Sisters!!!

Big Sis and Lil' Sis

Meridian, MS

This is a picture that Amy and I took from a couple of days ago.  Do you think that we look alike at all?

Meredith's First Georgia Tech T-Shirt

GO JACKETS!!!

I recently gave Meredith her first Georgia Tech Shirt.  She looked so cute in it!  I had her saying "GOOOOO JACKETS" to everyone that she passed by.  Uncle Bradley was super proud! :o)

Meredith's 4th Birthday Bash

Chuck E. Cheese

We recently celebrated Meredith's (my niece) fourth birthday at Chuck E. Cheese in Chattanooga.  We had THE BEST TIME!!  It was so much fun, and I was able to take some great pictures.  I was amazed by how much energy all of the children had.  I was exhausted after two hours of watching them run around......LOL!!  We wanted to make sure that Meredith felt like a princess on her big day, so we got her a birthday boa and princess tiara.  Isn't she the cutest???  :o)

I HAVE THE BEST HUSBAND EVER!!!!

Last week, Bradley decided that he was going to cook me dinner.  For those of you who don't know it, Bradley is a fantastic cook (and he actually enjoys it)!  He told me that I wasn't allowed in the kitchen for two hours, and was very serious about this.  After waiting anxiously, he finally told me that dinner was ready.  When I went into the kitchen, this is what I found!!!!!  I couldn't believe it!  He even took the time to put everything out on nice dishes.  I am so lucky to have such a sweet hubby!!  :o)

Another visit to Chattanooga.....

Chattanooga Aquarium

Bradley and I went to Chattanooga for the weekend, and it was SO MUCH FUN!  One of the things that I miss about living there is all of the good local restaurants and happenings.  We spent the day being tourists, traveling to galleries, coffee shops and even to the Chattanooga Aquarium.  I was so excited to see the PENGUINS!!!  :o)  Bradley took this picture of me while a penguin was swimming by.......SO CUTE!!!

My BEAUTIFUL Cousin's Wedding!!!!

Here is a picture of my fabulous cousin, Tracie.  I felt so honored to be in her bridal party, and we had such a great time celebrating her wedding weekend!!  LOVE YOU TRACIE!!!

Another new kitchen shot.....

This is a partial picture of our new kitchen.  I want to wait to post the whole thing until we finish hanging stuff on the walls and get some new furniture.  We are getting another cabinet for storage and some new prints for the walls.  I want to wait to show everyone till it is 100 percent complete!  :o)

The backsplash.....

We chose to put up a tumbled marble backsplash in our kitchen.  We discovered that my sister and I have the exact same tile, except hers is square!!  I guess we inherited the same decorating gene!!!  HAHA!

ROSES ARE IN BLOOM AT THE WINN HOUSE!

Bradley decided that his summer project was going to be to plant a rose garden.  They are in full bloom right now and are BEAUTIFUL!!!  He is a very good gardener and is very particular about his yard.....HAHA!

Self Portrait!!!

This is a picture that Sophia (my youngest niece) and I tried to take......HAHAHA!

Where Have We Been???????

August 3, 2011

I would just like to apologize for being such a bad blogger!!  A lot had happened in the past few months that had taken all of my time away from the computer.  As some of you know, I am no longer working with Cooper.  I met some wonderful people during my brief time there, but after the almost hour drive to get there, extra-long working hours, almost hour drive home and working some weekends equaled no free time.  I was exhausted all of the time, and to be honest, the job just wasn't what I was passionate about.  Soooooo, after a long discussion with my husband, I put in my two weeks notice.  However, don't feel too sorry for me because I received an offer to be an engineer for Procter & Gamble here in Albany.......YAAAAY!!!  Actually, I just started this last Monday and love it!!  Everyone is so friendly, and it is a FABULOUS (and huge) company to work for.  I did, however, take some time off to be an actual housewife.  Now, I am not saying that I would want to do it all of the time, but three weeks was GREAT!!!  HAHAHA!  I had some time to catch up on my sleep and decorate our house.  We have actually done a ton to the house during the summer, and I finally have time to post some pictures.  I am going to be doing many more blog posts, especially since I have had so many requests for them!  :o)  We finished our kitchen, bought more furniture, had a bunch of stuff framed, and had a fun time decorating together.  It really is true that it takes time to get your house the way that you like it.  Here is a picture of one of our new purchases......a new television and entertainment center!!!  Our television was super old and was sitting on a desk this time last year.....YUCK!  Now, it looks much better.  What do you guys think??

Kitchen Picture Before.........

Bradley & Tiffany's Kitchen.......

Here is a picture of our kitchen before we started any sort of home improvement project.  We are in the process of painting it, getting granite (which is already done) and having a tile backsplash put up.  I am SUPER excited!!!!

I HEART TECHNOLOGY!!!!

As of about 8pm tonight, I am the proud new owner of an IPHONE 4!!!!  YAAAAY!!!  I love, love, love technology and can't wait to learn how to use it.  Be on the lookout for more posts, because I now have internet access 24-7!!!  Yahoo!!

Anniversary Part II

Bradley and I decided to have another anniversary celebration when we got back to Albany.  I baked a little Anniversary cake, and we had our present exchange......FUN TIMES!!!!  He is a picture of the table.....

HAPPY 1ST WEDDING ANNIVERSARY!!!!!!!

