Seriously. I am 25 years old. When am I going to stop having pimples? Seriously. When does this end?
Things with school have been stressful as have wedding things...but I can honestly saying this one of the best times in my life. I am so content. I have a great relationship, family, and friends. I am productive and feel great about myself.
Today, on my way to school- I rolled down the windows, cranked up the music, and rocked out. I miss feeling infinite. I wish Kashmir was here.
But, this time of year is just wonderful- I am elated.
I hope winter is finally behind us. I am ready for Spring. I am re-birthing my life. I am ready for things to bloom.
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
The Blood Bath
It's been too long. I never should have let this happen. Ok, so I have some highlights since the last blog.
I am a true klutz. I will find a way to hurt myself if there is any obstacle in my path. Although this isn't the most recent news, it relates to what happened about 40 minutes ago. I sprained my ankle about three weeks ago. I was cleaning up my living room on a Wednesday night and picked up a 24 case of water to carry to the kitchen table. I got like two steps and slipped. At the time I didn't know how. I didn't find out how for three more days. I just remember I wasn't on my stable two feet anymore. I felt myself slipping away, not knowing why. My left ankle rolled and I remember putting all of my weight on it to catch myself. I think dropped the waters and they went flying everywhere....including some that fell on my right foot leaving a pretty nasty bruise. I layed there for a few minutes flat on my face wondering what to do. I didn't know if I was hurt or how bad and I didn't want to assess the situation because I was assumed the worst. Finally I was brave enough to stand up. It went well. I limped around the house testing it out and everything seemed ok because I could walk a bit. I got some ice and sat back down. And then I started crying. All of the nervousness and hurt finally caught back up with me. I called Mike and he helped my calm down and I started doing some research online about sprained ankles and what to do. After an hour of talking to him and doing my research I got back up again to use the bathroom. I couldn't move. I couldn't put any weight on it at all. Not knowing what to do , I crawled into the office to get my computer chair and wheeled myself around the house for the rest of the night. I took some pain medication and went to sleep assuming everything would be fine in the morning.
It wasn't. I still couldn't walk. I didn't go to school and continued to roll around the house until 4pm, when Jef got off work. He picked up some crutches from my grandma's house for me and bought me an ankle brace. The crutches were awful. It hurt to move and the crutches were uncomfortable. I stayed on them all weekend and missed school again Friday. Finally, on Sunday night I tried putting pressure on my foot, and I could walk but with the crutches. I went back to school that Monday and stayed on the crutches until this past Monday.
I found out later that I slipped on some liquid dish soap that had leaked on my carpet.
Well, tonight I was leaving the house to run up to Food Lion. I have been dieting for almost two weeks now and I was having a serious sugar craving. I decided to get an angel food cake because they are low in sugar and stuff. On my way out the door I stepped on a piece of glass. I bled on the porch...my carpet...and bathroom floor. I am such an idiot. The good thing is it wasn't a bad cut, but for a second I feared I wasn't going to back to walk again. Crisis diverted.
Mike's mother moved in with her new husband and they have been going through all of their stuff and combining two households into one. They decided to use Mark's bedroom furniture, and had nothing to do with his mom's anymore. She has a really nice bedroom set and thought about selling it, but instead gave it to me and Mike as our wedding present. Two weekends ago, Mike, Jef, and Jamie went to pick it up. We decided to move our old furniture into our office as a guest room and had to combine our office and our storage room. This was a huge project and it took all weekend and all of last week to get the house back to normal. I had to throw out some things to make room for everything, including a desk I owned. There just wasn't any room in the new office area. It was really hard for me to admit I had to get rid of it. I know it sounds funny, but I was really emotionally attached to that desk. It's a long story and I won't get into it- but that desk meant a lot to me. Instead, we put some small shelves in there for my desk items like paper, pencils, paper clips, etc- and I told Mike and Jef that I would agree to get rid of the desk on one condition: we would call those shelves the Creation Station. Somehow this turned into Jef and I calling the room the Creation Station Lounge. Mike also went out and bought a huge shelving unit from Sam's Club for some of our previous storage stuff and things for the wedding.
