It's time to party!

Today is Samus's birthday! She is 6 years old! I can't believe time goes by so fast. The photo above was of them about 4 years ago. My nieces came down to visit so we had a party for her b-day. They were thrilled, can't you tell!

Well, Chris is officially in! We are moving to ATL! We have not told our employers yet, next week we will...I think. We have been trying to get the house ready to rent. Spending all of our money on drywall, plumbing and cabinet doors...dang, just when we get ready to move, the house starts looking good! Keep me in your prayers, I have started sending my resume out and I am a little nervous about finding a job. This is only the 4th time I have had to do this in my professional career and the 2nd time that I am being forced to find another job. It can be stressful and I am feeling it.

no sissy dogs allowed...

Yesterday, we thought it would be nice to take the dogs out to a Boxer meetup group function at Brenda Bass's home. (http://www.mtbr.org) It was a beautiful day, there were lots of boxers running around on this wonderful farm in Brentwood. Everything was great. Then chaos ensued...Our little innocent Samus obviously did not like one of the dogs, and she let her know... several times. We start to feel a little bad, because she kept attacking the poor dog (and she is so loud, everyone notices!) So Chris put her on the leash and took her away from the group. Well, in doing that, he leaves me alone with Max, who was not exactly being a little angel. I am trying to stay near him to pull him off any dog who he is trying to dominate at that moment when all of a sudden, I heard a fight break out in the corner of the yard...no, it wasn't Max, or Samus, BUT, in a flash of an eye, Max was smack dab in the middle of about 5 other dogs. By the time I got there, Max had another one down and was biting his neck like he was going to eat him! (thank God he was not the only one exhibiting this behavior) nonetheless, I was so embarrassed! Max was promptly put on the leash and we got the heck out of there. Chris said he felt like everyone was celebrating after we left—the bad dogs are gone! Well, I don't know about that, I still think it was the other dog's fault, Max was just taking sides! When did my dogs get so out of control? Why does no one ever see the sweet, calm, cuddly, wouldn't hurt a flea side of my dogs? Anyways, I think if we can afford it, we might take them to training when we get to Atlanta. I am not quite sure it would help at this point, but it is worth a try! At least I know one thing, my dogs aren't gonna take crap from any dog! Can you imagine if we had kids? Would ours be the bullies of their class? Maybe that is why we keep putting it off...

It's official...almost!

It has taken me a while to get back here... sorry! Our trip was great, Atlanta is really hot though! Anyways, Wed. night we drove down to ATL and decided to walk to downtown Buckhead to watch the fireworks (side note, we met this couple that could have been us in another 10 years. I mean it was crazy, she had on the same outfit as me except in a different color and her man had on the same type of outfit that chris had on...even down to the same exact shoes!!! We were a little freaked out by the whole thing, but I digress) We met a really great couple (Hi Jackie and Kenny!) at the bar we ate at and ended up watching fireworks with them at the pool of their hotel. We ended up talking for a few hours and then went back and crashed at the hotel.

Thursday was the big day...interview at PC! We were a little nervous but as soon as we met Liz and Catherine (the admission reps) we felt right at home. I have never been to a place like this before. It was so friendly, no one was pretentious at all, which I totally did not expect. They talked with us both for a while, Chris showed his portfolio and then they showed us around and we got to sit in on a class for a while. They told us that Chris would have no problem getting in, we just needed to submit the application and essay as a formality before they could officially accept him. This place was like creative heaven. They had all kinds of projects all over the walls... just being there made me want to go home and create something! I still wish I could go too but since I can't, I am going to try and squeeze as much knowledge out of Chris as I can!

Friday we drove around, looking for housing and shopping. I think we are going to be able to find something really great. We really don't want to live in a cookie cutter apartment. There are so many cool older buildings that have been converted to housing. I am really excited!

Well, we told the parents. Well actually, we told my parents and my mom accidently spilled the beans to Chris's mom before we could tell them. OOPS! Oh well, Chris tried to tell her it would only cost her $50,000 for her mistake but for some reason she just laughed it off ;-)

So, I am now in the planning stages. I am redoing my resume and trying to get everything collected for my portfolio. I need to get my website together but I just keep procrastinating on that one...

Since I have talked your eyes off, I am leaving you with a really cute puppy picture...I mean who can resist this face?

Countdown to PC

Well, here we are... three days away from Chris's interview at PC. I took him shopping on Sunday. That was an experience! Why is it that all he has to do is think about going into a mall to shop and he gets in a bad mood! I am the exact opposite! He almost threw a fit in the car because he wanted to go home! It was so funny, I mean come on... we were spending money on him! So anyways, I got him talked down from the ledge ;-) and we went in and found all kinds of stuff for him. Of course I had to get a few things as well... so when we left the mall, he was all happy and glad he went. And boys think that girls are crazy!

I'm such an impatient person. I am ready to start planning our move, where we will live, where I will work, etc. I guess part of that is because I am such a planner, I get impatient waiting to plan! Anyways, I will fill you in on how it goes on Thursday!