Last Day!!!

Who is excited about this being my last day of work at Blackbaud??!!! I am I am I am!! Of course, it's bittersweet because I have worked for Blackbaud for over 2 1/2 years now. I love Blackbaud and I'm sad that I'm leaving a great company but I know there are great things waiting for me in CT.

In honor of my last day....my favorite, fireworks :)

(Well, my favorite is Mark but he's under the sea...so fireworks will have to suffice for now.)

What is Your Style?

Okay...normally I don't think these tests are ever close to being right but this one hit the nail on the head!

HomeGoods StyleScope

Joy, you are a Global Casual

Your home is warm and inviting, and expresses your curiosity and zest for life. You have wide-ranging interests, and an appreciation for many different cultures and ways of life. You bring a sense of the far-flung world into your home through its décor through unique or artisan-made treasures. Objects in your home tend to reflect your personality, your passions, your values, and your eclectic interests. This gives your home a sense of intrigue and comfort.
You value comfort. Your home is a warm and open friendly place, and you feel happiest when everyone is cared for and relaxed in your space. Elements like pillows, throws, overstuffed furniture, and good lighting set the mood. You may also enjoy layering different fabrics or mixing patterns to create a cozy effect.

Banners are annoying...

So I like the plaid. It is very Fall. I don't like my banner though. I have great ideas but I don't have the editing software to make it happen. Oh well, we'll stick with plain jane right now.

In other news...there are three things of interest that I should share:

1. I am in SC for three weeks! I came down for Stephanie and RC's wedding and figured why not stay a while since my Mister will already be under the sea?? Which was all well and good until the plans changed and now my Mister is still in CT instead of under the sea! I miss my Mister :(

2. My Mister should be under the sea in the next week or two. He is going out with another boat to start the long process of qualifying and kicking butt. We don't know when he'll be back, but we'll keep ya updated!

3. The best for last, of course. I am quitting my job! I powered through over 9 months of working from either my living room or laundry room and it's official...I can't take it anymore! I love my job when it is done from an office, with my coworkers but not so much when it's done by myself at my house. I know I know...everyone dreams of working from home but with my job schedule is not flexible in the least..which really takes all the fun out of working from home.

It's a scary feeling not to have the next job already lined up and waiting but I'm sure I'll find something in CT soon enough! All and all I guess you could say that number 2 and 3 are going to leave me with a lot of time on my hands once I get back to CT. I have a lot of crafty things floating around in this head of mine though :)

Under Construction....

I'm trying to work on a wonderful new fall look for the blog.  In the process of doing that I somehow completely messed up and I am trying to fix it :)

Sorry for the disheveled look and for not posting the honeymoon pictures yet. I have them on a jump drive with me and will probably load them up on dad's computer so I can get to posting them!

818...

I finally uploaded the pictures from our honeymoon and 818 is the lucky number. I took 818 pictures! Yeah..I was a little camera happy :)

I have them divided up and now I have to go through them and decide how I am going to post all of these bad boys. Most of them will just get thrown onto the Picasa account for those of you who are brave enough to endure all 818 of them.

Here is a little taste of what's to come....

Sunrise over France



Prague at night
View from our table at a great little Italian place we found right by our hotel



The exploration group
(Thanks for coming to Prague to visit, Antje and Caro!!)

What used to be the King's summer home in Dresden, Germany



The biggest and most colorful organ I have ever seen in my life! Dresden, Germany



Hopefully, I'll have some more up soon!

Legos!!

This is ah-mazing. If you have ever played Super Mario Brothers via the old school Nintendo, you'll know exactly what I'm talking about!

(We should be home from Prague by now...we're most likely sleeping though :o) I promise some Europe pictures should be up soon though!)

Sammy-sammy-bo-bam-e

After downloading all of my pictures from the past couple of months, I realized how many pictures of Sam I have! They are all really random and hilarious so I figured I would just do a post of his pictures. This way they are all in one spot for everyone to go *awwwwwwww he's so cute!!!*

It's official, he's a Friendly's Fribble lover

Mark is a Fribble lover as well. Him and Sammy were having a chugging contest.

I'll give you three guesses who won and who had to bow out with a Fribble headache...

Winner!!!
(Mark should have known better than to pick out such a young opponent.)


And what do winners do? They wear sweet headbands and hang out windows.



This is a kid after my own heart. How do you eat ribs and corn on the cob?? Topless of course!!



Patriotism is his middle name. (July 4th)



Swinging it pretty fun too...especially when Uncle Mark is doing the hard work!



Swinging it pretty fun too...especially when Uncle Mark is doing the hard work!