And here is our new bedroom. We still have some work to do. We are going to get some decorations for the dresser and the paintings need to be repositioned and new curtains...It is time to retire the blanket over the big window :) .
And our new guest room:
I wish I had "before" pictures, but I don't. After two years of living here, I didn't have ANY pictures from any of these rooms.
School has been kicking my butt, again. I had a lot of projects due last week and my milestone II interview. I was really nervous about the interview, but thankfully passed with a perfect score!! I think it helped that one of my interviewers was one of my professors and another was a co-worker of my mother's. I'm so happy to be on Spring Break, but I still have a lot to do for school including two midterms coming up and a bunch of projects for my Technology class.
I have also been working on wedding stuff hard core. Jef let me know last night there are TEN weeks until the big day. That is no time at all. I can't believe it. Tomorrow, Jef and Jamie's girlfriend Renee are coming over to help me do some stuff. We are going to print off the invitations and start assembling them among other things.
It's going to be here before I know it. My life is changing so fast. Getting married....one more year until graduation...it's kind of overwhelming.
I told Mike I want to do one last big thing as a single couple. We are going to go camping probably at the end of April. I am excited. I have never been REAL camping before. I just think it will be nice to have some alone time before we get married after all of the hubbub. And, Zoe will get to come too.
I am a true klutz. I will find a way to hurt myself if there is any obstacle in my path. Although this isn't the most recent news, it relates to what happened about 40 minutes ago. I sprained my ankle about three weeks ago. I was cleaning up my living room on a Wednesday night and picked up a 24 case of water to carry to the kitchen table. I got like two steps and slipped. At the time I didn't know how. I didn't find out how for three more days. I just remember I wasn't on my stable two feet anymore. I felt myself slipping away, not knowing why. My left ankle rolled and I remember putting all of my weight on it to catch myself. I think dropped the waters and they went flying everywhere....including some that fell on my right foot leaving a pretty nasty bruise. I layed there for a few minutes flat on my face wondering what to do. I didn't know if I was hurt or how bad and I didn't want to assess the situation because I was assumed the worst. Finally I was brave enough to stand up. It went well. I limped around the house testing it out and everything seemed ok because I could walk a bit. I got some ice and sat back down. And then I started crying. All of the nervousness and hurt finally caught back up with me. I called Mike and he helped my calm down and I started doing some research online about sprained ankles and what to do. After an hour of talking to him and doing my research I got back up again to use the bathroom. I couldn't move. I couldn't put any weight on it at all. Not knowing what to do , I crawled into the office to get my computer chair and wheeled myself around the house for the rest of the night. I took some pain medication and went to sleep assuming everything would be fine in the morning.
It wasn't. I still couldn't walk. I didn't go to school and continued to roll around the house until 4pm, when Jef got off work. He picked up some crutches from my grandma's house for me and bought me an ankle brace. The crutches were awful. It hurt to move and the crutches were uncomfortable. I stayed on them all weekend and missed school again Friday. Finally, on Sunday night I tried putting pressure on my foot, and I could walk but with the crutches. I went back to school that Monday and stayed on the crutches until this past Monday.
I found out later that I slipped on some liquid dish soap that had leaked on my carpet.
Well, tonight I was leaving the house to run up to Food Lion. I have been dieting for almost two weeks now and I was having a serious sugar craving. I decided to get an angel food cake because they are low in sugar and stuff. On my way out the door I stepped on a piece of glass. I bled on the porch...my carpet...and bathroom floor. I am such an idiot. The good thing is it wasn't a bad cut, but for a second I feared I wasn't going to back to walk again. Crisis diverted.
