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Thanks for stopping back by!!! I hope that my little weekend take me backs are letting you see more of who I am... If you missed any, feel free to stop over at these links: You can read how awesome my mom was for my Sweet 16 . Learn about the day My brother was RAN OVER. Oh, and the story of the Snake Whistle. For today, I want to talk about my 21st birthday. As I mentioned before, my mom is pretty stinkin awesome. I did not realize or appreciate it at the time, so... I guess part of these posts are to share with everyone just how cool she is!!! When I was away at college, my mom always sent me mail. You know, regular "snail mail," guess that is why I love it so much! Anyways... I was living in Atlanta. I was turning 21. My parents were taking my roommate and I to LAS VEGAS to ring in my 21st birthday. Leading up to then... I was working at Diggers, the sports bar that I started working at as soon as I moved to Atlanta. Normally, I would work... Go home, eat lunch and rel...

Did I tell you about the time my brother was ran over? For real... This is not a joke. He is okay, this was a few years ago... But I have to warn you... I am adding pictures to it, they are kind of nasty... So, if you have a weak stomach, you might want to not to look . I live in Atlanta and he was still living at home. It was his senior year and they had just had graduation practice. My parents were both out of town and he had a "few friends" over to hang out before graduation. Everyone was there hanging out having a good time. One of his friends came over to show off the jeep that he just got for a graduation gift. Anyways, he was going out to check the mail. He got the mail and was heading back to the house when he remembered that he had forgotten to pick up the newspaper. He bent down to get it, at the same time, the buddy with the new jeep decided he was leaving. He hopped in the jeep, took a quick glance back (he had a huge spare tire on the back.) He floored it! ...

Welcome back! Hope you are joining me in my Weekend Take Me Back! This week, I am going to talk about my Sweet 16. My mom is under the impression that I don't talk about her enough, so I want to show you just how awesome she is!!! I didn't realize it when I was younger, but I do now... Love you mom!!! So, Noelle turning 16. Oh, I guess I should tell you about my moms car first. She used to own a Cougar. I was not a fan of it, I thought it was pretty cool for her, but it was not one I wanted! So anyways... Photo by: bsocialis on flickr I left for church camp. It was a great time! We went to Florida for the week and had an amazing time! I returned and it was the month before my 16th birthday. My parents picked me up from the church. They gave me a birthday card (kinda weird since it was a month away... but hold on!) In the card was a set of car keys! They had the Ford Logo on it and I got nervous... Being ever so ungrateful, I prayed that it was not to that Cou...

I have been wanting to go and share different thoughts that come to me... Maybe they will make you laugh, I hope they do... But, either way, I know I will enjoy writing them! So, for the next couple weeks (or longer, depending upon how I feel!) I will be doing "Weekend Take Me Back." I would love it if you would join me in this, it can be anything at all, that was in the past. Past meaning yesterday or earlier... Totally up to you! This is just a way to share more about our personal lives... If you do decide to "play along" I would love it if you would let me know.... So - This week. Mom, this is all for you! I know when I was younger, we had Showbiz Pizza and Putt-Putt golf. Many a party was held there! Remember all the cool arcade prizes you could win? When I was younger, it was like hitting the lottery! Think about it, you would end up with all these tickets... You counted them and then had a hey day on picking out all your "AWESOME" pr...