My husband thinks I'm hilarious

Jared was laughing his head off tonight at something I said and he thought I should post it here for all the world to see.

We were watching the news (which is always a bit depressing) and there was a blurb about how the rising cost of corn is causing the price of movie popcorn and tickets to go up.  I looked at Jared and said, "Pretty soon all anyone will be able to afford to do is to come home from work and sit around and stare at each other."  

For some reason he thought that was the funniest thing ever.  Perhaps it was the way I said it, or the look on my face...he said I should share, so being the submissive wife that I am, I thought I would.  I know, it's not as funny to all of you as it was to him.

Three more days to the weekend...yay! :) 

3-year Anniversary

Jared and I celebrated our 3-year anniversary this past Wednesday. I can't believe how fast time has gone! I hope the next three years don't go by this fast! Jared spoiled me greatly (as if you guys didn't know that he would!) and it was an awesome day! I don't need an anniversary to realize how blessed I am...Jared is absolutely, without a doubt, the most wonderful, caring, sweetest husband in the world! :) Everyday is a fantastic adventure! Thank you, Jared, for the respect, joy and love that you give me every single day. I love you with every ounce of my being!!!

Have a blessed week!

Traffic

Today was a bad traffic day! This morning the people one the radio spent several minutes telling people about all the traffic delays in the area. While I was sitting in traffic, I laughed for about five minutes when I heard that there was a delay on one of the roads because someone stole a manhole cover. Not sure why someone would do that, but it was not something you would expect to hear. It was so random...it definitely added humor to my morning. :)

Did you know that Relocate America has listed Charlotte as the #1 city to live in? Not surprising considering it is only the greatest place ever (even in the traffic). I learned that tidbit this morning on the radio, too. :)

Hope you all have a great week!

Life in the fast lane

Jared came home tonight and said, "Today was a dream come true!" He then hugged me and said, "Of course, every day's a dream come true with you!"  Isn't that sweet?!?! :)  I love him!!! :)

Anyway, his excitement about the day was because he was able to go to some test day or practice day or something at Lowe's Motor Speedway. He's always dreamed of covering a race there, so getting to work at the track today made his day.  He had a blast and broke a story that  is on the website and will be in the next issue of the magazine.  The next two weekends he will be covering races there, so I'm sure he'll have many more dreams come true in the next few days! :) Oh and this past weekend he went to Darlington, SC for the race and he got to ride in a pace car (he went about 120mph!!!) He loved it!  I'm not a fan of racing, but I would LOVE to do that!! :) I told him that since he did that, I get to go skydiving.  I don't think he's convinced yet. 

So, while Jared was racing around the track, I was spending time in Lynchburg! It was great to spend time with my family and some friends this weekend, and see some of you at TOL on Sunday.  I was a little sadder leaving this time because I'm not really sure when I will be back to Lynchburg.  I'm sure it will be sometime in late June or early July, but it's always nice when I know an exact date.  Oh well, in the mean time I will just enjoy Charlotte some more! :)

Things here are going wonderful!  As I'm sure you can tell from above, Jared loves his job.  I'm enjoying mine and am actually learning some new tasks tomorrow!  I love having more responsibility! :)  

That's pretty much our lives in a nutshell for the last few days.  Hope everyone has a great rest of the week!!!

Prayer Request

I hope everyone is having beautiful, sunny weather now!  We are and are LOVING it!  The temperature today was absolutely perfect and the sky was so blue.  God was definitely smiling on Charlotte today! :)

Tonight, Jared and I had our "date night" for the week because he leaves tomorrow for the race in SC and will be gone until Sunday.  We had some shopping to do, so we grabbed dinner at Moe's.  While we were in line, a woman in front of us started talking about how her husband had recently been killed in a car accident.  The woman was probably in her late 30's at the most. It has really weighed heavy on our hearts tonight.  Here we are, sad that we can't enjoy each other's company for a few days, and this poor woman has lost her love.  We don't know her name, but God does...please pray that God will comfort her.

We hope that all of the moms who read our blog have the greatest Mother's Day yet!!!  We are a bit bummed that Jared (due to his work schedule) will not be able to share in the festivities with his mom, but at least his parents will be here some the next weekend. :)

And to our moms...we love you both!  Thank you for all that you have done and continue to do for us.  You make our world a brighter place!!!!!

Charlotte is AMAZING!!!

Four more reasons why we love living in Charlotte:

1.  So, I know that I am not the most knowledgeable when it comes to politics, but since my wonderful husband insists on watching Fox News almost every night and almost hyperventilates if he misses Sean Hannity's talkshow, I sort-of know that John McCain is the Republican presidential candidate. :) Needless to say, when Jared and I saw a small group of people (and by small, I mean like 5 people) standing on the side of the road holding signs and yelling, "Vote Ron Paul for President," we couldn't help but laugh. I think that's one of the cool things about living in this area...there is always some political event of sorts going on. Obama and Hillary have both visited this area more than once in the last month or two and as one radio show host said this week, "It's always interesting when the circus (aka...the campaign people) come to town."

2. Friday night we drove down a road about 10 minutes away from our house and discovered a wonderful park/boat access area and another lake! :) It is so peaceful and beautiful there!! I have a feeling we will be frequenting that spot a lot! 

3.  We have baby birds!! The eggs in the nest right outside of our back door hatched sometime this week and Saturday we discovered that there are four baby birds in the nest!  They are so cute!!!  I actually saw the mama bird feed one of them yesterday...it was a beautiful sight!

4.  We think we found a church!!!  We went to this church today that is absolutely amazing!! We were so blessed and walked out of the church quite refreshed. The church is huge!  We went to the 8:30 service and there were probably 1,000 or more people there...it was packed!!!  We are going to try to get involved in a class or small group so that we can get to know some people. 

Things here are going well and we are preparing for another busy week at work.  Jared is leaving on Thursday to go to Darlington, SC for the weekend (for the race). It's always bittersweet when he goes to a race...it's great because he loves going, but it's sad because we are apart.

Anyway, we hope everyone has a blessed week!