For my first post of the new year, I'm going to tell you a little (long) story called "Love at Second Sight" about the night I met Rob, 10 years ago today! Ten years. Wow. Hard to believe! That's a whole decade, people!

I was 22 years old (that's 22 year old me to the left!) and loving' life. My roommate and I went out every Saturday night dancing. Just us girls. No boys allowed! We often went with my sister and sometimes she would bring a friend too. One of our favorite places on Saturdays was a country dance bar called…oh this is embarrassing… Mama's Country Showcase. No joke. It was a fun place to be with a younger, less pushy crowd than some of the other clubs we liked to go to. It was also one of the only clubs in the Atlanta area that allowed 18 years old in… important if you want to bring along your 18 year old sister.

On this night, 10 years ago, Atlanta had an ice storm. Most Atlantans stay home on nights like these. Not us! We were determined to go out and even though I know it sounds cheesy… I knew I needed to go that night. I even told the girls this and they thought I was crazy!

So, we're sitting at a table and a guy walks up to my sister and says "Hey… that's our table!". He is with a friend and the two of them start chatting us up. Guy #1 (who's mom, by the way, works at the post office I frequent now) doesn't believe Laura (my sis) is my sister and asks to see our ID. I am 100% positive that he just wanted to see how old she was. lol Their friend, guy #3, walks over and says "Is he carding you?". The very first words Rob ever said to me. Romantic, huh?

A slow song came on and it just happened to be Kenny Chesney "You Had Me From Hello". Rob asked me to dance and the group of us split into pairs. After the song ended, a fast song came on and we drifted around a bit… Rob didn't seem interested in me and I was not interested in picking up a guy at a bar so I kept dancing and he went and sat down with a beer. Amazed by Lonestar* came on and I thought "What the heck, I like this song. I'll ask this guy to dance again". He said "Yes" and the rest, as they say, is history. We've been together ever since!

*we danced to this song at our wedding for our First Dance.

***I'm adding this note for Rob's benefit since his story defers from mine. He thought I blew him off after the first song and I must have been one of *those* girls who dances with everyone. When I asked him to dance, he turned to the guy next to him and said "I'll be right back". Little did he know!