Mike's mother moved in with her new husband and they have been going through all of their stuff and combining two households into one. They decided to use Mark's bedroom furniture, and had nothing to do with his mom's anymore. She has a really nice bedroom set and thought about selling it, but instead gave it to me and Mike as our wedding present. Two weekends ago, Mike, Jef, and Jamie went to pick it up. We decided to move our old furniture into our office as a guest room and had to combine our office and our storage room. This was a huge project and it took all weekend and all of last week to get the house back to normal. I had to throw out some things to make room for everything, including a desk I owned. There just wasn't any room in the new office area. It was really hard for me to admit I had to get rid of it. I know it sounds funny, but I was really emotionally attached to that desk. It's a long story and I won't get into it- but that desk meant a lot to me. Instead, we put some small shelves in there for my desk items like paper, pencils, paper clips, etc- and I told Mike and Jef that I would agree to get rid of the desk on one condition: we would call those shelves the Creation Station. Somehow this turned into Jef and I calling the room the Creation Station Lounge. Mike also went out and bought a huge shelving unit from Sam's Club for some of our previous storage stuff and things for the wedding.
And here is our new bedroom. We still have some work to do. We are going to get some decorations for the dresser and the paintings need to be repositioned and new curtains...It is time to retire the blanket over the big window :) .
And our new guest room:
I wish I had "before" pictures, but I don't. After two years of living here, I didn't have ANY pictures from any of these rooms.
School has been kicking my butt, again. I had a lot of projects due last week and my milestone II interview. I was really nervous about the interview, but thankfully passed with a perfect score!! I think it helped that one of my interviewers was one of my professors and another was a co-worker of my mother's. I'm so happy to be on Spring Break, but I still have a lot to do for school including two midterms coming up and a bunch of projects for my Technology class.
I have also been working on wedding stuff hard core. Jef let me know last night there are TEN weeks until the big day. That is no time at all. I can't believe it. Tomorrow, Jef and Jamie's girlfriend Renee are coming over to help me do some stuff. We are going to print off the invitations and start assembling them among other things.
It's going to be here before I know it. My life is changing so fast. Getting married....one more year until graduation...it's kind of overwhelming.
I told Mike I want to do one last big thing as a single couple. We are going to go camping probably at the end of April. I am excited. I have never been REAL camping before. I just think it will be nice to have some alone time before we get married after all of the hubbub. And, Zoe will get to come too.
Friday, February 13, 2009
The Starting Line
OMG. I thought I was going to have a melt down today. In my grammar class another English Ed major told me that the sign up date for the Praxis content exam is March 24th (I believe). I told her I didn't know if I should take it, and she said if I was planning on graduating in Spring of 2010, then I should.
For those that don't know, I have to take as series of tests to become certified to teach. The content exam will test me in my specific major area: English. I don't know exactly what will be on it. I know for a fact literature questions, but I don't know if grammar will be on there, too.
I asked her how in the heck I would even go about studying for it, and she said they sell practice books and what not.
But my heart just sank. I hadn't even given thought to taking those tests yet, because I still don't feel like I will ever graduate any time soon. But, a year isn't that far away.
So now, on top of my regular classes which require a huge amount of work including (but not limited to) several online portfolios which include lesson plans which I think I am not very good at, yet, not to mention a wedding to finish planning for and my home life, but now I have to dedicate to studying for this test.
UGH!!!!!!!!
There is good news in my life, though. Last night Mike's mom called me to say she was at Walmart and in the Valentine's candy section found bags of M&Ms. Well, I should explain: Our wedding colors are white and green. We thought it would be really clever to give out M&Ms as one of our favors since both of our names start with M's making us the M&M's. They would come PRE-PERSONALIZED. Well, we were going to order special green and white ones from their website, but to do so was incredibly expensive, costing $60. That was way too much than I hoped to pay. So, we compromised and just decided to use the regular assorted colors.
Mike's mom swore up and down that around St. Patrick's day they would have bags of just green M&Ms, but neither Mike nor I have faith in this.
