2.16.2010

t.m.i. tuesday

 

how i met cap'n greg...
greg lived next door to me in auburn. i was in apartment 6, he in apartment 5. i lived in this apartment for a year and a half before greg moved in with my loud, sometimes obnoxious, but friendly neighbor. i didnt even know greg lived in apartment 5 for a few months despite the fact that we shared a wall and both front and back porches. 

our first encounter was on the back deck when i was taking sunny out to potty. greg was sitting in a chair reading a book without a shirt on. we did the introductions and i thought he was mocking my southern accent. turns out... thats how he really talks.

for another year, we did the usual "hellos" and a story about how his grandmother thinks she personally knows scott peterson (because she watches the news so much; she refers to him by scott) followed by a few silly facebook messages.

then late one night, about 2 years ago, i walked past his window while taking sunny out and witnessed a horrifying sight. greg was drinking milk FROM THE CARTON. (if you didnt know, im super weird about milk... that could be a post in itself) so, i took it upon myself to open the back door (letting sunny run inside) and yell at him about drinking milk from the carton. we then watched a bootleg smiths concert on dvd while i made some ridiculous comments about expensive purses and "livin' it like it is."

the next day, he texted me to come over for breakfast (at noon, which i had already eaten breakfast) and we ate eggs and french toast (wheat bread) and drank coffee. 

our first official date wasnt until over a month later when we went to the hank williams museum in montgomery followed by dinner at carrabas and a walk into the tuskegee forest.

greg probably has a different version of the story... but this is the official one. 


2.15.2010

weekend scenes

 

it did snow after all!
i got a whopping 4 day weekend! hooray!




sunny loves the snow. she gets so excited...

  

and then there was a BEAUTIFUL sunset...



for v-day... since my valentine couldnt be in town, i threw a dinner party for my "single ladies." we had french onion soup with grilled cheese sandwiches, chocolate covered strawberries, poundcake with ice cream and topped with more strawberries. 

  

i also gave them valentines...

  

and made up a game for us to play.

 

i had a lot of fun doing it all and i think they enjoyed it as well.

2.14.2010

happy day of hearts and love!

who wouldnt want to go to this party? 
i want to have this party.

the gorgeous table...

decorations...
 

and cakes...

i can dream...

 
my valentines

2.13.2010

more hearts

wouldnt you love to get this valentine from a classmate?

 
this is from mer mag... a blog i adore. i want to be this mom. she's so awesome.
and creative.

or this valentine...
 
 
from simple lovely... another mother i aspire to be (with or without kids). 

i made a pretty sweet valentine for greg. unfortunately i didnt take a picture. but i might make another just to document it. i cant wait until he gets it in the mail!



2.12.2010

my love for valentine's day

i cant explain how much i LOVE valentine's day.
i love anything hearts. pink and red. lace. 
i loved v-day in school and getting all the cute cards from my friends. 
and candy.
i love making or buying cards for everyone i love. 
i love valentine's day.
i love making cookies and treats and decorations.
though, i really dont have the time anymore.
but i still LOVE valentine's day. 
a lot of people say they hate the holiday. 
that it is hallmark trying to make some money.
but its so pretty and no matter what, you still have people to love and love you!

valentine's inspiration i am loving...

 

  

today is a snowless, snow day. i am enjoying watching martha stewart and blogging. 
yay! 

2.08.2010

i didnt really think i had a celeb look alike...


but apparently i do... christy turlington, supermodel.

2.02.2010

birthdays were had

if you didnt already know, i had my 25th birthday. it was all i expected it to be... just another day with more text messages and presents. it started with a kind birminghamian (?) running me off the road on the way to school. but, i did get out of school an hour early, greg came into town, and i ate dinner at california pizza kitchen (or chicken) with my grand parents. i got all my favorite things: cook books, wine, flowers, skinny cows, starbucks, and money. hooray! so it really was great. 

over christmas, my friend hamp and i and his family were talking about age. we all finally came to the consensus that 25 really is younger than we all thought it was going to be. hamp, 27, used to think he would be married and have one kid by now, brut (hamp's brother) thought he would be married and thinking about kids, and i thought i would be married (during my 25th year... not going to happen). hamp's older cousins (who just had their first child at 37) had the same ideas. but kate (cousin) said she really needed her 20's and 30's to figure her life out. it was an interesting and enlightening conversation. as trite as it may be, age really is just a number and personal perception. so im going to stop feeling bad about being 25, still in school, still being supported, and working for an hourly wage. yay!

other events of note: 
papa jack turned 82 yesterday! he celebrated with dinner at logan's roadhouse and probably 6 hours of fox news on repeat. 


he said he had a lot of phone calls and cards. 
happy bday, pj!