Couch!!!

I forgot to show you all the new couch that we finally got...AMAZING!

The picture is a little grainy because its from my phone, but you get the idea. Its perfect!

My Invitations

*disclaimer* the red square in the middle will be our engagement photo when we get them...I just realized that it really looks like crap with a big red square in the middle of the maroon.

So me and sister made my invitation designs tonight...and all we have to say is THEY ROCK!!!

It only took us about 5 hours to get the mock-up of the invites and the template for our envelopes done.

That's all...No biggy.

We made the biggest mess you could imagine, and we only have approximately 60 left to do.

Which is all of them, if you didn't know.

But we got the idea of it down which is what we were trying to do, so that's one step closer to being done.

A bit of a change

So me and sister (that's my sister for those not in the know; that's what I call her) went to the bridal show at Thanksgiving Point on Saturday and it was awesome.



A lot of progress was made and some decisions were made as well. First of all, sister is on board with helping me make my invitations. I drew up the perfect invites and I'm super excited to get them going.



Secondly, remember the post when I said, "Remember the shoes? Well now they are new shoes!"
Consider this the reprisal.



Since the vibe of the wedding has changed, I could no longer wear the summery sandals that I had (secondly) originally planned on. Yes I did buy them, but who ever said you can have too many shoes? It certainly wasn't me! I have been searching for the perfect shoe to replace said sandals, but I wasn't having any luck. They had to have the perfect vintage feel, while not completely disregarding my style. It was a toughy!



But then I found them....and they are PERFECT!!!!!!



I am in love ~*swoon*~


I also found my photographer and she is also perfect.


Ya'll can find her at Stacy Marie Photography

I have been a little bit worried about the money for the wedding...Mostly I wasn't sure that there would be enough for the things that I wanted to have. Not like bridezilla things, but things like a kick-ass photographer and an equally kick-ass place to have the party. But things have come together quite perfectly and I found out this weekend that its all gonna be just fine.

Plus, I found a rockin' deal on a honeymoon....Hawaii anyone?

6 nights, car rental, and roundtrip tickets for both of us for under $2,000.

I am "freaking out" kind of excited about it!

anyone see this last night???

F*ING AWESOME is all I have to say. Brought tears to my eyes and gave me chills. I am still so, so sad that he is gone, but it was amazing while we had him!

Janet Jackson's Tribute To Michael

September 11, 2001

Because I am at a new site, and I just re-read it and it still gave me chills...I am doing a flashback post from last year...Thursday, September 11, 2008

I was sitting on the couch in the family room, eating a bowl of frosted cherios, watching tv. Whatever show I was watching just stopped, and the "BREAKING NEWS" flasher showed up on the screen. It showed a building I'd never seen before smoking and burning. And then they were both smoking and burning.

My mom came in and told me my ride was here. I got into the Gayheart's green van with captains chairs and rode in silence all the way to school.

I didn't know what was happening, I didn't know what those buildings were, or what it meant. Didn't know what it meant, except that everything in the world would be completely changed forever.

We got to school, said goodbye and thank-you to a silently crying Ann Gayheart, and walked along with everybody else into the school. The hallways were different, not silent obviously because they were full of 7th 8th and 9th graders, but different. Walking past the office, the ladies had the Channel One tv on watching CNN. The same picture playing all the time.

Then I got to my 9th grade Geography class, Mr. Voorhies' class. He was just sitting at his desk; not crying neccesarily, but subdued, reflective, staring at the tv. It was his birthday and his only sons first birthday, and he said because of this day, it would never be the same for him.

After the bell rang and we were all sitting at our desks staring at the tv as well, he turned it off and started talking to us about everyhting that was happening. What he thought it meant, what 'they' thought it meant, what those towers were and what they meant. I didn't understand half of it, because I was never interested in that kind of stuff, but I was listening intently.

The rest of the day the tv's were in on in every class, and I'm not sure we did any work the whole day. I remember when I got to fourth period, Sewing 1, our teacher asked us if we wanted to tv left on or if she should turn it off. We all wanted it on. And its a good thing we did because I think it was then that another plane hit somewhere, I can't remember which one it was, and we were all in shock. It just kept happening, and nobody knew why.

That day changed everything, everywhere. Countries that didn't neccessarily like the U.S. before became supportive and were grieving with us; people who didn't feel particularly patriotic suddenly realized how close they were to losing it all and what that would have meant for them; these generations witnessed what would become a new chapter in history books, our generations' "Kennedy assasination" so to speak.

I remember one commercial that was just a shot of a street maybe in San Francisco, or Virginia, somewhere. With houses on either side of the street. It said "When they brought down the towers they wanted to change America forever." The shot changes to the same street with red, white, and blue everywhere you can see, and the voice said, "Well, they succeeded."

