Hustle and bustle...

So I do believe I might have the coolest boss in this world. He gave me my Christmas present from him today. It had a sweet little card and he wrote very nice things in it. I opened my present and it was a pink and brown leather women’s devotional Bible. That was enough to make my eyes tear up. I flipped through it a little bit and when I closed it, I noticed he had Larriat McGhee imprinted on the front of it. He really put some thought into my gift and it REALLY meant a lot to me!

I got the girls at work each a reed diffuser for their home or office. They were all so excited! A very small, very cheap gift that went a really long way.

We got registered this weekend. Dewayne got to “man the scanner” and he had a blast with it. When I got home and checked them out online, I had quite a bit of editing to do since he kind of went overboard on some things… but nonetheless, we are registered! I am so excited. My shower is January 10th at 2:00 p.m. I am so excited!! I gave the lady at church that is throwing the shower my guest list last night. Look for your invites early in January!

We have some sample tuxes ordered for Dewayne, Mark and my dad to try on this weekend. I am really excited to get that done. I just remembered I changed my floral appointment to today at 5:00. I just called and cancelled it again. I am way too busy!!!

There is this sweet little guy that works out in the shop. He is on the safety committee with me. EVERY time he sees me, he says, “Hi, Mrs. McGhee, only X days left” and he always has it right! I really enjoy working here. There are some very thoughtful people!

Dewayne and I did the Salvation Army’s angel tree this year. We picked a little 6 year old girl named Jayla. The card comes with a need and a wish. Her need was clothes and her wish was “anything Hannah Montana”. We got her a pair of jeans, a pink striped sweat suit, a zip up jacket, some Hannah Montana fleece pajamas and a Hannah Montana doll. Best $50 I ever spent at Christmas! It is truly a blessing to be able to give a kid a real Christmas.

I am one gift shy of being done with my Christmas shopping. I know, cutting it close. I REALLY tried to put some thought into the nieces and nephew gift this year. There is one for each that I am so excited about! We decided to draw names for gifts next year… I am game unless I get Mark or Scotty. They are IMPOSSIBLE to shop for!

Our Christmas party was a huge success. All of the bosses here were extremely appreciative of everything I did. I think they really needed someone around here to take leadership on these kinds of things. Our safety guy is here this week and he was amazed at all the Christmas decorations. Teresa told him it was all because of me!

It is tradition that we send a fax to our vendors (people we buy stuff from) and they send us gifts or gift cards to raffle off at the party. I got a total of 61 gifts. We really had lots of fun.
We did have Santa there for the kids. They got to sit on his lap, have their picture made, and got a stocking with goodies. He was great!!! I will be finding a different DJ next year. He was not very good. I didn’t find him and he was sort of last minute because someone didn’t find one in time. But next year I know how things work and what to do and what not to do!

We finally picked a florist!! Mom went with me to the LAST place I was going to and she and I both really liked them. I will give her a call tomorrow and let her know. I have an appointment with Al’s Formal Wear on Saturday. Hopefully that will be ONE more thing I can cross off my list. It is getting so close and I am so excited. The days just whiz by with me being so busy. Sometimes I just have to step back and look at what needs to get done!

As a heads up to everyone, it looks like my shower will be January 10th at 2:00 p.m. We finally get to go register!! Woo Hoo! I am so excited! I know that some won’t be able to make that date but I know some of you will be enjoying MUCH better things!!!

We are almost finished with our Christmas shopping. We discovered yesterday that out Linen’s N Things is going out of business. We walked in and the store was practically empty. We did get two very neat things to hang on the wall. One was originally $149 and the other $119. They were 75% off! That is MY kind of shopping!

Okay, back to work!

I love Christmas! I love everything about the season. I am a LITTLE disappointed that it is December 8th and it is 72 degrees today. However we have a “chance” of rain/snow showers tomorrow with a high of 44 degrees. I will be making stew again. That is a HUGE hit when it is cold out.


I have been in charge of our company Christmas party. I LOVE this job. I found a really neat Santa to be there for the kids. They will get their picture made and get a stocking with some goodies. Dewayne, Mom, Dad, Stacy and the kids are all going. That is my FAVORITE part about working for Cameron; my boss is a Christian and everything is so family oriented.


I have been really stressed lately because I have been so busy. I had a dream about the wedding the other night. We didn’t have a caterer for the rehearsal dinner, no flowers, no groomsmen, and no one knew what music to play or how to play it for that matter! It was a silly dream but it is because I have been so busy with work and neglected the wedding plans. Things are getting back on track, though. It looks like my shower from church will be January 10th. That isn’t official yet. I do however understand that many of my family members will not be able to make it.



I do believe I have found my bridesmaid gfts and I am SO excited!!



Here is a new picture of Daisy!! She is 13 weeks old today.