Week Two of the March Photo a Day Challenge

So far, I am hanging in there with the Photo A Day Challenge...I have to remind myself, but its been fun. Here's Week Two:

Makes Me Smile: Our princess kitty Sandy loves to sleep at the foot of our bed during the day!

5pm: I had been working all day pulling things together for the Peaches To Beaches Yardsale!

What I Wore: My work clothes!

Window: The view of our backyard....looks like Spring is on its way and the water is coming back into the lake!

Blue: My cousin Gracie's t-shirt was the prettiest shade of blue. She and I are standing in one of the fields at the farm.

Shoes: It's such a long story, but somehow my cowboy boots were taken in November, and these beauts made their way back to me last week!

From a Distance: In the background, theres's a small speck on the right, before the tree line begins....thats a coyote hunting in the field.

A Housewarming Party

Over the weekend, David and I surprised our friends at Clayton, Chris, and Nick's housewarming party at their new rental in Macon! We had Mexican with Brince and Laura Lyn before heading to the party. When LL and I walked in the back door, this amazing cardboard surfer cutout was in the breakfast area. The new renters found it in the attic....their discovery made LL and I pumped for picture time! We were so excited to surprise our friends and had the best time. And I wanted to share these silly moments from the night!

Laura Lyn and Me....We were cracking up! 

We could've done this all night!

David and Kyle had fun too...

And Adam and Abby looked like the real deal!

Even Zach and his girlfriend took a turn!

And "Baby" Hurley got a hug from Clayton. Aren't they cute?

Thanks for such a fun party Nick, Chris, and Clayton!

Yard Sale Time!

Come see several of the Coody and Griffin gals in our lot between the Old Hawkinsville Hotel and Kinard's Cleaners this Friday and Saturday for yard sale time!!!

Looking forward to seeing you then!

Happy Shopping!!!!

Photo Challenge: Week One

I am trying to participate in the Photo-a-Day challenge for the month of March. Here's the first four days!

Day One: Self Portrait. I grabbed my hubs to be in this one with me. Clearly he's in much sharper clothes that his tired wife! :) 

Day Two: Our Fruit Bowl. David is really great about eating fruit with his breakfast, so there's always fruit on the counter. He puts bananas on his cereal in the mornings. As for me, I am more of a veggie gal!

Day Three: My bag. I have a pretty big, slouchy purse that holds all of my junk. I did a post about that here.

But here's the contents once again. Everything from sunglasses, my wallet, cosmetics, my favorite gum, a camera and battery (since I take pictures of everything!), my trusty tape measure, my jump drive, to my fave Bobbi Brown lip palette.  

Day Four: My bedside. No, this is not my bedside, but the one in my brother's guest room. I happened to be spending the night with him on Day Four of this challenge, so here it is! 

**Stay tuned for more of the March Photo Challenge...I am trying to be as diligent as Meredith! :)

I've been slack

I've been slack on posting what all David and I have had going on lately. My apologies.

After my last post on a weekend with the girls, David and I celebrated Valentine's Day with a quiet night at home and a delicious meal.

Our Valentine's Day meal - shrimp, filet, green beans, and mozzarella with strawberries on crostini!

My gorgeous Valentine's Day flowers from my Valentine!

 The weekend after Valentine's Day found David and I in Hawkinsville to spend some time with family and friends. We enjoyed dinner with his parents on Friday night, and mine on Saturday night. And on Sunday, we had lunch with both sets of parents - lucky kiddos we are! I had a few appointments with clients that weekend, and we came back to Gainesville on Sunday afternoon.

Last week, we were both busy with our jobs - me with clients and David with his new responsibilities at work.
On Thursday, David and I joined our friends The Hughs and The Fowlers at the country club for the Young Man and Young Woman of Hall County Awards. There were lots of people there and David and I loved being with our friends at the JayCee's function.

We had someone snap a pic before we left.

The Chattahoochee Country Club here in Gainesville is such a pretty place!

The night was even more fun since our friend Callie Hughs' boss was surprised by winning the Young Man of the Year Award! So fun!

 On Friday, I met my family in Milledgeville to see my brother's girlfriend, Sydney, play basketball in the Final Four.

The WHS student section was fired up! And the Lady Hornets won their game against Stratford, sending us to the State Championship the next night!

 I was so excited to spend the night with Amy on Friday night after the WHS game, and to get up to help with our friend Jesse's baby shower on Saturday morning. Jesse and I were both Furnishings and Interiors majors at UGA, and she just happened to marry a Vienna boy and they live in Perry!

The hosts with the mommy-to-be!
L-R: Heather, Robin (she had the party at her home), Soon-To-Be Mommy Jesse, Amy, and Becca.
They did such a great job on the sweet shower!

