haha, well just kidding. It looks like my car needs a new alternator and new tires. We checked two different locations and the alternators are anywhere between $148 and $208, and tires are about $400-ish? *sigh* as soon as you get one thing something else breaks and of course it had to (almost) go right after the warranty expired on my car. o well 🙂

ANYWAY, I haven’t been doing a lot of fashion shoots since it’s soooo hot out, but I am still doing them here and there. I had a shoot today (and of course it was really hot/humid out today) , but check back later for photos from the shoot!

We were shooting near a lake, and there were three ducks on the back of three paddle boats all in a row which was so just so cute!

Happy Father’s day to all you dads out there!  Gary and I celebrated at his parents house with burgers on the grill and hanging out at their house for a bit.

Saturday I saw The Last Mimsy with my mom at Raleighwood cinema which was fun, and the movie was cute.  I might be seeing Fantastic Four Rise of the Silver Surfer with a friend of mine this week and we have friends coming over for dinners, the usual stuff that goes on during the week and all.  But keep checking back for more updates and photos!  I might be attending a fashion show later this week.

So Gary and I took my dad to see a Carolina Mudcats Game last night to celebrate father’s day since we figured it would be crowded this weekend. A really great game with two extra innings, and the Mudcats won 4-3 against the Chattanooga Lookouts.

Here are some pictures taken with my point and shoot

we had great seats

Gary and I during the game

we got a picture with Muddy after the game!

I tried for the first and last time Tropical Skittles and I don’t like them. Not only are they overly sweet, but they taste funny too. I like regular Skittles, but not these. And I don’t usually like anything sour, so I highly doubt I will try the Sour Skittles or any other version they come out with or have come out with.

Can I get my 40 cents back now?

Okay, so that’s all my ranting for now.

yaaaay, it’s friday! 😀

This weekend I had a shoot for a new magazine editor’s profile picture . . . some of you may know who she is already 🙂 my mom!

Last night was the usual date night for Gary and I, and we went to see Pirates of the Caribbean at Worlds End (the 3rd one) and I don’t care what critics say. I liked it . . . all three hours of it, and I’m gonna get the trilogy on DVD when it comes out.

P.S. Johnny Depp rocks

Watch the Video Trailer:

Gary and I went out with our friends Clay and Miranda to a Carolina Mudcats baseball game tonight which was super fun and we love hanging out with them.

We started out upstairs (for dinner and ac)

And then we moved downstairs when it got cooler out (and for some ice cream 🙂 )

we were sitting behind a guy with the radar gun that determines the speed of the pitch

Gary got his ice cream in a muddy mudcat baseball cap cup

and I got a pink mudcats t-shirt 😀

P.S.  The Mudcats won against the Tennessee Smokeys and the score was 10-3 😀

1000 miles in 4 days ‘from the mountains to the ocean’ . . .

Thursday morning drove to Hendersonville NC for a Friday wedding. Drove home Friday afternoon, and for our one year anniversary, Gary surprised me with a trip to the beach for the weekend which we left for on Saturday morning which was so much fun, even though it rained off and on Sunday.

I didn’t take many pictures since I’ve been to most of the places before but it was fun relaxing and spending time together. It honestly doesn’t feel like we have been married a year . . . we still have to defrost the top of our wedding cake . . . year old wedding cake mmmm, I wonder how that will taste.

Saturday we went into Beaufort for a little shopping and stopped into a quaint wine shop for a bit of wine and cheese. Then for dinner we went to the Channel Marker (a restaurant we go to every time we go to the Atlantic beach). I love their scallops and their clam chowder 🙂

Sunday rained a lot off and on

so we went to the NC Aquarium at Pine Knoll Shores

there was a shark about 3 times his size but he wouldn’t hold still

Gary and I have talked about learning to scuba dive someday . . . it would be so fun to check out some real wrecks and do a little under water photography

this guy was pretty, a lion fish . . . I didn’t feel like hanging around for a picture of him facing me, but he has great patterns

afterwards we went to Fort Macon since it was sunny out, and there was going to be a musket firing demonstration at 2:00, but at exactly 2:00 it started raining again for a bit but then it stopped again. and we didn’t feel like staying to see if the rain would start up again, so we left before it did. I did like this sign though

and then we went to the Beaufort Historic Maritime Museum and of course it was pouring then . . . I absolutely LOVE the blackbeard bear that is at the museum . . . i wish they sold a replica of it, i would buy one in an instant!

Monday (today) we took a 15 minute, very wet boat trip to Shackleford Island to see the wild horses which I have always wanted to do, but unfortunately we could only stay for an hour and it took 30 minutes to walk 3 miles down the island before we saw any horses (about 9 miles total). I was about 20 feet from them, and I’m sure I could have gotten closer if I wanted to . . . though they do warn you that the horses do bite and kick -heh

and then we went to Finz where we sat outside for lunch

I had fun at Beth and Corey’s wedding last weekend, and everything worked out well aside from the cold I got. The outdoor ceremony at the RLT Rose Garden was very beautiful, though quite warm out and the reception was at the Matthews House in Cary.

Here are a few highlights though there were a lot of great details 🙂

So I think I got something from someone at last weekends wedding.  I’ve been coughing and all since Tuesday, but hopefully I am on the mend.  I had to take two days off work and have been sleeping most of the time -blah

Gary and I Were Going to see Pirates of the Caribbean: At Worlds End (3rd one) on Friday but instead it will have to wait 😦