So I have reached my Senior year at UNCC and I have to say it's been an ok semester but Mondays are rough. I am at the UNCC campus from 1:00-9:30pm. It's now 1:30, 8 more hours to go. But on the upside, only 11 more of these Monday's to go! It's been a rough ride, trying to obtain my bachelor's degree but I wouldn't change a thing. I've met a lot of people, and a lot of really great professor's along the way. I honestly don't know what I am going to do without school. It has taken over so many years of my life, I will probably be bored without it. 1 year from now, ask me...
I guess I better make my trek to class. Happy Monday all!
Monday, September 12, 2011
Sunday, August 14, 2011
Getting Settled
I will be 26 years old in 21 days. Wow! I can't believe it! Where does time go?
This weekend Chad an
d I were able to get a china cabinet from some g
ood friends for a great deal. I have not had any dining room furniture at all! All I have is an old table from work that we never eat on, it just gets piled with usual items. I have been so excited, preparing the area for this beautiful piece of furniture. Forgive me for not taking a before photo, or a "real" before photo. The space used to house two old bookcases full of magazines and books. I took a picture after I cleaned and rid the area of those unsightly bookcases. The TV cabinet on the left is actually being handed down to my sister who lives in Raleigh. So... don't mind that! I also took one with sweet Charlie. I think he hates it when I take close ups. :)
d I were able to get a china cabinet from some g
ood friends for a great deal. I have not had any dining room furniture at all! All I have is an old table from work that we never eat on, it just gets piled with usual items. I have been so excited, preparing the area for this beautiful piece of furniture. Forgive me for not taking a before photo, or a "real" before photo. The space used to house two old bookcases full of magazines and books. I took a picture after I cleaned and rid the area of those unsightly bookcases. The TV cabinet on the left is actually being handed down to my sister who lives in Raleigh. So... don't mind that! I also took one with sweet Charlie. I think he hates it when I take close ups. :)All of this making decisions about buying big furniture and finally putting away our china is making me feel more like I am ready to be settled. Don't mishear me. I am not ready for a baby, just yet. I just feel like I am moving away from my "unsettled" former self. I am in my senior year at UNCC and have actually started to take a peek into the job market. I am feeling more and more ready to be out of this phase in my life.
This
morning we went to get the china cabinet, and a bookcase (we still need a place for our books, and yes
I did recycle all of those magazines...). When my dad drove off from helping unload it, and I got the bookcase and china cabinet just where I wanted them... It hit me, I need more space! Could it be? I am finally ready to buy a house? Just another step into this unknown territory. I'm starting to get excited. I still have two very stressful semesters left but I am excited, excited about this new chapter in our lives. Here are a couple of shots of the area. We also bought a dining room table from them but can't get it until November because they are still trying to sell their house. So imagine that TV stand gone, the old work table, gone, and a real, and I mean REAL dining room table? I am sooooo excited!
morning we went to get the china cabinet, and a bookcase (we still need a place for our books, and yes
I did recycle all of those magazines...). When my dad drove off from helping unload it, and I got the bookcase and china cabinet just where I wanted them... It hit me, I need more space! Could it be? I am finally ready to buy a house? Just another step into this unknown territory. I'm starting to get excited. I still have two very stressful semesters left but I am excited, excited about this new chapter in our lives. Here are a couple of shots of the area. We also bought a dining room table from them but can't get it until November because they are still trying to sell their house. So imagine that TV stand gone, the old work table, gone, and a real, and I mean REAL dining room table? I am sooooo excited!
So h
ere are a couple of closer shots. I can't believe how many b
ooks I actually got on that bookcase. I am still working on my china. That's why you don't see any of it. I do have a vase out in my china pattern. I am so glad we registered for china (Thanks Shannon for talking me into it!). I don't know when we will buy a house, hopefully within a year. This task has definitely made me feel more ready for a house, and ready to be settled.
ere are a couple of closer shots. I can't believe how many b
ooks I actually got on that bookcase. I am still working on my china. That's why you don't see any of it. I do have a vase out in my china pattern. I am so glad we registered for china (Thanks Shannon for talking me into it!). I don't know when we will buy a house, hopefully within a year. This task has definitely made me feel more ready for a house, and ready to be settled.
I can't believe I have reached this point in my life. Time flies when you're having fun!
