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New Year, New Car

2011-02-07T20:03:00.004-06:00

Happy Belated 2011!!

Soooo, last month Brock and I bought a 2011 Nissan Murano for me!!!! I have been wanting a new vehicle since I graduated from UAB in December 2007. To say that I am excited is definitely an understatement of the century!!!! I feel extremely blessed to have such a nice vehicle to drive everyday!!!!

Old Car- 2003 Honda Accord

New Car- 2011 Nissan Murano

kla

I'm Married!

2010-12-13T21:51:00.004-06:00

I am MARRIED just in case you didn't know!!! Well to be exact I have been married for 1 month today!!!! I really cannot believe that November 13th came and went sooooo fast. I knew that it would because Leslie's wedding day did and everyone says that it will but it goes way faster when it's your day.

All that I will say about our wedding day (in this post) is that November 13, 2010, was the best day of my life!!! I feel truly blessed to be married to my best friend and I am so grateful for my parents and sisters for doing everything in their power to make our wedding day perfect!!!!

Lingerie Shower

2010-10-19T19:38:00.005-05:00

Hello Everyone,

This weekend Leslie, Abby, Melissa and I went to Nashville for my Bachelorette Party!! It was AMAZING!!! Such a great trip!! I don't have the pictures from the weekend so for now I will just show you the great cookies that Abby got for me from the cookie mama. On Friday night after dinner, I opened my lingerie presents from Leslie, Abby, Melissa and Mom. It was so much fun and I got tons of great stuff!! Every present was perfect!!! I love these cookies!! Abby you are so thoughtful to have picked my favorite colors for these sexy cookies!!!

Sexy Lingerie

Thanks so much for my "last single" weekend in Nashville!!!!!

One Month!

2010-10-13T20:47:00.002-05:00

Our wedding day is ONE MONTH from today!!! I am shocked at how fast time is flying by me!! I know how awful I have been at blogging but I promise to get better once I am Mrs Allen!! Until next time, I hope that everyone is having an amazing fall!!

Wedding Countdown!

2010-09-13T21:47:00.000-05:00

WEDDING COUNTDOWN- 2 MONTHS!!!!

Father of the Bride

2010-09-09T21:52:00.002-05:00

I found this quote on someone else's blog and decided to share because it makes me smile!!!!

"I used to think a wedding was a simple affair. A boy and girl meet, they fall in love, he buys a ring, she buys a dress, they say "I do." I was wrong. That's getting married. A wedding is an entirely different proposition."

Father of the Bride

Upcoming Wedding Events

2010-09-03T20:58:00.004-05:00

Upcoming Events:

Tomorrow Mom and I are taking the invitations to the calligrapher!!! In my mind this means that our wedding will be here before I know it!!!!! I think that being engaged is finally beginning to seem real. I wonder how long it will take after the wedding for that to seem real if it took 6 months for me to wrap my mind around the engagement...haha!!

In a week and a half, Brock and I are taking are engagement pictures!! I am pretty excited to take these! I really think that we can have some fun with them. We don't have any really great pictures of us together so hopefully we will accomplish that with these pictures as well as get a picture of me for our announcement!! I am praying that it will be cool the day we take the pictures.

The weekend after we take our engagement pictures is our first shower at my church and the next weekend is our shower at Brock's church and that puts us almost at the end of September. I see thank you notes in my future! Time sure does fly when your having fun!!! Photos to come from the showers and engagement session.

Wedding Countdown!

2010-08-15T21:49:00.002-05:00

We are now less than 3 months from our wedding day!!! I seriously cannot wait until November 13, 2010 at 1:30 when I get to marry Brock Allen!! Brock's wedding band came in Friday. I dreamed that night that we got married and I forgot to pick up his ring. What a nightmare...haha!! I promise that I will not forget to pick it up. Cannot wait!!!!!!!!

Engagement Party!!

2010-07-27T21:27:00.013-05:00

On Friday July 16th, Brock and I attended our Engagement Party at the Magnolias in Aberdeen!!! We were so excited to get to see all of our family and friends at our first party to kick-off our wedding festivities!! As you will see in the picture below, it poured during the party!! So some of our guests (and Brock) got a little shower on the way inside the house!! Couldn't think of a better way to celebrate our engagement!!!!!

Brock and I

Abby (Maid of Honor) and I

Brock's brothers

Troy, Brock and Clint

My mom's sisters

Gina and Beth Ann

Part of my future family!

Troy, Brock, me, Tracy and Clint

Leslie (Matron of Honor), Me and Susie Randall (aka Susie Purnell)

My future in laws!!!

Andy and Brenda

My parents!!!

Walter and Joan

Dr Boland and 4 of my co-workers were able to make it to the party!!

I didn't think to get a group picture but grabbed Lauren and Carley before they left!!

Thanks to all of the hosts and to all of our guests for making this night so memorable for us!!!

Catch Up

2010-05-26T11:28:00.007-05:00

Hi everyone!! I am still alive just in case there were any rumors!! I would like to say that I have been so busy that I haven't had the time to blog but that would be a lie. I really just haven't had anything to say. Shocking right? I've got some things coming up so I guess I will tell y'all about them!!

