Dear John

Last night I saw a preview of Dear John with some girls and my mom. Mom has become my movie date lately and it's been great. I am happy to say that we have become a lot closer of the last year and that is something I couldn't be more excited about. Mothers and daughters are an interesting combination. We haven't always gotten along but mostly because I played the moody teenager that was too cool for her mom. Now I'd like nothing more than to have lunch and hang out with my mom all day. :)

The movie was good. I wouldn't say great because the ending is different than the book and kind of sad. But, Nicholas Sparks I hear is known for making sad love stories. Either way, if you are a romantic at heart and are up for a few tears I would say go see it. I do have to give a quick shout out to Ashley who is the writer of Hesseltime! Her blog is great, so read it if you can and maybe she'll be giving out more free movie passes again soon.

Hope everyone has a great weekend. We're preparing for Winter Storm 2010 as the forecasters are calling it, but I'll believe it when I see it.

Peach State of Mind...

Last night my favorite ladies and I had dinner at Buckhead Diner, one of the Buckhead Life Restaurants. I love the Diner and have always had good meals there. However, last night was less than great for us. I don't know if it was the fact that the waitress was less than happy that we didn't get a more expensive bottle of wine or that the blue cheese chips weren't warm enough. But, I left thinking that I could have made a meal at my house for about a 1/4 of the cost and still had a great time with the girls. Really Buckhead life Restaurants (its a group of restaurants all owned by the same people) have gone down hill over the last year or so. I'm guessing the economy hits everyone, even the really good places to eat. Sad, but true!

The good news is that I got to see my favorite people. We try to get together at least every 2 weeks and have dinner or hang out and just catch up. Love you girls and am so thankful for the relationships we have!! Gotta love our new codes and the fact that we can sit and talk about anything at any time.

In other news, check out this great video made by some kids from Wesleyan. Its a really well done version. My new favorite break from work!

On the Wings of Love Really?

While watching the bachelor last night I sat and wondered about how "real" this show could really be and how for years I've been watching and pulling for these people to really find love. But, not until recently did I realize how much this show makes lite of marriage and being in love. Can you really meet someone, date them while he's dating 15+ other girls, fall in love and make a commitment with him for the rest of your life?? I wouldn't think its that easy, but then again there are those people who meet and know instantly. Even worse is that these people meet on TV and get their makeup done, have meals prepared for them, get to go on romantic dates in vineyards and stay in these amazing mansions. I think I could fall in love with that life style too!

When reality hits a year from now and they wake up next to each other and wonder who the person is sleeping in the bed, then what?? "On The Wings Of Love"

Flowers For Me!

When a girl gets flowers one would assume they are for a special occasion or to make up for something that has happened. Not often does one get flowers just because... but Bobby sent flowers just because. Very sweet and thoughtful! All I can say is that I love him a lot!

My Babies

Birmingham Fun

This past weekend we drove to Birmingham for Ellie's Bachlorette Party! I have this great camera and still only took about 4 photos, sorry! It was a great weekend filled with lots of laughs and a great dance party with an 80's cover band. Gotta love nights out in Birmingham!

TV Schedules Are Important

OK, so TV schedules aren't really that important but I realized last night exactly why we are not in the best shape we could be and why it is hard to get the the gym after work. Network and non network TV shows are killing my drive to work out! As I sat at the January Junior League meeting last night and listened to our guest speaker talk about her past struggles with an eating disorder and how important it is to take care of numero uno all I could think about was making sure I made it to Publix after the meeting and was home in time to let the pups out and get another load of laundry done. WHO AM I? I am a fun 26 year old (almost 27 ahhhh) female that feels like a 30 something housewife. And the kicker is that I'm not married and am no one's housewife. Nonetheless Audrey and I say there for a few minutes and I showed her our TV Schedule. Mondays - The Bachelor , Tuesday - NCIS & The Good Wife, Wednesday - American Idol & Leverage, Thursdays - Burn Notice & Project Run Way. Goodness, that's a lot to keep up with. Today I decided to use our Tivo and get out and about and make myself go to the gym. I think Tivo was invented for late night and early morning viewings of the shows that will hold you prisoner during the peek hours of work out time. I stand today to say NO MAS! I'll watch my shows when I want to!!

