doughnuts and cake...it's going to be a great day!

so i walk into the kitchen at my office a little while ago, and what is sitting on the table....a birthday cake (chocolate no less!) and krispy kreme glazed doughnuts! does it get any better than doughnuts and cake in the same day?! i'm only going to eat one doughnut (and man was it delicious - still warm!) and i will opt for a small piece of cake because i can't ruin all of my working out this week in one day! then to top it all off, jon and i get to meet our new niece tonight...what a great friday this is going to be! xoxo

boring work days

today is a very boring work day! i don't have much work to do today (although i definitely won't be saying that next week!) and the office is very quiet! i guess it's getting close to the end of the week and everyone is just ready for friday and the weekend...i know i am!

i am excited about jon and i getting to meet our new niece this weekend and see kirk, laura, and kate as well! is it 5:00 on friday yet?!

another great weekend...and the afternoon spent recovering!

this weekend was awesome (once again)! i headed to columbia early yesterday morning to meet up with jon at jay and brittany's, and we all headed out to will's house on lake wateree! will took us out on the boat and we relaxed for hours in the water on tubes...just hanging out and having a great time! it was fun hanging out with those that we don't get to hang out with on a regular basis! we eventually headed back to jay and brittany's to get the pool party started! what a night?! it consisted of lots of fun people, margarita and tequila sunrise jello shots, and the guys having a splash contest off the diving board!

jon and i got home early this afternoon and totally crashed on the couches! we've watched movies and tv and attempted to recover from another great weekend! why do they seem to end so damn quickly?! another week begins at 7 am...

numbers, numbers, numbers

my work life involves dealing with lots and lots of numbers...which is why i became an accountant! today i am beginning the task of trying to correct 2 1/2 years of financial data for a company related to the one i work for. now i realize why i've been putting it off for the last 2 months....because it's going to suck! i'm trying to pick it up after 3 other accountants have worked with it and the owner wants it corrected (which i certainly understand...bad financial information is not a good thing?)! i have spreadsheets, amortization schedules, financial statements, and tax returns sitting in front of me with numbers all over them, and i don't even know where to start looking for errors and discrepancies!

don't get me wrong, i love my job, but cleaning up financial data messes is definitely not the best part of it! i guess it's time to put on my big girl panties and deal with it (aka get down to business)! although it's 4:00 already...so i think i might put it off one more day and get a fresh start on it in the morning! that should make for a great friday! :)

chillaxin' on the weekend!

jon and i have had a great weekend! we've basically just relaxed and done things we wanted to do all weekend! we ordered pizza and relaxed at home on friday night. yesterday we ran some errands, he worked on some things with his dad while i sunbathed on the dock, and then we went to dinner at buffalo wild wings! today we slept in until 11 and had a breakfast (or maybe at that point it would be considered lunch) of champions....blueberry eggo waffles! then i sunbathed again on the dock with some friends while he did some more manly things with his dad! to cap off our great weekend we went to jack's cosmic dogs with dan, stefanie, spencer (although he slept through it!), and amy for a fun dinner and dessert! now it's time for a little more chillaxin' (that's chillin' and relaxin' if you aren't quite sure!) before preparing for another monday! the weekends end way too soon, and i hate to see another one go! xoxo

reese gabrielle...welcome to the world!

today jon and i became the proud aunt and uncle of a new niece! reese gabrielle was born at 12:29, was 20 inches long, and weighed 7 lbs. 9 oz. we are thrilled to have another niece and can't wait to meet her! congratulations kirk, laura, and kate! xoxo

dunkin donuts for breakfast...how much longer 'til lunch?!

so i just enjoyed a chocolate doughnut from dunkin donuts that my boss brought into the office this morning. it was quite a treat, and i devoured it in less than 10 minutes! i'm not even a huge fan of dunkin donuts (except for their donut balls (or holes as most people call them))...i definitely prefer krispy kreme! that certainly didn't keep me from indulging this morning though when they were sitting on the table waiting to be eaten!

as you might know i LOVE chocolate and sweets! they are definitely my biggest weakness and the reason that i have to make myself go to the gym as often as possible! so as i'm indulging myself this morning, i'm rationalizing it in my head...i will workout longer tonight and take that kickboxing class that looked pretty intense last week. although i'm also already thinking about what i might eat for lunch even though i just stuffed the last bite into my mouth less than 15 minutes ago.

conclusion...that damn doughnut might have tasted good, but it didn't fill me up and i'm already thinking about lunch. plus, i don't even know if an hour and a half at the gym will work off the calories i just stuffed into my mouth in record time. next time i'm going to have to think even harder about it before i grab the doughnut out of the box...is it really worth the calories and time it will take to work off all those calories? i'm sure i will come to the same conclusion i did today...eat the doughnut and then rationalize it later!! :)

i love summer!

i love the summer! the weekends are so much fun....hanging out on the boat or on the beach with our awesome friends and family! it can't get much better than that. of course, when sunday night rolls around (as in right now), i get a little sad that the weekend is already over and that another week of work is beginning. now is also when i begin the countdown to the following friday afternoon...another weekend of fun! xoxo

missing my girls

tonight i miss my girls...those girls being my college roommates! i got to hang out with one of them tonight for girls night at the movies along with other awesome friends, but emily and abby don't live close enough to have a girls night during the week...with them it has to be a girls weekend! the movie, the proposal, was hysterical, and one of the main characters, sandra bullock, reminded me so much of emily! then i just got to thinking that i would love to hang out with emily, abby, and katherine.

i hate that we live more than a few minutes apart, but i guess that's grown up life...after college! :( grown up life tends to get in the way and it gets harder and harder to keep in touch, but those girls are my heart and we always fall right back into place when we are together...it's like we never spent any time apart! a girls weekend with my college roomies is definitely a necessity very soon! miss you girls lots and lots....and i love you to pieces, emily, abby, and katherine! xoxo

happy birthday usa!

this weekend consisted of a fun 4th of july celebration with family in myrtle beach! jon and i headed to myrtle beach friday afternoon (after a late lunch/early dinner with anne and kris at moe's on the crosstown!) to spend the weekend with my dad, stepmother, and stepsister and her family! we celebrated anna's (my niece) 4th birthday along with america's birthday this weekend! yesterday was extremely busy and funfilled...breakfast, then the birthday celebration, then the beach, then freestyle music park (and an awesome roller coaster ride along with some smaller roller coaster rides!), then dinner, then back to the park for a really cool fireworks display, and finally sleepy time! it was a busy, but great weekend with family!