Catching Up

I'd like to begin this post with a quote from a friends facebook page that says "As we begin to take action toward the fulfillment of our GOALS and DREAMS, we must realize that not every action will be perfect. Not every action will produce the desired result. Not every action will work. Making mistakes, getting it almost right, and experimenting to see what happens are all part of the process of eventually getting it right." I love this quote as it is so true. I especially feel that when we make mistakes, we learn the most (meaning we won't make the same mistake again or at least we won't plan to). No one is perfect and I believe how we each handle our mistakes, makes us who we are and forms our character.

So I have a lot to catch up on... I finally think I caught up on my sleep over the weekend. Yay! Came home Friday after a long work week and hit the couch for a three hour nap, but then stayed up until 1am finishing the book I've been reading. Yes, I finally finished the Twilight Series! Loved the books! I took another three hour nap today too, so I'm starting to feel refreshed.

Steve and I went to a wedding in Louisville over the weekend. My old friend/former co-worker, Julie Mudd tied the knot to Dr. Sean Looney. They had a small wedding (close family only) and then invited all their friends and family to the reception at an old home (The Conrad Caldwell House) in the Louisville Historic District. I loved the area! Historic homes are some of my favorites. The street lamps were gas flamed and it had such a cozy feel. I'd love to live on that street! My good friend Kelsey and her husband Dave went to the wedding too. Steve and I stayed @ the Hyatt (via Priceline name your own price for $50!). Kelsey and Dave stayed @ The Brown (also via Priceline). After the wedding, we all met up at Fourth Street Live, which is right outside our hotel (a few blocks from The Brown), and I must say Fourth Street Live is very cool. It's a row of restaurants, bars, and clubs and the street is blocked off and covered! It was a perfect night to be outside. We sat at a little Irish Pub, listening to music, people watching, and just hanging out. I was also sipping on a margarita! It was a really fun night!

So we're back home now and as I was getting ready to unpack all my things, I realized I'm going to be traveling two more times this week (most likely), so why unpack. I'm going to Pittsburgh Tuesday for work and will be back Wednesday night. Then Steve and I are thinking about going to Nashville Saturday to Sunday to visit our niece Jenny! My wonderful sister (in-law), Lorrie and her hubby Greg are going down to help Jenny (their daughter) move in to her new home with some roommates and they've invited us to go too. Jenny turned the big 2-3 yesterday and so we would of course go out and celebrate with her if we go down. I love going out in Nashville. It's one of my favorite cities, especially since I love country music... it just makes for a great atmosphere.

Speaking of Nashville... my girlfriends Kelsey, Tammy, and I have planned a Girls Weekend Getaway in December to Nashville. We've already booked our room (via priceline name your own price of course) and we've got our weekend all planned out. We are going to see the Radio City Rockettes Christmas Spectacular @ the Grand Ole Opry Friday night, we're going to visit and tour the renovated Opryland Hotel (they do quite the decorating there at Christmas), we're going to see the ICE exhibit @ Opryland and of course go out downtown to experience the Nashville night life. Sunday morning we're going to eat breakfast at the famous Pancake Pantry too before heading home. Oh, the hotel we got was the Marriott Vanderbilt downtown and it's right across from the Parthenon in Centennial Park, so we plan to check out that too. I of course will meet up with my wonderful niece Jenny and her friends (especially when we go out since they know "the hot spots"). And yes, I've worked this into the budget. I started planning this over a month ago and we are doing things as cheaply as possible (at least I am).

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Last year, Kelsey, Tammy, and I went to Madison, IN at Christmas for their annual Candlelight Home Tour. It's a historic little town (love the ambiance and historic homes of course) and you spend the evening touring homes in the area (some public homes and some private) all decorated for Christmas. It was sooo much fun and I would love to do it again this year. We stayed at the Clify Falls Inn too which is the cutest Indiana State Park Inn (in my opinion).

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So now I need to start working on Steve's business website. I'm redesigning things with the help of an I.T. developer from work, who is now going to host the site. I'm hoping to make the website more exciting as it's so basic looking currently (but that's all I had to work with through the current host). I'm learning a lot (a little HTML too from another IT co-worker, but I'm not to that extreme yet). I love to learn all this stuff though!