late summer

late summer nights are magical. even driving home from walmart was a beautiful experience. the cicadas singing, the corn smelling sweet in the field, the sky fading from blue to pink and orange, the cool wind blowing in your window and playing with your hair. magic.

One step forward

I know I’m a little late as this happened yesterday, but a big WOOP WOOP for one step forward for equality!!!!!!!!! Proposition 8 was ruled unconstitutional yesterday!!!! Oh yes Yes YES!!!!!! It’s about freaking time! Now how can we get all the other states to wise up?

honeymoonin!

Squee!!! Ok I’m starting to get really excited/nervous about the wedding coming up!! Today, I started planning stuff to do on our honeymoon! We aren’t going anywhere, just staying at home, b/c there is so much to do in southern IN! Since Jon only gets 3 days off after the wedding, I’m only planning 2 days, but I’m really excited! Jon said he wanted to go on a hike, so on day #1, I am planning on going to Bluespring Caverns Park! We will hike around the park and go on one of their underground boat tours! For day #2 I want to go to Huber’s winery! We go every year to pick pumpkins and apples, but we have never taken the winery tour, so I want to do that! I can’t wait!

hello august, nice to see you again

August has arrived. How the heck did that happen?!?!??! Man I do not know where this year has gone! I haven't posted in a while, so here's a recap. Thursday, I took a 1/2 day from work and spent the afternoon with Becky and the kids. We went to Target and then Kaitlyn and I went to the party store while the boys took a nap. Friday night, I headed up to my parent's for the night, with Kelly in tow. It was so nice to be home again. I miss being on the farm.
Yesterday I had a bridal shower up at my parent's house. My sister's put it on and it was wonderful!!! My sisters are so awesome and even got me my favorite cake! I had such a good time! They made brunch for everyone and we played a couple of games. Then the presents! We got a lot of awesome stuff! I'm so excited to use it all! Squee!!! I also got the quintessential bow bouquet to use at my rehearsal!
After the shower, I came home and we relaxed. Well, we relaxed after going to pick Zach b/c his car broke down! Today, we went through everything we got and got the house a bit more organized. Well, as organized as it will be until after the wedding! I can't believe we are a month and a half away. It's just unreal!
Well, I am going to go enjoy what is left of my Sunday. Tomorrow, it's back to the grind!

happy cheesecake day!

Happy National Cheesecake Day! Go eat a slice and watch some Golden Girls!
Ah Friday. Even though I don’t get to see Jon today, I still like you Friday. You mean I get the next 2 days free. Not to mention that tomorrow is my very own bridal shower!! I’m quite excited! A lot of this wedding stuff is just so surreal! I don’t feel like it’s really happening to me! I feel like I’m going to get up there in my white dress and be all, are you sure I’m the one getting married? It’s just so…surreal!
I’ve been thinking about what the staples are in my closet lately, focusing on the fall b/c I’m so ready for it to get here! For fall/winter my clothes staples are the following:
a pair of black boots. The have to be knee high and they have to be black. They are so versatile and they go with anything!
a pair of skinny jeans. Even bigger girls like me can pull of this look. It’s all about how you dress it. I love that my skinny jeans fit right into my boots!
a long cardigan. My favorite one has longer sleeves and hangs to just below my butt. It’s flattering with skinny jeans and keeps me warm!
leggings. I love dresses and that love doesn’t go away in the winter. Add a pair of leggings and knee high boots and you are good to go!

my first wedding nightmare and other anecdotes

My brain has been somewhere else lately. I have totally forgotten to mention what a sweetie Jon has been! He bought me the Eclipse soundtrack, (which is amazing by the way!) and a beautiful bouquet of flowers! I came home Friday and he said that he thought I’d like some flowers to decorate for my Twilight party! Isn’t he the sweetest! Sigh. I can’t wait to marry this man!
Ok enough mush! Back to the Eclipse soundtrack, Jon got me the extended edition and I love it!! I have not been disappointed in any of the Twilight Saga soundtracks. They all have such a great mix of music! In fact, all 3 of them are in my cd player now!
Is anyone else getting excited about Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1?!?!?!? November 19th people!! I will so be seeing this in the theatre! There are only 2 movies that I must see in the theatre, any Twilight movie or any HP movie!! Sigh. I can’t believe HP is almost over! Just 2 more movies and then…nothing! I’m rereading the books right now and I still love them! I rmember the first time I read them. I was on vacation in MI and wanted some books to read, so when we went to the store, I bought the first 4 books and read them all in like a week! I couldn’t put them down! I actually need to get another copy of the Goblet of Fire b/c mind is falling apart.
In less geeky news (oh who am I kidding, I’m all geek!) I had my first wedding nightmare last night. It was awful! We were in the wrong church, my dress was a red 80’s prom dress style and there were no programs, bubbles, or anything! My hideous dress was too big so my mom was fixing it an hour before the wedding and suddenly, I couldn’t get my dad out of the bathroom! Then, Bruce Willis showed up and ate all the food! So disturbing! So now I’m frantic trying to remember if I’ve forgotten anything!

