Day 24: Where I Live

Welcome to TitleTown USA, Valdosta, Georgia! :)

Located a mere 13 miles from the Florida line on I-75

Valdosta has all the charm of a small southern town.

With many eateries and shops Valdosta is sure to entertain

every member of your family.

Valdosta is home to several great ball teams and schools including

the Lowndes County High School Vikings

the Valdosta High School Wildcats

and my personal favorite, Valdosta State University’s Blazers

 

Wild Adventures Theme Parks also calls Valdosta home.

Day 23: A YouTube Video

Disclaimer: I in NO WAY am downplaying that this woman was a victim of an

attempted rape. I am simply posting these videos because of the reaction

of her brother Antoine Dodson.

 

He is a hoot. Watch both videos they are both different!

Day 22: A Website

Love Gives Me Hope

Day 21: A Recipe

Honey Mustard Chicken

nstructions

Things You'll Need:

• Cookie sheet or sheet cake pan
• Small bowl
• Shallow flat bowl
• Cooking spray
• 4 boneless skinless chicken breasts (about 4 oz. each)
• 2/3 cup honey mustard
• Salt and pepper to taste
• 1 cup crushed cornflakes

 

1. Preheat oven to 425 degrees.

2. Combine honey mustard, salt and pepper. Mix well and keep 1/3 cup of mixture in reserve to drizzle over chicken later.

3. Crush cornflakes and place in a shallow bowl.

4. Dip chicken breasts in honey mustard mixture until well coated.

5. Dredge chicken in cornflake crumbs and coat thoroughly.

6. Coat baking pan with cooking spray and arrange chicken breasts on pan, making sure sides are not touching..

7. Bake uncovered about 15 minutes until crust is golden brown and chicken juice runs clear.

8. Drizzle reserved honey mustard mixture over chicken just before serving.

(Source: eHow To)

WHEW, what a weekend!

This weekend was very exciting yet very BUSY!

Thursday night my roomie and I went to the dollar theater and watched The Last Song. I LOVED IT! I had been waiting for it to come out since it came out in regular theaters! It was soo cute. To top it all off our date night cost less than $5 each after we got snacks and all! We are fortunate to have a dollar theater as well as a regular theater. Unless it’s something I really, really, REALLY want to see I’ll wait from now on. The dollar theater shows all older movies and the admittance is only $1.98/ticket!

Friday I came home and got sweet little Eli from the bus. His school had a half day in honor of the holiday on Monday. So I gathered him and got us lunch and headed home to relieve the woman that was keeping Evan. We had a great afternoon and I thoroughly enjoyed getting to spend time with those sweet babies! After I got off work, Zack and I headed to Tifton for a little shopping and dinner.

Saturday morning I went with Mama and Sami to get our toes done for Sarah’s best friend, Lori’s wedding. That afternoon I headed out to take pictures of Sarah and help her get ready for the wedding. She was the most beautiful bridesmaid, in my opinion, but I am a little biased! :) We had a blast and the wedding was beautiful!

Sunday was my 21st birthday! I went to church with Zack’s family and spent the rest of the day with my sister and Bubb. Sarah baked me TWO cakes, one for last night on my actual birthday, and the other for today. We played rummy until nearly midnight and just had a great time.

Today we had a labor day/ birthday cookout. It was nice having all of my family and friends together having a good time!

Now the weekend is coming to a close only to leave a short school week ahead! Let’s hope it feels as short as it is!

 

Tomorrow I have to go get my new license since I am now TWENTY-ONE :))) Hope you all had a safe, happy holiday weekend!

Day 20: A Hobby of Yours

Well I guess blogging would be my hobby!  I love to blog, don’t get me wrong, but I love even more to

read other people’s blogs! I love learning about others

and making friends in the blogging world.

Day 19: A talent of yours

I can make my tongue into a three leaf clover. I have mad skills.

Unfortunately, that’s my only skill. lol

Day 18: Your Wedding/ future wedding ideas

Well this is obviously my future, like WAYYY future ideas. We can’t even begin to think

about a wedding at least until I finish college(BTW I’m over halfway through)

and even after I graduate there is no need in rushing because Zack has at least a year after

me before he graduates. Wow, now that all of that is explained

I.CANNOT.WAIT.TO.GET.MARRIED!

Here are my ideas.

Two words: ZEBRA and PINK

Of course I think I’ll need a bigger cake for all of my crazy family! :)

 

Not sure if I am going to want to do a formal dinner or just finger foods either I just like

the table arrangement and the place cards are presh!!

 

Super cute Save-The-Date cards in a zebra envelope!

 

For bridesmaids I am thinking something like one of these would be super cute

I have a tiny idea of what I would like for my dress but nothing about this is set in

stone. Especially being as I haven’t received a ring yet! :) But
I am LOVING the strapless fru-fru dresses. (I am pretty sure

Sarah just gagged! Love you sis!)

AND LASTLY…maybe one of these for the honeymoon!

 

Bahahahaha I kid. or do I? :)

 

All images are from Google Images

P.S. I think I had the most fun with this post out

of all 17 days before!

Day 17: An art piece

I would say this would work! This is a 3-D puzzle that Zack’s, Papa Kenneth put together. A few months ago while on a scavenger hunt

we took our picture with it.

Sami, me, Shttp://honeysugahdahlin.comarah. 

Update on interview!

So I made it through the interview. The guy that interviewed me ended up being the wrong guy. I answered the man’s questions obviously really well because he said he would like to hire me as a manager! After the interview he told me he works in the TOOL department and must have gotten my file by accident. But he did say that he would hire me ON THE SPOT if he was in charge of hiring cashiers. WOW!! Super excited!

