Atlanta Wedding Weekend

Saturday morning my parents and I were on our way to Atlanta for Marty and Laura's big day. Britt couldn't get off of work to go, so it was me all by my lonesome. I left Ashlyn with Britt's mom because I didn't know how well she would handle a 4 hour ride down there plus sitting through the wedding and reception without any tantrums. That would have been asking a little too much from a 2 year old.
The wedding was beautiful! It was held at the largest Presbyterian Church in the United States. This church has over 10,000 members. It was HUGE to say the least. After the wedding it was off to Buckhead Country Club for the reception. This place reminded me of Rockbarn, but bigger and much nicer. There was an open bar with all the beer, wine, and liquor that you could drink. Needless to say we were all feeling pretty good by the end of the reception. The food was spectacular........lamb chops, duck quesadillas, steamed veggies, tenderloin, shrimp and grits, crab cakes, sugar cured bacon, fruit, cheese.......I could go on and on. I'm getting hungry just thinking about it. Also they had a live band. The reception was awesome. I think that it was the nicest wedding and reception that I have ever attended.
Once the reception ended my mom drove Matt, Kellie, and me back to the hotel. We changed clothes and then headed out to a bar for what was about to be a very interesting night. Ryan, Heath and his fiance Megan went out with us too along with a few others. The bar was packed! We were all feeling really good at this point in the night. For some reason I got mad at Heath and threw some beads across the table at him.....it was Heath, so I'm sure that he did something to piss me off. Then he got really pissed and poured a drink on me. I was EXTREMELY PISSED now! I was yelling at him and calling him all kinds of names. His poor fiance! She was already pissed off at him before we even went out, and by the end of the night she was livid. Right before we left he finally apologized. I accepted his apology and told him that I forgave him, but that he should no better than to pour a drink on a female. Come on now!?!?!
Once we got back to the hotel I called Britt to tell him all about our adventurous evening. While sitting in the lobby talking to him I hear a loud commotion. I ran into the waiting area for the elevatiors to find Matt and Heath swinging at one another. Matt's shirt was ripped open and Ryan was holding Heath back. There was blood all over both of them. I'm still not really sure what happened. It was the funniest thing that I have seen in a long time. Neither one of them were hurt too bad. They both had a busted nose and a few bumps and bruises. That was definitely the highlight of the night. =) I am very tempted to call the hotel up and see if they have the surveillance video of the two of them duking it out. I would pay good money to own that video.
On the way home Mom and I stopped at the outlet stores in Gaffney and did some shopping. I found Ashlyn the cutest outfits. I haven't been there in a really long time, but I'm going to definitely start going more often. They had some really good buys.
It was a fabulous weekend. I'm struggling a bit today from the lack of sleep, but all in all it was very interesting.

Gotta love this pic! =)

TOO FUNNY!!

We are working on potty training Ashlyn. She used to want to go on the potty a few months back, and now it's almost a battle to get her to use it. Last night she told me that she needed to stinky. I asked her if she wanted to go to the potty and she said no. I told her that if she went in her diaper and not on the potty that she had to go to bed. So then she jumped up and was ready to go potty. She was sitting on her elmo potty really trying to go. She kept telling me that her bottom hurt. Finally she looked at me with those puppy dog eyes and said "Mommy, my bottom hurts. Will you kiss it?" LOL!!! I guess since Mommy kisses all other boo-boos and makes them better she thought that I could make that better too. I looked at her and told her that I would kiss any boo-boos, but not her butt. She just giggled at me. She still didn't stinky, so off the potty she went and back in the den to play. I made sure to tell her again that if she goes in her diaper she had to go to bed. Britt was down in the floor playing with her when all of a sudden a got a whiff of Ashlyn. She had gone in her diaper. I looked straight at her and asked if she had stinkied. She totally ignored my question. A few seconds later she backed her butt up right in Britt's face and said "Smell Daddy!". She is so full of herself. She's such a little comedian. It's so funny to hear the comments that come out of the mouths of children.

My week

It's been another busy week for me. On Tuesday I wasn't feeling well at all. I woke up with a TERRIBLE headache and a sore throat. I decided to take the day off and get some rest. I just laid around the house all day. I haven't had one of those kind of days in forever. That may have been the reason why I was sick in the first place. If I don't get enough rest I'm not a happy person to be around. Britt is the exact opposite. He can go for a whole day without any sleep and still won't be crabby. I have no clue how he does it. By Wednesday I was feeling a little better. I still had the sore throat, but no headache. And today I'm feeling more like myself. It's just been a long and nasty week. I am so ready for the weekend to roll around!

My brakess went out on my car. I mean completely went out, so Britt decided that he would replace them for me. He had all of my tires off, ready to change the back breaks, and the pressure or something wouldn't release for him to fix them. He had to call a parts store. They didn't have the part that he needed in stock so we had to order the part and wait for it to come in before he could finish the job. So while I was waiting on my car Britt's dad lent me his Excursion to drive. I love that thing. I feel like I own the road in that thing! Finally my car is fixed. Britt finished it up last night. Thanks Honey!

