Hey everyone! It's so unlike me to not blog but to be honest I've just not been in the mood lately. The last month or so has been absolutely crazy and quite frankly I'm happy to see it go! I'll update. Halloween was pretty wonderful. Lee surprised me on that Friday, the day before, and we went to Old Towne Portsmouth and went on a ghost walk. It was similar to something that I had previously done in New Orleans but it was actually a little better. We got to wander through the town and see all the old colonial homes decked out for Halloween and hear all the stories of the different haunts told by people dressed up in character during the Civil war era. It was cheesy but fun seeing the old houses and how pretty they looked. The tour eventually lead us back to a park in the middle of the district for some hot apple cider! It was a lot of fun. Afterwards, we went to see paranormal activity! I LOVE scary movies and Lee HATES them. I couldn't believe he surprised me and took me anyway. He made it through the movie no problem and I was so proud...although that night he didn't sleep very well. He said he couldn't fall asleep because there were too many noises...poor baby! Hope was supposed to come visit me that weekend but she bailed and I was really bummed about that. I really needed a best friend.
The week before Halloween I started having some weird health problems. It was a thursday night and I wasn't feeling too good so I took my temp because I felt like a had a high fever. No fever. I felt nauseated and had diarrhea and thought for sure that I was getting the swine flu! This was before I had my H1N1 vaccination. Suprisingly, the next morning, I felt fine. I went to work. Business as usual. Then, at work I started to feel funny and decided to have one of the nurses take my vital signs. My BP was through the roof... 144/101! MY BP normally runs 110/70 or lower so I was on the verge of passing out. I marched over to the ER at Sentara next door and Lee met me there. They ran blood tests, did EKG and urine samples and everything was normal. They prescribed me some Ativan and sent me home. The next day I started to feel bad all over again only this time my whole left side was numb and tingly. I thought for sure that I was having a stroke or something. We went BACK to the ER again! My BP was 156/102! They did all the same tests including the EKG...and a CT scan of my brain to make sure I wasn't having a stroke. Everything was normal. They also gave me a GI cocktail for my stomach because it was hurting REALLY bad. Since then I've been to the gyno and the pcp. I've had an internal u/s...yes up the hoohah. Everything was normal. My BP has come back down to 120/86 but I'm still not satisfied with that number. Im still having tingling and numbness all over my body and it comes and goes. With that being said, the doctor is making me have an EMG test which I am NOT looking forward to. They are basically going to shock me all over and then poke needles intramuscular all over. I'm scared because I'm told it will hurt but they want to see if I have a pinched nerve somewhere. I also may have a thyroid problem or may be liking in B12 so I've stocked up on vitamins and I'm having my blood taken again after Thanksgiving to check my cholesterol and my thyroid. I feel a lot better than I did because I know that whatever it is, isn't life threatening but I'm still very worried so please pray for me!
As far as blogging goes..its not the same when you don't have a camera. I'm expecting a camera for Christmas but until then, you may not see as many blogs out of me..I will get it together folks, I promise. Love you all!!
Megan
Friday, November 13, 2009
Friday, October 9, 2009
October! Already?!
It’s October! October!! The beginning of the holiday season…I swear it feels like I was just at the beach for the Fourth of July! There’s a crispness in the air when I head to work in the morning and the sun is not shining as brightly because it’s still sorta dark outside. I hate that my favorite season is moving upon us so quickly because I know it will be over soon! I’m trying to slow down and enjoy it!
The Last few weeks have been filled with thoughts of my wedding day! Today we have officially 330 days till the big day. I’ve been going to the gym here and there, though not as much as I should. I’ve been scheduling appointments, searching for bridesmaid dresses, and buying little things for the big day. On another note I FINALLY got my engagement ring fixed!! Lee surprised me and tricked me! He told me I wasn’t going to be able to have it fixed until next week and I was really bummed because I have several wedding-ish appointments this weekend and didn’t want to show up ring-less. I came home last night and reminded Lee that he needed to try to keep the house as clean as possible this weekend…He said “Look, I already cleaned the counter..” and he pointed to it. I said “No, you didn’t!” He said “Yes, I did!!” I looked over at the stove and my ring was sitting in the soup ladle thingy all shiny and beautiful! I’m so happy..my finger has been without ring for almost two months. I feel like a newly engaged woman again!
