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