I'm back!

After a long, busy, and much needed hiatus, I am back to the world of blogging. Yeah, I know, I wasn't really too involved to begin with but hey- new year, new rules! I always enjoy looking back on my life through my blog and I know that you all have been aching to know what has happened since we last spoke. Here's an update:

Andrew and I- sweaty and gross
from shooting off fireworks.
New Year's 2012 

1. Job: Still enjoying my employment at The Ballet. Non-profits don't pay too much but I have gotten to learn many new skills and enjoy working for a smaller organization without all the red tape I had at previous jobs.

2. Apartment: Our gate works! Besides that exciting news, I have no updates here. We are still in the same apartment and I still love it. If you haven't been to visit us yet, you should. We finally broke down and bought a new bed for the master bedroom (King beds are the BEST PURCHASE EVER) and put our old bed in the guest room. Yes, you can now stay in a bed in "Hotel Awesome" and not a futon. While we don't put mints on the pillows, if you are lucky there will be snacks and bacon in the morning. :)

3. Life: My life has been busy as always. Between weddings, holidays, my birthday, Nutcracker (if you dance or ever have you know what this means), 3 or 4 Christmas celebrations, New Year's, Andrew's 4 birthday celebrations, a huge auction I arranged at work, and Valentine's day, life has flown by too quickly. Just when I think we are slowing down....wedding season approaches. We already have 3 on the books for the next few months and 2 for next year. I am REALLY good at going to weddings.

Hiking at Red Top Mountain last fall

4. The future: Right now the future consists of a trip to Biloxi this weekend, a NERF gun war next weekend, and finding a time to go play paintball, camping, and skydiving when the weather permits.

Come on spring!

My life never slows down!

Man, just when I think I am going to get a chance to catch my breath, I look at the schedule and it seems to have filled up on its own! Last weekend was Savannah. Savannah and I have a love/hate relationship. It used to be that every time Andrew and I went to Savannah we ended up with car trouble: flat tires, totaled cars, more flat tires, etc. Lately the city seems to have forgiven us (knocking on wood). However, there are still plenty of hate things about the trip:

1. MOST BORING DRIVE EVER! Well, maybe not ever- the drive to Wrightsville is awful, but this drive lasts longer. Without fail there is traffic south of Atlanta. Even when you get there at 8:30pm on a Sunday, you WILL be in traffic. Why? Who the hell knows. And this last weekend I drove through a monsoon. When I woke Andrew up and told him to check the weather it said "seek cover! Winds strong enough to overturn cars." By then we were already through the worst of it though and made it without flipping.

2.  WE KNOW TOO MANY PEOPLE THERE. A wonderful problem, but still a problem none-the-less. I always feel like we should see everyone we know while we are down there, but then we spend too much time scheduling and running around. Lately we have been much better about this- except this past weekend.

There are more, but I do not want to be Debbie Downer, so I will move away from my Savannah loathing to my Savannah loving.

 1. BABIES! A friend of mine had a baby last June and is expecting another in October. She is probably the cutest kid ever even though she only does really cool things just after we leave. Andrew's cousin is originally from Savannah (now she lives in Chattanooga), but we run in to her baby in Savannah also since we are usually there on coinciding weekends. This baby is also super cute and Andrew is beyond obsessed.  Although this past weekend I had to laugh at Andrew's heartbreak because the baby is going through a stage where she hates men (picture crying with a mouth full of peas).

 

Baby 1 on her first birthday!

Baby 2 with the cutest bed head

Buster loves the boat!

2. PUPPIES! I. Love. Puppies. My friend's (yes, the one with the baby) family has the best dog ever. His name is Buster Brown Spot and he loves me. He is half American and half English Bulldog (I think) and awesome! I love his nub tail, brown spot, soft head, and when he gets in my lap and completely smooshes me. This is a really deep and insightful post I know...

3. THE BEACH. Who doesn't love the beach?

busy body

Once again, much has been going on in my world. Andrew and I moved into a new apt last weekend and I love it! Despite moving everything up to the third floor, our gate remotes not working, and a gas leak at midnight on Monday, I think this is the best apt we have ever lived in. And now we have a guest room- everyone had better visit! I will post pictures as soon as we stop living out of boxes and pick up a few bookcases from Ikea.


Speaking of books: I love them. I know kindles and all are the rage right now and I think they make sense if you are doing a lot of traveling, but they do not hold a candle to a real book (Note: I know I should NOT hold a candle to a real book...fire). Kindles do not have that great musty book smell. They cannot be borrowed from your friends. They cannot provide you with that oh so satisfying "crack" that you get when you open a new book.
They are easier to move up three flights of stairs though...