Blue Ridge, Georgia

I cannot believe that we have been married for a year now!  TIME FLIES WHEN YOU ARE HAVING FUN!!!!  Bradley and I took off from work and headed to the Blue Ridge Mountains to celebrate at his family's cabin.  We had SO MUCH FUN!!!!  Blue Ridge is a GREAT town with tons of cute shops.  My parents came to take us out for an anniversary lunch (since Blue Ridge is only about an hour from Chattanooga), and we had a lot of the wedding party come to stay with us for a night.  We had a great time shopping, grilling out and spending some fun times together.  This is a picture of us at this super cute little coffee shop in downtown Blue Ridge.  Overall, it was a great way to spend our first anniversary!

Another Pic from Valentine's Day 2011

Here is a picture of our table from Valentine's Day!!!  :o)

My Present For Getting A Job!!! :o)

So, do you all remember my fabulous friend, Joni Lay, of Chocolate Butterbean (see MANY previous posts about her company - she did all of the signage for our wedding, including our sign)??  Well, she now has started another fantastic venture called "Laybabylay."  It is this SUPER CUTE blog that features all things baby and nursery (she just gave birth to her first daughter recently - soooooo precious!).  I enjoy looking at her blog because she comes up with such great stuff.  You all REALLY need to check it out!!!

Anyways, I actually found on her blog the other day a print by the artist, Matte Stephens.  This happened to be the day that I accepted my new job.  I was soooo in love with all of his work, but I was especially drawn to this little print of a couple dancing in the rain.  Since it has been such a long haul looking for a job, this picture reminded me so much of how excited Bradley and I are about my new employment opportunity.  It seemed too perfect, so I purchased it immediately.  I am going to have it framed and hung in my office (which is MY girlie space of the house - I only get one room to do this in - HAHA!) to remind me of how happy I was on that day.  This is just a picture that I took of the print.  I will be sure to post a picture of it once it is framed.  

Here are some links to these great websites:

Joni's new baby blog - "Laybabylay"

http://laybabylay.com

Link to "Chocolate Butterbean"

http://chocolatebutterbean.com

Link to Matte Stephen's Etsy shop:

http://www.etsy.com/people/matteart?ref=ls_profile

ENJOY!!!!!

Jenny's Baby Shower

Today was Jenny's baby shower to celebrate the upcoming arrival of Baby Ethan. Jenny and I were on the Georgia Tech Dance Team together (waaaaay back in the day), and I am so thrilled that she also lives in Albany!!!  I was so happy that she loved her little blue/madras plaid blanket with "Ethan" written on it!!!  We all know that I am a sucker for anything with a monogram!!!  Here is a picture that I took from her shower.  She, of course, looked too cute for words!!! It was at her chuch (Albany First United Methodist-actually across the street from ours), which had the most BEAUTIFUL parlor!!!  It was a great place to have a party and made some gorgeous pictures.  Congrats Jenny!!!!

I HAVE A NEW COUSIN!!! YAY!!!

My cousin, Meredith, had a baby girl this morning....YAY!!!  I am soooo excited to go and see her in a couple of hours!  Meredith is actually getting her Ph.D. at Auburn, so she only lives about an hour and fifteen minutes away.  Bradley and I are going to go see Baby Victoria as soon as he gets off of work.  I am super excited because I am also getting a chance to see many members of my family (including my Bridesmaid/cousin, Kay....yay!) that I normally don't get to see very often in Chattanooga.  It is great that Meredith lives so close because we can go and see her, along with the rest of my family when they are down visiting her.  It is MUCH closer than going to Chattanooga!!! I LOOOOVE buying baby presents, so I picked Baby Victoria up a new pink bear and little "Baby Sleeping" pillow.  

My former Ga Tech Dance Teamer, Jenny, is also having a baby shower tomorrow.  We are so happy that we live in the same town, so I am very excited to see her too.  She is having a little boy named "Ethan," so I picked her up a little blankie and had his name put on it.  PRESH!!!  I got it from a GREAT little boutique in town called "Love Letters."  I highly suggest that you all check it out.  Not only do they have super cute stuff, but their wrapping is too cute!!!

Tiffany In 1984......

Is it just me, or do I look the same as I did when I was four years old??? LOL!!!!!

Great Visit With the Family!!!

This past weekend, my mother and father made the long drive to South Georgia for a visit.  We had such a wonderful time swapping recipes, cooking together and driving around town.  My mother brought a bunch of old pictures and let me scan and save them to my computer.  This was one of my favorites that we found.  Apparently, this picture was taken on my father's 37th birthday.  I was four and my brother was eleven.  I thought that it was such a sweet picture and it was interesting to find it now because my brother turned 37 this year.  I can't wait to have it printed out and framed.  

HAPPY GROUNDHOG DAY!!

We are all hoping that Spring is right around the corner, especially after this crazy Winter!!  In honor of the upcoming change of season, I put out a more "Spring-like" setting for our dining room table.  I change things around in our house very often because I get tired of constantly looking at the same thing.  This is one of the reasons that I chose Juliska dishes for our wedding, because everything is offered in different shapes and colors.  Bradley teases me and tells me that he never knows what the house (particularly the table) is going to look like when he comes home from work!!!  I really enjoy experimenting with different looks on the table and try to have them reflect the colors of the season.  Even though it isn't quite springtime yet, this is out to help me look forward to the warmer times to come!  

Christmas Card Part 2!!!!

Here is a picture of the back of our SUPER cute Christmas card.......YAHOO for Nico & Lala!!!  

http://www.nicoandlala.com/

This is the link where you can choose to go to either their main site or their blog.  I suggest looking at both because they make all sorts of GREAT things!!!!