Tomorrow Brock and I are going to Jackson after work to spend the night with Troy, Brock's oldest brother. The three of us will be leaving on Friday to go to Los Angeles, CA to visit a childhood friend of the Allen boys!! I haven't met Nez or Annie or been to LA so this should be an interesting, exciting trip. We will be coming back on Wednesday so I think that gives us a great amount of time to see what LA has to offer!! I hope to bring back lots of pictures to share!!
As soon as we get back from our trip, I will be on a mission to find my wedding dress!! I have only been to one store and was unsuccessful. I feel like I still have time but would like to find one pretty soon so that I don't start stressing out about it!!
Our engagement party is going to be July 16 in Aberdeen and I am really looking forward to this being our first party!! I think that this party will kick-off the rest of the wedding festivities!!
I can't seem to remember if I have even blogged when our wedding will be so I will announce it now(re announce maybe)!! November 13, 2010 is our wedding day!!

I believe that I said that I would show a picture of my ring so I will add that in on this blog as well!!

My ring!!!!!

I hope that everyone has a great Memorial Day Weekend and I will check back when we get back from LA!!

Happy Birthday!!

2010-04-25T00:26:00.004-05:00

Happy Belated Birthday (April 24) to my Fiance!!!!!!

I love you and can't wait to celebrate many, many more birthdays with you!!!!!!

Fiance

2010-03-15T21:30:00.003-05:00

I am going to reveal who Fiance, better known as, Boyfriend is in this blog. When I asked him again tonight if he was sure it was ok to name him on my blog he said, "My whole name?"' I just had to laugh because I am still shocked that he is letting me add his name. I feel that it is going to be extremely difficult to have a blog about my life without him included since we are starting our life together very soon!!!! So without further adu.... Fiance is Brock Allen!!!!!!

Twin Sister Trip

2010-03-15T19:28:00.010-05:00

The Thursday before Valentine's Leslie and I went to The Alluvian for the night!! We shopped around on Thursday afternoon and then went to dinner. We got up Friday morning and had an amazing breakfast at the hotel and then headed across the street to the Spa!! We both had Delta Rock massages that we thoroughly enjoyed!! After our spa visit, we had the best lunch at

a little place called, Delta Bistro. The food was great and the atmosphere was open and modern! We loved it!! I highly recommend this restaurant on your next visit to Greenwood!! I cannot wait until our next weekend away and next time Abby has to go with us!!!!

Alluvian Breakfast

Delta Bistro

My pimento and cheese sandwich

Leslie's Rueben

Boyfriend is.....

2010-02-28T22:41:00.003-06:00

Boyfriend is now FIANCE!!!!!!!!!!!!! Just thought I would let you bloggers and readers know this piece of information and I will blog about the proposal as soon as possible!!!!!!!!

Macbook

2010-02-16T21:17:00.015-06:00

At the end of January, I headed east to Birmingham to buy my Macbook!! On the way to Birmingham, I made a pit stop in Tuscaloosa at Cardiology Consultants to visit my old co-workers!! It was so great to visit with Karen, Lance and Melinda. I miss these guys so much!! My visit with Melinda was cut short because she was running out the door to go to a doctor's appointment to see how Baby Camden was doing. Camden has arrived since my visit, and he is absolutely adorable!! I cannot wait to meet him!! Here are a couple pictures of the new family!

Camden Cade Hood

The Hoods

From Tuscaloosa I headed to see the Thomson's that I babysat for while I lived in Birmingham. I believe that we decided that I hadn't seen them in a year and a half. That is just crazy! I am very ashamed that it has been that long. Boy have Ellie and Mac changed alot in that amount of time. I cannot wait to see them on my next trip to Birmingham!!

Ellie and Mac

After my second visit for the day, I headed over to the Summit to the Apple store to purchase my first Macbook! I had a personal shopping appointment at the store and was able to make my purchase in about an hour. I left Computer there so that all my old stuff could be transferred to Mac. Unfortunately, I wasn't able to pick Mac up until the next night at 6 so I did what any girl would do and headed to the Wynfrey to spend the night!!

Wednesday morning I stayed in my room until 11ish so that I would have a little less time to hang out by myself. I decided to head over to Best Buy and let them check out my broken camera. While there, I was told that the camera could be fixed but would most likely cost me $150 to $200 at least to fix. I told them that I would not be spending any money on that camera. I knew that as soon as the camera was fixed it would break again out of warranty for the second time. My new camera is on its way to my house!! Here is the new camera.

Needless to say after alot of time shopping around Birmingham the time finally came to "Meet my Mac." I left Birmingham very happy with Mac and really ready to be home! I still feel like I have lots to learn on this new operating system but am excited to let other people teach me!!! Any volunteers???

Thanks for reading my rambling. I hope you enjoyed!!

21

2010-02-15T14:55:00.006-06:00

Abby is 21 today!!!!!! Can you believe it? Seems like just yesterday that Leslie and I were spending the night with Holly and Bailey waiting on our baby sister to get here!! Where did the time go??

Happy Birthday Abby!!!!!!!!!!!

Valentines!

