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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...

2012 ended up pretty good, after not having a job for so so long I got a contract/ temp position at Progress Energy. The day I started was actually the day of their merger with Duke Energy so my whole time there was a little crazy... at least to those who had been there prior. The company was going through lots of policy and um, staffing changes. I was still hitting it hard with PartyLite too, so I went to the Summer national conference in St Louis. Of course, a good time was had by all and lots of sniffin candles. Around that same time, Jim and I had our 4 year dating anniversary! Four whole years with the same man? It MUST be love. And it was. That fall, we participated with friends in the Cary Scavenger Hunt, I did my first Wine and Design type event, and went to SAFF again with my knitting group. I got my annual llama kiss. My mom's side of the family went to the Outer Banks for Thanksgiving, so Jim and I went too. As always, it was a little crazy but even Leig...

Soooooo.... yeah..... I keep neglecting. I may never catch up, which is my goal, so I can start posting regularly again. Life is just crazy busy you know? Well, you don't cause I haven't posted. Maybe you will find out what's going on in 2015 in 2017? Anyway, the focus now is Jan to June 2012! here it goes! Generally, in 2012 this is what was happening- Jim and I were together 4 years, I'm still selling Partylite a lot since I didnt have a full time job again yet, I was teaching and working at Yarns Etc in Chapel Hill. In January of 2012, Jim and I went for a romantic weekend getaway to Wilmington NC. We stayed at a lovely little inn. I don't know the name of it now tho. In March, little did I know I would be introduced to a new non-profit org that would affect my life so heavily, the Cary Creative reuse Center. It's a place that takes donations of materials from the community to keep them out of the landfill and give them a new life upcycled into arts and...