Our first married Christmas tree.....

This is a picture of our first married Christmas tree.  Sorry these entries are so scattered, but this site will only let me post one picture per entry.  Since it posts the newest entries at the top, it could get a little confusing!  There will be several entries about Christmas, so just make sure to read them all!!  :o)  

Anyways, I lived by myself for several years before Bradley and I got married, so I actually have multiple Christmas tree decorations.  This means that I put up different trees with a complete different set of decorations depending on the year.  I get bored easily, so I hate putting the same thing up every year!!  I decided to put up the red and gold tree this year because it matched our living room.  I added some dark green accents to make everything really match.  I also have another tree that I call my "whimsical tree" that has lots of polka dots, stripes and fluffy ornaments.  This is obviously NOT Bradley's favorite tree, because it is so girlie, but it will be fun to have once we have kiddos.  Anyways, here is a picture of the winning tree!

Our first Christmas together as a married couple!!!!!

So, Bradley and I recently celebrated our first married Christmas together.  It was so wonderful and we managed to see/visit pretty much everyone in all of our families!!  We made trips to Meridian, Ms to visit my sister, Chattanooga to visit my whole family and then Athens, Ga to visit all of Bradley's family.  We had such a great time but were very happy to be back home!!!  Traveling makes you very tired...HAHA!!!  I was so happy to have my first house with Christmas lights on it.  I was SO EXCITED!!!  Since I had never done it before, however, I forgot to get Christmas lights for over the garage.  OOPS!!!  So, we had lights that stretched across the main part of the house, but not the garage.  We laughed about it when we realized our mistake and decided to just get more lights next year.  We thought that it still looked nice.  :o)  Bradley's mom and I made the wreaths to go across the front of the house.  We had small ones for all of the windows and then a coordinating large one for the door.  This is a picture that I took of Bradley on the night that we hung everything.  Isn't he precious???!!! :o)

After the painting was finished....

YAY!!!

Here is a picture of our new and improved living room.  It looks pretty dark in the picture, but it isn't nearly as bad in person!!!

Starting to get more done around the house.....

Bradley & I have slowly but surely been adding stuff (in terms of decorating) to our house.  When we first moved in, we had to put up things on the walls that we already had because we couldn't buy everything at once.  Although most of our pictures, etc. were too small, they served their purpose in filling up wall space.  We have been trying to replace our small pictures with new, bigger pictures for the past year.  We purchased this painting over Christmas for our living room, which we were really excited about.  We decided to use greens, golds and brick reds in the living room and hallway, so we thought that this would work well in there.  Let me know what you guys think!!!

Our 7 Year Dating Anniversary....

Bradley and I recently celebrated our seven year dating anniversary.  He came home and surprised me with a beautiful bouquet of pink roses.  We are so happy together and cooked a fabulous meal to celebrate the day!!!  

Pecans Anyone?????

So, I have written before about living on a pecan orchard.  Well, the pecans have officially fallen and have taken over our property.  We probably have 1000 pecans in our yard right now....I AM NOT KIDDING!!!  Bradley and I have started picking them, but it takes FOREVER!!!  I am really anxious about making our first pecan pie (courtesy of the wonderful MaryAnn) for Thanksgiving this year, and will have plenty of pecans to give away.  If you need any, just let me know!!!  Here is a picture of our backyard right now of all of the trees.  We also have a huge pecan tree in our front yard which likes to drop pecans on our cars if we don't park in the garage!!  LOL!!! 

Another Pumpkin Patch Shot.....

Mark's Melon Patch - Albany, Georgia

The Busiest Weekend Ever....

October 15-17, 2010

Chattanooga,Tn

I am SO SORRY that I have not written anything in a month and a half!!   I have been pretty good at posting pictures on facebook, but I have been TERRIBLE with keeping up with my blog.  Anyways, Bradley and I had the busiest weekend ever on October 16th.  We left Friday night (Oct. 15th) and made the very long drive to Chattanooga, Tennessee.  We didn't even get in until about 10pm and were exhausted by the time that we got there.  Bradley's birthday had recently happened, so my mom surprised him with a birthday cake and some presents.  Yay!!  We then promptly went to bed and prepared for the next day (which was SUPER busy).  We started the morning by taking my niece, Meredith, out for a birthday breakfast.  We were unable to come up for her 3rd birthday, so we decided to give her a little birthday party.  We played on the playground, ate some yummy food and let her open her presents.  After that, we headed on downtown for UTC's (where I went to graduate school) Homecoming festivities.  We went to the UTC Kappa Sigma house for an alumni/tailgating event because both my extended family and Bradley were all brothers of that fraternity.  Bradley especially had a great time because he had never been to that Kappa Sig house, and we enjoyed getting to meet the brothers.  We then went and tailgated for the football game with my aunts and uncles downtown.  I then had to change clothes in my uncle's car for the first wedding of the day.  We traveled a few miles to the Chattanooga Golf and Country Club (where we had our reception) to go to Kristin and Michael's wedding reception.  It was so beautiful and we had a wonderful time.  We then went to Terra Nostra to meet up with my good friend, Lisa, for a glass of wine.  I had not seen her since I moved to Albany and had a wonderful time catching up.  We then headed to the Double Tree Hotel for Robin's wedding reception.  Bradley and I had a great time and loved hanging out with Tracey Hankins, a fellow Junior Leaguer that I had not seen in months either.  After that wedding, we then went and met back up with Lisa.  That was honestly one of the busiest days of my life, but it was wonderful seeing so many people in one day.  It was definitely the most productive weekend, in terms of getting to visit with people, but it was definitely exhausting.  Bradley and I got up the next morning and had to drive back to Albany in order for Bradley to return to work for Sunday evening.  We had a wonderful time and were able to post a lot of pictures on facebook.  Stay tuned for more postings!!!

