It's been awhile...

Ok, so I know it's been awhile-this past month has been a whirlwind of a month and I can't believe tomorrow is actually September 1st! So...where have I been this past month? I shall tell you...

The first weekend in August Robert and I headed up to Nashville to see this wonderful girl get married. Stef was my roommate my senior year at Auburn and it was a blast!! Emily and Pat also came up from Atlanta and we all stayed with Katie and Tyler in their new condo. Sadly I didn't take any pictures of the weekend-but can always count on Em to get a few cute shots!

The second weekend in August I spent in Auburn for Mindy's bachelorette shower. We went to Sips and Strokes to paint a palm tree sunset and then over to Mindy and Josh's new house for some fun. All I can share is my finished product, because I currently can't find the cord to the camera.

I'll post more tomorrow on the last 2 weekends of August...

Catching up with Friends

This past Saturday Billy was in Atlanta so Robert and I got to hang out with him. We were all amazed that it's been since the wedding that we've seen each other. Billy commented on how the condo has a ladies touch to it now (I think the china cabinet and the rearrangement of furniture contribute to that). No longer Robert's bachelor pad!!

We started the evening by going to Taxco (our favorite Mexican restaurant) and some of these for the boys

I opted for a margarita, well a half pitcher which I thoroughly enjoyed all by myself!!

After a little while Gavin and Jessica joined us and then we all headed over to a birthday party for a friend. Gavin, Jessica and I all went to high school with Sara and she was celebrating her "golden birthday" of 27. She lives in the apartments off of Piedmont and Sydney Marcus. They have a great roof area, which is where the party was.

When we were leaving, Billy thought it would be a great idea to push every button in the elevator.

We were on "R" we were going to "LL"

All in all, it was a very fun night! I know Robert would love to have Billy back in Atlanta...good thing we went to unlimited text message because the two of them text more then I do!!

Fur Bus

It always makes me laugh when I see this beauty sitting outside the condo.

Apparently one of the drivers lives in our building and from time to time will run home before going out for the night. I want to know how often the actually clean the fur, because I strongly believe that the cure to some disease is in that bus. It's probably best not to know the answer to that.

Under the Sea

After living only 45 minutes from the beach for 14 years, being in a land locked city is rough at times. Every summer my friends or family would make weekly day trips down to the beach. We knew all the back roads to get us there in the fastest time possible and all the best spots.

I'd give anything to be at the beach right now!!

This was taken in St. Thomas after our snorkeling trip. We were wasting time before having to get back on the boat

My New Best Friend

Since June 12th Robert and I have had 2 places to call home. Our AC units died late last year. In early May we had an AC repair guy come out to the condo to tell us that both wall units are dead and that it would be $1,100 to replace ONE of them. (Side note, the building was built in 1952 so there is no central air, just 2 wall units-one in the main room, one in the bedroom). We were doing research on other options when the heat moved in on Atlanta quickly. So, my in-laws were nice enough to open their home to us and let us stay. We thought it would only be for a week-turned out to be almost a month before we finally got this beauty in our home:

When we turned it on last night around 5:45, it was 90 degrees in our main room (and 92 in the bedroom). When we went to bed around 11:30 it was 81 degrees in the main room, and 88 degrees in the bedroom! When I left for work this morning it was 75 degrees in the main room and 85* degrees in the bedroom. Such a HUGE improvement in 12 hours.

*yes, I realize that 85 is still warm, but when you have 4 fans blowing on you it feels bearable!!

I'll post pictures later of what our bedroom currently looks like with the fans. I am so happy to be back at home and not have to shuffle between two places. And so incredibly thankful for my in laws for letting us stay!!

Welcome!

For awhile I have been toying with the idea for creating a blog, but I've never thought I had enough "adventure" to write about. However, Emily and Kate both recently created one. Star and Jenntern have had ones for awhile now, and I love reading all of them! So, here I go!

Please bare with me as I figure out the whole blogging world!