Last night was the NC State FSU game.  This was a huge game for the Wolfpack.  I was a little reluctant to go to the game since M and I just had just gotten home.  But I decided to go for a while.  Since M has the rest of the week off, he decided to meet some friends and start tailgating early.  I had to wait til after work to head out.  Thankfully the stadium isn’t far from my office.

Anyway, it rained a little yesterday afternoon so as M and I walked into the stadium he told me to grab paper towels from the bathroom to wipe off our seats.  I went to get paper towels out of the dispenser and hit my finger on the handle.  I realized I hit it but I didn’t notice the blood running down my finger until I was waiting for M.  I pulled a piece of tissue off and wrapped it around my finger.  That did the trick for a while.  Then I managed to hit it again.  Ughh!  I decided to run to the bathroom and find the first aid tent.  One band-aid later and I was good as new.

Needless to say I am pretty accident prone.  I am constantly running into walls, bumping into things, tripping – not necessarily even over things, you get my drift.  Luckily I’ve never had to get stitches and I’ve never broken anything.  Well at least nothing the doctor would diagnose.  I fell one night walking in Austin, I basically walked off a curb.  My foot hurt pretty bad and I was in heels.  The people I was with wouldn’t listen to me and proceeded to drag me around town for several hours as I hopped and hobbled around.  When I went to the doc a few days later she said nothing was broken and nothing was wrong.  I still disagree with her answer.  I could feel something in my foot popping.  One day it finally popped and felt better.  It was like something was out of align or broken!

As a kid there were several trips to the hospital for x-rays from falling off my bike.  I fell off a piece of wood playing teeter totter.  I busted both lips in one season of softball.  I’ve kicked myself with an ice skate.  Burned myself on a motorcycle, with the iron on both arms, and numerous times from the oven.  Personal fave, grabbed a cast iron skillet right out of the oven.  How I have no scars from that still boggles my mind and OMG that hurt!   Nearly cut the top of my toe off after I tripped over a sign holder in the side walk.  Fell off the back of a bus, more like flipped off.  (That’s another story ;))  Slid down the stairs in front of the Haley center in Auburn.  That was fun.  All is hear is “damn.”  HAHA!  The list goes on and on as you can imagine.  Those are just the ones I remember off hand.

Here is to an accident free weekend!

Happy Friday!

~k

That’s right, I’mmmmmm BACK!!!!  Technically I’ve been back since Tuesday.

Last Thursday morning, M and I packed up the car and headed for Atlanta.  Well we tried.  Before we were even really out of our neighborhood, M was going through his OCD check list of things and said, “Julio didn’t escape.”  Umm, WHAT?!?!  K -“Why would you say that?”  M -  “I don’t know, just did you see him in the house?”  K -  “No.  Where would he be?  Why would you say that?”  M -  “You want to turn around right?”  K-  “Yes please!”

Yep, that’s how our day started.  Julio was of course in the house, so it is now a rule that unless we want to turn around, M is to NEVER question if the cats are in the house.  🙂

We arrived in Atlanta around 4 and pretty much missed most of the heavy traffic.  Since M’s brother Patrick lived right around the corner from Guthries we went there for dinner.  I’m not sure any of us were too impressed but the Texas toast, fries and special sauce were delicious.

Friday morning M and I were up and at em and on the road by 10.  On the way we stopped in Birmingham for lunch.  Since M loves me he found a Whataburger not too far away in Birmingham.  We stopped and enjoyed a delicious chain hamburger about the size of my head.  I was pretty hungry.  :)  We did get caught in Birmingham as there was an accident that had shut the highway down.  Thanks the the miracles of modern mapping, the GPS lead us to an alternate route.  This was apparently the preferred route for EVERYONE in B’ham since it took us about half and hour to go 3 miles.  Oh well, the burger was worth it.  We were then on our way to MS.

Friday afternoon was spent catching up with family friends, Cindy and Jack, and my parents.  I also managed to have Cindy make my bouquet.  It looks AMAZING!  I am so happy she was able to do this for me.

I need to wrap the handle but I’ve been waiting to get my dress so I could match the ribbon to my sash.

Saturday two very important things happened, my cousin got married and Auburn played LSU.  Since there was a wedding I’ll say that was the more important thing.  ;)  M and I were also forced to go and see my grandmother that morning.  She proceeded to ask M exactly ONE question about himself.  She also managed to completely ignore my engagement ring and asked nothing about our wedding!  She seemed to be more upset she wasn’t invited to my cousin’s wedding, a cousin she DOESN’T know!  Anyway, whatever I know she is that way but it still pisses me off and makes me extremely mad we took the time to see her (which I didn’t want to do) and she said nothing.