Last weekend, Hope and Bobby came to stay with us! I needed my Hopey. I needed a girlfriend. I have Julie and Brandy, but I needed my Hope. Friday night we drank a few beers and dove DEEPLY into Apples to Apples. I got my fix of board games for the weekend..I love them. Saturday, Lee and Bobby went fishing on the pier and Hope and I went in search of bridesmaid dresses. I found the dress that I’ve been in love with for over a year. Longer than Lee and I have been engaged. I’ll blog more about that on my wedding blog. Saturday night we took them to Lucky Oyster for some O-SO-YUMMO She-crab soup! Amongst other things…it was SO good. We were going to go to the haunted hay-ride but we were all so exhausted we decided to head home instead. But, not before stopping off at Target. Hope bought Lee and I a lamp! Are you kidding me?? Our cats had broken our other lamp so when you walk into the house its pitch black and you have to walk to the kitchen or the staircase to turn on a light. This bothered Hope, so she bought us a Swanky new lamp! Woop! Thanks, girl! Sunday, Hope and Bobby got an early start. I was sad to see them go but I will be seeing Hope all weekend..as I am headed to Roanoke in t-2 hours! Yay!
One thing I’m really bummed about lately is not having a camera. I’m going to have to just buy one. I’m just going to do it. I’m having a hard time living without it. This weekend I’m going to go back to old faithful..and the Kodak disposable cameras. They get the job done..most of the time. We will see. Everyone have a safe and happy weekend!!
The Last few weeks have been filled with thoughts of my wedding day! Today we have officially 330 days till the big day. I’ve been going to the gym here and there, though not as much as I should. I’ve been scheduling appointments, searching for bridesmaid dresses, and buying little things for the big day. On another note I FINALLY got my engagement ring fixed!! Lee surprised me and tricked me! He told me I wasn’t going to be able to have it fixed until next week and I was really bummed because I have several wedding-ish appointments this weekend and didn’t want to show up ring-less. I came home last night and reminded Lee that he needed to try to keep the house as clean as possible this weekend…He said “Look, I already cleaned the counter..” and he pointed to it. I said “No, you didn’t!” He said “Yes, I did!!” I looked over at the stove and my ring was sitting in the soup ladle thingy all shiny and beautiful! I’m so happy..my finger has been without ring for almost two months. I feel like a newly engaged woman again!
Last weekend, Hope and Bobby came to stay with us! I needed my Hopey. I needed a girlfriend. I have Julie and Brandy, but I needed my Hope. Friday night we drank a few beers and dove DEEPLY into Apples to Apples. I got my fix of board games for the weekend..I love them. Saturday, Lee and Bobby went fishing on the pier and Hope and I went in search of bridesmaid dresses. I found the dress that I’ve been in love with for over a year. Longer than Lee and I have been engaged. I’ll blog more about that on my wedding blog. Saturday night we took them to Lucky Oyster for some O-SO-YUMMO She-crab soup! Amongst other things…it was SO good. We were going to go to the haunted hay-ride but we were all so exhausted we decided to head home instead. But, not before stopping off at Target. Hope bought Lee and I a lamp! Are you kidding me?? Our cats had broken our other lamp so when you walk into the house its pitch black and you have to walk to the kitchen or the staircase to turn on a light. This bothered Hope, so she bought us a Swanky new lamp! Woop! Thanks, girl! Sunday, Hope and Bobby got an early start. I was sad to see them go but I will be seeing Hope all weekend..as I am headed to Roanoke in t-2 hours! Yay!
One thing I’m really bummed about lately is not having a camera. I’m going to have to just buy one. I’m just going to do it. I’m having a hard time living without it. This weekend I’m going to go back to old faithful..and the Kodak disposable cameras. They get the job done..most of the time. We will see. Everyone have a safe and happy weekend!!
Saturday, September 19, 2009
The Money Nups!
