Countdown to Fall

Our home is anxiously awaiting the start of fall! I've had such fun time waiting for September 22, the first day of fall and the shopping bags are there to prove it. After two visits to HomeGoods, I found too many good deals to pass up on and now there are some new dish towels, a table centerpiece and a wreath just waiting to make an appearance. And then there's the Yankee Candle -- probably what I'm most excited about. Many of my favorite memories have some sort of smell associated to them: Black Mountain, where my mom's family is from, smells like flowers; Andrew's parents' house smells like Christmas year-round; I will forever associate my mother with the smell of her Lancome perfume...etc, etc. Do you get the picture? Anyway, I decided that I wanted our house to have a smell during fall and the holidays. I presented Andrew with this idea that we could have a candle that we lit during fall so that we could have a smell associated with our fall memories. And when our kids come home from college for Thanksgiving, they will smell the fall smell and immediately feel like they're at home. Cheesy? Yes. Do I care? Absolutely not.

So off to the Yankee Candle store we went in search of our fall candle. And there we found Fall Festival: "A luscious autumn medley of brown sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, cocoa, maple, walnut, citrus and caramel." It's delicious and I can't wait to light it!

Stay tuned and in about two weeks you'll have a glimpse into the our first fall :)

Six Months?!?

Believe it or not, we've been married for six months today. It's so hard to believe! Six months ago, we had been married for approximately 5 hours and everyone was cheering on the Heels while we watched the Carolina-Duke game -- which we watched in the lobby of the hotel with about 50 screaming Carolina students AND we won...when we get married, we bring good luck!

In honor of our six month anniversary, we decided to make a list of six things we know about each other that we didn't know before we were married. Enjoy!

What Page knows about Andrew...

• He does not believe in expiration dates. If it isn't growing something or it doesn't smell, he eats it.
• He snores when he sleeps on his back.
• He's the most encouraging person I've ever met -- whether it's when I'm doubting my outfit for the day, feeling inadequate and insecure, or questioning the paint color.
• He's really good at folding fitted sheets.
• He HATES tangled cords.
• And I already knew he was sweet, but he's still just as sweet as before.

What Andrew knows about Page...

• Don't wake her up.
• Don't suggest WHEN she should wake up...or how...or why...
• Don't do anything without a plan.
• Make sure she knows she's loved.
• She's as sensitive as I am insensitive, as emotional as I am emotionLESS and as sentimental as I am practical. We believe this is by design.
• I could only come up with 5 things. And I'm sorry.

...oooh, marriage :)

veg (věj): vegetable; to vegetate; to engage in complete inactivity; to rest

That's the plan for this weekend. We've been out of town for the last four weekends and while we've enjoyed every bit of it, we're looking forward to two days with no commitments. I think I might start a new book and stay in my pajamas and maybe organize my closet. It looks like Hurrican Hanna is eyeing NC for a visit this weekend also, which is fine with me because any chance of rain makes the idea of being lazy even more appealing. Andrew and I will kick off the weekend with our ritual date night on Friday and then at bedtime, we'll turn off the alarm clock. Oh, how glorious that sounds :)