Another Birthday Pic.......

Our kitchen...

Weekend In Blue Ridge......

Blue Ridge, Georgia

A couple of weeks ago, we went up to the Winn's cabin in Blue Ridge to hang out with Bradley's family.  We had such a wonderful time!!  I haven't been up there since we got engaged, so I was anxious to see all of the renovations that had been done on the house in the past year and a half.  The kitchen has been redone, with a new bathroom upstairs, along with a new deck.  I was having so much fun, however, that I forgot to take pictures......ARGGGGG!!!  I did manage to take this picture of Bradley when we went for a walk near Lake Blue Ridge.  Isn't he the cutest???  :o)

Peanut Festival in Plains, Georgia

Last weekend, Bradley and I drove about 30 minutes to the Plains Peanut Festival.  We got a chance to make it to the parade and we also got to get a book signed by former President Jimmy Carter!!!  I have never met a president before, so it was really cool to have the opportunity to!!!  It is really hard to believe that someone from that small of a town could one day be in charge of our country!!  The town is super, super small (population 800), so the festival is a huge deal.  Here is a picture that we took of the town (this is pretty much the entire town....NOT KIDDING!!).  

My new favorite thing....

So I recently discovered a local picture frame company called "Stewart & James."  They have these FABULOUS frames that are made from all sorts of salvaged wood.  I met up with the lovely Kristen (one of the owners) recently, and she let me come over and look at what all they had in stock.  There were so many to choose from, but I finally decided to get a blue one to put in our kitchen.  I highly suggest that you check them out, both online and on facebook, because they make some great products!!

Another view of the master bedroom....

I loved our plaid fabric so much that I decided to cover our chair in it..... what do you guys think?

The Magazine That Our Sign Was In....

Going home to Chattavegas this weekend!!!

1st Time In 4 Months!!!

Bradley and I are making the long trip up to Tennessee this weekend.  It will be full of both fun and work because we have to get the rest of my stuff that didn't make it during my first move.  The main item that I am looking forward to seeing again is our wedding sign.  We are going to hang it up in the kitchen after we get someone to put some sort of wire on it.  The sign is 3' X 4', so it will take up a huge portion of the wall.  Above is a picture of our living room looking into the kitchen.  The blank wall in the kitchen is where the sign is going to go.  Wish us luck getting it down here without hurting it!

New Living Room Pic.....

Here is a more recent picture of our living room with our new drapes and painting on the wall.  We are picking up the pillows this week, so ignore the brown pillows on the couch for now.  I have decided to paint this room either gold or some sort of green color.  Please feel free to keep your suggestions coming because I really do appreciate all of the input!  :o)

What a great wedding present!

Bradley and I received this BEAUTIFUL pair of hand painted silks from China as a wedding present (only one is shown here).  We had them framed recently and can't wait to put them up in our room.  I took a picture in front of the new drapes to show how well they are going to go together (I hope).  I will post a picture of the entire room once we get our bedding pillows in.  Here is one of the newly framed prints......

A picture of our new bedroom drapes....

Sneak Peak.....

K, so I wrote about how we had to paint our bedroom and put up our new blue drapes recently.  Well, we finished and everything looks great!  However, we haven't picked up our bed pillows yet, so I don't want to reveal the entire room until everything is complete.  I will, however, show you a couple of pictures of the drapes with the new wall color.  Enjoy!!

We LOVE presents!!!

We have the best friends ever!

Today, we were surprised to find a box at our door from UPS.  We opened up the box and found all of this GREAT food from Omaha Steaks that all of our friends that stayed with us for Christmas In July bought for us.  It was so nice of them, especially since we love to cook!  The package contained burgers, sirloin steaks, fillets and yummy cheese potatoes.  We are SO EXCITED and can't wait to try it all out.  On top of that, we also received a bottle of red wine to go along with all of the meat.  YAHOO!! 

The Finished Product

Yay for Tacky Christmas T-Shirts!

Here is a picture of the finished product of my tacky t-shirt for this weekend's party.  I don't mean to brag, but I think that it looks pretty good to be 100% handmade by moi!!  :o)  Anyways, we have been getting out some old holiday decorations and cleaning the house for all of our guests this weekend.  The bedroom wall painting is complete (and looks fabulous), however, the seamstress has finished all of the bedding pillows.  We have all of the draperies up, but I want to wait and not post a picture until the entire room is complete.  Stay tuned for that and updates on our Christmas In July party.....yay!

Draperies Are FINALLY Complete!!!

YAY!!!!

I am SUPER excited that our draperies for the living room and the master bedroom are finally done!!  YAHOO!!!  We went to Lowe's and picked up the rods, finials, etc that we need to hang them up.  Bradley's parents are coming down tomorrow to help us hang everything and put all of the furniture back.  We have had to move a lot of things out of our room in order to paint, so our house is a MESS right now!!!  I will post pictures when it is all done!!

Tacky T-shirt Christmas In July Party!!!!!

Bringing back the college days....