2010-02-14T21:27:00.004-06:00

I had a low-key but GREAT Valentines Day!! Boyfriend gave me milk chocolate vanilla creams and chocolate covered strawberries from Sister Act in Amory. Sooooo Yummmy!! If you are not familiar with Sister Act let me tell you a little about them. Have you every heard of Dinstuhl's from Memphis? If so, this is the sister company. They have the same chocolate. Apparently, the owner of Sister Act sold Dinstuhl's and moved to Amory to open this store with her sister. How cool....right?! Boyfriend also gave me my very own Jacob Black action figure from New Moon. If you were wondering...yes he is shirtless. Isn't Boyfriend great? I sure think so!! Happy Valentine's Day to my Valentine. I love you!!

Newlyweds

2010-02-04T21:58:00.003-06:00

Happy 4 month anniversary to my favorite newlyweds,

The Diminos!!!!!

Mississippi Snow

2010-02-02T20:51:00.006-06:00

Isn't it beautiful? I was sick during this crazy weather and I stayed inside Thursday and Friday (luckily i was off work)!! It was great to be able to watch it snow. I know that this is nothing compared to the amount of snow alot of people get each year but for a Mississippi girl it was great to see some white!!

Christmas 2009

2010-02-02T20:27:00.004-06:00

I'm a tad bit late on blogging about Christmas but as always Christmas was wonderful!! I look forward to it every year. I love that I get to decorate and see all of my family. Christmas is an amazing time of year. I was very sad to take down the decorations because then my house feels a little bare but I that makes me excited about next year!! Below are pictures of my pencil tree with presents!!!!! Can't wait for Christmas 2010!!!!

I'm Sorry

2010-01-28T16:12:00.002-06:00

Leslie reminded me today that I haven't blogged in a while. I am sorry about this fact. I have a new computer and I will tell y'all all about it in the next post that I promise will be very soon!!

pottery barn= LOVE

2010-01-04T15:11:00.007-06:00

I love pottery barn. I would like to move into any page in the magazine. Every catalog that I get I look through it and get ideas about what I would like to do with my future home. On every page there is at least one thing that I would love to have!!! I know that this might seem to some as being obsessed but I am not..I promise.

The first two pictures below are a couple things that I do have from PB. The first picture I have the hutch from this collection. The hutch is on my desk at work. In the second picture, I have the silver phone. I love it is like an old phone. How cool?? The last four pictures are on my wish list.

hutch

my phone

Wish List:

I would love to one day have this bed! I have loved it for like 5 years!!!!!
I think these would be really cool hanging in a covered patio.

Vintage Milk Bottles. How awesome?!

I love glass vases obviously....haha!!

Thanks for listening to my rambling about Pottery Barn!!!!

i'm boring.

2009-12-30T21:49:00.004-06:00

So, I am pretty boring. I really don't have anything exciting to talk about today. Today is Wednesday so I didn't have to work. Yeah!! I had a massage. Thanks Abby for the gift certificate. Next, I went to West Point for my manicure. Which I always enjoy!! Thanks Lee! Tonight I went to eat with some of Boyfriend's family since his Grandfather is here from Canada. Today turned out to be a pretty great day!!!!

Below I included a picture of my Christmas tree for this year. I don't have a lot of pictures of my house decorated for Christmas but I will add one of my tree with presents at a later date. Also, if you can see my stocking, you might notice that it is a tad bit childish(small girl wearing a dress carrying a teddy bear). Well, thats because it is. This stocking was given to me by my grandmother(MawMaw) a couple years ago. She used to do stockings for us grandchildren when there were just 3 of us. Then the list of grandchildren grew to large so no more stockings. Anyway, I really love this stocking because MawMaw gave it to me.

Christmas Cards

2009-12-21T20:20:00.003-06:00

Christmas cards are one of my favorite things during this wonderful season!!! I love getting them!! I feel so special! My favorite are the pictures cards!! I can't wait to see what pictures and design people chose!! I really feel like a little kid in a candy store when I open my mailbox and there with all the boring mail is a Christmas Card!!!!!! So exciting!!!

This year I really wanted to send a picture card but I think that most people would think that a picture of just me on their card would be a tad bit creepy. I don't have a pet or husband or kid so who can be in my picture with me??? You guessed it...Abby and Nick!! Abby and I decided we could send a card together saying that we gained a brother this year!! So, we did and I think it turned out pretty AWESOME!!!!! I hope you enjoy!!

This is a bad picture of the card but you get the drift.

Bella Derma Organic Skin Spa

2009-12-09T21:13:00.004-06:00

If you are looking for a great present for someone on your Christmas list, you should definately check out Bella Derma Organic Skin Spa in Columbus. Abby is an aesthetician there!! Bella Derma has a great Promotional Gift Certificate available for sale now! The $50 Promotion includes: an hour long European Facial, 2 Eye Brow Archings and a Mineral Makeover. This package of services is normally $145! This is an amazing offer!! Please take advantage of this offer for your family, friends, co-workers etc....!! If this is not what you are looking for they also sell Dermalogica skin care products, Jane Iredale makeup as well as many other great products!!

Taylor Lautner

2009-12-01T17:59:00.002-06:00

Taylor Lautner=HOTT.

Shall I say more??