So, Mike's mom was at Walmart and in the Valentine's section there were bags of..........GREEN freaking M&Ms. Why? The bag are advertising that green is the "new color of love" with that sassy green female M&M. So, I went out today and bought 15 bags. I am sure I looked ridiculous, but I got my color.
We are going to wrap them in white tulle with a green bow and it is going to be awesome.
Yay for wedding stuff!!!
I also made a crap ton of phone calls today including calling the church's music director and made an appointment with her for two weeks from tomorrow AND I got Mike a tux fitting scheduled for Monday with a possible florist appointment for the same day.
There are less than 100 days to go, and so far so good- but I don't need to waste anymore time.
ALSO, as Ryan teased me, I said that our honeymoon was going to OFFICIALLY be for Europe, but unfortunately, Mike's work wouldn't give him enough time off to do that....so we are SERIOUSLY OFFICIALLY going to Vegas. We have bought our plane tickets, reserved our hotel room, and bought tickets for two shows including the Beatles' Love and Criss Angel's show Believe. So excited.
Mike comes home at midnight tonight, which will officially be Valentine's Day, so I am giving him his presents as soon as he steps in the door. I got him a bunch of stuff I think he will love. Mike got me a really sweet digital video camera. It is like...the size of a cellphone and it is waterproof...so you could film yourself in the ocean if you wanted to. I have been filming things left and right- I love it.
I went to Target today to get a few last minute items for V-Day. While I was there I saw something strange that had been marked down. They are sock cuffs...to be worn on your feet...they just don't have toes. I don't know when anyone would want to wear these, but I thought they were ridiculous and cute enough to buy. The shoes don't match, but here is a picture:
For those that don't know, I have to take as series of tests to become certified to teach. The content exam will test me in my specific major area: English. I don't know exactly what will be on it. I know for a fact literature questions, but I don't know if grammar will be on there, too.
I asked her how in the heck I would even go about studying for it, and she said they sell practice books and what not.
But my heart just sank. I hadn't even given thought to taking those tests yet, because I still don't feel like I will ever graduate any time soon. But, a year isn't that far away.
So now, on top of my regular classes which require a huge amount of work including (but not limited to) several online portfolios which include lesson plans which I think I am not very good at, yet, not to mention a wedding to finish planning for and my home life, but now I have to dedicate to studying for this test.
UGH!!!!!!!!
There is good news in my life, though. Last night Mike's mom called me to say she was at Walmart and in the Valentine's candy section found bags of M&Ms. Well, I should explain: Our wedding colors are white and green. We thought it would be really clever to give out M&Ms as one of our favors since both of our names start with M's making us the M&M's. They would come PRE-PERSONALIZED. Well, we were going to order special green and white ones from their website, but to do so was incredibly expensive, costing $60. That was way too much than I hoped to pay. So, we compromised and just decided to use the regular assorted colors.
Mike's mom swore up and down that around St. Patrick's day they would have bags of just green M&Ms, but neither Mike nor I have faith in this.
So, Mike's mom was at Walmart and in the Valentine's section there were bags of..........GREEN freaking M&Ms. Why? The bag are advertising that green is the "new color of love" with that sassy green female M&M. So, I went out today and bought 15 bags. I am sure I looked ridiculous, but I got my color.
We are going to wrap them in white tulle with a green bow and it is going to be awesome.
Yay for wedding stuff!!!
I also made a crap ton of phone calls today including calling the church's music director and made an appointment with her for two weeks from tomorrow AND I got Mike a tux fitting scheduled for Monday with a possible florist appointment for the same day.
There are less than 100 days to go, and so far so good- but I don't need to waste anymore time.
ALSO, as Ryan teased me, I said that our honeymoon was going to OFFICIALLY be for Europe, but unfortunately, Mike's work wouldn't give him enough time off to do that....so we are SERIOUSLY OFFICIALLY going to Vegas. We have bought our plane tickets, reserved our hotel room, and bought tickets for two shows including the Beatles' Love and Criss Angel's show Believe. So excited.