Happy Hump Day!

January Changes and Resolutions

With the new year comes change. I am firm believer that if you set your mind to something you can do it and will do it if you really want to. I didn't really make a resolution this year as all of the ones I've made before have been less than met. So, instead I decided to make my "resolution" to see my friends more. I have a habit of getting into a relationship and losing myself in that person. But, I've found that the best and healthiest relationships allow for personal time and time with each persons friends. Otherwise you do get lost and forget who you are as an individual. Don't get me wrong, I love Bobby and our relationship is great, but a girl needs her girls sometimes and I know he need the occasional guys night out too.

The first 12 days in January have been cold and colder. We had our first freeze that left us unable to get out of the driveway, Bobby's car side swiped and my battery dead. So, we're off to a great start of 2010. However, this start of the year has also left us with great friends, 2 happy and healthy puppies and a warm and happy home. I'll take the second list over the first. Things happen, people change and lives go on. Here's to a Happy and Healthy January and the rest of 2010.

2010 Here We Come!

Happy New Year! I hope everyone had a wonderful New Year and enjoyed their time off however long or short that time was. We had a great New Year, a cold one, but a good one. This year we went to Tennessee for the New Year with some friends and rented a cabin for the weekend. It was a great and relaxing few days. I have to say it was nice to not have to pay outrageous amounts of money for dinner and dancing on a night that really is like any other minus the actual date. It was great to have tacos and enjoy the count down in my pjs with a group of great people. Plus, the night ended with Georgia chants on the front porch of our cabin in the bitter cold, who can ask for more!

Christmas with Puppies

A Chance to clean out our fridge

So this weekend turned into a great "Chance to clean out our fridge" and to get things back in order. Not by choice but by chance. I failed to mention in my last post that our house lost power Saturday, the morning after Christmas. Basically we had a power surge and because the house is old it made all the lights flicker and the dryer stop working. A blessing in disguise really because it could have been an electrical fire and not just flickering lights. So... the city came and turned off the power Saturday afternoon and we relocated to my parents for the next 2 days. It actually wasn't that bad of a deal because Zoey is still visiting and my parents love having us and the pups. The pups stayed in the basement with Bobby and I stayed in my room upstairs. Not ideal but it worked until we could get the power fixed. Long story short, we have new wires from the city connection to the weather head, from the weather head to the meter and from the meter to the breaker box. Power was restored at 8:00 p.m. last night and my fridge is clean!

Christmas!

Christmas has come and gone and what a wonderful time it was this year! Sure we spent most of our day in the car, but it was worth it. We went to see Hope Christmas Eve, then dinner at my parents, to church with Bobby's parents and then back to my parents' house for the night. Christmas morning we woke up at my parents' house did gift there and then went to Bobby's parents' house for the Johnson Family Christmas. Later in the afternoon we went over to my grandparents' and then back to Bobby's parents' for Christmas dinner. Wow - ALOT to do, but well worth it. Santa was very good to us both and we have a wonderful day. Pictures below..

Our house decorated for Christmas. A big step up from last year when all Bobby had was one wreath on his front door that his mom actually brought over and put up. I love the lights and garland. Christmas Day below:

My mom had the camera for Christmas Eve and got some great pictures of the pups so I'll have to get those later this week. This Christmas was great!

2 Days and Counting

This past week has really flown by, but it has been a great one. We've had a party or dinner every night for the last 2 weeks. We started things off with a little Junior League Christmas ornament exchange, then there was my sorority sister dinner, dirty Santa with my alumni group, Bobby's company Christmas party, my company Christmas party, Holiday cocktails at the Lawrence's, a Cascade Christmas party, Jamie's open house and volunteering at Cobb Christmas.

Out of all our activities the best thing I've done this season is Cobb Christmas. I really enjoy volunteering for this organization every year. Its a chance to give back to those who can't have Christmas like we've had our entire lives. It made me think about how grateful we should all be for what we have. The best part is that by volunteering and giving our time and money we are able to give a lot of children a Christmas they would have never had without it. This year my grandmother wasn't feeling well enough to go along, but she usually pulls a 6 hour shift for donation day. This year I went it alone, but still had a wonderful time. Some great Zeta ladies joined me and we filled carts and delivered toys all morning Saturday. Really its a great thing to do and if you don't give to any organization - you should!! Check out Cobb Christmas.

