Big News

I passed my class!!!

Little Christian!!!

Congratulations Donna and Shaun! Donna gave birth to Christian Bailey Spivey yesterday afternoon. The proud parents have reported that he is healthy and happy.

He weighed in at 6lbs 10oz. and is 19.4 inches long!!!

Another Big News note. I got my letter in the mail yesterday saying that I passed my PHR Prep class. YAY!!!! Now, all I have to do is pass the PHR exam in a couple of weeks. Everyone be thinking about me on December 11th!!!!

So I know I said I was taking a break but I figured this exciting news deserved a blog update!

Okay, so I'm "officially" taking the rest of the week off starting Riiiiggghhhhttt...now!!! hahahaha

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

Gobble Gobble!!!

Happy Thanksgiving to everyone!!! I will be taking a blogging break this week as Ben and I get ready to head up to Baltimore to spend Thanksgiving with his family!

It should be a fun week!!! If anyone is staying in the DC area for Thanksgiving please let us know. We would love to meet up if time permits!!!

This weekend was a fun weekend here in Hotlanta...or should I say Cold-lanta!!! If the 24 degree mornings give any indication of the future (which I believe they do), it's going to be a brutal winter this year!!!

Friday, I got back from Little Rock just in time to make dinner with Ben. It was an interesting date night to say the least. You know a recession has hit when you go to a quaint Indian Restaurant at 8:30pm on a Friday and you are the ONLY people in the restaurant....but hey, at least we got good service..hahaha!

After dinner, we came home and watched "Stop-Loss" with Ryan Phillipe (rarrr). Not a great movie unfortunately, and I cannot believe that Ryan left Reese Witherspoon to be with Abbie Cornish who stars in the film. She is so not cute...and Reese is adorable!!! But regardless of my feelings towards the Ryan/Abbie affair...it was still NOT that great of a film!

Saturday Ben and I had a tennis lesson with one of Ben's coworkers. This once again confirmed that I suck, but at least I have a lot of time left to practice before our tennis season with ALTA begins in January.

After practice, we went to grab some Pho for lunch and then did a bunch of errands. As soon as we got home I had to make Macaroni and Cheese (which turned out GREAT by the way..it was a Boston Market Mac & Cheese copycat recipe) so that we could go over to Melissa and Chris's house for their T-giving party. So much fun! And the food was fantastic. We spent most of the night playing drinking games and soaking in the hot tub. Doesn't get much better than that!!!

Sunday Ben and I headed to the gym! Afterwards, I ran out to do some more errands, and met up with Steph M for coffee! For dinner I cooked chicken and potatoes, and then Ben and I watched 24 Redemption!!! AMAZING!!! I so missed Jack Bauer!!!!

Hope everyone else had a great weekend!

November Bdays!!!

Happy November bdays to my girls Jill and Jackie D, my coworker and partner in crime Chesare, and my friends Chris and Rommie! Happy Bday...love you all!

Whirlwind Week

Caroline, Pat and Steph at Stats!

Melissa, Ben and Chris at Stats!

Florida vs. South Carolina!

Jenni, Me, Erin, and Anastasia at Stats

Chesare, Bobby, me and Sylvia doing a bday shot on Thursday night!

Chesare, Me, and Sylvia breaking it down at the club!

Wow...so much to update on!!

My last blog update I went to Jacksonville and Tallulah Falls...so I'll just pick up where I left off!

Last Wednesday night I headed to North Carolina for work for a few days! The best part of all was that it was Chesare's birthday. She is one of my favorite coworkers EVER so I was glad I got to spend her special day with her.

Wednesday night she came over to my hotel and we hung out at the bar for a little bit.

Thursday was a crazy day at work and then Thursday night we hit downtown Raleigh for some Bday celebration!!! Chesare, Sylvia, Bobby, and I started out at Sushi Blues (probably my favorite restaurant in the world) and then we headed to the Blue Martini, we ended up at a couple of other bars and then at a nightclub called the Office. It was definitely a crazy night!!!

Friday I jetted home to ATL but my flight was delayed due to fog so I didn't get home til 1am! Man was I exhausted and glad to be home with my hubby!

Saturday, I got up and dressed and headed back to the airport to pick up Erin. She had to be in ATL for work for a few days so she flew in early to come hang with me and Anastasia! As soon as I picked her up we went to STATS Sports bar. I had made a reservation at one of their tap tables (yes they are one of only two bars in the US that allows you to pour your own beer) to watch the South Carolina vs. Florida game. A bunch of our friends came out too and we had a blast! What started as a table of 12 quickly became a table of 18!!