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Where have you been?
I mean, where have I been?
It's been a crazy summer and I never thought I would say this but I cant wait until fall gets here!
Since we last spoke, we have been to the highland games in the mountains, Mrytle Beach, and Indianapolis for the Moto GP race, thankfully our next trip isn't until December 27th to the mountains for a cabin trip! I am exhausted just thinking about this summer. Chad and I have probably traveled a total of 4,000 miles all together! Insane! This is exactly what we want to do, Travel!
School has started back so maybe this means I can slow down a little bit? Hmmm?
I turn 25 on Saturday, I can hardly believe it. We are having s BBQ on Sunday with a big pool party to go with it! Its going to be a lot of work, but I know we will have a good time in the end. Food, family, friends, sounds like fun to me.
Sorry this blog is not very good. I am also, sick... Yay! I think it's all starting to catch up with me. I just hope it doesn't turn into asthmatic brochitis like last time. Taking my vitamins, and resting now. Let me be well by the weekend.
Hope you all are well! Have a great long Labor Day weekend!
It's been a crazy summer and I never thought I would say this but I cant wait until fall gets here!
Since we last spoke, we have been to the highland games in the mountains, Mrytle Beach, and Indianapolis for the Moto GP race, thankfully our next trip isn't until December 27th to the mountains for a cabin trip! I am exhausted just thinking about this summer. Chad and I have probably traveled a total of 4,000 miles all together! Insane! This is exactly what we want to do, Travel!
School has started back so maybe this means I can slow down a little bit? Hmmm?
I turn 25 on Saturday, I can hardly believe it. We are having s BBQ on Sunday with a big pool party to go with it! Its going to be a lot of work, but I know we will have a good time in the end. Food, family, friends, sounds like fun to me.
Sorry this blog is not very good. I am also, sick... Yay! I think it's all starting to catch up with me. I just hope it doesn't turn into asthmatic brochitis like last time. Taking my vitamins, and resting now. Let me be well by the weekend.
Hope you all are well! Have a great long Labor Day weekend!
Monday, July 26, 2010
Today is July 26, 2010
Do you know what this means? Chad and I have been married for a whole month! We went for a swim yesterday evening and as we were swimming around he looked at me and said, "I can't believe we made it this long!" haha I laughed at him and said I know, look at your hair! We have been together going on 7 years. It will be 7 years on February 25th. A silly hairdo is not going to scare me away. It was my idea in the first place, I just didn't know if he would go through with it. But, knowing Chad he wont turn an opportunity up like that. It has been a wonderful month together. It is fun to look back at the pictures. Chad's mom and I looked at them together recently and cant believe how perfect everything was. We are going to the beach this weekend and I have a surprise; we put an album together for them. I know she will cherish it. I also have all of the pictures on cds so that she can't pick and chose certain ones she would like to have. I hope to do something special for my mom too. I think she was ready for a break from wedding planning, really from anything wedding. It's a lot of work. It's been a month! I can't believe it.
Friday, July 23, 2010
T Minus 8 days
A week from today we will get to escape for a short weekend at the beach. Chad's whole family is leaving for the beach this week. We took off so much time for the wedding and the honeymoon so we will only be able to go on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. I won't argue because I feel blessed to just have the short time that we will be there. I am excited to look for seashells because in Key West there were none. :( I am an expert shell seeker and it's hard to go to a beach with absolutely none. I imagine I will have plenty of pictures, especially of his family's reaction to his new "look." hmmm... :P
Tuesday, July 20, 2010
Mommy's Little Monster
It is July 20th. Can anyone believe that? This means that Charlie is 10 months old, wowee! He is my little monster and everyday he tells me that he wants a sister named Lucy, hmmm? Am I ready for number 2? Egh... Maybe when he is 2. He has grown up so much; no more
chewing, no more wanting to go out every hour on the hour, we're over the puppy visits at the vet, he's becoming a big boy. I think he is just about 45lbs which I would be more than happy to have a 50lb bulldog. I don't
know if I can take him running and dive bombing me if he gets over 50lbs. He has been staying at 45lbs for the past few weeks but Chad says he won't really be full grown until he's about 2 years old. He is still so small compared to Bailey so Chad and I call him our little package. Sometimes I will go in the living room and he will be snuggled up to Chad and he will say, "look at my little package" (not in a vulgar way, get your mind out of the gutter). Here are some cute pictures I just took, just a couple of minutes ago. :)
chewing, no more wanting to go out every hour on the hour, we're over the puppy visits at the vet, he's becoming a big boy. I think he is just about 45lbs which I would be more than happy to have a 50lb bulldog. I don't
know if I can take him running and dive bombing me if he gets over 50lbs. He has been staying at 45lbs for the past few weeks but Chad says he won't really be full grown until he's about 2 years old. He is still so small compared to Bailey so Chad and I call him our little package. Sometimes I will go in the living room and he will be snuggled up to Chad and he will say, "look at my little package" (not in a vulgar way, get your mind out of the gutter). Here are some cute pictures I just took, just a couple of minutes ago. :)Sunday, July 18, 2010
Highland Games
"Oh there's sober men and plenty, and drunkards barely twenty, there are men of over ninety that have never yet kissed a girl but give me a ramblin' rover, Fae Orkney down to Dover, we will roam the country over and together we'll face the world..."
