New baby pic!

The breeder just sent us a recent picture of baby Izzy. She's opened her eyes now!!!

We're getting a puppy!!!

Chris just put a deposit on a new puppy!!! We are getting another Miniature Schnauzer girl! She's going to be salt and pepper (hopefully a lot like Chloe) and we're going to name her Isabel! She was even born on my birthday (march 8th) so she'll be extra special!!! I can't wait for the first week in May when we drive to Oklahoma to pic her up! Here's her puppy pic at a few hours old:

I am a Regional Genius

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My score's 137. What's yours?

I'm engaged...and oh yah, home from Europe!

Last week I got home from possible the best trip ever! Chris, me, Paul, Melissa and Eric went to Europe to celebrate the new year. We first flew into Madrid, which we thought would never happen. We were supposed to leave on the 29th to fly to Atlanta and then on to Madrid, which would put us into Madrid on the 30th. Well, weather turned bad flights were delayed at DFW (news was saying DFW passengers were in the basement b/c there were tornados....silly news people!) So, our flight went from being 1 hour delayed, which we then had to realize we would miss our connection in Atlanta, to being 6 HOURS delayed. Needless to say, we did not leave on the 29th for Madrid, like we had scheduled. We weighed all our possible options, tried a bunch of different airlines, but stupid Delta (who I will never fly again) would not release us to another airline, so we were stuck. We got on the flight to Atlanta and were told we could pick our bags up there. Around midnight we arrive in Atlanta - no bags.....we all shack up in a hotel room to take the morning flight to JFK in NY and then hitch a ride to Madrid. After about 3 hours of sleep, we actually get to ride first class to JFK (ok, so there's one redeeming factor...) So, we arrive in Madrid on the 31st (one day late) and sin baggage. (that's WITHOUT bags)

Madrid was a gorgeous city and we loved walking around the pretty streets and seeing all the famous parks and fountains. We finally got our luggage (after rebuying toiletries, underwear, and wearing the same outfit for 4 days) after it had been routed through VENICE (wha?!?!) and then fighting with the Madrid airport people to give it to us. We were in Madrid for new years and we bought wigs as is tradition. We bought punk hair wigs and formed our own punk band, which we entitled 'Don't check your baggage'. We then took an overnight train to Paris - where Chris and I got engaged! IT was really romantic, late at night, walk around Notre Dame all lit up and with a french guy playing his accordian. Then we overnight trained it to Rome which was also a great city to see - we saw the colosseum and the pantheon and lots of other sites.

Favorite part of the trip? Hands down - getting engaged!

There's no place like Sewanee

So, the other weekend Chris and I flew to Tennessee for Elizabeth Howard and Tom Jones' wedding and it was a greatly needed weekend getaway. We left Dallas on the 7:15 am flight to Nashville where we rented a car and drove down to Chattanooga for the day. We ate some good barbecue at the downtown Sticky Fingers and walked all around downtown - along the Walnut Street Bridge, to the Bluff View Art District and around the Aquarium. We then went up to the top of Lookout Mountain where we toured Rock City which is pretty cool with winding paths along rocks and a suspended bridge and then the famous Lover's Leap which has an awesome view where you can see 7 states! We also did Ruby Falls which was a tour deep below the earth's surface which ended at a pretty waterfall below ground. There were really cool rock formations in the caverns which almost made me wish I had taken geology at Sewanee. We then headed up to Sewanee where I introduced Chris to the wonder that is Shenanigan's. He aboslutely loved that place and said he would be there every night if he had gone to school there. Saturday was frickin' freezing in Sewanee - the typical weather of fog, mist and really cold weather. Erin, Chris and I braved the weather and hiked to Piney Point, the Sewanee Natural Bridge and went to the Cross. Lizzy's wedding was beautiful and I loved the groom's cake which was the Sewanee gates. Boone surprised Stacey on Saturday morning and proposed to her! Sunday all of us went to Pearl's brunch which was a nice end to the weekend. It was so wonderful to get some Sewanee time in, and to see Stacey, Erin, Jean and Lane because I've been missing them!

You can see pics from my trip at: http://new.photos.yahoo.com/akgerety@swbell.net/albums

Halloween

My nephew's Halloween costume - isn't it fantastic?! You'd never guess that he's really a sweetheart!

Figuring out how to add photos

Chris and I recently babysat for my new one month old cousin....Aren't they cute??? Chris is really good with her and her 3 year old sister - and he actually really likes babysitting!!!

November already?!

Well, I am still alive and have decided I need to get my mind off of neuro and udpate. I know Susan will be proud of me! OT school is going alright. It's a mix of a lot of stress and hard work (assessments, neuro....) but also a mix of easier mind numbing projects. No matter what though, I'm always stressed! I hope I can survive the two years I have left. I survived midterms at least....Got 3 A's (a 100 on my neuro midterm!) and 2 high B's. Guess I can't complain too much. Signed up for my professional project, which is called Play It Safe and is all about promoting safe playing strategies to kids - like bike helmets, not playing in the street...basically doing everything opposite from how we grew up! It is all about promoting health and wellness, which is a growing portion of occupational therapy - that's great and all, but I wanna do hands on therapy! Next semester is pediatrics, which I'm totally stoked about because that's what I want to specialize in. So, for right now, I just take it a week at a time trying to get all my crap done!

I get to go to Sewanee a week from Friday for Elizabeth and Tom's wedding and I SO excited! Chris is coming with me, so I get to introduce him to not only the girls, but also to Sewanee! We fly into Nashville at the ass crack 'o dawn on Friday then we'll drive down to Chattanooga - tool around downtown, probably do Rock City then it's up to Sewanee! Can't wait to take him to the Cross, Green's View, show him the different buildings on campus, and hopefully do a hike to Piney Point, or someplace like that. I definitely need some Sewanee time, ASAP!

I'm a dork

So, I just finished my first week of OT school and I am loving it. Ask me about it at the end of the day though and I might give a different answer. It is already getting really stressful and I'm so exhausted at the end of the day, but all in all, I really love the program. There are a lot of fun people in my class and we are all already feeling like each other's family members. There is a lot of support and comraderie within the program that is really cool. Last night we had a luau/cookout at one of the professor's houses that all the student and professors went to. So, I already am behind on work, but it's all good so far!

Oh, and we're not going to Hawaii for New years....but don't feel too badly for me, because we are going to EUROPE!!! We are spending new years in Madrid, gonna take a day trip to Toledo, then overnight train into Paris where we spend a few nights, then overnight train to Rome where we finish up our trip. I am so excited!!! If you have ever been to any of these places and have suggestions for places to see, bars, restaurants, night life, please let me know!