Go Sarah, it's your birthday!

Happy birthday, Sarah! Yay! I always love it when it's your birthday.... Because it means that mine is only 2 weeks away! Anyways, I hope you have a great one!

By the way, 26 is NOT old!! :)

Speeding Guilt

I've been shopping for auto insurance today. I've still been on my parents' policy and (supposed to be) paying them for it, but they are about to be changing companies and aren't going to include me on the new policy. It's time to be on my own, anyway. I've been looking on the internet, requesting quotes from various companies. Why do they have to make you feel so guilty and list all the details of all traffic violations in the last 3-5 years? I feel sure that secretly, the insurance companies are laughing at me and saying, "HAHA, yeah right! You want US to insure you??!" Okay, so I've only had 3 speeding tickets in the last three years, but they were all three last year (and two were in one day)! I'm glad that they eventually go off your record because there were several others in the 4 years that I was in college. Then, not only do you have to list traffic violations, but also accidents that you've been involved in. We all remember the lovely little head-on collision that I experienced back at the end of October and the frustrations that I endured while being car-less (well, in a rental car) for 6 weeks, and then they finally decided to total my car. And on top of all that, the accident was NOT my fault! But they don't care about that. Why should that affect my rate when it wasn't my fault, and I could not have avoided it? Auto insurance sucks, and it costs way too much!!

Ol' Deep South Wedding

I went to a wedding Saturday evening with Jody and his mother. It was at Dunleith Plantation in the heart of Natchez, MS, and it was like a dream wedding in the Old South complete with horsedrawn carriage, 90 degree heat (at 6:30 pm), and 98% humidity! It really was a beautiful wedding, but the ceremony and reception party were outside, and it had rained earlier in the day, causing it to be terribly humid and sticky! As dreamy as it was, no wedding in the heart of the deep South should be held outside between the months of May and September! Everybody was sticky and sweaty, and in fact, the wedding programs were printed on paper fans. But even though we sweated and my hair 'fro-ed out and tried to do the wave (after fixing it so perfectly straight and smooth), we still had a pretty good time. I didn't take any pictures of the ceremony or the wedding party (I didn't know the bride and groom), but Jody's Mom wouldn't let us get away without taking a picture of us.


I may have had a more natural smile in the pics if Jody had not been pinching my butt! And once again, I remind you that we were sweaty and sticky, and my once straight and smooth hair had taken a mind of its own in the humidity. I guess we probably should've taken our pictures before the wedding while my hair may have still looked halfway decent. After the pictures, it immediatly went into a ponytail!

Long time, no see

It's been a really long time since I've blogged! I've been wanting to blog lately, but I just haven't felt like taking the time, nor have I had much to blog about. Let me see if I can catch up. I went and spent a week on vacation at Evensong, our place in the mountains of N. Carolina... it wasn't much exciting, and I didn't take really any pictures, but it was just a really nice week of relaxation and visiting with my family.

This is my mimosa tree in the backyard. All along the drive to and from N. Carolina the mimosa trees were in bloom everywhere. I love it when the mimosa trees are blooming! The really pink ones are my favorite.

This is Emma, my newest sibling and my parents new Pembroke Welsh Corgi puppy. She is so cute and such a mess!I returned home to find these gorgeous flowers welcoming me back from my trip! I really do have the sweetest boyfriend in the whole world.... even though he thinks I don't appreciate his thoughtfulness.

Here is Bo stalking Gracie. Look how big he's gotten! I sat him on the scale last night, and it looks like he weighs about 3 pounds now! He's so much bigger, but he's so long and lean and long-legged! He's still a mess... Gracie wouldn't have a problem with him if he weren't constantly trying to terrorize her! He jumps on her and grabs onto her ears or neck or legs wherever he can, and her growling and hissing and swatting doesn't phase him. I tell her that since she is like 5 times his size that she needs to put him in his place and teach him a lesson, but she doesn't listen. Maybe because she is deaf! But anyways, I really think she would like him a lot more if he would calm down some. Maybe someday....

Here he is napping in one of his new favorite spots! What a nice window seat for a nap! :)

Here are Mattie (above) and Aubrey (below). We were all playing out in the yard the other day, so I snapped some pics so they wouldn't feel neglected with Bo getting all the publicity lately. They're my girls! And they're such good dogs.... :)