It's Almost April!

I cannot believe that it is almost April.  Time just keeps flying by for The Rindone's here in Tampa!  Ryan is getting back today from having been in Raleigh for the past three days on business.  To say I am a little jealous is an understatement.  He has enjoyed staying with and seeing a lot of our friends and frequented some of our favorite spots (Porters for shrimp and grits, Cafe Caturra, 42nd St Oyster Bar, and Flying Saucer) just to name a few.  We are both so excited to go back to NC this summer for some great weddings of our family and friends! I am gearing up for Relay Season with my first two relay's in 2 weeks! Oh goodness!! Luckily, I have a wonderful husband to be by my side! I am so excited that my parents are coming to visit in one short week! YAY!  I have missed them so much and it will be awesome to be able to spend time with them and also for them to visit with Ryan's Florida Family, which has become an extension of The Varsamis Family over the last year or so....! The house is coming along.... I think it'll be after Relay before it's 99% complete, but it's a work in progress! Morgan Dog is doing well.  He is excited to see Grandma and Grandpa, and he will enjoy his walks with them by the water.  He has been nursing his Mommy back to health this week while Dad has been gone.  I have had terrible allergies, and I can attribute that to my first spring here in our beautiful city of Tampa. Hopefully my body will become immune before next year!  Well, those are all the updates for now, but I promise to post more soon! :)

Crazy Beautiful Life

I am still trying to get better about updating everyone, but we have just been so busy. We are settling into our new house nicely and slowly but surely getting everything set up.  I am looking forward to having a party in June after all of my Relays are done and I have some time to get things finished! We have enjoyed being out boating and at the beach enjoying all of this nice weather. We enjoyed having Morgan and Andrew come visit us in Tampa.  We miss all of our close friends back in NC, so we always welcome house guests!  I have also enjoyed being closer to my Tampa girlfriends, and being able to see them more regularly. Most recently, we have been enjoying the NCAA tournament! GO PACK!! We are so excited to watch our boys in the Sweet Sixteen!!  Morgan Dog is loving his new domain, and he enjoys chasing little critters outside and parking on the deck to "guard" mom and dad from the squirrels. Our little family of 2.5 is doing really well, and we are so excited to see both sides of our family soon and also for some fun weddings this summer that will bring us home to NC a couple of times! More updates soon! :)

Welcome to South Tampa

We moved into our very first house together on Monday! This is so exciting for us, but it is taking some time to get everything sorted and put in the right place..... It's a work in progress! We love our neighborhood.  We see the kids walking to and from the elementary school down the street every morning and afternoon, our mail man knows us by name, and Morgan Dog has even met a friend next door.... We are living the suburban life a couple of blocks away from the Tampa Bay.  We are loving it!  This was also our first married Valentine's Day, and it was a special one in our new home.  Ryan got me 26 roses for "all of the years I have been wonderful", and took me to one of our favorite places Berns!  It was a great time. I am excited to have the long weekend to do some house unpacking and decorating, so stay tuned for more updates!

Catching up with the Rindones

Oh wow! January has flown by..... Between working hard, packing up to move, and socializing Ryan and I have barely stopped!! I will get better about updates once we move!  Which brings me to my next piece of exciting news: WE ARE MOVING TO SOUTH TAMPA! As of February we will be living in our first house in Palma Ceia (South Tampa) within walking distance to the Tampa Bay.  We feel so fortunate and we are so excited to get down to South Tampa and be close to all of our friends here and all of the fun places we frequent. I will update you all on more details soon with regard to the house! We are also prepping for our first Gasparilla here in Tampa.  I am so excited to go to some great parties in some beautiful homes on the Bay and watch the pirates invade Tampa! I will take pictures and share the fun with you all!  Tonight we are getting ready for the BIG game, GO PACK!! Nothing more to report, except almost 8 months of marriage and loving everyday together!! Catch you all up again soon! :)

Merry Christmas and Happy 2012!

