Sunday, November 27, 2011

Thanksgiving

We're back!  Robert and I finished up our southern tour yesterday evening.  Highlights included catching up with family friends in Mississippi, touring Robert's hometown in Louisiana, and visiting family in Alabama.  I had been to all of these states before but not with Robert.  It was really neat for me to get to see where he grew up after hearing all about it for nearly two years.  I had met several of Robert's dad's side of the family when they came to Missouri for Labor Day and Kansas for Bethany's graduation and wedding, but I hadn't visited them in Alabama yet. 

Lousiana: Visited Robert's two houses, church, and five schools in Slidell.  Bought pralines at Bayou Country.  Toured New Orleans: New Orleans Museum of Art, Musicians Village where I built Habitat for Humanity houses in 2007, Jackson Cathedral, Mr. B's Bistro.

Alabama: Fish fry (I didn't eat any. haha), Thanksgiving with about 80 relatives (My family usually includes about 12 of us), two trips to the beach, shopping, a trip to Bellingrath Gardens' Christmas light display, and meeting a ton of new people.  Bellingrath Gardens is where Robert's Mamaw worked for over 30 years. 

It took about 12 hours to drive each way.  Robert and I took turns, but he definitely drove the most.  It was a great time to chat, listen to music and audiotapes, nap, and play games, but 12 hours still felt like a very long time.  I don't know how my family made it through countless 20+ hour trips to Pennsylvania back in the day.

With this event checked off of my list, I have just 18 days until the next milestone: Organizational Change ends.  This class has quite possibly been my favorite so far.  I wish it could continue into next semester so I wouldn't have to start new classes that don't sound very appealing.

Tuesday, November 8, 2011

Birthdays and Workouts

We celebrated Pepaw's 81st birthday on Sunday, and his actual birthday was yesterday.

My favorite picture from the evening

Robert bought me a sunflower yesterday just because.  I sure do like him.

Ever since I graduated in May I've been trying to work out more and eat healthier.  It's definitely paying off.  I've lost 20 pounds as of this morning.  Robert and I run on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.  When we started out running 1/2 a mile was difficult for me.  Now I'm up to 2 miles.  On Tuesdays and Thursdays we lift weights.  It's nice to spend an extra 45 minutes together each day, and it's nice to do something good for my body.

Tuesday, November 1, 2011

Happy Fall

My life in pictures:
At the Saints/Rams game in STL

Wejust s happened to go to the zoo on the day when the zookeepers were feeding pumpkins to different animals.  So cool!
RCV + AEG.  Celebrating our first and last engaged Halloween
Robert's pumpkin was so impressive!

It was a complete coincidence that we all were gray, the guy wore Carinals shirts, and the girls wore SBU shirts.  Promise!


And of course I have to review "The List"
  1. August 22 - Drury starts, 4 days til... DONE
  2. August 26 - Mom's birthday, 8 days til...DONE
  3. September 3 - Bethany gets married, 2 days til... JUST 4 MORE DAYS
  4. September 5 - Dad's birthday AND Labor Day, 3 days til...
  5. September 8 - My birthday, 34 days til...
  6. October 12 - Organizational Communication ends, 2 days til...
  7. October 14-23 - Fall break, 1 day til...
  8. October 24 - Organizational Change starts, 6 days til...
  9. October 30 - Saints game in St. Louis, 1 day til...
  10. October 31 - Halloween, 22 days til...
  11. November 22-26 - Alabama for Thanksgiving break, 18 days til...
  12. December 14 - Organizational Change ends, 1 day til...
  13. December 15 - Public Relations ends...3 days til
  14. December 18-December 23 - Pennsylvania trip...2 days til
  15. December 25 - Christmas...8 days til
  16. January 2- Winter project begins...15 days til
  17. January 17 - Spring semester starts...10 days til
  18. January 27- Winter project ends... 49 days til
  19. May 16-26 - Spring break...11 days til...
  20. April 6 - Good Friday off...1 day til
  21. April 7 - Jim's birthday...1 day til
  22. April 8 - Easter...29 days til
  23. May 7-12 - Finals...3 days til
  24. May 10 - Graduation rehearsal...1 day til
  25. May 11 - School ends...1 day til
  26. May 12 - My graduation...7 days til
  27. May 19 - Robert's graduation...1 day til
  28. May 20 - Our wedding!


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