Update on Life

School started at the end of August and classes are in full swing. I can't believe this is my last year! Not too much longer and I will graduate, get my degree, and start a new career. It's a little intimidating, but I think I'm up for the challenge. I have worked hard for this and I am ready to move on to the next phase. For now, however, I do still have this last year to get through and it will not be easy.

I cut my hours at my on-campus job once school started, but between there and BBB I am still working at least 45 hours a week. It gets tough to juggle with all my school work, but it's necessary and I don't mind it most of the time. Of course, I'm looking forward to next summer when I will start a new job and no longer have to work retail. At least that's the plan. :)

Looks like I'm heading off to lunch with my Mom and sister, so I'll be back to update more later. Until then... :)

Amazing Husband!

Yes, this is another post about how amazing my husband is. Here's the story:

On Saturday night he picked me up from work and said that he had a surprise for me. The first gift he gave me was a bookmark. It's a ribbon thing with charms on either end. One of the charms was as orange B. I LOVE IT! Not only is orange my favorite color, but he wanted me to have something with my new initial. Then he gives me my other gift. It's a book that he went and picked out all by himself. It wasn't anything I'd asked for, just something he thought I would like. I was blown away. Seriously. I still find it hard to believe that I have married someone so wonderful. He knows me well and does what he can to make me happy.

We are just past the three month mark of being married and I am simply amazed at how quickly the time is passing. I can't say that it has all been wonderful thus far, but I definitely wouldn't trade any of it. We're still learning a lot about each other and growing more than ever before. Sorry for all the mushiness, but it's what is on my mind right now so that's what you get. :)

Breaking Dawn

Tonight, after work, I will be headed straight over the the Breaking Dawn midnight release party and I am pumped!

As my sister so sweetly phrased it a few weeks ago, yes, there will be a lot of nerds there who get excited over the release of a book ... and I will be one of them. Tomorrow I will be out of comission all day as I read this book that I have spent months impatiently waiting for, so please don't try to call me ... I will not answer the phone! :)

Dark Knight ... Again

On Monday night Jason and I went to see the Dark Knight again, but with a different group of friends this time around. I must say that watching it for the second time was much better than the first. Maybe it's because I was able to pick up on more things this time or perhaps because I could follow the storyline better since I knew where it was headed. Anyway, I've gotten off the fence and decided that I like this movie quite a lot. I still want to see the one that came before it as that will probably help me understand things even better and, of course, I still wish for a better ending. Once again, though, that's just my fairytale side talking.

Cedar Point

So, Jason and I went to the Cedar Point amusement park in Sandusky, Ohio over the weekend. We went with a group of people from our college group at church. We all left on Thursday and came back on Sunday. We had a really great trip and I LOVED the park. There was so much to do there! We stayed in a hotel right on the Cedar Point grounds which was pretty cool. The whole thing (park and hotel) was located on Lake Erie. I was really excited about that as I have never seen any of the Great Lakes before.

Last night we went to see Dark Knight in the IMAX theater with a group of friends. I'm still on the fence about the movie overall. It was really long and really dark, but there were definitely some great scenes and some funny parts. It was the first Batman movie that I have ever seen, so maybe I should reserve judgement until I see the others.

Funny story (well, it is to me anyway):

The other day I was at the mall with my little sister and I convinced her to go to the bookstore with me (which she hates) so I could pre-order Breaking Dawn. When the lady at the customer service desks realizes what book I am pre-ordering she starts telling us about their midnight release for the book and the big party that they are going to have. Here is the conversation that my sister and I had when we left the store:

Me: So, do you want to go to the midnight release with me?
Jen: I don't wanna go to that. There's gonna be a bunch of nerds there. (in a high voice) Oh,
goody, a book is coming out!
Me: Umm.... thanks.

Ha ha ha!! Okay, maybe you had to be there, but I thought it was hilarious!

Design Star

If you don't watch Design Star on HGTV, you should. This season it is taking place in Nashville, which makes it that much cooler.




This is Matt and he's the one I'm pulling for this season. He's pretty much amazing.

I love my husband!

Here are the top 5 reasons why i love my husband this week:

1. He went to Kroger to pick up something for himself and came back with a pint of my very favorite flavor of Ben and Jerry's.

2. Yesterday while I was at work he cleaned the house and did all of the laundry. Note: he does this a lot and that makes me a VERY happy wife.

3. He filled up my new little travel bottles with my shampoo and conditioner (without me asking) so that they would be ready for me to take on our trip this week. (I noticed them sitting on the counter this morning. It really is the little things that make all the difference!)

4. He let me buy a new pair of shoes on Saturday that I totally don't need but asked for anyway because they were on sale. :)

5. He will wake me up in the middle of the night just to give me a kiss on the check or to say 'I love you' and then go back to sleep. Note: This is possibly the most incredible thing in the whole wide world!