Thankful

These are the things I am most thankful for...

MOVE THAT BUS!

Extreme Makeover: Home Edition is in Savannah! J.T. Turner Construction is coordinating the build so our friend Josh has had a big and important role in overseeing this HUGE project. They could have not picked a better builder! The family is so deserving and the community support and donations for their house have been amazing. We have so many friends that have donated their goods, services and time. The episode should air sometime in January. They say it takes a week to build the house, but they build the house in FIVE days. No movie magic, it really all happens in five days.

House before demo. Look at the beautiful oak tree! Don't worry, the oak is still there.



Josh being interviewed before demo.


Tripp Turner and Josh



Jimmy and Ashley


As of 530pm today (Day 4)


The big MOVE that BUS reveal is tomorrow between 2 and 6 pm.

Savannah Film Festival

It is film festival week! I've always tried to take advantage of seeing a film or two over the years. I went Tuesday night and saw Fair Game with Naomi Watts and Sean Penn. It is the story of Valerie Plame and her status as a covert CIA agent being revealed. It was very good and I would definitely recommend. Makes you not want to believe anything a politician is telling you.



Liam Neeson received a lifetime achievement award that night as well so it was pretty neat to see him.



We also saw James Cromwell while waiting in line. Gotta love Babe!




Saturday night I am going to the awards ceremony and the closing film, 127 hours. The true story about the a the mountain climber, played by James Franco, who was trapped under a boulder and resorted to cutting off his arm to survive. Sounds difficult to watch but I am sure the story will be agonizing yet uplifting at the same time.

Halloweekend!

This past weekend was full of Halloween fun. Saturday we went trick or treating in Jimmy's parents neighborhood. All of the neighbors loved Jimmy's costume and would ask him to show them his muscles or shoot his web. He would happily oblige. He properly said "trick or treat" when the door would open and then "thank you" after they filled his Spiderman bucket. He also collected a few for his little pumpkin sister. Jimmy joined us for trick or treating in Ginny's neighborhood on Sunday since he attended the GA/FL game in Jacksonville. A heartbreaker for Dawg fans. The game actually shut trick or treating down for the most part on Isle of Hope Saturday since the game went into overtime. There were tvs on porches and radios blaring from golf carts.

We tried to go to the Jewish food festival, Shalom Ya'll, on Sunday but Jimmy fell asleep on the way downtown so no potato latkes for us. The Halloween madness finally caught up with him but I was looking forward to some yummy food.

Front Porch decorated for Halloween:


Saturday night:


Sunday:




Tried to get all three of them together but this was the best shot:

Is it just me, or isn't Halloween supposed to be Oct. 31?

Well, apparently half of Savannah and our county government think it should be on Oct. 30 (today) instead of tomorrow, Sunday. Oh, how I could go on ranting and raving about this decision that was made on Monday, less than a week before Halloween. They claim it was for the children so they could have longer to trick or treat, but the public schools are off on Monday, Nov. 1, yet the private schools are not. Today is the GA/FL game which is bigger than any religion down here. It really was a religious and politically motivated decision if you ask me (and they didn't, which is why I have definitely been filling the inboxes of the chairman and our district commissioner.) Hey, I'll click the "I Like Jesus" button on Facebook, but if they were going to make this decision they should have done it months ago. Still, I probably would have thought it was weird, but sometimes those are the kinds of things that make the south charming and quirky.

So, this whole Halloween mess made the NYTimes. Nice. So, I would like to write a little letter to the people of NY.

Dear NY,

People in Savannah are not as idiotic as our county government officials.

Sincerely,

Katie Kelley
Savannah, GA

Happy BIRTHday to Nora Lovejoy Phillips!

I am so excited to be an aunt again! Welcome Nora!



10.26.10, 6lbs, 7oz, 19 inches

Fun!

This past weekend my friend Lori turned 40! A few of her friends planned a fun excursion downtown which included a scavenger hunt and then dinner at Sapphire Grill! My team "Or Not" did not win, but we sure had a lot of fun! It was a great idea for a birthday celebration.

Here is a photo of one of our scavenger hunt finds, Marilyn Monroe in City Market. Lori was not on our team, but we had "Flat Lori" join us!


This pic was taken with my new Droid Incredible! I seriously have a crush on my new phone.