April 8-10: Surprise Anniversary Weekend
April 21-24: Savannah, Georgia
May 25-June 6: Utah, Arizona, Idaho, Wyoming, Montana
June 7-June 10: Savannah, Georgia
July 1-July 9: Perdido Beach, Alabama
July 26-August 3: Washington, Oregon
September 2-11: Maine, Montreal
I have figured it out and I will be working only three weeks in June, two and a half weeks in July, and three weeks in September.
Life is good. (:
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I am so looking forward to our alone time together next weekend. I have no idea what Jonathan has planned for us, and as much as I "want to know," I don't actually want to know. In preparation, I will be getting my pampered manicure and pedicure from Soak Salon (my birthday present from my darling husband finally coming to fruition). I will be working Sun/Mon/Tues night and no additional shifts this upcoming week. Boy, am I ever excited for that. (Not looking forward to going in for my fourth day tomorrow.) Everyone has been getting fresh spring cuts and I have been tempted to do the same...but then I look at photos from last August when Sarah & I went to Missouri and I miss my long hair (since I have already cut off 10-inches). Thoughts?
In other news, we are addicted to Mad Men, my brother is an official South Carolina resident, my mom might be coming up for Easter, Jonathan is headed out for testing approx. April 14-May 25 (very sad), and I have been asked to co-chair a committee at work.
How is everyone else?
Thursday, March 31, 2011
Saturday, March 12, 2011
Virginia Beach, Virgina | 4-6 February 2011
Early last month I had the pleasure of visiting one of my best friends, Ketan, in Virginia Beach. He was finishing one of his last internship orientations before graduating this May from optometry school. I love our friendship. We can go months without seeing one another but still feel completely at ease when we're together. (:
On an overcast and rainy Saturday we visited the Virginia Beach Aquarium. We agree that cuddle fish are the cutest things ever. On Sunday we went on a what was supposed to be 2.5mi trek through First Landing State Park. Somehow we got turned around over and over again...for HOURS....and it ended up being a 7-8mi hike. Holy moly, not expecting that, especially after only having a granola bar for breakfast. Hope you all are doing well!





















On an overcast and rainy Saturday we visited the Virginia Beach Aquarium. We agree that cuddle fish are the cutest things ever. On Sunday we went on a what was supposed to be 2.5mi trek through First Landing State Park. Somehow we got turned around over and over again...for HOURS....and it ended up being a 7-8mi hike. Holy moly, not expecting that, especially after only having a granola bar for breakfast. Hope you all are doing well!





