Mike comes home at midnight tonight, which will officially be Valentine's Day, so I am giving him his presents as soon as he steps in the door. I got him a bunch of stuff I think he will love. Mike got me a really sweet digital video camera. It is like...the size of a cellphone and it is waterproof...so you could film yourself in the ocean if you wanted to. I have been filming things left and right- I love it.
I went to Target today to get a few last minute items for V-Day. While I was there I saw something strange that had been marked down. They are sock cuffs...to be worn on your feet...they just don't have toes. I don't know when anyone would want to wear these, but I thought they were ridiculous and cute enough to buy. The shoes don't match, but here is a picture:
Sunday, February 1, 2009
The Gas Light Fare
Mike and I went to our first appointment with our priest and then to Target to start our gift registry.
We were both very nervous about the meeting, but everything went very well. We were nervous he might say something about our living arrangement, but he didn't say anything. He filled out some forms with our personal information and then asked a series of questions such as are we related in any way, is anyone forcing us to get married, and does anyone in our families object our marriage. Some of them were really funny. But, we talked about a few minor details about the ceremony, but not much. We have to set up a series of other meetings to really get down to the nitty gritty. He gave us a book where we can select he readings and response song and the vows and what not. He also gave us "homework" and strongly encouraged us to write our wills, fill out the paperwork where you say what you want done to yourself if you can no longer make choices, and give one another power of attorney. He said that when we are married we will automatically have power of attorney, but he said he never know what can happen between now and the wedding date, and we should be prepared. I tried my best to take all of this seriously, but it was really scary. Then we signed some paperwork agreeing that we told the truth and we were on our way.
Target was amazing. I have waited to do this for longer than I have known Mike. I was always very jealous of the girls getting married who got to walk around the store with the big scanning gun. It was weird at times, because we didn't have the best game plan, so we were making choices on things like towels and what not trying to envision what we wanted out of our home. Because we weren't prepared, we didn't pick out an everyday use set of dishes or siverware. But, we had a blast. We were in there for about two hours, and it felt really weird leaving and all we bought were two Ginger Ales.
Signing up with Target:
First scan of the day, a pepper grinder:
Mike's first scan when I finally let him use it:
A job well done:
We were both very nervous about the meeting, but everything went very well. We were nervous he might say something about our living arrangement, but he didn't say anything. He filled out some forms with our personal information and then asked a series of questions such as are we related in any way, is anyone forcing us to get married, and does anyone in our families object our marriage. Some of them were really funny. But, we talked about a few minor details about the ceremony, but not much. We have to set up a series of other meetings to really get down to the nitty gritty. He gave us a book where we can select he readings and response song and the vows and what not. He also gave us "homework" and strongly encouraged us to write our wills, fill out the paperwork where you say what you want done to yourself if you can no longer make choices, and give one another power of attorney. He said that when we are married we will automatically have power of attorney, but he said he never know what can happen between now and the wedding date, and we should be prepared. I tried my best to take all of this seriously, but it was really scary. Then we signed some paperwork agreeing that we told the truth and we were on our way.
Target was amazing. I have waited to do this for longer than I have known Mike. I was always very jealous of the girls getting married who got to walk around the store with the big scanning gun. It was weird at times, because we didn't have the best game plan, so we were making choices on things like towels and what not trying to envision what we wanted out of our home. Because we weren't prepared, we didn't pick out an everyday use set of dishes or siverware. But, we had a blast. We were in there for about two hours, and it felt really weird leaving and all we bought were two Ginger Ales.
Signing up with Target:
First scan of the day, a pepper grinder:
Mike's first scan when I finally let him use it:
A job well done:
Thursday, January 29, 2009
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
The Wedding Planning Continues
Two days off school due to inclement weather? Yes, and thank you.
