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Sunday, May 23, 2010

Happy Birthday, Dad

Yesterday was my dad's birthday...I felt a little guilty when he said that all he wanted was to spend the day with family, but I already had plans to attend a lunch shower. It just wasn't enough time to get up there and spend the day with him.

Jay and I decided that we'd go up next weekend for memorial day...and host another birthday party with good food and bring our gifts.

And then I made this reeeeally cheesy video for dad and sent it to him via email.



I love you so much dad, and I am looking forward to seeing you soon!!

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Tuesday, May 18, 2010

Adopt a Golden Atlanta

Adopt a Golden Atlanta is our favorite charitable organization, for obvious reasons. :) We volunteer when we can and donate as much as possible every year. This year, part of my birthday present from my parents was a donation to the organization. We believe in them that much!!

Last Friday, AGA took in 31 Golden Retrievers. They need forever homes and crates for the ones they are housing...mostly at various Dr. offices around the city. A good portion of the dogs they took in are purebred English Cremes. For those unfamiliar with English Cremes, they are healthier and tend to live longer than the American golden. They cost a little more, but they are a specialty! My parents have been researching English Cremes for a while and are actually picking up their new puppy that they have been waiting on for months from a breeder this weekend! Pictures will be posted as soon as I get them from mom!

If anyone has any extra dog crates or can donate money to AGA, they would really appreciate it.

Here's the link to the orphans, even though only a few of the intakes are posted right now. The English Cremes should be up on the site soon....and they should look similar to the pictures below from this breeder.




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Monday, May 17, 2010

Weekend Errands

I had forgotten how much time we used to spend on the weekends running errands when we were both working, until now. This weekend was spent getting a few more outfits for work, mailing packages, and cleaning the house for a showing.

The pups enjoyed getting out of the house this weekend too.





We started out Saturday looking at potential lots where we might build a house. A couple of months ago, we really fell in love with a unique cape cod in Alpharetta. At the time our realtor advised us against asking for a contingency. He thought we'd get a better deal without one. Knowing that we weren't comfortable taking on two loans, we held back from doing anything. And someone else just closed on the house this Saturday. So now we're back to square one and all possibilities - including building. The owner of the property we looked at had a few lots he was dividing off off his land. When we drove by, he was out walking on the property so sticking my lens out of the window might have seemed a little strange...

This is a side view of the lot that I took as we were driving past. It's an acre deep.



After the drive by we ran into the iphone store. Up to this point, I have been anti-iphone. But Jay had some extra Amex gift cards and really wanted to try them out.

After playing with it for a couple of days, I really love it. It will be great to listen to radio stations at work, surf for houses without the computer and check our accounts on the phone.

I guess I'll be seeing more of this in the future too.... :)


Once our computers get a little older we're also considering getting a mac book. Everyone that we know who has them seem to really like them... oh the joys of working and being able to spend money again!

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Sunday, May 9, 2010

Mother's Day

We picked up lunch and headed over to the in-laws (Jay's parent's house) for Mother's Day today. It was nice to see everyone and reminded us how wonderful it will be once we live over that way.

We sat outside in the sunny and 65 degree weather all day, talked about our recent events and ate our lunch. It was perfect the weather for Mother's Day!













This is Ann and Rick's dog Scotch. He has definitely won a soft spot in my heart.






Relaxing after lunch...

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Saturday, May 8, 2010

Happy Mother's Day!

A few things I learned from my mother. I'm still working on a couple of them.

  • Think outside the box
  • Never talk about people behind their backs - it will come back to bite you
  • Take care of other people
  • Food brings family together
  • Eat Healthy. take vitamins, & wear sunscreen
  • Nurture the young and the old
  • God, angels and heaven are real
  • Life is not about material things
  • Put your marriage before all other relationships
  • Give back to the community
  • Learn to let stress go so you can enjoy life
  • Travel to new places and explore the popular local spots to enrich your experience
  • Home is where the heart is
  • Never give up on family

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