On top of that our dryer went out, so Britt had to go and buy a new dryer. If it's not one thing it's another. I mean does it ever stop? I'm just waiting on us to win the lottery. With all of the bad luck that we have, surely there is some really good luck to follow! =)

Girls weekend was WONDERFUL!!!!!!

Ok, So it's not the greatest picture, but this was taken at City Tavern. We got together for a few drinks and of course some great laughs! WE HAD THE BEST TIME!!!!!!!! I think that Kim fell down 3 times, and I fell once with a flip involved. Needless to say, but we were feeling PRETTY GOOD, ecxept for poor Kellie. She needed some cafeeine, so she drank Mtn Dews all night long. I'm sure that everyone at the club had a pretty good comedy show watching all of us!!!!! I swear that I have not laughed that much in an extremelly long time. It felt so good. We all needed this time with the girls!!!!!

Girls thank you for making Friday night so much fun. We need to start doing this more often!!! It was GREAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Love you all!!!!!

Weekend....what weekend?

My goodness, every week seems to fly by faster and faster. Before we know it Christmas will be here! October has been an extremely busy month around the Cody house. I have something going on almost every Friday, Saturday, and Sunday this month through December. Whoo.....it makes me tired just thinking about it. =)
This weekend was just the start of all of it. Britt had to work this weekend, so Ashlyn and I went to homecoming at Bandy's Friday night with my parents. We had a great time. It was a little cold, but it was nice to go and watch my old home school play football. It brought back so many memories from back when I was in high school. I just love going to high school football games. And Ashlyn LOVED it too! She was dancing around to the music that the band was playing. I think that she had a ball.
On Saturday Kellie and I went to Rockbarn for a day at the spa. Britt had given me a gift certificate on Valentine's Day, and I just now used it. Can you believe that? I got an hour long massage. It was SOOOO NICE! My neck feels so much better today. After our massages Kellie and I had lunch out by the pool. We just sat for a couple of hours and chatted. We really need to do that more often. Maybe we could do a girl's day there one day for a Christmas get together. That would be nice.
Saturday night I went with my friend Renee to her sister's 40th birthday party. The party was held at Mia Famiglia in Cornelius. This is a new restaurant in the new shopping centers by the Peninsula, so it was very nice! All of our meals were paid for before hand. Our drinks were the only things that we had to pay for. And the food was delicious! It's so funny because Renee and her family are from New York. They all live in NC now. I was officially adopted into their family on Saturday night, so I am their "country daughter". I just love all of them. They are so much fun to be around. They really are like a second family to me. After dinner we had more drinks and listened to a piano player at the bar. He played all kinds of songs that you could sing and dance to. It was a fantastic party!
Sunday Ashlyn and I went to church. For lunch the church held a luncheon to raise money for the mission trip to Costa Rica that is in January of 2007. Mom is going to be one of the lucky members of the mission team this upcoming year. She is really excited about it. After lunch we went home and took a nap. Then we went back to church at 6:00 for Ashlyn to begin children's church which is every Sunday evening from 6:00-7:30. At first she wasn't sure about the idea of being left alone, but after she ate her corndog and fries she went right back to her room with all of the other kids and had a blast. When I picked her up she was grinning from ear to ear. She had painted a picture for me, which is now proudly hung on my refrigerator door. She got in her carseat last night and told me "I had FUN tonight mommy!" It was great to hear those cheerful words come out of her mouth. I was so worried about leaving her there, but she was FINE! She is looking forward to going back next week.
Now my weekend has ended, and I'm back at work. YUCK!! =) Oh well. Hopefully this week will fly by and Friday will be here in the blink of an eye. I can't wait for FRIDAY! Girls night out here I come.

The finished product

The floor looks AWESOME in the basement!

Boo-boo's

It's just a part of growing up. Ashlyn has already had a handful of skinned knees and elbows, bruises, and one busted lip in the past 2 years. Really she is lucky that she hasn't had more than that, but she is usually very cautious about everything that she does......until yesterday.
I picked her up at the babysitter's, and when I got out of the car she had this pitiful look on her face. Nancy told me that she had a little accident yesterday afternoon. Nancy was out back swinging Ashlyn when all of a sudden, kurplunk, Ashlyn fell face first out of the swing onto the ground. She had a busted nose and lip.
I picked her up and she hugged my neck so tight. I'm just thankful that she wasn't seriously injured. And poor Nancy......She felt TERRIBLE! I think that it may have scared her worse than it did Ashlyn.
When she woke up this morning her nose was extremely swollen and blue. I don't think that she broke it because it isn't crooked, but it looks really bad right now due to the swelling. I'm sure that it won't be the last time that something like this happens. I just hope that the swelling eventually goes down. It makes me hurt just thinking about it.