Eclipse comes out on 6.30.10!! I cannot wait!!!!!

New Moon

2009-11-24T17:09:00.003-06:00

Let me start off by saying that i loved reading all of the books in the Twilight Saga last year!! I could not put them down. I stayed up way too late every night to read. I would be exhausted the next day at work but I didn't care because I just couldn't make myself go to sleep!! I don't have any crazy stories to go along with reading the books but I did hear a funny story. A pharmaceutical sales rep that came into my office said that she hid from her kids while reading. Yep, she said that she would hide in her car, bathroom etc.. so that she would be able to read in peace. It made me laugh so hard because that is exactly how amazing these books are!! You want to stop everyday life so that you can read them. When i was reading Breaking Dawn, I just left the book sitting on my coffee table for a few days. I wouldn't let myself open it because I knew that when I finished reading it that I would be so sad. Finish reading the books =no more Bella, Edward or Jacob.

So, Twilight wasn't an award winning movie but I did go to the theatre to watch it, pre-order the DVD and watch it as soon as it came in the mail. Last night, Boyfriend and I went to see New Moon!!! Yeah, I thought that it was great!! I really believe that they did a better job on this movie. Maybe it was because they spent more money or Kristen Stewart had some acting classes, not sure, but i was happy about the improvements!!

On the other hand, I was not too happy about the three year old that sat in front of us!!!!!!!!!!! A family of five came in and sat on the row in front of us. This movie is rated PG-13 which means that none of these children were old enough to be there. I was not upset about the two oldest kids but the three year old...seriously? Ok, let me set this up a little more. The mother of this child (I'll call her Little Girl in this story) had a sweatshirt tied around her waist with two diapers tucked in between the sweatshirt and the shirt she was wearing. (I did pull a Morgan and take a picture with my phone but it is really too dark to see her) Can you say Redneck????? Anyway, as soon as the movie started Little Girl had to go "Potty" of course. Little Girl did let us know that she had to go. After they took her to the bathroom, they came back and then a little later Little Girl and her dad left the theatre. I am assuming that he took her to a more age appropriate movie!! I was a very happy camper!! It did not last because their movie ended before ours and they came back. What...Are you kidding me?? As the father and Little Girl are walking toward us she is yelling, "Mommy, Mommy, Mommy!!!!" Ugh, her mother did take her out but of course she was yelling during the Volturi scene which is something you want to be paying attention and listening during. Needless, to say I was very upset with this situation.

I will now step off my soap box but leave you with this thought. Maybe not going to the movies on a night that you don't have a babysitter is a sacrifice that needs to be made for the sanity of the other movie-goers!! Parents make sacrifices...right? Thanks for listening to me rant.

kel

Jason Aldean

2009-11-21T11:40:00.005-06:00

Last weekend Leslie, Nick, Boyfriend and I headed to Southaven to see Jason Aldean. Yeah!!! Love and Theft and Eric Church were with Jason as well. We actually didn't make it to the concert in time to see Love and Theft because the traffic was insane. So thanks to the garmin we were able to re-route and not sit in the crazy traffic forever!!! Leslie and I had forgotten about some of Jason's first songs that we LOVE!! Needless to say we sang our hearts out and had the best time at our Birthday Concert!!! Thanks Nick and Boyfriend for the great time!!!

Jason Aldean

Again
The Dimino's

In this space there should be a very cute picture of Boyfriend and I maybe one day I will be able to post it.

kel

I'm 26

2009-11-11T17:30:00.013-06:00

I turned 26 on Saturday!! It was a beautiful day to have a birthday and a wedding!!! Boyfriend and I went to the the Renaissance and walked around looking in alot of the shops there. It is a really beautiful place!! We went to the Apple store to check out the computer that I am going to buy after Christmas!! Saturday afternoon we went to Jonathan and Staci's wedding at Luckett Lodge. It was a gorgeous place to have a wedding!! The ceremony was at the outdoor space. You cannot tell from the picture below but there is a chandelier hanging in the center of the gazebo and a really cool fireplace. It is really an amazing place. The reception was in The Hall. We all had a really great time!! Mom, Dad, Leslie and Abby came down for the wedding as well as some more people from our Church!! I grew up with Jonathan so I knew that he could sing but I was surprised to hear that Staci can as well!! When the Harrell's were introduced at the reception, they sang "Lucky" by Jason Mraz and Colbie Caillat. It was really sweet to hear them sing and see how in love they are!! Congratulations Mr and Mrs Jonathan Harrell!!!! Just a little side note, Jonathan's brother, Daniel's birthday is the day after mine and Leslie's!!! We are very greatful that Jonathan and Staci threw us a Party!!! Love yall!!

Ceremony

The Happy Couple

The Girls

Birthday Girls

Birthday Girls with Birthday Boy

Boyfriend and I came home on Sunday after spending some time with Troy and stopping by Mrs Dimino's on our way through Starkville!!! Boyfriend gave me my birthday present on Sunday as well!! I got tickets to see Jason Aldean on the 14th as well as a Very Bradley clothes hanging bag!! Boyfriend calls it "a glorified clothes hanger" but I love it and will use it alot!! Thanks alot Boyfriend for spending the weekend with me and for my lovely presents!!

