WHO KNOWS?!?!

All three are precious, but I wonder which one is ours?!?!?!

Welcome to Mac World

Well, I did it. I made the plunge! The result?

So far, my new mac has been a pleasure! I stayed up far too late last night trying to upload all of my pictures and saved info from my cd backups of my old computer. This takes a very long time. Unfortunately, because my computer was failing when the backups were made (i.e. I would make a cd and the computer would crash....it would finally start back up...I'd make another CD...and so on...) not all of the information on them is "readable." My poor mac is having a hard time with that, but other than that - we're very happy together :-)

What We've Been Up To

Well folks, we had a computer crash...the 3rd one this year!!!! My laptop crashed this summer (I got it reformatted), my desktop crashed about a month ago (I'm getting rid of it), and my laptop crashed again last week! ARGH! So, right now, I'm looking into buying a new computer. No small task. I'm actually being lured in by the new 13" Macbook Pro.

I've never seen myself as a Mac owner, but the more I research, the more I like them. My brother and sisters all have them, and I must say that - from what I've seen - they are pretty neat computers. Does anybody out there have one? Do you love it as much as my siblings do????

Our Bible Study went over to Amanda's house the other night and carved pumpkins.

Matt and Angela skillfully carved their very large pumpkin.

Jeremy and Sandra carved a pumpkin for Baby Colton - despite the fact that it was a very sweaty pumpkin. All Colton really wanted to do was check out the stem though :-)

Amanda showed us all up with her Martha Stewart pumpkin :-)

And Kevin and I carved our spider web pumpkin!

We had so much fun!

Since I don't have a computer at home right now, we've been getting a lot done around the house! The past 2 nights, we worked in the living room. This was the result.

Don't let it fool you...hanging pictures in a straight line is no small task. There are quite a few extra holes in the wall behind those pics :-) They are black and white pictures that I took in Europe of the London Eye, Westminister Abbey, the Colosseum, and the Eiffel Tower. I love them (here's a closeup).
I really love my curtains! I think they make the room feel more home-y! I took the red out of my rug. They are not the exact same color red, but they compliment one another very well....at least I think so!

On a different note, there's only a few more weeks before one of these rascals comes home with us! YAY!!!!!

Cloudy with a Chance of Blah!

It has been nothing but cloudy and rainy lately, and I can't help but feel a little blah and depressed. First of all, I HATE cold weather, and I know it's coming! I also feel like I haven't seen the sun in weeks...I'm a sunshine kinda' girl! Oh, how I wish I were in a place that looked like this:

On another note: Kevin and I are playing Rec League Volleyball this year and having a blast! Last night we won 5 out of 6 games! The one downfall to this is that it's every Wednesday from 6-10pm....it makes for a pretty long night, and it's always really hard to get up the next day! Other than that we have a blast! Here's a picture of the team...minus me :-) We are a pretty diverse group!

A Little Bit of This...A Little Bit of That

Click HERE to see our PUPPY @ 2 WEEKS OLD!!!

(We still don't know which one he is, but they are all precious!)

In other news:
Auburn is winning...we've been enjoying this football season very much!
I've been doing some decorating recently...remember what our kitchen nook used to look like??? Let me remind you...

Here's the new and improved version....These were heavily debated curtains. I have had my eye on them at Lowe's for the past few months. I could not decide if they were "Pottery Barn Floral" or "Old Lady Floral" :-) I finally decided that I really liked them and snatched them up! As I hand them to the slightly elderly redneck cashier, she says "I used to have this pattern all over my house, and it took forever to get rid of it all." ....My thoughts, "Oh no, If she is ridding her house of this pattern, WHY am I bringing it into mine..am I making a terrible mistake?????" End Result: I love them :-)

Stay tuned for fun with lots of picture frames! I'm going to be hanging LOTS of pictures soon (mostly black and whites from our Europe trip).