random lovelies

Ah the smell of Tuesday. I’m feeling much better today that I was Sunday or Monday. I just can’t party like I used to! Anywho, yesterday I went to Target and may have gotten myself a few things. I kept finding stuff on clearance! I got myself 2 hats, 1 ring, 2 bottles of nail polish and 2 pair of underwear! I’d post pic’s, but alas my computer is bunk so I’m not posting from it. I can’t wait to get a new computer. Oh and while at Target, I also saw that they are getting ready to switch shoes from summer to fall/winter!!!!! I can’t wait!! I am so ready for boot season!! And for fun, I’ve been dreaming of what I’d like to do to my kitchen some day. I would love to rip out all the cabinets and start over! I would add a window to the outside wall and put the sink under it. I would put cabinets on the bottom. On the top, I would have a mix of open shelving and cabinets with glass doors. Sigh. A girl can dream. Anywho, I’ve not much else to say except to go to this blog: http://www.whitewaxflower.com/
Ohmygod is it amazing! Her style is just…amazing!!! Have a lovely day

Twilight party a success!

Morning...er...yeah it's still morning! Last night was so much fun! Amber, Kate, and I went to see Eclipse! It was awesome!!! I'm so team Edward. I can't wait for the next two movies!!! After the movie, we went to have dinner at Applebee's. Then we came back to our place and started the drinking! Amber had had a pina colada made with banana flavored rum and wanted to try them, so we made them. I had the bright idea to add part ice and part vanilla ice cream. OhMyGosh!!! They were amazing!!!! Seriously, if you ever feel the need to make pina coladas, and you should, sub some of the ice with vanilla ice cream!!! We watched 9 to 5 and just hung out talking and drinking and such. It was so much fun! Amber and Kate got to know each other better and we all had fun!!! At about 10pm, the boys came back over and all of us got even more inebriated! They made fun of our penis shaped straws, but we didn't care! Ah, good times! Well I'm off to do some recuperating! Have a good Sunday!

simply spiffing

Today is simply spiffing! We mailed our wedding invites this morning! Squee!!! I totally got a picture! It still feels a little surreal. I have a feeling that I'm going to feel that way until the actual wedding day!
In about an hour, Amber and Kate will be here to start our partay! I can't wait to see Eclipse! Dustin and David are going to hang out with Jon so us ladies can party it up at our place. After we watch the movie, we are coming back to the house to have some good dirty partying! I cleared off my camera's memory card so I have lots of room for pictures!
I made a cream corn side dish today and it wasn't too bad if you like cream corn. Something different for every once in a while. I didn't measure anything, so the below measurements are estimates. This wouldn't be something I'd make often, but Jon and I both liked it as a change it up every once in a while side dish.
Cream Corn a la extra stuff
2 cans cream cron
1 can kernel corn
1/4 cup sour cream
1/4 cup real bacon bits
1 1/4 cup shredded cheddar cheese
Mix all except 1/4 cup cheese. Pour into backing dish. Top with remaining cheese and add some bacon for garnish. Bake for 30 minutes at 350 degrees. Voila!

birthdays and bachelorettes

Heya! It's Friday!! Wahoo! Yesterday was my sister's birthday (Happy Birthday +1 day Rach!) and Rachel, Kelly, and I went to PF Chang's. It was fun to just sit and catch up.
Today, Jon and I went to dinner at the Pizza Palace with David and Kate.
Tomorrow is my mini-bachelorette Twilight themed party!! We are going to see Eclipse at 4:35pm and then going back to my place to have drinks!!! I'm so excited! The guys are going to hang out and leave us to our girlyness! Well, I think Jon and I are off to the store. Sorry this is such a short post! Have a great weekend everyone!