Friday, March 18
Wednesday, March 16
Where is my brain?
Last night, I prepped our dinner and put it in the fridge to marinate, then turned on the oven to heat up, and WEG and I went for a run. We got back, I stuck the marinated chicken in the oven, put some rice on to steam and cooked some broccoli. 30 minutes later the timer dinged and everything was ready...or so I thought!
Apparently, I only turned the oven to bake, and I did not turn the temperature on. Therefore, our chicken sat in the oven for 30 minutes NOT COOKING! Brilliance, I tell you. Luckily the rice stayed warm and the broccoli could be reheated after the chicken cooked for another 30 minutes- this time with the oven on.
I'm not totally sure how I did not notice that there was no heat coming from the oven when I put the chicken in- WEG asked me that exact question, in fact. No clue how I managed to overlook that fact, but I surely did. Thank goodness the chicken turned out to be pretty good, so all was not lost!
But seriously, where is my brain? I've heard of pregnancy brain, but I am not pregnant, so what is my deal?!
Apparently, I only turned the oven to bake, and I did not turn the temperature on. Therefore, our chicken sat in the oven for 30 minutes NOT COOKING! Brilliance, I tell you. Luckily the rice stayed warm and the broccoli could be reheated after the chicken cooked for another 30 minutes- this time with the oven on.
I'm not totally sure how I did not notice that there was no heat coming from the oven when I put the chicken in- WEG asked me that exact question, in fact. No clue how I managed to overlook that fact, but I surely did. Thank goodness the chicken turned out to be pretty good, so all was not lost!
But seriously, where is my brain? I've heard of pregnancy brain, but I am not pregnant, so what is my deal?!
Wednesday, March 9
Embracing 29...or, Happy birthday to me!
So, I turned the big 2-9 today. I could mourn because this marks the last year of my 20's or celebrate because it marks what promises to be a momentous year for me...what, with a wedding and all. So, I've chosen to celebrate! I'll mourn when I turn 30 ;-)
Today started off with a bang- I overslept. Haha. Somehow, though, I managed to make it to work on time. Not sure how, but perhaps it was birthday luck! When I got to work, our new administrative assistant (who is FABULOUS!) had a Happy Birthday banner on my door and a cake she baked for me. Yes, I had cake for breakfast...you can do that on your birthday because I said so. The cake was a Sicilian chocolate and cheese cake. Um, one word- delicious! Then for lunch, my dad took me to Mr. Friendly's because he was in town for a physical. Again, delicious.
I am definitely not stepping on the scale for a while after all the good food I have eaten lately. And, WEG is taking me to Tsunami for dinner. Mmm.... Yeah, definitely not weighing myself any time soon!
Happy birthday to me!
Monday, March 7
Weekend Fun
What a wonderful weekend, and a great start to my birthday week!
On Friday, we headed down to Carolina Stadium to see the Carolina v. Clemson baseball game. We tailgated for a bit before going into the stadium. The outcome of the game was a Carolina victory. 6 to 3! Way to go, Gamecocks!
On Saturday, we went to Greenville, hoping to see Game 2 of the weekend series, but the rain had other plans and the game was postponed. We had lunch with my parents for my birthday at Smoke on the Water- delicious if you're ever in the Greenville area- and then WEG and I decided to make the best of it and stay in Greenville for the night since we already had a hotel reservation. We walked from our hotel down to Mast General Store and shopped around for a bit, then stopped in for a couple of beverages at Soby's. While in Soby's we heard from the bartender that the hockey game was offering a discount off tickets if you showed them your baseball ticket, so we decided to go to that game. It was a lot of fun! I may or may not have had a bit too much fun, which led to me having the hiccups not once, but twice! The second time was when we arrived back at the hotel at the end of the night. Apparently I conked out mid-hiccup...impressive, huh? Ha!
