Happy 1st Anniversary!

Wow, how about that? Hilary and I have been married for a YEAR. Not that I haven't noticed how fast life is moving these days, but this past year was definitely a quick one for me. I can still remember almost all of the details of the wedding day and the whole year leading up to it.

Hilary and I did our big celebrating this past weekend since the actual anniversary is on a Monday (today). Had a great time. Went on a picnic, took Hilary to Spa Sydell, packed our bags and picked Hilary up from the spa to head down to Buckhead for the evening. We checked in at the Doubletree, hung about, and then went to dinner at Dante's Down the Hatch. Personally, I've never been there before, and I've never had fondue before, but it was everything I'd expected and then some. We had some of the recommended wines with the cheese fondue appetizer and the beef fondue meal, and had a really good cheesecake dessert alongside some strawberry daiquiris. Really awesome...we were there for almost three hours!

Woke up Sunday and grabbed some breakfast in the hotel restaurant, and then left around noon to come back home to Gwinnett for an art sale. Got us a real nice painting for the blank space on our dining room wall (which, incidentally, is no longer blank). I also got Hilary a pearl necklace and a fondue set of our own (to commemorate our anniversary). All in all, it was a great anniversary.

No more newlywedded-ness for Hilary and I...now I guess we're just an old married couple...

After this, Hilary and I are headed BACK TO THE BEACH! Going to St. Simons. Woo! Only 5 days of work separating me from the beach...

Ronald Reagan, former president of the United States of America, died this past weekend from Alzheimer's Disease. He was 93 years old.

You can go all over the Internet and find information out about this guy (just type his name into google), so I won't waste time saying what everyone else is saying. I will just sort of comment quickly how the events of the last week have made me feel. He was an incredible person, with great insight. He was one of us, an American, a patriot at heart and in practice. He wasn't a perfect man, but he certainly came closer than most I've ever known.

When I was born, Ronald Reagan had just been elected a week earlier. His election and subsequent inauguration were the most visible and important events at the beginning of my life. As a child growing up, I didn't know much about the man or his policies, his position or his opposition. I don't think I truly came to understand what he did for this nation until about a year or so ago. Even before then, however, I'd always regarded him as an impressive leader, and even added him to my mental list of people I'd like to meet one day.

Though he is gone now, I'll always feel like I knew him my whole life. And I know I'm not alone either. Millions of other people whose lives Reagan touched now mourn his passing. We've lost a great man.

I think the summer is just about completely planned out for me.

Let's see, I go to work every day, sleep every night, and on weekends, I go to a couple of wedding showers and/or actual weddings. The good news is that I'm actually "working" a couple of these weddings (I'm doing videography). There's not really any bad side to all that, except that I don't feel like I'm going to have time to just sit back, relax and enjoy the scenery.

The 1st wedding anniversary is comming up in a couple weeks...what a fast year that was! No matter...I've got plans for the anniversary, and yes fellas - I know what day it is.

I think June and July are my all-time favorite months of the year. They used to be the solid frontrunners back in the day, when I was in school and the summer meant "no school or work." Cest la vie.