So Much for Global Warming.

Piecing...

This is my first official post on Apple. I still can't believe that I am officially a mac owner (I'm kinda glad our old computer crashed). I feel like a kid in a candy store! Since I got an ipod from Matt'a parents for Christmas I have been downloading all of my c.d.'s onto itunes. I have even played with my "turn your records into mp3s" record player. Haven't quite mastered that one yet. I feel so technically savvy.

Anyway, I took the first half of my quilting class this weekend and this pile of fabric...

turned into this.

I learned a ton about the CORRECT way to piece and I can't wait until I start to actually quilt it next week. I'm not thrilled about the pattern... but man it was fun. Especially since I was the only one there under the age of 50.

A Few Things

That made me happy this morning...1. A newly brushed/de-matted Iz.
Since spending time with the shitzu cousins at my parents house over the holidays, Izzy's chest was one giant hairball caked in dog saliva. I brushed the heck out of her last night and now I can rub her belly without the risk of losing my hand in a snarl of hair.


2. Kashi waffles.So I started working out regularly about a month ago. Since doing so I have noticed that I have more energy and I am in an overall better mood. But man am I hungry and I mean all the time. Take this morning for example. I woke up at 7:00 (this is earlier than usual mind you) and my stomach was already growling like an angry polar bear ( This may or may not be a reference to Lost). So I toasted up some Kashi Honey Nut waffles and ate them with devotion. If you haven't tried these delightful breakfasty treats I suggest you visit your neighborhood grocer's freezer section.

3. Smucker's Strawberry Syrup to go on my Kashi waffles.
I am crazy over this stuff. Maybe that is why I've had breakfast for dinner 3 nights this week. They also have blueberry and blackberry flavors. The best part? Matt doesn't like it, so that means I get it all to myself. Mmmm, sticky goodness.

I Have a New Pet

Her name is Apple. She is joining our family tomorrow. I love my husband...

Bonnie... the Baptist Bachelorette

I met Bonnie the first week of my sophomore year of college at the BCM. She had short blond hair and was the most Baptist girl I'd ever met. She was quiet and reserved. Our relationship went as far as saying hello at the BCM and when I came to visit Megan and Charvi in the dorms. I didn't find out until much later that she was in my music class that fall semester. I didn't notice her for a couple of reasons. I was madly in love for the first time in my life and I spent most of that class wishing I were with Matt or writing my name with his last name - &- I always sat front and center and Bonnie was more of a middle girl. Apparently she noticed me because I always came late in sweats with my hair in the highest, messiest ponytail she'd ever seen. We laugh a lot about this now because this pretty much describes Bonnie and I to a T.

After going through a severe depression that Fall I moved out of a sorority house and back into the dorms with a random roommate. My best friend Megan left school after that semester and I was terrified. She had been my rock and now I was going to have to make it on my own. However, I found out quickly that I was far from alone. Spring semester Bonnie (& Ashley) let me lounge around on their dorm room floor, eat their food, and allowed me to be me without asking questions. After that semester Bonnie and I only got closer and over the years we have both changed. As Bonnie's hair got darker, her views on life changed too. Although we both hit bumps on the road, we came out on the other side stronger, more determined, and most importantly... better friends. I respect Bonnie for her convictions, her strength, and her relationship with Christ. She isn't afraid to apologize for her mistakes and her love is genuine.

Last year, this independent Baptist girl met the man of her dreams in a red headed weatherman named Clint. Instantly she was smitten and I got to see a side of Bonnie I had never seen before. Next month she will become a wife and begin an adventure that she never expected. Bonnie is giving her future husband the gift of herself for the rest of her life and I think Clint would agree that he got a good one.

Congratulations Bonnie and Clint!

This weekend those who love her celebrated Bonnie by going ice skating in Forest Park and eating at the Old Spaghetti Factory. I think the photos will speak for themselves.

Busy Bee.

Even though I was away this weekend for Bonnie's bachelorette party, I desperately wanted to try out one of my new sewing books JoEllen gave me for Christmas. So far Bend-the-rules Sewing by Amy Karol seems pretty straight forward. Don't get me wrong there was some frustration and a few phone calls to my mom but I finished my first mini tote, with backing & a lining. I didn't even have to buy fabric, I just used what I had lying around the house. I hope this is the first of many.
I have to go back to work tomorrow which I am whole heartedly dreading. I will be back soon to post photos from this weekend. Happy Monday.... BLEH.

A New Year....

yesterday was the last day of a spectacular year.

But I can't wait for all of the adventures that await us in 2009!

Here is a little reminder of all the great things we did in 08.

in 2008...

• we joined netflix
  
• bought my first digital SLR and started a photography business.
  
• celebrated Matt's 27th birthday
• carved our first Hawaiian pineapple
  
• celebrated our first Easter together
  
• I was given my first sewing machine and finished my first sewing project all on my own.
  
• made my first strawberry pie.
  
• went to the driving range with husband.
  
• celebrated my 23rd birthday, got LOTS of Vera Bradley
• bought our first house.
• brought home a standard poodle named Izzy
  
• went to Nashville to hang with the sistas.
• had the best 4th of July ever.
• finished our honeymoon scrapbook and loved reliving every moment of it
• rode the "L" all by myself.
• survived a hurricane in Florida with the whole family.
• landscaped our first house
• ate fettuccine on our patio by candle light
• celebrated our first year of marriage
• made a Halloween banner
• carved pumpkins and ate apple pie with friends
• were given trees to plant in our yard
• refurbished a desk
• decorated our first house for Christmas

I hope next year lives up to this one.


Happy New Year from us to You