Yahoo for Fall!!!

Bo and I were dowtown on Sunday watching the bike race come through downtown Greenville. Great Sundays together!

Today at school I realized how much I love Fall. Here in Sburg it was kinda cool today. Maybe even classified as chilly. Praise the Lord! I hate hot weather. I hate to sweat! Which is why Bo and I are getting married in December. We both love the cool weather.. Because of the weather I am thankful for the following:

1. Cool Sundays that you can sit with your honey and take a walk downtown.

2. Pumpkin Spice Lattes from Starbucks :)

3. No more Sweating.. any questions?

4. Beautiful Colors of the trees ( have you noticed them changing yet?) Saw some this AM on the way to work!!!!

5. Thanksgiving: I love this time of the year. Lots of yummy food and time with family

6. Christmas: This will be an amazing Christmas, as Bo and I will be able to spend our first Christmas together!!

7. The best reason of all: TIGER FOOTBALL!!!! The countdown is on.. Only 5 days left!!!

God you never cease to amaze me!

I write tonight with lots on my mind. I have never realized how important someone is to you until you think that they are mad or frustrated or disappointed in you. About a year ago I went to God and said, "God if you want me to be single then that is the plan that you have for me and I will have to be content with it. I think that I became content and not complacent like others thought I was. I just thought of it as a part of my life where I would be alone and just enjoy what life had to offer to me. Boy did I ever think that I would be where I am today.

When I finally had heard enough people tell me that I might want to try Match.com I decided ok ok I will try. I had first thought, "Do I really want to find my husband on the internet? That is for weirdos..." But I gave in and placed a profile there. With in about a month I had been on one date...YIKES! That is the only comment on that one. Boy do voices not match faces...:) Then I thought one night I would search by zipcode and I did (this is how I think the story went, Bo might think differently) what I found was this so super cute man with glasses in the snow. I thought where is this. We don't get snow around here. So I think I winked first who knows?

My wink was responded with a chat from a man who had a marketing business and then was a DJ for fun and was located in Greenville. We chatted for 15 max and then met. I know crazy story, but if that isn't God, then I don't know what is. God had placed this man in my life and here I was meeting him... I guess we say the rest is history.

Here is where I want to "brain dump" as he calls it: I realize tonight after many conversations we have had and much wedding stuff today that Bo McDonald is the most amazing man in the world. He gives me what I need daily to continue. He is the one who keeps me sane, he is my calmer and my cheerleader. So many times I look back and what I have previously had with relationships and think I was crazy to think that that was going to be my husband... I now know without an inkling of a doubt, this is who God wants me with. He understands and loves my craziness. Why I don't know, but I have to realize that it is not me, it is all from the work and the planning of God! I am so blessed to have a man who loves me more than life itself.

As December 5 approaches I contemplate what our life will be. What we will do, where our endeavors will lead us. I do know one thing though, I can't wait to spend the remaning portion of my life with him.

Thanks friends for listening to me brain dump tonight. I just thought that it was vital to share my happiness with everyone.

A week down...

So.. I finally made it a week with my little 2nd graders and I can't decide if they are just more rowdy this year or if I am just a year older; but I am exhausted. I can't imagine what it is like to have little ones to take care of and then teach also.. Law I think that I should probably go into the kitchen and get toothpicks for my eyes... I can't even hold them open even when typing this. I am hoping this weekend to catch up on sleep and be ready for next week and all of the meetings that it has planned for me.

Night yall!

And Reality Strikes..

Reality #1

Tuesday is Ashley's 22nd Birthday! We have lots of fun together. I just seems like yesterday I was rushed from my lunch at Southern Shops where I was staying during the summer because she was born. Time flies and we all grow up. She has grown up so quickly right before our eyes. Happy birthday little sis!!!!! We love you!

Reality #2
Today is the last day of summer for me. In a way I am sad because my freedom of summer is gone, but so blessed that Tuesday I have been given the opportunity to mold the lives of 22 new beings in my classroom. I can't believe that I start my 8th year of teaching. That boggles my mind and it is so hard to fathom! Just doesn't seem that I have been out of college for 8 years and then out of high school for little over 11 years... Time flies... As you read this I hope that you will send a little prayer to my classroom 206 and a little love to each heart and mind that I encounter!

