tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-214995952024-03-07T01:44:34.707-05:00Southern JezebelleMingling Sass and Class since 1981Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger768125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21499595.post-40796500461171885502010-11-17T15:20:00.000-05:002010-11-17T15:20:44.239-05:00Christmas cards don't have to be stressfulI love a good Christmas card with a picture on it. Each year I look forward to seeing my friends and their families or pets come all decked out in my mail. In fact, I'm usually disappointed with no photo cards!
Every year around the end of October I begin vying for the perfect family photo for the Christmas cards. And every year I get stressed to a frenzy about the perfect coordinating outfits, Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21499595.post-49537647810745237742009-09-21T19:30:00.002-04:002009-09-21T19:34:53.689-04:0048/48I took my gun class over the weekend. It was a whopping ten hours long, but I did it with a friend so it wasn't so painful. I passed the written test at 100%. I knew I could pass the target shooting and that if I tried hard enough they would help me to ensure I'd pass the target shooting. What I didn't know is that I'd get a 48/48 on the target shooting! I blew out the entire red center. Move Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21499595.post-60693773639113976932009-08-26T18:54:00.000-04:002009-08-26T18:54:01.150-04:00An Extra $100 (2)I can't seem to get enough of this game lately! $23 personalized notepad$17 cute dress at Target$15 another pair of Hanky Panky undies$20 city Christmas ornament$25 leather albums for dvdsYour turn! Play along!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21499595.post-43656171937300652252009-08-24T18:40:00.002-04:002009-08-24T18:40:00.202-04:00DinnersI once loved to cook. When I worked at my corporate office job I'd typically arrive home about and hour before Mr. Bella and cook dinner. I tried new recipes, I bought fancy ingredients, I made pretty displays on the table.....But now? Not so much!In the summer our dinners are pretty low key with garden veggies on the grill with chicken, steak, or fish. We also eat a salad nearly everyday becauseUnknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21499595.post-66653824519381895872009-08-22T05:12:00.001-04:002009-08-22T05:12:00.304-04:00PRESSING ISSUE: Cleaning out childhood itemsI'm not usually a weekend poster (rarely a poster sometimes it seems!) but I would love some feedback and conversation about this topic from y'all!I'm cleaning out my childhood trunk of items. Mr. Bella built me a trunk when we were dating and I filled it with several of my childhood memories and goodies. It's huge at 4.5x2.5.x2.5 (in feet), and it's also full! It's not even everything. My Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21499595.post-60182918730815884142009-08-21T18:29:00.000-04:002009-08-21T18:29:00.251-04:00Whew!Y'all....I'm so worn out lately! Brother Bella is back to school and getting in the swing of everything has nearly exhausted me. However I now have seven whole hours to myself during the day to which I can repaint/redecorate/rearrage/repurpose to my hearts content. Well that isn't exactly true, you see, Mr. Bella most always comes home for lunch so therefore I have small three or four hour Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21499595.post-3511354433496730092009-08-19T18:29:00.001-04:002009-08-19T18:29:47.430-04:00Good adviceBe pretty if you can, be witty if you must, but be gracious if it kills you!--Elsie de WolfeUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21499595.post-89327942172508358292009-08-17T18:59:00.002-04:002009-08-19T19:12:16.340-04:00BummerSchool started back today but it was only a half day. Geesh I'm already tired! I couldn't do high school again. Or college! All of the college students arrived in town last weekend and holy cow Target is wiped out!So onto the point of the bummer blog title:BB went to the lake with some friends after school. He was there for about two hours before coming home because we had ticket to our local Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21499595.post-36248036549545900232009-08-15T20:42:00.002-04:002009-08-19T20:44:08.206-04:00I spent the afternoon at the lake with fried chicken and margaritas. It was the great makings for a new Kenny Chesney song. Then the lake went and ate my sunglasses. My brand new sunglasses I bought last week when we were out of town because they were so fabulous and on sale and definately not because I needed sunglasses. Dangit Lake! Dangit!Good thing the margarita was around to console me. And Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21499595.post-72822658534536983152009-08-11T21:18:00.003-04:002009-08-11T21:22:40.096-04:00Bella BarometerFEELING: pissy and frustratedREADING: does she or doesn't sheLISTENING TO: beer in mexico, kenny chesneyEATING: chips and salsaDRINKING: margarita(seeing a theme here?)WANTING: to find a car alreadySHOPPING: for a new purse and contact lensesNEEDING: a massage for my achy backTO DO: fold laundry, paint nails, showerTHINKING: i need a maidWASTING TIME: watching TLC showsUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21499595.post-33613127839332432512009-08-04T16:16:00.002-04:002009-08-04T16:32:41.859-04:00Hideee Ho!Well lookie who it is making an appearance on her own blog? Fancy me showing up here. Let me catch you up in bullets, then I'm out to visit family and the mountains for the rest of the week. My brown polka dot J. Crew flip flops are on their last flop. This is precisely why I don't pay full price for anything! Had I paid $40 at J. Crew and worn them a season I'd have been a bit terse! But I got Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21499595.post-80663532581494727532009-07-21T06:25:00.000-04:002009-07-21T06:25:00.571-04:00An Extra $100If I had an extra $100 today:$15 purse at Target$35 monogrammed cutting board with monogrammed spreader$30 three tiered serving stand$15 Hanky Panky undies$5 a few new songs at iTunesWhat would YOU do with an extra $100 today?Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21499595.post-38667866277678000792009-07-20T06:57:00.002-04:002009-07-20T06:57:00.489-04:00The DayToday is the day my friends! Mr. Bella has his big interview!Back up: he didn't get the raise he hoped for last week. It sucks because the review was glowing but they are giving very small raises yada yada.....but consoled him with the fact he got more than most people because he is amazing. Bite me! Anyway, he was going to this interview regardless but now he really wants is. Forward: so he's onUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21499595.post-12912163713168418382009-07-16T06:22:00.000-04:002009-07-16T06:22:00.158-04:00Ch-Ch-Ch-ChangesMr. Bella has his annual review today. He's been with company for four years and they've paid for his MBA. They also pay peanuts in salary. He's worth a good 50% more than what he makes. That said it IS a fantastic company to work for. That ALSO said Mama has no plans of working (Mr. B agrees!) and misses her old lifestyle of two incomes and has twinklings in her eyes of babies. So Mr. Bella is Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21499595.post-11212088633403040062009-07-15T21:30:00.002-04:002009-07-15T21:41:08.716-04:00So what if I....sometimes eat ice cream out of the carton when no one is lookingsometime like to throw things in the closet to not look at them and deal with it at that momentdust my house and put out new reed diffusers when I know I'm having guests (like, um, tomorrow!)oh and sweep the crud under the rug (well I actually did sweep, vac, and mop this afternoon!)wish I could afford the calories to drink wine Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21499595.post-29815930405967025022009-07-13T10:56:00.003-04:002009-07-13T10:57:43.737-04:00Just a thoughtDear Mr. Bella and Brother Bella, If you clean up after yourselves and quit leaving crumbs all over the counter and floor, the damned ants just might go away! But until then you're making our kitchen they're own personal all-night-buffet!Love, Bella Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21499595.post-52169333893920236332009-07-11T00:03:00.000-04:002009-07-11T00:03:00.709-04:00Blessings"I always wondered why blessings wore disguises. If I were a blessing I'd run around naked!"--Estelle Getty as Sophia in The Golden GirlsUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21499595.post-39450883770543174612009-07-09T05:02:00.002-04:002009-07-09T05:02:00.281-04:00A far reach at a celebrity sightingThis is really such a horrible story and such a grasping at straws celebrity sighting that I'm just going to tell you to stop reading right now!But if you're still here, here it is. I love to watch the Duggar family. Seriuosly, they NEVER get old to me. Their show and The Golden Girls are the only shows that I can watch in reruns forever and ever and ever.....That said, the Duggars often have Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21499595.post-47885097990231824972009-07-08T07:00:00.003-04:002009-07-08T07:01:19.169-04:00CapableDo any of you ever have similar conversations?Him: The stove has something dried on it.Her: Then clean it off.Him: The Dr. Pepper is in the way of the electric skillet.Her: Then move it.Him: I can't find my jacket.Her: It's in the closet.Him: I didn't hang it up.Her: I know.Him: All the steak knives are dirty.Her: Wash them.Him: There's something sticky on the floor.Her: Clean it up.Him: The dog Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21499595.post-92115568251485940062009-07-07T07:00:00.001-04:002009-07-07T07:00:01.728-04:00SwimsuitsI spend a few days a week at the pool (poor, pitiful, me, I know!) and therefore do a fair amount of people watching. In addition I spent a week at the beach last month which also provided great entertainment on swimsuits.First of all the beach I visisted, Hilton Head Island, is known for being a bit classy and upscale as opposed to some of the more trashier noted beaches such as Daytona, Panama Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21499595.post-3935496845149045882009-07-06T07:00:00.000-04:002009-07-06T10:45:37.034-04:00Name PonderingI know a little girl named Collette. She doesn't go by Collette, she goes by Mia, which is short for her middle name Amelia, but that is a whole other story that annoys me because just name your child Mia already!Anyway, at first the name seemed old and dated.But the second time I said it was cute, sassy, strong, classic, and unique as there aren't many of them and it's not a made up name.I like Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21499595.post-66377817717372432422009-07-02T23:45:00.000-04:002009-07-02T23:45:00.705-04:00Happy Long Weekend!Woohoo for long weekends and time with my cutie patootie husband! Hope y'all have a great long weekend and Independence Day!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21499595.post-32743820373182344992009-06-29T18:11:00.002-04:002009-06-29T18:16:10.821-04:00Booked....er Magazined?I'm up to my eyeballs in the Southern Belle Society publication! I'm the editor for this years publication(s) and am working on the large glossy magazine. I have a staff of writers, photographers, ad sales reps, but they're all volunteers for the society so all I can do is gently encourage that everything be submitted timely and also print ready. Therefore for the next few days I'll be compiling,Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21499595.post-77053781241368049762009-06-23T16:04:00.002-04:002009-06-23T16:08:20.520-04:00Still RecoveringI get home from the beach with all of it's fresh, sea salt air and return to the allergen, pollen, ragweed filled air of MyTown and haven't quit coughing since! I'm so miserable from coughing during the night and not sleeping to coughing during the day until my throat hurts and wah wah wah I want to wine about it.I finally went to the drugstore for some medicine becuause I thought I'd seriously Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21499595.post-1329433978210943172009-06-21T18:57:00.001-04:002009-06-21T18:59:29.766-04:00And tomorrow it's back to the grindVacation is over.I've got more laundry to do than you can shake a stick at.That's a lot of laundry by the way.I need a vacation to recover from vacation.Exhausted!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1