Jill Victoria

I have to say, I have had an excellent 26 years of life!

Despite the hardships and trials, I’ve experienced a fabulous life. This past year of my life was the most life changing ever, for obvious reasons. It’s hard to believe that David and I got engaged on my 25th birthday and by my 26th we are husband and wife.

I had a great birthday! Though nothing could top an engagement ring as a birthday present, my gift this year came close. I received a Kindle from my dear husband… and myself! I love it and as an avid reader and gadget girl, this was the best of both worlds!

For my birthday David made me a strawberry cheesecake and a Key Lime pie! Both were very delicious! I visited my grandfather, who is now in a nursing home here in Fayetteville. He is at one of the best places around, and my new family full of doctors are close by and operating the facility. I know he’s in good hands there.

I went with David, brother (in-law) John, Emily, Jonathan, Chrispy and Mandy up to Chow Baby for my birthday dinner. Having eaten there on New Year’s Eve, I knew this was the best place for everyone attending my party. We all had a great time together. Good friends, good food, good conversation and lots of laughter!

I really am blessed to have such a wonderful family and group of friends. I feel very loved and appreciated!

Today David and I went to lunch with my parents and GranMar at Olive Garden as a belated birthday meal. David and I then went shopping so I could spend the birthday money burning a hole in my pocket.

We ended the afternoon with a new mattress! I have never been more excited about going to bed before in my life!

Overall, this has been an excellent birthday! Another one for the memory books…. with more to come!

Christmas has wrapped up now. The year will follow in just two days. It seems crazy how much this year has dragged and flown by at the same time! All the months of preparing and waiting for my wedding day seemed to crawl. Now these days of marriage are quickly passing me by!

My Christmas was very good this year. David and I were asked a lot how we liked spending our first Christmas married together. Honestly, the only difference in this year and last year together is we woke up in the same bed. All the other things, like family and traditions and all the driving were the same.

On Christmas Eve, we started our day out next door to our house at Sally’s for the Sams/Cole/Goza/etc get together. We had finger foods, drinks and visited with people. We left directly from there to go to my parent’s house and ride with them as well as my brother, GranMar and Aunt Donna up to The Varsity in Atlanta. That’s my side of the family’s Christmas Eve tradition. We meet other family members up there for dinner, exchange little gifts and then part ways again.

At my parent’s house afterward, the five of us exchanged gifts under the tree and watched my favorite Christmas movie: A Muppet Christmas Carol. David and I then went home and exchanged our own gifts. It was one of the few moments we had just to ourselves. I loved the gifts that David gave me, and I know he loved the ones I gave him. I think his favorite gift from me by far was his fedora hat. He looks sharp in it, too! My favorite gift came a couple of days later: a Coach purse!

Christmas morning my wonderful husband made sure that Santa Claus took the bait of milk and cookies I left out and found me at my new address. It was very sweet

We then made our way to breakfast at my in-law’s house. John, Yoly, GrandMom and Laurie were also there, so we exchanged gifts with everyone. Afterward, David and I drove to McDonough to have lunch with my parents, brother, grandparents, Aunt Donna and Corinne. Other family members stopped by to wish us Merry Christmas before they left for their next destination.

For dinner, we were back at the in-law’s for the Cole Christmas party. That was fun, as always.

The day after Christmas was the Varner family gathering. We first met at GrandMom’s house to dedicate a tree in Pop’s memory. It was a very touching time.

This Christmas was also a bittersweet time for me and my family. While it was wonderful spending my first Christmas as a married woman with David and my family including him in our traditions, we were sad to think my brother would leave in a few short days to serve in Iraq for a year.

Matthew was supposed to leave on December 27th, but he left today instead. I wish more than anything that I could have been with him and my parents as he was preparing to leave, but I couldn’t be. Please keep him and our other soldiers in your prayers as they defend our country and our freedoms.

Other than Christmas and my brother leaving, things have been going well. The house is an on going project, but it’s a lot of fun watching even the littlest things make it feel more and more like a cozy home for two. The new furniture my in-laws bought us for Christmas certainly has helped the living room!

David and I have also been able to spend more time with Krista and Spencer. We all have such clashing schedules it’s hard to find time to get together. It’s especially hard when we live in two different towns. I just wish I could spend as much time with other friends.

I am almost sad to see 2009 go. It has changed my life so drastically and brought me so many good things and good people. I am so blessed, and can’t help but look forward to what 2010 will be!

