Minnesota here I come!!!!

So I am off to Minnesota today for a quick trip home. I fly in to Minneapolis tonight at 12:30am and then leave Minneapolis on Thursday at 7:00pm. Enough time to see family, but hardly any time to do the things I really want to do and not enough time to see all my friends. The good thing about this trip is that is has been 100% paid for by some layers office in MN, bad news is I am flying home to give my deposition for a civil court case. I was a passenger in a car accident SEVEN years ago and now the other person in the accident is suing my friend who was driving that day. I am not looking forward to talking about this accident, as it brings back bad memories, but I am excited to see my family and spend 2 short days in MN. I will post some pictures from my trip when I get back! For now here is a pic of my hometown...

Concerts on the Lawn

Every summer there is a B&B here in Athens that puts on a series of concerts in their massive and beautiful backyard! Fortunately for me, these concerts are sponsored by my employer so I can get free tickets!! Last year we only went to one concert, but we had a GREAT time! So the first concert this year was a Beatles cover band called Abby Road and once again we had a lot of fun! We pack a picnic dinner and meet up with some friends to sit in a beautiful garden and listen to good music. Here are some pictures from our night...I cant wait for the next one!:)

25th Birthday!!!

So...Saturday was my 25th Birthday (I am a 1/4 of a century old!!) and I had a fabulous day with my hubby, Eric! We went to the Flower Man (aka GrowersOutletLLC.com)and bought a TON of flowers for very little money...then we went home and planted them before it rained...but it never rained so we had a great time out in the sun working on the garden and doing a little yard maintenance! Saturday night Eric made dinner for me. He made a Penne pasta with panchetta (YUM!!). He did a great job and it was nice to be pampered!

Tonight we went out with some Friends to Casa Mia for my birthday and it was SO much fun! Eric and I split a pitcher of mojitos (surprisingly it didn't affect us too much) and ate some GREAT food! Here are some pictures from the night...

The girls...Melissa, Katie, Me, Missy & Vi


The boys...Eric, Matt, Jason, Anthony


Vi eating chocolate cake...YUM!


Me & Eric...


And finally the silver butterfly...Melissa gave this to me as a birthday gift (isn't she wonderful...) and she got it from her cousin to wear with her aqua bridesmaid dress...yes I said aqua....ANYWAYS...we all decided that it would get passed around as the birthday bling...so who is the next lucky birthday girl?? :)

Small town USA

My friend Melissa invited me to go with her to Greensboro, GA...she had to do some life-style shoots for this magazine that hired her to take some pics for them. (Side note: Melissa is an AMAZING photographer, she does great wedding pics, family pics, whatever you want! And I am not just saying that because she is my friend...check out her website! www.melissapepin.com)So we go to Greensboro for the Spring Jubilee and we see a whole lot of Country! The best part was the 4H Club section where they had a little petting zoo...and they had these CUTE baby chickens! Unfortunately for the chicks there was a display board right next to them with chicken recipes on it!!! We got a laugh out of that one!

So here is a picture of me and Melissa and me and a chick...courtesy, of course, by Melissa Pepin Photography :)

Jury Duty!!

So about 2 weeks ago I got a summons in the mail to serve as a juror! Today I went and sat through the jury selection...not thinking there was ANY way they would choose me...but of course... the did!! So now I get to get out of work for a few days and get free lunch...not bad hu?
I have to say though today was very cool seeing the judicial process at work. It is very interesting in learning about how it all works and I am proud to be able to be a part of it! I cant wait to learn more...hopefully the case will be interesting...but of course I wont be able to share it with you all...SORRY!

Dried Mango!!

A great thing happened today...So I get home from a long day at work...and look in my mailbox to see a package from our friends Rachel & DJ in the Philippines! I was pumped!! I haven't seen them since October, but it feels like years! They moved to the Philippines to work in an orphanage there (http://web.mac.com/djandrach/iWeb/Bayanihan/Welcome.html). There was a nice note in there from them and some dried mango...this is one of my all time favorites! Dried mango!!! SOOOO yummy! I cant get enough of it!! So here is a picture of the bag that I ripped open right away and me enjoying my mango :) ha ha


Thanks Rachel & DJ!! Miss you guys a TON!