Apparently blogspot was down due to technical difficulties. I usually do my posts for the next day on the night before then schedule them to automatically post the next morning. Unless it is the weekend, then I like to let the day go by and blog at night about what happened that day!
(And some other days I like to do that too...I guess it depends on whatever mood I'm in.)
It looks like my post from yesterday never went up and when I tried to log in to do my post for today (this morning at about 7:30am) blogspot was down. Hopefully it's back up and running, so these posts are actually showing up!
Anyways, today Matt and I are leaving for Farmville (in like 2 hours...guess I should finish packing?). Tomorrow I graduate with my Master in Education degree. Crazy, I know. I can't believe how fast the last year has gone by, and I'm sure the next year is promising to do the same! Sometimes I just want to hit a pause button and live in that week for like a month. This week being one of them. Every night I made a to-do list about 2 pages long for the next day. I would get up when Matt left for work (anytime between 5:30am and 7:30am) and go non-stop until he got home. Sometimes I was doing stuff for 2+ hours and I would go to check it off of the to-do list and realize it wasn't even on there (like laundry, vacuum, clean bathrooms, take out trash, wash dishes, etc). So what did I do? Wrote them on the to-do list, just so that I could check them off! haha (just a little self-gratification technique I like to use)
Now I'm off...I only have 2 hours-ish to pack for the next 2 weeks (including through the wedding/rehearsal clothes/day after the wedding outfit...all of the wedding stuff that is at Matt's apt. that needs to make it to Richmond). Oh, and I have to pack Matt as well!
And I know I've talked about hating this car ride before...but seriously...beautiful weather for an entire week, then we wake up to overcast/rain/fog today for the car ride! Of Course!
Friday, May 13, 2011
Thursday, May 12, 2011
Cooking
This week has been fun because Matt and I have somehow managed to cook together almost every night. (Except for last night because we were in Morgantown.)
We went out to eat at Cheddars which is a yummy restaurant with great drinks!
I don't remember what exactly my drink was, but it looked like this and was delicious!
Ok...back to Matt and I being able to cook together.
For my bridal shower, one of my closest friends got me this.
We went out to eat at Cheddars which is a yummy restaurant with great drinks!
I don't remember what exactly my drink was, but it looked like this and was delicious!
Ok...back to Matt and I being able to cook together.
For my bridal shower, one of my closest friends got me this.
It has recently become my go-to cookbook and seriously I'm in love with the advice/healthy cooking that is inside. If you are young (bride or not) go get this cookbook. It tells you everything you need to know...from how to tell if veggies and fruit are ripe enough to buy to which cuts of meat come from what part of different animals (diagrams and pictures included). It is like the idiot's guide to cooking.
We've had gorgeous weather here in WV so to the grill we went for our dinner. We made lemon/garlic rubbed pork chops, teriyaki turkey, and steaks and potato kabobs. YUM! Of course every night we pair our meat with some veggie (our current favorites are asparagus, corn on the cob, side salad, steamed mixed veggies) and usually some type of bread (bad, I know...but it's a habit we can't kick).
Also Matt and I have found that about 1-2 hours after dinner we always crave something sweet. In college (it seemed like every other night) I would make a batch of fresh chocolate chip cookies and take to his roommates and him (or keep them in my apt. for my roommates and myself).
Well that habit had to be broken, so this past year I moved to these 90 calorie treats.
Then on my grocery trip the beginning of the week, I had a coupon for these and decided to give them a shot!
They happen to be delicious! They satisfy that late-night sweet-tooth and are only 60 calories! Not too bad!
Things I'm excited about
These past few weeks have been pretty stressful and the next two weeks promise to be the same. Instead of getting wrapped up in all of the small stuff I wanted to blog about some things that I'm really excited about right now.
Wrap presentsGet day-of insurancePrint programsMake final payments
1) I'm leaving WV tomorrow and the next time I come back, Matt and I will be married!
2) Wedding details are finally falling in to place. Matt was nice enough to help me put a big dent in my to-do list last night which included...
Finish table info.
Finish Richmond booklets
Finalize Ceremony/Reception Music
3) We bought sunscreen for our honeymoon. I'm thinking about the wedding so much that I have managed to forget how excited we are for our trip to Antigua!
4) The apartment always felt like a place that I visited. Now it feels lived in to me. There is a place for everything and the move is finally complete!
5) Matt and I have a dance lesson this weekend which means we get 1 hour to just be together and focus on helping each other out.
6) Our good friends just had a baby and we may get to meet him this weekend. I love the smell, feel, and cuddle of a newborn baby!
7) I'm so excited that I have blogged for the three months before the wedding, because I really am at that point now where I'm thinking "where have the past few months gone?" Time seems to continue to fly by and since I can't make it slow down, I'm at least happy that I have some way to go back and look at what I was doing and what was going through my head each week!
Wednesday, May 11, 2011
Wedding Wednesday
I'm happy to report that the making of the church decorations is starting.
I am not so happy to report that I can get through punching 2 papers worth of flowers before my hand cramps so bad that I can't hold anything anymore. Needless to say, I have enlisted some help from Matt on this task.
The finished product is so cute! Thanks Mal for the inspiration/helping me find everything/and your help next week on making many more of these!
I am not so happy to report that I can get through punching 2 papers worth of flowers before my hand cramps so bad that I can't hold anything anymore. Needless to say, I have enlisted some help from Matt on this task.