Fall is my favorite time of year. The crisp, cool air paired with the beautiful array of colors in the changing leaves is just the most lovely thing to me.

I especially love the things that also come with this time of year. Events like fall festivals, pumpkin carving, brewfest and Halloween are just a few things that make October and this season great to me. Add in David’s birthday and now our anniversary and this time of year is even better!

The fashions are great too. Warm colors in the clothes, coats, boots and scarves! Love it!

This past Saturday David and I went with Krista and Spencer on a historic tour of Oakland Cemetery in Atlanta. It was very interesting. Actors portrayed different people of interest buried in the cemetery. Before that, we all ate at Six Feet Under. It is across from the cemetery and has some pretty good food. The terrace view of Oakland was lovely, too. The fall colors really made the garden cemetery look beautiful in the setting sun.

As Halloween is this coming Saturday, David and I are hosting a costume party at our house. It should be a great time. We’re going to have an opertunity to use our new firepit we received as a wedding gift. I just wish we had the patio and furniture ready.

The house is coming together. Its an overwhelming task. There are so many boxes to unpack and go through. Its hard to know where to start or even where to put everything. I never knew I had so much stuff! And the fact that there are still other people’s things are still at the house doesn’t help.

It will all work out. We have a lifetime to get the house fixed. Hopefully one project will be done this weekend! Yay!

Well, David and I are back from our honeymoon and settling into our “normal” life now. I put normal in quotation marks because I’m not sure what normal is now. My life will never be the same in most ways. I’m in the midst of creating new version of normal with passing day.

The honeymoon was great. We left on our Carnival Cruise on Monday afternoon. Our two ports of call were Key West and Nassua in the Bahamas. I really enjoyed being in Key West more than the Bahamas. I’d really like to drive down and stay a while in the Keys.

In the Bahamas, we took a ride in a taxi cab of DEATH! Stop signs and traffic lights are just a suggestion down there. I was never so happy to be out of a vehicle! The sights were cool and the water was beautiful. Other than that, I don’t see why the Bahamas are such a big draw for people.

I enjoyed being on the cruise ship. David and I spent lazy times together, just enjoying each other and the ability to do nothing at all. We both kept journals the whole trip, some of which I may end up transcribing onto here.

Saturday we left the ship and drove back to the condo in Fernandina. We hung out on the beach and in downtown all day. I did some shopping while David checked out the classic car show going on for the fall festival.

Sunday we packed up and headed for home. We stopped in Savannah to have lunch at The Pirate House. David had never been before, and I love the food, history and the ghosts! After lunch, we stopped at the Savannah Candy Kitchen to get our parents (and ourselves!) some fudge and other sweet treats.

My mom and dad met us at our house and brought my car as well as our wedding gifts. After we got things settled at the house, the four of us went to David’s parents’ house for dinner. We visited with them, GrandMom, John and Yoly. It was nice to get home.

Last night David and I started unpacking my boxes and wedding gifts. We started putting things in their proper places. So far we’ve tackled the guest bathroom and the kitchen. Its starting to look more like our home.

I started making plans for our annual Halloween party. Anyone can come, just let me or David know!

My mom called me yesterday and told me that Sunday night she thought I looked the most beautiful she had seen me look in a long time. She said I looked relaxed, happy and had a glow about me. I guess married life suits me.

This weather suits me, too! I love the autumn! I get to wear lovely fall colors and fashions, like boots, scarves and coats. I got out my scarves last night and wore one today.

Life is the same in some ways. I still have school to do, and I’m still watching the kids in the afternoon. I’m also still making plans with friends and playing World of Warcraft. All that is a comfort to me. Makes this transition a bit easier.

Stuff like this weekend’s outting with Krista and Spencer to Oakland Cemetery for the ghost tour, and our Halloween party are just a couple of fun things coming up. Krista and I talked about a couples weekend retreat to Charleston in the next couple of months, too. That should be fun!

I’m pretty sure I’ve covered everything. I’m going to enjoy the autumn weather now. Later!

I wanted to write about our wedding day while its still fresh in my mind.

The day was PERFECT! That 60 – 80% chance of rain that haunted us for almost two weeks never even happened! How awesome is God for doing that?! I want to thank everyone who prayed for the gorgeous weather we had for the whole day.

