Past Due!

Ok, so it has been way too long since i've blogged! I know i don't have many followers, I really just do this for myself to get alot of stuff off of my mind and to share things with the few who read:)

So first I'm gonna start off with my career.. I got a new job in July at a new family practice clinic in Columbus, Golden Triangle Family Medicine! It's a Baptist medical group and the doctor is Kevin Johnson! I love the hours! 8-5, no weekends, and no holidays! It's great! Come see us!

The book club i'm in has been doing great as well. We have been meeting about once a month to discuss the previous book, eat, catch up, and decide on the next one! These are the ones we have read since my last post...

These are a couple books i read on my own...

and this is the next book we are reading :)

I'm so glad that i have gotten back into reading! I love it!

So I got a new tattoo that I love! on my left side/hip!

I have a friend by the name of Sara Romedy Turner who loves to take pictures, so on a VERY hot day in August we had a fun photoshoot! She does a great job! Here is some of her work! 

I felt like I was doing senior portraits again...so much fun!

Also in August was the 2011 Roast N Boast, aka the Pigfest! I went with Neil and his mom Anna and we saw alot of folks we know and had a good ole time :)

BTW Neil and I are doing fantastic...and I got a promise ring!

So me and 6 other women (my best friend Misty, Neil's sister-in-law's, and a couple of their friends) decided to go on a girls trip to the beach on the opening weekend of Dove hunting season... all the men would be busy Dove hunting and we all wanted to hit the beach one last time! So we went to Gulf Shores, AL... There may or may not have been a hurricanado going on at the time, lol, but we had a fabulous time regardless! We went shopping, spent several hours in Live Bait, got to spend one day at the beach, & saw the Velcro Pygmies for the first time!

 

We had a great time! No hurricanado was gonna stop us from having fun! The Velcro Pygmies was freaking awesome!

After the beach trip I decided it was time to go back BROWN! like the day i got home from the beach:)

My best friend Misty's bday was 9/14/11 and on that weekend we had a fabulous party with lots of old friends!

And I am so glad that football season has rolled back around! ROLL TIDE ROLL!

And in the midst of this very busy life of mine... i try my best to go to zumba twice weekly, and I went to my first Bunko group this week and loved it! Now just to figure out what to be for halloween... I'm thinking a scarecrow or an owl???

an adult version of this...

or

something like this...

whew, that was a long one... so, until next time!

A New Attitude

So June's almost over, half of 2011 is past us and so much has changed in my life already. I'm sure it's only the beginning though-and i'm okay with that because life is about changes and there's no use in stressing about them. So to update you on me and my life...

At the beginnig of the month I did have some people who were putting me down and trying to make me feel bad for getting divorced and moving on with my life but I decided that people like that are unimportant in my life and i'm not gonna let them break my spirit or waste my time on them. There are plenty of people in my life that love me and just want me to be happy and they are the ones worth my time!

I found out i didn't get accepted into MUW's RN program :( They said they had alot of applicants and had to turn away people that had everything and since I didn't have that nutrition class already taken, that didn't help me out. So I decided to drop the nutrition class because that's $600 that I can use for other bills, etc... It kind of sucked that i didn't get in but i have other options. My plan now is to apply at Bevill State Community College in Fayette, AL and at Shelton State Community College in Tuscaloosa, AL. I believe everything happens for a reason and it will definately be ALOT cheaper if I can get into a program at a community college. So i will be filling out applications for Shelton and Bevill in the mean time. Their programs don't start until January, so I have a little while to go.

I have a new boyfriend who's name is Neil! I've known him for a couple of years and always thought he was a nice guy and soooo funny! I never thought I would be dating him but its just another surprise life has thrown at me and one I'm very happy about! No he's not perfect, no one is-he has a bit of a past but i feel like he has learned from it and i think i was put in his life for a reason, to help him stay on the right track and and be a better person! I also feel like he was put in my life for a reason. He makes me so happy! I love spending time with him. He pretty much keeps a smile on my face :)and thats what its all about because if the person your with doesn't make you completely happy then why be with them??? And one of the first things i said when i started this blog was that its about finally making ME happy for a change! So although he's not perfect, he's close enough to perfect for me :)

A friend that i work with decided to start a book club and i joined! There are 4 of us in the book club and we all work together. Right now we are reading "Major Pettigrew's Last Stand"

I am also reading "Lies That Chelsea Handler Told Me" for my own Addiction to Chelsea Handler books!

I just got back from a much needed vacation at Orange Beach, AL. I had a wonderful time with family and friends-it was so good to get away! I absolutely LOVE going to the beach and soaking up the sun!!!

Well i guess thats it for now. I can't wait to spend this weekend with my boyfriend!

 So until next time...

The D word...

So it's been a little while since my last post, I've been busy with LIFE! I finished my last Chelsea Handler book, and it was just as funny as the other two! I was able to get into that Nutrition class at MUW that I needed, it's an online class that starts May30th and only goes through July 2nd-so one step closer to the RN program,Yay! Just keeping my fingers crossed, hoping that they accept me as long as I pass this class! Should find out by June 1st I believe. Last week I read "Water for Elephants" and it was a really good book!

Can't wait to go see the movie because my favorite actor, Robert Pattinson is the leading man!!!

So the big news for this post is that I am now a Divorced woman...the divorce was finalized May 2, 2011. Although it's kinda bittersweet I am glad its over. I never wanted to be a "statistic" for divorce rates, nor did I want to have the title of a "divorcee" but such is life, no one ever said it was easy, or predictable. One of my favorite quotes is "the only thing for certain is uncertainty" and I have found that to be 110% true. So now that is over and I am able to move forward with my life.

I watched a really good movie today before work, "Life As We Know It", if you havn't seen it you should!!!

Right now I am reading "Something Borrowed" and I can't wait to see that movie too!

One of my very best friends Misty Harris graduates from the teaching program at MUW tomorrow and I am so proud of her!!! We have been the best of friends for like 12 years and I love her to death!!

This is a picture of us back in the day when we graduated from highschool, 2006!!! Still best friends!

Well I guess that's about all for now, ready to see my best friend graduate in less than 12 hours and then hit up Market Street!

http://www.marketstreetfestival.com/