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I haven't really had much time to blog lately. Life has set in this summer; seems like once something is over with there is something else to anticipate. Chad and I love the life we are living and wouldn't change anything we have done together thus far. It is very nice to get away for the weekend and when we went to the Highland Games it was the perfect getaway.
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I haven't really had much time to blog lately. Life has set in this summer; seems like once something is over with there is something else to anticipate. Chad and I love the life we are living and wouldn't change anything we have done together thus far. It is very nice to get away for the weekend and when we went to the Highland Games it was the perfect getaway.
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There are no real words to
describe the feeling at the Highland Games. It is almost like you step into a different time, a different country, a different world. First things first, you have to ride an old school bus up the side of Grandfather Mountain to get to the "Meadow." Once you step foot off 
the bus many smells reach your nose; some good, some not so good. The first smell was the smell of a burning fire because there were hundreds of people camping. It was an interesting site to see because you have to walk through the campground to get to the gates. Almost everyone was in a kilt or some form of traditional Scottish attire. The temperature was wonderful; it was in the upper sixties when we got there. When you get through the gates you begin to smell breakfast. There were breakfast biscuits or traditional favorites like Scottish eggs (Chad's new favorite breakfast item). The next thing I remember was hearing all the bagpipes playing the Scottish anthem of sorts.
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describe the feeling at the Highland Games. It is almost like you step into a different time, a different country, a different world. First things first, you have to ride an old school bus up the side of Grandfather Mountain to get to the "Meadow." Once you step foot off 
the bus many smells reach your nose; some good, some not so good. The first smell was the smell of a burning fire because there were hundreds of people camping. It was an interesting site to see because you have to walk through the campground to get to the gates. Almost everyone was in a kilt or some form of traditional Scottish attire. The temperature was wonderful; it was in the upper sixties when we got there. When you get through the gates you begin to smell breakfast. There were breakfast biscuits or traditional favorites like Scottish eggs (Chad's new favorite breakfast item). The next thing I remember was hearing all the bagpipes playing the Scottish anthem of sorts. The 
view was amazing and you could almost hear the music echoing off the mountains. When you see the playing fields, it's almost like a huge football field, only they are not playing football. Around the field is a track, then around the track are all the tents which house the "Clans." All of the traditional Scottish names you think you would see, were there, MacArthur, Graham, Wallace, Mackay(Shannon, does James spell his name like that?), MacDougall, Munroe, Ramsay, along with many others. It was really nice because there was a constant breeze which sent all the Scottish flags flying, it was so neat.
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view was amazing and you could almost hear the music echoing off the mountains. When you see the playing fields, it's almost like a huge football field, only they are not playing football. Around the field is a track, then around the track are all the tents which house the "Clans." All of the traditional Scottish names you think you would see, were there, MacArthur, Graham, Wallace, Mackay(Shannon, does James spell his name like that?), MacDougall, Munroe, Ramsay, along with many others. It was really nice because there was a constant breeze which sent all the Scottish flags flying, it was so neat. We hope to visit the Highland Games in Laurinburg in the beginning of October and Chad's parents hope to join us. I think Chad and I will be all decked out in Scottish garb when we go. I will make sure and let you know about it and post some pictures, it should be a sight to see.
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