Glorified Clothes Hanger

kel

Birthday Week- Thursday and Friday

2009-11-11T17:29:00.003-06:00

On Thursday night I was at Boyfriend's house hanging out and watching "Fringe" like I do most Thursdays. I was surprised by a present from Clint, Tracy and Peyton!! They gave me a very cool computer bag to carry my new computer in style!!! I can't wait to use this bag..when I purchase Mac!!

Friday afternoon Boyfriend and I headed to Ridgeland for the weekend to stay with Troy and go to Staci and Jonathan's wedding!!! We woke Troy up to go to dinner with us before he went to work at 11 pm!! We went to The Cock of the Walk for dinner!! It was my first time to eat there. I had fried pickles = DELICIOUS and chicken strips! It is really cool to eat off metal pans and drink out of what looked like metal camping cups!! They also will flip your cornbread into the air and back into the pan...we of course said that they could!!! After dinner Boyfriend and I went to Target to shop around!! Yeah for towns with Target!!!!!! Another great day!!

kel

Birthday Week- Wednesday Part 2

2009-11-11T16:59:00.004-06:00

Birthday Week continued at Anthony's on Wednesday night with the family!!! Leslie and I love to eat at Anthony's so we always pick to eat there on our birthday!! Everyone was able to attend including Brantley, Abby's boyfriend, who made the trip from Tuscaloosa for our dinner!! We had cake with really cool trick candles and presents of course!! I got money for my new computer and gift certificates to Bella Derma and Reed's!!! It was a great night!! I couldn't add a very cute picture of Boyfriend and I....so I added one of Abby and Brantley!!! Enjoy!!

cake with trick candles!

Leslie, Abby and Kirby

Brantley and Abby

kel

Birthday Week- Wednesday, Part 1

2009-11-11T15:52:00.006-06:00

Work Birthday Party on Wednesday!!! My co-workers threw a party for me during lunch!! We ordered food from The Grill!! Lauren, one of our Nurse Practitioners, made the cake especially for me because she heard that my favorite is white cake with white icing!! We had a special guest at lunch. Allison Rice left us a few months ago because her husband is in the Air Force. She and her two boys were in town for a visit. She brought her three month old, Bailey, with her to meet everyone and left Peyton with her mother because he was napping!! Bailey is adorable!!!! After hearing all about the Rice's new life in Charleston, I really want to move there....at least visit!!! I wonder if I could take a road trip to see The Gilreath's and Charleston.....??? I got a gift certificate to Bella Derma from everyone at work!! I have already put that gift to great use on a facial with Abby!!! Below are a few pictures from my party!!!!

The Birthday Spread!!!

LOVE these candles!!!

What do you do while people sing Happy Birthday to you??

kel

Busy

2009-11-08T22:02:00.002-06:00

I'm sorry that I haven't finished blogging about birthday week. I have been very busy since my last post. I promise to blog as soon as time allows. I am off to bed now to get rested for tomorrow's patients. Goodnight Blogger World!!

kel

Birthday Week- Tuesday

2009-11-03T20:18:00.002-06:00

Today is Tuesday day three of Birthday Week. I am sorry to say that it has been less eventful than yesterday. I had one patient this morning. I was finished with her test by about 10:30. I then went up to the front desk to help Gwyn with the phones!! I left work about 12 and headed home!!! I love getting home early! I then spent the afternoon not doing much of anything and waiting on Boyfriend to come by for a visit after work. It's 9:00 and I just finished watching "V." Boyfriend watched it the first time it was on TV and I was curious to see what all the talk was about. It was pretty good. It is science combined with shooting people which is always entertaining!!!

In years past the time change has not affected me. This year I feel that it is making me tired way earlier than normal. Today at 5:00 I was thinking, "is it bedtime yet?" Anyway, I hope that this change is not a sign of aging. I am afraid that it is!! HAHAHA...

Tomorrow will be a great day for Birthday Week!! I will of course post on the happenings. I do not have a picture to go with this blog, therefore I have added one of Leslie, Abby and I at Rachel's wedding in July!!!!

Leslie, me and Abby

kel

Birthday Week- Monday

2009-11-02T20:53:00.002-06:00

Nothing much exciting happened today but I will put what I did in list form!

Work
Lunch at Peppers with Abby
Jean shopping at Reeds with Abby
Bank
Stopped by Boyfriend's work
Back to my work
Amory to pick up Echos
Mom's to take a look at something
Home to cook dinner
Shower
TV
Blogging while watching TV
Talk to Boyfriend before bedtime
Sleep to get ready for Tuesday...3rd day of Birthday Week

I'm sorry that my life is boring. At least it was today!!

kel

Birthday Week- Sunday

2009-11-02T20:13:00.007-06:00

Yesterday was the first day of my (and Leslie's) birthday week!!! I really think that celebrating your birthday for an entire week is waaaaaaayyyyy better than just one day. So, I am going to write about what happens this week!!

Sunday was the first day of Birthday Week!! I went to my church with my parents!! My Mom, Dad and Abby put flowers in the Church in mine and Leslie's honor. I love that they do that!! It makes me feel so good to know that my Mom thought to get special flowers for us on our birthday!! Thanks alot Mom!! Below are the BEAUTIFUL flowers!!!!