 Later on Saturday, it was back in the car to head to Milledgeville one more time to cheer on the girls in the GISA State Championship!

The student section was excited again, but sadly, the girls lost. Sydney played so hard, and so did the other girls! We were proud of them!

This weekend, David and I are staying put! Yay!!!!!

A toast to my hubs and a girl's weekend

My and David's weekend began a bit early with a celebratory dinner for David's recent MAI achievement. After the holidays, David's mom planned a family dinner to toast David. It worked out for us all to join in Dunwoody last Thursday night.

My in-laws chose Peter's in Dunwoody for our special dinner. It was delicious...from the wine, to my ravioli, to our creme brulee dessert - so good!

We were so glad Ben came to join us too! We were happy to spend the evening with Amanda, David's Uncle Chris and Aunt Jane, and David's parents - Mr. Benjy and Mrs. Pam.

I found this set of 4 fun glasses to mark the occasion - Cheers! to David's accomplishment!

David's Uncle Chris, also an MAI, generously gave David his MAI pin and a handwritten note.

 Early Saturday morning, I set out to meet Hollie, her friend Rebecca, and my mom and her girlfriends for a day at Scott's and a night celebrating my Aunt Jill's birthday. David stayed home to relax and recharge...he's been a busy boy lately!

There were some beautiful things this month....but none more so than this amazing acrylic bar cart. It was my favorite find of the day, even though it couldn't be mine.

I even loved the lamp....you can see my smile in the reflection!

And if I'd had a trailer and about a million dollars, I would've packed up the bar cart and lamp along with this gorgeous porch set. Isn't that sofa just incredible!?!?!

 After leaving Scott's, we had a bit of a siesta before me, Mom, Jill, Claudette, Jennifer and Stephanie headed to CineBistro for dinner and a movie!

CineBistro is in the new Town Brookhaven.

The inside is super cool. It would be fun to get there early for a movie and hang out here for a bit.

We had tickets to see The Vow - it was so good! A TOTAL chick flick, but I think the fellas will like it too.

The girls were in town to celebrate Jill's birthday...and it was a fun night! Glad I could be there!
L-R: Jennifer, Mom, Stephanie, Jill, and Claudette

Mom and I split the hummus and sliders, and the girls had sangria with their dinner. I tasted Mom's and it was really good!

It's really neat to watch a movie and snack on dinner at the same time!

 On Sunday morning, us gals enjoyed brunch at one of our faves - The Buckhead Diner. I had the salmon benedict, and it hit the spot!

When I got home to my hubs, I had an early Valentine's surprise.....

....Cupid Mom had delivered our Valentine's fudge, pralines, and cornflake candy!!! Thank you so much Mom, Jill, and Susie for all of the love and time you put into our sweet box!

Happy Early Valentine's Everyone!

Dancin' Shoes

I started my weekend off with a great Friday! I got to spend the day with my best friend Christen and her neice Vivian in Marietta. Christen and I haven't seen each other in so long, so I was thrilled to hang out with her since she was in town from D.C. After a good ol' Chick Fil A lunch, we scooped up Vivi from school and then headed to have our nails painted. She's so stinkin' cute, and took having her nails painted very seriously. We took Vivian for a little shopping and treated her with ice cream too!

This is Vivian - the sweetest, cutest red headed little girl I know. She was so excited about her strawberry ice cream cone with sprinkles!

And while Christen and I had our gel nails done, little Vivi had hers painted too!

 I was so glad to catch up and spend time with Christen. I hugged her "bye" and got back on the road, scooping up David in Atlanta.
After meeting Brince and Laura Lyn in Macon, we headed to Statesboro to visit Abbye for the weekend! Abbye is a senior at Georgia Southern, and we love an excuse to play in the 'Boro! On Friday night, we were pretty low key - we spent the night around Abbye's table playing games, laughing, and catching up.

Saturday was spent playing Salt n Pepa and cornhole in the front yard.

Our friend Daniel's new puppy, Huck, was the mascot. He's such a little cutie!!

Later that night, before our taxis came to take us to the bar, we had friends over and played silly games.

Here's me and Abbye with Abbye's roommate Sarah! She's so sweet, and we all had the best time dancing!

These pictures crack me up! You can totally tell how much fun we're having! Me, Abbye, and Ashley had a ball!

So glad to see Nola and Andrew!

Brince and Laura Lyn had fun dancing too!

And we're always so happy to see our friends Ansley and Ben!

It was such a fun weekend! And Abbye is a fantastic hostess. We were able to see so many of our Statesboro friends, and it was gorgeous weather. Now, we're at home watching the Super Bowl, preparing for our busy week. Hope you all had a fun, safe weekend too!