It Was All Yellow

I have mentioned before on here that I could see how people want to get married more than once, if nothing else just to get to have everything they want. I'm not abandoning the green apple theme, but if I were to abandon the idea of getting married in Indy completely, and say jet off to Hawaii, Yellow would be the color for me!

The flowers are to die for! Especially since daisy's are my favorite!

And are these cup cakes not just so cute!?

And what bridesmaid wouldn't like this dress? (Priscilla of Boston)

Shoes anyone?

I am thinking of getting a pair myself! (J. Crew)

And I can guarantee you my future husband would never come home to a dirty house if this bad boy happened to make an appearance! (Jk sweetie I will clean anyway!)

But alas, I am stuck on being green! It will look great at Mavris with all of the deep wood floors and exposed brick walls to put it against. However, yellow is adorable!

I cannot wait for summer! Even though I am taking a summer class during May, I am so excited to simplify for a few months! Things have been very crazy lately, and I am looking forward to the next 3 weeks (yeppers that's all that's left!!!) of school to fly by!!

Have a great week.... and comment darn it! :)

Jennifer and the terrible, horrible, no good, very bad, week! (Pity Party)

I will warn all of you that this has nothing to do with my wedding......

This is a summary of my week:

Monday
After all day Friday planning a lesson plan for my new "focus child" (I got him assigned to me at the end of the day Wednesday, so I had no idea what he struggled with) I managed to pick the one math skill he had mastered! So our activity that was supposed to fill 30 minutes took about 15! Then I had to go to the IMA with my classmated to basically watch a power point that could have been shown to us on campus!

Tuesday
Got to work late, for which I got the evil eye from my boss! Then I realized that my dyslexia had led to me to an incorrect balance in my register, which made me become overdrawn. So basically I was broke until today.

Wednesday
I already was just in a bad (partially bc of PMS) when I found out that we had yet another lesson plan to plan. I got stuck with a group that I am less than thrilled about working with. One person is possibly being kicked out of the class, and the other, bless her heart, has no time to do anything extra because she gave birth a week ago.

Then in class I find out that I have to teach a five minute lesson on minerals on Wednesday. Nice. I hate minerals!

After being annoyed by my professor that relies heavily on the Socratic method, the lack of answers, and the lack of time to complete things I was at least excited about lunch! My mom had made my 'healthy' spaghetti the night before, and I was having mine for lunch (because I am poor and couldn't buy anything good).

Poor S, she spilt the entire thing on the floor and my shoes when she bumped into the table. While the spaghetti was not that important, it was the last straw. I burst into tears and had to run home to change, as well as to borrow money so I could feed myself lunch. Unfortunately the library doesn't offer a refund for feeding their floor instead of yourself!

Thursday
Again met with the evil eye at work when I had to tell the boss that I would be leaving early due to needing to meet the horse shoer at the barn since my father was unable to. Oh well. Right as I am walking out the door to head home, I get a phone call and spend the next 25 minutes trying to make someone in who knows where understand about one of my employees insurance coverage. Thus making me late getting home, so I was met with the evil eye of the horse shoer.

Had a total OCD breakdown at this point and spent the rest of the afternoon cleaning and organizing (my mother got some alphabetically organized spices out of the deal) so as to not go crazy!

Finally time to go to a lovely required concert at IUPUI with a few good classmates, when I get a call at 6:45 pm that two of my employees won't be in. So i spend the whole car ride there swearing and making phone calls trying to get things covered.

Then the concert: let's just say that I do not consider making the same sounds at the tornado sirens that go off on Fridays music, and I got to listen to and hour of this 'music.'

Grey's Anatomy was a repeat. Enough said.

Friday
Sprained or broke (not sure yet because I haven't had time to go to the ER) my foot on my little brother's shoes. Sure hope the Marines teach him how to clean up!

Found out that Jackie O (horse) is not ovulating correctly so I have to shell out $300 in meds to "trick" her in to getting preggers.

Had to drop kick the ladies at the facility that the company does our drug testing at bc she still doesn't have results from a test taken a week ago.

Oh and after he regretfully agreed to go shopping with me tonight, I had to cancel on Josh because I can't walk. Pizza and Sports Center instead.... yay rah!

I am going out tomorrow night for a drink, even if i have an air cast!

I will share with you the hilarious "permission slip" sent out by some of my classmates for this little journey!

All Block II Southside Interns are invited to attend a social gathering at the Slippery Noodle in Downtown Indianapolis for drinks, conversation, and general tomfoolery.

Date: Saturday, February 28, 2009
Time: 8:00 - ?
Cost: $5.00 Door

*Students are permitted (or required in some cases) to bring friends and spouses. Dress for a comfortable Saturday night. Please no name tags, clipboards, or backpacks.

· Spouses and significant others if they insist (Phill) are invited.
· Fraternizing is allowed and expected.
· Dancing shoes also expected.
· Found instruments may be required by G. Miles & the Hitmen who will be performing that evening. Rain sticks, glockenspiels, and jingle bells included.

No official RSVP needed but if you have time to give a heads up it would be appreciated. Please consider coming out, it will be nice for us all to relive some stress together, away from class!!

