It's raining.. it's pouring...

The old man is snoring... Well i think that is how that goes. I think someone sure did sing that song this morning, because boy!! did it rain. Last night i fell asleep at 9:30 (blissful!) and woke up late this morning.. I hadn't slept in a LONG time. After I got off work yesterday morning I had a full day with adriana. We started by going to panera for breakfast. I had their bacon egg and cheese on ciabatta brea. YUMMm. I definitely recommend it. After that, we headed over to the flea market. We had so much fun looking at everything and saying what we would do if we bought it ha. OUr feet were both tired after this, so we decided to go get manis and pedis. THIS was a great decision. The girl that I had was absolutely wonderful. She could rub feet like no other. And, when it came to do the little hand massage, she reaches up and grabs my shoulders where i yelped out "YOU are now my best friend hahah". It was great.. Was nice to be pampered on. Next we went to Lunch at pei wei and coffee afterward because i was fading fast!!!! We did a little shopping at TJ max and then called it a day...

Needless to say i was exhausted, so falling asleep at 9:30 last night was totally expected and welcomed. Well we woke up today and were going to Mason's baseball game, my nephew.. We were rushing because we left a little late. Because someone *cough cough* woke up a little late :) .... We headed over there and it was raining a little bit. Leslie texted me and said that they were waiting it out and probably gonna start about fifteen minutes late. So regardless of the rain, we headed over there... When we got over there they were already playing. It was sprinkling a little big but not bad.... Wellll.. little did we know, the floodgates were about to open.... ANd you could cue the song now.> IT POURED.... They were letting everyone hit at least once... By the time we got all packed up and walked back to the car, I was soaked.. I had to take my shirt off and wring it out in order to wear it for the rest of the afternoon... So we were heading home and decided to stop by providence.

Graham and I ended up going to see the Hunger games. WOnderful!!!! I think we both enjoyed it. Can't wait for the next movies to come out now!!!! We ended the night with a little shopping.> Enjoyed it thoroughly.

So to the story i started this post for. My mom texted me a story during the movie.. When i called her after to talk to her about it.... She could barely talk she was laughing so hard.... So they went down to savannah georgia for the weekend. Mom said that she dropped dad off at some place for him to go in and ask directions to some restaurant... Well dad went in and asked for directions. When he came back, he got back in the car and was telling "mom how to get to the restaurant when little did he know mom was really circling the parking lot. HE had gotten in the wrong car with some man!!! HILARIOUS... So he grabbed his pride and got in the RIGHT car. Mom said that she looked in the mirror back at the guy and he was laughing so hard.. I think we all got a good laugh with it....

So i hope that story gives you a little laugh. ENJOY

LIVE WELL * LAUGH MUCH* LOVE OFTEN

March madness

Graham and I have enjoyed filling out our brackets this year. We joined a group on Espn.com It has been pretty fun. We haven't done it together before and this year it has been really fun!!! We are a little bit competitive, but all is fair in love and game right?? I'm not doing so hot with the Missouri and the duke loss, but who really is anyways?? Hopefuly we'll both end up doing fairly well. I guess we will see in a few days. It is sooo surprising how many upsets there have been this year!!!!

The only thing i think of when march madness rolls around is the beach. I always used to fill out brackets and update them at n ight while at the beach. This year we are going to go int he summer like last year. It was so much warmer, and the water was so much better. So hopefully we will catch some great weather. I CANNOT wait. I love going down to cape san blas. This will be my 11 or 12th year to go. WOW! Can't believe it has been that long. IT is the best beach ever!!!! I love riding bikes while we are down there. Last year graham and i made the journey to the trading post on the bikes which is quite a ways, and by the time we got back we were exhausted!! But what great memories! Loved being able to bring my bike and ride around when i wanted to.. Hopefully we will be able to bring them again this year. We kind of had to rig the bike rack last year though because we lost some parts in the flood ha. O well we probably looked like national lampoon's vacation!!!!
Regardless, I am super uber siked about going this year. Can't wait to get a tan and spend some time AWAY from nashville and away from work. Maybe, we can stop by and see graham''s family on the way down!!!!

Over and out!!!

Spring is here...