When we got home from lunch, we started to get ready for the wedding.  The Auburn game started about the time we headed to the wedding.  We got to my cousin’s dad’s house and mom and I went to find her.  I had my camera so I managed to snap a few photos.  And I must say she looked beautiful!

Not sure if you can see the hanger I did for her in the background. 😉

Anyway, the wedding was awesome.  They had a prefect day for an outdoor wedding.  Once the ceremony was over and the reception was starting to die down, my dad noticed the Auburn game on the TV inside.  M had been updating me of the score.  We went in and caught the last few minutes of the game.  WARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR EAGLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  Yep, Auburn won.  And there should be a great pic somewhere of me yelling that with my cousin.

Sunday M and I got up and headed back to Atlanta pretty early.  We had some friends to meet for dinner and wanted to have a little time to relax before we had to meet them.  On Monday Patrick, M and I all went to the Georgia Aquarium.  The aquarium was pretty cool.  I actually got some pretty good shots even though layers of glass.  They are posted on my photo site in case anyone cares.  Here is one of my favorites.

Tuesday morning M and I headed back home.  It was so nice to finally be home.  I know Julio missed us, Hal not so much.  Anyway I didn’t cover everything from the trip but these are the “highlights” as they were.

Happy Thursday!

~k

Today is my Friday!  YAY!  Since M and I will gone for a few days there will be no blogs.  :(  I know you guys are super sad.

Yesterday afternoon M sent me a pic of Halle and Julio.  I immediately knew something was definitely up in the Casa.  Because THIS  NEVER HAPPENS!

They are touching!!!!!!

Once I got home M told me that Hal was on the bed, Julio jumped up and he kind of moved Julio, they stayed and he took a pic.  So all is still right in our house.  🙂

~k

I haven’t written about Julio in a while and since his 1st Birthday is this week I thought I should.  Plus he and Halle have been nothing but cuddlebutts this past week.  I’m not sure if they know something is up or what.  M and I are going to MS this weekend for my cousin’s wedding so they will have a long weekend at home alone.  Minus the petsitters that are coming and M’s parents dropping by.

Anyway, this past week Julio has been unusually cuddly.  I mean sleeping in my lap, sleeping between M’s legs the past few nights.  Even Hal has found her way to my lap for cuddles and I have woken up several nights to find her beside me purring.  Something is not right in the casa!  🙂

I love that they have been such cuddlebutts the past few days.  I will miss them while we are away.  I am also amazed at how BIG Julio has gotten.  And by big I mean tall.  The little rascal can almost see the over the counter in the kitchen if he stands on his back feet.  And if he is standing his front feet are a bit taller then the counter.  When did our cute little kitten turn into a lion?

As you can see he takes up a whole couch cushion.  Plus he is just adorable!

This post might get long so I will apologize in advance.

Yesterday my cousin’s FB status said something about being “uninvited.”  I figured there was a story behind this so I asked.  She explained she had a “friend” that was causing some drama about her upcoming wedding.  This made me think of a good friend I used to have.  S was probably one of my best friends for several years while I was in Austin.

Our friendship started when she hired me to work for her.  Shortly after I began working for her I found out she had MS.  Most days she was good but as the months went on her condition seemed to worsen.  I always thought she had a great life, despite her illness.  She had a wonderful husband and 3 great kids.  Her husband always seemed very supportive of her and took care of her.  For a while things were really bad and she was forced to work from home.  During this time she was re-diagnosed with something different and was given a 10 year life expectancy.  I was upset to hear my friend could die within the next 10 years.  During this time frame a lot happened.  I would get late night phone calls from her or her husband wanting me to talk to her to calm her down.  After a few late night calls I was forced to turn my cell off before I went to bed.  While I wanted to help, being woken up in the middle of the night on a regular basis was not something I could handle.

I would go months sometimes without hearing from her.  But when I did hear from her she would have the latest hospital story to tell me.  She was in and out of the hospital alot.  During this time, I had other things going on so I don’t know all the details.  I know that somewhere along the way she lost her job since she was no longer able to work.  The new diagnosis disappeared and numerous other things happened.

I was shocked to get a call from her one day before a birthday party for a friend, with S telling me her husband had left her.  WHAT?!?!?!  They seemed to be the perfect couple, at least in my eyes.  To this day I have no idea what really happened.  There were accusations of drug usage on his part and other incidents that lead to her being arrested (so she said).  There was a supposed car wreck that her and the kids were in.  So many things it’s hard to remember really.  While I had always believed in my friend I began to start to question different things.

