hello there

my last blog was in January of 2014 about a blind date i had from December.
in October of 2014 i met the man who would become my husband.

i went to Ohio to visit my parents a week before my 28th birthday.
my mom had started getting involved in walking 5Ks and had signed us up for a Halloween 5K. with two of our friends we decided to dress up like, what else, the teenage mutant ninja turtles. with our turtle shells and tutus we got dressed up to walk our 5K.
mom had heard about a coffee shop from a guy she worked with and we voted to go check it out because hey, i love me some coffee. mom texted said guy and told him he should meet us there.
shortly after this guy walks in to the coffee shop. mom starts talking to him and we all sit down at a couple of tables and chat for a little bit.
i could tell we were trying to read each other, but i stayed quiet as i usually do when i meet new people. we finished our coffee and went our separate ways.

later that night we went to a hockey game and mom invited him to come. i was looking forward to chatting with him a little bit, but he ran into traffic on the way and didn't make it.

the next day i drove back home to South Carolina.

on my way home i received a friend request on facebook...i accepted and we began talking on facebook.

a few days later he asked for my phone number and we started texting.

a few weeks later he was at a conference and heading home. i didn't want him texting and driving, but i also wanted to talk to him on the phone, so i told him that he shouldn't text and drive and he should call me instead.

our first phone conversation lasted about 3 hours.

after Thanksgiving i went black Friday shopping with some friends. that Saturday my nephew, who wasn't due until December decided he was ready to be born. i knew i wanted to go see him and see my brother, sister-in-law and niece. i also knew that if i didn't go then i wouldn't get to see them until January.

so with little sleep i drove to Georgia.

i knew it was something serious, but by the end of November i knew that it was something serious and special and that i didn't want it to end.

i decided to drive to Ohio a day early and surprise him.

we spent two weeks together before i had to go back to South Carolina.

it was a great two weeks and we hated having to be apart after that.

we spent the next 3 months driving and flying back and forth as much as we could.

in March of 2015 we went to the coffee shop where we met. he bought a cake with a teenage mutant ninja turtle topper that said "will you marry me?"

we started to plan our wedding and continued to drive and fly back and forth as much as we could and i started applying for jobs in Ohio.