Isn’t it Crazy?

Isn’t it crazy how Andy and I only seem to blog on Mondays?  That’s because we’re still only getting to see each other three days a week: Friday-Sunday.  Yes, it definitely stinks AND it makes for very long work weeks!  Personally, I’m hoping that this week will be a short one since I’m leaving for a business trip to Covington tomorrow morning and won’t be back until Thursday.  Our college is switching from BANNER to Degree Works and I’m going as the “I know nothing about how Banner was set up, so I can learn all fresh, new stuff about Degree Works” person.  Sounds exciting, right?  Yeah…notsomuch.

Anywho, another fascinating weekend in the life of Melandy.  Our primary goal this weekend was to determine costumes for Ronnie & KaLisa’s Halloween Party next Saturday, so we started Friday at the Halloween Spirit store to get ideas with the intent to go thrift storing afterwards.  Those plans were thwarted, however, when my car battery decided to die in the parking lot.  YAY for Andy buying me jumper cables when it died at Whitewater and YAY for random man seeing us looking all pitiful and giving us a jump!  So, we ended up spending some time in Gainesville Wal-Mart while my battery was replaced, then headed to meet the Chapmans for dinner at Tanner’s before watching NGHS beat the slop out of Mill Creek…Meadow Creek…something creek.  Oh well. 

Saturday, we took my mom to the City of Norcross Birthday Party to see my dad’s new office and stuff.  We swung by Gwinnett Place Honda to get my radio rebooted since it’d died with the battery.  We had a splendiferous lunch at Johnny’s Carino’s, then took Buddy to get all groomed and pampered at Pet’s Mart in preparation for this obedience school graduation tonight.  Saturday ended with a win for the Dawgs and a near-miss concussion for me at the hands of two evil gentlemen (a.k.a. Andy and my dad).  LOL

And last but not least, came Sunday.  It started on an odd note b/c Andy overslept.  You see, we blew a fuse in his house on Saturday w/my hair dryer and his iron, and he had to set the clock when he got home late Saturday night.  Somehow, he managed to set it an hour and 18 minutes BEHIND!  So when he thought it was 8:59, it was actually 10:17!  Needless to say, I had to meet him at church.  Service was awesome at Fusion yesterday, and we’re both looking forward to the power month that Pastor Tony has planned, beginning with a sit down coffee and desserts with him and his wife, Amy, next week.  We had a fabulouso lunch at Chef’s (yummy catfish!) and ran the left overs to my house.  Meanwhile, a little pug looking dog showed up in my front yard and my parents spent most of the day looking for the puppy’s owner (still no response).  We saw Fifth Row Center’s “The Mousetrap” – good show, but weird that it was the first one that neither of us was involved in at all.  Then, we headed to Heidi and Daniel’s house where the boys forced me to watch scary movies while Heidi was still singing at church.  After Heidi’s, we hit up Krystal at 10:30 and had one of our famous car talks til about 12:30AM.

Which brings me to today – October 25 – our 4 month anniversary.  I can’t begin to describe all the changes that have happened in my life over this summer, but I can tell you that all were for the best.  I’m happier than I have ever been and it’s all due to some good-looking redhead  Y’know, you hear all the stories and movies and lovey-dovey things and you just don’t believe them until they happen to you.  Sappy, yes, but true.  It’s amazing to have someone you can tell anything to, that you WANT to know your whole life story, and who wants to hear it in return.  I’m so thankful for Andy everyday and for the family he is a part of.  They already treat me as one of their own and I love spending time with them.  I’m still amazed by how we all just skipped over that awkward stage – my family and his, included.  For the first time in a long time, I’m really looking forward to the holidays for more reasons than just being off of work!