After going to my church, I went to church with Boyfriend!!!! Boyfriend took me to eat at Wendy's. I then went home to watch DVR and take a nap. Boyfriend came over later to watch "The Amazing Race" which we do every week. Then bedtime!!

EVERYONE... this is how I spent the first day of Birthday Week!!!! Pretty great day!!

kel

Only Human

2009-10-30T11:53:00.005-05:00

I want to start off by saying that I am only human. That being said I don't usually forget things especially not the important ones. This was definately not the case on Thursday, October 29, 2009. I forgot two things!!!

The day started off pretty normal until I got to work and talked to Gwyn. She reminded me that she would be leaving work at lunch to go to a doctors appointment!! I completely forgot that I was going to have to work all afternoon. To my surprise Boyfriend called and wanted to take me to lunch!!! Well, I finished my patients around 11:15 and headed downstairs to meet Boyfriend for lunch!! We had a nice lunch date and then i took Boyfriend back to work. At this time it was around 12 and I didn't have to be back at work until about 1:15. So, I decided to head over to my favorite place in Columbus, Bella Derma. Just so happens that Abby works there!!!! I hung out with Abby for a bit and then headed back to work. I would see Abby again because I had an appointment with her later.

After work I headed back to Bella Derma for my appointment with Abby. When my appointment was finished, Abby, Melissa (owner of Bella Derma) and I headed to Proffitt's Porch for a yummy dinner!! We ordered our dinner around 7 and that's when I remembered that I had to pick up echos for Dr Boland...in Amory!!! UGH!!!!!!!!!!! I was not happy about having to drive all the way over there. As soon as we were finished with dinner I headed to Amory to pick up the echos and got home around 9:30. It was a very long day to say the least and I just couldn't believe that I forgot two big things in one day.

I have included two pictures: 1. Abby and I at Leslie and Nick's Rehearsal Dinner 2. Sneak Peak of the Bride.

"Going to the Chapel"

***Stay tuned for special Blogs about Bella Derma and Leslie's Wedding in November!!!!***

kel

Sheet Story

2009-10-28T21:18:00.003-05:00

Please bare with me for a minute while I explain some stuff so that this story will make sense. I take my pillow with me every time I go out of town. I do not sleep well if I do not have my pillow. I am not alone in doing this. Walter, Joan, Leslie and Abby do the same. I believe Leslie may have converted Nick into doing this as well because he was jealous of her pillow on their honeymoon!! Welcome to the family, Nick! Anyway, this is about my sheets not the actual pillow. I moved to Birmingham in July 2006. After unpacking everything in the apartment I couldn't find my sheets. Leslie was staying with me and so we decided to go to Walmart (Ugh) to buy some new ones. We picked out our favorite sheets from the ones they had and moved on to shopping for other things.

Now, fast forward to October 9, 2009. Boyfriend and I were in Spanish Fort for his cousin's wedding. Some of his cousins had come by the room for a visit. Apparently, Emily's daughter has the same sheets as me! She got the sheets about the same time I did which means she was around 2 1/2 to 3, I believe. So here comes the question....

Are these sheets childish or girly??????

I am going with girly!! I know that I am almost 26 years old and that maybe these sheets are not mature but I am ok with that!!! Who wants to grow up?? I have decided that if "my bed" ever becomes "our bed" I will purchase grown-up, married sheets!!!!! Stay tuned!!

kel

Carving Pumpkins 2009

2009-10-28T20:46:00.006-05:00

Until last year I only remember carving one pumpkin...ever. My mom has never been into Halloween, therefore no carving pumpkins as a child. Lucky for me Boyfriend really loves to carve pumpkins!!! Last Halloween, Boyfriend and I carved pumpkins together for the first time and we had a blast!! This year we made it a tradition by carving again!! My design was very simple and Boyfriend's design was complicated. I think our pumpkins compliment each other very well!!! Until next year....

my peace sign!!!

Boyfriend's Headless Horseman

kel

Clint's Birthday

2009-10-28T19:17:00.004-05:00

Well people there was CAKE!!! Last night, I was at Boyfriend's house carving pumpkins and to our surprise Clint, Tracy and Peyton showed up!! YEAH!!! They brought with them this amazing cake. Are you asking yourself who designed this cake? Well, it was Peyton!! He is eight and so very creative!! He drew a picture of what he wanted the cake to look like and Walmart made it!! I am always impressed by his creative abilities. Anyway, we sang Clint Happy Birthday and ate our piece of cake!! Sounds like a great birthday to me!!

kel

Ugh Monday

2009-10-26T21:09:00.007-05:00

Today is Monday. I'm not a big fan of Mondays but I don't dread them. Today I woke up with a headache that I thought would go away once I was up and moving around. Unfortunately, I was not right about this. I had two patients this morning starting at 8. I finished with my patients around 11:00 and then went to the front desk to help Gwyn get finished up for the morning. I finished with my work (for the second job) about 12:15 and decided that I would head home for a nap to get rid of this headache. It is now 9:15 pm and I still have the headache but it is alot better than it was. I can tolerate the pain now at least!