We've also bee doing a LOT of this recently.... Not sure why there is no que or balls on the table, but we've been playing a lot of pool! We bought a pool table and it resides in our garage (NOTE: this is a very different pool table that is much nicer than the one we purchased...and that is NOT our garage:-) This picture was actually taken on a mountain retreat we went on with the other couples in our Bible Study...here are some more shots from that weekend!The cabin was right on the Ocoee River in Tennessee - we had a lot of fun, but we shared unknown stomach flu germs with each other all weekend and upon returning home 6 out of 9 of us got sick!!!! Here's a picture taken at the cabin which I believe may have been a glimpse into the very near future for most of us!

We are all feeling better now, thank goodness, and loving the beautiful fall weather! Happy Fall!

Sit Back and Work

This weekend was wonderful! Do you know why? That's right folks, we did "Nothing" :-) Well, as close to nothing as it gets in the Watts household (all that really means is that we didn't go out of town).

On Friday evening, our Sunday School Class had our monthly social at Top of the River in Guntersville. It's a fishcamp restaurant. We ate well and had a great time fellowshipping with about 40 of our favorite people!

Saturday morning began our (somewhat unsuccessful) "Strike." I did as little cleaning as possible and sat down to watch some football. Kevin had one of his electricians come over and finish up replacing all of our switches, plugs, and plate covers. We had begun the big transition from cream to white - and he came to complete the work. I love how fresh the white ones look now! I was too lazy to take pictures, but it looks better - trust me! While they were working, Kevin got up and started painting the trim in our stairwell - a task that has been hanging over our heads for a while now. I had no idea just how grimey our spindles were until they got that fresh coat of paint!

I think that Kevin's inspiration came from this little guy born on September 16, 2009. We will be picking him up in November, and we have a lot of work to do before he gets here to distract us for good!

I got up and decided to work on our computer problems for a "little while." Our wireless network and printers have not been working properly lately and our desktop completely died - and I'm the techy of the house. Five hours later (2 of which were spent on the phone with some foreign technical assistant) I was cursing the computer for ruining my "Sit Back and Relax" Day! I know, I know....it was my own fault, but I'm so OCD that I did not want to quit working on it until it was finished. My wonderful hubby helped me walk away from the mess and relax for a little while before we went to some friends house to watch the Auburn game. All-in-all it was a good day - even though my printers still did not work at the end of it and computer parts were flung about the office :-)

For the first time in about 2 months we got to go to Sunday School this weekend, and I really enjoyed the "new" study that they are doing. I say "new" because they are already on week 8 - oops! Sunday afternoon was another laid back afternoon. In a very calm way, I got my printers back into working order (although not wirelessly as I had planned - it'll do!) and cleaned up the office. I even hung a picture that I've been wanting to hang for a while now! Kevin and I decided to do a little more painting in the stairwell, and then we sat back to begin our Netflix -Season 5 of House - one of our favorites!

As I laid in bed last night, I got a little overwhelmed thinking about all the little things that I fill my life with - doing - going - working. I realized that none of it means anything if I don't do it all to the glory of God! That's why we are here - to bring Him Glory. "For I know the plans I have for you," declares the Lord, "Plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future..." He created me with a purpose and a plan for my life. Sometimes I need to be reminded of that important promise - especially when I find myself consumed in the little things and lacking a feeling of purpose. My prayer today is that I would live my life (however insignificant it may seem at times) to the glory of the One who made me!

Hope you all have a great week!

Busy, Busy, Tired

Well, I've been working, having company, and going out of town recently! To put into perspective how busy we've been, we haven't been to our Sunday School class in about 9 weeks I think...I've lost track. They've been doing a study on Love and Respect. We even bought the book and have not gotten to go to one lesson! I've heard it's good :-) Some of you may think that I'm not getting out of bed on Sunday mornings. That is not the case. I do plan to return to Sunday School this coming weekend, and I hope nobody thinks we're new!

I'm actually too tired to blog right now and my camera has been dead for a while now (and I've had no time to charge the battery), so if you'd like to see some of the the fun things that we've been up to recently, please visit my friend, Amanda's blog. She's so good at updating! I am not nearly as attentive to my blog. I really like reading blogs way more than writing blogs...I think that's called being a stalker :-) Oh well! Hope all of you are doing well! Maybe I'll get some blogging inspiration soon! Until then - I'll be on my couch (when I'm not at work or out of town).