But a great time was had by all regardless of the fact that Florida absolutely killed us!!!

Sunday was a lazy day for Erin, Ben and I. We vegged out for most of the day, ordered Chinese for dinner and watched the Redskins vs. Cowboys game. Again...another disappointing loss for my team. It was heartbreaking to watch the skins lose!

So, another fun filled weekend was behind me!

This week has been very busy as well. I've been studying like a mad demon for my final in my HR class. The final was last night and man was it tough! But now the class is over...YAY!!!

After my test I headed to Cinco Mexican restaurant to meet up with Ben and some of his coworkers. Happy Hour turned into Happy Midnight! But it was so much fun!

Thursday and Friday I'm off to Little Rock for work but another exciting weekend is in store for us!!!

One Crazy Weekend after another!!!

Steph S, Me, Steph M and Caroline at Tallulah Falls!

Kristen, Steph S, and Caroline with Mickey Pigs!!! That was some GOOD barbecue!

Rienna, Aaron and Baby Bo

Me and Baby Bo

Rock Band...the best video game on earth!

This weekend was another fun filled weekend for the Sullivans!!!

Friday night Ben and I headed over to a party at our friends Grace and Jon's house.

It was Jon's birthday and he had just finished remodeling his basement! It looked great!

We had such a great time playing Wii, Beer Pong, and best of all Jamming out to Rock Band (the best video game EVER)!!!

I got so many props for my rendition of "Eye of the Tiger".

Saturday morning I was up early and on a plane to Jacksonville. I was picked up around 11am by Rienna and Aaron and their sweet baby boy Bo! When Bo was born back in May, I promised Rienna that I would make a trip out to meet him as soon as I could. I had some frequent flier miles saved so I was very excited to book the trip to Jacksonville a couple of months ago.

We had a blast hanging with baby! We grabbed lunch at their favorite sports bar Sneakers where we were able to catch the South Carolina game! GO COCKS, Way to kick some Arkansas Butt!

Then after lunch, we all headed back to their house. We took a walk with little Bo, and played with him a bunch! Then we ordered some Chinese food and watched Dirty Dancing until we fell asleep. It was so much fun having girlie time with Rienna and meeting her little boy! Bo is the cutest baby ever! I'm officially in love! And can you believe that I never heard him cry the entire time I was there. He is the most well behaved baby on earth. Rienna and Aaron lucked out with this kid!!!

Sunday morning Aaron and Rienna dropped me off at the airport at 8am. I arrived back in Atlanta just in time to make the hike to Tallulah Falls with Steph M, Steph S, and Caroline.

We had such a great time. We stopped for BBQ at a place called Mickey Pig's. After a delicious BBQ sandwich (and getting toilet paper stuck on my butt in the bathroom), we made the trek to the park where we spent the afternoon visiting all of the Overlooks to the falls. There were 10 overlooks total and it was a 2.5 mile hike. The best part was the 367 steps we had to hike after the suspension bridge. I'll be honest... I freaked out on the suspension bridge (basically running across to make it to the other side alive) but the stairs to the top of the falls were a feat to be had. I felt like Rocky when we got to the top!

After hiking we came back home and Steph M and I met up with Ben and Pat at their house. We ordered some pizza, drank wine, and watched football!

It definitely was a fun filled weekend!!!

History in the Making & Country Roots!

Tuesday night was definitely a historical night!!! Regardless of your political affiliation, it was one of those nights you'll remember forever...someday Ben and I will be telling our kids, "I remember where I was the night that the first African American was elected as President".

A very similar statement to what my parents say now with "I remember where I was when the first man walked on the moon" or my dad's favorite "I remember where I was when the Beatles played on the Ed Sullivan Show!"

Ben and I invited Steph and Pat over for wine and some good political debate (Especially since Steph and Pat were Obama supporters and Ben and I were for McCain) as the election results came in.

Unfortunately, I had HR class that night too. I was SURE that our teacher would let us out early but NO such luck. My teacher kept us there until 9pm teaching about Unions and Employee Relations...yuck!

But as soon as class was out, I raced home to hang out with everyone.

We ended up staying up late and watching the results roll in!

Wednesday night was also a very fun night! The girls got together for our monthly book club meeting. Kim hosted the party this time. We had a lot of fun discussing "Marley & Me" and we even decided to go watch the movie together as a group when it opens over the holidays.

Since we picked December's book already, we decided to go ahead and decide on January's book. We picked "Friday Night Knitting Club" by Kate Jacobs.

I'm excited to read it!

