flowers

I was at home a few weekends ago, so my mom and I decided to work on ideas for centerpieces for our reception.


I already pretty much knew what I wanted...hyrdangeas. blue. square vases. maybe some tea lights.

We went to Kroger to pick up some hydrangeas, made a mock representation of a reception table, and here's our rough draft...

I've always wanted hydrangeas at my wedding, but I always thought that they were really expensive. It turns out, they're not toooo bad. So, I'm pretty sure I will be using them as my bouquet as well as my BM's bouquets.

Here's a little preview (except I think I want ours to be white)

That's only 3 hydrangeas...whoa mama!!

So...YAY for decisions being made! 

in the shades of evening

I've mentioned before that several years ago, the "crew" decided to do candlelights for everybody when they got engaged because we all knew that we would be done with chi-o before any of us had a ring on it.

We did one for Jenny this summer and my sweet, sweet friends surprised me with one this weekend!

We were all together for Jenny's shower on Sunday afternoon and we also got together that night to celebrate liserr's birthday! Jordy had to go back to t-town before it got too late, so she didn't get to join us for dinner, but she was definitely there in spirit!

While we were all hugging and saying our "goodbyes" in the Amsterdam parking lot, Cathy whipped this out...

We spent a little while trying to get the candle to actually light, but it was so windy and quite frigid, so we just pretended. It's ok...I've always had a pretty vivid imagination. No problems with make-believe from this girl.

I even pretended to blow it out :)

I then proceeded to tell the "engagement story" (that they had all heard before) as quickly as I could, so we could get out of the blizzard.

Showing off the bling (that they had all seen)

So...it's official. I have the best friends ever. You should probably be jealous.

it's the child in her...

When Eliz and I were little (well, I was little-she was grown), we had a tendency of getting a little wild and crazy during shopping trips. We were very well-behaved children otherwise (well, she was well-behaved), but something happened to us when we were faced with lots of people, open spaces, and racks of clothes. It was like we couldn't control ourselves. We would hide behind clothes and giggle until there was serious potential for an accident.


We were also big fans of roller-blading when we were younger. biiiiiig fans.



I guess some things never change.


This is how I found Eliz during a trip to the Salvation Army store this past weekend...

Eliz is working towards her PhD in psychology...

She will be 32 in March....

it's the child in her....

slacker

So...the Christmas season is pretty hectic for an elementary school music teacher...who knew?

I have blog ideas out the wazoo! I even have parts of them written, but I have a photograph situation. And in my opinion, a blog with no photos is no blog at all.

ALL of my pictures from the past 5 years of my life are on my poor little dell computer. Well, a few months ago he said he wasn't going to turn on anymore. I need to get everything transferred to another computer, but I just haven't gotten around to it. My bad.

So...my next option for posting photos would be to get them from facebook. Welllll...I still don't have internet at the APT. I know, I know. I've been meaning to get around to it, but you know how that goes. After almost 6 months without it, I'm wondering how necessary it really is. I do almost all of my internet-required work at school. BUT I can't get on facebook at work. Therefore, posting photos on this blog is no walk in the park.

I promise I will get on top of things soon!


And because I know the suspense is killing you, here's an idea of what's to come...

Birthdays (2), showers, rollerblades, candles, precious children, and flowers.



get crunk.

reflections.

My mom once told me that the cleanliness or state of your home is often a reflection of what's going on in your life and your state of mind.

Here's what my apartment looks like right now...

Just sayin....