Just Me Music

Hey! Ryan is out of town for work so I get to post!! :) I use more smiley faces than he does! ;) I just received news that our website is up! If you want to check it out, it is http://www.justmemusic.us/upstatesc. We are so excited! We have already been making sales (thank goodness- you wouldn't believe how much the mall rent is!).
Since I get a chance to post, I want to share something that I've learned from the 3 months I've been married...MEN will freeze you! Whether we are in the car or at home, Ryan is always hot! And, therefore, cranks the AC, which means... I am always cold! I thought this was just something between Ryan and me, but my mom reassures me that most men are hot natured!! :) Well, at least it will save us money on the power bill this winter!

Sherry

New Ventures!!!!

We are back from Nashville and very excited about our new business venture! Ok, are you ready... heres what we are doing... ready, you sure? OK, here goes...

Veggie Tales, Barney, Wiggles - sound familiar?

We are now selling personalized CDs and Books for kids. These products are pretty amazing! Imagine the face of a 5 year old when she hears Bob and Larry from Veggie Tales talking directly to her. Calling her by name and asking her to sing along... I have never seen anything like it. In Nashville, a mother heard her daughter's name and almost started crying. We believe in these products, and that by itself makes this business venture worth while!

So, heres how it works... Beginning in June, Sherry will be running a cart at the Haywood Mall. We are able to custom make all CDs and books right there at the cart! The CDs teach kids morals, values, and character qualities through their songs. The books do the same while taking the child through their own "mission possible". I am telling you, I have never seen any products like these!

So, we are hiring. If you know anyone who would like to work in a sales environment, doing something that actually matters - send them our way! Ssmith@justmemusic.com We will have a website up soon where people can order products online, but thats not available yet.

Alright, thats all for now. We will keep you updated as we get closer to opening day! If you want a CD or book now, let us know. We are ready to sell!!!

Ryan and Sherry

Travelin...

Hey y'all - We are in Nashville at a training session for our new business. I say "our" because are are both owners of it, but she will be running everything! More to come on this later...

On another note, there seems to be two things that Tennesseeans love - UT Football and Crackle Barrel! There was one at almost every exit on the way up here. Naturally we had to stop at one... but who can resist good ole country cookin'!

Hope your curiosity is arroused... check back later!

Ryan and Sherry

Home Improvement...

Its time for HOME IMPROVEMENT! This font color is in honor of our newly painted room, and has nothing to do with the fact that I LOVE ORANGE!

Since Sherry has her own business, she needed an office at the house. So we decided to take one of the bedrooms and do a little retro, post modern action to it. (I sound like I know what I am talking about huh...) We had a brown couch and very cool picture that needed to be relocated from the den, so they found a home in the new office. When Sherry said that she wanted to do brown and orange, I couldnt believe it! Orange isnt exactly one of her favorite colors, if ya know what I mean. But orange it was... and we began painting!


All of the orange reminded me of my college days, but Sherry quickly reminded me that this room was NOT a tribute to Clemson! As we finished the room, i couldnt believe how good it looked. Sherry and I should host one of those remodel TV shows! LOL, well she could anyway...



Finished product... Pretty cool, huh!

Ryan and Sherry

MOOOOOOO...

We love our house. It has a private back yard full of trees, and backs up to a pasture.

Well ole Bessie came to visit this afternoon.

Yes, we have a cow living in our back yard! She lives on the other side of the fence, but she might as well be in our back yard... The funny thing is, we have a cow living in the house too! Our dog, Myrlot, loves eating grass in the back yard. Sounds like a cow to me, dont ya think? Her and Bessie get along well from a distance, but as soon as Bessie gets close, Merlot is no where to be found. Some guard dog, huh...

Honeymoon!!!

I am trying to get everyone up to date here...

Our honeymoon was unbelievable! We went to St. Lucia which is near Aruba. I highly recommend Sandals for all inclusive vacations. I have never been catered to like we were that week. As with most countries, everything outside the resort was poverty but once we got into the resort it was phenomenal! The thought did run through my mind that I was enjoying the life of luxury and there were people all around me stuggling to live day to day. But since it was our honeymoon, I let that thought go and just enjoyed!

So we had a conceigre room on the beach. That means that someone was available all day every day to help us with anything we wanted! We spent a lot of time just relaxing... but neither one of us can just sit by the pool all day long. We played volleyball, pool races, darts, and shuffle board, went snorkling and did a zip line tour through the jungle!

Aside from all the fun - the food was awesome! Remember all inclusive! That means all the food you want, any time you want! I am all about that!!!

Well, enjoy the pictures. We just left 2 months ago and are already planning a trip back; though

that whole money thing could delay that for a while.

Ryan

The Wedding

Our wedding was amazing... but boy are we glad it is over! We were engaged for 6 months and we spent most of that just wishing that we could get on with "normal" married life. We spent our time dreaming of how married life was going to be and longing to hang out all day at the house, and not have to leave each other at night! For all of you who are engaged now, hang in there... its worth it!

Sherry and Ryan