When asked what profession Josie is interested in pursuing, she replies that she really hasn’t made up her mind yet, but since her best friend and her boy friend are all going to the University of Alabama that is where she wanted to go as well. Besides, she has relatives nearby that she plans to stay with, which will give her a break on the cost of going there.

So we have been shopping for University of Alabama shirts and jackets, and other Alabama apparel for us to wear to her farewell party to show our love and support to her as she starts her new adventure in life. This is so exciting!

My 11 year old niece is interested in starting in on some horseback riding lessons over the summer so I have started to look around for some items she will need in order to get started, like some footwear for riding horses in case a horse stomps on her foot and of course she will need to buy breeches to wear in order to protect her legs as well. Too many times I got off a horse and couldn’t walk for days due to not wearing the right clothing that you are supposed to wear. Riding horses isn’t cheap, there is a lot involved, but I’m willing to help as much as I can, in fact I think I have some stuff down in the basement that she might be able to use as well. I just hope they are all dry rotted from age, it’s been a while, sigh……

Now that you can buy womens and men’s shoes over the Internet it has made it much easier to collect even more shoes than ever and I can’t imagine how many boxes it would take these days to pack them all up and move. Hope I don’t have to find out any time soon, just the thought of moving gives me a stomach ache. Way too much work involved in all that it takes to relocate with all the stuff (not just the shoes mind you) that I’ve collected through out the years.

When my sister moved to New York, I was so excited to have her nearby. We have not lived close to each other in a long time. Even though we are sisters, we grew up being the best of friends. I feel sorry for people that do not have any siblings. You miss out on so much if you don’t have someone to share everything with. And after you lose your parents, it is always good to have someone that can remember the good old days when you were growing up. My sister’s house is only a few miles from mine. When she was moving in she needed to save as much money as possible because she lives on a limited income. I told her to go to NY natural gas to find a good deal on her natural gas. These days everyone has to try to save as much money as they can on all expenses. Then I had to show my sister the best places to shop for groceries, the best mall to go to for buying clothes, and a lot of other places. I want to help her as much as I can so she will be happy living here. We have spent a lot of time apart, and I don’t want her to ever move again.

Driving home my husband offered me a taste of his vanilla shake, telling me to get ready for a “sugar rush.” Well, normally I am a big fan of vanilla milk shakes, but let me tell you this milk shake was really nasty! I don’t know what they had done wrong, but it was so awful that I started to gag! My hubby thought it was really funny that I disliked it so much, and said that when we got home he was going to have to dilute it with a lot of milk.  I think that the next time I order a vanilla milk shake there I will taste it before I leave! I would have gone back to the counter and told them it was nasty and to give me something different!

Anyway there is a new Fashion Social Network that I had read about and then today at work one of gals was chatting it up at lunch about Fashion Bloggers and their fashion community which turned out to be the one and the same Styledon.com that I was reading about. Obviously I’m into blogging and fashion is important, so tonight I decided to take a few minutes and check it out, which I did and I have to say that it is a pretty cool concept. It is all about fashions, in a very broad sense and is very user friendly with awesome pictures with brilliant colors which is so much nicer to look at then other well known Social Networks. A pretty cool site if you are into that type of thing.

So in my quest to find him a good birthday present this year I have managed to find a really nice looking framed poster by KC Haxton of a cool classic car with the famous Route 66 Road Sign in front of it at the Z Galleries website that is known for the chic furniture and decorative accessories.

I’ve asked my mother for some ideas and the only she can come up with are some clothing items for him. He has been losing weight these past couple of years so some new clothes that actually fit him now would be a good idea, so I’m looking for some Big and tall Clothing websites to see what is out there for someone his age and size. Some new would be good as well, he has always enjoyed wearing Levis Jeans, but I really don’t like buying clothes for someone unless they can try them on first, but that isn’t going to happen so I need to find a company online that offers easy returns and won’t charge me an arm and a leg with their delivery charges.

Since we are expecting snow tomorrow I think that I will stay inside and spend a good part of the day on my computer and finding him some good clothes for his birthday will be first on the list to do and then move on to other more exciting things to do online. The first place that I’m going to start looking at is at Gandlclothing.com, I’ve used them before and have been happy with their products for my use, not too sure what they have for men though, but their prices are goo and they have good customer service policies that are so very important to me both online as well as in the real world of retail.

Sounds as if they are going to be going all-out with this celebration; catering will be done by Jane’s sister Elise.  The food will not be an entire supper, though, it is more of a snacks, cake and beverages type of party. Elise has been in the catering business for years, and she makes some really beautiful cakes. They are going to hire a professional DJ to play music so all of the guests will be able to dance the night away.

Jane and I went online to look for inexpensive Alabama apparel to buy to use as going-away for Justin.  She decided to order four short sleeved University of Alabama shirts; three for Justin and one for his father to wear at home.