Here’s the full story of how I think that came about. When interviewing online I was looking at other jobs and their requirements and must have clicked on the wrong job to apply for. I ended up applying for a tool sales position. Okay, I am the girl that calls her Daddy for EVERYTHING car, appliance, etc. related. I don’t know the first thing about tools.

So anyways, after I answered all of his questions, which took an hour, he told me he was going to try to get me in for another interview with the woman who is in charge of hiring cashiers. So he sent me to the Human Resources Department to sit for another 15 minutes while he got in touch with the woman who was supposed to interview me in the first place. It turned out that she didn’t have time to interview me today and the earliest time she could fit me in is next Thursday at 2PM. He said he told her that I was a great candidate for the position and he would hire me(isn’t he the best!) if he were her. He did say however that the only thing that would make her doubt that I would be good for the position is the fact that I have NO RETAIL EXPERIENCE but that my bubbly personality and outgoingness(is that a word?) would probably compensate for that! Seriously though, how much retail experience does it take to be a CASHIER???

Overall, I think the interview went EXTREMELY well. So I am just going to keep my fingers crossed for next week and pray for the best!

 

Maybe shortly I’ll be doing this every weekend.

(FROM GOOGLE IMAGES)

EEK!

So at two o’clock this afternoon I have my FIRST EVER job interview. I am super excited yet super nervous! I am very outgoing and am sure I am going to knock the socks off of my interviewer but yet am not sure what to expect! I have been looking for a job in Valdosta for the past two years I have lived here. I applied ANY and EVERYWHERE! ((Even Home Depot and Tractor Supply!))

I have never had to interview before because I’ve basically known all of my employees on a personal level, perks of a small town! Here no one knows me!

I have done everything I can think of to take my mind off of it but can’t. I tried to take a short nap. Unsuccessful. Watch TV….nope! Geez. I just want to get it over with!

I have removed the lint from my black khakis and changed shirts umpteen times only to settle on the first one I put on!

I hope to have a good update for you this afternoon when I get out. I will rush home to let you know how it goes.

 

BREATHE SUZI! Whew!

Day 16: A song that makes you sad

 

I’ll Be Missing You by Puff Daddy and Faith Evans

 

Everytime I hear this song it reminds me of my friend, Staci, who

passed away in a car wreck our Junior year of high school.

In loving memory of Staci LeAna Barnard

December 17, 1989-September 07, 2006

Day 15: Your dream house

 

I would LOVE to have a house on a pond in the country. **dreaming!**

Day 14: A non-fictional book

Drawing a blank…

Day 13: A fictional book

For my Emergent Literacy class we have to read 5 children books a

week and do a review of them and come up with 2 GPS(Georgia Performance

Standards) and then plan a lesson using those standards. I read 5 fictional books tonight for that class

they were…

 

 

Day 12: Something you are OCD about.

It drives me CRAZY when people leave the toilet seat up

Day 11: A photo of you recently

I love this picture from Zack’s family’s recent visit from North Carolina! Zack’s cousin and I making fishy faces.

Day 10: A photo taken over 10 years of you

My mother must have LOVED to make us match when we were younger. Need proof? Hideous I know!

I’m on the far right with the puffed out face. Not sure why I made that face.

My big sister Sarah from Honey Sugah Dahlin’ on the left and that’s me on the right.

 

Day 9: A photo you took

Sorry it’s a camera phone picture but it’s one of my favorites! 

I took it on our 6 month anniversary outside of Applebees in Tifton. That makes it 3 years

old. Wow, how we have changed!

Day 8: A photo that makes you angry/sad

This photo makes me both angry AND sad. It’s disappointing that someone would do this to a child. We need to put an end to this NOW!

Day 7: A photo that makes you happy

This is straight from my September page of my planner. On September 5 I will be 21! This just so happens to

be Labor Day weekend so I have from 11:15AM on Thursday until Monday PM to

celebrate! :) Hooray for LONG WEEKENDS!

Day 6: 20 of My Favorite Things

These are a few of my favorite things in no particular order.

1. Tervis Tumblers. I would love one of the new “Big-T’s” with a lid. Sounds like a great birthday gift to me! 

2. My phone. Not necessarily because it’s a Blackberry Flip, but because it’s my lifeline!

  

3. Bottled Water. I drink a lot when I am in school for some reason. I swear my roommate

probably thinks I am crazy because I have TWO cases(48 bottles) in the cabinet

and a few more in the fridge!

 

4. ORBIT WINTERMINT GUM. I go through one of these(12 packs) in about 2 weeks. I am

constantly chewing gum!

  

5. My sunglasses. Costa del Mar Isabela’s

 

6. My pink Croakie. I know these aren’t pink but couldn’t find a picture of a pink one!

They are not my glasses in the picture!

7. Vera Bradley. Click here for a link to my recent post about VB.

 

8. Bath and Body Works Wallflowers. We have Island Margarita throughout the

apartment and they smell MARVELOUS!

 

9. SALES! Need I say more?

 

10. Cute undies of any kind!

 

11. Monthly planners! LOVE EM!

 

12. Coloring. It’s the kid in me!

13. Colored pens!

 

14. Markers!

15. Three Hole Punch. I know, I am a dork!

16. My big sister, Sarah, and her blog Honey Sugah Dahlin’

17. and of course my little sister, Sami, and her blog Savannah Steel Magnolia!

18. Southern Belle shirts.  The sayings are just too dern cute! And I love

the pink breast cancer one!

 

19. Which reminds me…Breast Cancer Awareness!

20. Coffee. I love Elliano’s and Starbucks!

 

These are just a few of my favorite things excluding the obvious things such as family and Zack :)