One day she called me and asked if  I still had some left over pain killers.  I asked how many she needed, thinking it would be one or two only to have her ask for 18.  Ummm, I didn’t have that many to start with and even though I still had nearly a full bottle I told her I’d thrown them away.  That was my first hint something else could be going on.

Again, although I considered her a good friend we never talked daily.  I never truly knew what was going on in her life.  Normally it was to talk about the latest crisis that had happened.  So when I moved to NC, I finally realized it was time to move on.  Her drama was all consuming and while I loved her I couldn’t deal with the drama so I began to pull back.  At that point she started to friend a girl neither of us had liked in the past.  Her excuse was “getting info” but it didn’t seem that way.  Not that I have any say in who she can be friends with but if she was only fishing for info she should have stopped talking to her when I said it upset me.  That was really the final straw and we haven’t talked since.

Being the nosey person I am I began to dig around a little and see if I could finally find out what was really going on with her.  I stumbled across a blog written by her little sister a few months before talking about her sister’s “drug additcion” and the pain it had caused the family.  Finally my concerns were verified.  And while I feel bad we are no longer friends I still find myself wondering how she is doing and if she is okay.

This morning I searched for her on FB and nothing came up.  So of course I googled her and found she is now re-married.  I wish her luck and I hope for the sake of her new husband and kids she has worked through everything.

I just know I will jinx something with this post but here goes.

Since I haven’t had much wedding related stuff to talk about lately I thought it was time to throw some out there.  Lately it seems that a lot of knotties are running into huge issues with vendors, family, friends, etc….  M and I have been fortunate so far that the only issue we’ve run into was with his grandmother’s hotel room which was easily solved.  Maybe it’s because we haven’t gotten far enough into the process to run into a lot snags yet or maybe we are just lucky.

I know that using resorts and hotels seem to be a little less stressful as everything is right there.  So once you find a place with a price you like you just go with it.  M and I aren’t being extremely picky about our wedding either.  We went with the “free” wedding package for a reason.  I don’t care to deal with centerpieces and flower arrangements and well he just doesn’t care.  I’m sure our wedding will be nice.  Will it be very personalized, doubtful.  But in the grand scheme of things we will be married.  No one will remember what our centerpieces looked like….or at least I hope not.  Unless they are amazing, which I assume they won’t be.  🙂

We’ve yet to send off our paperwork for the expedited wedding ceremony.  This allows us to skip the 3 day residency restriction in St Lucia.  Money well spent!  And we’ve yet to actually start planning our reception.  Who knows what we will run into when we actually start to plan that.  Which really she should probably start thinking about.  🙂

I think this post turned more into a check list of things to do then what I had originally intended.  Oh well.  That’s how these things go.  I just write and see what comes out.  Lately it’s mostly boring random stuff.

Yay Friday!

~k

It’s a rainy Thursday, I don’t feel good and I feel like I could pass out on my desk.  So I have a feeling this post will be short and sweet.

This morning I woke up to thunder, lightning and a downpour of rain.  I mean the bottom just fell out right as I was about to get up.  Since it’s not really safe to be in the shower when it’s lightning I decided to lay back down for a few minutes.  Just about the time I got comfy the rain let up.  Oh well.  But M and I figured this will probably let us know if our leak is fixed or not.  Hopefully it is fixed and we won’t have to worry about it again.

I am super boring lately.  It seems like nothing is really going on although I know stuff is.  No wedding related updates today but that gives me an idea for tomorrow.  :)  I know you will be on pins and needles til then.  hehe!

~k

I went to the doctor this morning.  I got another round of antibiotics and some more decongestants.  Hopefully a stronger, longer round will kick this stuff to the curb because frankly I am tired of it living in my nasal passage.  I also found out that today was my doctor’s last day at this practice.  Dammit!  Just when I was starting to like her.  I hope she will open a practice close to where I am so I can continue to see her.  It’s funny because before she walked in I found myself wondering how she ended up in the practice I was at.  I am continually frustrated by the lack of time management the other doctors have.  The only reason I’ve continued to go is because it’s close to home and work and I liked the doctor I had previously seen – before she left.

It’s weird because I’ve never really thought of myself as a “holistic” type person but this new doctor’s thinking is more of “what can we do to help prevent this in the future, what environmental/lifestyle changes will help.”  The more I think about it the more I like this way of thinking.  At least from a medical stand point.  I like that she will give me real life solutions and not just pump me full of the latest and greatest drug out.  I’ve been to doctors in the past and they push whatever drug sample recently walked in the door.  I don’t care what the reps are giving you to push their drugs.  I want the drugs that are going to make me feel better.  But more then that I want a doctor that I feel like is listening to my needs/concerns/questions.  A doctor who knows my time is valuable too and doesn’t keep me waiting.  But also someone who listens to me.  And I think I have found that person.  She also seems very up to date on the medications she is prescribing.  Often I seem to think that the pharmacists are more knowledgeable then the doctors I’m seeing.

