Amazing & Scary...

and not quite too late for Halloween. Awesome find for my meteorology tastes.

Oldest known photograph of a tornado.

I Think I Want One...

But which Animal is for me? :-)

New Member Status

Today I joined the awesome gym associated with my hospital, and I can't wait to get started. It's been too long since I've been going steady with a regular and structured workout program, and while I so love to hit the streets of our neighborhood with my iPod & New Balances, the weather will eventually chill & I am looking forward to the variety of a lap pool, indoor track, massive weight/cardio room, racquetball courts, sauna, and daily mix of aerobic classes. Yeah, I'm psyched.

Where There's a Will, There's a Way...

Too Cool. Now that's what I call inspiration. :-)

Newest Additions

Meet our newest indoor plants.
English Daisies and Aloe.
Sweet.
The weather is so lovely, it's impossible to stay indoors.
So we're bringing some nature inside.
Happy fall to all!

Breathtaking

The moon is so beautiful.

Thanks to Reddit for the link.

Awwwww

Love you, babe!

Nephews

Baby B in the spotlight, with big brother E busily playing in the background. J and I are hoping to make the trek to visit these two sometime soon. It hasn't been too long since we last saw the family, but kids grow so fast that even a few weeks make a difference!

Photo by: EthanRahe c/o Flickr

Furniture Frenzy

...or the beginning of one, at least. A beautiful new mission-style bedroom suite is scheduled to be delivered to our door anytime after 7AM tomorrow and we absolutely cannot wait to see the transformation! J and I have had our eye on this set for about 4 months now, and are in perfect harmony about our choice, having never wavered from this particular design. Completing the bedroom was top priority by a longshot, but a new sofa, lamps, area rugs, and more are to come...all in due time, but of course the sooner the better! :-)

In other creative home improvement news, I found this Lowe's offshoot to be particularly helpful and inspiring. The catalog showed up in our mailbox, and I decided to check into the website as well. Enjoy.

OK Go - A Million Ways

Yay! Love this follow-up to the infamous treadmill masterpiece. :-) Thanks to IMF for bringing OK GO back into my atmosphere after a temporary misfiling.

Happy 4 Years to Us!
Today marks four years from the day we met, and our first date followed soon after. Lots of wonderful things have happened to us since that date, including engagement and marriage, graduation and a new career beginning for me, several academic honors and achievements for J, new houses to makes home, and innumerable happy memories all along the way.
I love you, sweet J!

I See Fruit Salad in Our Future

Boo.

My favorite magazine, which I very recently re-subscribed to, has been canned. I am now the new and not impressed owner of a 9-month subscription to Glamour magazine. I'll give it a chance, but I won't be happy about it - bring Jane back!

Destin, FL - July 2007
Photo by A

I've Been Thinking...

..that I should write more often to stir my creative juices. I do have some. :-)

..that I have an amazing hubby who is just the blend of teddy bear and brick wall that I need and love.

..that I can't remember how I ever survived without satellite radio. I am an XM addict. (Thanks, sweet J!)

..that I really miss my friends from college, and really need to make a better effort to stay in touch.

..that we are finally making this fabulous house look like a fabulous home.

..that my job rules. But it's tough, especially lately being so busy and independent with an overload of 6 rowdy patients with multiple pain pumps, glucommanders, heparin drips, insulin drips, multiple units of blood needed, and then some. But that's shop talk. :-)

..that we should go to more cocktail parties because I felt darn smashing in my little black dress with my hand holding the arm of my hot hubby in his blue power tie/new dress shirt combo at the faculty cocktail buffet last night.

..that I want to take trips, vacations, and journeys every single month, which probably isn't very practical but a fun goal nonetheless.

..that staying up all night feels entirely normal these days.

..that I want to hit the pool at least once a week until the end of the summer heat. Success for the past 2 weeks!

..that I can't wait for our new TV to arrive, and I really am going to want that new sofa to sit on while watching that shiny new LCD.

..that I want to continue staying in touch with my in-laws because we have a good thing going, and appreciating family is important on both sides.

..that my little brothers are growing up really fast.

..that I've almost been married a year and a half! Wowzers.

..that I just might join the awesome gym affiliated with my hospital, because it would probably give me more incentive to work out than solely running/walking around the neighborhood does, especially with the hot days and mosquito nights.

..that I seriously love the cute comfort of Crocs. I now own 3 pairs and J has some, too!

..that I still miss my grandfather, Leland, terribly and probably will never stop thinking of how much we could have talked about then and right now.

..that Lean Cuisine frozen meals really aren't that bad when you're in a hurry or don't feel like making much effort for a solo/semi-healthy meal! :-)

..that I should blog more. But this was a good start.

Overdue

Though not by much...still, I owe our little website an update of our fabulous anniversary adventure.

Coming soon...but not too soon as I will be working the next three nights.

There is always next week, said the half-full half of the marriage (Randy's lunchtime proclamation). Even more news, J got a sweet new car! Covered on Flickr - go look! :-)

(Belated) First Anniversary

Officially on the road for a belated but fabulous First Anniversary adventure! Our trip starts in Highlands, NC and will then sweep us away to Asheville, NC for a few romantic, relaxing, and fun-filled days in the city.

As of May 20, 2007, we've tucked one year of wedded bliss under our belts, with a lifetime of love to come!
xo

Jerry's Photo Skills Rule!

Indeed, I am quite biased. But not blind -- see for yourself! :-)
July 21, 2007.
~Baby Bryce's Baptism~

Happy 4th of July!

Yes, I do keep forgetting tomorrow is a national holiday, since the hospital never closes, sleeps, or goes on holiday. I will be spending the day in bed and the evening at work, taking care of all the fireworks gone wrong victims. Am I complaining? No, not really. I enjoy trauma. Perhaps I will at least wear patriotic scrubs. :-)

P.S. No fireworks in these parts, please. South Georgia has just killed off the wildfire that raged for weeks and added a new tab to history, and I am certain the Earth longs for no more scars.

Poor Fatty

My cat is upset.

Fatty is not taking to the move very well, and he's making us suffer. During the day, he's fine — or I guess he's fine, since he picks a spot and hides all day long. It's the early morning hours that he gets lonely, or vindictive, or something. He comes up to the bedroom door and starts wining. And wining. He'll pause for a minute or two to lull me into a false sense of calm, letting me almost drift back to sleep before he hits me — WAHHHH! — with another round, an aggressive and persistent enemy pounding at the gates. I just lay there feeling my blood pressure rise.

Even if I get up, that doesn't help. I can be downstairs with him, and he'll still walk around wining. Mwwwarrrr! . . . Whhhharrrr! . . . Hrrrwwwwaaarr! I'm not sure what to do for him, and Autumn's losing patience. Shoot, I'm losing patience.

I wish I knew what to do for him. I thought that after two weeks, he would start behaving normally again. I think that part of the problem is the nearly constant stream of strangers we've had flowing through since we moved in. Still, even though the flood has ebbed a bit, we have someone ring the doorbell almost daily. Fatty's eyes widen, his head pops up, he scrunches down, and he slinks into his hiding spot. Then we don't see him the rest of the day, but we know he's there, sometime around 4 am.

I'm not sure what's made my 17-pound cat such a wimp. Anna is an Achilles to Fatty's Elpenor. She's already Queen of the house, taking long naps on the couch and basking in the extra space. She can probably sleep now 'cause Fatty's not around to bug her all the time. Poor poor Fatty.

I hope he gets over it soon. I need some sleep.