new car, short work week, movie night with the girls...

this week is full excitement! jon arrived home friday night around 7 with our new car...and wow is it awesome! the features it has are crazy! i'm still a little nervous driving it (it's definitely bigger than the altima!), but each day i'm getting more comfortable with it! will post pictures soon....

there's only one more day in the work week...good friday is a paid holiday for my office, so friday will be play/errand day for me! i'm looking forward to sleeping in, meeting amy for lunch, getting a pedicure, and just enjoying the day! the weather is supposed to be great here all weekend, so that makes it even better!

tonight i'm joining the girls for a trip to the movies! we are going to see the last song (adapted from the book by nicholas sparks!), and i'm really looking forward to it. i read the book around christmas (my parents got me a signed copy as a christmas present - they actually live in the same town as nicholas sparks!) and thought it was great...i hope the movie is just as good as the book! now i just have to make it through the rest of the work day and a couple of hours of preparing tax returns...then it's on to the movie theater!

recovering from the weekend...let the good times roll!

it's monday afternoon around 4:30, and i'm so tired i can barely keep my eyes open at my desk! i would love to blame my lack of energy/sleepiness to the time change, but i think the majority of it has to do with the fact that i stayed out with the girls entirely too late on saturday night and was too wound up to go to bed early last night!

katherine, liza, amy, and i had a blast in hilton head...it was relaxing with plenty of fun! we chilled out in our room after dinner and caught up on the happenings in everyone's life friday night, hit the gym saturday morning, did a little shopping on saturday afternoon, relaxed in our hotel room until we decided it was time for dinner, had a great dinner at wild wings (with lots of good people watching!), headed to a fun bar/dance club, made friends from charleston at the bar, sat by the indoor pool at our hotel room (after changing into our pj's and the girls dragging me out of the room at 3:30 - actually it was 1 hour earlier than that, but the time jumped ahead at 2 in the morning!) and hung out with our new friends, then we got up and hit the road to come home after about 4 hours of sleep! it was an awesome girls weekend away in hilton head...i just wish it had been about 10 degrees warmer!

once i got home jon and i got things done around the house and then were focused on a possible new purchase on ebay for entirely too many hours of the day (don't want to share details yet though - at least not until we find out for sure if it's our's - fingers are crossed)! we were both wound up after all of it and didn't go to bed until after 11.

my brother and his family arrived in charleston today from indiana, so i am super excited about hanging out with them this week! they are staying at the isle of palms, so i'm hoping for some beach time (definitely no bathing suit yet!!!) tomorrow and lots of time with my niece and nephew! i can't wait to see the little munchkins!

i'm loving life right now (except for the fact that i'm so sleepy and still have to head to my other job for the evening!) and enjoying every minute of this amazing journey it involves! let the good times continue to roll...

dependency on my cell phone...not a good thing

so today i have decided that i am way too dependent on my cell phone! it started doing crazy things last night, and it's not any better this morning. it's like my connection to the outside world has been cut off completely...although i am sitting in front of a computer all day long! of course this happened on a friday when i am leaving to go out of town! verizon store here i come, as soon as i leave work today!

once i get my phone situation straightened out, katherine, abby, and i will be hitting the road for our girls weekend in greenville! there are lots of fun times to be had and great memories to be made this weekend! happy friday!

rain, rain go away!

it's a nasty rainy day in charleston! i wish i could have stayed home today...curled up in bed or on the couch with a book and/or movie! i'm ready for summer...no more cold weather, just sunshine and warm temps!

today is my adorable nephew, Maddox's 4th birthday! he is having a john deere birthday party tomorrow night to celebrate, and his birthday present is a miniature john deere gator! i'm sure he is going to be ecstatic when he sees it...he loves everything john deere!

3 more days until girls' weekend in greenville!

waking up to another day of this amazing thing called life...

each day i wake up, i'm extremely thankful for all of the gifts god has given me! i think back on my life, and there has definitely been some rough times; i realize that i wouldn't be the person i am today without those rough times though.

i have an amazing husband...i love falling asleep next to him every night and waking up to him every morning...i love the fact that he makes me laugh every single day...i love traveling with him and seeing new sights that neither one of us has seen...i am madly in love with him and everything that he is...thank you, jon, for just being you...i love you, baby!

i have a wonderful family...parents (in laws included), siblings (in laws included) and their husbands/wives, adorable nieces and nephew (only 1 nephew as of right now!), and my extended family (aunts - including aunt 'laine (the one that left this life too early!), uncles, and cousins)! they are all the best family that anyone could ask for! to those that i've grown apart from over time...hopefully one day the fences will be mended! to those that live far away...i'm trying hard to stay in touch with each of you (through facebook, email, etc.) and please know that i think of you often and hope to see each of you at least once this year and each year going forward!

i have the best friends in the world...my college roommates (wow, what great memories we shared during our four years at cofc (the good and the bad!) and continue to share during our girls' weekends!)...i love you girls like crazy and think of you every day! the friends i met after college...i look forward to hanging out with you guys every chance we get! thanks for the great memories we've made so far, and here's to many, many more memories in the future!

much love to my awesome husband, amazing family, and great friends...thank you for all that you bring to my life! :)

another awesome weeekend ahead...

today is friday...and i love fridays! they usually go by pretty quickly at work, and i always look forward to awesome weekend activities! this weekend is funfilled...a party with friends tonight, the reindeer run with amy in the morning, my work christmas party tomorrow night, slumber party at katherine's tomorrow night (since the guys will be camping), and relaxing on sunday!

21 days until christmas and 23 days until NYC!!!!

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

still trying to catch up on sleep...

i had an awesome time in myrtle beach this weekend with the girls! we celebrated amy's birthday with burgers, beer, and cupcakes friday night...relaxed by the pool after a morning walk on the beach on saturday...headed out for japanese and hit the bars/clubs at broadway saturday night (followed by a late night papa john's pizza before bed!)...ate krispy kreme doughnuts for breakfast on sunday and stopped by the outlets for a little shopping before heading back to charleston! wow, was it a fun filled weekend, but i collapsed on the couch when i got home sunday afternoon! i still feel like i'm trying to catch up on sleep...and it's wednesday! the other girls got up way earlier than i usually do on the weekends, so i think i missed out on my few extra hours of zzzz's saturday and sunday mornings! oh well, it was definitely worth it! i can't wait for the next girls weekend away in the spring hopefully!

another week is halfway over already...where is the time going?! jon was out of town last night, so i headed to bed early with a book! i'm looking forward to seeing him tonight though and can't wait to spend the weekend working on our guest bathroom remodeling project with him (i'm being serious, not sarcastic actually!)...we are going to be tiling this weekend! i'll post pictures when we are done...i'm super excited about the colors we've picked out for it! xoxo

a successful girls night

tonight was another successful girls night! we had spaghetti, chocolate cake, and watched nights in rodanthe! it was great getting to relax and catch up with the girls!

today was pretty crazy at work...starting off with a client who i was supposed to meet with at 3 showing up at 8:45 this morning. that was definitely not the best way to start off a day full of meetings and lots of work on my desk! unfortunately i'm starting to get a little stressed about getting all of my work done before i leave on sunday to head to columbia for mom's surgery. my boss seems to enjoy making my life difficult at times when it's really not necessary! i'm working as much as possible without completely exhausting myself and it still doesn't seem to be enough because i continue getting more work each day! oh well...it will get done before i leave or get packed for a trip to columbia next week!

girls night was a nice break from my normal weekly schedule tonight! the next few nights (at least what's left of them once i get home from work), i will spend with my awesome husband before leaving on sunday! time for sleepy....