"Today marks the seventh anniversary of the day our world was broken. It lives forever in our hearts and our history, a tragedy that unites us in a common memory and a common story ... the day that began like any other and ended as none ever has."
~Michael Bloomberg, Mayor, New York City, September 11, 2008

I didn't know what any of it meant at the time, no. But, I definitely found out. I will never forget where I was, what I was doing. The feelings that came around not long after.

And I never want to.

I want to be able to give my children my version of what happened that day. When they come home from school one day, after learning about it in their history class, and ask me if I remember.

I'll say, "Always."

mark.

I am officially a mark. representative!

(that's one thing crossed off my list...!!!...by the way)

I put a little link over there ---> so click on it if you want to buy some awesome make-up, clothes, or jewery.

101 Things in 1001 Days

1. Get a passport
2. take one big trip to a country at least an ocean away
3. Go to Disneyworld
4. Get the "name change" process started no more than 45 days after the wedding
5. Try at least one new recipe a month
6. Have a baby
7. Plant a garden
8. Go to 3 concerts
9. Go on a road trip with no set destination
10. Get most debt paid off (Kevin's student loans, truck, best buy)
11. Read 100 books from best100novels.com
12. Check out all 100 books from library
13. $1 savings for every book read
14. Leave a note inside every "100" books from the library
15. Take Kevin to Palm Springs area
16. Call in "sick" to work and do nothing
17. Go to an Atlanta Braves home game
18. Go to Oktoberfest at Snowbird
19. Watch " The Godfather"s
20. Eat at 5 new restaurants
21. Put $1 in savings for every task completed
22. Take 3 trips with just Mom and Sister
23. Create at least one set of decorations for the Wedding
24. Watch all 3 versions of "A Star is Born"
25. Learn to ride a motorcycle
26. Go to the Drive-In
27. See the Atlantic Ocean
28. Get back to 120 lbs
29. Get a recipe card box
30. Put all recipes on individual cards
31. Go camping in the backyard
32. Go to the Harry Potter Theme park
33. Go to a movie alone
34. Have a picnic
35. Take a train trip
36. Get rid of clothes I don't wear, every 6 months
37. Host a scary movie night
38. Go snorkeling
39. Complete 3 puzzles
40. Re-create senior trip with Alyse June 11, 2010
41. Do yoga at least 3 times a week
42. get another tattoo
43. Learn to bowl better
44. Find my perfect little black dress
45. Wear that dress somewhere with Kevin
46. Learn to snowboard
47. Star using re-usable shopping bags only--NO MORE PLASTIC
48. Get new bikes for both of us
49. Find art for the bedroom
50. Get couch for the living room
51. Host a Halloween costume party
52. Start P90X
53. Stick to P90X
54. Drive to Colorado
55. Go to the beach with Kevin
56. Watch the sunset on that beach
57. Tell my brother how I really feel
58. Build a sandcastle
59. Send a message in a bottle
60. Find the best Nail and Toe polish for the wedding
61. Teach Kevin to drive my car
62. Splurge once in awhile without worrying about it
63. Set up a savings plan
64. Buy a helmet for Kevin's scooter so I can ride it
65. Ride the scooter
66. Have ALL bills paid automatically (that can be)
67. Put $1 a day for 1001 days in envelope for a trip/splurge
68. Make sure I do "The Hair" (or a variation if its not quite long enough) for the wedding
69. Book Squatters before December 2009
70. Take at least 1 picture a month of Kevin and I
71. Plant snap dragons in the yard
72. Take Kevin on a date mor often
73. Try to build a 3 month buffer in savings
74. Order dessert first occasionally
75. Get a couple's massage
76. Buy cloth napkins
77. Use cloth Napkins instead of paper
78. Try to stick to my daily cleaning schedule as much as possible
79. Drink more water!
80. Buy a new camera
81. Make my own granola
82. Commit to having my oil changed every 4,000 miles...PERIOD
83. Start making jewelry again
84. Start selling Mark cosmetics
85. Let Kevin take me golfing
86. Go to bed before 10 every work night for 7 nights
87. Send Christmas cards
88. Take Christmas card picture
89. Go to every Race for the Cure I can
90. Have another baby
91. Move to a bigger house if the second baby happens
92. Plant flowers in the window boxes
93. Continue meal planning every week (very helpful)
94. Take Kevin to my uncle's in WA
95. Make Christmas gifts for friends and neighbors
96. Start some sort of collection for my kids (movies, books, etc.)
97. Give Kevin that thing I wrote that I said I would give him eventually
98. Make my wardrobe "grow up"
99. Send flowers to my mom, just because
100. Send flowers to sister for the same reason
101. Make our own Christmas traditions

Here it is...for the world to see.