I finally paid for my wedding dress, and by I paid I clearly meant my mother paid for my wedding dress. It turned into a really stupid ordeal. LONG STORY short, My mom and I drove the hour + drive to Bowling Green for a fitting only to find out the sold the dress to someone else. We paid for it and left.
Mike and I had to re-do our honeymoon plans once again. His company wouldn't give him enough time off to go to Europe. So, after much convincing from Mike, we decided on Vegas. I didn't want to go there (it was Mike's first idea) because I didn't want to spend my entire honeymoon gambling, but we did some research and there is SO much to do there besides gambling. We have already paid for our first night there and reserved our room for the rest of the week so this is set in stone. Very soon we are going to buy tickets to The Beatles Love and Criss Angel's show (yeah, I said it.). Among other things we are going to see Second City, go to a Titanic exhibit, Price is Right show, get couples massages, eat a $75 champagne brunch at the best rated brunch in the city (which is also in our hotel), and eat at Bobby Flay's restaurant. I am very excited.
This weekend Mike and I are finally having our first meeting with our priest. We have to take a test to see if we are compatible for marriage. Mike and I are both nervous about this. He asked me what we will do if we fail, and I told him we will still get married, just outside of the church. I don't want a test to tell me if we are right for each other, I already know we are.
I am also a little nervous, because Mike's sister-in-law told him she has some friends who got married in a Catholic church. The priest found out they lived together and would only agree to marry them if one of them moved out until the wedding. Granted, Mike and I technically only live together 4 days out of a month, but I would HATE not being together. We agreed if it came down to it, I could ask my parents if I could sleep at their house on the weekends that he is home. It just makes the most sense. Mike doesn't have family in Clarksville, and he lives in a truck the majority of the time so he deserves to sleep in his own home. It would just suck, though.
After that we are going to go to Target to register for gifts. I have been looking forward to this since before I had ever even met Mike. I just want to walk around with this price gun SO BAD.
Then, we are going to Sam's Club to start buying a few things, mostly items for the buffet line like chafing dishes and servingware.
"It's all happening!"
I finally paid for my wedding dress, and by I paid I clearly meant my mother paid for my wedding dress. It turned into a really stupid ordeal. LONG STORY short, My mom and I drove the hour + drive to Bowling Green for a fitting only to find out the sold the dress to someone else. We paid for it and left.
Mike and I had to re-do our honeymoon plans once again. His company wouldn't give him enough time off to go to Europe. So, after much convincing from Mike, we decided on Vegas. I didn't want to go there (it was Mike's first idea) because I didn't want to spend my entire honeymoon gambling, but we did some research and there is SO much to do there besides gambling. We have already paid for our first night there and reserved our room for the rest of the week so this is set in stone. Very soon we are going to buy tickets to The Beatles Love and Criss Angel's show (yeah, I said it.). Among other things we are going to see Second City, go to a Titanic exhibit, Price is Right show, get couples massages, eat a $75 champagne brunch at the best rated brunch in the city (which is also in our hotel), and eat at Bobby Flay's restaurant. I am very excited.
This weekend Mike and I are finally having our first meeting with our priest. We have to take a test to see if we are compatible for marriage. Mike and I are both nervous about this. He asked me what we will do if we fail, and I told him we will still get married, just outside of the church. I don't want a test to tell me if we are right for each other, I already know we are.
I am also a little nervous, because Mike's sister-in-law told him she has some friends who got married in a Catholic church. The priest found out they lived together and would only agree to marry them if one of them moved out until the wedding. Granted, Mike and I technically only live together 4 days out of a month, but I would HATE not being together. We agreed if it came down to it, I could ask my parents if I could sleep at their house on the weekends that he is home. It just makes the most sense. Mike doesn't have family in Clarksville, and he lives in a truck the majority of the time so he deserves to sleep in his own home. It would just suck, though.