I haven't had my camera the last few days because its not the best any longer since we dropped it a few times Halloween. Hopefully Santa will bring me a new one. With only 2 days left before Christmas I am starting to get excited and looking forward to some great family time with my family and Bobby's. More so Bobby's this year because I didn't get to see them last Christmas!

Just remember what the season is all about - Our Lord and Savior!

Puppis, Puppies, Puppies

The last few weeks have been crazy for us and the poor pups are enjoying these busy times as well. Sadie and Hines have been busy bodies lately and I think its because they have been in and out a lot and all over the place. Plus, they are growing pups as Hines tips the scales at 9 pounds and Sadie rounds out at 7.5 pounds. Lately they have really gotten into playing in the yard and exploring. We let them out around 6:30 to go to the bathroom and usually have a hard time getting them back in around 7:30 to eat breakfast. But, they can literally entertain themselves for hours in the yard. The great thing is that we have a wonderful yard for them to play in. I thought since not everyone gets to see them all the time that I would tell a few cute Hines and Sadie stories.

My favorite Sadie story actually happened last night as I let them out for an evening play time and bathroom break. It has been getting colder at night and lately there has been a lot of rain so it wasn't abnormal for there to be an evening rain and for it to frost over a little bit. I let them out and Sadie came barrelling out of the kitchen only to hit the frosted deck and to slide all the way across the deck. She was stopped by the fence that lines the deck on that side and she actually hit the wall rather hard. She just laid there for a few seconds and then rolled over on her back with all fours in the air like a dead dog. Then she jumped up and looked around to see if anyone was paying attention. The minute she saw me notice her she started winning and stumbled over to see me. She shook her little head for a second and fell over at my feet like a poor little pup that had been drinking. It was very funny, but she did not appreciate that I laughed at her. Either way, I picked her up and played into her poor little puppy game and held her for a minute or two. Then she was good to go and wanted to beat up Hines again.

My favorite Hines story actually was this past week when Hines had scratched his eye. We got up one day last week and noticed Hines' eye was very blood shot and was oozing yuckiness. So being the over reactive parents we are we took him to the vet to be checked out. But, I couldn't stay for his appointment and needed to get to work. So I left him for the day at the vet. They took care of him and flushed out his eye. However, the vet closes at 6 and even though I left the office at 5:00 I was never going to make it there in time. So, I called my dad to have him go pick Hines up for us. He did and was going to bring him to our house to drop him off. They wouldn't let me leave his collar when I dropped him off, so dad didn't have a way of walking him before they got into the car to head home. The minute Hines was put into the back of dads car he went to the bathroom. Not just number 1 but number 2. ALL over dads car. He then walked all in it and might have even played with it a little bit on the way home. My dad was livid! I called to check on them both and dad said, and I quote " your dog is in my back yard, come get him right now." I was on my way there that minute and couldn't help but laugh when I pulled into my parents driveway and my dad was washing out his car. The good news is that his back is an SUV trunk and can be rinsed out with no problem. Needless to say, he probably will not be helping us out much any more. Mom and I got a good laugh out of it though!

Christmas is less than 10 days away!! Can't wait! Our first official Christmas as a family, Bobby, Sadie, Hines and I. Lots to do before now and then and I'll be sure to upload the tree and our house decoration!

Tis' The Season!!!

Holiday Parties Galor

This weekend was filled with Holiday Parties and lots of decorating. We finally got a tree and put it up late last night. I'll get some pictures of our small little tree and post later this week. All in all the weekend was a good one, just busy. Pictures below

Chrissy and Huck's mantel looked amazing. I would love to have a mantel to decorate. Maybe in my next house that's what I'll look for. :)

Tis' The Season

Tis The Season seriously. I just love the holidays and ours are in full swing. Things really started last weekend but will continue to roll this weekend and the next. I think everything them culminates in Christmas and then New Years. All in all it doesn't look like we'll get a break until 2010. I hope I can last that long.

