all decorated and ready for santa...

this weekend jon and i got our christmas tree and decorated the house for christmas! i love this time of year...i've been excited about getting our treeand decorating since before thanksgiving! needless to say, jon wasn't nearlyas excited (about getting everything out of the attic!) as i was, but i think he enjoyed it! i can't believe tomorrow is the first day of december...our new york city trip will be here before we know it! 27 days before we'll be boarding a plan to nyc for a much needed vacation!

i am thankful for...

i have so many things to be thankful for in my life...my amazing husband, wonderful family, awesome friends, great job, good health, and a roof over my head. god has certainly blessed me and my life!

today has been a really good day! it started off with relaxing this morning, then making some food with my mom to take to the windmueller's house, eating a wonderful thanksgiving lunch with jon's family and my mom, and then a nice walk on the bridge with my mom. now it's time to relax for the rest of the evening! happy thanksgiving!

just another day....at the dermatologist's office

so today i had my annual visit to the dermatologist! which usually isn't nearly as bad as the other annual visit women have to go through...but today was not so good at the dermatologist! she decided to remove 4 spots! one in each of my arm pits, one on my cheek, and one on my butt! i'm hoping the one on my cheek (of my face not my butt cheek!) heals quickly because for now i have to wear a small bandage on it...and actually the one on my butt isn't very comfortable as I sit in my desk chair...and the more i think about it, the ones under my arms are a little uncomfortable as well! so what i thought was going to be quick body scan by dr. germain this morning turned into a few extra minutes of removing spots! now i'm just keeping my fingers crossed that they turn out to be nothing when they are tested by the lab!

birthday celebrations...

today is my 28th birthday...and the celebrating began last night! jon had beautiful fresh flowers for me when i got home from work yesterday and had my (technically it's ours, but it was my birthday present!!!) new camera all ready to go! he studied the manual yesterday and learned all about the cool features it has, so i am ready to snap loads of photographs now! we went to dinner at california dreaming and then watched grey's anatomy! it was an awesome evening of celebrating!

the celebrations have continued today with birthday breakfast bagels at work, lunch with abby, and tonight is dinner with kat, tee, amy, liza, and kris! (jon is going out of town for a bachelor party this weekend, but thankfully i am extremely lucky to be surrounded by amazing friends to celebrate with while he's gone!) i'm super excited, and so far it's been a good day at work...no stress (yet)! tomorrow morning i will begin the day with a walk over the bridge with amy to make up for all of the yummy food i am partaking in today! i love birthday celebrations!

sunday morning stroll...over the bridge

amy and i took a walk on the ravenel bridge this morning! it was an awesome way to begin my sunday...with a 2 hour brisk walk. the weather was perfect (it got up to around 80 today) and the view is amazing from the top of the bridge! if it wasn't going to be getting cold soon, i would love to be able to walk the bridge every weekend. it's definitely different scenery compared to the gym!

this weekend has been nice, and i really hate to see it come to an end! another monday (and very busy week) looms ahead! i'm praying for a less stressful week than last week, and hoping to not have to work quite as many hours this week!

girl time

today was packed full of girl time with amy! jon went to the usc football game with tee, so amy and i went shopping and out to dinner! it has been a lot of fun catching up with amy and having girl time...no boys allowed! :) tomorrow morning she and i are going to walk the ravenel bridge for some much needed exercise...especially after the calzone and peppermint chocolate chip milkshake i had tonight! i love my husband with all my heart, but girl time is definitely necessary in life! much love to all my great girlfriends out there...you are awesome and i'm extremely lucky to be surrounded by such wonderful friends!!!! xoxo

dear blog...works sucks

dear blog....work sucks right now! this month end stuff is taking up way too much of my time, and i'm ready to be done with it. getting close though...today has been quite productive and it's only 10:30. i'm hoping for good progress the rest of the day! back to work...

citadel homecoming...and good times!

this weekend was tons of fun! it was full of good times with great friends! saturday was citadel homecoming, so we packed up the necessary tailgating supplies....alcohol, food, radio, and chairs....and headed downtown to the the citadel! the weather was perfect, and there were a lot of friends in town that we don't get to see very often! these were all the ingredients for a perfect weekend!

fair food and people watching....

jon, amy, and i went to the coastal carolina fair tonight...and had a blast! we didn't go for the rides or the games...we went for the food and people watching! we started our fair meal by sharing cheese covered french fries, then it was on to some fresh squeezed lemonade (which was a let down!), next came a piece of pizza and a funnel cake (which jon wanted, but of course i had several bites of it!), and jon and i ended the night with a caramel apple! (i haven't had a caramel apple in many years, and it was pretty good!) i have to say, the food was pretty good, but i believe the funnel cake was my favorite...it was really fresh and delicious! the people watching was pretty good too! our 2nd annual trip to the fair was another great success! now we have another year to prepare our bellies for more scrumptious fair food!

halloween partying...

so we went to a halloween party last night with all of our friends and partied almost until it was time to turn the clocks back an hour. we had fun getting dressed for the party at our house...bowman, rachel, pat, and amy were all there for the pre party/getting dressed! jon and i were a pimp and hoe...quite impressive costumes for throwing it together in a few days (i thought!). i had a blast hanging out with our friends, and bowman and rachel (aka shrek and fiona) won the costume contest! pictures to come...

unfortunately today is not looking like it's going to be a very productive day! i can't seem to pull myself off the couch to do some work i brought home from the office, and my eyes feel like the need to be held open with toothpicks for any length of time! partying late seems to be kicking my butt anymore! i'm sure it has nothing to do with the fact that i'm getting older! :)

another fun weekend down and another one to go next weekend...citadel homecoming weekend...and the fair in between! thursday night we are heading to the fair with amy, dan, stefani, and spencer for some fair food and people watching! i can't wait!