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Last weekend we had an absolute blast with my mom and Butch in Raleigh. My mom was recovering from a surgery and B and I went to see Tori Amos on Friday! She was awesome as always!


Saturday we went to the Jays and hung out with all the animals... Goose has a blast, until he got shocked by the fence and he cried and cried...

We made gumbo with the veggies we got from their garden and shrimp we picked up from a guy selling it on the side of the road. FABULOUS!


Friday we are off to Nashville for a weekend with my Dad's side of the family. I can't wait!

Going away parties are already in place, so you know what that means... ONE MORE WEEK!!!!

This is what I woke up to the other morning...

Wise sayings often fall on barren ground....

Billy: What time do you wake up in the morning?

Hannah: 5:30

Billy: Damn, I don't know how you do it. I RESPECT DA HUSTLE
THO!

Doors opening every which way...

Book your tickets to France at the end of 2010 thru 2011, because B and I will be calling Paris home. Is this real? Is this really happening?

Hannah,
I have acceptance from NR for you to join the Engineering Services business (project management and business development) starting September 2010. This will be part of the IPX program, which is a natural progression from Voyager for those who want to gain experience outside of the purely technical organization. If you accept this assignment, you will be transferred to Alan Thomas's product line in September 2010 and begin your Ex-Pat assignment when you are ready, probably after the Christmas break. Both the French and German colleagues have agreed to your assignment, so you can choose between Erlangen and Paris. If I recall, you expressed an interest in Paris but please confirm your choice.
Regards,
GMM

It's is hard not to feel undeserving when I have worked with young professionals like LeAnne Bock and Taylor Smith (who is in a league of his own in my book). I guess this just goes to prove the importance of opportunity, timing, and initiative. Talent is a determining factor, but nothing can take the place of persistence and opportunity. I believe my appreciation and gratitude will motivate me to continue to work harder and more efficiently. I owe AREVA and the voyager program a lot.

Camping last weekend was a blast! Griff joined us, as did Butch's friend John Fields (aka MANGO). Goose and Keanu (Griff's golden retriever) kept us up until all hours of the night and were ready to play at 500am every morning.

Ocalcarbsug

Where oh where has my blogger gone? Where oh where has she been?

New camera? check
Lots of weekend trips? check
Goose growing and making life exciting? check
Billy and I loving each other more deeply everyday? check
Time to blog? X

With the road trips and grad school, my blogging life has been non-existent. However I have the resolve to do better. This is such an exciting time in our lives and I truly want to accurately document it.

In the last couple weekends, we have been to Williamsburg, Virginia Beach, Oak Island, and Charlotte. We lead a field day and serves beer from a beer truck. We found a place in Charlotte and changed our minds three times (to the dismay of the realtor). We planned a trip out west to Vegas, Grand Canyon, Brice, Mt Zion, Lake Powell for next year and a trip to Orlando and Miami for the end of this year.

In the meantime, more pictures of my love...

Wise sayings often fall on barren ground....

"I want to put a bunch of stuffed animals in the back of the car in the window. It's a new thing." -Billy

Amy Chamberlain: Billy, maybe instead of going back to school for Construction Management, you should go to a school for comedians.
Billy: I already am one of those, babe. -Billy and Amy's dialogue after Amy spent all day with us at Habitat.

For my first master's class, I am taking a marketing class in which you learn a bunch of terms for processes and behaviors that are essentially common sense. Regardless, it is a breath of fresh air from the past six years of life in school and career. Buzz marketing and word of mouth are two of the most influential ways to get a product some attention, so I would like to promote the following companies / products:

- Bare Minerals Makeup: My skin has looked better than it ever has over the last year, and I attribute it to my mom giving me some of her Bare Minerals products that she didn't want.
- Hollywood Video: Great customer service, selection, clubs / promotions
- StoryPeople: creative, heart-touching, funny, and unique pieces of art

That is all I can think of right now, but I want to spotlight good products and companies from now on. Maybe I will add another box to the sidebar.

B and I are headed to Charlotte this weekend. I am the Project Manager for a joint NA-YGN field day event with the Charlotte chapter. I ended up with a wopping six member from Lynchburg attending..... geeeeez. We will also be spending the day looking for housing in Charlotte. I just absolutely love Charlotte; I cannot say enough positive things about living in Charlotte.

In other news, I must give President Obama a shout out... Obama Signs Sweeping Anti-Smoking Bill and Michelle is still as awesome as ever.

PLEASE DO NOT BUY A NISSAN

At the end of 2007 I bought a 2008 Nissan Maxima. Overall I have been satisfied with the car (other than the color - silver ugh); however the Nissan/Infiniti customer service is a WHOLE other deal. I cannot begin to go into the troubles I have gone through in dealing with the Nissan network. The customer service rep I had to deal with today was disrespectful and had a piss poor attitude (note that today was the first time I have been able to speak with someone... the dealership said I had to contact Nissan directly to handle any of my issues and Nissan has only had automated customer service lines until mid way through 2009!!!

Please speak with me before you even think about buying a Nissan!

I highly recommend Toyota, Honda, and Ford.

No Camera

It is really difficult to find the motivation to blog without pictures to complete the story. As mentioned before, my camera bit the bullet during a downpour while camping.

Anyway, I will do what I can with words...

June 6th Weekend:

We went to Raleigh for Seth's birthday weekend. Friday Goose got sick so we were worried about the trip, but after a lil diarrhea and vomit, he was fine! I got to go with my mom Saturday morning to a Garden / Art showing. It had some really awesome stuff that I would have splurged on had I had a house... donkey painting, crazy face sculptures, pottery. However I ended up buying a piece of pottery to put a plant in for my friend, LeAnne. I bought "baby tears" to go in the pot. She bought a place a year ago, and I have never bought her a house warming gift!!! Now if I can remember to give it to her...

After that we prepared a feast for Seth's birthday... complete with a giant cookie cake and PJ (aka panty-dropping juice, purple Jesus, and a host of other names)!!! I mentioned PJ as a joke, and my mom jumped all over it, "Purple Jesus?? Ohh that would be funny!" Hahaha...

Anyway, as usual we (Seth and Billy) embarrassed ourselves in front of Butch's son Zach, and his friend, Johnny. However we had a blast and Zach is super cool. Let's see... Seth's 4'10" AWESOME friend, Alyson, punched a couple of bikers, Billy told everyone he was WestSide Certified and faked a dislocated shoulder, Seth was OOC and tried to give dap to every brotha in the club, Zach and Johnny beat everyone at beer pong (Seth and I finally took them down though).... great night!

The weeks are pretty hectic with Billy and I both working full time, taking summer classes, caring for Goose, and trying to maintain a social life. I finally found a running buddy; although with our schedules we can only run MWF. It has been a great release and I enjoy her company... she is hilarious. This weekend we had back to back cookouts. The first was for a co-worker who was turning 40 - great guy! We gave him fireworks. Best selection of beer at a cookout EVER! After that, one of the guys in the Voyager program with me (Rolando) had a cookout. Best selection of meat EVER!

Goose has a habit of sitting above my head and slapping me in the face with his paw wake me up when he wants to go outside in the morning. This weekend I wasn't budging, so he pressed a little harder and scratched me. Everyone this morning has been asking why my face is all scratched up... hahaha. That damn dog.

From my camera phone...


Ehh the scratches didn't come out... ohh well.

I guess that is all... I will try to keep the updates so I will have our summer documented even without a camera.

CHARLOTTE YOU ARE GETTING CLOSER.... T-62 Days!!!!