2010 in Review

Can you believe today is the last day of 2010?

This year flew by.

Here are some highlights of this awesome year!

January

We were in Boston to ring in the New Year!

February

I was living in Cary, NC with Danny's family.

We bought a car. Celebrated Valentines Day at CiCi's Pizza (classy!)

And I went back to Boston to finish planning our wedding!

March

I had an awesome Bridal Shower and Bachellorete Party!

    

We were married on March 13, 2010!

You can read all the wedding posts here! 

After living with Katie for a little bit we were finally able to move into our first apartment!

April

We celebrated our first Easter together.

I got another (hippie) tattoo.

We brought a super cute puppy home!

May

We discovered our favorite restaurant, The Chelsea.

I took some tests for Danny. 

Miley went to the beach for the first time!

 

 Lindsey came to visit! And we saw a comedy show in Wilmington with Breanna.

Miley was spayed....and we went to Ohio!

June

Kaleb visited for two weeks!

We went to Boston for my Uncle's wedding!

And I complained about Call of Duty.

  July

 I complained about my neighbors.

We watched an airshow on the 4th of July in New Bern.

Miley discovered the bathtub.

I hungout with bloggy loves Reina and Jordan!

And the best part of July? My sister came to visit and we saw Paul McCartney in concert! We got tattoos. And we went to Myrtle Beach!

  August

I met three bloggy loves...Amber, Carmen and Allie!

 I bitched about homecomings. 

Me and Danny went to Busch Gardens in Williamsburg.

We went to Myrtle Beach..AKA The Vacation from Hell.

 September

 Danny turned 28...and I made him lobster.

I cut all my hair off and trashed my wedding dress!

My Mom and Nana visited while Danny went to Pennsylvania to "work."

 

And we went to the Wine Festival!

October

I had a couple Girls Night Outs and met bloggy loves Rachel, Jacque and Jennifer!

My parents came down for a visit!

We went to Beerfest with Carmen and Mike!

We had Katie's Bridal Shower!

  And we went to a Halloween party at Jennifer and Dustin's!

 

November

 An Xbox fell on my head.

We went to the Marine Corps Birthday Ball in Myrtle Beach!

Danny was on TV!

I went to Boston for my Grandparent's 50th Wedding Anniversary!

We went to Ohio for Thanksgiving.

December

I turned the big 2-5!

And we spent 10 awesome days in Massachusetts for the holiday!

 

That was a little longer than I intended...

but I loved looking at all the pictures!

And I'm crossing my fingers that 2011 is as amazing as 2010 was!

The Myrtle Beach Timeline

What a friggin weekend. I think the best way to talk about our little Myrtle Beach excursion is to give you the timeline.

12:00 - 2:30 We drove down to Myrtle Beach. It's not that far away, but Highway 17 has lights. To me, that's not a highway. Each time we drive down there it gets further and further away.

3:00 We meet up with Danny's step-sister, Stephanie, at the hotel. We wanted to sit by the pool, but it looks like this..

I'm not sure, but I don't think the pool is supposed to be GREEN.

3:00 - 6:fucking30  What turned into a quick catch up, me and Danny being ready for HOURS, has officially turned into the Stephanie fashion show. Things not to do in Myrtle Beach = sit in hotel room.

6:30 We're finally going to dinner. We snap the essential "going out" picture.

7:00 We are sitting, eating, drinking and talking. I can see in Lindsey's eyes that she is already annoyed with Stephanie. She keeps flashing me the "please shut her up" look. My friend, Danielle, from home met up with us!

9:00 Dinner is officially over after Lindsey pounds her last beer in order to get away from Stephanie.

9:30 - 10:00 We walk around Broadway, having a good time!

11:00 - 2:00 We are at my favorite place ever. Drinking and dancing. We meet up with my friend Chad. Stephanie ditches us for a bunch of Mexicans. We randomly meet up with one of Danny's friends who hangs out with us for the rest of the night.We see a girl with no pants on...

2:00 - 3:00 The clubs close. We watch people get arrested and taken out in ambulances. We find Stephanie in front of a random store. We pile in the car because someone says they want Denny's.