Bradley's fraternity used to have an annual "Christmas In July" party every year, complete with costumes, trees and watching "The Grinch" on the front lawn.  Even though those days are long gone, Bradley's fraternity brothers have decided to start back up the old tradition.  Since Bradley and I have a house with no children, everyone decided that our house would be the meeting place this year.  We are expecting many overnight houseguests next weekend for our "Tacky T-Shirt Christmas In July" party.  I went to Michael's yesterday and bought some supplies for my shirt.  Here is what I have done so far.  I am going to add decorations to the tree, including little pom-pom balls and bells.  I am thinking about making some matching bell earrings too.  We will see what all I come up with.....

Time To Paint Our Bedroom.....

I have been wanting to paint our room for a while now, but it took us a little time to find a color that we both liked.  We went to Home Depot the other day and found this wonderful color by Martha Stewart.  We painted a small portion of the wall and hung up our bed linen fabrics to make sure that it would all coordinate.  The fabric on the right is called "Robin's Toile" and is what our draperies are going to be made up.  The plaid fabric on the left is what the two largest pillows are made of, with the long pillow in front of it in the chocolate brown fabric.  We then had a small pillow to put out front made in the Robin's Toile.  I found this great matelasse ivory coverlet set at Tuesday Morning (awesome place where you can find some great deals!!!!) that we will be using as well.  I can't wait until all of our fabric stuff is completed.  We are planning on painting our room this weekend.  I will post some pics from our first painting experience at our new house.  Yay!!

Our New Find.....

LOVE Antique Shopping!!!

Bradley and I went to one of the many antique stores in Albany on Saturday and found this WONDERFUL silver-plated pitcher.  It looks a little rough right now, but with some silver polish and a little love it is going to look great in our new china cabinet!!  I will post another picture when I have it all cleaned up!

Dinner At the Winn House!

July 10, 2010

The Winn Kitchen

One of our favorite things to do it cook.  We were so excited to see that a ton of our wedding gifts were from Williams Sonoma because our kitchen is now fully stocked....yay!!  Bradley and I think that it is very important to actually sit down at the dinner table every night and share a meal together....no television allowed!!  This gives us a chance to catch up and see how each of our days went.  We also both love change, so we are constantly changing the plates and table linens that we use.  Right now we are using a pewter color...... I know that it is a little Fall looking, but it was new and I thought fun to use.  I was so excited with how dinner looked that I decided to take a picture.  This dinner featured grilled Mojo chicken with asparagus, a sour cream potato bake with sliced green onion and cheddar cheese, and a spinach salad with homemade dijon-shallot vinaigrette.  Yummy!!!  :o)

Our living room......

This is a picture that I took today of our living room.  I posted earlier the fabrics that we selected for our drapes and couch pillows.  They still aren't finished yet, so it looks pretty plain in here.  I can't wait until we get everything in so we can have some color in the room!!  I would really like to paint this room too, but we have to make sure that everything flows since there is such a big opening into the kitchen.  Any suggestions??

Uncle Johnny's Was A Blast!!!!

June 25-27, 2010

Athens, Ga

Last weekend, Bradley's whole family made the trip us to Athens to visit Uncle Johnny's.  He lives in the BEAUTIFUL 1820's fully restored farm house that I talked about last year.  We had so much fun telling stories, drinking coffee and eating wonderful food!  Good times were had by all and we look forward to seeing everyone again on Labor Day!!  This is a picture of Bradley and I in the garden......

Another view of the guest bedroom....

Shown with the drapes.....

China Cabinet Cleaned Out and Filled......

June 21, 2010

Our kitchen...

   So, I finally got our china cabinet cleaned out and filled with our Juliska dishes.  The one problem with buying an antique is that they can be quite dirty and it takes a lot of work to get them to look nice.  After many dust rags and cans of Pledge, we were able to get the cabinet looking pretty darn good!  I didn't have any plate racks, so I had to make due with the serving pieces that we currently own.  Also, I didn't know how much weight that I could put on the shelves, so I didn't put much stuff on the first two rows.  Here is a picture of the final product......

My new bulletin board for the office....

June 14, 2010

Our office.....

Anybody who knows me well knows that I have a love for great paper.  Stationary, Christmas cards, cute little enclosure cards.....I love it all!  Well, I was at Hobby Lobby the other day and found this cute little framed bulletin board for half off.  I thought that it would be a great way to hang some of my keepsakes, while keeping everything looking neat.  Right now it has a lot of the signage from our own wedding up, but I can't wait to fill it with Christmas cards during the Holidays!!!! 

Our future living room drapes and couch pillows....

June 11, 2010

Our house.....

I also wanted to show how well our new painting looks with the fabric that is going to be converted into our drapes and couch pillows.  The brick geometrical print on the left is presently being made into drapes (I can't wait until I get them!!!).  Our couch is ivory (it is behind the painting), so were are going to have pillows with the same geometrical print in the back, with smaller pillows in the front out of the floral fabric that is shown on the right.  I went and purchased some green fringe to add to the floral pillow, but  it had to be ordered because the shop didn't have enough.  We are supposed to be getting it at the beginning of next week.  Once it arrives, Bradley's mother, Lillie Ann, and I are going to go to the decorating shop to have the pillows made.  Bradley's mother is a decorator and has shown me how much fun custom decoration can be!!!  I have had the best time picking out fabrics for all of the rooms.  The only problem is that it takes longer to get everything finished, but, you get to have it exactly how you want.....yay!  I will definitely be posting a picture of the finished product once it gets completed......