David and I couldn’t have been happier! Everything was beyond what we could have ever hoped for and more than we deserve. All that we planned went exactly as we wanted. I successfully avoided David seeing me (Though I accidentally saw him out of the bridal suite window. Oops!) and we both got the moment we hoped for as I walked down the aisle. David told me that when he saw me that it was like his heart sped up and stopped at the same time. I knew exactly how he felt.

It was so great to see all the people we did. I scanned the faces as my dad walked me down the aisle (”Moon River by 101 Strings Orchestra, composed by Johnny Mercer) and couldn’t help but have my heart swell with so much love that I literally felt my skin tingle.

I wish I knew how to describe what the moment felt like when I reached David. Everything in my life, the good, the bad, the wise choices and the not so wise choices all fell into place. My dad gave me away on behalf of himself and my mom, and they left me in very safe and loving hands.

Rick Statham, the pastor, did a wonderful job. He didn’t over embellish love by reading Song of Solomon or 1 Corinthians 13, but talked of how David and I are to yield to each other and work as a partnership. If we both live for each other and for God, then we are living in a Christian marriage.

David was so sweet. I knew he was nervous because he was shaking as we held hands and said our vows. During the last prayer, before we kissed our first husband and wife kiss, David started to make what I call his “happy noises”. He basically sighs very content and happy sighs. I knew he was totally overjoyed that we were finally married.

My Aunt Donna served as our MC instead of the DJ. She did a great job. She announced us as we came in and went into our first dance (”At Last” by Etta James). My dad and I had our father/daughter dance (”True Love Waits” by Buddy Holly, which has been stuck in my head all day) and David and Ms. Deb danced their mother/son (”Life Story” by Grant Wilson).

The food was great. Marmalade chicken, roasted potatoes, and green beans. Our wedding cake was strawberry short cake and was delicious!

There was lots of dancing. I danced with Matthew, Emily, Lauren and kinda with Jonathan.

I wish we had more time at the reception. It was a great send off though. David and I walked out in a cascade of tiny bubbles and were driven off in a Model A classic car! I had always imagined leaving in a classic car, but never thought it would happen.

All my girls looked so beautiful. They were a great help and I was so honored they were able to be a part of the day. The groomsmen were handsome as well, especially my brother in his Army dress uniform. I thought my mom looked beautiful in her red dress, and Ms. Deb was lovely in hers as well.

David and I made it safely to the beach condo. I can’t believe I’m laying next to my husband! Its such a sweet yet still foreign word, but I love saying it!

I can’t wait to see pictures from today. Its hard to realize that today is still my wedding day. It was like two days wrapped in one. Though most brides have told me that they didn’t have time to enjoy anything, David and I can both safely say that we enjoyed and savored every second. We had the best day of our lives!

I’m sending out lots of love to our families and our friends. You all made this day very special and we were so blessed to have you as part of our wedding day.

And thus ends my wedding day and my first blog as Mrs. Jill Cole! <3

The wedding countdown is now at 10 days and a few hours. Its so hard to believe that in only 10 days I will be David’s wife! Its totally mind boggeling! And still, I haven’t finished what I needed to do before now.

This Saturday is my bachelorette party. Just a good old fashioned sleep over with some close girl friends. We’ll be going to eat Mexican before the sleep over commences. I really need to get the Goza Road house clean before then. Especially the carpet.

Tomorrow I have an appointment for a haircut and highlights. I’ve never had highlights before, so I’m nervous and excited. TheKnot.com recommended that autumn brides get some highlights to make their hair look fresh, and not dull. So, fingers crossed it turns out good!

I’m so loving the fall weather! Its my favorite time of year, and the cool in the air makes my heart race, because it means its time to get married.

I started my new block of classes. With all I have to do, school is giving me a hard time. Its hard to focus and learn, but I’m doing it. I had to tell my new teachers that I will be missing a week of class, but that I’ll be turning in my assignments the week before. Not sure how I will meet attendance though. I guess i’ll figure out a way around it.

The house is another thing that has my attention. We need to clean and paint and move furniture… but we have no time left. All the stuff I wanted to try and do before this late in time didn’t happen, so now its all bunched up with everything else going on!

Yeah, I’m a bit stressed. Everyone keeps asking how they can help, but how do you ask someone to come and help you move things, or paint, or scrub a carpet that just gets dirty again because no one bothers to care. Plus, when I do ask for help, no one responds. At least David wants to help me. He said he wants to help me as less stressed as possible. He’s wonderful like that.

