i know it sounds crazy, but it actually snowed in charleston!

last friday night jon and i were sitting at home watching the news as they continued to talk about charleston getting snow....and finally around 7:00, snowflakes began falling from the sky! it was pretty crazy! the meteorologists had been predicting snow for about a week, but i think most people (including me!) just blew it off and thought "i'll believe it when i see it!" up until friday night, there had not been a recorded snow fall since 1989...21 years! within 30 minutes our yard was covered with snow and it just continued coming down! we watched it from the front door/porch in amazement and took lots of pictures! our cable went out around 7:45, so we decided to play scrabble! the lights flickered most of the night, and we thought for sure that we would end up losing power but it never went off for more than a minute! we woke up to a yard, trees, and house covered in snow! we got around 3 inches, but unfortunately it didn't last long on saturday! here are some pictures to prove IT SNOWED IN CHARLESTON!!!

nyc & boston...awesome vacation part 3

part 3 of our trip was not much fun...it involved delayed and missed flights and sleeping in the airport! our flight from boston to washington, dc was continuously delayed until about 10:30 saturday night...over 3 hours after we were supposed to take off. we missed our connecting flight to charleston, and were booked on separate flights (me at 7:55 and jon at 12:25) the next morning to charleston. once we got to dc, they were able to confirm jon on the flight with me...thank goodness because we'd both had enough of airports at that point! we got a couple of hours of sleep in the airport that night and couldn't wait to get home and go to bed!

when we finally arrived home around 10:30 am, we headed to bed and didn't wake up until 7 when we woke up and made dinner. we stayed up for a few hours and then went back to sleep until it was time to wake up for work this morning. not quite the ending to our vacation that we expected, but at least we made it home yesterday morning and didn't get stuck in boston because of the weather!

nyc and boston were amazing! what an awesome vacation...christmas and new year's were the perfect time to experience these cities! i love traveling!

nyc & boston...awesome vacation part 1

vacation has been wonderful! we started in new york city last sunday (with katherine and tee), headed to boston (and met up with pat, jay, and brittany) on wednesday, rang in the new year at the davidson wedding, and are attempting to get home to charleston tonight or in the morning!

new york city was awesome! we went to see chicago (starring ashley simpson-wentz!) the first night we were there...

we saw many sites in new york...rockefeller center (with the christmas tree!), the empire state building (from top of the rock), times square, the statue of liberty (from battery park...in the frigid temperatures!), 5th avenue (fao schwarz & tiffany's) and we took a movie sites/tv show tour around the city!

katherine and i even got up one morning and went to see the today show...but only for a little while because it was only 23 degrees!

jon and i headed out of new york on a bus to boston on wednesday...and wow, was it an interesting bus trip! the bus was packed and it was a long 5 hour (supposed to be 4) trip! we were very happy to finally arrive in boston!

more on the rest of the trip tomorrow....getting tired and hoping our plane arrives from washington, dc soon, so we can at least get part of the way home tonight! we were supposed to fly out of boston at 7:15, but so far we are still here thanks to the weather in washington and boston! i think tonight will be spent in the washington-dulles airport! a first for me...spending the night in an airport! it will be worth it though since we have to be there for our flight to charleston 5 hours after we arrive!

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!

rain rain go away....

i've finally gotten my new blog set up and all of my posts from the old one copied over! wow, what a process, but i'm happy to have it all in one place now!

we've had crazy weather the last few days...i'm sick of the rain and thunderstorms! we had a horrendous storm this afternoon. the roads were flooded on my way home from work, and i ended up canceling my personal training work out! hopefully i can make it up friday...what a way to start the weekend! :)

tomorrow night is "graduation" from my self defense class....we get to show what we have learned the last 6 weeks at charleston krav maga! of course there will be a celebration afterwards as a few of us head to kickin chicken! more to come about "graduation" tomorrow!

weekend with the fam

this weekend jon and i headed to myrtle beach for a weekend with my dad and stepmother. we hadn't seen them since the end of january, so it was nice to catch up with them for the weekend! plus there was lots of good food involved and some visiting with other family members along the way!

what's up with the weather? today it was cold...the high was only 60....and it was raining this morning! i'm ready for the 80 and 90 degree temps to come back, so i can work on my tan this weekend!

tomorrow night we get to see dan, stefani, and spencer leo rockers! i'm super excited about seeing the baby...tomorrow is his 1 week birthday!
back to the season finale of 24....jack has almost gotten himself out of one last debacle for this season!

weekend of fun...almost over!

the temperature has dropped probably 15 degrees since i left for work around noon today. it poured down rain this morning, then the wind picked up and it's getting cold! according to the meteorologists, we may be in for some snow tonight....but i will believe it when i see it! jon and i are prepared with some movies and spaghetti on the stove though!

it's been a great weekend, and i hate that tomorrow is the beginning of another crazy week! we had a great time at the citadel basketball game last night, and followed the game up with dinner and drinks at kickin' chicken and several rounds of catch phrase at kat and tee's house! unfortunately it ended up being a really late night, and i'm sure i will feel the effects of it tonight and tomorrow....but it was so much fun hanging out with our friends and relaxing!

now jon and i are going to relax and enjoy the last few hours of the weekend! here's to another busy week of tax season hell....

tax season hell

i'm officially in the middle of tax season hell....vacation is definitely over and 11+ hour days and 7 day work weeks are here to stay until april 15th! luckily when i returned to work on monday morning, my desk wasn't nearly as crowded with work as i thought it would be! i'm slowly digging my way through the work i have to do as more comes in each day though!

it's been cold this week (in the 40's), but it looks like it's going to warm up for the weekend! unfortunately i won't get to enjoy the warm weather because i will be working...at least i can see it from my office window though!

right now my life is pretty darn predictable (despite my blog title!)...wake up, go to work, go to the gym, come home, go to bed, and the cycle begins all over again! less than 2 months to go though...pretty soon i will begin the countdown to april 15th!

falling snow in utah

it has been snowing contantly since monday night here...i believe it's slowing down a little now though. anne and i took ski school yesterday in pouring snow which was quite interesting, but we both learned a lot! unfortunately i had to head to the lodge early because my knees were killing me; however, i had an awesome time learning to ski!

the condo we are staying in is perfect for our vacation! it's cozy, yet plenty of space for the 4 of us! we slept in monday after an extremely long traveling day on sunday, explored park city a little bit monday night, and had dinner at an awesome bar - the no name saloon! yesterday we spent the entire day on the slopes and collapsed early last night. this morning we have been relaxing after a pancake breakfast prepared by chefs jon and kris and are getting ready to head into salt lake city. we are planning to tour the pool cover specialists facility today which jon and kris are excited for anne and me to see.

unfortunately i woke up not feeling very well this morning, but i've been popping meds like crazy in an effort to get better! jon was sick the first part of the trip and now me...hopefully i will feel much better before we have to get on a plane to head home on saturday!

time to hit the road to salt lake...xoxo

it's thursday...and almost the weekend!

it's thursday....and almost the weekend! i love thursday....because jon and i have tv night with grey's anatomy and er and because the weekend is only one day away! i don't have any exciting plans this weekend...just working both days! hopefully some fun will find it's way into the weekend though.

i may be cuddling up on the couch with a book or a movie all weekend when i'm not working if the cold weather is still around! when i got to work this morning, the weather online said it was 20 degrees outside...that's freakin' cold! yesterday felt even colder because the wind was blowing like crazy. i ended up cuddling up with a mug of hot chocolate and caramel flavored bailey's last night to watch a movie and more episodes of entourage with jon! that's mine and jon's latest dvd tv series addiction...it is hysterical!

back to work.....