Showers CAN be fun!

Life is crazy insane in Winston Salem. How in the world can a wedding for 18 people demand so much preperation?? And lets just say this.... If I were having a regular Jackson wedding, I know for a fact I would be a bridezilla. I hope I have'nt gone that far, but its amazing how picky I am being about silly things.

I had my bridal portraits yesterday...I was totally dreading them, but I had so much fun. My photographer is awesome....makes you feel very relaxed. That being said, my dress got filthy...so just another things to add to the list...hope it can be cleaned by Sat!

The Nuclear Medicine dept put together a shower for us last night.....it was totally awesome.... Why??
1)Because I have been to tons of showers, and this was the first one that was actually for me (haha)
2) We did it Mexican style -- it was at Don Juans...our favorite mexican restaurant
3) Our bestest friends in NC were all there
4) We got some awesome AWESOME gifts.

Thanks so much to Stacie and the others in Nucs for putting everything together...and to Tina (Joeys sister) for doing all the decorations. I have posted some picts....they are pretty hilarious.



Laughing...b/c the J is backwards on the cake!



They fixed it... cute cake huh? Cute monogram huh?



Joey being goofy











This is my favorite picture of the night....





















Joey "What is it? "
Lindsey "Um...Im not sure either"

It was a bread and butter plate

(I thought it was missing the cup...now I know the difference b/t a saucer and a bread and butter plate)





Joey's mom and sister gave us a Kitchen Aid Mixer.... We were so excited

















At the end of the shower, they brought in the last presents...


and obviously, by the looks on our faces, we could'nt believe it.....






Nuclear Medicine gave us 2 28' pieces of luggage that we had registered for.
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Overwhelemed...kitchen aid mixer in one hand and luggage in the other...
It was such a great night and we will remember it always. Thanks to everyone who came...


OFFICIAL COUNTDOWN:
6 days to go.....

Work Work Work.......

It seems like all I do lately is work. I feel as if I live at the Hospital. In fact, I am blogging from the hospital right now...I have had back-to-back patients all night, and am enjoying a few minutes of no patients. Oh yeah, did I mention I am working ALL NIGHT??? Our 3rd shift sonographer called in sick, and I am on call. So I am pulling a 16 hour shift and will leave at 7 in the morning.


WOW.... I feel better now that I just complained for 5 sentences (Does anyone feel sorry for me yet??)


I have accepted a new position to work 3 12 hour shifts. So I will work Monday, Wed, and Thursdays from 10:30am to 11:00pm. I will start the new hours as soon as they hire someone to replace me....who knows when that will be. Joey is starting 3 12's next week... so we will work 2 days together and be off 1 day together. Its going to be an awesome schedule.

On a different note, a lady from our church called and asked if Joey and I would be in a video. They want to film us telling our story...on how we met...Joey's journey to accepting Christ...my growth through watching Joey's transformation, etc. SSoo... it looks like we will start filming the week we get back from our honeymoon. Interesting huh?

The fabulous Five (plus Keke)

My bestest friends suprised me with a "bacherlorette weekend" in Charlotte last weekend. It was so stinkin awesome...and I will remember it always! 3 of the 5 girls have had babies in the last 2-3 months....needless to say, they have officially shown their loyalty to me. 3 moms flew in to help babysit while we painted the town. It was so fun to see my friends in action as moms.....and the babies are sooo cute! Here are some picts from the trip.

Here we are....

I have officially started a blog!! Only time will tell if I will actually update it or not... My hope is that through the blog, our friends and family will be able to keep up with what is going on with us in North Carolina.