I so can’t wait for the honeymoon! I plan to relax. At least someone finally have us something on our honeymoonwishes.com registry. Seemed like everyone was scared to do anything on there.

Still, with all the stress, I’m savoring every moment. I’m especially looking forward to seeing family coming into town next week! It will be fun, and I’m kinda bummed that I won’t be around after the wedding to hang out with them.

Please keep David, myself, and our families in your prayers. This is an exciting and stressful time, and it takes a toll on you after awhile. Part of me wants this over with, the other part doesn’t want it to ever end! This is the biggest event in my life, and I don’t want it to also be the biggest stress either.

Today it is exactly one month until my wedding day.

Am I excited? Of course! Am I ready? Yes and no. I’m ready to be married and to experience our wedding day, but I feel so unprepared. There is still so much to do and I feel like there’s no time left to do it in.

But, I’m focusing on the butterflies I feel when I think of October 10th, 2009. It’s all going to be worth it! I still can’t believe it’s a month away… and that when I wake up tomorrow, it will be less than a month to go!

At least I’m enjoying my last days as a “single gal”. I’ve planned my bachelorette party and sent out invitations on Facebook for that. It’s a spend the night party! I can’t think of a better way to spend my bachelorette. Just time with my favorite women in a laid back setting. At least this way I don’t have to worry about people making fools of themselves and me in public. Plus, I’m not much for the bar/club scene.

I’m happy and excited that this time is here and that it’s also almost over. I will never have these times again, so I am soaking it all up. Taking the good with the bad, the relief with the stress and the fun with the down times.

It’s all worth it for David.

I’ve been trying to update for the past week. Things have just been so hectic it’s been hard to find time to.

Last Sunday was my first bridal shower. It was given for my family by my mom’s best friend. It was a lot of fun and nice to see the family I don’t get to see often during the year.

Most of this past week has been me working on school. The assignments are coming more often and take more time to complete, so I end up spending half the day (and sometimes into the night) working on assignments.

Watching the kids in the afternoon has been easy enough. It also gives me time to do some reading for classes since the boys are fine just watching TV or playing on their own. I do work with Cameron on his spelling words. He really loves to spell them out loud and then on paper for me.

Monday I went and got contacts for the first time in my life. I had always been afraid of contacts, thinking I would either mess them up or they would cost me too much. I really love that America’s Best has such affordable doctor visits and contacts/glasses. So far I’m very happy with them. It’s a liberating feeling, though I feel naked at times without my glasses at times.

When I’m not doing school or watching the kids, I am either packing up my room or helping to pack up the Fayetteville house. Most of yesterday was me helping (with what I could do) Ms. Deb and John go through things in the Fayetteville house to either save or get rid of. It’s a huge task once you start opening up closets and drawers.

Today is the bridal shower thrown by my mad/matron of honor and bridesmaids. Laura can’t be there because she’s actually giving birth to her precious daughter, Bevanne! I’m praying that everything goes smoothly for Laura and we have a happy and healthy baby girl and mama before the day is over! I think it’s funny that we set this particular date for the shower because it was one of the only times that both Krista (who gets married two weeks from today!!) and Laura could be able to attend. You just never know what will happen!

On the same note as the showers; I’ve been given some grief by people about having three showers. I don’t really appreciate the remarks of some about it. I’m not the one who asked for three showers; three different people (and groups of people) offered to give me a shower. I’m having three because with all the people who are invited to the different ones, if I had one, or even two, I’d have close to 100 people show up. That’s not me bragging or whatever else people might call it. It’s just what’s happening. David and I both come from very large families. What should I do when someone offers to give me a shower? Say no? That would be rude and ungrateful.

I guess no matter how I do things with the wedding or the preparations, someone will be pissed off at me.

I’m so ready for this to be over and still feel like it hasn’t even begun yet! I’m stressed out, worn out and still having fun at the same time.

Really, I’m beginning to have some sympathy for the girls who go bridezilla at times. It’s hard to keep your cool when everyone is either a critic or meaning well but making you feel pulled in ten different directions at once. I’m just glad I haven’t lost it on anyone. I refuse to take out any stress I’m under on anyone else. That wouldn’t do anyone any good.

There is the old saying that when God closes a door, He opens a window. I’m going to have to go with that right now.