Ok…sappiness over…go back to your normal lives…

~Melissa ♫

Splitting wood, house fires, and cat bathing…

This weekend was a good one but certainly was not long enough. I started off Friday with helping my dad split wood. He’s had a few downed trees that he had cut but would require a ridiculous amount of work to split for fire wood. He rented a 20-ton splitter and Matt came and helped around lunch time and we knocked those trees out quick!! It was work though! In the meantime, Melissa brought us all lunch and then went with my mom to go grocery shopping and to get their toe nails did (some nice girl time!). Friday night we loaded up and went to eat Jack’s BBQ with Aunt Nellene, Lisa (M’s mom), and Mammaw and Pappaw followed by going to Mountain View to watch North beat up on them. Good game!! Saturday, we were pretty lazy until lunch time and then went and picked up Lisa and headed to Dahlonega for Gold Rush. We had fun but there were WAY too many people there! Sunday, we went to church and then to Cracker Barrel for Sunday chicken. We hit the thrift store and finally went for a nap (after watching the Falcons lose). Went for a 5RC meeting and on the way out of the studio we saw a ton of smoke. We ended up behind the fire truck and saw what was burning. It was horrible!! It was a duplex so two families lost it all in the matter of an hour. We hung out there for a few minutes, then headed to M’s to bathe some cats. We used some of Nellene’s knock-out pills and we had fun playing with and bathing some stoned cats!!!! The rest was just hanging out and relaxing. All in all, it was a good chill weekend. I started observing again today to be able to get my required 100 hours of observation time in an elementary school in before student teaching in February. It was fun!! Felt awkward a little but things slowly loosened up and I think its only going to get better and be more enjoyable. Now its back to the grind. Time to push through another week!!! God bless!!!


~Andy

Great time had by all this weekend. Started off Friday with a trip with Melissa and  Melissa’s mom, Lisa, to Mule Camp in good ol’ G-ville. Had fun perusing booths of creative junk that no one really needs but is fun to look at. Plus my favorite part of any fall festival or fair is the amazing smells of food cooking and boiled peanuts and all the other scents that all jumble together. Friday evening, we had wedding rehearsal at the Bradford House in Flowery Branch for Leisel and Jared. I worked with Leisel (and her mom, Chantal) for several years at Lanier Academy where we all became partial to one another. When she was getting ready to marry Jared, she asked if I would officiate and I was completely honored. So after rehearsal Friday we went and watched a great game of North Gwinnett v. Norcross. Both teams came in with huge records and it seemed it would be a close game but North just blew them away!!! (Totally fun to watch!)

Everything culminated into Saturday though. A friend of Melissa’s dad sold us his UGA tickets so we loaded up early and headed to Athens. After good biscuits and gravy at a hole-in-the-wall in Statham, we headed on into town. Went to the Dawg Walk and Tate Student Center and the Bookstore before the game and then watched the Dawgs handle the Vols. Go Dawgs, Sic ‘Em!!! Then walked around campus to the Chapel bell and the Arch. Finally, dinner at DePalma’s (great chicken and olive calzone!!!) and a stop by Heather’s (Melissa’s Mini-Me) house. We finished the evening soaking in the hot tub. Great day!!! I’ve attached some pictures below.

Finally, Sunday we went to church and then I officiated the wedding. I wish Leisel and Jared all the best!! Congratulations, yall!! Had a good time doing the wedding. Then helped Rodney (Melissa’s dad) and Luther (and Melissa, Lisa, Robin and Sue…Buddy too!) clean up and cover the pool for the winter. Finished off last night with a 5RC volunteer meeting. It was a great weekend!! We had an awesome time and got some good pictures from Athens and the wedding and just really had a great weekend!! Go Dawgs!!!

~Andy

Thru Thick and Thin

Thru thick and thin we support our Bulldogs…even tho they don’t really deserve it this season!  AND on Saturday, Andy and I are supporting them in person!  I haven’t been to a regular season UGA game since I graduated in 2007.  It’s going to be fun to show Andy around the old stomping grounds.  We did the “let’s show Melissa where all Andy’s lived” tour on Sunday, so it’s my turn this weekend when we see the Dawgs battle the Vols and maybe (hopefully…please?) win! 

We had a great weekend last weekend – we went to several fall festivals and yardsales and to Jaemore for some boiled peanuts.  Andy joined my dad’s side of the family for a cookout at Katrina and Matt’s house.  And we saw GTA’s The Briar Patch on Sunday before finishing off the weekend with a little Kohl’s shopping, Home Depot browsing, Moe’s eating, and Heidi’s house lounging. 

Now, will anyone reading this please join me in giving Andy a hard time?  He was the one wanting to blog and who’s doing all the blogging?  Let’s see how long it takes him to respond to this post.  Granted, he probably isn’t up yet since he’s now working til 1 or 2 AM, but let’s start the count now at 9:22 AM!

PS – If you click the photo link in the last post, you can also see all of our Panama City Beach pictures by going to that folder inside the Photobucket.

Love,
~Melissa ♫