Surprise!

Last Friday, Mac told me he was taking me to dinner on Monday night for my birthday! I am going to be out of town later this week, so we were going to celebrate early. I thought that would be just fine! After work yesterday, he told me that we had early reservations so I needed to hurry up and get ready. We got in the car and headed towards downtown and he said that we were going to get a drink first at South of Beale. I thought that sounded great...I love their Cherry Limeades. Well... we get to SOB, walk in the door, and I hear "SURPRISE!". I was shocked! I see tons of my friends sitting at a big tables with balloons! He got me! I was totally surprised. 

We had so much fun! Everyone visited and ordered food, but then the kitchen flooded (and D couldn't fix it fast enough), so we headed next door to Spindini for half price pizzas and bottles of wine. 

I was really sad that I was going to be out of town (and working!) on my birthday, but last night was so much fun! I have a few photos, but today is crazy with prep work for my time out of the office, so I will have to post them when I get back. The highlight of the night was when we took home the balloons to Pepper. She was not quite sure of them!

Tomorrow I am headed to Dover, DE for five days! The program I work on is the charity of choice for a brand new music festival, Firefly Music Festival. Check it out! I am excited to take part in this first year event. Stay tuned for posts from Dover!

Fun weekend!

We have had a great weekend in Memphis! Mom was in town for her annual dance convention, so we went to a fun, brand new, restaurant on Friday night called Hog and Hominy. It had just opened so they still have a few kinks to work out...but it was beautiful and the food was tasty!

On Saturday morning Mac and I took Pepper for a long run! For the first time ever we wore her out. She was trying to lay down on the way home. My friends Sarah and Chan were coming to stay with us to attend a wedding so when they arrived we grabbed some BBQ and. Jerry's Sno Cone (in the pouring rain). Mac decided to go out to his moms house so I went to the wedding as Chan's date. It was a beautiful wedding and reception at the Cadre building, where Mac and I met!

After the wedding, Mom and Mac met us all at Raifords and we danced until the wee hours of the morning. We all had so much fun!

Updates!

Notice anything different? The blog is getting a refresher! I hadn't really liked my blog design since I removed all of the wedding-related content. We still have a few tweaks to make, but I am in love so far. Hope you like the new design!

A few more weeks

Pepper had her ear taping appointment this afternoon. We had our hopes up that it would be the last one...but no. She has a bit of infection in one ear so she is out of the tape until Wednesday. After that he said she needed a few more weeks. Gah!! This doggie mom is more than ready for the tape and the cone to be gone!! Here are a few photos with her untaped ears. And a photo of the sweet surprise Mac sent to work today.

A Lazy Weekend

Mac and I had a very lazy weekend...not by choice but due to sleep deprivation. We met some friends at South of Beale for drinks and dinner Friday night. When we got home a few hours later, Miss Pepper had gotten sick EVERYWHERE! Let's just say I no longer have a rug under the kitchen table. So we were up with her Friday night, ran a few errands on Saturday, and picked up steaks for dinner. Mac went to meet up with some friends and Linea came over to watch the women's gymnastics trials with me. Pepper was still not feeling well and cried to go outside every single hour. This continued all. Night. Long. So...our Sunday was a lazy one. Pepper started feeling better towards the end of the day so we attempted a new method of taking her on a walk. You can't tell from the photos below, but it was very successful!

Fourth of July

Mac and I have had a great fourth of July holiday. We have also decided that we would like Wednesday off every week! We had a lazy morning then an afternoon of pool and grilling at his Dad's house. I made lemonade, deviled eggs with bacon, and mini fruit pizzas. We came home to rest and then headed down to the river for fireworks! Here is a photo of us sweating it out! A piece of advice, don't set your blanket on an ant hill. Hope everyone had a wonderful day! God bless America.

I blame it on the dog.

Hello. Are you still out there? I know it has been a while. A long while...over a month. And I am going to blame it all on Miss Pepper. Why? Well lets just say that she keeps us very busy! 

Let me give you a quick overview of whats been going on in our lives over the past month:

• I went to Chicago for work. It was wonderful...cold but wonderful. I hope Mac and I can go there together sometime soon!
• I ran my first 5K. I had been training for over a month. I was very proud. I ran it in around 37 minutes...which was under my goal of 40 minutes. Slow but steady.
• Mac and I registered to run the St. Jude Memphis Marathon as part of a five person relay team. More to come on that!
• We took Pepper to the grand opening of the Overton Bark dog park. She had explosive diarrhea in the middle of the pet parade.
• Pepper had her ear crop surgery. It has been awful and terrible and I would never do it again. We hope today is her last taping.
• Mac started a new job at International Paper!
• I went to Las Vegas for my friend's bachelorette party and had a blast!
• Mom and Dad came to Memphis to go to see Chicago at Live At The Garden. We had so much fun. Mac's parents and Jack and Dynelle came too!
• I celebrated 50 years of St. Jude at work! We had a fun filled celebration week and weekend.
• Mac and I went to Knoxville for the Woody Johnson wedding. We had a fantastic weekend.

Whew! Well there is our past month in a nutshell. While we were in Knoxville this past weekend, Pepper stayed with Mac's brother and had a wonderful time playing with her cousin Teddy. The photos below are from when she got home and passed out! I think she had a great time. She is getting SO big.