Since I've Been Gone

Since my last blog:

I went to Huntsville last Wednesday to visit my best friend and maid of honor, Lesley. We went to a Wade Bowen concert at Shenanigans. It was a group of us, all Lesley and her boyfriend James' friends. Wade Bowen was AMAZING! This was the first time I have ever seen him LIVE before. I've listened to his music for 4 years now, and I finally got the chance to see him live! Let me tell you, his music is even more beautiful than on an iPod! I got to make Lesley and the group Chicken Parmigiana with Bruchetta and Gorilla Bread as dessert! :)

Thursday came along, and Brian came back home to Texas! He's finally home now! Another 3 weeks down in his book for West Virginia! This would be the 4th or 5th time of being in WV now. I'm sure he'll be going back soon!!! I'm so glad he is home. I'm not quite sure if he will be home for Thanksgiving. He is on call for the holiday, so it's now a toss up between cooking Thanksgiving here if he is here and possibly having my parents and brother over; or going to my parents for the holiday; or going to my grandparents for the holiday! Our schedule is always spontaneous, so this is all nothing new to me!

On Friday we went to Columbus to meet my parents and brother for lunch. They were in Columbus on business for my brother. We ate a HUGE meal at Nancy's Steakhouse and it was good seeing them! Then we had plans to go see a movie, HARRY POTTER!!!

Harry Potter came out on Friday! We went to see it Friday night in Rosenberg. Before we saw that, we went and got new iPhone 4's! For the both of us! I'm so excited to have faster service! But back to HP; I LOVE Harry Potter! The books, and the movies! I started reading around book 5: Order of the Phoenix. Since then I have read each book twice. I wish that I would have started from book 1, but I wasn't in to the Harry Potter scene 10 years ago! I got addicted by the movies, and then the books. I have to say this first installment movie of the last book was extremely good, and it was a very good depiction of the book! I can't wait for it to come out on DVD and then for the last movie of HP!

Saturday went by way too slowly. We went back into Rosenberg to fix our phones. Apparently our SIM cards deactivated after we left the store :( We fixed the problem and drove back home. Our phones are now working!

We had planned for most of the day to be consumed by the Cory Morton Fundraiser, which we couldn't have been more happier about! It was an awesome day, and they had an awesome turn-out! The kids activities was awesome! If Brian and I had kids, they would have loved it! Then we ate a chili dinner that was just ok, but it was worth the $15 we paid for Cory. We bid on several silent auction items, and got out-bid, (thank goodness because we did not need any of the items). We also bid on several live auction items and won 2 items, both of which will be christmas presents for others!!! They had a band that followed the live auction. We had a few drinks and then were home by midnight. They made $30,000 in the live auction alone. They have a raffle as well that ends in December. Hopefully, the money raised will cover a good portion of the medical costs for Cory and his family. GO TEAM CORY!!!

Today, I woke up sick as a dog! I had a sore throat, stuffy nose, tummy-ache, headache and just dead tired feeling. :(   We went to Walmart and got a few things to cover my nasty cold/allergy attack, and then came back home and have been lazy all day. I made my mom's homeade Chili recipe and pumpkin swirl brownies for dessert. Needless to say, Brian is loving every minute of being back home!!! Now it's time to go snuggle with my love for the night, if I can get him away from Sunday Night Football :(

I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend! Have a blessed week ahead!!!

For Now & God Bless, *Amber*