Here are all my favorite pictures from the Money Wedding a few weeks ago...very good photography...amazingly inexpensive..only 1200 dollars less than ours..DURN IT!!! OH well..I love mine too :) This is my future family..they all feel like my family already! In these photos you will see the new Mr and Mrs Money, Grandma and Grandpa Miller, My new soon to be sisters, Allison and Katy, Lots of good friends..Spencer, Noah, the Dockerys, the Mosers, and the Dentons, aunts and uncles, cousins..etc. Lots of Love..Lots of Music..Lots of alcohol..and lots of fun! We had a great weekend. All photos courtesy of Jennifer Pinkerton :) Enjoy!
Monday, September 7, 2009
FALLing in Love...
Ok. So, you may have noticed my new apple tree blogger background. yes, folks that's because once labor day hits, I like to officially commence with fall. Yes, the temps still reach highs in the 90's and yes the leaves are all still green and even though the internet officially tells me that fall begins on September 22nd at 5:18 PM, I like to get a jump-start on my autumn to do's. I also like to refer to this season as Yankee Candle season..time to drag out all the yummy scents of Fall. Our life now officially revolves around NFL and college schedules and the fact that people actually give out free candy just for dressing up really gets my heart a-fluttery! FULL SIZED SNICKERS BARS---ARE THEY MAD??
So it comes as no surprise that I am looking forward to experiencing all that autumn has to offer. In anticipation of the upcoming season, I decided to resurrect the goal list – but with a little tweaking. This goal list is not for a specific month. It contains no projects that would benefit me in the long run. No renovations. No diet restrictions or workout minimums. And especially nothing that would cause me stress for the next several weeks of my life.
A complete and total list just for fun. That’s right. I said it. My goals are purely pleasurable. I try to tackle most of these same goals every year..what you might refer to as tradition I suppose!
A list of my anticipated Fall Follies!
1. Visit an apple orchard
2. Go on a hayride
3. Make a homemade apple pie..and Eat it!
4. Carve a pumpkin (ok and maybe spray paint one or two as well)
5. Make something outta leaves
6. ....Pumpkin Pie..MMM enough said.
7. Drink apple cider
8. Go on a nature hike..or two or three.
9. Collect acorns
10. Throw the football-catch the football.
11. Roast smores over a bonfire
12. Go camping
13. Visit a haunted house
14. Make our own Halloween Costumes..can't wait!
There it is. Simple minded I might be… This is my list that I'm sure will be very FALL-Filling...ha! If any of you would like to join me in the festivites..feel free!
Meg~
So it comes as no surprise that I am looking forward to experiencing all that autumn has to offer. In anticipation of the upcoming season, I decided to resurrect the goal list – but with a little tweaking. This goal list is not for a specific month. It contains no projects that would benefit me in the long run. No renovations. No diet restrictions or workout minimums. And especially nothing that would cause me stress for the next several weeks of my life.
A complete and total list just for fun. That’s right. I said it. My goals are purely pleasurable. I try to tackle most of these same goals every year..what you might refer to as tradition I suppose!
A list of my anticipated Fall Follies!
1. Visit an apple orchard
2. Go on a hayride
3. Make a homemade apple pie..and Eat it!
4. Carve a pumpkin (ok and maybe spray paint one or two as well)
5. Make something outta leaves
6. ....Pumpkin Pie..MMM enough said.
7. Drink apple cider
8. Go on a nature hike..or two or three.
9. Collect acorns
10. Throw the football-catch the football.
11. Roast smores over a bonfire
12. Go camping
13. Visit a haunted house
14. Make our own Halloween Costumes..can't wait!
There it is. Simple minded I might be… This is my list that I'm sure will be very FALL-Filling...ha! If any of you would like to join me in the festivites..feel free!
Meg~
Labor of Love
Labor Day weekend. Not only is it a long weekend, but in our minds its the end to a fabulous (and probably all too fast moving) summer. The last family BBQ, the last trip to the beach, (for most, not us!) the last week before school, and the last weekend to wear white pants, skirts, and shoes! (forgive me, I'm no fashionista and I'm aware that this rule is somewhat unofficial, just one I choose to humor myself) This labor day I had the pleasure of witnessing the union of marriage (well the conclusion to their elopement) of my future mother-in-law, (who will probably need to change this now) and her new husband Craig Money. It's sorta funny that she came into the marriage with two sons and he, with two daughters. Lee and his oldest daughter, Allison, are about the same age and Katy, his youngest daughter and John are the same age. Weird. I'm happy to say that I'm marrying into one incredible family and now I'm happy to not only have a fabulous brother in-law but 2 sister in-laws as well! Now being that I had no camera but merely a cell phone camera (which btw worked better than the borrowed digi from Hope) I have only a couple of pictures. I know several people took pictures and I'm waiting to see those and hopefully can post some of them for you.
