Popcorn Update

FYI....the popcorn machine works like a charm!!!! You can make it as buttery and salty as you want. It really is the best purchase I have made in a really long time. Let me know when you want to come over and have some!!! Sorry, it took so long for the update, I got sidetracked eating popcorn.

My New Toy!!!

For some reason, I have always wanted an old fashioned popcorn on wheels. Well, I am now a proud owner of one. We don't have a home theatre or even a big flat screen TV to go along with it, but we can eat very fresh, movie theatre like popcorn. Ashley told me that it was not right to have such a cool toy and not have the big flat screen TV hanging on our wall to go with it. We will just have to make due for now.

I came across this very cool toy on Saturday while I was shopping with my sister-in-law Jaime at some antique and consignment stores. The popcorn machine was in the very back corner of one of the first stores we went in. I made a comment on how I had always wanted one and just noticed there was not a price on it and figured I couldn't afford it and walked on. Well, several stores and an hour later I decided I needed to go back and ask the price of the popcorn machine. Jaime and I had formulated a plan of what we were going to say so that we could get the best deal possible. I was totally prepared to make the man and offer and work some magic. Well, luckily I didn't have to. I asked him what he would take and it was way lower than I ever imagined. SOLD!!!! It has only been used a couple of times, so he says. I brought it home and cleaned it up and it looks like new. Ashley is currently waiting impatiently to get the popcorn popping under way. Needless to say, if this new toy turns out to be a dud, there will be a few disappointed people at the Morgan house.

My new toy!!!

Summer Fun

I have to say one of my favorite things to do in the summer is go to baseball games, major or minor league. The Charlotte Knights, a Triple A Minor League team for the Chicago White Sox, play about 15 minutes from our house. We normally make it to a couple of games during the summer and have a blast!!! Why is it that ballpark hot dogs are always the best? Of course one of my favorite reasons for going is the food and cold beer. Ashley and I went on Friday night with a couple of our friends and had a great time, even though it looks like in the picture that the boys aren't. They were not very happy that I wanted to take a picture. Luckily, they survived.

Me, Ashley, JJ and Drew at the game

Homer, the Knights' mascot, I am not really sure why the Knights' mascot is a dragon......

The view from our 8th row seats

Almost Famous

Do you know anyone that has a novel published in a well known bookstore, like Barnes and Noble? Well, I do. My mother's best friend (and a very special friend to me), Sandie, has been writing books for several years. She just recently had her first book published. It is a romance novel and appropriately titled Hotel Romance. After getting over the shock that someone I know so well has a book published and in all major bookstores, I read Hotel Romance and I absolutely loved it!!! It was an excellent book, a very good summer/beach book. I would recommend it to anyone.

When Ashley and I made our quick trip to Arkansas to visit, Sandie was having her first book signing. My mom and I went and it was very cool!!!

Sandie and I at the book signing

Sandie signing her first book!!

Check out Sandie's book!!!

http://search.barnesandnoble.com/Hotel-Romance/Cookie-McGillis/e/9780595435913/?itm=1

Quick Trip Home

So, I know this has taken me forever.......but I am back. I have had some computer issues with getting my pictures off my camera. I am what you would call technologically retarded, but that is a whole another entry. A couple of weekends ago Ashley and I went home to see our family and friends in Arkansas. We had an absolute blast and really needed the R & R, but those trips are just never long enough for me.

Mom and I with Sandie, Kim and Alana (she's gonna be a mommy!!)

Cooking out in Mom and Dad's back yard

Brandon, Alana, Zack and Ashley hanging out by the pool