October Weekend Updates

The first weekend in October we stayed in the area because I had to work a little bit on that Saturday. Sunday we ventured out to Cox Farms and got some pumkins! (We have yet had a free moment to carve said pumkins but hopefully that will be done this weekend :p). My favorite part of Cox Farms was the livestock :) Like this little adorable piggie here. I want one so bad. They would make the perfect pet! :D

Side Note: VT beats NC State! :) Yay Hokies!

The second weekend in October was a nice LONG weekend! :) We took Friday and Monday off and drove up to Hocking Hills Ohio on Friday for Fall Cabin Camping with the Ohio Family. :) Needless to say it was an entertaining weekend. By the time we have gotten the vehicles unloaded Kevin has rigged up this fabulous tree swing:

Yes that is my husband taking his turn! :P

The girls


The whole hee-haw gang :)


Becky and little miss emma :)


Ali playing Uncle Bear's guitar :)


All of us crammed in the hot tub


Worn slam out...we took a mini nap on the blanket


So on Saturday Kevin decided the swing would be better if he jumped off the roof...


We had a great weekend in OHIO :) Except I freaked out because I lost my camera (later and I do mean weeks later we find it hidden in the back pack :( )
This is what happens when I wait to share things...I'm getting old and cannot remember all the fun details :(
Side Note: Hokies beat Central Michigan (THANK THE LORD!!!) Yay!!!

The following weekend we are home, but we are super productive. We got to Tyson's and holiday shop for our families. We are almost done, just a few more odds and ends. Did I mention I already have our holiday cards? Yeah I have to be on the ball cause you never know what will pop up with work. So yay!
Side Note: Hokies beat Wake!!! :) :) YESSSSSSS!!!

This past weekend we go home because my baby sister Kateland turned 19 on Thursday...OMG seriously! Where has the time gone?!?! We went to an ODU football game, this is so weird for me since the only thing I have EVER attended at ODU is basketball games...my entire life. No worries Nancy Lieberman was there! :)


Sisters with Big Blue :) There are only two mascots in life that I will be around the Hokie Bird and Big Blue :)


People dressing in suits where I cannot see their faces disturb me. The most disturbing mascot....KSU! Seriously look at this guy!

We had a great weekend! :)
Side Note: Hokies beat the tar out of Duke! Yesssssss!

Wedding Weight

I put on a right good amount of weight when Matt and I offically started dating only because I was so happy with him and I never felt like I needed to be a skinny mini around him. I've never been a lover of the gym. It doesn't make me feel good. I'm from the south and us southern girls do not sweat...we glisten! :) Well I glisten a whole truck load when I go to the gym...which means HEY frizzy frizz frizz. Not cool! Plus I need interaction...maybe if I had a gym buddy to take fun classes with I would be move inclined....I would rather be playing a sport or dancing to get my excercise. My philosophy in life is that you should only be running if something is chasing you! But I did it for the wedding. I had to get the ladies to fit in the dress and they did :) Yay! Then it was all down hill....to the point I am quite scared to get on a scale. Well none of my dress pants fit me this morning...lovely. Probably doesn't help that Aunt Flo came for a little visit either. I had a come to Jesus meeting with myself this morning. I've got to get myself in shape...NOW! It's just really hard for me to get motivated for the gym or to do any exercise. Matt's way too nice and lets me whine my way out of exercise. I need drill sargent Malissa here to whip my ass into shape. She never lets me get away with anything :) But starting today I have GOT to start doing SOMETHING! So here is my plan: I'm gonna ease myself back in my using the wii fit again (AUH-MAZING) and then work my way back to going to the gym. I really need to find a gym buddy that wants to go to one of those fancy gyms that has classes and such. I could totally get into kick boxings or aerobics or something like that. It's fun but it's gonna help me get/stay in shape. :) Any takers?!? :D

Fun Stuff

I'm super excited about today! :) After I head into the office and do my weekly "hi y'all" I get to pick up my new contacts and glasses! :) YES! And the super best most wonderfully awesome amazing part about today is that I get to have supper with my CPIC!!! :) YES!!!!!!

**Sad note: I no longer have my camera to take pictures to document these fun occassions.** (This reminds me I need to give a weekend update!)

The Social Network

Matt and I have date night on Tuesdays. Last night we went and saw the social network...of course we saw it, I'm addicted to facebook and have been circa Fall of 2004 when my fellow comm slacker had me join! :) Love it! Anyway the movie was fabulous...and I never realized that Sean Parker (Mr. Napster himself) had any association what so ever to facebook. Remember when it was THEfacebook?! Yeah I do. Fabulous stuff. The guy was a genius...youngest BILLIONaire in history. That is just plain crazy talk. So the moral of the story is we enjoyed the movie and you probably will too so give it a go :)