Weekend Recap:

Friday night:

Boyfriend and I went to dinner for Boyfriend's brother, Clint's birthday!! We went to Woody's on the Water in Columbus. I had a filet and french fries which always makes me smile!!! On the way to dinner, I found out that we were not having cake (which is my all time favorite dessert besides creme brulee.) I was a tad bit sad but Boyfriend and I did share a brownie parfait. It was yummy!!! Clint's birthday is Tuesday so I will give an early shout-out to him!! Happy Birthday Clint!!!!!!

Saturday:
I slept in until about 9:30. I had to go to Amory to pick up echos for Dr Boland and had planned to go before lunch. Boyfriend said that he would go with me so we decided to eat lunch at Bill's Hamburgers. Yeah!!! After our Amory outing, Boyfriend brought me home and he went hunting. While we watched the State/Florida game, I cooked taco soup for dinner!!! It was a good day!!

Sunday:

I went to church at St Mark for Mack's Baptism. Mack is the son of Kate and Jim Gilreath. Kate is my first cousin on my dad's side. The Gilreath's live in South Carolina. Which is way to far away in my opinion...I'm just saying!! After the Baptism we went to Elaine and David's house for lunch!! I was so glad that we got to see them and hang out for a bit!! At 5:00 I went to a WIC (Women in the Church) meeting to give a money report to the ladies. I am the treasurer. Once the meeting was finished, I went to Boyfriend's house to watch "The Amazing Race!!!" This was a great day as well!! I only took two pictures yesterday at Mack's party. I have included those pictures as well as a picture of the Gilreath's from Mack's first Clemson game!!

Yummy cake!!!

Adorable Mack and napkins!!

The Gilreath's

I found out yesterday that my Aunt Elaine is a late night reader of blogs. I am not surprised by this and I feel the need to say hello!! Hello Elaine!!

kel

Wednesday Update

2009-10-21T22:55:00.006-05:00

I finished everything on my list for today accept balancing my checkbook and blogging about Leslie's Wedding!! I think that is acceptable. I really need to set aside a whole day off for balancing the checkbook and another day for the wedding blog...haha!!!! I am including before and after pictures of the guest bedroom closet. I like to think that it is pretty dramatic!!

Before

After

What to do on Wednesday?

2009-10-20T22:01:00.002-05:00

I am off work tomorrow!! Woohoo!!!! I have a list of things to get done though. I believe that I will be more likely to do them if I put them out here for the blogging world to keep me accountable!!

*Not in order of importance!!!

I must balance my checkbook!!! Has to be done!! I have at least 3 months worth of statements. :(
Download pictures from my camera for the last month!
Blog about Leslie's Wedding
Get car washed? Really needs to be done even though it is suppossed to rain on Thursday.
Organizing guest bedroom closet
Finish getting jewelry organized in my closet
Last but not least, I need to call my patients with their test results from today. Then I will make sure that everything is squared away for Thursday's patients!!!

kel

iPhone

2009-10-20T21:38:00.003-05:00

I love my iPhone!! I got the iPhone 2G while I lived in Tuscaloosa and fell in love pretty much immediately. I have always loved gadgets and this phone has plenty!!! I traded up to the iPhone 3Gs in white in August just in time for our trip to Boston. I knew that on that trip that everyone would want to use my phone since it is a baby computer!! It's a good thing that I did because Nick used it to finish up reservations for his and Leslie's honeymoon!!! Back to the reason for this post I am writing to say that I really enjoy my phone, and I am really excited that Abby got one today!! Abby's phone (the Palm Treo) bit the dust Friday because she threw it on the floor. RIP Abby's beloved Palm. Ok, she didn't really throw it...it fell out of her hand i think!! Anyway, I talked her (and mom) into going for it and getting this amazing baby computer aka the iPhone!!!

kel

Boyfriend

2009-10-19T22:26:00.003-05:00

This is going to be a short post but i wanted to fill everyone in on the fact that I have a boyfriend!! Yes...I have one!! Yes...he is amazing! Yes...I love him very much but I am not going to tell you his name!! He does not want his name on my blog for now. I asked him how it was possible to write about my life without him in it?? (As far as I know, he is planning on staying in my life!!) I didn't get a really great answer to this question but he did immediately start trying to come up with a fake name for himself instead. I decided since it was my blog that I would name him! I thought about this for a bit and I have come up with a great name for him. His name will be Boyfriend. Yep, that's the extraordinary name I have decided to call him!! So until further notice, my boyfriend will be called Boyfriend in my blog!!!

I am really having a difficult time not posting a picture of Boyfriend at this time. hehe!! I am pretty sure that Boyfriend would be upset about that said picture. I will not try to explain how I wish that Boyfriend wanted to be a part of my blog but I have hopes that one day Boyfriend will come around to my way of thinking!!!!

kel

My Louis Vuitton

2009-10-16T22:51:00.004-05:00

One of my obsessions is Louis Vuitton bags. I believe that this obsession started when I watched Jessica Simpson on "Newlyweds" oh so many years ago!!! I was amazed by her life with Nick, her home, her clothes, her engagement ring, her wedding....pretty much just everything about her seemed so glamorous! Of course, we all know how her marriage turned out but I still love her and Louis!!! From watching her show, I knew that I had to have a LV bag!!

