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a short post:

last week i went to a Christmas party where a dog attempted to hump a two year old.  it was awful. and we couldn't stop laughing.  

this just in . . .

my ipod is back in birmingham!!! i've been without it for 3 months (mostly due to my own laziness) after i left it at the lake (totally due to my own forgetfulness). but now its back! and able and willing to provide the perfect backdrop to all my important life moments. also, my halo speaker is getting really lonely.

thanksgiving feast

so this is my first thanksgiving as a married girl, and my first thanksgiving away from home.  today i forgot that for a little bit. i was letting my mind wander and got to remembering those cool construction paper indian feather headbands and i REALLY got an urge to make one and wear it. you know, to remember those people who helped us white people eat on the first thanksgiving.  plus, pretending to be an indian lets me escape from my exceptionally fair skin. anyway, i thought that it would be fun to make everyone in my family one, and then we could all wear them around the thanksgiving table. (i mean, we've done formal wear, we've done pajamas, this is the obvious next choice). then i remembered that i won't be home for thanksgiving. sad. and i also realized that i'm not quite that comfortable with my in laws. i might pack my craft kit just in case. . . 

the mans

why i'm posting: i finally uploaded some pics

what is going on around here tonight: BONFIRE OF THE CENTURY! EN FUEGO!

These are the pics of when we carved pumpkins: This one is Justin's. His name is big eye man. 

This one is monkey man. I carv

ed him. i was pretty proud of it.

Also this halloween i started to notice how some people take it too far. Example: a lawn so full of ghosts that you can't see the grass, a way too life like corpse hanging in the tree, and this house:  What you can't see in the picture below is the giant satan perching over the house with a strobe light going.  All those things in the windows are light up ghosts and gouls. Plus there was a haunted pumpkin carriage and that witch thing by the mailbox.  I mean, it was a lot.  

a brief update

this fall has been so full. that is how i would describe it. full of color, full of changes, full of fun outings and adventures.  I feel like i need to at least give a brief update of the last week, so here we go. . .

1.  halloween week was incredible, as always.  we carved pumpkins, made caramel apples (always an adventure with high school girls), and dressed up as Ron and Ginny Weasley (for a non-costume dinner).  

2. our smoke alarm situation: our smoke alarm's favorite thing to do is go off.  it loves to fill the house with incessant beeping when there is a hint of smoke from the kitchen, the oven is over 300 degrees and opened and apparently, when you turn the heat on.  Last week it was in the 30's here in birmingham and so, naturally, i decided to use the central heating in our apartment. the smoke alarm went off and rather than deal with it, i just turned the heat back off.  we went without it the whole week and now its warmed up outside so there's no need.  while shivering wrapped in blankets i just thought about how much money we would save. . . it helped.

3.  vulcan run: last saturday sara and i completed 6.2 miles of pure running fun.  actually, the elevation increases dramatically the middle 2 miles which made it not so fun.  I will say, however, there is little that compares to the feeling of pride and accomplishment of running so far and, for my puny little legs, so fast.  Plus, my husband came to cheer me on.  That was sweet.

4.  My new blog link.  You may have noticed that i posted a new link to a new blog. Click on it. It will change your life.  You may be wondering, "how does emily know these little new york children in the chorus of ps22?"  I don't. I have no idea who they are but i saw a video of them singing a version of "there" by the innocence mission and started checking their blog all the time.  Watch them sing, it will make you so happy

And there it is, my update.  Pictures to hopefully follow and more updates on fall.  I love this season, i'm pretty sure its my favorite.  

My Weekend: Starring Me, My Parents, Justin, Becca, Aaron. Featuring special guest: Kelley Kirker

what i wanna eat: chili, and cornbread, and pumpkin things. general fall food fare

what i'm procrastinating from: running

i really shouldn't have waited so long to write about last weekend.  a lot happened in 3 days and now i'm kind of over writing about it. BUT i thought of a solution. a picture is worth a thousand words right? so here we go . . . 

First we went to the South Carolina State Fair.

Truly one of the things i miss the most about the Palmetto state.  Where else could you find somewhere as incredible as this establishment? Fried pepsi? I don't even understand how you do that.

And yes, we got to meet my parents there, which was really fun. See in the bottom  right corner of this picture? How there's a green thing? that's blurtle man. We won him.  The ebay commercials are right, its better when you win it. I got to be that girl walking around the fair with her boyfriend (or husband, whatever) and the obnoxiously big stuffed animal.  It was like a high school dream come true.  

As if all of that weren't enough we then got to be a part of the Veazey-Scogin reunion in Edisto Island. South Carolina beaches - another thing i miss terribly.  It was truly a reunion of the '00-'04 Gamecock Gang, which is fun, because i do not even remember a time that i got to hang out with THAT many people from college. Plus, Justin got a very small taste of what 4 years of 

my life were like. Oh, and one of my BEST friends got to marry the man of her dreams. Yes, I cried. Yes, that is a new thing for me.  Here are a few pics of the wedding fun . . .

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Becca and Aaron dancing. . .

 

Emily and Kelley dancing . . .

the brides being forced to "shake shake shake" on stage with the Tony Howard Show

and me and the 'blushing bride' (actually we were all blushing because it was about 50 degrees outside).  

Congratulations Becca V!

some days are just stellar. . . .

  in case you couldn't tell, that title line is thickly laced with sarcasm.  And honestly, it hasn't been THAT bad.  and the bad parts have at least been comical (and who can ask for more than that?) 

  So the day started at 8:45, which was when i woke up. For a 9 o'clock meeting. Soooo, instead of my planned leisurely morning of coffee drinking and today show watching, i had the quickest shower ever and a cup of coffee in my car on the way to work. Everyone at work was really gracious that i was so late (which miraculously was only 15 min), and the meeting was actually pretty good. Until . . .

  One of my coworkers has a dog, a puggle actually, and he is REALLY cute. And he really loves me, and he loves me to pet him and he likes to jump into my lap.  Well during this meeting he jumped up on my lap and hung out for about 20 min. Then he jumped down. And left two dark stains on my jeans.  Yes, poo leakage.  Of course, the whole staff thought it was hilarious (which it is) and my jeans smelled awful. I had to go home and change.  So i drove home, put on new pants, grabbed a real cute sweater (because its a beautiful fall day outside) and went back to work. Sara and I hung out at lunch, and it was so fun and the end of my rough morning. And then . . .

  We were stopped at a light in the village and it got a little warm so i took off the cute purple sweater. And a minute later, as sara and i were chatting, she looked over and blurted out 'you took off both of your shirts' and i had. not just the sweater came off, but the white shirt came off too. LUCKILY i was wearing a tank top underneath - and although it was very thin it was much better than the alternative.  And that's it. Really.  

So, tomorrow will be better. Tonight will be better. And at least this morning was good for some laughs. . .