Before I go into details..here are a few pictures of the fabulous hotel we stayed in. Its in the middle of downtown Winston-Salem in the middle of Olde Salem. The Brookstown Inn used to be an old mill. It was full of lovely details. Our room had 20 foot ceilings with wood beams and a chandelier. Our bed was up on a loft overlooking the living area. It was gorgeous! Here are a few pictures of the outside and interior of the hotel.
Here is a brief description of the Hammarback-Money wedding weekend (which I like to more commonly refer to as the Money Nups!)
On Friday upon arrival (after our jaws dropped at the beauty and splendor of our hotel rooms) Lee decided to Iron his suit. Glad he decided two hours BEFORE the wedding, as he left it a home. I packed everything right down to his hair gel and forgot his suit that we annoyingly purchased at the last minute the night before at Kohls. We made the 15 minute trek to Belk to meet Julie (she was having her make-up done) and we picked out a doozie of an outfit for the Money nups! We headed back to the Inn and quickly got ready and made our way downstairs for the complimentary wine and cheese at the bar. We met up with Loren and Janna (who had already lost her glasses somewhere at the bar) and Aunt Linda and Uncle Ken! Such a blessing to have all of them arriving from Minnesota! Grandma Merle and Grandpa Ken were hot on their tails..they wanted their free alcohol and dairy too! We headed into the ceremony-reception banquet room (goregous) and made our way to the open bar and found our table. AND in somewhat opposite fashion..had dinner (WHICH WAS YUMMO!) After dinner, Lee and John joined their Mom, Craig, Katy and Allison for their ceremony. After much debate over if Craig was really the one, I could tell by the tears in Lee's eyes that he knew C-Money actually meant what he was saying to Julie. There were tears and laughter. After the ceremony the bride and groom cut the cake and everyone refilled their glasses for the toasts. Several people made toasts including Lee who once again got a little emotional..(love my little sensitive man). A surprise was when Julie sang "God Bless the Broken Road" to Craig..with a little back-up vocal from Loren. It was beautiful. I don't think there was a dry eye in the house. The band the starting playing some music for the bride and groom's first dance and was then joined by Katy and Allison and John and Lee. It was a great wedding...two weddings in Winston-Salem within' two weeks. I'm so excited for our wedding...we will have the same anniversary as Julie and Craig and my dad's anniversary is September 5th...Loren and Lizzy are September 2nd! Let's hear it for the labor day nups!
The next morning we headed across the street for breakfast at "Mary's of Course." I think that was the best breakfast burrito in the history of breakfast burritos. Lee's basil and mushroom eggs benedict were incredible..as well a side of southern grits! Aunt Janna was licking her plate..she loves some grits! After breakfast we said our good-byes and started on our way to Roanoke!
We arrived at my grandparents house to be greeted by my everyone! I was so happy to see them all..I think the last time may have been Jenny's wedding! We stayed and hung out with them for several hours and it was just what I needed. Then we headed over to Jeff and Alisha's for the Hokie game! It was the first game of the season against ALABAMA. I mean come on...as much as I love my Hokies...ALABAMA was sure to win this one. The Hokies did pretty well against such a good team but I'm a little more than disappointed in the Hokie offense this year..we shall see. We plan on going to a hokie game or two as well! We stayed the night at the Consroe home and woke up early to have breakfast and start the journey home. Lee really wanted to go see Jason and his new house and I went to see Hope! GOOOOOSH I miss her. She's coming down here in a few weeks for the Blink182 concert so I'll see her then! We decided to make our way home on Sunday so we could have a day to ourselves at home and go to the beach. Doesn't look good so far..its rainy and grey..drats! We're hoping for sunshine later so we can say our final farewells to summer.
Hope everyone has a fab weekend..stay safe!
