5/16/15

Don't hate me for another wedding post (there will be a lot of these)! I'm excited to have so much planning done in such a short time. Babe decided to come home this weekend (instead of us meeting half way from where his training is) so we decided to go look at wedding venues.

I'm excited because I have narrowed it down to my top 2 I like, and those are the ones we are going to visit. They also both had my date (5/16/15) available (so no more pretend date!) So I'm super excited about that.

Like last week, today I am loving and hating Thursday (and in case you missed it, you can read about it here). Today is mostly I hate day, because its been 4 days since I have seen Babe and I just plain ol' miss him. Also work is kinda dragging today, which is making Thursday go by soooooo sllloooowwww.

I know this post is kind of pointless today, but I had to share that we picked our date. Hopefully everything is this easy.

Now, I am linking up with Ashley over at The Grits Blog and Jessa at Life of a Sports Wife today. I love this link up because there are no rules. (Well, that makes it harder sometimes to come up with a topic to write about). Now, go to their blogs and read because they are AWESOME.

Till tomorrow :)

 

Week 1 of Many till the BIG Day

Happy Wednesday. 
So, I give this great news on Monday and then I am a no show to this party yesterday. I had one of those days where I didn't know what to talk about and didn't want to write yet another post with no substance or real content. So I decided to take a nap for the day, but I am BACK! 
Today is kind of exciting for me, as it's Wedding Wednesday and this is the first time I get to participate. I have made some progress without him (Babe, now is what I'll refer to him as) here (and very newly engaged). 

// We have made a potential guest list - which is super hard. If I had the option, I would invite everyone I ever met in my life to be there (because I want to share my happiness with the world) but lez-be honest, that can't happen. Plus it would be super duper expensive. Babe also has a large family, so that means stuff gets cut on my end. But good news, with it being the first draft no one gets the boot. 
// We came up with the basic type of wedding we want. Babe wants a semi-formal wedding (after 6pm, sit down dinner, the works...) so thats what we will have. I am not a formal person (like at all, ever) so we are compromising with the reception with a lot less formalities in it. 
// I picked a color scheme. What do you think? 

// I picked a "pretend date" because we all know the venue with help dictate when it will really be ("May 16, 2015" here we come) 
// We made a list of venues that we want to visit for the wedding, and priced them up for the amount of guests we will have. 
//  My Maid of Honor (MoH) called me and wanted to start planning (which is awesome) and we came up with a game plan. 
// We came up with a pretend budget, and figured out how much my family (since I'm the bride and they typically help pay) will help and how much we will pay. 
Now writing this and reading it, I am surprised at how much progress we made in 4 days. We are kind of in a holding pattern with everything until boyfriend is back in a couple weeks. But I say we have made some good progress.

BIG News!

I have some BIG news, I mean really huge news (and if you looked at my Facebook or Instagram then you already know it). Boyfriend asked me to marry him this weekend, I'm ENGAGED! Yay!! 
It happened in a very "us" way. He took me to Disney, which was our first date (and if you don't remember, here ya go) and renewed my Disney ticket. Long story short, Disney raised their prices (again) and we were not sure if we should renew my ticket, but we did (because he knew how much I love going there) :).  So we walked around the park and Boyfriend said he wanted to go to dinner to celebrate. I honestly thought it was because of his new job. He wanted to go to all these fancy restaurants, and I was like lets save money. But we ended up at a nice(r) Italian restaurant. He was trying to surprise me with the ring and have the restaurant present it to me, but it was very opened and squashed all his plans. We had dinner, and I kept complaining of a headache (typical me) and that we would just go home and rent a movie. He told me he was cold (and I should have suspected something since he is never cold in a restaurant) and he went to the car (apparently to grab the ring). He came back and we started talking about all the things we needed to do the next day (he was leaving late Sunday night for a business trip). And then he said "well, you might want to go get your nails done... Will you marry me?" My response "is that fake?!" Yes, that was my response, not you typical one or the right one, but when someone shows you a diamond, kind of all thought processes go out the window. But when I finally caught myself, I said YES!

