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Okay, so I haven’t posted an update in FOREVER. Lately I’ve been using my Flickr account as a way to document what’s going on in my life, but it’s still not the same as having a blog. So now I’m going to try my best to combine the two. Expect a wave of quick, past dated entries from the last 6 months to get this thing caught up & hopefully from now on I can stay on top of it. Here it goes…
Busy, busy, busy. Story of my life! Here’s the breakdown on what’s been going on:
+ local540 officially launched! Our boys worked hard (and are still working hard), but I’m so proud/excited for them. They’re of course still busy with the Fayetteville Flyer too!
+ I successfully planned my very first convention. Months of event planning led up to five, 15 hour days of adrenaline fueled work in Virginia. The resort was gorgeous (what I saw at least) and I tons of amazing seafood. More than anything though, I’m just glad that it all came together so well.
+ Going to Chicago two weeks from today for a meeting/event planning convention. It will be good to ATTEND a conference, rather than worrying about the details of one. Not to mention I’ll get to learn a bit too! Only downfall is that I’m going all by my lonesome..
+ Planning not one, but two trips to Vegas! One for work, one for fun. Looks like we’ll be staying at THEhotel at Mandalay Bay for work and at Paris two weeks later for our annual LV girls trip.
+ Went to Little Rock (another girls trip) to dance to Girl Talk. We made the night of it by staying at a nice hotel downtown, eating good food, & drinking a little Patron. Fun fun!
+ Tons of other random stuff: Tasty dinners, the last few home basketball games (I cheered till the bitter end), birthday celebrations, rock shows, enjoying the new season of American Idol (with two people from Memphis and one from Arkansas), getting a corner office of my very own at work, and who knows what all else…
Beebs’ surprise birthday party!
Williamsburg, VA / Kingsmill Resort
Girls dinner hosted by Laura
Thanks Aunt Wawa
Morning in the new office
Hazy shot of Brains on her 25th birthday
At the American Princes show
Cindy Crawford sayin’ See ya LATER!
This past Thursday, I made the 3 hour drive to Little Rock with Brandy & Laura in celebration of Laura’s upcoming birthday. Unfortunately I’ll be out of town on her actual birthday, so we decided to treat Laura to an evening at the downtown Marriott, dinner, drinks, & Arkansas’ first GIRL TALK show! Everything about the trip was so much fun. We got there just in time for some drinks in the hotel lobby and then we were off to Bosco’s for a round of Patron shots and a delish dinner. Girl Talk was amazing, as always. Lots of dance dance dancin. The next morning we had brunch at the cutest little crepes shop called Lemon. After a pit stop at Whole Foods, we were headed back to Fayetteville. Oh and to top it all off, I found a $10 bill on the ground in the parking deck! The trip flew by too quickly for me, but it was such a great lil get-away with some super great girls.
As for Valentines day, Todd & I played it low key like usual. We got a heart shaped pizza, Sunshine beer and just stayed home. Too bad the pizza looked nothing like a heart. Sad.
I luv cheeseburgers!
From time to time I go through my box of old photos and select a handful to scan. These are a few of my latest oldies but goodies…
Check out more photos in the Scanned Memories Flickr set.
So this is what my lovely campus use to look like. After the past couple days, it’s changed to what you see in the top pic. I swear, pictures don’t even do this justice. Losing all these trees is so sad. I’m just happy our home is okay so far. President Obama (I love how that sounds btw) officially declared our area a disaster, meaning FEMA is on its way. Most places don’t have power still, so we’re stocking up on stuff when we can. We’ve been toting around little Cindy Crawford Kitty and Sadie Pup wherever we go to keep them warm. I actually tried to go to work today (with my animals) just for something to do, but they don’t have power either. Thank goodness for Brandy & Dustin’s house though! They have heat, cable, & internet. Last night we opted to sleep at Todd & Dustin’s office so that our pets could run around freely. Tonight the Razorback game is actually going on as scheduled and will be on ESPN. We’ll be there, so keep an eye out for my terrible hair and two day old outfit!