Meg~
Before I go into details..here are a few pictures of the fabulous hotel we stayed in. Its in the middle of downtown Winston-Salem in the middle of Olde Salem. The Brookstown Inn used to be an old mill. It was full of lovely details. Our room had 20 foot ceilings with wood beams and a chandelier. Our bed was up on a loft overlooking the living area. It was gorgeous! Here are a few pictures of the outside and interior of the hotel.
Here is a brief description of the Hammarback-Money wedding weekend (which I like to more commonly refer to as the Money Nups!)
On Friday upon arrival (after our jaws dropped at the beauty and splendor of our hotel rooms) Lee decided to Iron his suit. Glad he decided two hours BEFORE the wedding, as he left it a home. I packed everything right down to his hair gel and forgot his suit that we annoyingly purchased at the last minute the night before at Kohls. We made the 15 minute trek to Belk to meet Julie (she was having her make-up done) and we picked out a doozie of an outfit for the Money nups! We headed back to the Inn and quickly got ready and made our way downstairs for the complimentary wine and cheese at the bar. We met up with Loren and Janna (who had already lost her glasses somewhere at the bar) and Aunt Linda and Uncle Ken! Such a blessing to have all of them arriving from Minnesota! Grandma Merle and Grandpa Ken were hot on their tails..they wanted their free alcohol and dairy too! We headed into the ceremony-reception banquet room (goregous) and made our way to the open bar and found our table. AND in somewhat opposite fashion..had dinner (WHICH WAS YUMMO!) After dinner, Lee and John joined their Mom, Craig, Katy and Allison for their ceremony. After much debate over if Craig was really the one, I could tell by the tears in Lee's eyes that he knew C-Money actually meant what he was saying to Julie. There were tears and laughter. After the ceremony the bride and groom cut the cake and everyone refilled their glasses for the toasts. Several people made toasts including Lee who once again got a little emotional..(love my little sensitive man). A surprise was when Julie sang "God Bless the Broken Road" to Craig..with a little back-up vocal from Loren. It was beautiful. I don't think there was a dry eye in the house. The band the starting playing some music for the bride and groom's first dance and was then joined by Katy and Allison and John and Lee. It was a great wedding...two weddings in Winston-Salem within' two weeks. I'm so excited for our wedding...we will have the same anniversary as Julie and Craig and my dad's anniversary is September 5th...Loren and Lizzy are September 2nd! Let's hear it for the labor day nups!
The next morning we headed across the street for breakfast at "Mary's of Course." I think that was the best breakfast burrito in the history of breakfast burritos. Lee's basil and mushroom eggs benedict were incredible..as well a side of southern grits! Aunt Janna was licking her plate..she loves some grits! After breakfast we said our good-byes and started on our way to Roanoke!
We arrived at my grandparents house to be greeted by my everyone! I was so happy to see them all..I think the last time may have been Jenny's wedding! We stayed and hung out with them for several hours and it was just what I needed. Then we headed over to Jeff and Alisha's for the Hokie game! It was the first game of the season against ALABAMA. I mean come on...as much as I love my Hokies...ALABAMA was sure to win this one. The Hokies did pretty well against such a good team but I'm a little more than disappointed in the Hokie offense this year..we shall see. We plan on going to a hokie game or two as well! We stayed the night at the Consroe home and woke up early to have breakfast and start the journey home. Lee really wanted to go see Jason and his new house and I went to see Hope! GOOOOOSH I miss her. She's coming down here in a few weeks for the Blink182 concert so I'll see her then! We decided to make our way home on Sunday so we could have a day to ourselves at home and go to the beach. Doesn't look good so far..its rainy and grey..drats! We're hoping for sunshine later so we can say our final farewells to summer.
Hope everyone has a fab weekend..stay safe!