3:00 - 3:45 No one can find Denny's. Stephanie is pissed and screaming. Lindsey is getting mad. We pull over. I'm getting screamed at by Lindsey, for reasons I'm still not sure of. Stephanie gets out of the car and walks away. Danny and his friend are out of the car, so I do the same. Lindsey is cussing me out, the three of us just stand there and take it. Stephanie calls and says she's back with the Mexicans and she will meet us at the hotel. We get in the car, in silence and go to the hotel.

3:45 - 4:00 We are in bed. Stephanie calls "Thanks to you guys I lost my fucking wallet in that Mexicans car, you need to come let me in RIGHT NOW." Me and Danny go get her, check Lindsey's car for the wallet. Nothing.

4:00 I'm back in bed and Stephanie is packing. I ask where she is going. No answer. She storms out of the room. Five minutes later, Lindsey goes after her. Ten minutes later, Stephanie kicks us all out of the room and says "This room is under my name, if you don't leave...I'm calling the cops." We grab our stuff...and leave. She calls "appologizes" and tells us to go back. Uh, HELL NO.

4:15 - 5:20 We drive, exhausted. Pull over to nap.

5:40 - 7:40 Drive in horrible fog, exhausted, and the GPS stops working!

7:40 HOME SWEET HOME.

Awful, just awful. I'm not sure why everyone was so pissed and yelling. Stephanie must have found her wallet, last I checked she was in Charleston eating lunch and continuing her roadtrip.

The good  news? Me and Danny bought season 5 of LOST today on base for $30. We've done nothing all day except nap and watch TV. The puppy is at the kennel, probably having way more fun than I had the entire weekend!

The lesson? When you have one for me..let me know.

A Visit From Home!

My friend Lindsey came down to visit me and Danny over the weekend! It was so great to hear the thick Boston accent in person and not just over the phone! When she left Massachusetts it was a freeeezing 20 degrees. When she landed in Jacksonville it was 10:30 in the morning and already 70 degrees! She was very excited! It was great to have one of my best girl friends around...we had lots to chat about and before I knew it Danny was home from work and it was time for dinner. Steaks on the grill? Yes please!

Friday was absolutely gorgeous out. I slathered on my SPF baby 50 and we headed to the beach. Lindsey is nuts, she went swimming! I had goosebumps with just my toes in the water! Even with my insane skin protection and only an hour on the beach, I got red. No big shocker there. Sucks!

I have been wanting a pedicure so bad lately (because well, when I got one for our wedding they whipped out power tools and I don't want that happening again!) We drove around and found a random place, and waited in a massage chair for an hour. It felt AMAZING on my back (however today I feel like someone punched me in the back and left huge bruises....) and then we got the cheapest and most amazing pedicures. I love having my legs and feet massaged...I was in heaven! (sidenote: while we were getting pedicures Miley and Danny took a nap...or so Danny thought...Miley ate a half pound of beef jerky AND the packet that says "do not eat"....the after effects were not pretty. Lucky puppy-mommy!)

I've been craving a bar. First we headed to Red Robin for delicious burgers (and a weak margarita.) Then we headed out to the Jacksonville scene. Or lack-thereof. Let's just say my night ended with beers from Walmart and McDonalds french fries. Very unsuccessful night!

Saturday night was much better. Me, Danny, Lindsey and Breanna headed down to Wilmington for a comedy show. It was a beautiful day down at the Riverwalk (as usual) and the show was fun. Sixteen comics, each on for 5 minutes. Some were hilarious...some were awful! We had lots of fun!

Sunday was a waaay lazy day, I was completely exhausted...and quiet frankly, waking up at 5 to let the dog out and her staring at me at 7 every morning to feed her is TIRING. Danny is so lucky that he can atleast fall back to sleep if he's the one to take her out! Me and Lindsey did a little shopping and then we all got lunch at CiCi's (we don't have them in Massachusetts, so I think it's the best place ever...and I like to eat my weight in pizza!)

While we were out eating and enjoying ourselves, Lindsey got a phone call that her flight from Jacksonville was canceled. That was nice of them to call...only TWO hours before her flight. It was past 6:00 and they wanted her to take a flight out of New Bern at 7:40. She made it was 10 minutes to get through security! And she was in Charlotte before we even got back to our house! Nuts!

