Getting caught up...

It's been so long since I posted, that I don't even know where to start. To summarize the end of the year, I went to the beach with Matt to see Sara. It was a great relaxing weekend. I needed it before worked kicked into full gear as we had "system enhancement" coming up. I went to several concerts by the Huntsville Community Chorus. One of the highlights of the fall was the Madison County Parade of Homes. Matt and I wouldn't visit any houses that were less than half a million dollars. Like either of us could afford that. The best one was the 2.2 million dollar house we saw out in Madison. It was HUGE and BEAUTIFUL! Both of us are obsessed with houses and HGTV house shows. I actually had to ban myself from the mls site for a while. We also had the Middle School County Fair where we dressed up as Anne Shirley and Gilbert Blythe from Anne of Green Gables. "System Enhancement" at work came right after that. I was working 6 days a week and working 12 hour days. We had an early family Thanksgiving with Matt, the Adams' family, and Destinee's boyfriend, Chris. My family and the Adams' were all out of town for Thanksgiving, so I spent Thanksgiving with Matt at the Bandy's house then went back to Matt's to watch the first Lord of the Rings movie. After that, things really began to pick up because it was Christmas time. The whole first week after Thanksgiving was filled with Hanging of the Green set up and rehearsals. It seemed like there were concerts and parties all the time. We spent Christmas in Indiana with grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins. It was fun, but I was ready to come back and sleep in my bed. New Year's Eve, Matt hosted a party at his house, which meant I cooked. haha... It was really fun to just chill, watch movies and watch the ball drop. Now to start 2010...
Birthday week began and was the most marvelous week ever. I love the week, the month, etc. I still don't really care for cold. I was actually kinda dreading my actual birthday. It was on a Wednesday and that meant everything was super busy and rushed. I woke up and decided to make the best of it. I got to work to find that Stacey- one of the Executive Asst.- had picked up Chick-fil-a for breakfast for all of my bosses, him and our V.P. to celebrate with. Way to start things off with a bang! Yippee!!! Lisa and I celebrated with cupcakes. I met my parents for lunch at Cheddar's (super yummy) where I recieved my birthday gift (a GPS). After I left work, I stopped by my parent's church to see everyone there. I was headed to the church for choir practice when I got a text from Matt asking me to stop by his office before I went to the choir room. When I got there, he handed me a bouquet of (49) pink roses. I was so surprised. He also gave me a gift card to Little Rosie's. The plan was already to go out to dinner after choir, so I wasn't expecting anything else. He took me to Chili's, where we had the "DTR" or defining of the relationship. So, it was official... we are dating... It was a GREAT birthday! It snowed the next day causing us to get sent home early from work and a delay the morning after that. My family decided to celebrate my birthday on Saturday (1/9). So, Matt and I joined them at PF Chang's, then headed to my parent's house for cake and games. Kim, Rebekah and I did our usual girls birthday celebration. We did dinner PF Changs and a movie. The rest of January has almost been a blur. We've had 3 snows that have caused the credit union to delay opening or send us home early (very, very rare occurences). This was the first Valentine's I have gotten to spend with someone, so that was pretty exciting. We went to PF Changs then to see the movie "Blindside". Excellent movie! I guess that pretty much catches me up to the present. I'm planning on posting some of my scrapping, card making and other crafty things soon.