Sweet Caroline

This Sunday, June 13th....will be our ONE year anniversary. I still can't believe it, time flies when you're having fun right? This past year has been pretty amazing, I don't think I could have asked for a better first year of marriage. I am so thankful for my husband!! But, whyyyyyyyyy does the wedding weekend have to fly by? I am kinda over "re-living" it by now, but gosh those first 6 months I just wanted to do it over and over and over, (the wedding, that is...keep yo minds out the gutter!!) I was so so sad when everything was over and done with. I mean, who doesn't love a whole weekend where you are the center of attention? Seriously though, for one weekend out of the year ALL of your family and friends are together in ONE place to celebrate you and your husband's love for each other, pretty incredible isn't it! So....last Thursday a year ago, I was running around Beaufort dropping off guests "boxes" at the hotels and getting my man...

*post to pat myself on the back* I finally woke up and worked out in the MORNING!!! Woohoo. I have gotten better about working out the past few weeks, finally...but this morning was the first time I have actually gotten my lazy butt out of bed and gone for it in the AM! I know most of you probably do this, or have done it...but I have ZERO discipline and I am NOT a morning person, so I was pretty proud of myself. Normally, I hit snooze till I give myself the least amount of time possible to get ready and eat breakfast in the car. It doesn't even matter if I had plenty of sleep, I just HATE getting out of bed in the morning. So, yay for me!!!

Ah. Sweet summer time, my favorite season of all. I LOVE everything about this time of year; (well, maybe not everything ...I hate to freaking sweat!) laying out on the beach, going on the boat, water sports, etc. I feel like in a way this is my season, does that sound weird? It is just "me" I guess, I always knew I wanted a summer wedding, there wasn't really another choice for me, it is just what I always thought of when I thought of my wedding. Whether we are in Beaufort, Charleston, Hilton Head, or Lake Murray I am a happy camper in the summer. Gimme a beach or a boat and I am set! Bring on the suntan, books, cat napping in the sun, and sunsets spent outside. This past weekend, we had a big lake day party at my parents house, a group of our friends came up to spend the day on the water and cook out that night. Our boat was actually broken, so we didn't leave the dock....it was perfect. We thoroughly enjoyed our "dock party" and were constantly ...

So freakin bad, buy all of the things I never had. Uh, I wanna be on the cover of Forbes magazine Smiling next to Oprah and the Queen. Does anyone else love this song? Love the beat, and it always gets me thinking what I would do if I won the lottery...yes, I know....just dreaming. But, it's fun to dream right? First and foremost: I would pay off all of our debt plus my family's and put lots of money away for the future (i would want to know that a few generations will be okay). Then, I would donate lots of money...(assuming my win is pretty, um, substantial.) American Cancer Society, University of South Carolina (academics and athletics), to be fair...The Citadel, Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation, Ronald McDonald house, Autism society of America, make a wish foundation, and my church would all see money. Depending on how many benjamins I receive, I would even give money to my friends. THEN, it would be time to be selfish.... I would buy a lot on Lake Murray a boat...

I can't believe it is already Thursday, makes me pretty darn happy right now. I was out of the office for half the day yesterday, so that along with a 4 day work week = spectacularness. (Yes, I know that isn't a word, I don't care) This weekend last year was THE weekend before our wedding. It was also the weekend of THE biggest party thrown on Lake Murray every year by our best friend David Plyler...(well not every year, this will only be the 4th...but the past three have been pretty insane.) We were planning on staying in town anyways to work on last minute wedding stuff, packing everything up, organizing for my mom to take to Beaufort that Monday. I took NO freakin pictures at Rock the Dock, don't know why, but I know we had a good time....we got back to my parents house around 7 pm that night, a long day on the water! I'm pretty sure I danced (my parents had people over), ate and then passed out on the couch. I think I needed that day though as a de-st...

I didn't get many pictures on my camera, they are all on my sister in law's so I will have to share later! However, we had a wonderful weekend down in Beaufort and I was very very sad to come home last night. I started "listing" today, and it made me laugh to think how often I do this. "Listing" is definitely what I do when I am bored/procrastinating/being organized/etc. I have done it as long as I remember....I seriously wrote out my outfits each day on a little dry erase board I kept in my room, dating all the way back to middle school! I am very obsessed with being organized, so I think my "listing" obsession stems from that. Listing when studying, I have always made "study charts", "study time sheets", etc. I did this in high school, college and DEFINITELY law school. These lists were more of a way for me to put off studying longer and longer, for some reason when I would "list" out all the hours that I could...

WHEW. A lot going on in that title huh!?! First things first...I LOVE MY FRIENDS. But, goodness gracious...the next time they make me stay up till 2 am on a work night....wow. My group of girl friends is pretty incredible...all very smart, hard working, nice, southern women. We have PR/marketing/creative geniuses, speech pathologists, doctors, lawyers, bankers, accountants, engineers, you name it....and we all got opinions. And lots of them=) We stayed up last night (after a fabulous cook out) till 2:00 debating politics, school choice, etc. I FREAKIN LOVE IT. I love listening to everyone's opinions, I always learn something when we do this, I mean I got some smart friends! Anyways, needless to say...I am a weeeee bit tired this morning, why did I think I needed that last Mic Ultra lime at 1:30??? We are leaving for my favorite place on earth when I get off work, I CANNOT WAIT. Our house in Beaufort was built after my grandparents died; my dad, his brother and sister all o...