Thursday morning I was up early at 5am to hit the road for Albany, GA. I was headed down there to visit the plasma center and conduct a lot of interviews.

But man oh man was I in for a surprise. I decided not to drive my car down to Albany. Bertha the Corolla is quickly approaching the 100K mark and I want to keep her around as long as I can.

When I arrived at Enterprise on Wednesday night to pick up my rental, they said that the travel agent had put in the wrong date for my reservation. I was a little annoyed but they told me that it wasn't a big deal. They could still rent me a car, but unfortunately they only had one car left.

They took me outside and introduced me to my new ride...the Mitsubishi Raider....that's right...a Pick up truck.

My reaction..."Well I'm headed out to the farmlands of Albany, GA anyway...I might as well fit in". Ben definitely got a good laugh out of it when I pulled up in the driveway on Wednesday night.

So yesterday was quite the adventure driving 3 hours to and from Albany in a pick up truck. I definitely got some funny stares!!!!

Oh well, the Raider is headed back to Enterprise today...but I will miss our fun times together riding through the country!

What the Pho???

In case any of you out there didn't know, Ben and I are obsessed with Pho! What is Pho you ask? Well it's this amazing Vietnemese noodle soup (see pic above) with Beef, Seafood, or Chicken in it. Ben took me for my first bowl of Pho when we started dating 5 years ago, and I've been hooked ever since. I would even venture to say that I'm more obsessed with Pho than Ben is. We both just LOVE it. Best news of all...it's healthy.

When Ben and I moved to Roswell we were SO excited to find a Pho place about 5 miles down the road from 0ur house...but were devastated when it burned down about 5 months ago.

For months, Ben and I were "Pho" less. The only Pho refuge we sought was in our million trips to DC this year. In DC, there are Pho places on practically every corner.

So every trip to DC = more Pho.

However, words cannot describe how ecstatic I was a couple of weeks ago when my friend Steph called to tell me that "Pho & Com" had reopened.

Last night, Ben and I chowed down on some amazing Pho and spring rolls.

It was delicious!!!

PS - I hope everyone went out an voted today!!! I'm sporting my "Georgia voter" sticker right now. It has a big Peach on it. YAY!!!

GAME....COCKS!!!!!!!!!

Kristen and Donna at the baby shower!!!

No, it's not a pregnant man, but Kera and I were amazed at how this man got his belly so big!!!

Me and Ben at the game!

Rienna, Aaron, and Ben in the stands...oh and Josh and Jannell in the background!

I forgot that the cooler was made of Styrofoam...so yes..I broke the cooler!

Me, Rienna, and Leah in the stands

Can you tell that Ben was excited to sneak booze into the game!

The girls at the tailgate!

Me, Kera, Christina, and Jray being stupid at Jakes on Friday night

The girls at Jakes on Friday...and don't forget the token husband Aaron in the background!!

This weekend Ben and I ventured to my Alma mater USC in South Carolina (GO COCKS) for some football, drunken shenanigans, and baby shower fun!

Ben and I got into town on Friday around 8:30pm. We met up with Erin at our room at the Embassy Suites. We quickly changed to go out and headed to the Carolina Ale House. There we met up with everybody else...and by everybody I mean practically the whole college gang!

It was me, Ben, Erin, Christina, Melissa, Kera, Shaun, David, Josh, Jannell, Rienna, Aaron, Jray, Christie, Andy, and Angela!!!

We stayed and partied at the Ale house for awhile and then decided to head down to our old stomping grounds in Five Points. We went to one of our favorite bars called Jake's and stayed there til around 2am. As soon as the bar started to clear out, Ben and I took a cab home and crashed. Saturday morning we got up and got ready to tailgate!

We stopped for supplies at Publix and I picked up a jersey at the bookstore and then it was off to Williams Bryce Stadium! There we met up with more people...Leah and Anastasia joined the group along with a LOT of people that we hadn't seen in a long time!

Tailgating was so much fun!!!

We got to the game just in time to catch 2001: A Space Odyssey (only the best pregame show ever!!) and watch the Cocks crush the Vols!!!

After the game, we came home and literally passed out...we were SO exhausted from the day!

Sunday morning it was an early morning wake up call so that we could go run errands for Donna's baby shower. It was really good to see Donna. She was supposed to hang out with us all weekend but unfortunately has been put on bed rest until Christian Spivey's arrival in December. She was still able to make it to the shower though, so a good time was had by all.

Ben and I left to come home around 3pm and got home just in time to veg out on the couch and catch up on some DVR!

Hope everyone had a great Halloween weekend...and in case I didn't say enough in this post...GO COCKS!!!!