Away at Conference

Jon is at a music theory conference.  This is our first night apart, since we've been married.  I miss him!

It will be practice for when I'm gone for a week in Portland for the Public Library Association conference.

Our First Valentine's Day

Jon and I had a great first Valentine's Day as a married couple. 

 

We didn't really do the whole surprise gifts thing this year, because we have both been busy.  He's been focusing on is school work and I am working all the time.

 

We talked about it and decided that we would just go together and get something we wanted.  We don't randomly go out and buy things for ourselves on a regular basis, so this was nice for us. 

 

On Saturday, we went to one of our favorite stores, Barnes and Noble.  He found some books that he wanted.  I picked about a kit of knitting patterns, a book of love poems, and a bag for my knitting.  We also went to Hobby Lobby, so I could get some knitting tools that I needed.  Since I am starting to knit things other than scarves.  I needed to get things like row counters, and stitch markers.  I found a set that included the necessities.

 

Earlier that day we went for a hike at the Comite River Trails.  It was fun, until I got spooked by an armadillo.  I don't like over grown areas too much, because I am scared of snakes, etc.

 

Yesterday, we decided to go to the zoo.  There was a "love your zoo" type program, so we thought it would be a fun thing to check out.  We realized it had been awhile, since we had gone to the zoo.  It was nice to see the changes and improvements that are being made.  We also saw the elephant show and the otter show.  Our favorite was the elephants. 

 

We had a nice dinner at Carrabba's.  We didn't make reservations and we were very happy to not have to wait very long for a table.  It is a pain to get in to places in BR.  We started to go to Zea's, but there was a long wait.  I think most people probably went out on Saturday.  We were not sure which would be the best night.   

 

I used to like to plan ahead, but things are so different now.  I am never sure how I will feel or what I will feel like doing.  This was a great weekend.  We didn't have to adhere to a certain schedule.  We just did whatever we wanted to do, when we wanted to do it.  I love this! 

 

I think that having a job makes you want to be more spontaneous on your off time.

 

I look forward to having tomorrow off.

New Years Resolution--In Action

I got up and walked over a mile this morning, then went back and walk over 1.5 miles tonight!  Yeah!

Also, I am going to do my best to stay away from toxic people this year.  You know the type that are emotionally exploitative.  Beware of toxic people.  They are everywhere!

Happy 2010!

Greetings friends,
It's hard to believe that it is 2010 already. Here's hoping everyone has a good year. Vita and I had a great holiday season. I'm hoping for more of the same in the new year; I had a great 2009. Besides spending time with Vita, I'm looking forward to writing, playing, and teaching this year. I hope you also have special activities and people in your life to enjoy in 2010.


Ephesians 4:29
Let no corrupting talk come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for building up, as fits the occasion, that it may give grace to those who hear.

Happy New Year!

Well, it's 2010!  I think that 2009 was a great year!  It was a very important year in my life.  The main highlight was that I got married  to my soul mate and best friend.  We had a beautiful wedding and a wonderful honeymoon.

In our seven months of marriage we have made some wonderful memories.  Married life has been great!

I look forward to having a great 2010 with Jon.  We hope to go on at least one fun trip this year.

As for new years resolutions, I have one.  I am going to exercise more and lose some weight.  I have been good about establishing a little bit of an exercise routine, but I know that I can do so much better.  So here's to 2010 to help me reach my goal!  We shall see!

Happy New Year all!

Merry Christmas!

Jon and I had a great first Christmas Eve and Christmas Day as a married couple.  We spent it here in Baton Rouge.  Just us and the cats.

Jon had to play for his church service yesterday, so we celebrated our first Christmas together in Baton Rouge.

I have been planning the perfect meal for sometime.  I planned on having it for Christmas, but we were invited to my Uncle Ben and Aunt Marsha's in Gonzales for Christmas Day.  Since we accepted the invitation, I decided to make my dinner on Christmas Eve.

I cooked a turkey breast, oyster dressing, spinach Madeline, and mashed potatoes.  We had tea and lemon meringue pie for dessert.

When I got off from work Wednesday night, I cleaned the Christmas china and got the kitchen cleaned and organized.  I wanted everything to be ready in the morning, so things would move smoothly.

I can appreciate the effort that it takes to make a nice Christmas dinner.  It takes a lot of work.  It was my first time doing the cooking, but everything came out perfectly!

We got up this morning and opened up our Christmas gifts.  I am not going to list each gift that Jon have to me.  I got a set of bamboo knitting needles and a knitting book.  I also got a bracelet, a knit hat with cat ears on it, and a Janis Joplin bio.  I got Jon some books, a hoodie, Stephen King's Under the Dome on audio, among other things.

Then I made waffles for breakfast.  They were great! 

Jon and I had a wonderful first Christmas as a married couple.  Full of fun memories!

We look forward to our trip to Virginia for our Christmas visit with Jon's family.  We will be there for the new year.  We leave next week on Wednesday.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Our First Christmas Tree

Last night, Jon and I put up our first Christmas tree!  It was so much fun!  We got a nice big one this year.  The cats have not started to climb the tree, so I am happy.

We decided to put our wedding gifts under the tree, so we can keep them all in one place.  This will allow us organize the other areas, such as closets to make room to store what we are not going to use for a while.  I do not want to unpack all that stuff, since we are not staying in the apartment forever.

Our tree does not have a particular theme.  It is a tree of our memories together.  Most of our ornaments have some special meaning or stories behind them.  I had some of our leftover wedding favors and hung some of those in our tree.

Our First Christmas ornament

Wedding favor

 Wedding Favor

 Bought on our honeymoon!

2009 was a great year!

So that's a few pictures from our first tree.  I will also get to cook our first Christmas dinner, since Jon is playing for church on Christmas eve.  Stay tuned...