Meg~
Saturday, August 29, 2009
bad blogger
Hello everyone,
I know I've been really bad about blogging lately...I think its because I'm bummed out without my camera. Hope has been letting me use her digi camera but it doesn't have the cord to hook it up to the computer so I have to actually go somewhere and have the pictures put on a disk. It's kinda a pain in the butt so I'm waiting till I have several pictures or until I get a new camera..its no fun blogging without the pictures! Anyway I'll get you up to speed on the last couple of weekends. The weekend before last, we went to Winston-Salem for Lee Denton's wedding. on Friday afternoon we left..road tripped it 5 hours and headed into High Point to stay at Lee's mom's new hubbie's old house....just in time for rehearsal dinner?! Tuckered out..we slept in. Where did we sleep? OK let me explain. Lee's mom marries Craig Money. She is now Julie Money, but more notably signs her emails J$. I gave Craig the nickname C-Money when I first met him so I guess he can be referred to as C$. C$ was laid off right before we left for Mexico.(he's a pharmacist)He got a new job and new apartment in Florence, South Carolina. J$ has recently been laid off at her job (NC School of the Arts) She is staying behind and living in C$'s house until she can fix it up and sell it and then move to SC with C$. GOT IT?! Probably not..but we were staying in C$'s house in NC. Lee headed off with John and Spencer for what else? Frisbee Golf.. well I stayed behind with my sweet lil future mother in-law having girl time. We all freshened up and headed downtown to a little park in the middle of the city (I guess sorta like Elmwood park in Roanoke but better) where the ceremony was held. The we headed a few blocks over to this cool little house in Winston where there reception was held. I did take the camera with me but proceeded to leave it in the car for the entire evening..therefore the only pictures I have are the ones right after Lee and I got ready..and those are lame anyway :) The wedding was so much fun...let me start with the "highlights" if that's what you want to call it...
1. I was psychoanalyzed by Hunter Dockery. A very good friend of the family. He's a really cool pastor and is a beer and sailing enthusiast. He is the dad of Spencer, Jonathan, and Jackson Dockery...not to mention his sweet wife. We were sitting at our table, drinking wine, when I literally poured my heart out to him and in the end was tearing up. So was Lee. We both really want him to do something involving our ceremony..we're not sure yet. But basically I was diagnosed with OCD..which is classic. More than likely I do have it. I'll own it. SO weird incident number one benefited me. Now onto the more disturbing weird incident number two.
2. Julie (J$) and I had probably had one too many glasses of wine and were searching around for the bathroom. Someone told us there was a private one upstairs and that we could use it..so we did. After I used it, I guarded the door (they had no locks) so that no one would walk in on her. At that moment the wedding planner (or she seemed to be running the show, regardless of title) came upstairs and started talking to me. She said "Boy it sure is hot in this house!" I replied with "Yeah, it sure is." (it wasn't really...a little warm but that was perhaps of all the wine) THEN she proceeded to finish with.."It must be even worse for you since you're pregnant, when are you due?!" WHAT?!?!? Ok, first of all, I'm not. Second of all, I've been LOSING weight, so im thinking to myself..WTF? Without even a glitch or a stutter I replied with "October." She gave me her congrats and hurried on her way. TALK ABOUT MORTIFIED! I think the reason she said that was because of the way my dress was shaped..you know..ribbon around the waist..flares out at the bottom..either that or I'm HUGE and just don't see it! So anyway I tell J$ all about it and we both start laughing hysterically, and I conveniently made my way to the bar. OH WHAT A NIGHT.
The next day we slept in and then met up with Lee's dad and J$ for lunch at the Loop! We sat out on the patio and soaked up the sun..much needed after my night of intoxication. That was the most I'd drank in a long time! I'm a total light weight again! After Lunch Lee insisted on hitting up the Juice Shoppe for a Guava Gulp (his hometown fav other than Krispy-Kreme) and we headed off to Raleigh to see Lee's friend Sean (one of our groomsmen) He just recently bought a house with his girlfriend and they had us over to grill out and tour! It was beautiful! It made Lee really want to buy one..we've been looking on and off.. going thru phases. Ultimately we've decided to stay where we're at, at LEAST for a year or two more, until Lee gets another big raise or until I get a better job, or till we have children..whichever comes first. We had a great time with them and I loved meeting his girlfriend. Those boys have so much in common its scary. Glad we left when we did or Lee would've moved in! We made it home late Sunday night..it was a fun trip!
