My Birthday Month!

As I have said before multiple times, I love birthdays especially my own. It doesn't have to be extravagant but I love knowing that there is a special time that is just about you to be loved on etc. Anyway, this year was my first birthday as a married woman and Matt had me super excited. I actually got a whole BIRTHDAY MONTH!!! I know, I know, he's awesome!

Each day, he would write a short little note, sometimes just 1-2 sentences and have a little treat for me. Sometimes is was something tangible like a vase of flowers or a slinky but other times it was a note saying I could have a backrub or that he would do the dishes. Each day I was excited about the treat and my sweet husband was pumped to give the treats too.

Since July, we had been planning a long weekend in South Carolina over my birthday weekend. We had plans to stay with Matt's grandparents (we love them). We were thrilled but as things go, we decided not to go last minutes because Hurricane Irene was heading that way and we didn't want to get caught in it. We changed our plans and ended up going to Birmingham for a night and we had a great time.

Saturday, I met Rachel for lunch and then Matt took me shopping and let me buy whatever I wanted! Saturday night, we went to Ruth's Chris Steakhouse (OH MY!) for dinner. We stayed that night in Birmingham and Sunday morning we had breakfast at a new restaurant called "The Egg and I". It was also delicious. Sunday and Monday were relaxing days. We read a lot, watched movies and worked on some of our DIY Christmas gifts.

Oh wait, one of my favorite parts was the sweet gifts I got on my actual birthday. I have been talking about wanting to learn to decorate cakes as a hobby and also to have as possible extra income one day. My sweet husband bought me all kinds of great cake decorating tools etc. He also baked a cake for my birthday for me to decorate. The icing we made was too thick so all we did was ice it but this weekend, my mom is coming into town and we are going to make a Saints Football cake. I'll post pictures soon!

Overall, it was a great weekend and month, for that matter. Some of the pictures from the weekend are below. Enjoy! (by the way, my husband got a new camera lens so he was enjoying taking pictures. That's why there are so many!)

The Birthday girl!

The Mr. and the Birthday Girl

Close your eyes!

Me again :)

Me blowing out the candles!

I was born at 4:48 p.m. so we took a picture :)

All of the great gifts!!!

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Amazing Dessert!

I have a new obsession with Pinterest. It has been awesome to find so many great recipes, cake decorating ideas and DIY projects. Recently, Matt and I were looking at Pinterest together and found a good dessert recipe. It is called Nutella Mug Cake. Matt and I both like Nutella but we don't have any in the pantry so we decide to make Peanut Butter Mug Cakes. Here is the recipe:

Ingredients

4 tablespoons self rising flour
4 tablespoons white granulated sugar
1 egg
3 tablespoons cocoa powder
3 tablespoons melted/softened peanut butter
3 tablespoons milk
3 tablespoons olive or vegetable oil

 Combine all ingredients in a large coffee mug. Whisk well with a fork until smooth. Microwave on high for 1 1/2 – 3 minutes. (Time depends on microwave wattage. Mine took 2 minutes.) Top with whipped cream and a little chocolate sauce if desired.

We actually made this tonight and it was incredibly good. It makes a large portion so 2 or 3 people could split it. We also ended up making ours in a chili bowl and it worked well. We only did this because our large mugs were in the dishwasher :)

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6 Months-Celebrated with Friends in Hotlanta

For our 6 month anniversary, we spent time in Atlanta with our friends, Brad and Rebekah Hill, who were celebrating their 1 year anniversary. Rebekah got most of the pictures but here is one of Matt and me at the Georgia Aquarium.

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Our First Easter

Mom came to town for Easter and we had a great time. We didn't get a picture of all three of us together but we did get one of us.

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Matt's Birthday Trip!

For Matt's Birthday this year, we took a weekend trip to Atlanta. We had a great time together. Here are some pictures.

Here's the birthday boy! I think I'll keep him. 

Our first stop was Highland Bakery. YUM!

I got Sweet Potato Pancakes...

