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Anna Cuts Hair, pt 1

Anna Cuts Hair, pt 2

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Most everyone that reads about The Cordle Fam already knows that I have started Cosmetology school. If not, now you do. I have just completed my first month of school and I never thought I would say this but I LOVE SCHOOL! I love it! I have had such a fun month. I have never felt as certain as I do right now that the Lord is in control and I am where I am suppose to be. I have such a peace about school. I love going. So, for those who I don’t talk to everyday… Right now we practice everyday on mannequins. It is rather Hilarious to walk around and everyone playing with Heads. My friend Mary Ragan one day looked at me and said “Anna Catherine, we are adults playing with adult Barbies!”  WOW… It is so true! Our desks are Hair Chair/ Hair Stations, my “school supplies” are Blow Dryer, Brushes, Curling Iron, Clips, Combs, Bobby Pins, etc… I have learned Shampooing, Blow Drying, Thermal Curls, Roller Sets, Manicure, Pedicure, Paraffin Wax, 0 Degree Haircut, and Perm Sets.  Wonder what I am going to learn tomorrow…

Merry Christmas everybody! Although this had potential to be a sad occasion (…the last time we’ll celebrate in this house & all…), it turned into one of the best Christmases ever. This year it was easy to see that we don’t need any more “stuff”, and we were able to really focus on having a great time with the fam & celebrating the real reason for the holiday.

Yesterday we had a great brunch with the Tarpley family. It was sad the Garlington’s weren’t there, but we’ll get to see them this weekend. After lunch we visited an old neighbor, our 1st grade teacher, and some other friends. Later, we went to First Baptist’s Christmas Eve Service like we do every year. There are always some amazing singers, and this year was no different.

Once we got home, Mom assigned us the task of making this really good looking “Black Bottom Pecan Cheesecake Pie”. Due to a minor mathematical miscalculation it ended up more like a pudding, so we’ll just change its name & move on.

We then watched my personal favorite holiday movie, “It’s a Wonderful Life”. Such a good movie…I catch something new every time we see it.

This morning we woke up, exchanged some gifts and had a devotion. We went to the Tarpley’s to see what Santa brought the 3 mini Tarpleys. Hung out with them for a while, then made our way up to Turner Field to volunteer for the first time ever with Hosea Feed the Hungry. We’d never really done anything like that before, so it was a great experience. I think we’re going to do something similar every year from now on. They gave us a great “beginner” job…we were in charge of manning the ‘volunteer gate’ & getting all the volunteers to sign a “don’t sue the Braves” waiver.

It really is amazing how many people they serve. We never got to see the meals they were serving, but I do know that almost every homeless person left with their very own 2-pack of whole cheesecakes & Monster energy drinks. So, if you’re planning on wandering the streets of Atlanta tonight, beware the hyper homeless.

Anyway, can’t wait to make our way over to Louisiana to see the Welch’s this weekend. Hope y’all’s Christmas was amazing!

Yesterday was the big annual Cordle Christmas. We had a pretty good crowd, despite the lack of a few of our cousins. Uncle Jimmy took the cake with the tackiest attire by robbing his Christmas tree of it’s skirt.

Everybody got really into the whole “Tacky Christmas” thing and we had a lot of fun. After a really good lunch of Gumbo & Fruit Soup we opened our White Elephant gifts Dirty Santa style. Mom got the mosquito head net she’d always wanted (“You could steal bees with that thing!” -Nee Nee) and Anna scored some sweet doilies.

We certainly missed Rad, Peavey, and their families, but we had a great time catching up with everyone else. Watching Dad try to carry on a serious conversation while wearing a dickey was certainly a sight to behold.

Anyway, hope everyone else’s Christmas is going well so far…only 4 days left!

Me, Mom, and Dad at the Georgia/Auburn Game on Saturday.

Celebrating Nee Nee’s Birthday in Newnan on Sunday.

Praying that Molly Beth will get here very soon!

This is me and my Roommates after we carved our pumpkins!