Tagged!

Alisa & Jason tagged us back on Tuesday...but this week has been too crazy! So here goes....

jobs that I have had:
1. Target- rockin the red & khaki
2. tutor
3. admin assistant
4. bank teller

4 movies I've watched more than 10 times:
1. Chicago
2. Clueless
3. Almost Famous
4. Office Space

4 places that I lived:
1. Holly Springs, NC
2. Atlanta, GA
3. Raleigh, NC
4. Suwanee, GA

4 TV shows I watch:
1. Lost
2. The Office
3. The Hills
4. Top Chef

4 Places I've visited:
1. Whitehouse, Jamaica
2. Orlando, FL
3. NYC
4. Savannah, GA

4 People that email me regularly:
1. Sharla
2. Joel
3. my church
4. co-workers...too many of them

4 of my favorite foods:
1. Brownies
2. fries
3. white choc mochas
4. chicken tenders
**wow, I'm really healthy**

4 places that I would like to visit:
1. Italy
2. Hawaii
3. St. Lucia
4. Australia

4 things that I am looking forward to in the coming year:
1. Our trip to CA/Yosemite
2. Sex and the City movie date with Sharla
3. My lil sis' graduation
4. Hopefully going to NYC

I'll tag Sharla & Josh and Rex & Liz

Our Garden: Week 2

Our garden has already had a tough go at it. Temperatures were below freezing for two nights this week, and we had to cover the bed at night with sheets. Not too much growth this week. We are just glad that they all still look perky after the cold.

Our Garden: Week 1

A new weekly feature on Our Two Cents will be an update on our garden! Joel put together this raised bed, and we planted our herbs and veggies today.

We have a bunch of herbs, including rosemary, thyme and chives, onions, several kinds of peppers and a few varieties of tomatoes.

Mint- for making Mojitos!

The tomatoes

Spring is Here!

We are so glad that our landscaping overhaul from last year is in full bloom!

Joel's beloved Waterfall Japanese Maple

We got the best deal this week on these path lights...I love them!

Joel being a little artsy...

I can't wait until the trellis is covered!

Joel's Birthday Trip

Well, we didn't do a very good job of taking pictures on this trip...and Joel always wanted to be behind the camera, so most of these pics are of me...

We started our trip off on Thursday, Mar 20th. Joel had decided that he wanted to drive most of the way that night, so we did and stopped off in Gainesville, FL for the night. Up bright and early, we made a stop and Starbucks and were on the road. First stop was the new water park,
Aquatica. It was surprisingly crowded for March. We weren't planning to spend too much time there, but we did ride two of the slides, took a few laps around the lazy river and spent some time in the wave pool. It was a little on the chilly side, but much warmer than here in GA. After that we checked into our hotel, cleaned up and got ready to go to Sea World.

At our hotel before leaving for Sea World

Sea World is my FAVORITE! We didn't see everything, but we did have a nice afternoon at the park. Many things had changed since we were there on our honeymoon almost 4 years ago. We saw the Clydesdales, the shark exhibit, the dolphin show and the night Shamu show.

Me and the penguin that Joel won for me

Getting our souvenir penny at Sea World

We had a late night dinner of Panda Express in our hotel room--it was great!

On Saturday we set out to Universal Studios and Islands of Adventure. We were very glad we had gone to the water park on Friday, because Saturday was much more overcast and had intermittent showers.

We liked Universal Studios much more than Islands of Adventure. Our favorite rides were the Mummy coaster and the Men In Black ride--you get to shoot the aliens! We both really liked the Spiderman ride at Islands of Adventure, too. I'm sure we'll go back one day...if for nothing else than The Simpsons Ride. We were pretty tired--we had spent over an hour in line for one attraction that was less than impressive--so we called it a day rather early, but had dinner at Universal's City Walk before heading back to the hotel. We tried Pat O' Briens, which is a New Orleans style restaurant with dueling pianos. So we requested some songs and sang along as we ate our meals. We had beignets for dessert, which were really yummy. We did, however, get powdered sugar all over ourselves...just like one of our first dates when we shared a funnel cake at the NC State Fair.

So, all in all, I think Joel enjoyed his birthday trip. It was certainly a wakeup call that we needed to get in shape for our Yosemite trip. Both of us were so sore and tired from being on our feet all day!

Happy Blogiversary to Me!

What a good day to do an update! It'll be a quick one--the gym is calling!

What a crazy couple of weeks. We made Joel's birthday trip to Florida, but got some sad news while we were there. My Grandad passed away on Friday, March 21st. I don't know if any of you remember, but he was just diagnosed with cancer back in October.

I am just glad that he is no longer in pain and that he is with my two uncles in Heaven.

We left from FL on Sunday to attend the funeral in Charleston on Monday. Since then time has just flown by. I do have some pictures to update from our trip and will do that probably this weekend.