This is it!

Days #361-#365:

In the words of Michael Jackson, "This is it". Our time in 2012 has come to an end. I once again rang out the old year and rang in the new year with Chef and the hotel peeps. I was up in 360 once again. We did 140 covers. That's busy my friends. Then I went down to Swampers and they were SWAMPED. We all did make it out into the restaurant for the countdown and Aud Lange Sine or whatever the name of that song is. This is the first year I missed the balloon drop across the street. Not really sad about that. It's too crazy over there. OH, the peeps in the pic are JimBob, Hannah and Rebecca, Chef and Toby, and Me and Stella! (Looks like Stella partied while I was at work.)

SO, to wrap up another year together, here's 12 things I noticed in 2012.

1.) If possible I'm even more grateful for my Grandma than I've ever been. She's amazing. Old people rock. I always thought I was putting my life on hold, but spending time with Grandma and her sisters have been some of my favorite memories of 2011.

2.) It IS possible to have the perfect day. My weekend with Coach Holladay, one of the top weekends ever.

3.) I'm very grateful that I rescued Stella from the gas chamber and I'm very grateful that Sister didn't kick him out. He drives me nuts, but I love that little guy.

4.) Even though I'm not doing exactly what I want to do with my career, it's nice to have a job, benefits, and the BEST roomie at the Shoals. My time with Chef is some of the best time ever.

5.) Speaking of my roomie, I noticed just the other day as a matter of fact, that I will NEVER learn his language, but I LOVE listening to him talk to his mom. Hilariously, he leaned over to look at my clock or something over my shoulder the other day as he was talking to her. I thought he was going to ask me a question, so of course, I immediately cracked up thinking, "There's no possible way I can help you with a word". I help him with lots of English, but I'll never be helping him translate into Icelandic. That's the hardest language EVER.

6.) I learned that the more I think I know... the less I actually know. And the better I think I am, the more I realize pride is one of my biggest enemies to fight.

7.) I noticed that I have a better online realtionship with a few people that I have in real live person and that's okay. That's the beauty of technology.

8.) As for my cousins, my fam is one of the best in the world. My cousins are awesome. I can't imagine growing up without all of them. It was fun. And it's still a ton of fun when we all get together. I hope we always stay close.

9.) I noticed that Becky and I can actually handle having boys in class. We've learned a TON this year having more boys than girls and so far, it's been a great year! 2nd grade is still awesome and I'm so thankful to get to spend my Sundays with Becky and the kids.

10.) Along with #9, I also noticed that it's good and right to have adult time. Hanging out with the GLC girls is fun and keeps me sane. I love the kids, but we all need adult time every now and then.

11.) Sadly, I noticed that you REALLY have to put some work into keeping up with your childhood pals. This is the first year we didn't all get together for a Christmas breakfast. We're all so busy we just haven't gotten together yet. Maybe January will hold fun times for us. I miss them.

12.) I noticed that I'm going to have to jump if I'm ever going to make big decisions and big changes. Don't know if 2012 is going to bring any big changes for Kim Tittle, but I guess we'll see.

Love to All! Hope to see YOU in the New Year!!! :0)

iT'S Christmas Time AgaiN!!

Days #351 - #360:

It's been a while. We've been celebrating for WEEKS!! We started with our Small Group Christmas party. That was fun. It's always nice to hang out with people my age, instead of 7 year olds. Then the big TITTLE FAMILY CHRISTMAS (EVE). It was AMAZING!! Grandma was my gift this year. So glad she was there! We did our big Dollar Gift Exchange. Ate endless Amounts of Food. Sat and talked. It was a blast! In the pics, we have Me and Brian, Brian and Pax, Gran, The Cousins (Mere, Sister, Me, Mel, Kimberly and Kayla), and the girls from my Grace Life Small Group. Fun Times for SURE!!! hope your Christmases were as good as mine! :0)

Happy Birthweekend to Meeee! *<:0)

DAys #348-#350:

It all started with a birthday card from PHYLLIS BARKER! What an awesome way to start the b'day weekend celebration! Then a card from my Aunt Ila Vee and Uncle Bert and then the parade of cakes. Chef got the idea to surprise me with a cake... from everyone. Kid you not, I had 15 cakes for my birthday. It was AMAZING and such a nice surprise. Normally we only share birthdays with one department... this year, I got to share my birthday cake(s) with EVERY SINGLE DEPARTMENT! It was fantastic! Then i got to spend the night with Grandma who is doing AWESOME. And then we had Christmas with her sisters. Seeing her and Aunt Flora together was present enough! Their reunion was the best ever. Then, I went and saw my Auntie Pat and Uncle Cal. LOVE those two! Happy Birthday to Meeeeeeeeeeee! *<:0)

Merryott Christmas!

