I'm Back

I've re-vamped my blog and changed the name; I guess you've noticed. I thought it was appropriate since I've started a new chapter in life. Here lately I've felt like blogging. Now that things have settled, I'll have more time to write. I loved the wedding planning process, but I must admit, I'm so glad it's over. Being married is a lot better than being engaged! :) God has been teaching me so much about my relationship with Eric paralleling with my relationship with HIM. HE is good. More on that later. I have to run, but I wanted to post a little blurb.

Taking a Minute to say "Thank-You!" :)

I just want to take this opportunity to brag on my sweet boyfriend… My birthday was yesterday, so Sunday he took me out to celebrate (last night was a family party). We went with my parents to church Sunday morning, and at lunch he surprised me with a yummy strawberry chocolate cake he made himself. I was impressed that he did such a good job! That afternoon we did some fun shopping. And then he took me to the Melting Pot. He called ahead of time and had the restaurant put roses on the table. They were gorgeous! Then they took our picture and framed it. The meal was so fun – I’ve wanted to go there for a long time. Last night after the family party, Eric surprised me with another gift – a gift certificate to a spa. He said I’ve been talking about getting a massage and it’s about time I got one. Eric put so much thought into making this the best birthday I’ve ever had. He’s the greatest!

And I have wonderful friends and family too. I got lots of fun e-cards, texts, facebook messages, and phone calls on my birthday. Oh, and a very special friend took me out to lunch – yum! I love you all!!! God has blessed me more than I could ever ask.

What a Fun Weekend!

Saturday was Eric's Birthday - Happy Birthday Darlin'! I made him a yummy cheesecake and we had a family party for him that afternoon.



Later that night I took him to Brenners Steakhouse - so good! We were able to get a table outside by ourselves. It was so romantic! :) There were waterfalls and candle light to top it off. (Guys - I would highly recommend this to the ladies in your life - you'll score major points.)

After that we went to ComedySportz - so funny!

And if that wasn't good enough, Sunday afternoon we had a combined Birthday Party (Eric, Carmen and me). We went to Track 21 and rode go-carts and played laser tag. I came in dead last at laser tag with -1,676 points. I didn't think that was possible, but hey, it won't be hard to improve next time!

This was the best weekend I've had in I don't know how long. It's so fun to get away from life for a couple of days and take a vacation right where you live. :)

Chocolate was not my Friend this Afternoon

I was so very hungry by the time lunch break came around this afternoon. I had to run an errand before I could grab something to eat, so I decided to eat a stick of the new 90 calorie crunch bar. Yum! But the sad news is that a piece of chocolate fell in the seat and I didn’t realize until I got out of the car and saw melted chocolate on my leather car seat. Yes, that meant that I had chocolate on my rear – the chocolate literally went straight to my butt. Fortunately I was wearing darker pants and I got most of it off, so you couldn’t even tell. Praise the Lord I didn’t go for light pants this morning! I think this is just confirmation that I need to lay off the sweets.

I'm Thankful

It’s become a tradition in our family to say what we’re thankful for after the Thanksgiving meal. God has blessed me more than I possibly deserve!

In no particular order…

• Bar-b-que instead of turkey for Thanksgiving
• Salvation
• Eric :)
• My wonderful family including my adorable nephew
• The best friends ever
• An awesome church family
• A new job
• Living in America
• God’s Provision
• And a whole bunch more
  

Thank-you Lord for Your blessings.

Happy Thanksgiving!

HaPpY bIrThDaY!!!

Today is my wonderful sister's birthday...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MELANIE!!!

Nothing Difficult is Ever Easy*

Eric and I are trying to get his bathroom re-modeled before his parents come down to visit for Thanksgiving. We didn’t think it would take too long, but here’s what happened:

• Went to Home Depot and Lowes and Target to buy everything
• Took down fixtures to re-paint
• Found out the fixtures left huge holes in the walls
• Tape and Floated the walls
• Painted walls with two coats
• Put the new facet on the brand new granite counter top and sink
• Went to Home Depot to buy new hoses for the sink
• Went back to Home Depot to exchange the recently bought hoses and buy another size
• Put the sink on the counter top only to find it was too big for the counter
• Extended the counter top by using pieces from the medicine cabinet
• This time the sink fit on the top
• Found out the plumbing didn’t match up
• Next Day: Went to Home Depot to buy PVC pipe
• Went back to Home Depot to exchange recently bought pipe and buy another size
• Cut and matched up the PVC pipe
• Yay! It’s all done!
  

Whew! It’s finally finished. Our project took a lot longer than expected but it looks great. Now we just have to clean up. I’m looking forward to Thanksgiving – maybe we’ll get some rest.

* Taken from Eric’s grandfather’s sayings.

Some One Must be Really Happy

I find it odd that I went to the restroom and some one was humming while taking care of business. Humm...

Blonde Moment

The other day I sat at a stop sign waiting for it to turn green... I blame it on being tired.