nostalgia of the autumn

i'm ready for fall. i'm so ready for the fall! as we are this close to august coming up this weekend, i can't help but have my thoughts turn to the crisp feeling of autumn, with warm breezes, and beautiful eastern, Tennessee trees coming around the bend. my heart is skipping a beat as i write this. oh to hear the sound of the mighty viking high school band practicing in the distance. the much anticipated Tennessee high vs. Virgina high foot ball game (my ol' Tennessee high has never lost a game to Virgina high in 18 years). that feeling you get of smelling warm, cinnamon apples and wearing new cardigans everyday. to me, this is the time that i love the most. whenever i'm in target, i get this giddy rush to go buy school supplies and write my name in cursive in freshly new notebooks and buy every single item they have on sale for back to school specials. actually, i just might have already done that-sighs. yes, this is the time my heart is truly at peace. truly at home with myself. nostalgia of the autumn. heavenly father blesses this earth so much with it's each passing stage. i am so happy to know who i am and where i came from. to also catch you up just a bit, me and the fellow are still in that stage of stolen glances at work, little moments of flirting banter, and my new favorite, me, going in on my days off to have lunch together.though, i still haven't mastered to control the grinning from ear to ear or blushing every two seconds when he says my name. lol. were taking things slow. and by slow, i mean slow. and i like that. that is just the right pace for me. i haven't been in a relationship since my mother passed away and he is being ever so understanding. though right now i'm alittle bit grumpy do to the fact that our schedules are not coordinating and we won't work together till Monday. but, this weekend promises to be a good one with a friends wedding reception and the hope of a "possible" last minute trip out of town. I hope so. but, will see.... anywho, go out and buy a pack of crayola crayons and number two pencils and i a sure you, you will get giddy too.

it's all about the lipgloss

today, was a really great day. you know what made it great? well.... i didnt fall in love, i didnt win the lotto, and i didnt go see a taping of oprah or ellen (though all three of those things would make a super great day *happy face*) it was just an ordinary day with a last minute phone call and drive to see my cousins that made this day great. miss hailey blaine (in true element pictured above) and me went to the mall. we talked. we shopped. we gossiped. and we each bought new shades of lipgloss from mac makeup. in which that qualifies as a great day.
thank you hailey bay for being one of the most truly unique, beautiful souls that this earth has.

simply pictures {weekend style}

my weekend was spent doing a little of this. a little of that.
but my favorite part was making this...



and turned it into this....



whatever you did this weekend, I hope it was lovely!

Email to the Girls AKA the story of the "weekend"

ATTENTION dear readers: since I'm still couching up a lung and do not feel like writing the story of me and my new fellow and making it all blog worthy fun to read....You'll just have to read the massive email I sent this past Monday to my cousins alexa and carrie via facebook. honestly it's pretty cheesy and long writing if you ask me but, it will just have to do. please take notice that it was written super fast so they would get it before i had left for work that day.

Another side note is to know that i work at our local hospital and I'm a dietitian's assistant. so i'm around a lot of our cooks and chefs for the department. Okay, carry on as I go take my meds and proceed to be knocked out again LOL


GIRLS!!!! Okay. this is going to be long so here goes....

for the past 5 months there is this guy at my work that was hired that i have had a crush on. his name is Chase and he is a chef. well, we've sorta been doing this...he's looking at me, im looking at him but neither of us are saying anything that we might like each other. just a lot of moments where i could feel him watching me and me always looking at the schedule to see if he might be working the same nights as me. but really, nothing had ever happened and we were constantly on opposite shifts so i would just let it slide.....

i really cant explain it well but something changed majorly this weekend. I went into work on friday and saw that for once we would be working the same shift that night and would be working kinda close around the other... and so we actually got to talk a lot more. to know Chase is to know that he's very quiet. he's not one to start the conversation and he's kinda serious. he's the type that he just does his job and stay's out of any drama that is always going on with somebody at the hospital. but to me, we've always talked or flirted LOL in those sarcastic yet not mean flirting ways :)

So, again friday, I could just feel that things were different. we were talking longer and i was def. wondering if just maybe....maybe he might be feeling something too. so, sat. i worked (dieing while in the process from this wretched crud but no more sick leave for tierra so i had to carry through!!!!!) and he was not there. but when i came in on sunday...there he was. so, i of course went up to him and was kinda flirting (looking absolutely HORRID, alexa, you would be ashamed *sad face*) and asked him what in the world was he doing there on his weekend off.

his reply...."because your here tonight"

insert tierra blushing and grinning really goofy like and trying to brush it off by saying "oh yeah right,...seriously, did some one call in and they called you?"

he said " well yes actually but when they called, I asked who would be working that night and if you were on the schedule and they said yes, so i agreed to come on in"

insert tierra completely red faced again and not sure what to say to that...
I think i just laughed and tried to keep insisting that he was joking.