Dentists :(

I must first put it out there that I have never had a horrible dentist, ever since I can remember I have had wonderful dentist. I just have HORRIBLE teeth, hence my dread to go. For those of you that have never had a cavity in your life...BOO on you! You must have AUH-MAZING gentics, so be very thankful. Oh you didn't know that teeth are genetic, well why wouldn't they be? Duh! Everything else is! :P So I was blessed to inherent my Dad/Grandma Hazel's teeth...the horror. I just pray to the sweet Baby J that our children do not get my teeth. So the back story....my earliest memory of the dentist is getting caps (sealant) on my teeth when I was four or five. Probably around the time I had my first cavity. The worst time I ever had with my teeth was about a year stretch after I got my braces off...I had them on for about 8 years. I had so many cavities it was out of this world. I just cried and cried over it. Why did I get so upset? Because I waterpicked and brushed exactly as I was instructed but to no avail. The worst was I had a crater sized hole in one of my back molars from where the bracket got loose but they never fixed it...you suck Dr. Anderson! :P And the nurse had the nerve to try and give me guff that I must not have waterpicked like I was suppose to. Dear Nurse Lady, how would waterpicking more regularly prevent a cavity from forming on the side of my tooth if your bracket was secured properly?? Thanks! Needless to say I'm bitter over the whole thing. And do you know why I had braces...an UNDERBITE!?!?! Okay so there is my little rant. Needless to say I had some mad fillings as a result, I'm talking HUGE silver fillings which apparently is WAY behind the times. Five crowns, two root canals and Lord knows how many fillings later I learn this out...and unfortantly when I say crowns I do not mean tiaras. :( When I moved up here three years ago I had to find a dentist STAT because one of those pesky silver fillings wasn't doing its job and I ended up with root canal #2 and crown #5...SWEET! The good news is I love my dentist! He has super sweet technology and he explains everything to me and shows me all these awesome pics (which are kinda gross sometimes) and xrays and stuff. I feel like I know whats going on. After that crown and replacing one silver filling I haven't needed any new work. I've had great check ups for the past two years. We've just been keeping an eye on all the giant silver fillings in my mouth knowing that they will give out and I will need more work...well today was the day for that news. I'm gonna have to get one refilled and another crown...#6 :( And possibly another filling replaced too. I knew that my streak of good luck with my teeth would eventually run out...at least I'm a pro at this now :p

Oh Fall How I love you :)

There are so many wonderful things about Fall and with this weather change it finally feels like its HERE! Things I love about Fall:

1. Pumkin Spiced Latte (We get Starbs on Wednesdays on our way into the office before our big meeting. A treat for actually getting dressed and showered in a timely manner and interacting with my co-workers face to face!)
2. Pumkin Cream Cheese (Manhattan Bagel is right around the corner from our house and has this AUH-MAZING cream cheese. I swear I could just like that little tub clean!)
3. Carving pumkins :) (We went to Cox Farms Sunday afternoon and had ourselves a little festive day. We got pumkins and road the hayride and went in the corn maze!)
4. Apples (They are always so much better in the Fall!)
5. Apple Cidar (Nothing like cuddling up on the couch with a nice warm cup!)
6. Leaves (OMG I love love love the changing of the leaves. Oh Blacksburg how I love and miss you. There is nothing like witnessing Fall in Blacksburg. Gotta love those orange and maroon leaves!)
7. Weather (I love that little nip in the air!)
8. Hokie Football (They were off to an extremely rocky start this season but they are finally lookin' like the team I know and love!)
9. Camping (Every Fall Matt goes camping with all his Ohio Family and I have been given the pleasure of tagging along for the past three years :) So excited to see everyone in three days!)
Here is a family pic from Camping Fall of 2008:

Here is another from Fall of 2009:

Here is a pic from when we were all together last...happy day :)


10. SCARY MOVIES (No time is more appropriate to break out a scary movie then the fall!)
11. Cuddlin' (There is just something about Fall that makes cuddlin' so much better...any kind of cuddlin' too: cuddlin' up with a book, cuddlin' up for a scary movie, just straight cuddlin')
12. Pumkin Pie/Cheesecake/Bread (I love pumkin treats they are so yummy, D makes this killer pumkin cake with cream cheese icing that is TO DIE FOR. He gave me the recipe so I no longer have to bug him to make a treat, not that I can reap the benefits any longer since I am no longer in the office.)
13. Birthdays (Kateland and Liz both have birthdays in October and I love to celebrate people's births so that will be fun. This year we are heading home for Kate's birthday with Georgetown Cupcakes in tow. Dad has gotten us all tickets to the ODU football game that weekend so that will be a real treat.
14. Thanksgiving (I love to eat food! :) And its even more fun because we get two! Yay for having two wonderful families!)


In other news I had grown my nails out pretty dern long and I'd been painting them every week so I wouldn't bite them. I have been so proud of myself...until last night. I snagged one on dental floss...kind you not the dern floss some how cracked my nail on the side and got all hung up in it. You can't make this shit up. So my nail is snagged down into the quick so I get some scissors and cut it off so it still looks somewhat decent. Then I start picking and before you know it I have no nails left :( Boo!