After that we are going to go to Target to register for gifts. I have been looking forward to this since before I had ever even met Mike. I just want to walk around with this price gun SO BAD.
Then, we are going to Sam's Club to start buying a few things, mostly items for the buffet line like chafing dishes and servingware.
"It's all happening!"
Monday, January 19, 2009
The Weekend Wrap Up
Excitement is buzzing around the Shoulders/McFadden household.
Mike came home this weekend after a two-week excursion on the road. After a Friday night playing games with Jef, we woke up early on Saturday to get ready to meet a potential photographer at our house. My mom came over to help us. I wanted to have someone who is married and someone with a better understanding of money to be there to make sure we were getting a fair deal. When he showed up we looked in his portfolio.
I was nervous because I have a fairly specific idea of what kind of photos I want which at times can be a bit artistic and I wasn't sure if this gentleman would be able to mesh with my aesthetic. I was also nervous that as a man who takes pictures for our church that he might not be creative at all.
Thankfully, I was proved wrong and his pictures were beautiful and after talking to him about my specific wants and needs I am sure I will get the pictures I want.
He explained that he takes unlimited photos and will work the ceremony and the entire reception and afterward give US a photo album and a cd with all of the photos. With that we will get the copyright release to print our photos whenever we want.
I saw a similar deal for a photographer out of Nashville and he charged the cheapest I have found at $1,000. I kind of expected to pay around the same price, but hoped that since he wasn't a photographer full time that he might NOT charge as much.
I have heard that it is improper to discuss finances with mixed company, and while I usually like to stick to the confined rules of social mores, I feel that in this situation there might be an exception.
After looking at his information he asked if Mike and I were still interested and we both gave an enthusiastic "Yes!" To which I soon asked how much he would be charging us.
He started off by saying, "I was thinking about 350...." and I waited for "350 an hour....350 for this...or 350 for that...."
but he said "I was thinking about 350....for the whole thing."
I am thrilled. I thought I was going to spend a thousand for a photographer and a thousand for my dress, but I am spending about one thousand for both. YAY!
After he left, Mike and I got ready to go to church for Saturday night services. We walked around the church grounds afterward discussing possible photos. It was freezing cold and Mike was very excited and walking all over the place having my picture possible scenerios. It was hard to get excited when my ears were burning off from the cold.
The rest of the night was pretty lazy, but we watched a bunch of recorded TV shows that we watch together from the past two weeks and made homemade pasta noodles for dinner.
On Sunday we woke up fairly early to drive down to Ashland City. Mike's mother just got married and is moving in with her husband. She had several pieces of furnitures and other things to give to us. Mike's friend Jamie met us down there with his truck to move stuff and help Mike lift. Once back at the house, he also heped Mike move our old couch into the car port.
Overall, we got a new couch and arm chair, Mike's gun rack from high school, an endtable that matches one Mike's mom gave us a long time ago, a serving dish, decorations for the gun rack (antlers and a mallard duck- yeah...I just said that), and some paintings done by Mike's grandmother.
As soon as we got home, Mike had to leave to deliver outside of Nashville. He just needed to deliver and come right back home. While he was out, I got our house back together and rearranged some things on the wall. I also got out a curtain that we have never used before and cut it because it was too long and hung it up in our bedroom inplace of a blanket that has been hanging there since we moved in. Our house almost looks completely different now. We have lived here for almost two years and our bedroom has always looked plain, but it looks so good now. I love our living room furniture and all the paintings really make it look so much better.
Jackson and Jef (Jaxonn and Jeph) came over last night for games and such. We played a new dice version of Clue, a trivia Wii game, an arcade Wii game, darts, and a dice Cranium game. Good times, good friends, razzleberry pie.
Mike left this morning and the routine goes back to normal.
I started school last Thursday. Thankfully I know some people in my classes, but everything is so different. After two years in the English department, I am just now realizing how comfortable I got. I knew all the professor's names, the building, what to expect in the classes.