Matt got the BLT...it was ridiculously good

The happy wife :)

Headed to the Braves vs. Phillies Game

Turner Field

Dinner at Fogo de Chao. Brazilian Steakhouse. Delicious

Coca Cola Factory. So fun

We had an awesome time. This weekend we are heading to Columbus, GA for the weekend. We love traveling together. 

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Pumpkin Patch

In Late October, we went to the Pumpkin Patch in Union Springs, AL with our dear sweet friends, The Moody's. Here are a few of the pictures.

October 2010

One night in October, Matt and I decided to decorate pumpkins. Matt carved his and did an awesome job! I got a fun princess kit and decorated mine. We had a blast. Here are some pictures.

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Warning!

Coming up will be some posts that are from the past! :) I've just uploaded pictures from our small camera and I want to share. You'll see Pumpkin decorating, Matt's Birthday trip, 6 month anniversary trip, etc. Look out!

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Weekend Funnies

I don't always love forwarded e-mails but sometimes they really are worth forwarding and sharing. Here are some weekend funnies!


1. I think part of a best friend's job should be to immediately clear your computer history if you die.

2. Nothing stinks more than that moment during an argument when you realize you're wrong.

3. I totally take back all those times I didn't want to nap when I was younger.

4. There is great need for a sarcasm font.

5. How the heck are you supposed to fold a fitted sheet?

6. Was learning cursive really necessary?

7. Map Quest really needs to start their directions on # 5. I'm pretty sure I know how to get out of my neighborhood.

8.  I can't remember the last time I wasn't at least kind of tired. 

9.  Bad decisions can make good stories.

10. You never know when it will strike, but there comes a moment at work when you know that you just aren't going to do anything productive for the rest of the day.


11. I'm always slightly terrified when I exit out of Word and it asks me if I want to save any changes to my ten-page technical report that I swear I did not make any changes to.

12. I think the freezer deserves a light as well.

13. I disagree with Kay Jewelers. I would bet on any given Friday or Saturday night more kisses begin with Miller Lite than Kay. (this made me laugh out loud; sad but maybe true)

14. I wish Google Maps had an "Avoid Ghetto" routing option.

15. How many times is it appropriate to say "What?" before you just nod and smile because you still didn't hear or understand a word they said?

16. Shirts get dirty. Underwear gets dirty. Pants? Pants never get dirty, and you can wear them forever.

17. Sometimes I'll look down at my watch 3 consecutive times and still not know what time it is.

18. Even under ideal conditions people have trouble locating their car keys in a pocket, finding their cell phone, and Pinning the Tail on the Donkey - but I'd bet everyone can find and push the snooze button from 3 feet away, in about 1.7 seconds, eyes closed, first time, every time..




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Quite a Scare

This past Sunday, July 10th, Matt and I were excited to be celebrating one year since we got engaged. We love special days so we were planning to watch a movie, cook dinner and go for a walk at Shakespeare (the place where we got engaged). We also were going to shop at JCPenney's because I need a few tops for church.

Right after I got home from church, I noticed I was having some blurred vision. I read a little bit online and decided it was probably nothing so we just went about our plans. When we left the apartment, we went to JCP and I started to get a headache. After being in JCP for less than 5 minutes, my vision  became more and more blurry and my headache worsened. Matt and I decided I should go to Pri-Med to get checked out.

Once we arrived there, my headache was much worse and the vision was blurring more too. The nurse took a sinus x-ray and the doctor determined I had a pretty bad sinus infection and they gave me two shots. One for pain and one that was an antibiotic. The doctor was still a little concerned since I have no prior history of major headaches and gave me an order to head to the ER to get a CT scan. At this point, as soon as the doctor gave me those shots, my headache went away!!!

We headed to the ER just to be safe. Thankfully, the ER wasn't busy. We got the CT scan which quickly came back negative and we headed home. It was a crazy experience to say the least but I'm glad to know that it is just a sinus infection and something that can be taken care of quickly and easily. The weirdest part was that I had no other signs of infection until this horrible headache blurred vision started.

I took the day off today from work and I am glad I did. I feel so much better today. And by the way, my husband is an awesome nurse. I'll keep him!

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