High Speed January

Well, so far this first month of the new year is flying by!
We had a great time in Gboro for MLK weekend celebrating Jack's birthday, and see my family as well.  Although I love our time in Gboro with everyone, slowly, our home in S.C. is becoming home.  We are sometimes eager to get back to our little routines.  It is nice to be happy in both places.
So far, our favorite Christmas present is Audrey and Charles' gift of the BluRay player and Netflix!  We love being able to watch our favorite movies and shows instantly!

Even though our week was short after MLK weekend, is was a busy one.  I had my monthly bookclub meeting, which I look forward to each month!  We keep attracting new amazing women, and keep reading great books!  This month we read The Lace Reader, and we also found out that The South Magazine is going to do a feature article on our bookclub.  Miki, our founder, had the great idea of starting an Adventure Book Club, where after every book the host picks an adventure that correlates with the book.  It has been a blast so far, and I look forward to every adventure!

This past week I had a day of professional development, which is pretty much a bunch of teachers that sit around and complain about everything.  My profession is so hard to stay positive in!  I hope I can stay optimistic for a few more years.  I also had a girls night with some of my amazing coworkers, and then Jason and I went on a date on Saturday night.  We searched and searched for some awesome Bluffton restaurants to visit, and of course ended up picking La Hacienda.  Will we every stray from chips, salsa, and margaritas??
We are looking forward to February as we are hosting a SuperBowl party!!  Also, I will be heading out of town for a while to chaperone our school's Model U.N. team.  We are competing at Georgia Southern University where we placed 2nd last year.  I am excited to see so many bright high school students debate about the world's pressing problems!
As always, come visit if you wish! We love you!

Winter Weather

Well, it is official!  I got my first 2 hour delay of the year!  Yippee!  I know most of the South is getting mucho snow and ice this week, but I was so excited to see Freezing Rain on our forcast that I could barely get to sleep.  The roads were fine driving in this morning, but inland areas were right at freezing so the whole county had to delay.  The school pretty much fell apart this morning with teachers and students not knowing about the delay, no bell schedule, etc.  I was just happy for my 2 extra hours of sleep!

We are excited to come home again this weekend to celebrate Jason dad's birthday!  We are also excited about the 3 day MLK weekend!

Even LAMER

Ok, well I think it might be hard to catch up on everything Jason and I have done since October.
Here is the short and sweet:
We had the BEST time with dear friends Megan and Sean who came to visit!

We also had an awesome time enjoying Savannah around Halloween time.  We took a haunted walking ghost tour with Audrey, Charles, Lauren, and Alan! Then I took a traveling hearse tour with my book club (in honor of Pride and Prejudice).  Then... we went on a haunted pub crawl with Jack and Cindy! I think I know all the ghost stories now, so come on down next year!
Other highlights of fall include going home for the official weekend of Halloween and seeing Jack Henry trick or treat.

November had its ups and downs.  I was able to travel home for Thanksgiving, but without my hubby who had to work the entire week and weekend.  We also have been struggling in our attempts to start a family.  This has been both humbling, emotional, and an exciting time in our relationship.
December FLEW by!  I had my FIRST oyster at my staff Christmas Party Oyster roast (it was ok), we went to another neighborhood oyster roast, attended the Bluffton Christmas Parade, and some of my girls from work had an enormous cookie party! 
We were able to come home for Christmas, and though it was a whirlwind of family, friends, snow, and food- it was a GREAT time for us!  We really miss everyone in NC, but it did feel like "coming home" when we drove back to SC.  We took down Christmas, cleaned and organized, and are ready to enjoy 2011.
Work is going good for me.  I had excellent observations in the fall, and am starting a new chapter of the National Beta Club of my school.  Jason is also doing well in work.  Had a good performance evaluation in October, and really really hopes that the first shift vacancy could possibly be his soon (fingers and toes crossed!).  We hope to have more visitors once the spring time arrives. 
I will try and post more pics of our Christmas visit soon.  AND I will try and update more frequently! Hugs to all.