After that, i went right up to my supervisor and before i could even start talking she said "dont even ask. yep it's completely true"

i said "how do you know what i'm going to ask" and which she points to my very flushed face and big grin and said that indeed, when she called Chase that morning, he had asked if i was on the schedule and would come in for that.

my brain at that point was just, well, not working!!!
also to note that i have been pretty sick lately so i was not really feeling that well and Chase could tell, he was always asking if there was anything he needed to get for me and asking if i was okay.

when it got to be about 5:50 pm, i noticed he was cleaning up his work area and he wasn't suppose to go home until 6:30, so i asked what he was doing. he said that since they called him in, he came early and had to leave by 6 so not to get any extra over time.

i have to admit, i was pretty bummed :( so, we started talking for just bit and i was telling him how it would be my luck that after he leaves, a bunch of orders from patients will be printed and that i would have to be the one to fill them ( im used to that but i was just teasing)....

so, he just kinda laughed and we both went back to work. then around 6:15, i noticed he hadn't left yet and so i told him he was past his time and that i didn't want him to get in to trouble.
he said that he had decided to go a head and stay till 6:30 just in case we had anymore orders cause i wasnt feeling well and he didnt want me to do them by myself.

i was completely flattered by then but i told him he really shouldnt stay because we get lectured a lot in my department if we go over out time....

that's when he said that he had already clocked out at 6.

ALEXA!! CARRIE!! he stayed pretty much a whole hour and worked while i was the one still on the clock and just stood there and talked while he was not getting paid!!!

well, after he finally left, i couldnt concentrate at. all!!!!!

theres lots more to tell but you'll just have to call me :)
I have no clue what this means LOL but i guess will see...

Scarlett Red

I adore Scarlett O'Hara. truly, I do. when I was little, I can remember the first time i ever watched Gone with the Wind. to me, it was so full color. lot's of color. i mean, me, being probably about 7 or so and not really taking in what the film was about, i just saw all the gorgeous dresses in different colors and wishing i had some like them to play dress up in or at least my barbies. then about 12 i saw it again on tv with my mom and i really took in the story.

now. yes, alas... to those who have seen it, Scarlett is a complete B$%^&! LOL in the most fashionable way of course. but, lets be honest here. Scarlett takes care of business. she completely takes control of her life and sets out to do exactly what she sets out to do! even if it's the wrong thing, she at least sees it through. and then there's Rhett Butler! LAH dont even get me going on how men are just not made like that any more!

Okay, so my point.

my life right now is a big basket case of ridiculous, cheesy, grinning like a fool, heart racing, can't sleep, can't read (GASP, I know right?) can't even really think straight of emotions(!!!)----> all because of this past weekend.

yep. that's right. this weekend, things have changed. and with that, here i sit, wishing i had just an ounce of power and control that scarlett had....all because tierra has a new guy in her life. (SQUEEEEEE)

well, dear readers, do you want the story? like, really?

truly? as in, you'll actually read the story of "us"???

well, you'll just have to tune in later to find out!

(i know, i'm cruel) (but i'm still getting over this bronchitis crud and i just took my meds and it's getting ready to knock me out)

PS. when ever i see him, i turn Scarlett red! It's annoying as heck but what can you do, right?

this quote sums up my life for the moment

Next to being married, a girl likes to be crossed in love a little now and then.
It is something to think of, and gives her a sort of distinction among her companions.
. Pride & Prejudice

just some thoughts...

{lemons for some reason make me think of "fresh starts". even though my life is good, every once in a while, i get in itch for changes. something new. fresh. and to me that says lemons}

today. well...it started off rough. meaning aka that not so wanted "monthly friend" decided to make an appearance. i don't like this guest. and it's certainly not my friend. alas, i must endure.

my summer this year has being going pretty blah lately. you see, i work. at a hospital. and with that, i work a lot. my friends and i make tons of plans to go places but it always fall through.

sometimes I think about my blog and i wish i had the heart to just delete and start a new. i like fresh starts. with a nice clean slate. i look back at some of my older posts and i just can't stand them. hence the "let's start a new". i really want a "new look" but i'm to busy to sit and make one.

this post is really whiny. oooh i guess i should turn this around. okay. some of my other fellow bloggers list what their thankful for at the end of there post. so for me, today....I'm thankful for my aunt Carolyn. for all that she does. i'm also thankful for toilet paper. i mean, really. where would the world be with out it? let's not go there lol. i'm also thankful for air conditioning. this July heat/humidity is awful! i'm also thankful for books. really people, the keep me comforted like an old song.