Jelly Ham and Cheese does Dallas

We have a wedding website

2009-08-17T22:35:00.001-05:00

So with all the planning of a wedding...I decided to help keep everyone informed with a wedding website. Please feel free to visit it anytime and hopefully I will be better at putting up new information on it better than I am on my blog!

www.theknot.com/ourwedding/brentk&gillyh

I said "YES"

2009-07-08T14:27:00.003-05:00

On Wednesday june 24th, Brent and I flew to Destin, Florida to have a mini vacation with his parents, brother/sister-in-law/their 2 kids, and her parents. We arrived around 11 am. We immediately got right down to the beach and stayed for a few hours and had a blast.

We then came up stairs to start getting ready for dinner, when after I took my shower and was starting to get dressed, I plopped down on the bed....as I was laying there, Brent got on the floor at the edge of the bed.....and Asked me to MARRY him!!!!! Of course I cried...and of course I said YES!!!!!

He then introduced me to his parents as the newest addition to their family. It was very sweet and very welcoming. We went out to dinner to celebrate...They all had seafood...I had fried green tomatoe's....

The rest of the week/weekend was fabulous! We stayed out at the beach during the days and just relaxed...I got to walk 45 minutes in the sand to see Katie Green, Morgan, and Kelly. Then Thursday night we met up with Judith and Allen for a late dinner and they got to meet Brent for the first time. It is so amazing how I had such good friends in Destin the same time I was there.

I am now planning a wedding! It is alot of decisions...decisions that I am not good at. We havent picked a date or venue or city or state for that matter yet, but hopefully soon we will and I will def let you all know...

have a great week!

What's been going on....

2009-06-22T14:18:00.007-05:00

Yes I know I have been out of the blogging world for a while....but I didnt feel as though I really had anything to say....so I thought I would fill you in on what has been going on in my life..

Police Officer Ryan made a comment about me on his blog...and without him knowing anything.....he is completely correct.

In Dec. Big Chris and Leslie set me up on a blind date...It was Leslie's birthday party and she was having alot of friends come out to celebrate...and she told me all about this guy named Brent (really at first I thought she kept saying Brett, so I called him that for about a week or so... ha ha). He got there at the restaurant...and we talked the whole night...it was perfect....This is a pic from the night we met!

He traveled to Arkansas for Christmas and I stayed in Dallas working thru the holidays, but we kept talking and texting. When he got back after Christmas we went to The Melting Pot for our first official date..had a blast...talked the whole time....the next day was New Years Eve...we went downtown...saw a concert (Cross Canadian Ragweed)..and watched fireworks at Midnight...it was a fairy tale date...and we have been together ever since.

My parents came to visit me (humm humm meet this boy in my life!!!) in June, and we traveled Dallas...became tourists...and chilled out...We even had a blast playing wii bowling at my apartment (I won big time!!!!)..Mom and dad loved hanging out with Brent..and I am pretty sure he enjoyed them as well!!!

Months ago, Brent invited me to be his date to his cousin Lauren's wedding in Arkansas.
I got to meet his WHOLE entire family...and I loved them all. We had the best time and I felt very welcomed! The picture above was taken by his mom at the rehearsal dinner.

Brent and I are traveling in 2 days to Destin, Fl to meet up with his parents/brother/sister-in-law/neice/nephew/his brother's in-laws...for a family vacation. I love the beach...and I love Brent..so how great with this trip be...He hasnt been to the beach since Spring Break '97 so he is really excited about having a relaxing trip....

well that pretty much sum's up my last few months...told ya not really exciting to talk about and blog about every day/week/month...but I wanted to fill ya in...have a great summer...and maybe I will have other things to talk about soon....

OMG!!!!!!!!!!!

2009-04-22T22:42:00.003-05:00

ok so I have said that when I have something important to say I will blog about it...well here it goes....so in Dallas a few weeks ago there have been alot of women who have been attacked and their cars have been stolen. So I took precausions and bought a key chain thing of pepper spray. So tonight I finally opened the package and started putting the sprayer on my keyring. Well I was playing around with the safety to make sure I knew how to actually use it in case of an emergency. Well guess what....IT SPRAYED IN THE SINK!!!! and bc I was standing near the sink I got sprayed. This STUFF works...and it hurts...I started crying (my eyes were watering) the pepper was making me cough so HARD! I went to get my inhaler (bc I a asmatic) and I have been keeping a wet towel over my face so I could breath without breathing in the pepper. I mean you can feel the pepper going thru your skin! it hurts...I called police officer Ryan to see what he could tell me about getting over being sprayed, but he didnt answer. I guess I will just have to go thru this alone...