Well, Leslie did beat me to getting a Louis while we were in Vegas in '07!! I wasn't that upset about this because I knew that I could still have my very own! Last Christmas I asked that anyone who did not know what to get me to please just give me money or Saks Gift cards. So after Christmas with my money and gift cards in hand, I headed to Birmingham to stay with Abby and purchase my first Louis Vuitton!!

I purchased the Galliera PM which I enjoy carrying more and more everyday!! I hope that one day that I will have a daughter that will want to use this bag. Thanks to everyone who helped me purchase Louis.

kel

Columbus Cardiovascular Care

2009-10-14T20:13:00.007-05:00

I work at a place called Columbus Cardiovascular Care. It is a Private Cardiology Clinic in Columbus, MS. Dr Michael Boland is our wonderful physician!! I moved back to Mississippi in July 2008 to take the position as Chief Nuclear Medicine Technologist and start the Nuclear Medicine Lab. When I was hired, my equipment had already been ordered and scheduled for delivery. I was excited because the camera is exactly what I would have picked if it had been my the decision. My job at CCC has evolved since I started there. I will not bore you with the details of the changes but tell you what is going on now.

I perform Nuclear Stress Testing on Monday, Tuesday and Thursdays. After I finish with my patients, I help Gwyn (my boss) with anything that needs to be done in the front office. Right now, we are in between receptionist so I am helping out. This "second job" includes: scanning documents, answering the phone, and checking patients in at the front desk among a few other things. I know that everyone is really jealous of this part of my job. I am off on Wednesdays and only answer the phones on Friday mornings until noon!! The schedule is kinda confusing but don't worry I remember most of the time when I have to go to work. I don't want to brag but my job is pretty AWESOME!!!!

My amazing boyfriend painted my office and I am extremely proud of it. I am adding pictures of it so that everyone can see. You know the pictures are the reason that you read blogs!! Right?

My office!!!

I love my painting!! It adds so much to this once dreary room!

I made my desk more me by adding a Pottery Barn hutch and lamp!! Two diplomas framed above it and I was able to work more peacfully!!

Thanks for reading!!

kel

Happy Birthday Computer!

2009-10-14T19:07:00.003-05:00

Happy Birthday, Computer!!

Most people probably don't wish their Computer Happy Birthday but I find this appropriate due to the fact that this will be her third and last birthday!! She has served me well over the years. Now to take a trip down memory lane!!

Dad bought Computer for me in September/October of 2006 during my first semester in Nuclear Medicine School at UAB. I had a desktop computer when I moved but the screen died so I got a new, fancy laptop!! I will call her Computer during this post. I was so excited! I felt very grown up to have Computer. Laptops were so cool. I could take Computer with me to school and Barnes and Noble to do schoolwork!! It was going to be awesome!! I did take Computer to school and used it alot. It came in handy to check facebook, and email or instant message people. I was usually instant messaging Claire and Jenny. You might be imagining that I sat far away from these girls in class! Well, I didn't!!! I have added a picture so that there is no confusion how close we sat!! This picture was in the Nuclear Lab at UAB!!

From left: Matt, Jim, Jenny, Claire and Me

Computer moved with me to Tuscaloosa and moved back to Mississippi with me last summer. This is were the problems started for Computer. Somehow a crack began on the bottom left side of the top of the computer. Luckily not the actual screen but still just as annoying. Computer doesn't like to hold up her screen anymore. You can be doing something like moving the computer and it will go from being a 90 degree angle to being completely flat. Yep 180 degrees. It is crazy!! Ask anyone who has used it and they will confirm this. Computer is dying.

I am moving on to a Mac computer I believe. I have an Iphone and LOVE IT!! I believe that I am going to give myself a Birthday/Christmas present!! Of course when I have purchased Mac, I will let you know!!!! Stay tuned!!

kel

To Blog or Not to Blog?

2009-10-12T20:31:00.001-05:00

One night last week, I couldn't sleep and all I could think about was starting a blog. I agree that this is strange. At 2:00 in the AM, I really like to be asleep. My sinus infection and decadron shot made it impossible to sleep. Millions of questions were swirling around in my brain. What would I write? What would I call this blog? Would anyone read it? Does anyone care enough to read it? How do you start a blog? As you can tell, I had a lot of questions and doubts about entering into the blogging world. I decided to make a list of reasons that I should start blogging because apparently my subconscious believed I needed to start this journey!

TO BLOG OR NOT TO BLOG:
1. I am claiming "peer pressure" as a reason to blog. Everyone else is doing it.
2. I have thoughts. Lots of thoughts actually. I like to share them with people. So, why not blog them?!
3. I am in need of a hobby.
4. I need entertainment. You need entertainment. We all like entertainment. Why can't I be your entertainment??
5. You don't have to have kids to blog...right??
6. Boredom just plain and simple...I get bored.

As you can see from this post, I have decided to enter the blogging world. I am blogging on a trial basis. I will continue to blog as long as it is fun and entertaining. Plain and simple. Kirby is now a blogger.

kel