Life These Days!

I know its been awhile since I have updated...but we have been super busy! I am so excited about my latest life adventure...I have opened an online monogramming boutique! This has been a dream of mine for a long time and Richie and I have finally made it my reality. I am so blessed to have such a wonderful and supportive husband and family! I really do appreciate all of you and love you all dearly! I feel blessed everyday and can say that I LOVE what I am doing! I am still nursing in the Emergency room full time too!

The Polka Dot Boutique is my love! I have had such a great time getting this business started and have had an overwhelming response and amount of sales. Its been great! I am getting new merchandise in daily and LOVING it all! You can visit The Polka Dot Boutique online eBay store by going to
http://stores.ebay.com/The-Polka-Dot-Boutique?refid=store.

We have 3 more weeks until we are going home for a month! I'm so excited and I know Richie is so ready for surgery to be over! In January we come back to NYC but only until April! This time in clinicals has truly flown by and we are blessed by that simple fact! We miss the south and home dearly...and of course our family and friends! We also miss our friends that we have made during our medical school adventure that aren't here in NYC. This has been a long road but that light at the end of this tunnel is starting to shine through. Have a blessed Sunday y'all!

Love,
Candace & Richie

I'm a SLACKER!

I know, I'm such a blogger slacker. We have had so much going on in our lives lately! One highlight is that Richie had 3 weeks off. It was GREAT! We went to Washington D.C. for several days and we had a great time. We luckily met up with Jake, Carly, and Jenn one night for dinner at Old Ebbits Grill. We are so blessed to have such wonderful friends!


I can't believe it has been 6 months since I had been home. Seriously, I'm very thankful to be working because if I wasn't I'm sure I would be el nutso again, as I was when I was bored stiff in St. Maarten! For my birthday my mom and Brantley came into NYC to stay with us for a week. We had lots and lots planned, starting with a road trip to Niagara Falls Canada. I can only say that this was amazing and I had the most amazing people to share this experience with!!! I feel like such a lucky girl! I thank God everyday for putting the people in my life that are here now. Its such a blessing!





One of my best times at Niagara Falls was the tour of the wineries in the area. Collectively we bought 27 bottles of wine and drank probably the equivalent. It was great! Later that night we went to eat at The Keg where we had a fabulous view of the horseshoe falls of Niagara Falls. It was so nice and is definitely a trip I will never forget.








After our Niagara Falls trip, we headed back for a few days in NYC. Morgan came up and spent a night with us and we went to the Yankees game the next day in the Bronx. It was great! Brantley bought us all the best seats and it was fabulous! We caught 2 game balls...mom caught one and Richie caught the other! What a great day! And...the yankees won!

Spring is in the air!!!

We celebrated Brandon's birthday at Smokin' Als in Long Island. Its truly the best bar-b-que I think we've ever had!!! It was great to spend some time with our friends in NYC!

We celebrated our 3rd wedding anniversary a few days late since we both had to work! We went to see Wicked and had dinner in the city! I love Richie so much!



We hope you are all doing well! We miss you!
Love, Candace and Richie

HaPpY EaStEr!

Richie and I are both excited to have the holiday off this year! Richie is now done with his 2nd week of OB/GYN and he's totally excited about that! After his first day he came home and assured me that I would only want to have one child because "I heard a lady screaming really loud...and I know you sweetie." Ha ha!
Yesterday Richie took his first shelf exam and we're both glad that is OVER! We celebrated last night and went into Manhattan to have dinner friends! I think I can now say that getting together with our friends from SXM makes me miss the island just for that reason! Other than that, God bless the USA! We had dinner at Bar Americain, Bobby Flay's restaurant in Midtown Manhattan. Richie and I celebrated our 2nd wedding anniversary there last year. It was just as good last night!!!





Hope you all have a wonderful EASTER!
Love, Candace and Richie

One rotation down...

Richie is finished with his first rotation, Internal Medicine! We had a weekend full of friends and going out. It was fun! Its always nice when we both have time off together, especially on the weekends. Richie is very busy working in the hospital and trying to soak it all in! He learned a lot during his internal medicine, but the best lesson was how not to treat people. Gotta love NY...

As for me, I can't wait to get back home...I'm totally homesick. NYC is definitely better than the island for me but its nothing like the south. We went Saturday night to supposedly a "southern" restaurant and the food was okay but the service was terrible. We were told that the sweet tea was "disgusting" and that pecan pie was "gross" by the owners daughter, our waitress. The waitress was rude and we were asked to leave before we finished our drinks...RUDE...RUDE...RUDE! Can't wait to get home! They have no idea what southern hospitality is here.

The pictures were taken at Smokin Al's in Long Island Friday night. Richie and I go to Long Island as much as possible to get out of NYC. Theres actually grass and trees there...go figure!

Much Love,
Candace and Richie

Our Belated Valentines Day!

Richie and I weren't able to celebrate Valentines Day on the actual day because I had to work. Luckily for us, we both had off the past weekend so Richie planned a fabulous dinner in Manhattan. We spent our night out at Ben Benson's Steakhouse. It was seriously the best dinner but my company was even better! I love every minute that I am able to spend with Richie and consider myself a very lucky girl! He's the best!We hope that you are all doing well! We are staying busy and counting down the days until we are able to move back home closer to all of our friends and family! We miss you all and love you very much!

Love,
Candace and Richie