Writing that title just makes me roll my eyes. This whole experience has just been a drag. I haven't even seen the bill yet. That'll be the cherry on top, I'm sure. The Tuesday night before Thanksgiving, I had been rushing around with my husband after work. We went and picked up laundry from my …
2020: An Exciting Year of Challenges
I really love goal setting and more than anything, I love accomplishing big goals. For this year, my biggest goal was to abstain from using social media, and I have done just that. I'm really eager to get back on. I'm finally ready to share things again. For 2020, I have decided one challenge is …
10 Things I Am Looking Forward To
It is such an exciting time of year and time of life for me currently. I thought I'd just list out some of the amazing things to come in my life to keep myself stoked for the future and to maybe inspire some excitement in your own life! 1. The birth of mine and my husband's first …
One month of marriage down…forever to go.
The title says it all, folks. Yesterday, Jonathan and I celebrated one month of marriage. By celebrated, I mean that we exchanged text messages. He is currently out in Kansas City on a business trip and attending a tech/IT conference. Meanwhile, I am still here, doing the usual. I have, however, decided to stay with …
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All About My Honeymoon
My husband and I put a lot of thought into our honeymoon, and a ton of planning and dreaming went into our itinerary. Yes, we seriously had a google doc with our plans, associated websites, costs, etc. We booked our honeymoon rental, which was this Airbnb located in Sevierville back in February. We were very generously gifted a stay …
My Wedding Day
My wedding day started off at 6am, when I just couldn't sleep any longer. I went and jumped on my parents' bed and started singing Christmas songs. Then I did the same to my cousins/Maids of Honor who were in the next room. No one really moved. I ate an unfrosted strawberry Poptart, and hopped …
We are in the TEENS!
As I write this, we are SEVENTEEN days out from Wedding Day and once again, I am coming at you with yet another wedding planning update. Since my last post, I have.. Been thrown another bridal shower by my fiancé's family Met with our officiant to go over final details Selected the reading I want …
Bridal Shower, Hair Trial & Bridal Portraits
My cousins threw me the most wonderful bridal shower. I had friends, family, and future family show up to celebrate me and the wedding. I enjoyed my bridal shower more than any birthday party I have ever had, especially since the presents that people gave me were 1) literally hand-picked by me and 2) mostly …
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I organized an Open Mic Night!
This past Friday, August 9th, my church hosted its very first Open Mic Night, which I got the honor of organizing. Planning began back in April when I got some teammates together to discuss how we all thought the event should go. It honestly went so well. We had a full house, which equated to …
The greatest bachelorette of all time.
This past weekend was everything! It started out waking up early to do my hair, but finding that it was humid and rainy, and it just wasn't worth the effort. So I put on a rain jacket, went to get an oil change that took almost an hour, and headed off to my makeup trial. My makeup …
