Wednesday, July 8, 2009
Sunday, March 22, 2009
Found a funny pic
Haha. I found a photo of me running the half marathon in October. Click on the link to see me getting smoked by a 50 year old women (no offense to 50 year olds)!
http://www.photoreflect.com/pr3/orderpage.aspx?pi=057B006U0G0000&po=0
http://www.photoreflect.com/pr3/orderpage.aspx?pi=057B006U0G0000&po=0
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
Hopefully this catches you up
So what has happened in the almost 6 months since I have posted? Following the Dawgs around the SEC, Graduation, another birthday, a new year, weddings, a pregnancy announcement, a new president, a new job, my first trip to the ER, and a snow storm. Not much really :) Hmm, where should I start?
We'll start with the bittersweet football season of our beloved Georgia Bulldogs. We endured blasting heat and the ear-piercing cry of the cock in Columbia, SC to watch the Dawgs pull off an ugly victory against the Gamecocks. We braved the freezing wind of Lexington to see Georgia clinch a last minute victory, and endure the brutal winds and blistering beating the Gators put on us in Jacksonville. Good thing for great friends, yummy eats, and beautiful scenery (well to Lexington anyway) to make all the trips worthwhile.
The next stop on my jog down memory lane is Graduation. That was a long time in the making. My grad school mates are laughing while Steve, my mother, and I are heaving big sighs of relief-all for different reasons I am sure. It was pretty hectic but of course fun with so much of our family in town. I mean you have to know you have a great family if they fly and drive from different parts of the country to watch you march across a stage looking like Harry Potter (seriously have you seen the sleeves on the graduate robes?) at a boring ceremony that lasts for less than 2 hours. If any of you are reading this, thanks again. It meant a ton! As with all graduations, it was exciting to begin a new chapter while saddening (if "maddening" is a word, isn't "saddening?") to say goodbye to good friends. I miss you!!
This year we relieved the Christmas of my past with my family in Cochran. I love the old familiar traditions of sharing a delicious Thanksgivingish meal with family at my paternal grandparents' home on Christmas Eve. The crowd, the noise, and the excitement grows each time we are there. Christmas day was also very traditional this year as we spent the day at my parents' home and the evening at my maternal grandparents' home eating as usual an very non-traditional meal. This year it was pizza.
Our next road trip took us to Asheville to the Biltmore. If you've never seen a castle, the Biltmore is as close as you'll get in the U.S. It's a pretty amazing to be in a house that is at least 100 times bigger than mine (I know I know, it doesn't take much to be bigger than ours- lol). A chance dinner at the Grove Park Inn was a delicious unexpected surprise. Just so you are more informed than I was when I selected it for dinner...there are many restaurants at the resort. They are probably all good but we went to the Blue Ridge Dining Room. The food and the view are nice.
On the road again....we spent New Year's driving to Virginia, stopping to watch the Dawgs not-so-fabulous first half and driving through the worth-watching second half. Watching our friends Kevin and Joanne become Lt. Junior Grade (did I get that right, Joanne?) and Mrs. Kevin Walter was beautiful. The bride, ceremony, and reception were gorgeous of course. I love weddings. Even Steve, Mr. "I don't do weddings" had a good time (wink)!
A week later it was off to Michigan to play mom to three great boys. Little did I know that the freezing temps and snow would prep me for a March weekend in Georgia! Ha.
In case you are wondering when I found time to get a job, it was while I was on the road. Literally. I applied for my current job from a hotel room and arranged interviews on the weekend between trips and while driving to the airport. I even had to arrange to fly home early from Michigan to attend orientation and start a job that I didn't have when I left. A big thank you to those of you who facilitated this process. I love my job!
It seemed that as crazy as things were, they were equally as wonderful. Life can't always be a bowl of peaches, right? Valentine's morning found me feeling icky. I put on my brave, feel-good face because my best friend Brooke was in town and we had events to attend. As the day wore on, it became more and more difficult to keep on my happy face. Finally, later that night, I found myself in the ER with Steve by my side and a disgruntled lady ranting in the corner of the room. Every test they ran was negative. Here's the irony. I was nauseated and in pain all day. It progressed to the point that they gave me morphine for the pain, but it made me so sick that they had to give me anti-nausea medicine. haha. Poor Steve sat in a cramped chair by my side the whole time. Talk about showing some love on Valentine's Day!