I kinda forgot!

2009-03-01T14:30:00.003-06:00

well I have gotten a few messages from some (uhhhhuuuuummm POLICE OFFICER RYAN) that I have not blogged since Dec. I know this....I am sorry....I kinda forgot that I had a blog there for a while....With the holidays coming and going, it has been really uneventful for me so I dont really have any stories or pictures to put up! but hopefully soon I will have something worth blogging about again, I am sorry, I will do better I promise....

What am I doing wrong?

2008-12-18T20:12:00.001-06:00

Ok so since I switched to blogspot I am finding it very hard to navigate...Does anyone else have this problem?...when I got to add a picture, I click on the place where I want the picture to go, but it always uploads it and puts it at the very top, so then I have move it each time and it messes up my paragraphs and then it adds alot of space between each one..what am I doing wrong, can some of you pro's help me out...Thanks...

Momma came to visit

2008-12-18T19:42:00.009-06:00

Mom got here in Dallas last Friday while I was still working. I knew she was going to be here for 5 days so I became a travel agent/events coordinator and I planned our whole time together. I literally has a schedule for where we will go and what we will do, I was very planned thanks to google.com.

On Sat morning, I had to work, but when I got off we got dressed and we drove to Ft. Worth. http://www.fortworthstockyards.org/

It is known for its Stockyards and texas long horns. We got there, had lunch, and then we shopped just a bit, but I wasnt really in the need for a giant belt buckle or spurs... so we didnt buy anything. At 4 pm a herd of cattle parade is planned everyday so we waited on the side of the street to see this big event...well here is a pic...

if you blinked I promise you would miss it...but it was neat to see!

Then mom and I walked around to see the other shops and then later on that night at 8 pm we went to the rodeo that they have each weekend. Luckily the weather was about 74 or so all day so we werent cold, but we were nervous about sitting out in the cold for the rodeo, but when we went inside the colosium we noticed it was indoors so we were very excited!!!! Thanks Ft. Worth http://www.stockyardsrodeo.com/

then on Sunday we had to get my phone fixed and we had great Italian food. Then mom went with me to work and she met the family and we had a great night.

Monday I had also planned a whole day's worth of activities. We drove to Grapevine to shop at some outlets called Grapevine Mills (it is the same concept as Discover Mills). We then headed over to the Gaylord Texan Resort (which is the same concept and company as Oprayland Resort). Well they really decorate the building crazy for Christmas conplete with a giant gingerbread house, and 2 reindeer's and of course a real Mrs. Clause. In this hotel there is an ice exhibit right now.
http://www.gaylordhotels.com/gaylord-texan/special-events/grapevine-dallas-events/ice/index.html
It is a 14,000 square foot building that is decorated with over 2 million lbs of pure ice (that is how the radio promoted it). We walked in and they give you a giant blue parka to put o. (oh I also forgot to tell you that from Sunday night to monday the weather dropped from 74 degrees to 28!!!) So as we were walking thru the ice exhibit the room was held at 9 degrees to make sure the ice does not melt. *as an added note, I will say mom loves ice sculptures, on all her cruises I feel as though she comes home with more ice pictures than she does of the beaches and she jokes that she wants ice sculptures for my wedding reception when ever that happens*but anyways the ice sculptures were unbelievable *I will have pics, but they are on mom's camera, I will get them soon*. After the Ice exhibit, we were driving home and a friend of mine sent me a text message saying he was going to the Mav's game...Mom said "what is a mav game?" I told her it was Dallas' basketball team, so she said I love basketball, so we went to see about getting tickets at last minute. We found free parking and then walked right up to the door and bought tickets from a guy. When we got inside we were actually in the highest of highest nose bleeds...The Mav's lost, but it was a good game! (it was mom's first professional basketball game!)

Tuesday we met a friend of mine for lunch because I wanted her and mom to meet, and then we had massages later that day. I have a usual person that I go to each time, his name is Jordan. He is so great, that I wanted to give him to mom for part of her Christmas. He thought that was funny that I told him, I am giving you to my mom for Christmas. Our massages were so fabulous, and then the rest of the night we just chilled out and then we watched Mamma Mia in bed!

Wednesday ended by us sleeping in, and running a few last minute arrands, and than I took mom to the airport. It was sad to have her go, but we had such a great week together! Thanks mom for coming to visit, thanks Dad for letting me borrow mom for a week! Loveya...

many have asked...

