here, on the street where you live

ps; im anemic...psh...who knew!!? after 8 blood/urine tests they told me this week.

Book wreath attempt 1!

Yay! I adore it!




I bought a really old book from a silly Junk store here in town for 35 cents & a small ROUNDED foam wreath.

I kind of 'crinkled' the bottom of the paper until I got a good 'leafy' form and pinned an end to the wreath - usually using 3 pins/book page. ( The key was getting all different shapes out of the pages!)

& TA-DA! It only took me 2 episodes of Keeping Up With the Kardashians! :) Har har.

I plan on using these on the beautiful arched doorways into the venue - hang them with some silky swanky ribbon? Eh?
HAPPY!

inside the venue!!!

PRIOR VENUE ENTRY! WITH MORE PICTURES!






Check out my handsome hubby-to-be :) OWOW!!

But really, how beautiful! I am so thrilled to have found such a swanky venue at such a BUDGET price! HELLOOOO Parks & Rec! I booked this place (which also has a MASSIVE 50ft x 30ft back patio AND a kitchen!) for the day before my wedding AND wedding day for oly $750!? I cannot get over it. AMAZING.

They also don't have silly rules like, "YOU MUST USE EVERY VENDOR WE TELL YOU TO." Cause really? What's the fun in that?

i'm a happy happy bride.


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bridal bootcamp.

okay, so it's time to shed those obligatory pounds before i am the star of the show.

its going to be a rough rough battle.

the past 3 weeks i have eaten very healthy (aside from literally 4 meals) which is a HUGE step up.

not drinking hardly any soda. eating lean meats...etc.

but tonight the dreaded workouts began.

4 miles on the bike, burnt my arms out, worked out my legs, and did push-ups until i collapsed.
here goes nothin...

advice?

Loft feet and wedding venue view.

Port au Prince

Haiti is heavy on my heart.
I've been watching CNN since I got home at 5pm.
I cannot quit thinking about all the people and broken hearts and bodies lying on cold stone.

A dear friend of mine is lost amidst all the rubble & chaos.

Pray for Roger Eason please.
I cry thinking that he could be lost.

God Bless all the people donating.

Pounds

I've lost 8 pounds in a week. Yay! Wedding bod, here we come!


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bridesmaids are lovelies.

my door, welcoming the maidens!


everyone's BM guides & sweet glasses (i dont know why i love putting names on EVERYTHING!)


my ring - chillin on the moss candle holder.

ALL THE MAIDS BEING GOOFY! (minus precious jana who is in kansas city, wahhh)


lindsey, my beautifulllll matron of honor!


ginger, maid of honor! :) yay!


Tonight was such a special night for me. Having all the bridesmaids over PLUS my stepmommy and FMIL - it made my heart flutter. All these women have been SO influential in my life & having them all in one room laughing at the same jokes, responding to each others stories...etc I could have just danced and giggled all night.

But instead we planned showers! And dresses!

The books I made each of them included one another's phone numbers & the yarn used to tie it shut was either dark grey (MOH & MOH) or light grey (everyone else) They wrote down the shower dates & which one they could host, etc. All of it made me SO happy :)

Eric's mama cooked FATTY AND GOOD shrimp & grits, I made a salad, his granny made cornbread, and stepmommy made PIES! We had fruity COCKTAILS and WINE! (Notice all the things I like are like 3940383 calories & capitalized!) We laughed and listened to Norah Jones sing about love.

My Lord it was quite an evening.

I love these persons/ ROLL TIDE ROLL!

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Peaceful

Mornings in the loft.



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VENUE DAY!!!!!

i booked the wedding venue.

:D

the mountains according to my iphone...

The entire trip was wonderful and exciting. Nothing like being with your favorites in a winter worderland. It was only missing G!

On the day we were to go skiing I was sliding down a hill on my butt and my face slammed into a huge block of ice - I cannot explain all the pain I felt all at once. I don't remeber ever getting up - all I remeber is some how getting to the ski patrol station. I got a concussion and I seriously believe my nose is brooooke.

Sad sad sad. Anyways, a picture for your time...
The view was amazing :


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