It's Just About Me

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I am an OCD neat freak, inside the house as well as in the yard. I don’ drink/eat milk or dairy products out of glass. I love snail mail and I always send real birthday cards to friends and family; ecards are a disgrace. My dream job would be a photographer with National Geographic. I love reality TV and sitcoms and my birthday is February 6, 1984. The NC State Wolfpack will always be like my second family and nothing is better on a Saturday than tailgating at Carter Finely. I hate to sleep in and Friday is my favorite day of the week. I drink red wine over white and could never survive a day without cheese. I will always pass up a sweat treat for a salty snack and prefer to have my toes in the sand. I would rather cook than eat out and truly believe there is no place like home. I am happiest when I am with my husband and rolling the trash cans to the street on Tuesdays is the chore I refuse to do. My dream family would include three kids and I would raise them in our current house, our first as husband and wife. I hate neon nail polish and never drink soda (unless it has liquor!). I am a Power Trader at Duke Energy and am usually (always) behind on the latest fashion trends. I enjoy cycle and cardio exercise classes and just can’t seem to find the patience for yoga. The thing that melts my heart the most is helping my sister put my niece to bed; it reminds me how fast time flies when life is good and how amazing it is to have a twin who has turned into the world’s best mom. The only kind of car I have ever driven has been a Honda and I love going to the dentist; haven’t missed a six-month cleaning in years. I still have my stuffed “Doggie” that I carried around as a kid and still start off my nightly prayer the same way as my momma taught me:


“Now I lay me down to sleep, I pray the lord my soul to keep, may angels guard me through the night and wake me to the morning light. I am thankful for my mom, my dad, my sister, everyone in the whole wide world and especially Jesus.”

That was the version growing up and, as you can imagine, as I have passed several stages in life, my “thankful for” list has grown a little longer :)

HUGS AND KISSES FROM ME!

Our Wedding Trailer

Blain + Matthew [Wedding Trailer] from Merigo Films on Vimeo.

Best Day Of My Life!

Progress In Life

I know I am just preaching to a crowd but goodness gracious life has been crazy busy!  I have not been home in several weekends due to some fabulous activities with family and friends, one of them being this little girl below getting engaged!

Lori and Randy are a match made in heaven and I can't wait to celebrate all year long leading up their nuptials next spring!  Bring on the wedding festivities!  Lori and Randy, I could not be more excited for you and Randy, I could not have picked a better dude for my friend :)

Love.

Last week we also had our backyard ripped out and put back in brand new!  I will share some before and after pictures later but to give you a quick idea....Our "before" backyard was full off tree stumps, flower beds, dead plants and 1000000 different types of grass. 

 Matt and I are both simple people so we had A to Z Farms come in, tear everything out, lay down zoysia sod and new beds around the house.  During the process we also decided on an irrigation system as well as a total change in the front flower beds.  We ended up ripping those out too and starting over.  Our backyard and front flower beds are so much more open and "clean" now.

We obviously need to water now to green it up but it will get there!  One step at a time!

Huevos Rancheros

Husband and I got down and dirty in the kitchen last night and again, we tried something new!

Huevos Rancheros from Skinnytaste.

I was a little hesitant because it was no where close to a "meat and potato" meal for the man but...he really enjoyed it. I also got home a little late from spin class and this was SUPER easy and QUICK to whip up! 

Fined the recipe here:  Huevos Rancheros

Our Huevos Rancheros

Skinnytaste's Huevos Rancheros

Because we have so many leftover tortillas, tomorrow night we are going to give the Crock Pot Salsa Verde Chicken a shot! I will let you know how it goes!

Easiest Crock Pot Salsa Verde Chicken

A Mexican fiesta all week long!