1 Year Anniversary!?!?!?!?......and tiling

We had a pretty good weekend. Friday night we started on our basememnt. We got the base coat down. Saturday morning we got ready and headed up the mountain. The leaves were beginning to change, so it was BEAUTIFUL!!!! I hate that I forgot my camera while we were up there. Can you believe that? no camera. We ate a Nakato's Japanese steak hous. It was very good! I only had 2 glasses of wine, but I hardly ever drink anymore. When we got home I ended up passing out. I was SOOOO tired.
Today, the actual anniversary day, We..........................................worked all afternoon on the downstairs. It's going to look really good, but we worked our butt's off today!
And Holly colored my hair for me. Thanks Holly! It looks so much better now.
Well that's basicall our weekend. FUN FUN!!! =0) Work work work. But it has to get done. I can't wait to see the finished product.
Have a good week ahead! =0)

I'm a mess....

I don't know if I had too much coffee this morning, or if my nerves are just shot, but I feel like a jittery fool right now. =0) I really don't know what my problem is. It's probably a combination of things, but I feel so anxious right now. I needed to use my blog for some therapy right now......to just write out everything that is running through my head at the moment.

So here I go........I know that no one can live forever. Everyone is going to live to some point and then we DIE. And I know that I shouldn't fear death, but I do. I don't fear death because of the pain that may be felt physically, but I am terribly afraid of the emotional pain that everyone has to suffer. I am afraid of death for not only myself, but for my friends and my family. Why can't we think like Moriah's son, and be happy for a loved one to go to heaven. I know that they are in a much better place, and it is selfish to think this way........but why can't keep this person around for just a little bit longer? Why do some people lose a baby or a child? I don't think that I could handle that, and I wish that I was stronger so that I knew I could cope with a major loss. I mean it's LIFE....we live, we die. We all know that's how it works, but yet death is such a hard concept for many of us to grasp.

My mom came in the door last night. Ashlyn and I were in the den playing; waiting on her to come home. We started talking about this and that......somehow the conversation led to my mom telling me that my Mammaw Drum wants me to bring my video camera over one day and let Pappaw video Mammaw and Ashlyn throughout the day.

Most of you know that my Mammaw has Pulmonary Fibrosis, which is hardening of the lungs. I found out about her diagnosis in the hospital after I had given birth to Ashlyn. Everyone knew how devastated I would be when I found out about the disease, so they waited until I delivered Ashlyn to tell me. When I found out, she had been diagnosed for a few months, and the doctors had given her a year to live. Well, she has well surpassed what they had told her. And I truly believe it was due to her special guardian angel.....Ashlyn. If you saw the bond between these two it would melt your heart. My Mammaw thinks the WORLD of Ashlyn, and Ashlyn thinks the WORLD of her Mammaw!

My heart just breaks into a million pieces thinking about this bond being broken. I too have always had a special bond with my Mammaw. I used to sit with her for hours and just talk about anything and everything. I could talk to her about anything, and she would never judge. She always makes me feel better when I am down and out. I just can't stand the thought of losing her. I know that she can't live forever, but I want to know that she will live long enough for Ashlyn to REMEMBER her, and to know how special she was to her Mammaw. If you ask her who's baby she is, she'll say "I'm Mammaw's pretty baby". I think that my Mammaw and Pappaw Drum are truly Ashlyn's two favorite people. They let her do ANYTHING that she wants, and they should. They are the GREAT grandparents. Great meaning the best EVER!!!!

Mammaw is starting to go downhill. She would never tell me that because she's afraid that if she says that she doesn't feel good, I won't bring Ashlyn over as much. I know better than to do that. Ashlyn is the best medicine that my grandma has ever had. That's what has kept her with us this long.

So in saying all of this..........please pray for my Mammaw. Pray for our family. Pray for the strength to get me through this rough time. And pray for Ashlyn. Even though she is young, I truly believe that it is going to be hard on her. She isn't going to understand why Mammaw's not around anymore. I do know that my Mammaw will be watching over all of us, especially Ashlyn, once she gets to heaven.

What happened???

Why is the world this crazy? I know that we've always had crime, but it hasn't always been this bad. I am just baffled by the amount of CRAZY people out there! Three school shootings in the past week!?!? And one of them an Amish school.........people who keep to their selves, and don't bother anyone.
I swear to you that a few days before yesterday's shooting I thought to myself.......maybe we should move to an Amish country. Of course I wasn't serious, but I just thought about how these people live, and I thought that no one would ever think of attacking an Amish school. And then it happened. Yesterday a man killed 5 Amish girls and himself.........for some kind of grudge that he had from 20 years ago.
First of all, why would you kill anyone.......but especially an innocent child. It makes me sooooo angry!!! How are you not supposed to live in a small amount of fear for your child when we have crazy people like these 3 men out and about?
My heart goes out to the families who have lost a loved one, the family of the killers, and all of the children who lived through these horrific acts.