Snow. March. Georgia. If you live here or have ever lived here, you understand. Let me illustrate. We experience mild temps for most of the winter. We usually are wearing short sleeves at Christmas, and we get a cold spell or two in January and February but usually nothing major. But if it gets cold in March, you had better be prepared because it's gonna be nasty. And this past weekend was no exception. Rain on Friday, rain on Saturday, and rain, sleet, and snow on Sunday= power outages, horrible roads, no work on Monday, and the hospitality of nice friends. Can you believe we got about 6 or 7 inches here at our house? I can everytime I walk to my car and slip on the frozen snow. We can barely even open our front door. If we were smart, we would have shoveled it away before it turned to ice. Oh well. I have documented the spectacular sight in pics on facebook and will probably upload some here soon (remember "soon" is so relative. lol) And it's predicted to be in the 60's or 70's later this week! Gotta love Georgia weather.
Congrats, Renee and Dylan. We love you and are so happy for you! I'm so excited about being an aunt again!
And to Laura and Matt we wish you all the happiness in the world!
We'll start with the bittersweet football season of our beloved Georgia Bulldogs. We endured blasting heat and the ear-piercing cry of the cock in Columbia, SC to watch the Dawgs pull off an ugly victory against the Gamecocks. We braved the freezing wind of Lexington to see Georgia clinch a last minute victory, and endure the brutal winds and blistering beating the Gators put on us in Jacksonville. Good thing for great friends, yummy eats, and beautiful scenery (well to Lexington anyway) to make all the trips worthwhile.
The next stop on my jog down memory lane is Graduation. That was a long time in the making. My grad school mates are laughing while Steve, my mother, and I are heaving big sighs of relief-all for different reasons I am sure. It was pretty hectic but of course fun with so much of our family in town. I mean you have to know you have a great family if they fly and drive from different parts of the country to watch you march across a stage looking like Harry Potter (seriously have you seen the sleeves on the graduate robes?) at a boring ceremony that lasts for less than 2 hours. If any of you are reading this, thanks again. It meant a ton! As with all graduations, it was exciting to begin a new chapter while saddening (if "maddening" is a word, isn't "saddening?") to say goodbye to good friends. I miss you!!
This year we relieved the Christmas of my past with my family in Cochran. I love the old familiar traditions of sharing a delicious Thanksgivingish meal with family at my paternal grandparents' home on Christmas Eve. The crowd, the noise, and the excitement grows each time we are there. Christmas day was also very traditional this year as we spent the day at my parents' home and the evening at my maternal grandparents' home eating as usual an very non-traditional meal. This year it was pizza.
Our next road trip took us to Asheville to the Biltmore. If you've never seen a castle, the Biltmore is as close as you'll get in the U.S. It's a pretty amazing to be in a house that is at least 100 times bigger than mine (I know I know, it doesn't take much to be bigger than ours- lol). A chance dinner at the Grove Park Inn was a delicious unexpected surprise. Just so you are more informed than I was when I selected it for dinner...there are many restaurants at the resort. They are probably all good but we went to the Blue Ridge Dining Room. The food and the view are nice.
On the road again....we spent New Year's driving to Virginia, stopping to watch the Dawgs not-so-fabulous first half and driving through the worth-watching second half. Watching our friends Kevin and Joanne become Lt. Junior Grade (did I get that right, Joanne?) and Mrs. Kevin Walter was beautiful. The bride, ceremony, and reception were gorgeous of course. I love weddings. Even Steve, Mr. "I don't do weddings" had a good time (wink)!
A week later it was off to Michigan to play mom to three great boys. Little did I know that the freezing temps and snow would prep me for a March weekend in Georgia! Ha.
In case you are wondering when I found time to get a job, it was while I was on the road. Literally. I applied for my current job from a hotel room and arranged interviews on the weekend between trips and while driving to the airport. I even had to arrange to fly home early from Michigan to attend orientation and start a job that I didn't have when I left. A big thank you to those of you who facilitated this process. I love my job!