Hi y'all! Hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas and a very Happy New Year! The Rindones certainly did! For Christmas I got Ryan tons of stuff for his wardrobe and he surprised me with an iPad (which I'm using to write this blog) and the accessories for it! My husband is the best, and I'm so thankful he knows me so well. I was surprised to say the least, and I've been loving getting to know my iPad and learning how to use it! I hope to master my iPad and iPhone soon. I also got Tory Burch flats and a Michael Kors watch and several other things, so Santa was good this year! But the best present of all was getting to come home to North Carolina! We started off in Shelby with Ryan's family, and it was nice to be there with them and also get to see my best friend Heather and her husband Jimmy! We then made our way to Greensboro on Christmas Eve. I got to see all of my Greek aunts and enjoyed getting to visit with them! Then, we headed to Kenansville, where I got to meet the newest addition to our family, Andrew Bond Wilson and visit with my family. Finally our last stop was Wilmington to see all of the Bellamys! It was an awesome holiday for us and Ryan and I loved being with everyone. It was just too short! Once we arrived back in Tampa, Ryan and I regrouped with a fun date night at PF Changs and saw New Years Eve. It was a cute movie and it really got me in the spirit of things! Ryan and I felt so blessed to be able to spend New Years with our Tampa friends this year, and we had a great time ringing in 2012! This year is going to be a great one for us, and we start out by moving into our first house in just 1 week! We are both so excited! Look for more updates soon!

Santa Clause is coming to town!

December has gone by so quickly. There are so many fun things going on, and I can't believe it is Christmas week!  To catch everyone up.... Ryan and I have had a great month.  We went to Berns Steakhouse (a famous restaurant to those in and out of Tampa) to celebrate our Six Month Wedding Anniversary! Everyone has raved about the restaurant and they were totally right.  We had such a yummy meal and it was just a fabulous night.  They have a dessert room upstairs so after our great dinner we took a tour of the wine cellar and then headed up to the dessert room.  The dessert room is a 50's theme with each booth being in what is kind of like an old telephone booth.  Of course dessert was delicious.  We were there for almost 4 hours! We both had our work holiday parties that weekend as well, and both were so fun.  We are very furtunate to both have great co-workers that we enjoy being with. We ended the weekend by decorating our first married Christmas Tree, and it turned out beautiful. It was fun to do together! This past weekend we celebrated a good friend's birthday and caught up with some friends.  We also went to Oviedo to see Ryan's family before the holidays.  We always enjoy seeing the kids.  They are growing up sooo fast.  I guess the biggest news we have is that we FOUND A HOUSE! We are so excited to announce that we found a house in a beautiful South Tampa neighborhood in walking distance to the Tampa Bay.  We will be moving in late January, just in time for Gasparilla!! We are so fortunate and have so much to be thankful for this Christmas.  We are looking forward to being in North Carolina on Thursday!  Hope you all have safe travels and Merry Christmas to everyone! Hope you enjoy your time with your family and friends.  Look for updates after Christmas! Ho Ho Ho!

Oh December

You can tell we are staying busy, because I can't seem to even update our blog each week. I am working on being better.  We really enjoyed being home for Thanksgiving and getting to see that awesome WOLFPACK football game!! It felt good to be back in Raleigh even for the day.  Ever since getting back from North Carolina, life has been crazy for us.  Ryan has been in D.C., back for two days, then gone to Texas for a week.  Thank goodness no more traveling for a while for work.  I have missed my husband, and so has Morgan Dog. I have been satying busy with work, but still really loving it. Going to work everyday gives me pride and I feel so blessed to have such a great job, assistant, and co-workers.  Everyone has been so welcoming, and I am definitely gaining a backbone with dealing with many relays. Last weekend I helped host Cocktails For A Clause, an event put on by some of us Junior League ladies to get toys for kids who are in need of a Merry Christmas.  It was a great success, and a fun time being with friends! Ryan and I recently celebrated our Six Month Wedding Anniversary! We have been so busy that we haven't been able to celebrate yet, so tomorrow night we are going out to a romatic dinner. YAY!  I am excited for my work Christmas party tomorrow afternoon. Ryan's work party is Saturday night, and that should be a fun time too.  Between celebrating, parties, and decorating for Christmas, it is going to be a fabulous weekend! Stay tuned! :)