Tiffany's Parents Make A Visit To Albany

June 7, 2010

Bayou Restaurant @ Lake Chehaw

This is a picture of us with Tiffany's parents when they came and visited last week.  We had such a nice time with them and were able to take them to our favorite local restaurant, Bayou.  It is located directly on Lake Chehaw and has great food and wonderful live music.  We like to sit out on the patio and enjoy good food and conversation while overlooking the water.  We had our favorite server, Shelly, take this picture for us to remember the occasion.  

St. Simons Island

Dino & Katie's Wedding Weekend

June 4-6, 2010

St. Simons Island, Georgia

Last weekend, we went to St. Simons Island, Georgia for our good friends Dino and Katie's wedding weekend.  We had such a great time and Tiffany has already posted all of the pictures on her Facebook page.  We were able to travel around the island, look at antique stores and even grab some yummy lunch at the King & Prince Hotel.  We also had a chance to visit Jekyll Island and go through the famous Jekyll Island Club.  We had such a great time and thought that Dino and Katie could throw one heck of a party!!  Tiffany's parents came to visit us the day we got back and we will post the pictures very soon.  Have a great day everyone!!!

Logan's Graduation/Beach Weekend

Fun times for us oldies.....

Last Friday, Bradley and I headed to Americus, Georgia to watch Logan (Bradley's youngest brother) graduate from high school.  It was a very nice ceremony and we were so proud that he was an honor graduate!!  Afterwards, we headed on down to meet up with the gang in Fort Walton Beach, Florida.  We go every Memorial Day weekend with all of our college friends to catch up.  Many of the people are now either engaged, married, or married with children, so we don't get to see them as often as we would like.  Fun times were had by all and we look forward to hanging out with everyone during the upcoming football season.  Here is a picture of Logan and I from the graduation ceremony...

Honeymoon in the snow!

3/2/2010

Asheville, NC

I love this picture of Tiffy. She looks so happy especially since it was taken early in the morning! We had a wonderful trip to the Biltmore, and I am lucky to have shared it with such a fun and beautiful new wife!!

Another fun wedding picture........

This was a picture that Miss Brenda (from 410 Productions) took of us while we were having our fun sunglasses picture taken overlooking the Tennessee River (we gave all of the Bridesmaids sunglasses to remember the occasion!).  There is a great full on shot of this that the photographer took that can be seen in our wedding slideshow (see the link on the left). 

Hooray for birthday shopping!

We went to Atlanta this past weekend to meet up with my parents and go shopping for my birthday.  My parents also gave me lots of fun birthday money, and instead of buying several small things, I decided to combine everything and get one fun thing................A NEW BURBERRY HANDBAG....YAY!!!!  I am so excited because Burberry is my favorite!  I got one from my parents when I graduated from Tech, but haven't had anything from there since.  We met the nicest man named Don who works there, and I strongly encourage people to go talk to him because he is extremely nice.  Yay for new purses!

Officially Old!

Last Thursday was the official end of my twenties.  I must say, however, that my 30th birthday was wonderful!  I started off the day to surprise flowers and a beautiful handmade card from my wonderful hubby.  My kids at school wrote lots of sweet messages on my board and even brought me tons of snacks and a birthday cake.  When I got home, Bradley took me to "The Catch," which is this super nice seafood restaurant in Albany.  I came home and he had also made me a birthday cake that was so cute!  I opened up my gifts and found a beach chair for our trip at the end of this month, along with lots of shopping money for our trip to Atlanta this weekend.  I am excited to go and get something fun in ATL.....Yay! 

Our housewarming gift....

Our backyard....

My parents just recently came and visited for the first time since we were married.  They brought us a housewarming gift and told us to hang it so I could be remined of home.  I opened it up and it was a "See Rock City" bird house (which I have wanted for several years now).  I was so excited!!  Bradley immediately started putting it together and it is now hanging up in one of our trees.  It is so nice to be reminded of home!!!

Speaking of Pecan Pie.....

One of the most thoughtful gifts ever!

So, remember when I wrote a couple of months ago about how we purchased a home on a pecan orchard and how I needed to learn how to make pecan pie?  Well, our friends Matt and Maryanne apparently had been keeping up with our blog before the big day.  They came over to our house recently and gave us our wedding present (which was wrapped super cutely by the way).  Anyways, we go to open it up and it was the ADORABLE red pie dish that we had registered for at Williams Sonoma, along with all of the ingredients to make PECAN PIE!!  It was one of the most thoughtful gifts that I had ever received!!  I was so excited about it that I took a picture and decided to share it with you all.  We love you guys and can't wait to have you over for some yummy pie!  Thanks again!!!  :o)

The bow tying train....

I took this picture right before the wedding started.  I thought that it was super cute of the girls!  :o)

Ava wanted to sit too...

I thought that it was cute that Ava wanted to be like her "Aunt Tippanie...."

Yay for being married!!!!!

So, it has been TWO MONTHS since our wedding!!!  I am so sorry that it has taken so long to get this up, but moving has been a huge ordeal.  I ended my job as an engineer with Alstom in Chattanooga on April 1, 2010 (April Fools Day of all days).  I drove directly from Alstom to South Georgia on that Thursday to start my new life with Bradley.  Lillie Ann (Bradley's mother) and I went fabric shopping for our new home on Friday, and I started my new job on Monday.  I should have taken some time off, but I have had fun with my new job.  I am actually teaching Algebra 1 and 2 at The Westfield School in Perry, Georgia.  It is actually an hour and fifteen minutes away from our house, but I feel very fortunate to have a job at all in these tough economic times.  Bradley and I were living apart our first month of marriage, and figured out very quickly that it was no fun at all.  Since my move, we have been able to unpack most of my stuff (I didn't realize how much I had) and set up our house a little bit.  It all takes some time, but it is gradually coming about.  I figured that since I haven't written in a while, I should post some fun pictures of the wedding.  Here it goes.....

