Anniversary

M and I celebrated our first anniversary on Sunday. It was fantastic.

I was pleasantly surprised by these Friday morning at work...

This made my day. I was pretty sick last week. It started with some annoying allergies the week before that conveniently turned into a sinus infection. Since I'm a workaholic, I refused to call off work. Instead I made an appointment at our company's wellness center, got a Z-Pack, and just kept on trucking. I was feeling pretty lousy Thursday and Friday, so these flowers from M definitely brightened my day!

We originally planned on going away for the weekend to celebrate our anniversary, but we've been kind of busy the past couple of months and never planned anything. So instead, we settled for dinner at Hyde Park Sunday evening.

Amazing. That pretty much sums it up. I have eaten there once before when a supplier took some procurement people out for dinner... but M had never been there. I'm not a big fan of steak, in fact, I'm a pretty picky eater (and M is even more picky than me, but LOVES steak), but I will eat steak at Hyde Park any day!!

After dinner, we went to our favorite local watering hole, toasted and talked about how quickly the year went.

Happy Anniversary, M. I made the best decision of my life when I married you... the peas to my carrots. Here's to many more. I love you always. Thank you for making me laugh every day.

Yes, I'm Still Alive

Wow... so it's been a while, huh?

Well, let's see. I started a new position back in June/July which has been keeping me busy. I was kind of thrown into it with not much training at all, so it's been interesting to say the least. But I'm loving every minute of it and I'm finally at a place in my career where I am saying... finally! I made it.

M & I went on vacation in July and met up with my parents. We were in the boondocks of West Virginia where we had no cell phone coverage. No complaints from me!! We spent the week riding on the Hatfield McCoy ATV trails and getting very dirty in the process. It was an absolute blast - I will have to upload a few pictures. In the evenings we just hung out by a bonfire or in our log cabin. I can't wait to do it again - hopefully next year.

My brother got married a few weeks ago and my new sister in law is pregnant. I have mixed feelings about all of this. But we'll just leave it at that.

I am absolutely loving the beginning of the season change. I love everything about Fall and I'm so excited about all of the fun things we have planned coming up soon. Oktoberfest next weekend... can't wait.

I cannot believe it's already been a year, but Sunday is M & I's first anniversary. Originally we were going to plan a weekend away, but we've made dinner reservations instead.

I hope you are all doing fantastic!