today I have surgery: choosing joy
Today I have surgery. It will be the second in two months. Just days after I got engaged, I had major gum surgery. And now just days before my 30th birthday I will have...
planning your marriage while planning your wedding: week 7 “in the unideal”
I’m an idealist. I’m a dreamer. I’m a perfectionist. I conjure up in my mind exactly how I want my life and experiences in it to go, but they often don’t work out as...
how to plan a wedding in 6 months flat: week 7
Week 7. My lucky number… or one of them, at least! Here’s what we did this week: Book honeymoon!! (We are going to Bora Bora! I am counting down the days! It will be some...
planning your marriage while planning your wedding: week 6 “in the busyness”
This past Sunday Clay and I had made plans to register at Pottery Barn and pick out our first Christmas tree. (We won’t live together until we are married, but it’s still our first tree...
how to plan a wedding in 6 months flat: week 6
It’s week 6 which means we are a quarter of the way through wedding planning! That feels bittersweet to me. There’s one side of me that says, “Thank goodness.” And another that feels it is going by...
never too late to be brand new
I woke up this morning, pulled back my curtains, and saw this sight: a fresh new sun rising outside my window. the beauty of a new day dawning. I thought of all it symbolizes: a...
planning your marriage while planning your wedding: week 5 “in the ordinary”
This day was anything but ordinary. If you’d like to read our engagement story, you may do so here! But today, I am going to talk about the night Clay and I first made plans to...
Christmas must be something more
“We get so caught up in all of it, business and relationships, hundred mile an hour lives…” – Taylor Swift, Christmas Must Be Something More It’s officially December, which means it’s officially Chistmas time....
how to get mold off wood table
Guys! I came home from five days in Texas with my fiancé to visit my family for Thanksgiving, and I came back to this! Mold! From a baby pumpkin! Gross. Not to mention, we just...
how to plan a wedding in 6 months flat: week 5
This week was Thanksgiving week, and Clay and I decided that spending time with family was more important than wedding planning… So, this week’s actual tasks are a bit lighter. It’s a bit more “research”...
