Ten on Tuesday

1. In my Christmas post I said I would be back with more pictures, but unfortunately Blogger isn't letting me upload pictures.  Has anyone else ever had this problem?  Anyways, I've been copying and pasting them from emails, but not all of them are working, so if you want to see more pictures from Christmas there are some on Facebook. :)  Here are three pictures that did work, though, of our three favorite places decorated for Christmas.  I just can't express enough what a great holiday we had with our families.  We are so blessed!

2. Every year for Christmas Grampy gave us money in these cute boxes that would hang on the tree. It was always one of the last gifts we'd open, and this year was no different, which was definitely emotional. I decided to spend my money on a Yurman bracelet that I haven't taken it off since I bought, and every time I look down at it I smile and think of him. :)

3. I have the best memories of sitting in Annie and Grampy's kitchen after getting in from the airport and chatting as Annie made Toas-tites. Sometimes they would be filled with cheese and other times they would have peanut butter and jelly, but either way they were delicious. On Christmas morning, Sam, Dales, and I opened our gift from her and at the same time screamed, "TOAS-TITES!" She had bought us 1949 replicas of the sandwich maker we grew up loving and they are every bit as good as I remember.

 4.  After we spend Christmas at the river, we came back to Richmond and I got to see some of my "bahs" from home - Brittany, Steph, and Gabby, plus their significant others.  There is nothing like dinner with good food, good drinks, and good friends. :)

 5.  I'll admit, it was a little strange not being at the river for New Years Eve with my family and best friends from home, but we still had a great time ringing in the 2013 with our friends in Waynesboro!

6. On New Years Day we enjoyed watching our Dawgs play their last game of the season against Nebraska, and it was icing on the cake that we won 45-31. Plus, we found Aaron Murray, our quarterback, will be returning next season for his final year. UGA National Champions 2014... I can feel it in my bones.

7.  A while ago I mentioned that we were making a coffee table. Four months later we finally got around to staining it and, boy, are we excited!  As Gaines' Uncle Charlie was helping us cut the two "X's" to go on the sides, we realized we were about two feet of wood short.  Hopefully we'll finish that last part of the project, apply some sealer, and welcome our new table into our home soon.

8.  Welp, after two weeks off I'm finally back to the grind.  Yesterday was a Teacher Workday, so the kids will be back today.  Here's to a productive, successful second nine weeks... and lots of coffee in the mornings!

9.  Speaking of "getting back into things," I accidentally took about a nine-month hiatus from running.  When I say running, I only be 1-3 miles, but with the new year comes new motivation, so I've gotten back to pounding the pavement with my new Nike pants and my side-kick Molly.

10.  And last but not least, I started reading "Safe Haven," which was recommended by a friend of mine at work.  I read half of it on Sunday, so needless to say, I think it's pretty good so far.  Plus, it's been made into a movie, which will be out in February with Josh Duhamel and Julianne Hough.

Happy Tuesday!