Recently I’ve also been thinking more about child birth.  I guess it comes with the territory at this point.  While reading one of my regular daily blogs I came across a link to another blog about a girl who had a water birth.  I read the amazing story as told by her sister-in-law, who also documented the event with pictures.  I was pretty inspired really.  She was in labor for something like 42 hours before finally giving birth to a healthy baby boy.  I commend her for her courage because as awesome and calming as I think a water birth would be I’m pretty sure I want drugs, and LOTS of them.  :)  Yes I know I am a huge wuss and I’m okay with that.

I was talking to a friend of mine the other night and we got on the subject of water births.  We both agree in theory it sounds nice.  I think after having one I might think of trying to do this….maybe.  But I would only want to do it in a hospital setting, just in case.  I know (and am sometimes the first one to say “oh my goodness!  how did our grandparents ever do this without hospitals and doctors, how did babies actually survive not having the thermostat on 68 degrees) people do it all the time without doctors and hospitals but I think I’ll stick to having one.  At least for now.  😉

This will be TMI but I am being overrun by snot.  It really is starting to get bad.  So bad in fact, that I called the doctor this morning in hopes of getting more antibiotics called into the pharmacy but NOOOOOO I have to freaking come in AGAIN!  I am slightly annoyed that it has been less than a month and I have to go back.  At least I can sleep in a little tomorrow morning.

I feel like I should feel worse for as sick as I think I am.  Thankfully I don’t really feel bad.  And hopefully after tomorrow I can get my snot problems under control.  I can’t remember having this many sinus issues in a long time.  Ughh!

Today has not been all bad though.  I ordered 2 bedside tables from Wal-Mart.  Yes Wal-Mart.  But they are pretty cute and they are super cheap.  Cheap being the objective.  Since M and I have decided to just “make do” for now I don’t really care to spend a ton of money on furniture we may not need or want or use in a few years.  I would just like our bedroom to not have tv trays as side tables.  :)  Now I just have to paint the bed and find some acceptable bedding and I will be set.  Oh and then I need to paint the bedroom and the bathroom and while I’m at it the WHOLE house!  This could start a never-ending project…..but maybe one day M’s house will feel like our house and not just his house.

Til tomorrow!

~k

After much debate I decided to pay for my dress and have M’s mom pick it up and bring it to Raleigh.  I just couldn’t stand knowing it was sitting down there waiting for me.  M and I talked it over and decided this would work.  M’s mom will look over the dress and leave it at the house next weekend.   So when we get home from our road trip to MS my dress will be there! YAY!!!!  I really am pretty excited.

Over the weekend M and I had a wedding to attend in New Bern.  I’d never been to New Bern and it was a nice little break.  We drove down Saturday around lunch and as luck would have it just about the time we couldn’t pick up the State game on the radio they were headed to halftime.  When we got to our hotel room the second half had just started.  State put the hurtin’ on BC so I made M walk around the marina with me so I could take some pics.  We stayed in the Hilton which was right on the water.  Saturday turned out to be a beautiful day.  I got some good pics of the boats in the marina.  Then we got ready and headed to the wedding.    It was at the country club on the back lawn over looking the water.  It really was a pretty setting.

Sunday morning M and I finally got up and I called my great aunt who lives in New Bern.  She is my grandmother’s sister.  I only vaguely remember seeing her once when I was very young.  We met her at a restaurant down the street from the hotel for brunch.  After brunch she gave us a “walking” tour of downtown.  She also showed us  a house she previously lived in and then took us over to her current house.  I had heard stories from my mom that my great aunt had been a model in New York at one point but I’d never seen any pictures.  She had several on display including a national cigarette ad she was in as well as some modeling photos.   She was very pretty and had that pin-up girl look about her.  It was pretty cool to get to talk to her for a bit.

M and I finally headed home after walking around downtown, since it was Mumfest.  It was actually a pretty nice and casual weekend.  But I am glad we will be home this weekend.  Maybe I will actually get to watch an Auburn football game.  I feel like we’ve had so much going on and I keep missing games.  Although after seeing the score updates for this game I think I’m glad I didn’t watch.

Now I guess I will try to pass the time until it is time to go home.

~k