It seemed that as crazy as things were, they were equally as wonderful. Life can't always be a bowl of peaches, right? Valentine's morning found me feeling icky. I put on my brave, feel-good face because my best friend Brooke was in town and we had events to attend. As the day wore on, it became more and more difficult to keep on my happy face. Finally, later that night, I found myself in the ER with Steve by my side and a disgruntled lady ranting in the corner of the room. Every test they ran was negative. Here's the irony. I was nauseated and in pain all day. It progressed to the point that they gave me morphine for the pain, but it made me so sick that they had to give me anti-nausea medicine. haha. Poor Steve sat in a cramped chair by my side the whole time. Talk about showing some love on Valentine's Day!
Snow. March. Georgia. If you live here or have ever lived here, you understand. Let me illustrate. We experience mild temps for most of the winter. We usually are wearing short sleeves at Christmas, and we get a cold spell or two in January and February but usually nothing major. But if it gets cold in March, you had better be prepared because it's gonna be nasty. And this past weekend was no exception. Rain on Friday, rain on Saturday, and rain, sleet, and snow on Sunday= power outages, horrible roads, no work on Monday, and the hospitality of nice friends. Can you believe we got about 6 or 7 inches here at our house? I can everytime I walk to my car and slip on the frozen snow. We can barely even open our front door. If we were smart, we would have shoveled it away before it turned to ice. Oh well. I have documented the spectacular sight in pics on facebook and will probably upload some here soon (remember "soon" is so relative. lol) And it's predicted to be in the 60's or 70's later this week! Gotta love Georgia weather.
Congrats, Renee and Dylan. We love you and are so happy for you! I'm so excited about being an aunt again!
And to Laura and Matt we wish you all the happiness in the world!
Sunday, October 12, 2008
Running running running
...makes me happy. So funny, too considering I pretty much hated running long distances for most of my life. Sorry, Dad, you tried so hard, I know! But honestly it was just so blasted boring. At least with soccer you get to chase a ball, but with cross country you just run. That got really old really fast when I was in high school. Not to mention X-country season coincided with softball season. Two 2-a-days= 4 practices per day in August in Georgia. Can you say "shoot me now?" Naturally, softball won out and running was reserved for suicides during softball practice and track practice in the spring. Running might have been enjoyable had I at least had a ball to chase. But I grew up in Cochran and there was no soccer. (In case you are laughing, I am not kidding. Not in school, not rec league, no where).
But now, Dad you can start smirking, I love running. One of the items on my life's to-do list was to run a half marathon. I disliked running so much that it seemed like one of those things I would do when I hit a mid-life crisis or something. Thankfully I didn't have to wait that long. Steve and I ran a half marathon together in March- thank you very much Brad Bowser. (Steve running is another post in itself!)
It was a trail race which was really fun. My friend Julia and my dad also ran. Well...bless his heart, dear ole Dad tried to run, but was too sick. He shouldn't have even run at all, but Davis' are such competitors that he didn't want me to show him out :) Unbeknownst to us before the race, David Cates and Krista Mullins also ran. Yea for running friends!
Well, we both survived our first 13.1. If you are an adrenaline junkie, run a race. It gives you such a great high! And it just might give you a chance to mark of one of those items on your life's to-do list or a great new hobby.
Can't wait for the Silver Comet on October 25th. There are at least 10 people just from our ward who are running! I'll have to take some pics of all those men in short shorts! Haha!!
But now, Dad you can start smirking, I love running. One of the items on my life's to-do list was to run a half marathon. I disliked running so much that it seemed like one of those things I would do when I hit a mid-life crisis or something. Thankfully I didn't have to wait that long. Steve and I ran a half marathon together in March- thank you very much Brad Bowser. (Steve running is another post in itself!)
It was a trail race which was really fun. My friend Julia and my dad also ran. Well...bless his heart, dear ole Dad tried to run, but was too sick. He shouldn't have even run at all, but Davis' are such competitors that he didn't want me to show him out :) Unbeknownst to us before the race, David Cates and Krista Mullins also ran. Yea for running friends!
Well, we both survived our first 13.1. If you are an adrenaline junkie, run a race. It gives you such a great high! And it just might give you a chance to mark of one of those items on your life's to-do list or a great new hobby.
Can't wait for the Silver Comet on October 25th. There are at least 10 people just from our ward who are running! I'll have to take some pics of all those men in short shorts! Haha!!
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