JANUARY 19...TIME IS FLYING AND I AM ON THE PLANE!

A few weeks ago I got Christmas all packed away and thought...ahhh 330 days until I have to decorate this house again! Not so fast!

Ring...RING...RING. "Hello this is Shannon"....voice on the other end of the phone speaks..."oh, sure I will host a Mardi Gras party at our home in February for 130 people".

What have I done?? Now I have to decorate all over again...for a holiday that I have no decorations for?? Double wammy! (Hobby Lobby HERE I COME!)

Speaking of decorating and un-decorating...here is some advice from the experts:
This year since I had so much decor scattered throughout the house, I took advice from Martha Stewart..i think! (I can't remember where I read the article but since that is one of 3 magazines I get, I think that is right) As I took things down, I put everything in the dining room. Then after about 2 days of discovering random Santas, garland, lights, nativities, etc...I consolidated. Lights go in this box, Snow globes in this box, and so on. It made my packing so much easier and I feel like the next late November weekend when I dig out my decor it will all be neatly organized by similar items.
OKAY, APOLOGIES FOR THAT MAJOR DORK MOMENT!!!


Me & some friends at the King and Queen's Ball


So what has the dynamic Jex duo been up to since we last chatted, you ask?! Well...Zach has been working hard at the firm as always and he recently adopted a new healthy living/eating routine. And if you know me- I am all ears when it comes to fun workout programs or ways to shed pesky pounds! So we are doing it together... because after all it is so much easier to say no to fries and soft drinks when someone else is there to motivate you and to be accountable to. Combine that with my little workout bet with Lisha, Laura, Cory, Alicia, and Sarah and I might actually consider partaking in bikini season this year.

For the last 3 weeks I have been up to my eyeballs in paint, glitter and everything Mardi gras. As Art Chairman of the Krewe of Phoenix (because I didn't have quite enough going on already) I assumed the responsibility of morphing the Natchez Auditorium into Las Vegas. I will post pictures next week! I just finished the massive amount of artwork so just cross your fingers that between now and Saturday a flood/fire/or heavy wind does not destroy 6 casinos I constructed from the world's largest sheets of foam board!

So really, our 2010 has started off relatively uneventful....hahah NOT! But we do find at least an hour each night to hang out with each other and daydream about April...because nothing is on the April calendar...YET!