Happy Birthday to my Wonderful Mom!!!!!

Dear Mom, I said a prayer for you
to thank the Lord above
For blessing me with a lifetime

of your tenderhearted love. 

I thanked God for the caring

you've shown me through the years,

For the closeness we've enjoyed

in time of laughter and of tears. 

And so, I thank you from the heart

for all you've done for me

And I bless the Lord for giving me

the best mother there could be

My mother's heart is so tender

and her face has a gentle glow

She's my friend and my inspiration,

she's the sweetest mom I know.

She gives herself so freely

to those who share her life

She clearly loves her children

with the love that comes from Christ

Her eyes are full of compassion

her voice is soft and mild

She lives for helping others,

leaving "heartprints" all the while.

My mother's love is special

and grows sweeter with every year

God blessed me with an angel;

she's my precious mother, dear.

Happy birthday mom! I love you very much and thank God he blessed me with YOU! Wish I was there to give you a birthday hug!!! 

The Grass is Greener

A couple of days ago I updated my facebook status with a list of things I think need to open in Savannah. To my surprise I got a lot of comments with additional places to add to the list. For a moment it made me think of home and I became nostalgic for Atlanta. Since then I've started thinking about the pro's and con's between living in Atlanta and Savannah. Here's what I've come up with:

Savannah

The "con's"

1) Starting off with my original facebook list... Savannah needs to open the following stores:

1. Hobby Lobby. I can spend hours in this store. What other store do you know of where every week half the store is 50% off?!? It's like Target. I always buy more than I went in there to get. 
2. Chipotle - yummmmmm! I love Chipolte because it's organic and I prefer the way their meats taste to Moe's (which is the only option here). I like their lettuce and sour cream better than Moe's too!
3. Anthropologie - shipping is expensive and their clothes are never true to size!
4. Whole foods - Savannah only has one Fresh Market.
5. Pottery Barn - The closest one is in Charleston.
6. Sephora
7. H&M

2) The pace in Savannah is sooooooooooooooo slowwwww. No one is EVER in a hurry to get anywhere. I think it's great in the summer... when you are at the beach. But driving around with this every time you leave the house is not cool

AHHHHH! Road rage! First, the left lane is for PASSING or GOING FAST!
This happens all the time.  People in both lanes drive the same speed.

3) Savannah is all about who you know - especially when trying to find a job. Bla. People here are real tight knit. They grew up here and come back here after college and never leave again. In some ways that's really cool. But it makes it hard to 'break into' the social networks here. 

4) I miss listening to The Bert Show on my long drives to school every morning!!! Here there is only one talk radio show in the morning and it is VERY offensive to women. 

5) I miss my family and friends. 

The "pro's"

1) Savannah has some REALLY cool stores. I love the unique places here! I can spend hours wondering around looking at the things here. 

2) It's BEAUTIFUL here!!! 

3) I love the attitude of the locals. Everyone is really friendly. It feels very "southern" and I really like that. People don't cut you off in traffic or act all snooty (generally). There feels like there is less of "keeping up with the Jones" here. 

4) NO Atlanta traffic... I laugh when people complain about "rush hour" here!

5) The people we've met here and the church we've been visiting! Thank God for the sweet people who have reached out to us here! 

6) THE BEACH!!! We went to the beach in November and it was warm enough to be in bathing suits and get in the water! 

Anyways... I'm sure there is more that I am forgetting. But I'm getting distracted now and so am going to wrap this up. 

I am really loving Savannah, but will probably always call Atlanta home. I'm looking forward to going home for Christmas but I also want everyone to come visit me here so I can show off the cool place I live! 

The Duck is Dead!!!!

R.I.P MR. DUCK!!!!

BREAKING NEWS! THE FAVORITE TOY IS DEAD!

A tragedy struck the Amador household the night of Monday, December 13th 2010. The beloved and favorite toy of Emma, Mr. Duck, passed away.  Mr. Duck had just re-emerged only days earlier from being put away for a month during Emma's cyclical toy storage. Mr. Duck has been the only toy Emma has refused to destroy. It was common knowledge that Mr. Duck was cherished by Emma.

Emma enjoyed Mr. Duck from her first days in the Amador's household.  "Mr. Duck was obviously Emma's favorite toy", stated Laura Amador. 

Miguel gave a brief interview shortly after the tragedy occurred stating, "It was a horrible accident." Mr. Duck came to his fatal end in the hands of one Miss Sarah D. Wilder. The guilty party was in town visiting her best friend of seventeen years, Emma's mom, Laura.  

Pictured: Laura and Sarah at the dog park earlier the very same day Mr. Duck made his last squeak. 

Around 9 PM eastern-time Miss Wilder began an epic game of tug-of-war with Emma over the helpless bird. It was a struggle of strength and determination from the very beginning. Then Miss Wilder looked Emma in the eyes and stated, "I ALWAYS win!!!!". Those words will go down in puppy history. As Mr. Duck's webbed foot morbidly tore away from his body, shock shot through the room of spectators. 

The terminal wound

"It was all over. That was the end", explained Laura. "There was no 'undoing' this accident. You couldn't take away the knowledge that Mr. Duck was stuffed. Emma instantly knew she wanted to un-fluff him and find his squeaker. You can't blame Emma. She's a dog. It's natural.  The guilt of Mr. Duck's fluff-less body lays all on Sarah". 

R.I.P. Mr. Duck
 08-13-2010 to 12-13-2010

Mr. Duck is survived by the Kong, the green ball, and Mr. Squirrel.  The family asks that in leu of flowers you please send condolences to this blog under the comment section.