The finished product is so cute! Thanks Mal for the inspiration/helping me find everything/and your help next week on making many more of these!
My other crafts that I have been in the process of making are the signs for outside of the church. Yesterday Matt gave me the arrows that he cut out and I finally did all of the painting and put on all of the letters. When we were procrastinating moving furniture last night, we finally finished the signs. These pictures don't do them justice (in my opinion). They are so cute in person...so cute that even Matt (every time he walks by them) tells me how good they turned out! So excited to put them out in front of the church!
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
Moving in!
This apartment is starting to feel like home! This morning I did the first load of laundry where my clothes didn't go immediately in to a suitcase, or in a pile on the floor. Last night we picked up my dresser.
We put it in the bedroom and realized that where we thought it would go, looked weird. So we decided to make dinner (it was 8pm by this time) and come back to it.
Yum...we opened a bottle of wine that I got at a wine festival last fall and it was delicious!
After dinner we went back to the furniture and still couldn't make a decision...so we decided to practice dancing (Matt was hilarious...I think this is thanks to the wine).
After dancing...we sat in the bedroom for what seemed like 5 hours (really about 1) discussing what our different options were. We made a move (we didn't know if we liked it or not) and I finally got to put all of my clothes away! Luckily we woke up this morning liking our furniture decision more than when we went to bed. Oh the exciting life of about-to-be-newlyweds.
This morning Matt had a conference call at home so I got to make him breakfast and hopefully he won't have a crazy day today so we can make a dent in some of this wedding stuff. Details to come in tomorrow's Wedding Wednesday post!
We put it in the bedroom and realized that where we thought it would go, looked weird. So we decided to make dinner (it was 8pm by this time) and come back to it.
Yum...we opened a bottle of wine that I got at a wine festival last fall and it was delicious!
After dinner we went back to the furniture and still couldn't make a decision...so we decided to practice dancing (Matt was hilarious...I think this is thanks to the wine).
After dancing...we sat in the bedroom for what seemed like 5 hours (really about 1) discussing what our different options were. We made a move (we didn't know if we liked it or not) and I finally got to put all of my clothes away! Luckily we woke up this morning liking our furniture decision more than when we went to bed. Oh the exciting life of about-to-be-newlyweds.
This morning Matt had a conference call at home so I got to make him breakfast and hopefully he won't have a crazy day today so we can make a dent in some of this wedding stuff. Details to come in tomorrow's Wedding Wednesday post!
Monday, May 9, 2011
Travel Monday - Budapest, Hungary
Back in 2008 I was lucky enough to travel all through Eastern Europe. It was an amazing trip that has changed the way I see a lot of things. Many of these countries are just now hitting their prime developmental years and it was so neat to see the history tied in to current modernization. I don't have much to say about Budapest other than the food was amazing, the beer was delicious, and the views were breathtaking. Here are some pictures to prove my points.
Our first stop was at a local market inside of an old train station. The food was so fresh!
And like I said, the beer was plentiful and yummy!
A very different taste than what we are used to here in the states!
Beautiful architecture throughout the entire city.
Just to prove I was actually there!
Open-Air market with great souvenirs.
Such pretty views!
Possibly one of my favorite sights from the whole trip. In the train station.
Sunday, May 8, 2011
Dance Lessons
Today Matt and I had dance lessons and it was so much more enjoyable than either one of us thought it would be! We had so much fun and got a couple of good laughs out of tripping over each other's feet. A memory we will have forever! Our final lesson is next weekend and before that Matt has made it known that we will be practicing at least one hour each day. (Clearly the competitive side has come out in him...haha)
After dance lessons and spending time with Matt's family. (Today is his niece and nephew's birthday...I can't believe how fast they are growing up - such amazing kids!!!)
When visiting was over it was time to head back to WV. Lets just say that old habits die hard. For the past 5 years whenever we leave Richmond on a Sunday night, it is usually to go back to Farmville. Even over the past few months, Matt has left Richmond with me on Sunday evening and we've gone back to Longwood for the night. You take 64 west to get to both places, but to go to Farmville you have to get on 288 whereas to go to WV you just stay on 64 (literally the whole way for almost 5 hours). Last night without even thinking Matt started heading towards Farmville. I asked him "did you just get on 288?" His response..."I'm glad you noticed, because I wouldn't have...this whole taking you to WV with me is going to be hard to get used to." That's when it hit me...we've finally started to feel like our lives are changing. So excited for what the future holds!
After dance lessons and spending time with Matt's family. (Today is his niece and nephew's birthday...I can't believe how fast they are growing up - such amazing kids!!!)
When visiting was over it was time to head back to WV. Lets just say that old habits die hard. For the past 5 years whenever we leave Richmond on a Sunday night, it is usually to go back to Farmville. Even over the past few months, Matt has left Richmond with me on Sunday evening and we've gone back to Longwood for the night. You take 64 west to get to both places, but to go to Farmville you have to get on 288 whereas to go to WV you just stay on 64 (literally the whole way for almost 5 hours). Last night without even thinking Matt started heading towards Farmville. I asked him "did you just get on 288?" His response..."I'm glad you noticed, because I wouldn't have...this whole taking you to WV with me is going to be hard to get used to." That's when it hit me...we've finally started to feel like our lives are changing. So excited for what the future holds!
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