Wednesday, February 9, 2011
In Honor of Roller Derby
Our friend April made this short video compilation of a derby match we went to back in August (I think it was August). It was our local Quad Squad vs. Richmond's River City Rollergirls. We dominated (woohoo!), and since she just posted it on her brand new blog, I figured I would link to it!
Thursday, February 3, 2011
thermals & surprises
After visiting Ketan for the weekend in Virginia Beach, I'll be heading over to Richmond to see my cousin. We are planning on skiing early Monday morning, which should be ... interesting. I have never been skiing, ever. Not water, not snow, not nothin'. You can save me your horror stories, as all of our friends have told me all of the ups and mostly the downs (literally) of skiing, what to do and what not to do (no worries, I plan on watching some Youtube videos before hitting the sack tonight), and all the stuff in between. Lucky for me, my cousin is a great and patient teacher, so like all of the other things he has taught me (quad rollerskating at age 3, multiplication of double digits at age 6, how to remove Barbie heads at age 8), I expect him to do it well.
That being said, I was in immediate need of thermal underwear (or long johns, as I grew up calling them..but who am I? Just a Floridian!). Jonathan and I refused to pay the $20/piece of under garments from the various ski shops, so I headed to our great Wal-Mart and made the purchase. Naturally there weren't any thermals available in the womens department... My husband came home to me sporting my awesome new threads, but imagine there being this huge amount of space for manhood that I don't have. I caught Jonathan making sideways glances not once, but twice! I look plain silly, and I am very thankful for the bib that will cover me up. This hasn't stopped me from wearing the outfit while doing taxes or catching up with Ashley..no, no. I will proudly wear this outfit until you are peeling it off of me!
Since I don't go to Wal-Mart often, I like to cover all of my bases while I'm there. Valentine's Day is around the corner so I got to looking at cards, hating most of them, and then making my way over to the "Love" section, which is completely unrelated to Valentine's Day. I found a few cards that I absolutely loved, and decided to go ahead and buy them. My plan was to leave them around the house for Jonathan to find while I'm away until Tuesday. I stupidly left the receipt from Wal-Mart on our bed, so when he got home from work he saw the purchases, and not knowing why I would buy so many cards, came into "his office" (that I have been slowly but surely taking over in the last 48-hours) to ask me. Not a fast thinker, and knowing he would keep asking me about the card purchase, I gave in and told him...and this weekend he's taking the cards back. I let him look at all of them in order of my least favorite to favorite (even though all of them were pretty good). I'll share with you my favorite --
FRONT:
{two spoons, looking at one another} "I love spooning with you!"
INSIDE:
{two spoons, wrapped around one another} "But not as much as I love forking you!"
BAHAHA. Okay, a little inappropriate but it made us both giggle.
(Spooning is really one of our favorite things to do!)
That being said, I was in immediate need of thermal underwear (or long johns, as I grew up calling them..but who am I? Just a Floridian!). Jonathan and I refused to pay the $20/piece of under garments from the various ski shops, so I headed to our great Wal-Mart and made the purchase. Naturally there weren't any thermals available in the womens department... My husband came home to me sporting my awesome new threads, but imagine there being this huge amount of space for manhood that I don't have. I caught Jonathan making sideways glances not once, but twice! I look plain silly, and I am very thankful for the bib that will cover me up. This hasn't stopped me from wearing the outfit while doing taxes or catching up with Ashley..no, no. I will proudly wear this outfit until you are peeling it off of me!
Since I don't go to Wal-Mart often, I like to cover all of my bases while I'm there. Valentine's Day is around the corner so I got to looking at cards, hating most of them, and then making my way over to the "Love" section, which is completely unrelated to Valentine's Day. I found a few cards that I absolutely loved, and decided to go ahead and buy them. My plan was to leave them around the house for Jonathan to find while I'm away until Tuesday. I stupidly left the receipt from Wal-Mart on our bed, so when he got home from work he saw the purchases, and not knowing why I would buy so many cards, came into "his office" (that I have been slowly but surely taking over in the last 48-hours) to ask me. Not a fast thinker, and knowing he would keep asking me about the card purchase, I gave in and told him...and this weekend he's taking the cards back. I let him look at all of them in order of my least favorite to favorite (even though all of them were pretty good). I'll share with you my favorite --
FRONT:
{two spoons, looking at one another} "I love spooning with you!"
INSIDE:
{two spoons, wrapped around one another} "But not as much as I love forking you!"
BAHAHA. Okay, a little inappropriate but it made us both giggle.
(Spooning is really one of our favorite things to do!)
Monday, January 24, 2011
duvet covers
Do any of you have duvet covers for your bed? We do, and I have to say I was quite proud to be changing all of our linens (inspired by Miriam's post and my realization that we probably don't do it often enough) last Friday afternoon before my husband came home. We finally got around to washing them (and other clothes) today, and just about thirty minutes ago Jonathan dropped off a huge load of laundry from his arms to our bed and said, "fold these," before running out of the room back into "his office," which is really the mudroom. Twenty minutes later, between chatting on Facebook, reading NPR articles, and contemplating eating some of the Harry & David shortbread cookies Ketan left us for Christmas, I figured I might as well fold the stuff. Made my way through the sheets and pillowcases, leaving the duvet cover for last. What I discovered was a huge lump of something in the far corner of the cover. I promptly ran into "his office" and began beating him with said-duvet cover-turned weapon while chanting, "homey don't play dat!" I don't really think he got the joke, since he grew up under a rock, but I was thoroughly satisfied while beating him semi-conscious. ...Yes, I let him give me a few joyous beatings of his own before we finally unearthed the lump -- two damp white tees that needed to be tossed back into the dryer.
Monday, January 10, 2011
Engagement: David & Kara | 30 October 2010
I know I haven't posted any resolutions for the year, but let me tell you, if we are blessed enough to book more photoshoots, it is my personal challenge to have them reviewed/edited/back to customer within 6-weeks. I don't even want to tell you how long it took us to get these to our dear friends, but if you can imagine that we took them in October and are only now posting them... Aye yi yi.
David is a coworker of [my] David and he finally proposed to Kara early summer 2010. She graduated soon after that and accepted an internship in Tampa, Florida, so in a funny way they remind us of our long-distance love story, except the opposite. Kara came up to Columbia for a too-short weekend visit and was awesome enough to meet us before dawn @ the Horseshoe in USC before having to work a game with a kickoff time of noon! They complement one another so well and I cannot wait to see them get married in just a few short months. Here is a preview of some of our favorite shots (yes, it was hard to narrow it down further than this.):










































The End!
David is a coworker of [my] David and he finally proposed to Kara early summer 2010. She graduated soon after that and accepted an internship in Tampa, Florida, so in a funny way they remind us of our long-distance love story, except the opposite. Kara came up to Columbia for a too-short weekend visit and was awesome enough to meet us before dawn @ the Horseshoe in USC before having to work a game with a kickoff time of noon! They complement one another so well and I cannot wait to see them get married in just a few short months. Here is a preview of some of our favorite shots (yes, it was hard to narrow it down further than this.):










































The End!
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