Last night me and the hubby relaxed with some SVU and went to bed early. This is going to be a long week. He has to be out of the house at 3:30 every morning and won't be home until 7 at night. It sucks for completely selfish reasons...I have a super had time falling back to sleep in the morning and it pushes back my dinner time! See, selfish reasons.

Friday I'll have more visitors from home...I love it!

And I hope everyone took time to read Mrs. Gambizzle's guest post..it was great! And if you are interested in being a guest blogger please let me know!

Bachelorette Party!

 Come to one of my parties early and you get to eat a penis cookie!

Last night was the "last night of freedom" according to the girls. According to me it was just an opportunity to get dressed up, drink and have a good time!

Remember in 40 Year Old Virgin the girls had the wigging out party? We decided to go with that theme and had so much fun with it! My maid of honor and sister, Michelle, was responsible for the lovely penis name tags. We all chose dirty/stripper names...we had a Sindi (get it?), Trixie, Roxi, Vixen, Kitty, Jail Bait (this is probably the reason why the bouncers kept checking our IDs...), Lola and Bambi. I stuck with the way original Beatles tune Sexy Sadie. I think I'll just keep that as my nickname after we get married! My bridesmaid, Ashley, took care of swag bags complete with socks (we went bowling), penis cookies and candy, candy rings, and candles! I love my friends so much, I seriously think they are the most amazing people!

 

My Jamaican sister!

 

The Bridal Party!

Veronica, Michelle, me, Ashley and Lindsey

 

"Is that a snake in your pants or are you just happy to see me?"

Gina and Alanna

 

Kisses for Michelle!

(ps. I'm totally against tanning..can you tell!?)

 

Jen was forced to do karaoke by the 2 girls up front

I'll be honest, I thought there was going to be a fight!

 

The Group!!

I'll be honest. Wasn't everything I hoped it would be. I had a great time with my friends, but it came with drama. First, my underage cousin and sister ordered alcohol. Fine, cool, whatever. But have a fake ID. My sister did...cousin did not. I thought we were going to be thrown out. Lucky for me, Lindsey was leaving early anyway  and my cousin went with her. Next dose of drama came when Danny's ex-wife sent me a lengthy (and might I add....grammatically incorrect) Facebook message. Seriously, this girl has NEVER tried to contact me and decides to do it on that night? The girl must be a better stalker than I am if she can get past all my stalker-proofing on social networking sites! And the final dose of drama was at the second bar when drunks were pouring beer on my sister, touching my friends butt, and just being plain obnoxious. God, I love drunks! But just being able to spend time with my friends was great, so I really enjoyed that!

Tonight I bribed Alanna to come over to help me with the seating chart. I'll be paying her in beer, pizza and paper penises leftover from last night.

Happy New Year!

As I get older, I feel like time is literally starting to fly by. I feel like I was just celebrating 2008 being over. My first scorpion bowl seems like ages ago, but it was literally a year ago. 2009 was amazing. Better than I thought it was going to be. I moved out of my parents house and moved over 800 miles away from home. It was a huge growing experience. And most importantly, I met an amazing man who I am going to marry in 69 days. Last year at this time marriage was so far out of my mind, but now its a constant thought!

Me and Danny celebrated the New Year drinking beers at Boston Beer Works and cracking up with Dane Cook. We watched the ball drop in a train station, while waiting for the train. It was such a weird and strange feeling celebrating with a bunch of strangers. Everyone clapped and cheered..it was pretty cool!

Last night we went to a bar with my friend Lindsey. She told me she had a wedding surprise for me, I can't wait to find out what it is! She is also going to give a toast at our wedding..sure to be the highlight of the night. HAHA!

We only have one more day left in Boston. We're going out to brunch with my sister and her boyfriend in the morning..then its packing and cleaning time. I should already start looking for a ticket back to Boston for the middle of February. I still have to do the cake testing and the general tasting at the hotel! Then there's doing the escort cards and gift bags for out of town guests. SO SO much to do!