Wedding Weekend

It's a rainy day here in Athens.  I have the day off and it feels like a good time to finally update the blog.  I  suppose I'll pick up where I left off!

The first weekend in March, Daniel and Megan got married!  I can't believe it has already been over 3 months.  The wedding was beautiful and our church at home was almost filled to capacity with people there to celebrate the joyous occasion.  Daniel and Megan have dated off and on since high school and both our family and hers have been rooting for their relationship from the beginning.  Megan is the kind of girl every sister wants for her brother.  She is so kind and sweet; responsible, yet fun; and will be a great wife and mother (and aunt to future little Innman children).  Needless to say we were all thrilled on their special day.  Welcome to the family, sweet Megan!

Megan and her sister, Erin

Daniel, Craig, Chance, Allan, and myself

One happy groom!

Pooja and Laura Visit

At the end of February, Pooja and Laura came to visit!  I was so excited to see their lovely faces!  It had been way too long.  Seeing my buddies is the only thing I miss about being in school!  We started off the weekend by staying up way too late chatting (not surprising).  We shopped till we dropped at the outlet mall in Commerce.  Allan took us to an art show downtown and then taught us how to make sushi.  We took a little trip to Atlanta where we saw the Bodies exhibit, the Coke museum, and the aquarium.  It was such a fun weekend with good friends and exactly what I needed to break up the monotony of work, work, work.

Ghost Stories

I've been a busy little bee lately.  I've been working some major overtime hours the last two months.  I'm not complaining though, because it is definitely a blessing.  I am, however, relieved that my work schedule is starting to look a little more normal.  Here's a little story about one of the more interesting places that I worked in January.  I never have to travel too far for work, but another district was desperate for some help so I volunteered to work four days out of town.  The city I traveled to was Americus, GA.  I stayed in the Windsor Hotel located downtown.  It is a Victorian style hotel that was built in 1892 and is absolutely beautiful.  I was so excited to stay there until the wee hours of the morning rolled around.  The hotel is home to a very popular bar that produces a lot of noise that would keep a person who had to be up at 8am to work a 14 hour shift awake.  So, in the middle of the night I get on my phone to see what time this bar might be closing to find out if I may or may not be able to go to sleep anytime soon and I find this!  Needless to say I was a little freaked out.  I obviously survived the trip, but I don't think I could ever stay there alone again!  Allan and I may make a trip at some point to stay a night.  Ghost stories are more fun when you are not alone!

MLK Day

This morning we did some volunteer work with friends from church for MLK Day of Service. We went to a local elementary school and cleared brush and limbs in the woods nearby. The kids play there and it serves the community after school hours as a place to walk trails and such. After, we had lunch with Stacey and Brandon at Stuffed Burger- YUM! We got a good walk in with Miss Daisy and I got the house cleaned and did 4 loads of laundry (after 4.5 years of marriage, I still don't understand how 2 people can create so much dirty laundry). It was a successful day off! Tomorrow will be spent doing all the things I've been avoiding like getting a new tag and title for the new car, gathering tax information, and trying to figure out all of my 401K and insurance stuff since I'm finally eligible. Blah.. Grown up stuff is boring. I'd rather do more Pinterest projects.. Pictures to come!

That's all that matters

This afternoon we saw Les Miserables.  I LOVED the movie.  Anne Hathaway's performance of "I dreamed a dream" was phenomenal.  I may have shed a few tears.  I really thought Allan would like the movie since he was slightly obsessed with Phantom of the Opera, but when we left and I was done talking about how much I liked it, I asked what him what he thought and he said, "as long as you liked it, that's all that matters".
 

New Car!!!

I got a new car!  It's a 2012 Hyundai Santa Fe.  I've been driving it for almost a week now and I love it!  Getting a new car was so exciting, but it was sad to see the good ole Bonneville go.  It was my mom's car first and I drove it for 8 years.  Unfortunately it was starting to have some problems so it was time to move on!  We got this beauty at the Carmax in Norcross, GA.  If you are on the market for a new vehicle check out Carmax- best "no haggle" car shopping experience ever!

OBSESSED

I love this album!  I was a huge fan of Phillip Phillips during his season of American Idol.  He was the only person I've every voted for on the show, so I was thrilled when he won.  I loved the song they wrote for him on the show and I was hoping that his album would be great and it really really is.  He wrote/co-wrote 8 of the 12 songs.  I personally think he is a very talented singer and songwriter.  I've been listening to this album in the car since Christmas and I just can't stop!  If you haven't already, check it out!