2008-12-17T18:57:00.002-06:00

Hello friends, many of you have asked and since I have moved I have a new address... I am hoping you are all asking in order to send me a Christmas card, bc I love those...but just in case add mine in pencil to your address books bc Lord knows where the wind might blow me next...Love you all and miss you tons...

7150 East Grand Ave, Apt 1807
Dallas, Texas, 75223

also add your address as a comment if you would like me to send you a card as well!!! Merry Early Christmas...Gilly

A year in the life of Gilly

2008-12-08T21:36:00.007-06:00

This time last year, I was finishing my last few weeks of my 3 month trip to Italy. I was traveling all over Italy, Switzerland, and Austria. I was having the best time just seeing new places and meeting new people.

In December, I flew home to spend the holidays with my family in GA and I was doing some major job searching. I was living at home with mom and dad and in Feb I found a job that I knew I would love and I would actually be using my degree. But if you remember from my blog, I became allergic to the atmosphere from my job, so I had to quit (sad I know)!

In March, Meredith called me and said where she was being a nanny in Dallas, Texas, they were looking to hire someone new, and she wanted me to fly to meet the family. I visited Dallas, and I decided to take the job, so on Easter Sunday, mom and I drove 13 hours to Dallas, Texas.

Since March, I have been living in Dallas and loving it. I have been able to visit alot to GA for Judith and Lumpy's wedding in June, Lindsay and Jamey's wedding in July, my high school reunion in August, Garett and Cassie's wedding in September, and Gold Rush in October.

I spent Thanksgiving with the housekeepers I work with so I got to experience an El Savadorian Thanksgiving. It was sad to not be with my family, but I enjoyed making new memories, remember last year I did spend Thanksgiving in Italy!

And here I am now, and it is December again. It has been a fast year at times, but also a slow year. I have experienced a new place (learned the roads and highways), made new great friends, and I am loving my life and job. Thank you all for continuing to read my blog.

Merry Christmas to you all, and I wish you a Happy New Year!

It's beginning to look a lot more like Christmas!

2008-12-05T22:02:00.006-06:00

So my mom called me a few weeks ago asking for Meredith's phone number, so I immediately knew something was up...I asked mom some questions and she couldnt lie to me, so I just figured it was a secret Christmas present mission...Well tonight I came home from work, and look what I found!!!

Arent they the best!!! And Chris helped Mere with the tree, so it was a group effort for me to have a bit of home near the holidays!!! Thank you all!!!

Gilly the "plummer"

2008-11-25T12:55:00.002-06:00

Ok so here is the story. A friend of mine from high school just moved to Dallas and on Sunday she wanted to go exploring. We drove about 30 minutes north to see some antique malls/shops she had heard about. We finally get there and go into this shop. I could write a whole blog alone on the lady that was at the counter. She was in her 70's easily, but I think she still thought she was about 22. She had blonde blonde blonde hair, pulled in a side pony tail with a huge pink flower on the side. The was wearing a see thru pink sweater with a very black bra on underneath. To tell you the truth I dont think she has been invited to the new phase of Gold Parties to sell her gold, because she had enough on each finger to bring in a small fortune! ok so back to why I am Gilly the "Plummer".

we all know I dont like bathroom talk, but for this I have to tell you. Remember I am in an antique shop, things are old (antique) there. I needed to go to the restroom. The Pink lady heard me say I needed to go and yet she didnt warn me of anything or give me a heads up. So I go to potty, just like we all do, and go to flush. It wouldnt flush. So I am freaking out because I cant leave without flushing. So as my dad taught me (thanks dad) I lift the top off the toilet, and I see that there is NO water in the tank...I then proceed to investigate and see that the water is turned off. So here I am in a strange place being a jack of all trades, I turn on the water, let the bowl fill up and then I am able to flush....shhhhhhhhooooooooo that was a close one.

The funny part was, Jaime could hear me tinkering around from outside and she was standing near the Pink lady and the Pink lady never even said anything about helping me. Are we all supposed to know how to be plummers in a crisis...I guess so according to The Pink Lady! Oh and also while I was in the potty Pink lady asked Jaime to watch her shop while she took a smoke break!

Maybe something new!

2008-11-17T22:59:00.001-06:00

Well as of right now, my blogsome webpage is VERY slow...So I am trying to figure this new site out. Please be patient with me as I learn this new place. Thanks...