Friday night I was out with David, John, Yoly and their cousin Zack and his girlfriend, Ilia. We went to Don Pablo’s for dinner and then planned to see Angels and Demons afterward. While at dinner, I got a phone call from my co-worker, Jerry. He told me that my boss was letting me go and that he would pay me the money he owed me. I’m not holding my breath to the the close to a grand he owes me. It would really come in handy, though.

Jerry told me that my now former boss said that when business picks up, he’ll bring me back. Again, I’m not holding my breath. I had a feeling it was coming to this anyways. I mean, the man couldn’t even afford to pay me $160 a week.

I’m really counting on Mary Kay to help me out while I look for a new job. If you want to host a party or get a free facial, please let me know and give me a call. My info can be found on my Mary Kay website.

Despite the bad news, I still had a lot of fun with everyone. Angels and Demons was so awesome! It followed the book really closely and it did a fantastic job turning one of my favorite books into a movie. I wasn’t disappointed!

Saturday night was the benefit dinner and dance for the Joseph Sams School. I had a lot of fun there. I got to dress all pretty and visit with the Coles and a lot of other people in my impending family. My mom and grandmother came as well. My grandmother is a big fan of Ferrol Sams, so she got to meet him. I hope that made her happy. She was happy at Christmas when David and I gave her autographed copies of his books.

David and I danced our first dance ever to “My Girl”. It was sweet. We also bid on a golden rose at the silent auction and won it. It really is pretty.

Sunday Lauren and I had our Mary Kay booth at the Taste of Fayetteville. Despite the rain, the cold and the fact we both got pretty miserable really fast, it was a productive time. We got a lot of leads and hopefully that will turn into a lot of customers.

After we enlisted David and John’s help in getting the tent and the table packed away, Lauren headed home and I went with David, John and Yoly to eat at O’Charley’s. We went to visit with family at GrandMom and Pop’s house afterward for Patty’s birthday. Pop seemed to be having a pretty good day. He at least knew who everyone was. We sang “Amazing Grace” for him as a family. It nearly made me cry. Even typing about it gets me teary-eyed.

Today I decided I needed a haircut. At least Mary Kay has been good enough to me that I could pay off some bills and get a haircut. I’m really happy with how it turned out, too. I’d highly recommend people going to The Ten Salon for their next haircut. You won’t be sorry! I told Leigh, the girl who cut my hair, that she gave me the exact haircut I have been trying to get other stylists to give me for a long time. It’s the best haircut I’ve ever had!

Now I have to look for another job. I’m not thrilled with it, but who would be? I know that God has His hand in everything and that I will be just fine. It doesn’t make this any easier. At least with my GPE job I knew that money would come in eventually. I guess I have the same situation with Mary Kay. I will make money with Mary Kay only if I put work into it. I have a lot of calls to make.

Please keep me in your prayers. Pray that God leads me to the job I need to have, whatever that may be.

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Today is mine and David’s one year anniversary. It’s the one and only time we’ll celebrate an anniversary on this date since next year we will celebrate our one year marriage anniversary instead of dating.

I find it lovely and ironic that exactly a year after David and I began our relationship we put down a deposit for our wedding day. I never imagined that’s where I’d be a year ago from this date in 2008. God does lead you down some of the less expected paths when you least expect it!

Honestly, I wondered if David was worth the effort at first. He had no idea what he was doing with me since he had never had a girlfriend before. I realized that David was going to need be taught along the way, and I was afraid I’d be a bad teacher. I hadn’t exactly had the best guys as examples in the past. Turns out David was a diamond in the rough. He had all the makings of the perfect boyfriend, just no one had given him a chance in the past.

I’m grateful that it happened that way. I think we come out a little damaged in each relationship. I’m glad the damage done to me by other guys and by myself didn’t turn out badly for either David or I in our relationship.

When I reflect on how our relationship started, I really do marvel at what God does. He really works in mysterious ways and you can never tell the moves He’ll make. I’m so happy that He lead David and I to each other at just the right times in our lives. I’m so in love and so thankful for where life has brought me in just 365 days.

Now, exactly to the day we really put the first step down to our forever together.

Tonight David is taking me to Salsa in Atlanta again for dinner to celebrate our anniversary. I wish I had something to give him for the occasion. Though, I am giving him myself for the rest of eternity in just a little over seven months.