I was in shock!  So we are leaving and Boyfriend told me he forgot something at work and that we needed to go back and get it for this trip. I still had my headache (no matter how shock I was, it didn't go away) and just wanted to go home. But, no we HAD to go to his office. So of course, I start calling everyone I know (my best friends, my mom, you know the usual) and they are were excited to hear my news (of course, they were). We make it to a gas station, and Boyfriend comes out and says he can just print it off his email, so we are now heading back to the apartment. We make it there, and I am off in lala-land. Make it upstairs to the apartment, and Boyfriend opens the day and standing there are all our friends and my parents. I was so surprised I screamed bloody murder (everyone said it was funny, but you know having like 15 people standing in your apartment when you aren't expecting them is scary or is that just me?) So my Boyfriend (his new name should be Fiancé, but I don't know about calling him Fiancé on here... however when we get married he will be renamed Husband) planned this whole surprise party. It was a lot of fun that everyone came out to celebrate with us (and thank you if any of you read this).  All and all it was an awesome weekend. And I can't believe it all happened, I am still sitting on cloud 9 (except for the fact Boyfriend is gone for 2 weeks, so major boo!)  But I am excited to share this new journey with everyone.

I Love and Hate You Day Before Friday

I have a love/hate relationships with Thursday's (yes, I know today is Friday but I typically come late to the party.)
So today, I present to you the reasons I love and hate Thursdays (I know the suspense is killing you!)

It's the busiest day on the roads. (I will explain, most companies decide on 4 day work weeks when the recession hit so everyone is racing to and from work, hence making my job super busy. Plus a lot of people ditch work on Friday for 3 day weekends.)
Boyfriend has school every other Thursday night, so I barely see him on Thursday nights.
Everyone is already so worn out and ready for the weekend, basically everyone is cranky all day.
I wake up every Thursday thinking it's Friday, and that is a super bummer. 

Probably the most important reason and only reason there needs to be, it's the day before Friday and the weekend!
(By the way, Friday's in my office are typically slow, which makes them drag. But at 2pm, I'm free (until Monday at 6am)).  
But since it's Friday (yay!!!!) it's time for #backthatazzup. I just love that Whitney over at I Wore Yoga Pants To Work does this link up on Friday. 
So this week for my jam I'm going to choose (drum roll please.....) 
Backbone by There For Tomorrow. I love this song (and band, since I have met on multiple occasions, (and yes I will mention this a lot because I feel like it makes me important)). They are local band to Central Florida, so check them out! 

Hope all you wonderful people have a glorious weekend!

Wait, Did I Already Write This Post?