Last weekend I was still feeling kind of crummy and had to pass on volunteering for the Marietta Tour of Homes, which killed me. But, it was snowy and freezing and the last thing I needed was to get out in the cold. In fact, I slept most of the day and left the house work to Bobby. Saturday night we had the First Annual Holiday Game Night! It was really a great time. I think it was the first time in a long time that we had played pictionary and other "family" games. But, it was a good time and the girls really showed the guys who the winners are! Sunday we were treated to seeing the Rockettes at the Fox. Bobby's mom took us along with the family to see the Christmas Spectacular. It was a blast and Hope really loved it. You should have seen her face when they all came out dressed as Santa. She was confused at first and then just loved it! She's really into the kicking and has loved the Rockettes since she saw them on Dancing With The Stars.

This week has flown by as well. We had dinner with my grandparents (meatloaf, Bobby's favorite) on Tuesday and really enjoyed some one on one time with them. It's such a different experience to be with them as adults. I just had fond memories of them taking care of us for the weekend and looking up to them as these wonderful people. That's all still the case but now I feel the roles are going to reverse and we'll be taking care of them. I have no problem doing that, but I'll miss all of grandma's cookies and fudge and grandpa combing our hair on the way out the door to Sunday School.

This weekend we have friends in town, Bobby's company Christmas Party, Clint & Ellie's annual White Elephant Party, Jess & Bragg's Party and a lot of shopping to do. Wish us luck with sleeping and getting everything done. Plus, the pups need to get some exercise and we're going to try out walking them on leashes... we'll see how that goes.

Tis' the season and I'm SO excited!!!

We Should Have Known

I just got this message below from my sister, its really cute and so true!

REMEMBER THIS AT CHRISTMAS TIME

According to the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, while both male and female reindeer grow antlers in the summer each year, make reindeer drop their antlers at the beginning of winter, usually late November to mid-December. Female reindeer retain their antlers til after they give birth in the spring.

Therefore, according to EVERY historical rendition depicting Santa's reindeer, EVERY single one of them, from Rudolph to Blitzen, had to be a girl. We should've known... ONLY women would be able to drag a fat-ass man in a red velvet suite all around the world in one night and not get lost.

MERRY CHRISTMAS TO YOU ALL!!!

Latest Find

Found this great art the other day and love it. I want to get one, but not sure where we'd put it exactly. But, I'd take one any day!

6 Months Today

Yep, today is 6 months for Mr. Johnson and I!! Gotta say, it's been a great 6 months! Second Chances are worth it!

Lots To Be Thankful For!

Happy Thanksgiving! This holiday was one of the best holidays I've had in a long time. I really really love Thanksgiving and Christmas and the time we all get to spend with our families. We started off our Thanksgiving with Supper Club (BQYT) the week before which was great. And it gave me a reason to decorate and not have Bobby get all upset about "girly" decorations coming into the house. I really think I kept it low key and didn't go too far over the top. Just a turkey, pumpkins and some festive colors. Table center piece below:

Then, the week of Thanksgiving I was blessed to
have Wednesday-Friday off. So, I spent time with the pups and my parents and really enjoyed getting the house in order and not being rushed for time. My sister didn't come into town until later in the week, but it was great to have everyone in town and to see everyone at my mom's house the day of Thanksgiving. Getting to the day of Thanks, we split our time with both families. What is really great is that Bobby loves family time and never complains about seeing my family and of course I don't complain about his, I love them! We got up early and went over to his mom and dad's to help fry the turkey and were there until about 2:00 and then we went to my parents' house for the rest of the afternoon. My mother out did herself with her centerpiece, but that's what you get when you have a decorator. It looked awesome and the food was good too. We ate twice and I could barely get the iced tea down, but everything was really good. Mom's table:

Post stuffing ourselves literally we played Monopoly with the family where my grandmother and aunt got a little too intense for us. And we introduced Bobby to our family tradition of Spades. He claims he's never played, but I think he might have played before. Either way he complained the entire time and then won the game! Crazy, but it makes me love him more. My family really cares for him too which is an added bonus. All in all Thanksgiving was a great time. I have a lot to be Thankful for and I couldn't ask for more than what I have. Plus, we had my mom take our Christmas Card pictures!! You'll have to wait and see those when they hit the mail. Hope you all enjoyed your holiday and know how thankful I am for each and every one of you.