Oh Reeds Jewelers...

Well on Sunday Bo and I decided to go and relook at a wedding band we had been looking at. Let me explain the whole story and then you can follow us. We went to Reeds Jewelers at Haywood Mall in Greenville about two weeks ago to look at wedding bands. We found one that we really liked. We didn't want to make a hasty descision so we waited and looked around. Before we left we talked to the sales assiociate. I will withhold her name. But anyways she told us how much the ring would be with the sale price and a coupon that we could use. So we went back this Saturday to look again. Again we fell in love with it, but you want to make sure. This is an important purchase. On Saturday they told us a different price than we had the last time; a higher price. We told them that they had already told us one price; remembering that we had forgotten about the coupon. (amanda you proud of us for the coupon right?) So we went home and came back on Sunday for the purchase with the coupon... Well... Once we got there they told us that there was no way that they could have told us that original price and that they couldn't honor that price. Our fault for not getting it written down. Anyways we kept on and kept on and they WOULD not budge. It isn't the price at this point it is the fact that they lied and they didn't keep their word. So sad because we really wanted the band, but at this point it is about principal.

So the moral to the story... Get the price in writing with the sales associate's name when purchasing something big!

What do we choose?

I wanted to blog about our experience at Belk's in greenville on Saturday. Everyday I realize how special Bo is to me and how much fun we have together. So I took some pics of us looking at china. He wants everyone to vote on how well they like the Bird china that he is holding. He also wanted everyone to see the correct way to hold the teacup when entertaining guests. :) He cracjs me up!

It's Done...

I finally found the dress that I wanted. I went today and talked to the seamstress and she can do what needs to be done to make it work. I am going tommorow to get it, since it is Tax Free Weekend.. not save a lot, but every little bit helps. I also have found my bridesmaid dresses. I am going to use the same style that my sister used in her wedding. It is a gorgeous dress and I am so thrilled that she now will get to be in my wedding as my matron of honor. The dress is plain on the front with a train. They will be black and then hoping to use Amarylis flowers.

Working at school today and getting tired since I have been working all day, but was able to take time to eat lunch with my friends Kelly and Cindy. I hate that Laura couldn't make it. We took a class over the summer and had a blast together. We decided today that we have to keep in touch with each other during the school year since we all teach. Today was fun guys thanks for meeting for lunch.

Tonight Bo and I are meeting Dad and Donna for supper at Outback! Yurmy... Have to make sure not to gorge as you know December 5 is creeping closer and closer! :)

Beachin' It 2009

Here are some pics of our vacation this year~ It was nice to meet some of Bo's family and then spend time with his "mom of step" and his dad. While in Charleston we were able to visit the most haunted building in South Carolina. I wasn't real excited about going as I don't like haunted houses. But this was different. It was an eerie scare. Nothing jumped out at you or anything, just that feeling of the heeby jebbies! We also spent time on the beach at Surfside which was very nice and relaxing. The pic of Bo and his dad was in a helicopter ride. Bo loves helicopters and really would like to get his pilot's liscense one day. So when we have the chance we have taken helicopter rides. We have taken on in New York and now in Myrtle Beach.

Beach was fun but now time to get back to the grindstone and teach the little ones!

Wedding Dress

I am pretty sure that I have narrowed it down to the dress I want. You always hear that it is the one that you chose first that you go back to. That is it. I love the dress. I have to wait to see what the seamstress says about one thing on the dress and then the descision will be made. I am thrilled about it. It is very simple, but elegant. More when I find the bridesmaid's dresses today. That is the goal of the day. Time is ticking away and I have to try and get some things nailed down before the stress of school starts. The other thing is a band or a DJ? Any suggestions...

Back from vacation...

Bo and I are finally home from the beach. We are home to laundry and bills. Not a very fun way to be welcomed home right? I haven't uploaded pics yet and plan on doing that tomm after church and while Bo is at work on the radio.. So look forward to fun pics on Sunday!