On Sunday we headed home after a deliciously greasy Waffle House breakfast and took a brief nap on the couch before I headed to the grocery store and then to dinner with my friends for my birthday. Dinner was a lot of fun. We went to the new British Bulldog Pub out on Harbison in Columbia- if you're in the area, stop by. They have British-inspired food. We had the baked brie appetizer, and then I had cottage (shepherd's) pie with mushy peas, which look like baby food, but taste so good! After dinner, my friends had brought cupcakes from Cupcake- red velvet and chocolate- and we partook in those. I needed someone to wheel me out on a stretcher after that because I seriously felt like I was in a food coma!
All in all, a great weekend besides us losing to Clemson in yesterday's baseball game- oh well, we'll get them Tuesday, I hope! I ate way too much good food over the weekend, and it doesn't look like this week my eating will improve. It's our busiest at work, which entails board meetings on Thursday and Friday and dinners on Thursday and Friday nights, with Friday night being our big Alumni Awards dinner out at Riverbanks Zoo. I'll be glad to see Saturday!
On Friday, we headed down to Carolina Stadium to see the Carolina v. Clemson baseball game. We tailgated for a bit before going into the stadium. The outcome of the game was a Carolina victory. 6 to 3! Way to go, Gamecocks!
On Saturday, we went to Greenville, hoping to see Game 2 of the weekend series, but the rain had other plans and the game was postponed. We had lunch with my parents for my birthday at Smoke on the Water- delicious if you're ever in the Greenville area- and then WEG and I decided to make the best of it and stay in Greenville for the night since we already had a hotel reservation. We walked from our hotel down to Mast General Store and shopped around for a bit, then stopped in for a couple of beverages at Soby's. While in Soby's we heard from the bartender that the hockey game was offering a discount off tickets if you showed them your baseball ticket, so we decided to go to that game. It was a lot of fun! I may or may not have had a bit too much fun, which led to me having the hiccups not once, but twice! The second time was when we arrived back at the hotel at the end of the night. Apparently I conked out mid-hiccup...impressive, huh? Ha!
On Sunday we headed home after a deliciously greasy Waffle House breakfast and took a brief nap on the couch before I headed to the grocery store and then to dinner with my friends for my birthday. Dinner was a lot of fun. We went to the new British Bulldog Pub out on Harbison in Columbia- if you're in the area, stop by. They have British-inspired food. We had the baked brie appetizer, and then I had cottage (shepherd's) pie with mushy peas, which look like baby food, but taste so good! After dinner, my friends had brought cupcakes from Cupcake- red velvet and chocolate- and we partook in those. I needed someone to wheel me out on a stretcher after that because I seriously felt like I was in a food coma!
All in all, a great weekend besides us losing to Clemson in yesterday's baseball game- oh well, we'll get them Tuesday, I hope! I ate way too much good food over the weekend, and it doesn't look like this week my eating will improve. It's our busiest at work, which entails board meetings on Thursday and Friday and dinners on Thursday and Friday nights, with Friday night being our big Alumni Awards dinner out at Riverbanks Zoo. I'll be glad to see Saturday!
Friday, March 4
The Lord giveth and taketh away
Well, the update on my friend's pregnancy is not what we had hoped for, but it's clearly what the Lord had in store for her, so he must have bigger and better plans. After going to MUSC last week for an appointment to follow up on the one at her regular doctor, my friend was told that a miscarriage was imminent. And then they sent her home to wait. She went back yesterday to MUSC to see if there was a heartbeat, and, sadly, there was not. So, she was given medicine to help her dilate do a D&E could be performed this morning. While I am so sad for her and her husband, I feel like this was the best way this could have happened so that it was natural and she was not forced to make a difficult decision she might regret for the rest of her life. I know this will take a lot of trust in God to get through this, but I am so glad this was not her first pregnancy and she has a precious son to enjoy each and every day and a reason to keep on going.
I have to admit, this has been a severe test of my faith to try and grasp the fact that God would allow something like this to happen. It's something I have struggled with these past two weeks, which I am not proud to admit.
