Ok, fine...Edward Cullen can definitely "bite me"

Twilight was actually pretty good. I'm always a little weary when they turn a book in to a movie but they did a good job with this one!!! They've hooked me and I'll definitely be waiting for the second movie to come out.

As far as the whole experience of the theater goes there are a few things:
1. I was not wearing a Twilight t-shirt
2. The 4 of us were the oldest people in there that were not with our kids
3. There was a lot of screaming & clapping whenever "Edward" had a scene in the movie. When they kissed, holy crap...
4. Thank goodness Lyndsay brought some wine!!!

I will I didn't think Robert Pattinson (Edward) was all that cute when I saw him on TV interviews. But in the movie, wow...hotness!

It's Beginning to Look A Lot Like Christmas!!!

I have decorated the house for Christmas!!! I'm so excited about it! Mom & dad came up on Saturday and she helped me so much since I've only got one good leg! Philip was the "gofer"- going up & down to the basement to get the boxes. Dad, well...he kept us informed on the football scores:) I'll put some pics up once I get a topper for the tree. That's the one thing I don't have yet!

I hope everyone has a safe, wonderful Thanksgiving! Enjoy a few days off and spend some time with the ones you love:0) We're heading to Seagrove today after work to spend the holiday with our parents. We'll be there until Sunday. I'm so excited about doing nothing for a few days!!!! I'm pretty sure Philip is too! I've heard the outlets in Destin are having really good sales right now so maybe I can get some of my Christmas shopping done while I'm there.

Gobble Gobble everybody!

Bite Me???

In a moment of weakness, or maybe too many pain pills, I agreed to go with some friends to see Twilight tonight. Apparently, this is like the Beatles to tweens worldwide. I don't quite get it but maybe I will once I have seen the movie & finish the first book. I started reading the first one on wednesday. Lyndsay has all 4 and it will save me from having to buy books for the beach next week. It's good but I'm not sure that I would be yelling "Bite me!" like people have been doing at the movie premiers.

Anyways, I will report back on the experience. We have pre-purchased our tickets and are still getting there an hour before the movie starts. Hopefully someone has some wine hidden in their purse!!!

Wonderful visit from an old friend

My sweet Dallas!

Last night, one of my oldest friends came by to visit. Dallas and I have known each other since I started going to church at Dawson in the 4th grade! Oh yeah, and we he was my boyfriend in 9th grade:) He was in Auburn for the night visiting his sister and stopped by to see us. It was so great catching up with him! We don't get to see each other very much because he lives in Lake Tahoe in the winter working on the avalanche team and in the summer, he's either fighting fires in California or in Alaska doing some sort of research on dirt. It was so great to see him! Love ya big-D!

A Win...for one of us at least!

Tailgating with Tony & Britney!
I'm such a trooper! My big, ole, swollen leg is somewhere underneath the blanket.

We've had a great weekend! Tony & Britney came down Friday night for the Auburn/Georgia game. I wasn't sure how the knee would do but it turned out fine. We got a parking spot really close to the stadium and I was able to get a seat in the stadium without having to climb any stairs!

After the game, we tailgated for a little while until it got unbearably cold. We were especially excited to see Justin, one of Philip's roomies from UGA, and his wife, Rebecca!!! A bit congrats to them, they've got a baby on the way!

Then we headed back to the house to watch the Bama game. Brian (philip's bro) came down and some of his college buddies that live in Montgomery came over. It was fun hanging out with them like the old days on Gillon Drive.

Philip is a happy camper today. It's 3 in a row for his Hairy Dawgs!

I made it!

I made it through surgery yesterday! The doc said everything went well. The MCL was actually not torn as bad as he thought but the ACL was torn worse than he thought. So he fixed the ACL and we spent the night in the hospital. I didn't love it but I will say it could have been much worse. The best part of the day is when Jamie (one of my besties!) brought me a chocolate milk shake from Chick-Fil-A. It was so delish! Dennis was nice enough to come "baby sit" Charlie for us last night while we were gone. We really are blessed to have the most awesome neighbors & friends!

I got home early this morning and made a trip to the coffee shop. Before I made the trek up the stairs, we went to CVS to get my scripts filled and then the sweet girls downstairs at the hair salon were nice enough to wash my hair. I can't take a shower until tomorrow, when I get the bandages off, so it's bird baths for Mer until then! Lovely....

Surgery Tomorrow!

Well, I kinda got fed up with the whole "let's wait" attitude and decided I wanted to have my surgery asap. Luckily, I have the nicest doctor on the planet and he was very accommodating to my request when Philip saw him this morning at the hospital. I'll try to update as soon as I can since we won't know if they are going to have to fix the ACL until they get in there tomorrow. The doc said he likes to keep his patients over night but I am going to try to avoid that! So hopefully I'll be home some time tomorrow afternoon, keep your fingers crossed!

Now, I'm trying to decide what delicious meal Philip is going to buy me tonight since I can't eat anything tomorrow morning:(

Oh, and in case you were wondering, the doc said I should still be able to make it to the AU/UGA game this weekend:) Phew!

Halloween Pics...a week later

Dennis' 40th Birthday cake!!
The Crippled Witch & Joe the Plumber
The Lady from the movie "The Birds" and her special effects (that's Hiro behind her with a few more birds)

Here are some pics from our little Halloween gathering last Friday. We had a great time & made it down to the bar for a little bit.

Saturday was a nice, lazy day around the house. Saturday night me, Philip, Mary P, Dennis, Hir0 & Lyndsay all crammed in the truck and headed up to Waverly to see Southern Culture on the Skids. I have heard the name before but had never seen them. We had so much fun! We took some appetizers (mainly what was left over from Friday night), wine and danced the night away! They had a few bonfires to help keep us warm and Dennis got some "southern culture" you usually don't see in San Diego!

Sunday, downtown Opelika had their Christmas open house. All the stores had their windows decorated for Christmas and were open for the afternoon so everyone could do some Christmas shopping. It was so fun! I got so excited about it, I decorated our balcony & put the wreaths on our windows so we would have some decorations up too. I found a TON of things that I want to buy for Christmas decor!

The Hakes are coming tomorrow for the weekend for some fun & football. And probably a wine tasting too! :)

No surgery....this week....

I won't have my knee scoped this week. I still have a boo-boo right where he would need to make an incision and doing that could cause an infection.

Sooooo....I got back to him next Tuesday and he's going to check the knee again and my boo-boo. I'll probably have the scope the week before Thanksgiving so I can go to the UGA game next weekend. I have priorities you know:) Plus, we're going to the beach for Thanksgiving so if I've got to be couped up recovering, what better place to be than the beach!