Now, I don't know anything. I am excited, though, because these are the classes that matter the most. I am finally going to learn how to be a teacher. I am really excited for a good semester.
Mike came home this weekend after a two-week excursion on the road. After a Friday night playing games with Jef, we woke up early on Saturday to get ready to meet a potential photographer at our house. My mom came over to help us. I wanted to have someone who is married and someone with a better understanding of money to be there to make sure we were getting a fair deal. When he showed up we looked in his portfolio.
I was nervous because I have a fairly specific idea of what kind of photos I want which at times can be a bit artistic and I wasn't sure if this gentleman would be able to mesh with my aesthetic. I was also nervous that as a man who takes pictures for our church that he might not be creative at all.
Thankfully, I was proved wrong and his pictures were beautiful and after talking to him about my specific wants and needs I am sure I will get the pictures I want.
He explained that he takes unlimited photos and will work the ceremony and the entire reception and afterward give US a photo album and a cd with all of the photos. With that we will get the copyright release to print our photos whenever we want.
I saw a similar deal for a photographer out of Nashville and he charged the cheapest I have found at $1,000. I kind of expected to pay around the same price, but hoped that since he wasn't a photographer full time that he might NOT charge as much.
I have heard that it is improper to discuss finances with mixed company, and while I usually like to stick to the confined rules of social mores, I feel that in this situation there might be an exception.
After looking at his information he asked if Mike and I were still interested and we both gave an enthusiastic "Yes!" To which I soon asked how much he would be charging us.
He started off by saying, "I was thinking about 350...." and I waited for "350 an hour....350 for this...or 350 for that...."
but he said "I was thinking about 350....for the whole thing."
I am thrilled. I thought I was going to spend a thousand for a photographer and a thousand for my dress, but I am spending about one thousand for both. YAY!
After he left, Mike and I got ready to go to church for Saturday night services. We walked around the church grounds afterward discussing possible photos. It was freezing cold and Mike was very excited and walking all over the place having my picture possible scenerios. It was hard to get excited when my ears were burning off from the cold.
The rest of the night was pretty lazy, but we watched a bunch of recorded TV shows that we watch together from the past two weeks and made homemade pasta noodles for dinner.
On Sunday we woke up fairly early to drive down to Ashland City. Mike's mother just got married and is moving in with her husband. She had several pieces of furnitures and other things to give to us. Mike's friend Jamie met us down there with his truck to move stuff and help Mike lift. Once back at the house, he also heped Mike move our old couch into the car port.
Overall, we got a new couch and arm chair, Mike's gun rack from high school, an endtable that matches one Mike's mom gave us a long time ago, a serving dish, decorations for the gun rack (antlers and a mallard duck- yeah...I just said that), and some paintings done by Mike's grandmother.
As soon as we got home, Mike had to leave to deliver outside of Nashville. He just needed to deliver and come right back home. While he was out, I got our house back together and rearranged some things on the wall. I also got out a curtain that we have never used before and cut it because it was too long and hung it up in our bedroom inplace of a blanket that has been hanging there since we moved in. Our house almost looks completely different now. We have lived here for almost two years and our bedroom has always looked plain, but it looks so good now. I love our living room furniture and all the paintings really make it look so much better.
Jackson and Jef (Jaxonn and Jeph) came over last night for games and such. We played a new dice version of Clue, a trivia Wii game, an arcade Wii game, darts, and a dice Cranium game. Good times, good friends, razzleberry pie.
Mike left this morning and the routine goes back to normal.
I started school last Thursday. Thankfully I know some people in my classes, but everything is so different. After two years in the English department, I am just now realizing how comfortable I got. I knew all the professor's names, the building, what to expect in the classes.
Now, I don't know anything. I am excited, though, because these are the classes that matter the most. I am finally going to learn how to be a teacher. I am really excited for a good semester.
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