Last weekend we headed down to Sandbridge beach (sorta like the outer banks but in VA BEACH) We wanted to go see the big waves created by Hurricane Bill. They were pretty big alright! Last weekend was a chillaxer..we did a lot around the house and hung out together. Good weekend. Monday, my brother, Josh came down from DC on work. I made dinner and he came over to hang with us. We had a great time and we're planning on heading up to DC in October. Its been so long since I've been..probably since I was 13 and I really want to go see all the sites again! Thursday night, Lee and I had date night. The plan was to go to a LOCAL restaurant that we'd never tried and then go to the new Brad Pitt Movie. We went to this sweet hang-out called Margie and Ray's on the way to Sandbridge. Supposedly they have the best she-crab soup in the tidewater. Lee and I have made it a point to try it everywhere that we get the chance..and so far..its the best. With Lucky Oyster and Hot Tuna coming in at a VERY close second! These are all places you should hit up while visiting the beach! Anyway after a few beers, soup, and dinner..we were so full that we were sleepy! We decided to forego the movie and save it for the weekend. Last nite we ordered in with Wine and Pizza and today Lee worked all day. I on the other had, completed the primer coat on the nightstand that I'm refurbishing. I'll blog about that later (once I actually finish)! Tonight I'm making flounder and red beans and rice...another evening in..and thats just fine with me. Tomorrow church and I'm excited that Julie(not J$) is back from PA. Looking forward to seeing the whole Parsons family tomorrow..then maybe lunch and the movie. Loving these last few weekends of hot weather..but hoping the FALL weather kicks in soon. Hope everyone has a great rest of the weekend..I'm sure you will now that I've bored you to tears!
Meg~
I know I've been really bad about blogging lately...I think its because I'm bummed out without my camera. Hope has been letting me use her digi camera but it doesn't have the cord to hook it up to the computer so I have to actually go somewhere and have the pictures put on a disk. It's kinda a pain in the butt so I'm waiting till I have several pictures or until I get a new camera..its no fun blogging without the pictures! Anyway I'll get you up to speed on the last couple of weekends. The weekend before last, we went to Winston-Salem for Lee Denton's wedding. on Friday afternoon we left..road tripped it 5 hours and headed into High Point to stay at Lee's mom's new hubbie's old house....just in time for rehearsal dinner?! Tuckered out..we slept in. Where did we sleep? OK let me explain. Lee's mom marries Craig Money. She is now Julie Money, but more notably signs her emails J$. I gave Craig the nickname C-Money when I first met him so I guess he can be referred to as C$. C$ was laid off right before we left for Mexico.(he's a pharmacist)He got a new job and new apartment in Florence, South Carolina. J$ has recently been laid off at her job (NC School of the Arts) She is staying behind and living in C$'s house until she can fix it up and sell it and then move to SC with C$. GOT IT?! Probably not..but we were staying in C$'s house in NC. Lee headed off with John and Spencer for what else? Frisbee Golf.. well I stayed behind with my sweet lil future mother in-law having girl time. We all freshened up and headed downtown to a little park in the middle of the city (I guess sorta like Elmwood park in Roanoke but better) where the ceremony was held. The we headed a few blocks over to this cool little house in Winston where there reception was held. I did take the camera with me but proceeded to leave it in the car for the entire evening..therefore the only pictures I have are the ones right after Lee and I got ready..and those are lame anyway :) The wedding was so much fun...let me start with the "highlights" if that's what you want to call it...
1. I was psychoanalyzed by Hunter Dockery. A very good friend of the family. He's a really cool pastor and is a beer and sailing enthusiast. He is the dad of Spencer, Jonathan, and Jackson Dockery...not to mention his sweet wife. We were sitting at our table, drinking wine, when I literally poured my heart out to him and in the end was tearing up. So was Lee. We both really want him to do something involving our ceremony..we're not sure yet. But basically I was diagnosed with OCD..which is classic. More than likely I do have it. I'll own it. SO weird incident number one benefited me. Now onto the more disturbing weird incident number two.
2. Julie (J$) and I had probably had one too many glasses of wine and were searching around for the bathroom. Someone told us there was a private one upstairs and that we could use it..so we did. After I used it, I guarded the door (they had no locks) so that no one would walk in on her. At that moment the wedding planner (or she seemed to be running the show, regardless of title) came upstairs and started talking to me. She said "Boy it sure is hot in this house!" I replied with "Yeah, it sure is." (it wasn't really...a little warm but that was perhaps of all the wine) THEN she proceeded to finish with.."It must be even worse for you since you're pregnant, when are you due?!" WHAT?!?!? Ok, first of all, I'm not. Second of all, I've been LOSING weight, so im thinking to myself..WTF? Without even a glitch or a stutter I replied with "October." She gave me her congrats and hurried on her way. TALK ABOUT MORTIFIED! I think the reason she said that was because of the way my dress was shaped..you know..ribbon around the waist..flares out at the bottom..either that or I'm HUGE and just don't see it! So anyway I tell J$ all about it and we both start laughing hysterically, and I conveniently made my way to the bar. OH WHAT A NIGHT.