HOORAH FOR CHOCOLATE BUTTERBEAN!

Joni is the best! :o)

I came home today and got a package from the awesome Chocolate Butterbean!  I opened it up, and it was my menus and guest book cards.  Joni did such a fabulous job, and she even wrapped them up in Tiffany Blue.....HOW CUTE IS THAT?!? I was so excited, that I had to take a picture!

The Guest book Cards....

I really don't like guest books because I feel that people will never look at them after their wedding.  Since I am a huge scrapbook person, I thought that it would be fun to instead have a "guest book card" where people could write us a little note for us to keep and put in our wedding scrapbook.  I had Joni make us some guest book cards (that of course match the rest of our signage for the wedding) in the standard 4"x6" picture size, so they would fit into an album.  Make sure to stop by the guest book table and write us a line or two.  We will enjoy reading all of the notes on our honeymoon!  :o)

The inside of our programs

Joni created a really cool looking monogram on the inside of our programs.  It has the T and the B (from Tiffany and Bradley of course!) intertwined and it looks really awesome.  Here is a close-up.....

Hoorah for Uncle Dale!!

My mentor at work and his wife, Dale and Sara, called me on Friday morning and asked if it would be okay to take me to lunch.  I accepted, of course, and we went to one of my favorite restaurants in town, Mount Vernon.  We had such a wonderful time and they gave me the coolest cooking/dish set.  Now I need to learn how to make creme brulee!  :o)  YAY!

Another pic of the sign....

Yay for the Bridesmaids' Breakfast!!

Since many of the bridesmaids are from out of town, I am throwing a breakfast for them the morning of the wedding.  Mom and I stopped by to check on the menu, and I managed to take a picture of the outside of the building.  We are having it at the historic Stone Fort Inn, which is located on 10th Street.  In case you haven't noticed, Bradley and I are very in to old, historic buildings.  Take a look at their website, b/c the inside is AWESOME!  Tori, Jessica, Alana and I will all be staying there the night before the wedding and we have two suites reserved for the next morning to get ready in.  I AM SO EXCITED.....yay!

Where Uncle John and Uncle Scott will be doing the readings during the ceremony....

My beautiful church....

Saturday, my parents and I went down to the church to get some decorating ideas.  The church is so pretty on it's own that I feel that too much decorating would take away from the natural beauty of the sanctuary.  The decorations will be very minor, but I thought that you would like to still have a look.....

It is snowing AGAIN!!!!!

So this is the 3rd time this winter that it has snowed.....AHHHH!!!  Although the snow would take pretty pictures, I am pretty sure that all of us girls that are going to be in strapless dresses are going to freeze to death the day of the wedding.  I am going to try and be positive though and still hope for good weather on the 27th.  Saturday, my parents and I made the trip to the country club and finalized everything for the reception.  We are going to have a crowd of 220 folks and should have plenty of room to get around the ballroom.  Here are a few pics of the club with lots of snow on the ground......

Final Fitting Time....

Today was the final fitting of my dress.  I am VERY excited about it and can't wait to wear it.  I am obviously not going to show you a picture, so this is all that you guys get!!!!!  :o)

What a Cute Card!!!!!!!

Gotta love those Kappa Sigs.....

Bradley and I have been getting presents like crazy lately, however, this one wins the award so far for cutest card/gift.  Lee and Craig are Bradley's fraternity brothers (Kappa Sig) and Lauren is Lee's wonderful wife.  I was an Alpha Chi in college (AXO) and the wedding guest list mainly includes former Georgia Tech AXOs and Kappa Sigs.  Well, this was the card that came with the gift.  I was kind of confused by the whole "mixer" reference (because fraternity/sorority parties at Tech were called mixers) until I opened up the gift and inside was a KitchenAid hand MIXER......HAHAHA!!!  It was such a cute idea that I just had to take a picture and show it to you all.  Great job you guys and thank you again!  :o)

FREEZING COLD OUTSIDE!!!

Bradley had to drive up from Albany this weekend so we could do our required couples counseling for my church.  It was 61 degrees when he left Albany, and he had to leave the warm weather to come up to FREEZING Chattanooga!  It was snowing so hard on Friday that we were told to leave early from work and it still took me TWO HOURS to drive 11 miles home!!  No fun!  Anyways, Bradley got here safely and the weather made pretty pictures.  We took a picture of the snow on Saturday, after a lot of it was already gone.  BRRR!!!

How Cool Is Jessica?

LOVE HER! :o)

So, this was a delightful detail about the Bachelorette Party that I forgot to mention.  Jessica, my awesome MOH, was my roommate in college.  We sort of had a tradition during finals week where we would go to Chick-fillet and get a platter of chicken nuggets.  We would then keep them in our room and they would be our yummy snack for while we studied.  This tradition continued through MANY finals weeks and keep in mind that this was years ago (she and I are both 29 now).  Anyhoo, we had not spoken about this tradition in years and when I arrived for my party, there on the table was a huge platter of Chick-fillet nuggets.  She wanted to do it as a surprise to bring back fun memories from college.  I thought that this was SO COOL that I decided to post a picture and tell you guys about it.  YAY FOR JESSICA!  :o)

Bridesmaid's Dresses Have Arrived

I finally got the call from Monica's that all of my Bridesmaid's dresses are in. Â My roomie went and got hers and was nice enough to hold it up for a picture. They are long satin gowns and the back has an ivory bow that matches my dress. Â I have seen them on the girls and they are going to look absolutely beautiful. Â Yay!