Okay, so I forget everything! I mean everything. I am that annoying girl who will tell you a story 15 times because I don't remember telling it the first time. Yup, that's me. 
So I bring this up because last night Boyfriend and I were having a conversation and some how lead to me saying, would I lie to you? And he responded with no, but you forget things a lot. And it really made me think, do I forget things? I think this must be normal, right?! Everyone forgets things! 
Almost every day while at work, I loose something on my desk (and my desk is not really that big) or I will forget what I am drinking (which I always have something, since I record on a mic all day) and grab something else. At night, it is inevitable that I loose the remote or my phone (sometimes both at the same time) because I just forgot where I put them. I have a habit of not making lists when I go to store so I always forget something (which is normal) or I forget that I bought something earlier (like cheese, I have so much cheese in my house that Boyfriend tells me I am off cheese buying duty for a while, but really can you ever have enough cheese?! The answer is NO.) 
I decided to google search, forgetting things easily at a young age. (I am Web-MDing (yes that is a word) myself.. just call me Dr. Leah.) I found this site that was telling me that I forget things because I have a lot of memories (or too much wine at night) and they compete with each other. This sounds like a bunch of mumbo jumbo to me that I don't really understand (and it was written by a Psychologist, and I have a psychology degree so I should be one with that article.)
It got me thinking, should I try those brain exercises to try and help my memory? Probably, but I don't I will stick to them long enough to actually work. But for the sake of argument, lets say I try and do it those exercises. Where would one find such exercises (wow, I am saying exercise a lot)? Luminosity of course! No, I'm not plugging them but I looked into it. To strength your brain is expensive, like $50 a month expensive. Plus they say you have to play those games for a couple hours a day to get the most out of them, I don't have time for that!! 
I guess I will always be the girl who forget things so when I loose my keys, will you help me find them?
But, in other news, Boyfriend got yet another job offer yesterday. It's like, when one happens they all roll in. This offer was a promotion at his current job, with full time hours and benefits (which he doesn't have). He decided this was a better fit because the pay is slightly better and so it the job security. There is also a lot more room for growth with this company. So again YAY! That means we are going to start looking for a bigger house for the puppy soon. 
So I am doing another link-up (you people know you love it!) This time Ashley at The Grits Blog and Anne at Love The Here and Now put together. (Follow them, they are awesome sauce! - wait did I already tell you that?!:))
But till tomorrow you beautiful people :)  

It's Not Thanksgiving but I'm Thankful!

Happy happy Wednesday!! 
I am finally feeling better, and my headache seems to have wondered over to bother someone else (it better not come back, it isn't welcomed!!) 
Big things are changing over at my household... I can officially announce that Boyfriend GOT A NEW JOB! Yay!! He is super excited, as well as I am for him (that made sense right?!)
Why do I again feel as if my post has no substance? I promise I will work on that for tomorrow (don't leave me yet!) 
However, I would also like to take to today and thank everyone out in the blogging world for helping me as I grow in this community.

Everyone has welcomed me with opened arms and guided me as I learn and try new things. I really appreciate all the advice and help that everyone has given me and I am forever indebted to you. So with that, I have something exciting I am working on and hopefully in the next few weeks I'll be able to share it with all you lovely people! :) 

My Weekend Recap (a day late!)

Today I am going to make it short and sweet (kind of like me) today and do a quick link-up. 
It's Tuesday, so I can do a weekend recap (a day late, but whatever :)).
Friday night, Boyfriend and I went to dinner at one of our favorite burger places (they have the best sauces) and came home and hung out until Boyfriend's best friend (who lives on the west coast of the Sunshine State) came over and the two of them went out. I was too tired to go (and went to bed shortly before they left ... at 9pm).
Saturday was fun and sad all at the same time. Boyfriend was going away for the weekend to see his step-dad and his family about 3 hours away. I don't really like when Boyfriend goes away on the weekends because its the only time we have all day to spend together (and shoot me because I like spending time with my Babe, okay don't do that). But my mom took me shopping (which is always some kind of therapy) and I felt a little better (still missed him but better). However, I didn't buy much but hanging out with my Momma was fun. I decided to spend the night at their house (since they still had my puppy from last weekend) and had another early night. It was nice. 
On Sunday, my mom took me out for breakfast, which was super yummy (I had steak and eggs...yum!) and went to Target. That's kind of a tradition my mom and I have. I came home early, took a nap (wow, I just realized I slept a lot this past weekend) and waited for Boyfriend to get home. Once he got home, we met up with a few of his friends who are into cars and had dinner with them at a chicken finger place (they have an entire restaurant devoted to chicken fingers... awesome!!) We just headed home after and watched some TV and headed to bed.  All in all, kind of a boring weekend, filled with food and sleeping, but doesn't that make it a great weekend?! 
I have been battling this really bad headache for the past week, so it was nice to not really do anything. 
Anyways, hopefully tomorrow I'll feel better and will write something with a little more substance. Today's link-up is brought to you by the lovely ladies over at Karly Kim and Glossy Blonde.  Go to their blogs and find new people to read about and enjoy!