Days #346 & #347:

We had Town Hall today. It's fun. That's one time when EVERYBODY is in the same room at the same time. My boy JimBob won Manager of the YEar. So proud of that guy. He's awesome. He's the guy in glasses. Selena (a sales mgr) is the lady. Chris Fowler is my other boy. Love him. In all it was fun. There was no vegetarian friendly food... except for some brownies which were delish! The countdown has also officially begun for the Tittle family Christmas. The cousins have a surprise in store for the oldies and I'm working on a surprise for them all. Should be fun!! :0)

Catching up AGAIN...

Day #339-#345:
I'm very behind. It's been that kind of week. Most of you know Gran landed back in the hospital, so that's my excuse. We've been on a bit of a rollercoaster ride. I once had a guy tell me that I had a terrible outlook on life because I said that EVERYTIME something good happened in my life, something terrible would immediately follow; therefore, there was no use in getting all excited about anything because it either wouldn't measure up to the greatness you thought it was supposed to, OR something bad would soon knock you back down. Well friends, it's still true, only now I'm viewing it with a twist. December started out wonderful with my trip from my good buddy and 3 days of his undivided attention. And then I got the call Gran was going back to the hospital. Stress, drama, more stress, nervous breakdown... and then on this side of it, the thought that she is HOME and she's doing OKAY. So maybe TERRIBLE doesn't follow good. The blessing of having her make it through surgery and back home was good following great. That's been my life for the past week. Tonight we went shopping and saw my very first love. Coach Finley just happened to pop into Sears where we were picking up Christmas gifts. He's the best! :0)

Lunch and a Song...

Day #338:
The stars were back in alignment today as Chef and I finally had a long awaited lunch date. It's been entirely too long. I went and picked us up some Mexican from La Hacienda. As always, we talked about how that was the best idea we'd ever had. "Not really", I replied. It was just mexican after all, but Chef assured me it was all in the welcome break and the company. I cracked up. If everybody else was as fantastic as the two of us think we are, the world would be a better place. The funniest part of the day came when Little Susan came down from accounting and was going on and on and on about an invoice. She was right in the middle of her story when she said, "I talked to the LADY" and as soon as she said that, Chef started singing, "Laaaaadddyyy," and I added, "From the moment I saw you....." (If you've ever heard the song Lady from Styx, you'll get that reference). It was hilarious. She was so flustered she finally left. If nothing funny or exciting is happening in your day, MAKE it funny. Good times. :0)

Full of Happy

Days #336 & #337:

Ever had the perfect weekend? Well, i'm just finishing it. I'm empty of all stories (because I'm pretty sure I've told them all) but my heart is full of happy. I don't know what possible event in December can top this weekend. Here's a pic to make you laugh. Stella LOVES to sleep on top of my head when I'm messing around on the computer. Here's one of him completely annoyed that i woke him up by the flash of the camera... and now he's in trouble becasue he just spilled Sister's milk. GOtta go throw him in the tub. :0)

Entertaining in Downtown Flo-Town...

Day #335:

Oh friends, Birthmonth shall be a GREAT month. I really need to start next year like I've ended this year. It should make for a better 2012. Met Sister and my favorite guy for dinner. I made him look through all of the Alaska pics and Mal's wedding pics. Then we walked around a bit at First Fridays, went to the pathetic tree lighting ceremony in Wilson Park that they decided to move back 30 minutes (we obviously didn't get the memo) so we missed the tree lighting and the singing. The lighting was nothing to write home about. It looked like a Charlie Brown Christmas tree. There was 1, kid you not, 1 strand of lights on the tree. No decorations or anything. Missed the Christmas carolers. Then we went to see a play that a lady form work was singing in. We made it about half way through that and made a graceful exit. Pretty much every plan I had for the night was a definite "losing". After all that, it was still the BEST night of 2011... except maybe for last night. That was good too. What'd I notice today? No matter how old I get, he's still my most favorite person. And I'd still go with him if he'd adopt me. Fun times. :0)

December Shall be a GREAT month!