Another view of the car......

Another view of the inside.....

I was super excited to find out that the stained glass windows were done by Tiffany and Company......I guess that it was meant to be! Â :o)

My church....

Saints Peter & Paul Catholic Church

Chattanooga,Tn

I am so excited about the wedding and being able to be married in my gorgeous church! Â It is on the National Register for Historic Places and was built in the 1800's. Â The sanctuary is huge, so we won't even come close to filling it up. Â All of our music for the ceremony will be done on the pipe organ and is going to sound AMAZING! Â Here are a couple of pics of the church that I have found online.....

Tiffy & Jess

This is a picture of my cousin, Tracie, taping the caution tape to me. Â It was so cold outside, that we all had to have jackets. Â However, Tracie wanted to put the tape on me anyways. Â She told me that she was doing it out of love! Â LOL!!!

Bachelorette Party Was A Blast!

But FREEZING!!!!!!

So sorry that it has taken me a week to post this, but it is getting to be crunch time. Â We had SUCH a great time at my party, however, it did happen to be 16 DEGREES outside with snow on the ground!!! Â This did limit our clothing choices, but it didn't limit the amount of fun that we all had. Â We started out at Kristin's house and had a lingerie shower. Â We then all went down to Big River Grille and met up with a bunch of people from work. Â Jessica did such a great job organizing and even had fun games for us to play! Â Here are a few pics from the night....

The flower girl dresses are so cute!!

Bradley and I picked out Ava and Elaine's flower girl dresses last weekend. Â They are SO cute and they will have little sashes that match the "Big Girl" Bridesmaid's dresses. Â The buttons on the back of them match my dress, and we all will have a nice long bow in the back. Â I don't want to spoil the surprise too much, but here is a quick pic that we took in the hallway.....

New Years Eve in Albany,Ga!!!

Bradley,Drew and I cooked dinner at our house on the night of New Years Eve, while watching  "The Hangover."  For anyone who hasn't seen this movie, it is one of the funniest movies that I have ever seen!!  We then went out and rang in the New Year at "The Crow Bar."  Lots of fun times!  :o)

Putt Putt in Albany!!

December 28,2009

Here is a picture of Tiffany at the Albany Fun Park......

We are famous in South Georgia!

No, not really...... :o)

Americus,Georgia

While we were in South Georgia, we decided to stop by Mary Baldwin, which is the cute little store that we are registered at in Americus. Â We went in the back and saw that our place setting of dishes was on display for all of the town to see. Â It is fun because you can figure out who all is getting married and what their dishes look like. Â I was so excited that I asked the manager if I could take a picture (yes, I am a dork!!!)! Â Apparently, many people in South Georgia are now aware of our engagement by seeing our dishes. Â YAY!!!

Grant Family Christmas @ My Place!

December 19,2009

Tiffany's House

Last Saturday, I had the wonderful opportunity of hosting my immediate family's Christmas celebration. Â It was the first time that I had been around my brother and sister in a long time, and it was so cute to watch all of my little nieces!! Â Above is a picture of Bradley and I with my adorable little niece, Ava. Â She is so precious and is also our Flower Girl for the wedding. Â This is one of my favorite pictures of the evening! Enjoy!

The picture of the snow......

So, since I wrote about the snow in my last entry, Â I thought that ya'll might actually like to see it.....enjoy! Â :o)

Yay!

I would just like to say that it is SO MUCH FUN to come home and have this sitting on your doorstep.....YAHOO!!!!! Â Thank you Merlita for sending us our awesome cake platter from Williams Sonoma!!!

Our First Home.....

Happy Thanksgiving everyone! :o)

Albany,Ga

I hope that everyone had as good of a Thanksgiving as we did! Â I left my work at 9:30am on Wednesday and got through Atlanta just in time to miss all of the Holiday traffic. Â I met Bradley in Albany after he was finished golfing and he took me to visit our brand new house......YAY!! Â I LOVE it so much and am so happy that we bought it. Â We actually live on a pecan orchard and own about 13 pecan trees. Â I guess that I quickly need to learn how to cook things with pecans in them! Â :o) Â Bradley and his mother are coming to Chattanooga this weekend for our last shower in Tennessee. Â I am so excited and can't wait to post the pics! Â

Off to Atlanta to meet up with Joni......

Love her!!!

So, I went to Atlanta for the day on Saturday to meet up with one of my sorority sisters, Joni Harrison Lay.  She was always VERY creative and artistic and has actually started up a printing/letterpress/design company called "Chocolate Butterbean."  I looked at her portfolio and am having her make some stuff for the wedding.  We met up at Panera Bread Company for some yummy lunch and to talk about design ideas for the programs, menus and signage for the wedding.  She had some wonderful ideas and I can't wait to see the design concepts that she will come up with.  Check out her website at www.chocolatebutterbean.com.  Well worth the visit!  :o)

Engagement Party Was A HUGE Success!!!

Fun times had by all!

Engagement Party Date is set!

Get ready to have some fun!

See the "Engagement Party" tab for more details.....

We finally have a website up!! YAY!!

So, I finally got our website up and running. Â Please stay tuned for more pictures and details as the big day comes closer. Â Â