Today is a special day.
5 years ago today, Travis and I went on our very first date. He picked me up at Riverside, the dorm I was living in, and took me to Depalmas, an Italian restaurant in downtown Tuscaloosa. I remember being pretty nervous beforehand, but he was easy to talk to, so we had a great time. (And the food was awesome!). After supper, we went back to his apartment at good ol’ Preston Place to watch a movie. Now don’t ask me what movie because I can’t remember….I think I was still too nervous to pay attention! I guess he thought I was a keeper (and vice versa!) because the dates continued until here we are…been married for over 3 years!
Just for fun, I thought I’d post some pictures from way back when :)
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| This picture was taken in June ’06 after my first visit to Huntsville! |
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| Summer 2006 (after eating at Cypress Inn) |
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| Eating lunch at the lake house (summer 2006) |
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| 4th of July weekend (2006) |
We’ve come a long way since that first date! Can’t say I would have thought 5 years later we would be married, living in Huntsville, and about to move into our first house…
Speaking of our house…This is a special week.
It’s moving week!!!!
Are we packed? Nope. Have we started? Barely.
That’s ok. It’ll get done somehow. As of today, the weather is supposed to be pretty good on Saturday. Partly cloudy, 82, 20% chance of rain. I’m sure it will change about 5 more times before Saturday gets here though :)
Last weekend, we got the shelving mostly done in our bedroom closet. Here are the pictures to prove it:
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| It may not look like much, but this was a lot of work! |
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| Travis’s fancy tie and belt rack :) |
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| It slides out! |
We’ve still got to pop the bottom row of shelving in on the long wall (my wall), but we’re waiting to do that until we take our clothes over and figure out how much room they take up.
I think this would be a good time to tell everyone how awesome Baugay has been for letting us live with her off and on for the past 3 years. She’s certainly kept us well-fed in popcorn, dessert, and stories of her childhood and raising a family! :) Baugay has been the best landlord/grandmother we could have asked for, and I’ve really enjoyed getting to know her and spend time with her while we’ve lived here. Now it will be our turn to have her over once we get settled in our house! Thanks for everything you’ve done for us, Baugay!! :)
As if today’s blog didn’t already celebrate enough special things, I have one more:
This is a special post.
This is officially my 100th blog post! I’ve been blogging since September 2008, and I’ve really enjoyed doing it. I think it’s been a good way to document our first years of marriage, and it’s kept some of you who don’t live nearby informed on what’s going on in our lives. It’ll definitely be fun to look back and read this one day!
Some of you may not have been reading my blog when I first started out, so here’s a recap of some of my favorite posts:
- The first 9 months of being married (in pictures)
- Turning 22
- Thanksgiving 2008 and the Iron Bowl Beatdown :)
- Our first anniversary
- Valentine’s Day 2009 (and a scavenger hunt!)
- Reflections after my cousin Lindsey died
- Our first home…all 425 square feet of it
- The start of summer 2009
- Our second apartment in Tuscaloosa
- Thoughts about a major back surgery
- Graduating from nursing school!
- Our trip to Pasadena for the National Championship game
- Surprising Travis
- Travis gets a job!
- Getting used to the working world…
- Random lessons learned
- We put a contract on our first home!
- “Before” pictures of our house
- You gotta learn to work together!
So, there you have it. 100 posts gone by, and hopefully many more to come. I’ve celebrated a lot of milestones for one blog posting! Oh, and here’s one more: Happy 26th anniversary to my wonderful parents!! I love you!!!
Hope you are having a fabulous week!
One final thought for the day:
“There are exactly as many special occasions in life as we choose to celebrate.” ~Robert Brault
I’m choosing to celebrate this week!
2 replies on “Milestones”
>Congrats cousin. You are a blessed couple!
Also, great job on your 100th post!
>Thanks, David! We really are! :)