Farewell to my 20s!

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Well.. the countdown has begun and I am a little over 24 hours away from my 30th Birthday!  I have truly been blessed during the past decade.  I mean truly truly blessed… here is the rundown….

Age 20

Declared my major as Political Science.

Age 21

Was the maid of honor at my sister’s wedding.

Became a member of the greatest sorority in the land… Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.  OOOOOOOO-OOOP!

Age 22

Graduated from Wake Forest University.

Moved to Ithaca, NY where one day while taking out the trash, I met the man I would marry 5 years later.

Started grad school at Cornell University.

Age 23

Survived grad school.

Completed a 10 week internship with a company that would later offer me a job.

Was hired for my first REAL job one week before the 1st semester was over ( I could now breathe for the 2nd semester).

Age 24

Graduated from Cornell University with a Master’s in Health Administration.

Moved to Florida to start my career in healthcare administration.

Survived 4 hurricanes (including Hurricane Charley which was a direct hit on my small town, Punta Gorda).

Became an aunt to the cutest nephew ever!!

Age 25

Received a promotion and was relocated to Dallas, my pseudo hometown (I was born in Ohio, but raised in TX).

Signed a contract to build my first house.

Watched William get down on one knee in the rain to ask me to marry him 🙂 (Awww!)

Began blogging on The Cody Report.

Age 26

Served as Interim CEO for 6 months.

Age 27

Married my favorite scientist!

Took an amazing honeymoon to Turks and Caicos, our new favorite destination.

Surprised my mother with a kitchen makeover on national television.

Celebrated by 10 year high school reunion.

Age 28

Traveled to Europe for the first time and visited 6 countries with my husband and his parents.

Celebrated my 1st wedding anniversary (someone in the middle of Mediterranean Sea).

Celebrated my mom’s 60th Birthday!

Age 29

Started a new job.

Celebrated my 2nd wedding anniversary.

Watched my husband successfully defend his thesis and earn his Ph.D.

Began living under the same roof with my husband.

30s

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I cannot wait to see what my 30s will hold.  I am sure I will experience even more Joy than I did in my 20s.  I am thankful to my husband, family and friends for making this such a memorable decade.

Vegas!

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We are taking a trip to Las Vegas this weekend to celebrate Kyllan’s Birthday. It be the first trip to Sin City for both of us. We are still trying to pick a restaurant for Kyllan’s Birthday dinner. Any suggestions?

Also, the weekend before last we attended a recognition ceremony for the graduating African- American students at Kyllan’s old high school, Hockaday. Before then I had only seen it from the outside. Wow. It was nicer the majority of college campus I have been on. The picture below is of all the past and current students that attended. Why is there a room that looks like this in her old high school? Seriously!… A few more pictures can be found on my flickr.

The Hockaday School

Yard Sale

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Kyllan and I participated in our first yard sale this weekend. We did pretty well too. The home owner’s association has, as usual, over stepped their bounds and decided that home owners can only hold a garage sale on the two days a year that they designate. One positive is that everyone knows that it is yard sell day and you get a lot of traffic. We were selling things before we could get half of it out of the house. Who knew people would want so much junk? Someone even bought my original xbox and games. We managed to clear out a lot of items and made a decent amount while we were at it. The only question is what to do with the stuff we didn’t sell. I am not putting it all back up in the attic!

The weekend before last Kyllan and I had a date night to see Date Night. We both really enjoyed it and recommend it to anyone looking to go out on a date night of their own. We also went to a work related function for Kyllan.  The event included a silent auction, in which I successfully bid on a color laser printer.

Still Here

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All is still well in the Cody house. Kyllan and I have pretty busy lately so we haven’t had anything interesting to post about, but with 5 trips  planned over the next 4 months that is likely to change. First up on list: Easter, and my Birthday, in Cleveland with both sets of parents.

Fight Night

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Our good friends Maya and Jamaal flew down to visit this past weekend. We spent Friday catching up with one another. Saturday morning we gave them a quick tour of Dallas and, of course, took them on the obligatory trip to Pinkberry. Kyllan and Maya spent the afternoon at the spa.  Saturday night Jamaal and I attended the Pacquiao v. Clottey fight at Cowboys Stadium. We arrived early enough to watch several under cards andhad a great time. I hate to admit it, but even with good seats we spent the majority of the evening watching the enormous screen. I took plently of pictures and will try to have them up by the end of this weekend.

Cowboys Stadium

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Kyllan’s company hosted an event at Cowboys Stadium this past weekend. While we were there we managed to get a tour of the facility, unlike last time. The stadium is absolutely amazing. The inside felt like an exclusive private club, while the open stadium itself seemed to never end. I will be back at the stadium at the end of this week for the Pacquiao v. Clotty boxing match. I am a huge fight fan and have been looking forward to the even since it was announced. As always, photos can be found on my Flickr page.

Kyllan on the Star

Winter Olympics

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Kyllan has been much more interested in the Winter Olympics than I anticipated. She has had the TV on every night since the games started. We just finished watching ladies’ figure skating.  The announcers clearly felt that this year was the most amazing competition in the history sport. So far I think our favorite event has to be snowboard cross. With hockey now on our radar I plan on catching the remaining team USA games. I missed the first one simply because I didn’t realize that it was on MSNBC. Instead, I played on the internet while Kyllan watched ice dancing, which I am still not convinced is a sport. Sadly we’ve missed all of the curling.

We still plan to go to the 2012 summer games in London. See you there!