Please continue to pray for my friend's continued strength to face this battle of life head on and come out stronger.
In other news- today is one of my favorite days of the year. Opening night of the Carolina-Clemson baseball series. I'm already sporting my garnet at work today and can't wait to get off and go straight over to the stadium for some tailgating and then the game! And I'm hoping the rain in Greenville holds off so we can go to the game there tomorrow- 4 tickets were $100- pretty steep for college baseball, and I really don't want them to go to waste!
Have a great weekend, y'all!
I have to admit, this has been a severe test of my faith to try and grasp the fact that God would allow something like this to happen. It's something I have struggled with these past two weeks, which I am not proud to admit.
Please continue to pray for my friend's continued strength to face this battle of life head on and come out stronger.
In other news- today is one of my favorite days of the year. Opening night of the Carolina-Clemson baseball series. I'm already sporting my garnet at work today and can't wait to get off and go straight over to the stadium for some tailgating and then the game! And I'm hoping the rain in Greenville holds off so we can go to the game there tomorrow- 4 tickets were $100- pretty steep for college baseball, and I really don't want them to go to waste!
Have a great weekend, y'all!
Monday, February 28
Dear David's Bridal,
You stink. Actually, you suck, but I was trying to be ladylike. Specifically, your customer service stinks. If I can help it, I will never give you another dime of money nor do business with you if there's any way to avoid it.
Sincerely,
Ticked off in South Carolina
Any others of you out there hate David's Bridal? I swore before I started looking for bridesmaid dresses that I would not choose something from David's Bridal. I was even reluctant to look at their website. But, then I decided to just pop in a store, and I found the perfect style and shade of dress. I took 3 of my bridesmaids back to the store and had them each try the dress on, and it flattered all 3, which was great! But, it took an hour just to get a dressing room to try on 3 different dresses. It was ridiculous, but I sucked it up. I gave them all of the information for my bridesmaids and my information and we went on our merry way. Nobody ordered that day- THANK GOODNESS.
Last week, I ventured over to the store to get a swatch to show the cake person and florist, and the sales associate was unable to find me in the computer. She tried a few times and then just went ahead and rang me up for the swatches. When I asked if she needed more information from me since she couldn't find me, she assured me everything was good to go. I asked again, saying her face showed otherwise, and, again, she insisted that there was no problem and things were good to go. So I left.
Fast forward to Saturday. One of my bridesmaids was at David's Bridal to get a dress for another wedding she is in, and thought she would go ahead and order the dress for my wedding. Guess what- they couldn't find me in the computer. Shocker, right? After about 30 minutes and 3 people searching under every possible thing, she finally got in touch with me. I was LIVID. I explained the whole situation to the manager and, miraculously, they found my paperwork, which had never been entered in the computer. A month and a half later, and the paperwork is still just sitting there. This made me so mad, especially since the situation could have been remedied when I was in there and the girl assured me everything was okay. Basically, she lied to my face.
So, they finally got me straight and got me entered in the computer, but then they would not let my bridesmaid try on the dress, claiming she'd have to wait 30-45 minutes until they entered the information from her first dress. Ridiculous. So she left, and I am so glad she didn't end up getting the dress because I am not going to do business with them unless I absolutely have to.
Now, I'm on the hunt for another bridesmaid dress that I like that isn't astronomical in price. There are plenty that I love, especially LulaKate, but I am just not going to ask my bridesmaids to pay $300 for a dress. I need something comparable to the dress at David's Bridal. My criteria are dark purple, flattering on all body types (i.e. NO STRAPLESS!), short, and less than $175. Any suggestions?
Sincerely,
Ticked off in South Carolina
Any others of you out there hate David's Bridal? I swore before I started looking for bridesmaid dresses that I would not choose something from David's Bridal. I was even reluctant to look at their website. But, then I decided to just pop in a store, and I found the perfect style and shade of dress. I took 3 of my bridesmaids back to the store and had them each try the dress on, and it flattered all 3, which was great! But, it took an hour just to get a dressing room to try on 3 different dresses. It was ridiculous, but I sucked it up. I gave them all of the information for my bridesmaids and my information and we went on our merry way. Nobody ordered that day- THANK GOODNESS.