This past weekend was a lot of wedding stuff. Saturday David and I went with our parents and Emily to tour the Hazlehurst House as a possible venue for the wedding. I used to say I wanted to get married at Hazlehurst and I at least wanted to tour it and see what they had to offer.

It’s a beautiful location! An old two story white house built in 1829 located right off the square in McDonough. I had always wanted to have a very southern feeling wedding. This site couldn’t be better for that one vision I have.

Here is the description from the Hazlehurst House website:

The Hazlehurst House was built in 1829 by Abner Davis. It proudly displays its high ceilings, and hand blown window panes that show markings of what is said to be that of soldiers during the War Between the States when the house was used as a hospital caring for both northern and southern wounded. The solid wood doors, each with their own individual locks for protection against Indian attacks, are original to the house. The treasures of history found in this home range from original deeds of land, and precious love letters dated from 1860, to the housing of Alexander Stephens, Vice President of the Confederacy. Three acres of land, abundant with magnolia, oak, and cedar trees, have been the crowning glory since the land was granted to Ezekiel Cloud, a Revolutionary Soldier, in 1827. The rear of the manor is graced with a boxwood hedge garden said to be over 170 years old. Also, located to the left rear of the house is an old brick fireplace, all that remains of the servant quarters where the nanny, Achey, and her family lived. It is said that when the servant’s quarters was torn down in 2006 that Achey’s spirit moved into the main house. Hazlehurst employees working late at night say they can hear Achey humming as she is cleaning the house like she did when she was alive. The house was renamed “The Hazlehurst House” for Mrs. Cornelia Hazlehurst, a fun loving Southern Belle. From the early 1800’s to the present, The Hazlehurst House has been a home representing prominent members of the community and this legacy will live on.

David and I loved it, our parents loved it, and Emily had already coordinated her own event there for her junior prom, so she already loved it. We talked price tags and packages with the coordinator, Leslie. She was very helpful. It also turns out that someone my family knew from our old church owns and runs the House. We ran into her while we were on our tour.

After the tour, my mom had to take my dad home because he had to be at his school for an event that afternoon. David, Emily, the Coles and I went to Season’s Bistro off the square and my mom joined us after she dropped off my dad. Dr. Frank had the idea of having the rehearsal dinner there and wanted to try it out first since none of us had eaten there. We all enjoyed the food and the atmosphere. He went ahead and talked about booking it. The room we would used it called the Fall Room, so that worked out well

One thing I really like about both the Hazlehurst House and Season’s Bistro is they’re both supposedly haunted. I love that!

When we finished at Season’s Bistro, the Coles, David, Emily and I went to the lake house. The Coles wanted to check on the progress of the upstairs bathroom being installed and I honestly wanted to go and finally get measurements, get more ideas for decor and to work on the driveway. All three of my goals were accomplished that day.

Emily and I hung out on one of the swings outside and talked while everyone else did their own thing. David and I also worked on raking the leaves and pine straw off the driveway. All that stuff makes it really slick and hard to climb to the top of that steep driveway when it’s covered in all the debris.

David and I went to a cookout for our friend Rich’s homecoming from Iraq Saturday night. We couldn’t stay long because they had cats and both David and I are allergic. It finally got to us. We ended up going to get Chinese food and to World Market for some more good buys since they’re going out of business.

Sunday I had my bridesmaids luncheon with Emily, Krista, Laura, and Kris. My mom joined us as well as baby Gabe. We ate at a place called Sweet Melissa’s in downtown Decatur. It was good food and a cute place. The live band played music that was very fitting for the atmosphere. Emily filled Kris in on what we found out about the Hazlehurst House. I still don’t know all of what they talked about other than decor and food.

After lunch I went with my mom and my two maids of honor, Emily and Krista, to the Hazlehurst House for a public tasting. They had brides, clients and anyone who wanted to come there for a sampling of there food and to see how a room can be presented. It was a very nice experience and the food was great! I picked out the flavor for mine and David’s wedding cake, too. Strawberry shortcake is the winner!

Krista and I went to break up the boys party afterward. David went and hung out with Spencer while Krista and I were gone all day.

David and I went and talked to his parents over dinner later. We needed to get final decisions on different things.

Today, I met with my coordinator from the Hazlehurst House, signed the contract, made the deposit and now feel like things are finally coming together! It’s such a load off my mind!

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