910508176410224127noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10692052.post-90887503049442439502007-03-16T21:09:00.000-04:002007-03-17T14:01:12.145-04:00Secret lovahsThank you for all your sweet emails & crds! My hand is getting better everydayt but ut is still bandaged so I can't type with iut. So I thought I''d do some cutting and pasting so y'all can see the fun I'm having with my sister'sa boyfriend, He's adorab;e and I'm so excited she finally has a sweet boy whp adores her, the last guy was psycho. Anyway one day I received this message from him Shannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12910508176410224127noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10692052.post-2754554601425273642007-03-14T17:28:00.000-04:002007-03-14T17:37:30.929-04:00oompa loompa handThey stuck me 9 times until yjery finallu got the iv gioing . know wherer they put it? up by my arm p[it! now the vbruise in the pic is black. my skin's all orange and creepy. i can;t figure out how to scvan a pic today. maybe when i'm nopt so medicated. thank you for all thde emailsZ!Shannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12910508176410224127noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10692052.post-58677948080942934972007-03-12T20:46:00.000-04:002007-03-12T21:57:20.711-04:00ii'm still alivehey it's me. i'm ob percoset, and typing with one hand. i'm out. i'm fine. my arm is orange from that stuff they smearf all i ver you, my arm hurts like a motha!!!!!! my dr is so cool trhoughj he tookj a pic for me of my open hand. i;ll scan it in tinorrow. now gotta sleep. xoxoShannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12910508176410224127noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10692052.post-2092373451410200132007-03-11T00:04:00.000-05:002007-03-12T00:08:57.656-04:00Ok, let's try this againI keep forgetting that tomorrow morning I'm going under the knife for my left hand carpal tunnel surgery. I have so much to tell you, full weekend, but I guess that will have to wait til I'm out of my anesthesia induced haze on Tuesday or so. CSP will post tomorrow to update y'all on my condition. If I croak you can still have my sewing machine Lisa. :) I don't go in until 10 which is way Shannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12910508176410224127noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10692052.post-12812226065094713732007-03-08T21:00:00.000-05:002007-03-09T21:24:14.827-05:00Friend or famineI have recently come to realize that I am extremely blessed in the friends department. This hasn't always been the case. I mean, I'm a friendly girl. I've always had friends, never lacked someone to call to hang with, but it hit me recently that I currently have the best set of friends I've ever had. I was tight with this girl we'll call Abby from my senior year in high school til I was aboutShannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12910508176410224127noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10692052.post-23842918647704695182007-03-07T20:54:00.000-05:002007-03-09T20:59:45.604-05:00DMB in the HizzouseDid anyone else catch Dave Matthews' fantastic performance on House Tuesday? I was impressed. In other tv news, I'm so mad we have to wait til April for more Heroes, and is anyone else a little bored by the American Idols this year?Shannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12910508176410224127noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10692052.post-23023963080943143292007-03-05T13:36:00.000-05:002007-03-06T13:49:16.876-05:00Girls just wanna have fu-unFirst I want to say thank you to all you fabulous bloggy friends for your advice and support about my girlie bits. I am seeing another OBGYN next Friday for a 2nd opinion. My records are being faxed to their office as we speak. I can't tell you how much I appreciate having such a supportive, caring bunch of peeps like you.Also, my left hand surgery is Monday the 12th. So unless my doctor Shannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12910508176410224127noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10692052.post-50738805937279677012007-03-04T16:07:00.000-05:002007-03-05T16:25:00.337-05:00Eating inWe were super spoiled by my in laws last night for our anniversary. First they brought us these gorgeous place mats. Then they cooked a fabulous dinner for us. French onion soup, delicious bread, a yummy shrimp and cheese tortellini dish, steamed broccoli, and for dessert- tiramisu. It was all served to Jon and I in our dining room by his father, who was a fantastic waiter. He wouldn't let us Shannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12910508176410224127noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10692052.post-60073623077650675062007-03-03T19:35:00.000-05:002007-03-03T19:39:31.702-05:002190......days (6 years) ago I married the most handsome man I've ever seen. He was my best friend, hilarious, sweet, caring, patient, smart, loving, loyal and amazing. And the cool thing is, all those things are still absolutely true.Shannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12910508176410224127noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10692052.post-77576580766900321872007-03-01T14:55:00.000-05:002007-03-02T15:07:57.697-05:00What a big prickThis cactus lives at my mom's house. I don't know exactly how old he is but I do remember having him when I was 11. I'm 33 now. Anyway, he's gotten so big and unruly Mom doesn't know what to do with him. If you look closely you can see that he's literally taped to the wall to keep him from falling over!Shannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12910508176410224127noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10692052.post-10103417602009011442007-02-28T11:55:00.000-05:002007-03-01T18:37:00.508-05:00OBGYNo she didn't!Warning: obgyn talk ahead.So yesterday was the medical day from hell for me. I mean, I know, it could be so, so much worse. I could be dead, or have cancer, or a sick child, or a laundry list of other problems. But the problems I do have are so frustrating to me I can't even hardly tell you. Ok, so what you don't know is that I'm on week 5 of constant, heavy bleeding. Back in June I had an Shannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12910508176410224127noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10692052.post-9202664124336725242007-02-27T20:38:00.000-05:002007-03-01T11:53:22.210-05:00Visit recapWell, Lisa is safely back in Baltimore. I'm so glad she came. We had a great time!Thursday night I picked her up from the airport and we came home with dinner and sobbed through Grey's while Jon snickered.Friday we got some breakfast, went grocery shopping for Saturday night's dinner ingredients, then took my little sister Morgan to the cardiologist (she's having heart palpitations and had to Shannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12910508176410224127noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10692052.post-89660522876222333132007-02-23T00:49:00.000-05:002007-02-24T01:05:16.210-05:00Lime timeWe finished painting our kitchen! We left a couple inches unpainted near the ceiling for future crown molding. Besides the crown, all we have left to do is add the knobs to the cabinets and hang curtains & art. The color is Limonata from Lowe's but the paint is Sherwin Williams. We're going to put a chair rail and beadboard in the breakfast area at some point. And one day we'd like to upgrade ourShannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12910508176410224127noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10692052.post-70676826770557415612007-02-23T00:40:00.000-05:002007-02-24T00:49:35.273-05:00House guest!Lisa is here!! So excited! She's staying until Monday night. I picked her up from the airport, we went through a drive through then watched Grey's when we got home. We sobbed and cried while Jon laughed at us and acted like he was going to give away the ending. I'm so excited to have the guest room all set up for this visit. The last time she came we had just moved in and she had to sleep Shannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12910508176410224127noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10692052.post-91399632079317118442007-02-21T13:41:00.000-05:002007-02-21T14:17:44.543-05:00Picture pagesWhy does my husband find it necessary to have 5 brushes in rotation at the sink, and another 3 in the shower? Granted, he's never had a cavity, but still. That's serious dental commitment.For some reason when I mention that CSP & BIL are smoking cheese people think it's Southern code for smoking weed. It's cheddar people. And when I'm lucky, muenster (sp?).I felt very housewifey the other Shannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12910508176410224127noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10692052.post-8389338872649382932007-02-19T08:55:00.000-05:002007-02-19T09:04:12.546-05:00This kind of thing only happens to meSo I'm home. I should be in surgery by now. We drove 45 minutes to the hospital (the one by where we used to live) and as I was checking in the desk guy said "Oh, you're gonna hate me." Get this- my surgeon called in sick. I was like- can they do that? It's as if doctors can't get sick. Or at least they aren't supposed to. So, I'm rescheduled for March 12. The hospital gave us free Shannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12910508176410224127noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10692052.post-30178475080213577842007-02-19T06:48:00.000-05:002007-02-19T06:49:45.203-05:00Going underWell it is a quarter to 7 and we're about to leave for the hospital. Just waiting for CSP to join me downstairs. I wasn't nervous until this morning. I'll have the boy post when we get home that I'm still alive!Shannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12910508176410224127noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10692052.post-51779056645901589172007-02-16T00:23:00.000-05:002007-02-17T00:29:21.817-05:00Stick n sliceToday I went for blood work at the hospital. Monday I'm having carpal tunnel surgery on my left hand. I hope it won't be as bad as the right hand was. I'm thinking that since I know what to expect this time will be a breeze! Well, as breezy as surgery can get. My surgery is early in the day so I can come home and crash out for the rest of the day. This weekend will be a whirlwind of cookingShannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12910508176410224127noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10692052.post-14192004565699369572007-02-15T13:15:00.000-05:002007-02-16T18:03:51.814-05:00So romanticoCSP had to work early this morning, but he took the time to leave this for me in my medicine cabinet. He also got me some tulips. I love tulips and I carried them at our wedding. They are purple (like the ones my bridesmaids carried) but they photograph kind of pinky.Jon's truck came in today so we spent our Valentine's evening at Carmax picking up his truck. We'll go out for a nice dinner Shannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12910508176410224127noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10692052.post-58450743437304086202007-02-14T06:44:00.000-05:002007-02-14T11:37:59.638-05:002.14Shannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12910508176410224127noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10692052.post-23229708971719361872007-02-12T19:21:00.000-05:002007-02-12T19:21:03.660-05:00UpgradeSee this picture? See the face on Joey? The one that says "I can so take pictures better than you, you mere mortal, so give. me. that. camera!" I have taken far too many pictures like this because every time he sees my camera that's the pose he makes. As much as I love my nephew Joey, and I do love this boy- so much I have to grit my teeth to keep from eating him alive- I can't stand it when Shannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12910508176410224127noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10692052.post-19489139996684765552007-02-11T14:47:00.000-05:002007-02-12T18:07:56.697-05:00Sweet nothingsFriday night Jon was watching a Godsmack dvd and I noticed that the lead singer has a little star tattooed on his cheek.Ooh, wouldn't that be cute? Like 3 little stars tattooed up by my eye?Hmmm.But tattooing your face really requires that you commit to a lifestyle that I'm just not cut out for. I guess I'm just not punk rock.You're punk squishy.My boy CSP & I went through the Jack in the Box Shannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12910508176410224127noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10692052.post-9425511585251979892007-02-10T16:57:00.000-05:002007-02-12T15:57:32.685-05:00Cheffin'This morning I attended a Pampered Chef party at my next door neighbor's house. That's her daughter E above modeling the PC kid's apron and hat. She took her job seriously. I really like my neighbor C so I knew it would be a fun time, but it was even more fun because my sister and nephews came and so did Susan and Olivia. All the kids played in C's ginormous playroom upstairs while the partyShannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12910508176410224127noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10692052.post-72857266066862334512007-02-08T14:55:00.000-05:002007-02-12T14:55:03.019-05:00Red dirt and dead carsI went to a James Taylor concert many, many moons ago and he said "Welcome to North Carolina- the land of red dirt and dead cars." Well, you can add Iron Monkey to the list. Iron Monkey is Jon's Camry. Jon's driven nothing but Toyota Camry's for a million years and has never had a problem. Back in 2001 when a Cadillac hit me and totaled my car I was forced to buy a new one and that's when Shannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12910508176410224127noreply@blogger.com1