Dave Matthews Concert

Saturday, April 25th, Michael and I headed up to Nashville, TN to see The Dave Matthews Band. This was Michael's 11th time to see DMB and my 2nd. It was so much fun! We actually ran into several people we both knew! We arrived in Nashville around 4pm so we decided to eat at Qdoba, one of our favorite restaurants, we always have to stop when we go near one! Then we walked through the Vanderbuilt campus, which neither of us had ever seen. It was beautiful. We then headed over to our seats, kinda in the nosebleed section, and listened to Jason Miraz open and then around 8pm DMB came on! It was awesome, they played a couple of their new songs; which are phenomenal. My favorite new one is Spaceman. All in all it was a great weekend. Michael and I love Nashville, we both really hated to leave!

Poor Bambi

Well, yesterday was the longest, most horrible day ever! Michael bought a car through my company I work for, Sciele, and we had to drive to Hilton Head, SC to pick it up. We drove 8 hours there, waited 30 mins and ate and then drove 8 hours back. My cell phone died during the drive back so we had to stay next to each other through downtown Atlanta, numerous highway changes, and the backwoods drive back to Huntsville, AL. IT WAS HORRIBLE! Traffic was a nightmare and we got separated twice, the worst however was saved for the very end. At around 2 am we were about 15 mins from our apartments when out of nowhere a deer ran out in front of my company car. His head rammed the front of the car and spun his body around too crush both passenger doors. I managed to pull into a Taco Bell parking lot where the nicest cop I have ever met was going through the to-go line. He wrote up the report, called a tow truck and I got into my long overdue bed at 4am. I am posting one of the pics I took in the parking lot, poor Bambi! I am just so grateful that I was able to keep the car on the road because I had ditches on either side of me.

Graduate School!

Well guys, I have decided to take my education to the next level. Tomorrow I officially send out my application for graduate school. I researched a lot of different programs throughout Alabama and being that I want the degree from a distance education program, that eliminated the University of Alabama completely. My main criteria for choosing the school was of course flexibility and cost but also pre-reqs and time to complete the degree. Ultimately, I have chosen Troy University. The staff is by far the most helpful and genuinely kind people and the program is accredited and can be completed (if I push myself) in as little as a year and half but realistically with how much I have to do for my full time job about two to two and half years to finish. I will be getting my MBA! I am very very excited, as are the parents! I start classes August 10th assuming my GMAT score passes me through. I will know for sure my acceptance has been granted by July 1st! I will keep you posted!

Eggs Benedict

Saturday I decided I wanted to eat Eggs Benedict. I am very pleased with the turnout. As we all know, I LOVE to cook, and I especially like trying out new things.

There are several stories about where the orginal Eggs Benedict originated but my persnal favorite is the story of Lemuel Benedict. A retired Wall Street stock broker, claimed that he had wandered into the Waldorf Hotel in 1894 and, hoping to find a cure for his morning hangover, ordered "buttered toast, poached eggs, crisp bacon and a hooker of hollandaise sauce.

Here is a pic of how my first eggs benedict attempt turned out!

A little decorating

Well, I love arts and crafts and on Saturday I got the urge to do a little something. I have really been trying to find something that says Powder Room on it so that people will know which door goes to the bathroom. On the other hand I think that is just dainty and ever since I saw Grease as a little girl (in Frenchie's Bedroom) I wanted one too! So yesterday I went to hobby lobby and made one myself. Now keep in mind I love the paisley but I really want Pink Letters. I am on the hunt for some pale pink script letters but this will do for now!

While in Hobby Lobby I spotted these 3 pictures and bought them frames (all at 60% off!) and hung them over my bed. They really do not match the decor so much but they are just too fantastic to not have in my bedroom. They are just so fabulous!!!