Friday's 5

Ok, I'm totally stealing this from Jenntern but in an effort to actually post on a weekly basis I have no shame in admitting it.  Each Friday I'm going to post 5 things that's going on...I may even get creative and have themes, but let's not get to crazy.

Heading to the Plains: Robert and I purchased season tickets again this year.  Since we've done very well with saving money while we only have 1 income, we decided to keep the tickets instead of selling them.  This week our friends Becki and Aaron are coming down with us.  A bunch of Robert's friends from Auburn put together a tailgate on a weekly basis.  The best part is, Shane is one of those friends so in the fall I get to see my sister Marybeth fairly often.  There is an obnoxious all Auburn tailgate next to us, and we're always observing ways to make our tailgate like theirs.  It's been run by guys for so long that it's the essentials and nothing "decorative."  We hope to change that!  

Braves vs. Phillies: My parents are coming down next weekend for the Braves vs. Phillies game.  It's going to be Robert and me, my parents, my sister Karen and her boyfriend Jamie, and my sister Michelle.  We thought it would be a better match up, not Braves being 6 games back.  But considering my Dad, Mom and Michelle are rooting for Philly and all the ATL folks are pulling for the Braves, it should get interesting.  

Softball: Robert and I play on a softball team on Thursday nights for George's Bar and Restaurant (they have FABULOUS burgers, located in the Highlands).  We have a good team, yet we somehow manage to lose almost every game.  We may need to change our team name next year if we don't start winning some-George's may not want our publicity.  Last night the other team was up 13-0 in the first inning.  It doesn't help that one of the umps hates our team and always calls against us (last night a bad call cost us 7 runs in the first inning).

Productive: I'm very impressed with my lack of procrastination for Robert's birthday present this year.  His birthday isn't until October 7th, and I got his present on Wednesday!  Now my challenge is to hide it until then and figure out what we are going to do.  I'll tell you all after his birthday what I got him, just in case he decides to read this :)

Team Buckhead: I mentioned in yesterday's post about carpool.  A couple months ago 3 girls from work and I joined up to start carpooling to work (aka Team Buckhead).  We've been doing it since July and it's been great.  Not only am I filling up my car A LOT less often (round trip the office is 34 miles with a $.50 toll for me), but it makes dealing with the traffic much better.  It's amazing the difference driving in the traffic makes when you only have to do it 1 or 2 times a week!

Happy weekend!!  

Addiction

I am completely addicted to this game right now. For anyone that has an iPhone, I highly recommend this game! You can get the free version-only 12 levels (search "Angry Birds Lite"). But for the great deal of $.99 you can get the full version. The full version is much more of a challenge but just as addicting. I'm currently on world 2 (each world has 100+ levels) of 5.

The girls in my carpool got me started, and convinced me to buy the full version. I'm so glad I did because I pass time in carpool with this game now. Yesterday there was an overturned vehicle on 400 sb and I didn't even mind because I had this wonderful little game. I know, it's sad.

My Best Friend's Wedding

Saturday, September 4th I got to see my best friend get married! First, the back story on how Mindy and I met-then some pictures.

Mindy and I met our freshman year at Daphne High School playing volleyball. She and I ended up being the only 2 freshman go to the varsity volleyball camp at the terribleness that is University of Alabama. (I'm not proud to say it, but for a short time I owned a UA Volleyball shirt and considered myself a fan of Alabama VOLLEYBALL. At the time, they had a better program and a better coach then Auburn.) Being the only 2 freshman, we got to room together and bonded on purple powerade and making it "snow" in our room (the room had popcorn ceiling, and we would jump on our bed and bring it all down)!

Camp ended and we became even better friends, and sharing another bond over our hatred of running in the off-season (when Mindy heard I was running a 10K in July, she asked me what happened to the girl who used to hate running just as much as she did!?!) as well as making up a dance to "Down Came a Blackbird." After our freshman year Mindy and her family moved to Montgomery-we didn't get to see one another nearly as much as we would have liked, but we still remained friends. I went to see her a couple of times when her HS volleyball team came in the area to play and then stayed with her in Montgomery a few times. Even if it was a few months or years between seeing each other, we always caught up quickly and never noticed the time lost.

My junior year at Auburn, while Mindy was at Montevallo, she got mono and had to move home for a semester. And her new home was Auburn, where her parents had moved-which meant a lot of hanging out, stalking boys, and Chappy's!

In February I was lucky enough to have Mindy stand by my side in my wedding-and the very next day Josh proposed! I absolutely love Josh-and he makes Mindy so incredibly happy. He is so caring and loving to Mindy and I was so happy to be apart of their special day.

Congratulations Mindy and Josh!!

Wrapping up August

Really the last 2 weekends weren't that eventful that I need to keep anyone in suspense (if anyone actually even reads this!). I just lost track of time and needed to leave :)

The third weekend in August was spent half in Atlanta and half in Milledgeville-home of Georgia College and State University (GCSU). Robert's sister is currently a senior there and has been wanting us to come down for awhile. Since fall is devoted to football in our house-we made a last minute decision to go down for a night. I was a tad nervous about being able to make it in a college town. I know I'm not old, but when it comes to my bedtime it's EARLY! While I don't have any pictures from the weekend, we had a great time. It ended with a late night slice of pizza-one of the best slices I've ever had!!

GCSU is a bit different from Auburn when it comes to night life though. First of all, they have a lot more bars in their "downtown" area. But also, when their bars close no one is out on the streets anymore. It almost becomes a ghost town!! In Auburn you always find those really drunk people hanging out outside of the bar or sitting on a curb waiting on their ride. It was so strange.

This past weekend Robert and I hit the road again and headed up to Tennessee to visit my parents. It was a nice relaxing weekend filled with good food, darts, ice cream, and some Wii action. We were hoping to get out on the boat, but when we pulled into the marina we pulled up the radar and rain was heading our way. Having been out on the boat before in a horrible storm-we opted to eat dinner first and do more of an evening ride. And of course before we left for the evening ride it started raining again! Oh well-we still had a great time!

This weekend will be spent on the loveliest village on the plains for some football and for Mindy and Josh's wedding! I'll be sure to take pictures this weekend and report back!!

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.