Day #334:

Did I tell you that tonight was going to be a good - good night? Because it was. Best night of 2011 so far. MY Coach Holladay came up and since Sister was somewhat under the weather, he had me and my stories all night! I've told you, his undivided attention is about the best gift I get, so I had a blast. We went up in 360. 4 years and I've never actually sat down and ate a meal up there. I've worked a bazillion times, but never sat and ate. So, as is the case with him, we went to dinner in style! Fine dining at it's best. And since I am somewhat spoiled with the boys upstairs, i got a fried green tomato and grilled cheese sandwich (Chef called in that favor with Josh Quick) and Kyle made me a mushroom something or other. Then we had a bite of brownie (which was to die for) for dessert. Awesome of awesome. Best of the best. FANTASTIC Night! :0)

the Blueberry

Days #331-#333:

Work work work... COMPANY! Tomorrow my best buddy returns to the Shoals! I'm so excited. Coach Holladay is coming to town and I can't wait. If I had to guess, we'll go to a crazy nice dinner and then go for coffee or somewhere fun and I'll talk 90-to-nothing and he and sister will sit and laugh. That's normally how it goes. In the meantime, here's what I bought myself this holiday season. I dropped my camera in the sand at the beach, killing it, so i had to get another one because let's face it, I can't go anywhwere without my camera. SO, I got the new blueberry. ISn't it just the cutest thing?! Get excited. I'll get a pic of us tomorrow and you can see just how fabulous the camera takes pics. :0)

Thankful to get away!

Days #331-#336:

Long time no posts! Been at the BEACH! Ft. Morgan was my Thanksgiving destination of choice. No turkey? No problem. Fun times for sure! In getting in the holiday spirit, Cynthia and I made a sandman-snowman. We also rode a carousel. Adam made us a fire on the beach and we had s'mores. We visited the Fort which was AWESOME! For a history nerd, Ft. Morgan is the beach of choice. Such an interestingly FUN place. Even crazier, I had picked up ANdy Andrews book, The Heart Mender, to read on the way and WHO KNEW it would be all about Ft. Morgan. Crazy right? That's it. Enjoy the sunny pics! :0)

Thanks and Giving with the Tittles :0)

Days #327- #330:

I'll make it short. Lots of pics to share. Saturday, went to Christmas Plantation at the LaGrange College Site. It was fun. Very cute. Then went antiquing. Flo-town has some pretty awesome antique shops. Sunday, I very stupidly took the kids glitter and glue. 2nd graders and glitter is NEVER a good idea. Then, headed straight to Grandma's for the Tittle Family Thanksgiving!!! It was SO much fun. They are insane, crazy and eat too much... but I love them. They're all nuts. Best of all GRANDMA was home and doing wonderfully. We had JonDawson's birthday party. Most pics are self-explanatory, but the one with Dennis and Minnie probably needs explaining. I told them to put thier heads together so the "Wonder Twin Powers" could ignite. Good times! Today, Dad-o and Mr. Smith drove up and finally fixed my shower. Yay! :0)

Merry Christmas, Dad-o!

Days #325 & #326:

Christmas came early for Pops. I treated him to a real live Temptations concert tonight. Awesome! Those guys can still move. They were great. We had a blast. :0)

October Baby

DAy #324:

Sister and I went to see OCTOBER BABY tonight. GREAT movie. Two thumbs up from the Kendrick Brothers and the Tittle Sisters. You really don't need Ebert and Ropert's opinions after that. I would highly recommend it if you get a chance to watch. :0)

Prozac could be my best friend...

Day #320- #323:

I almost feel as though this post should come with a warning label. Hold on, peeps. There's been A LOT going on in Kim world. Friday was without a doubt one of the top 10 worst days of my life. All was pretty good until Bowser called at lunch and wanted me to take some kids on a tour. "No problem!" I do that ALL the time. Even better, they didn't have a heck of a lot of time to kill, so we were able to skip the conference center side of the street. I'm thinking, "THIS WILL BE A BREEZE!" Well. We all know what happens when I think. I did my regualr spill through Swampers and down by the pool and up in the Sam Phillips Suite. All that was left was 360. Now, if you all have read the blog before.. or if you know me very well.. you will know that I am TERRIBLY claustraphobic. I'm claustraphobic to the point of I have to have some fresh air or there may be a panic attack. Well, I get on the elevator to go to the top (because for those of you that don't know, the Tower is 22 stories high) and 30 16-year old kids rush in behind me. They find this AWESOME to see how many can pack on. Of course, their teachers remain in the lobby waiting for the next ride, but I wasn't about to let them go up by themselves and tear the restaurant down without someone up there. So we get on, I push the button, we attempt to go up and AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH. It stops. I nearly had a heart attack right then. ONce i realized we weren't going anywhere no matter how many times I pushed the buttons, I called for help. Our engineers came running, but long story short, for the next 1 hour and 45 minutes, I was trapped, in an elevator, with no room to breath, and 30 16-year olds. I nearly passed out twice myself. Seriously. And they were all looking for me to be the adult. There were only 2 really funny parts. Once about 45 minutes in, they were able to open the door about 3 inches wide and they began handing us in some water. (Thankfully we weren't up in the shaft of the Tower, we were still just above the Mezzanine Level.) Anyway, the kids deduced we were going to be there for a while if they were shipping in water. That was funny. Then, at one point when I thought that we were seeing the light at the end of the tunnel, I said, "Guys, I think we're going down!" And they all freaked out. I quickly followed up with, "In a good way!" It was AWFUL! And of course, every kid had a cellphone and EVERY KID wanted to upload to Facebook and YouTube and all i could think of was "This is going to be a PR nightmare! If i don't die, I will be fired." Finally 1 hour and 45 minutes after the ordeal began, the Fire Department was able to insert an airbag into the small opening in the door and pop the door open. Then we jumped down, about 5 feet to the glorious floor below us. So there we are. Surrounded by Firemen and lined up in front of me are Bowser (the GM), JEnny (the HR Director) and my Chef (who knows I am terribly claustraphobic). I have now spent over 7 hours of my life trapped in elevators. You'd be claustraphobic too if that happened to you. I strongly believe that that has to have some correlation with the fact that I've had 4 fortune cookies with no fortune in them. No way it could get worse, right? WELL... it was my night to keep Grandma. SO, I head down, after a meltdown, and find Uncle Earl, Mason, Coach Shawn, and Justin at Gran's, ready to do some hunting. (The highlight of the weekend was watching Uncle EArl and Coach Shawn attempt to cook breakfast. HILARIOUS!) So my men go off hunting, leaving me to clean the house. As I took out the garbage that they were supposed to take out, I step in dog mess, so I had to leave my boots on the porch because apparently the dog had eaten glue and I couldn't get it off. THEN, as I'm walking bare foot through the house attempting to mop, I step on a WASP! If you've never experienced that before either, I wouldn't recommend it. This is painful. If I didn't believe in a Good and Soverign God, I would swear I really ticked off Buddha. It was also Mason's 15th b'day, so George and I made him a cake and a sign and George painted him a car piggy-bank. George was in less than a good mood, so he wasn't really a ton of fun, and Gran was fussy because she didn't want me driving so late, so finally, I just gave in and took a nap and let the two of them fight it out. Needless to say, I needed me some church time yesterday. Today, much better. No elevators. I had to go to the 6th floor and I climbed every one of those stairs. Just got in from dinner with Kyle and Sister and I just had s'mores... Busy busy busy week ahead. I'll keep you updated. :0)

Happy Early Birthday to Meeeeee! *<:0)

Day #319:
Best end to an 11 hour work day EVER! Chef, Josh and I have been hanging out together all night at the Christy Jordan Food Show. It's pretty funny that we always get stuck doing the booths. None of us are extroverts by any means, so it's like torture making us stand there and talk to people. However, about 6:30ish I got a call from one of my most favorite people in the world. RAndom calls from Coach Holladay are fun. This one was a LOT of fun becuase he told me he's coming to town!! Yep, he's returning to the Shoals in December with a group of kids from Oxford for the big Drama Competition at UNA. He really has no reason other than to come hang with me and go to dinner. I'll take it any day of the week. Happy early birthday to me!! :0)

Words of Wisdom...

Days #317 & #318:

Ran across this quote tonight, and I like it. That's all. Goodnight. :0)

Flat Matt

Day #316:

We all know by now that I love me some Matt Lauer. Well, there's a thing on the TODAY show that you can print out a flat Matt and take his pic all over the world and send it in and they might put you on the website or on the actual show. HOW EXCITING IS THAT FOR CRAZY TODAY SHOW FANS?! I'm super pumped. SO, today, Chef, JimBob and I took our Flat Matt (we made him a little larger than 8in... he's around 4' tall) up into 360 and had some fun. Here are a few of the pics from today. Stay tuned... we're hoping to end up on the Show. :0)

More from Gran's...

Day #316:

Gran practiced her writing on Saturday. The therapist had told her he wanted her to practice and in 2 weeks, he'd see how she was doing. Well, she didn't need the Kindergarten notepad or fat pencils for 5 year olds that they thought she needed... she wrote her name with no problem. I helped a little at the bottom. I also got very tickled when my cousin Julie came out. That girl is hilarious! She is also crazy talented with any sort of musical instrument whatsoever. NONE of the Tittles got any musical talent, and I think Julie got all of it. Anyway, she's been writing a song for Gran and here, she's letting Gran listen to it. Something about seeing that old lady with earbuds in just makes me laugh. :0)