New Years Eve- Let's start with New Years Eve, as I believe that is where I left off :D So only a month and half behind! YAY? lol. John and I decided to host NYE this year as it was our first one that we both had the night off for! That hasnt happened in YEARS. Plus, I dont love to travel on NYE. So we invited some friends over and had a great time! Of course I didnt get to take many pictures, but these pretty much sum up the night :D Good times, with good friends, to start an amazing year :D
Our Jobs- John and I are LOVING our jobs. We've both been able to travel recently and have really enjoyed ourselves. Still adjusting to our new schedules, but so thankful for so much more time together! Sometimes it still feels so surreal! We are also in a weird place because we are so used to having our own time and tons of it, that sometimes the adjustment can be difficult. I mean I wouldnt change it for anything! But we need to find our groove :D I mentioned travel for work! Which is a really neat thing for both of us! John has been able travel to Pinehurst and Greensboro and stay in some fancy places for work! and I went to Houston, Texas! It was a quick, but great trip! I ate a TON of TexMex! and it was delicious. In fact, I took pictures of most of my meals :D lol
We went to Texas for a job fair at Rice and to get me familiar with the campus, as it's one of our summer locations. It was a very unique and beautiful place! Michael (my co-worker that I went with) is alumni, so I learned SO much about the history and culture of this great school!
THERE WAS AN A GIANT ARMADILLO! So of course I had to get a picture with it :D
Get in my belly. It was as delicious as it looks.
We went and tried out a place called Gingerman that Michael never got to try as a student. These faces show how bad the live music was....lol
View from the floor I was on!
That is a chile relleno on the left- it was amazing.
and in the morning!
Kinlaws! They are here! They are here! And we have pretty much spent every day with them since. lol. It's been wonderful. It's so nice to have them so close! We've taken turns doing dinner and while we have a few must-dos dinner nights (Taco Tuesday, Girls/Guys Thursdays, and Brunch Sundays) It's pretty much turned into- okay who is cooking tonight?! lol. Krystal has also been keeping Carter on some days and I know it really helps for him to have Bailey around. It's nice for him to get more exercise and have some company :D Krystal and I also started to work out together and this week it has been successful :D She really helps motivate me to work out- especially on the really cold days that I dont want to. lol. We LOVE having them here. I dont think I can say that enough :D
Of course the only picture I have taken since they moved in was of food. Krystal made chicken and waffles for brunch one Sunday and it was seriously one of the best meals I have ever eaten. Ever.
Superbowl- We had a pseudo Super Bowl party this year! We just had a few friends over and made pizzas and watched the game. Very disappointing ending and what was with all of the sad commercials this year?! At least the pizzas were yummy?
Charlie Brown- I got in my first real accident a few weeks ago :( Of course I chose to drive the mustang that day. I actually had an entire debate that morning about which car to drive. I CHOSE THE WRONG ONE! It was nothing major, but I got rear-ended close to work. The girl was really nice and I even ended up hugging her. I guess it was bound to happen at some point with the commute that I have, but it sucks. The damage was very minimal and all they really had to do was buff out some scratches and repaint the bumper- we are glad for that because I dont even think that goes reported as the car being in an accident at all, which will be good whenever we decide to sell it. Some good did come out of it though! The place we got it fixed was FANTASTIC! The owner was super nice. They were going to have to remove the stripe on the bumper and replace it. She was going to have to buy the whole kit and agreed to give us the rest for free! We ended up asking her if we could get cash instead and she said yes. We decided we wanted to do a double stripe on the 'Stang instead and are going to try our hands at it. We really wanted to redo the stripe for a long time now, so now we can try our hand at it for free!
Pictures/Furniture- John and I have slowly been working on the house! We hosted a surprise party for Jim and Jane (a post coming!) and it really kicked us in to gear. We got some beautiful furniture for the foyer and hung pictures in the living room, hall, guest bedroom, and our bathroom!! Still have plenty to do, but the house looks SO much more cozy :D I need to get pictures of the house and post them up here :D
Gonza Tacos- This is a restaurant right next to the building I work in. They contacted my building to see if we would want to come to a soft opening and try their food and give them feedback, all the food and drinks were free! We just had to pay tip. I went on a Friday with some work colleagues. We had a great time! I feel so very blessed to have great people to work with! The food was SO good and they were looking for people to come back that I asked Krystal, Josh, Brad, and Jenny if they wanted to come back with us. We did. And the food did not disappoint again. They gave us appetizers, free drinks (which were amazing), chips, salsa, queso, then our meals, then dessert. Such good food. It was totally worth the drive all the way out here on a Saturday. haha :D
Here are my co-workers! Of course I didnt take any of us on Saturday :(
The Carters- He has this rash on his leg and has now been to the vet twice. Poor guy. He gets such bad allergies some times that they told me to keep him on Zertec. He is the most adorable dog in the world though :D He LOVES having his girlfriend in the neighborhood too. They are so cute together :D Anyway, hopefully the new cream they gave me will work and it will go away!
American Aquarium- Wolves! AA's new CD was released and they played in town. This was the first show that neither John or I had to work that night or the next morning!!! We had so much fun and they played for MUCH longer than they usually do! I miss going to them like we used to, but glad they are more popular now too.
NC State Basketball- Is terrible. I dont even care to watch it this year, but will because NC State fans suffer. It's what we do. **sigh**
I think that's it for now! :D
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