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I got a rocky start with my new career with N2 Publishing, and Jim got laid off. Wahhhhhhhhhh! In the middle of the stress, we both got out there trying our hardest, though. I had a fun day trip in April with Mary Powell and friends to Busch Gardens, and realized I am much more wimpy at roller coasters than I used to be! Jim got placed in the Food Sciences dept at NC State in May, as their IT person, so he really had to go one month without pay. Yay! It's where they make the NC State ice cream. N2 has conferences several times a year. I went to training in Chicago, a Jan conference in Dallas, and then back to Chicago for a May conference. It's neat to go places I have never been but I don't really have time to see anything. I did get to sing karaoke with colleagues tho! May of 2014, I went to Florida with Mary. We stayed one day at the new Cabana Bay 60s themed resort at Universal. It was super cool!! Then, Mary and I went to Disney for the...

I married my sweet Jim! Our wedding was November 9, 2013, at my hometown church in Charlotte, St. Peter's Episcopal. I even had my childhood rector, Gary Jones, perform the ceremony. He lives in Richmond now, but came just for our wedding! The reception was there too, and we had a great time! Before the wedding though, there were showers and bachelor/ bachelorette weekends...  Beth and Mark threw us a UNC/ NC State House Divided couples shower, and Katie threw me a Pampered Chef shower. I went with girlfriends to Black Mountain, NC and to Asheville for the fiber festival I love. Jim went to Myrtle Beach with the Natureboys. I also went to nashville to see some of my Ladies. (not a great picture- but what a GREAT picture!) My mom made my dress, based on a pattern I loved! Our wedding night, we stayed at the historic Dunhill hotel in the Penthouse, in Charlotte. Our rehearsal dinner was there too. Jim gave his groomsmen themed robes! Ai...

January of 2013, I was still working as a contractor at Duke Energy. I actually got to travel to the Tampa office for some special meetings, so my good friend Mary and I went to Disney beforehand! We also went to Universal. We saw a lion getting his teeth worked on at Animal Kingdom, and it was super cool!  IT'S SO FLUFFY!!!!!!! In April, I lost my job at Duke Energy... it was an unfortunate situation but there were better things to come! Jim and I went on our first cruise. A 3 night Bahamas cruise on Royal Carribeans Majesty of the Seas! It was so much fun that I want to go on cruises whenever I can. I would love to try a Disney cruise. The biggest thing to happen so far in 2013 was that Jim and I finally got engaged! He was nervous and sweet and of course I said YES! We had actually picked out the ring months before, but I didn't know when he would pop the question! He did it on Memorial Day at his place before going to our favorite restaurant, Luc...