National Champions and snow day!

Yesterday goes down in history as one of the greatest days in my life thus far (behind, of course, getting into AU's nursing school, our engagement, wedding, passing boards). It was Monday, and it started out by hearing that the office was closed due to snow. All of our other friends also had a snow day, so we wanted to make the most of it. Because the majority of our Asheville friends live within a 3-4 block radius, we decided to do an Around the World Block Party. We kicked it off with lunch at Charlotte Street Pub and Grille at 1:00 PM, then headed to Ellen's apartment for Manmosas. Manmosas are a surprisingly tasty combination of OJ with beer! Before heading over to Andy and Lesley's home, we found a little hill and took turns sledding down it. At Andy and Lesley's we sipped Mimosa's and munched on fresh baked chocolate chip cookies.


Next we headed to Christen's for Irish Coffees. I LOVE coffee, and enjoying it with Kahlua and/or Bailey's is even tastier! Our house was next, where we had a Bloody Mary bar (tomato juice, celery, olives, horseradish, tobasco, Worchestershire sause, and Vodka). By this time, it was 6:30 PM. After that, the majority of the party went snow tubing nearby. I stayed behind to get ready for the biggest football game of the season: The BCS National Championship!

I met back up with everyone at Charlotte St. Pub for the game, which really made it into a complete Around the World party. Harrison and I were too anxious/nauseous to eat dinner (until at least halftime). We sat on the edge of our seats for the entire game. We were so happy to leave the bar at 1 AM, knowing Auburn won the National Championship! We headed back to Lesley and Andy's home and popped open the last remaining bottle of champagne! Harrison and I were like excited little kids, as we lit sparklers and giggled with excitement all the way home!

Happy New Year, 2011

For NYE this year, Harrison and I stayed in Asheville and Joey and Erin came up to visit. We had a great, long weekend. We spent all day on NYE downtown and eventually went over to Andy and Lesley's house to watch the UGA bowl game. After that we went out for dinner and 1/2 price drinks at Tripp's where we met up with a bunch of our friends. Several of them headed over to our apartment afterward to have a pretty laid-back NYE celebration with champagne and good company. Soon after watching the ball-drop, we headed back downtown. We went to the grand opening of Asheville's Arcade Bar. It's so awesome! They've got all of the old school games (Pac Man, Mortal Kombat, racing games, and soon they'll have SkeeBall). They've also got several Wii games. We're all looking forward to a wonderful 2011!