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I had every intention of blogging yesterday, however I started to get a sore throat so I headed to bed early.
And when I woke up by little sore throat was a really bad sore throat. I was blessed by not being scheduled to work today! Sleeping in and gargling salt water and spraying Chloraseptic was not on my agenda. I was suppose to go hang out with Sally and her family. She is my friend that I worked with in Springfield at Bolivar Insulation. They are celebrating Thanksgiving at her dad's in Alabama and she was going to drive a couple hours down to see me. (such a good friend) I hated having to call her to cancel (I don't want to pass this bug around), so I will have to drop in on her when I'm up that way to make it up to her!
On another note. I was also planning on baking some Cranberry Pumpkin Bread. It's a Dad Ferguson tradition...or one of his many specialties around the holidays. Look I even had Todd pick me up some Cranberries! When I get to feeling better I will make the bread, I would hate to contaminate it with my sickness. lol

The curiosity was killing me. I have never bit into a cranberry before. And now I can say I have and I ate it like a woman. Maybe my sore throat has killed most of the taste buds, but it was tangy and bitter but surprisingly better than I thought it would be.

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We were able to hang out with a few friends last night. It was a lot of fun with lots of laughs.

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The first Christmas present is officially wrapped! Do you like my cinnamon sticks as accent pieces, oh yeah, I'm "that" creative! As Todd and I start to realize that Thanksgiving is this WEEK and the next week we are in Missouri; panic, anxiety, and lists begin to fill up our days. We are so blessed to be able to fly home for the Holidays, or as we like to call it a late Thanksgiving and super early Christmas with a touch of Birthdays! Thank you Lord for the time you are giving us with our family!

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I stole this picture of Elsie Mae from Shane and Rachael's Blog. I couldn't help myself. A proud Aunt has to show off the new addition to the family!!! If you ask me, Elsie is just as perfect as could be. I can't wait to meet her and hold her and kiss on her. This is me getting antsy for Dec 4!!

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Inside the box of leaves was a small little USB drive that has tons of pics of my family. This one made me laugh. I could only imagine all of us jumping into a pile of leaves thinking it would be a "soft" landing! Knowing Logan he probably laughed, Eliz through a pile of leaves on his head, and he ran out of the pile to jump again! I sure do miss these kids and all their laughter! Thanks Eliz for the pics.

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What a great surprise! My niece and nephew playing in the leaves in this small little box! This was mailed to me and I received it today! so excited! I bet Logan had some fun putting all the leaves in that box. Emma probably put a few in her mouth! Thanks kids! I do miss the piles of leaves!

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Check out the new Cabool Florist Blog!
http://caboolflorist.blogspot.com
Don't forget to visit the store for their annual Open House!

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Who in the world can fall asleep sitting up like this? And while his wife is in the kitchen banging stuff around cooking dinner. It just amazes me how hard he works, but when he "hits a wall" he's down for the count. Speaking of, it's 8:30 and he's already sound asleep in bed. (I made him move from the couch)

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Sing the song: "Just driving along in my automobile..." and then clunk cling , "Oh Poop!" I pull over....look under the car nothing, nothing hanging by a thread, nut, bolt, nothing. I get back in the car and the noise is gone. I drive 5 feet and see a piece of metal like thing in the road...did I mention I was by myself, it was pitch black, and my phone was DEAD! I pull over to pick up the lump of metal....I'm 98% sure that this piece of metal came from the bottom of the golden nugget. a.k.a. my old car that get's me to work and back home period. So if there is anyone out there that could tell me if this rusted piece of holey metal is important, I might go see a mechanic. Otherwise the 2% hit home and I just happened to hear dragging metal under my car and pulled over and found this a few feet away. hummmmm
On a more important note. One of the best Local seafood places Captian Anderson's is closed for the season after today. The good part is that they had a big End of Season special 1/2 Florida Lobster Tail with seafood stuffing and 2 sides for $15.95. Oh yeah! Score, I finally had some Lobster and I didn't have to pay the usual $40ish for it! yipeee I got it to go and Todd and I had a romantic Lobster date in the clearance section of AE (I'm not allowed in the back of the store, and Todd couldn't leave). Talk about interuptions when the man was trying to work and all I wanted him to do was take 10 minutes and eat some LOBSTER!

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Just when Todd gets back to town he gets to leave again. This time he is covering for another manager at the AE store in Valdosta, GA for a couple of days. It will be a good experience for him. My little helper husband!
Oh yeah, so who is jealous that I have a blanket made out of sweatshirt material? So nice.

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A hand can symbol so many things. A Big High Five! Lending a hand. Count to 5. And your age. Maybe in 50 years I can look back and see what my hand used to look like. lol

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I Love My Husband!!!!!!!!!!!!

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The Iron Man Triathlon was in full force today. I have no idea how many participants we had but we were able to watch them ride by for most of the day. These people really are dedicated to what they do. Yeah for those that like endurance. But I would rather spend $500 on something other than an entry to the Iron Man.

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Well it took only 2 days before another message in the sand was found. Today it was outside the condo. The Iron Man Triathlon will be taking off tomorrow morning. A few of our guests are participating in the event. My coworker and I will be taking turns running outside to cheer for the bikers as they pass by.

On a different note. Shane and Rachael had their baby today! Rachael was not due for another 4 weeks, but when her water broke this morning she soon discovered that Elsie Mae did not want to wait any longer. Congratulations Okie Fergs!! We can't wait to meet her in December!

Oh yeah and for another announcement, Todd and I will be making a trip to Missouri and Oklahoma in December. I will be there Dec 1-12 and Todd will be there Dec 3-8. We are anxious to see all our family and our friends during our visit. yeah!!!!

And for another note. Todd just got back from an AE Regional managers meeting in Tampa. He was recognized for being awesome and came home with a Sirius Satellite Radio. Big stuff man! I'm just so darn proud of my hard working man!!

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If I were to step around the counter and walk through the back door towards the beach, this is the view I get to see. Not bad eh? The snow birds are starting to show up so I'm starting my ehs in stead of uhs. lol

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A quick trip to walk on the beach to find a couple of seashells and a message in the sand. "Don't worry be happy." I wonder how many other people found this little message and smiled? Maybe I will take another walk on the beach tomorrow and hopefully find another little something to take a picture of for my next post.

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So after a month of no internet we had it for a couple of days before....oh yeah...no internet again. That would be why I haven't blogged in a while. Sorry about that. I was so angry that I didn't even want to go to Panera to use the free wifi or use Todd's blackberry to do a text blog. But I'm back...for now.
Ok so these little cards are part of my new project. This group of 5 flowers were all flowers from the big family Hawaii trip last year. These are just the cutest little cards ever. Or at least I think they are. These and other groups will be on my etsy site soon.