The Wonderful World of Harry Potter

So last week I was introduced to the wonderful world of Harry Potter. I started watching the first movie last week and went to see the 6th movie last night. I didn't know what I had been missing. Amy turns 30 tomorrow and she wanted me to have watched all the movies by her birthday. Well I have fullfilled her wish. She told me in the past that I would love the movies but I just never watched them. I didn't know what all the craze had been for the last years....but now I know. I have decided to read all of the books now and then rewatch the movies when I know a lot more of what's going on. Amy has been a big help in Harry Potter knowledge and details. So happy birthday Amy (even though it is tomorrow.

Happy 4th of July!

We had a great 4th! Saturday morning we got up early and headed to Pratville. Lee's parents best friends daughter lives there and her daughter turned 10 yesterday. They made all this great food complete with a red velvet cream cheese birthday cake. So yummy! After that we went to Tallasse to Aunt Donna's where we swam, played horshoes (i'm horrible...but it was my first time. The first time I threw it straight up in the air), and ate yet another delicious meal. At 9:00 we all headed to watch the fireworks that someone puts on themselves at their house. It was so pretty! We didn't stay for the whole thing thought. At 10:30 Lee and I were about to fall asleep, so we headed home and slept late this morning. I hope everyone had a great 4th too!

One year anniversary

Wow it has been exactly one year since my first blog post! Tomorrow is my last day of work for the week. Yeah for long weekends. We are going to several cookouts for the 4th. And both of them happen to have swimming pools. Good fun and good weather equals great weekend!

Visiting with the grandparents

Today my mom and I went to visit my sister in Hoover. We picked her up and then went to visit with my Papa Roach and Grandmother. I miss them very much and it's always good to see them. We also played with their sweet dogs for a while. Grandmother went out to lunch with us at The California Pizza Kitchen by The Galleria. I wish I had money to go shop. I had never been before and it was pretty good. After lunch we took Heather home and mom and I headed back to Opelika. It poured almost the whole way home and I saw so much lightning. Thankfully I'm back home now safe in my little house. Lee told me our power went out for a few minutes and the internet went down. The Wileys are about to arrive and we are going to watch He's Just Not That Into You. I've heard it was pretty cute. On another note it's back to work tomorrow after a week. Boo! Oh well, it was fun while it lasted.

Back from the beach

Lee and I got back from the beach this afternoon. We had such a relaxing time with his parents. We had great food and perfect weather. Most of my days were spent by the pool. I could spend all day in the pool. I finished my book and got a great tan. We had really good food at AJs and Gilligans. We played a round of miniature golf and bought a key lime pie at the Donut Hole. I hated leaving. We had a really great time.
At Lost Laguna

View from our condo The Island Princess

Netflix

Lee and I are really liking Netflix right now. We have a free trial for a month and so far we have watched 3 movies with 1 on the way and 1 just arriving this week. It doesn't take long at all for the movies to be delivered in the mail, and there are so many movies/tv shows you can choose from. So far we have watched Seven Pounds, Taken, and My Best Friends Girl (I didn't watch that one; that was Lee's idea). Benjamin Button just came in this week and after Lee found out how long it was it he has already lost interest. He's Just Not That Into You is on "backorder" right now. I guess that's a pretty popular one. We might just order a season of Friends next. I love that show. We already own several of the seasons. Our free trial should be ending any time now and I wouldn't mind paying $10/month to watch movies, especially on rainy days like this.

A day at the Aquarium and cheesecake

This weekend, Lee and I decided we needed to "get away" after a long week. We just wanted to go somewhere for the day so we decided on the Georgia aquarium. We had been before but wanted to go back. I could just sit and watch the fish swim all day. Saturday morning we headed to Atlanta and got to the aquarium around 11:30. We walked through the exhibits and awed at all the different sea life: beluga whales, sting rays, hammerheads, whale sharks, sea otters. The sea otters were so cute. They were asleep for a while but finally woke up and swam with their toys. What an exciting life...sleep and swimming. We ate lunch and Lee realized that he left his debit card at the ATM when we got money out for parking. But luckily there were no suspicious charges on our account and we canceled his card. Anyway...our tickets also included a Titanic exhibit so after lunch we headed to that. The exhibit showed all the facts about the aquarium and different things that they collected from the ship. It was really neat. There was a "Survived and Lost" board. We had boarding passes that they gave us before entering so it let you know if you lived or died. Both Lee and I survived. I was a 24-year-old Italian woman who lived but her husband was lost. Lee was a 40 something year old perfume salesman who lived. They recovered the actual perfume sample bottles on the ship. After a fun day at the aquarium, we knew no day in Atlanta would be complete without The Cheesecake Factory. We knew if we each got a meal then we would be too full to eat cheesecake. Instead we split the fried macaroni and cheese balls and a slice of the 30th anniversary chocolate cheesecake. It was sooooo yummy! After that we headed home and just relaxed. It was a fun weekend and I'm glad we did it. On another note, Friday we went with the Wiley's to see Up!. It was such a cute movie, and after seeing it I wonder what Mason would say if he had a "talking" collar. You'll just have to see it to know what I'm talking about.