The next day we slept in and then met up with Lee's dad and J$ for lunch at the Loop! We sat out on the patio and soaked up the sun..much needed after my night of intoxication. That was the most I'd drank in a long time! I'm a total light weight again! After Lunch Lee insisted on hitting up the Juice Shoppe for a Guava Gulp (his hometown fav other than Krispy-Kreme) and we headed off to Raleigh to see Lee's friend Sean (one of our groomsmen) He just recently bought a house with his girlfriend and they had us over to grill out and tour! It was beautiful! It made Lee really want to buy one..we've been looking on and off.. going thru phases. Ultimately we've decided to stay where we're at, at LEAST for a year or two more, until Lee gets another big raise or until I get a better job, or till we have children..whichever comes first. We had a great time with them and I loved meeting his girlfriend. Those boys have so much in common its scary. Glad we left when we did or Lee would've moved in! We made it home late Sunday night..it was a fun trip!
Last weekend we headed down to Sandbridge beach (sorta like the outer banks but in VA BEACH) We wanted to go see the big waves created by Hurricane Bill. They were pretty big alright! Last weekend was a chillaxer..we did a lot around the house and hung out together. Good weekend. Monday, my brother, Josh came down from DC on work. I made dinner and he came over to hang with us. We had a great time and we're planning on heading up to DC in October. Its been so long since I've been..probably since I was 13 and I really want to go see all the sites again! Thursday night, Lee and I had date night. The plan was to go to a LOCAL restaurant that we'd never tried and then go to the new Brad Pitt Movie. We went to this sweet hang-out called Margie and Ray's on the way to Sandbridge. Supposedly they have the best she-crab soup in the tidewater. Lee and I have made it a point to try it everywhere that we get the chance..and so far..its the best. With Lucky Oyster and Hot Tuna coming in at a VERY close second! These are all places you should hit up while visiting the beach! Anyway after a few beers, soup, and dinner..we were so full that we were sleepy! We decided to forego the movie and save it for the weekend. Last nite we ordered in with Wine and Pizza and today Lee worked all day. I on the other had, completed the primer coat on the nightstand that I'm refurbishing. I'll blog about that later (once I actually finish)! Tonight I'm making flounder and red beans and rice...another evening in..and thats just fine with me. Tomorrow church and I'm excited that Julie(not J$) is back from PA. Looking forward to seeing the whole Parsons family tomorrow..then maybe lunch and the movie. Loving these last few weekends of hot weather..but hoping the FALL weather kicks in soon. Hope everyone has a great rest of the weekend..I'm sure you will now that I've bored you to tears!
Meg~
Monday, August 10, 2009
Here, fishy fishy! (for lack of a better title)
I just want to say that I've been thrilled to have my cousin, Andie here for the last two weekends! I needed some serious girl time with her. Briefly i will discuss what went down. The Office, Bridesmaid dresses, Cheesecake factory, Lucky Oyster, Beach, Shopping, Aquarium, IMAX, Funny People. Love. I loved having you here! I can't wait till I see you in October for all our fun wedding stuff!
On another happy note, Seth and Julie will be coming over for dinner on Friday night. My first dinner party in our new home. Should be interesting. I'm thinking Italian..or Mexican..or Chinese..I've trained myself in the fine art of take-out so I never have to order from a restaurant again..it's a gift!
Saturday we are going to North Carolina for a wedding. That should be fun!
I really don't have much to say...'cept peace and love :)
Meg~
On another happy note, Seth and Julie will be coming over for dinner on Friday night. My first dinner party in our new home. Should be interesting. I'm thinking Italian..or Mexican..or Chinese..I've trained myself in the fine art of take-out so I never have to order from a restaurant again..it's a gift!
Saturday we are going to North Carolina for a wedding. That should be fun!
I really don't have much to say...'cept peace and love :)
Meg~
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