Spring is here. Hopefully to stay. We shall see. I am in love with this weather. If you know me, you know that I love nothing in the world better than warm weather. I am a certified sissy when it comes to cold weather. I hate it so much. I love the spring time and even the summer time when it is HOT!!!! I mostly am excited about pool time this summer. can't wait to get some color in my cheeks again. I look awful without a tan. The other day at the flea market, a man asked for my driver's license. He said "phew you look a lot tanner". I said "yeah I look sickly without a tan". Well he took it as i have been sickly lately, because he patted me on the back and said "well, honey, i hope things start to get better for you". Ha i knew i looked bad, but that bad??? Ouch!! maybe it was the glasses and getting up early on a saturday morning to shop. Regardless, that made me even more anxious to get this beautiful weather we're having here.
I am so excited. Next tuesday, Me, my mom, my sister, and my nephew are all going to see mary poppins at TPAC. I have waited years to see this and am sooooo excited!! LOVE mary poppins and love seeing broadway shows at tpac! It will be fun to see my sweet nephew watch the show.

Well, I mentioned in my last post we were starting on our sun room. Well we finished it this weekend! It looks marvelous. I will try to put some before and after pictures on here later!! i will also try and put some pictures from our honeymoon on here!!!! Anyways, back to the sunroom. It looks wonderful! We have to finish a few last minute things, but that is about it!! We painted the walls a light gray, and the floors a dark charcoal gray color. Graham's alabama pictures will be our accent colors with red and black. I am hoping to be able to sew some cushions for the wicker furniture that is hounds tooth. We shall see. We are waiting a couple more days to put the furniture in the room to make sure that the floors are totally dry.
Another exciting piece of news for me at least is that i painted my craft table!!! (drafting table). I am already bursting at the seams thinking of all the crafts/projects i want to do in the future. Not to mention i have about six or seven rooms that needs curtains sewn for them!!! Hopefully it will get done sooner rather than later!!!!
Graham and i had softball practice no sunday afternoon. it was a beautiful day. So warm outside and was a perfect day to hit around and play. We all took a few grounders and each hit a bucket of balls. somehow, I got stuck pitchign to almost every single person on the team. I pitched a whole bucket of balls to each person. That was probably a good 25-30 per person and then multiply that by 9 people! Let's just say on monday morning, my arms and legs felt like they may fall off at any point in time. I was miserable!!!! But the soreness is starting to work itself out of my body. Thank goodness!!!
Graham and i have really been working on starting a workout regimen and hopefuly starting to eat better. i will keep you posted on how that is going. So far we are struggling. But we WILL get there.. Promise.

I think i have rambled enough. I need to stop typing before my eyes start crossing!!! thanks to all who actually read this and hope you have a blessed day!!!

New year new life.

What a great year it has been already. I Well my great year started right at the end of july and beginning of august. Married my main squeeze and have enjoyed being married.

I started my new job at Vanderbilt NICU. It has been quite the journey. I have already had so many great learning experiences. I have seen more things than I ever thought possible as a nurse. On another note, i am now terrified to have children. Ha. Seeing all of the things that could possibly go wrong in a pregnancy is not good for a woman of child bearing age to be around constantly!! Its scary!!! Altogether, I love being able to be a part of a family's lives during difficult times. It is very rewarding to be able to guide parents through these times. I have already seen myself grow as a nurse and as a person which is what I wanted in a career.

Onto the fun stuff.. married life... Graham and I are enjoying our time together. Bless his heart, because this sleep deprived nurse can be crabby sometimes. But at the end of the day he still loves me. Imagine that!! And.... after already seven months of marriage, we are still going strong and like being around each other. Well... i speak for us both. I hope he still wants to be around me!!! We are enjoying having our sweet little dog. That dog is more spoiled than any dog I know. she gets yummy homemade treats from her grandparents, and a new bone every time she chews another one up!! I'd say she is living the life!!! Loving life!!! She loves the random days when she can go to the grandparents house and have a little vacation from home. She is so ready to run out that door, she kind of hurts her momma's feelings. She has no separation anxiety whatsoever.

Now, to the house. We have made great progress. Our room is done. The living room is done. We painted the walls a nice gray color and the ceiling a bluish greenish color. It is beautiful and already looks so much better without the little lights around the ceiling!!! We just need a new living room suite now. (that is when we get the money!) Our old couch and chairs from granny's house will have to do for now. Our front bedroom is also done. We painted it the color of the ceiling in the living room. It turned out so nice. We actually had to drywall the ceiling in there because it was the board that was all over the walls in our bedroom. instead of sanding the ceiling and painting it, we decided on just putting up dry wall to give it a clean look. With the furniture in there that i got at the auction. It has turned out really cute also. We just need to get some pictures on the wall and some decor and we'll be set.