Last week, I ventured over to the store to get a swatch to show the cake person and florist, and the sales associate was unable to find me in the computer. She tried a few times and then just went ahead and rang me up for the swatches. When I asked if she needed more information from me since she couldn't find me, she assured me everything was good to go. I asked again, saying her face showed otherwise, and, again, she insisted that there was no problem and things were good to go. So I left.
Fast forward to Saturday. One of my bridesmaids was at David's Bridal to get a dress for another wedding she is in, and thought she would go ahead and order the dress for my wedding. Guess what- they couldn't find me in the computer. Shocker, right? After about 30 minutes and 3 people searching under every possible thing, she finally got in touch with me. I was LIVID. I explained the whole situation to the manager and, miraculously, they found my paperwork, which had never been entered in the computer. A month and a half later, and the paperwork is still just sitting there. This made me so mad, especially since the situation could have been remedied when I was in there and the girl assured me everything was okay. Basically, she lied to my face.
So, they finally got me straight and got me entered in the computer, but then they would not let my bridesmaid try on the dress, claiming she'd have to wait 30-45 minutes until they entered the information from her first dress. Ridiculous. So she left, and I am so glad she didn't end up getting the dress because I am not going to do business with them unless I absolutely have to.
Now, I'm on the hunt for another bridesmaid dress that I like that isn't astronomical in price. There are plenty that I love, especially LulaKate, but I am just not going to ask my bridesmaids to pay $300 for a dress. I need something comparable to the dress at David's Bridal. My criteria are dark purple, flattering on all body types (i.e. NO STRAPLESS!), short, and less than $175. Any suggestions?
Wednesday, February 23
Prayers, please
I have stuggled since yesterday with whether or not to post this, but I am a firm believer in the power of prayer, and the more people that are praying, the better.
Yesterday, my best friend since childhood went to the doctor for an ultrasound to find out if her baby was a boy or a girl. Instead, she found out that the ultrasound revealed multiple abnormalities. They said they would set up an appointment for her to go to MUSC, the best hospital in SC, to have more tests to determine if these abnormalities are fatal to the baby.
And then, they sent her home. As of this morning, she still did not know when her appointment at MUSC was going to be. So, since yesterday morning, she has been sitting and wondering and not knowing if the baby she has carried for 4 and a half months will even live.
I am beyond angry at the way her situation has been handled because I feel she should have been sent IMMEDIATELY to MUSC to get more answers. Instead she is playing a waiting game, all the time knowing that the news may very well be devastating.
So, if y'all could, please say a prayer for my friend and her husband and their 3 yr. old son to give them strength to make it through this, whatever the results may hold. And please pray that she gets an appointment sooner rather than later so she can at least end this horrific waiting game. I really appreciate it!
Yesterday, my best friend since childhood went to the doctor for an ultrasound to find out if her baby was a boy or a girl. Instead, she found out that the ultrasound revealed multiple abnormalities. They said they would set up an appointment for her to go to MUSC, the best hospital in SC, to have more tests to determine if these abnormalities are fatal to the baby.
And then, they sent her home. As of this morning, she still did not know when her appointment at MUSC was going to be. So, since yesterday morning, she has been sitting and wondering and not knowing if the baby she has carried for 4 and a half months will even live.
I am beyond angry at the way her situation has been handled because I feel she should have been sent IMMEDIATELY to MUSC to get more answers. Instead she is playing a waiting game, all the time knowing that the news may very well be devastating.
So, if y'all could, please say a prayer for my friend and her husband and their 3 yr. old son to give them strength to make it through this, whatever the results may hold. And please pray that she gets an appointment sooner rather than later so she can at least end this horrific waiting game. I really appreciate it!
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