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------

INTERN NAME: _______________________________________

I give permission for my naive and influential intern to go and relieve some stress at the Slippery Noodle Inn and release any participants from liability or humiliation in the event dancing or singing takes place.
SPOUSE SIGNATURE: _________________________________

Can't wait! I am glad there is a light at the end of the tunnel. And thanks to those reading this that have been directly effected by my craziness for being patient with me!

An Apple A Day....

Ok so recently I have become obsessed with the apple green and brown color combo. I really wanted to include the purple, and who knows I might just have a random purple dress in my ceremony, but I have decided to go with just the apple green, dark brown, and ivory.


So I headed to my good old research buddy GOOGLE, and low and behold fell even more in love with the colors.



Then I got to thinking....... Why not just have an apple theme?!?


I mean after all Josh is the "apple of my eye" (barf cheesy), and I am going into a profession that has been represented by the apple forever. So here are some of my b-e-a-u-tiful ideas thanks to the Google Gods!


I love the idea of using apples for place card holder, table numbers, etc.

I also think that they can be used in centerpieces and are in inexpensive filler.

Then come the favors... which can be really pricey! I think that I would love to just make home-made caramel apple (yet another project to add to the ever-growing DIY list!). Mine would be simple, but these are really cute ------->

And finally.... drumroll please..........

The cakes!

How cute is this one?! ----->

It's even already in my colors. I just love how simple and adorable it is.

What I think is really cool is how this cake is displayed (I don't care for the cake). If you look closely there are apples underneath the glass that is held up by clear wine glasses. I mean I'm sure my cake would come toppling down, but still it's an awesome idea!

I think that when people hear Apples they picture something really boring and cheesey. I know my mother is not the biggest fan; But I really like the idea myself. All in all I am very excited, and I think I am getting more of a solid idea of what I want!

On to the dresses: I am happy to say that while in Von Maur the other night I had one of the Maids of Honor (she hasn't been fired yet ;)) try on an apple green dress, and she liked the color! She declined green originally, but since then I have convinced her that the right color could be really cute. Plus it helps that so far all the women I have asked to be a part of the wedding party are gorgeous!

Which brings me to my next point.... I am trying to think of a really creative way to ask everyone else to be a part of the wedding. The two girls that are already in it, well it was sort of a given, but the other ones might not know that I want to ask them. I also have a few family members to ask, as well as the recruitment of ring bearer(s) and a jr. bridesmaid. Plus, if a certain classmates baby can walk by then, I will have a proper flower girl. (Not gonna lie I briefly considered hiring a child actress due to the complete lack of little girls the right age on either side of the family or our friends!)

Oh and yeah, tomorrow my first proper Valentines Day is going to happen! I have never had a good one. There was one year I broke up with someone days before, another I totally spaced getting the dinner res. at the restaurant we had been planning on trying, so we dined on popcorn at the movies, and I got the flu last year (my fiance kindly brought my sick-scary-looking self flowers anyway). So I am pumped! Yeah it's a Hallmark holiday, but who cares? Even if it's just a heart shaped pizza (we're having one tonight) or a lavish surprise date, it's fun to have a person to share it with! Cirque De Solei here we come!!!

thinking.... it always causes problems

Ok so, I apologize for the lack of posts, but seriously life has taken over and wedding has been back-burnered (1. idk if I spelled that right, 2. I back-burner so many things that I must have the largest industrial stove ever created!).

Josh's Grandfather passed away on Thursday night, and while I am not going to say much about it, because it is not my place to blog about someones family, it was a reminder that in the end all that matters is family. Without that you have nothing and no one.

I also have started to face the reality of the fact that in a little over a year (15 months) I will be moving farther from my friends and family than I have ever been before. It is going to be such a sudden and dramatic change that I am a little terrified at the thought of it. I say that I will be able to come back to Indy whenever I want to see everyone, but as it is I hardly get to go out, I can't imagine how seldom it will happen once I start my "real" adult life.

Makes me think about all the women in the "olden" days that moved far away from the people they knew and did not have the advantages or technology to keep in touch that I do; It could be worse.

I have decided to forgo the impending drama and wait until September to sit down and figure out the bridal party. With a brother meeting with recruiters and possibly enlisting, unsteady friendships, and family members out of the country I simply can't even try to figure it out right now. Waiting is no big deal since any decisions regarding the bridal party won't take place until closer to.

Meanwhile..... I have started collection antique chandelier crystals to use on some of my centerpieces. Anyone helping is going to hate me when they have to help sting up a million of them, but it will be really neat. Of course I have this weird eBay addiction where I feel like I am getting a "gift" every time something comes in the mail. Unfortunately for something to be considered a gift, I think someone other than myself must pay for it!

Well I have made some very slow progress in my weight loss. As of today (despite pigging out all weekend) I have lost 9lbs! But since I have about 16 more to go this is just so darn hard! I just keep wondering why it even got as out of control as it did in the first place. I have never been so angry with myself! grrrr. Oh well, maybe doing it the hard way will teach me my lesson and this won't happen again (other than when I am preggers, at which point I anticipate becoming a 5'1" whale!)

Speaking of preggers..... I have got the baby fever! (No baby yet, and not for a while, admit it you were scared for a second). I have wanted to be a mom since I was a toddler, and I really don't anticipate anything in my life ever bringing me as much frustration or pride as having a child, but I need to wait. I want our kid to have every advantage, including parents that are ready (if there is such a thing).

So to recap this incredibly long post:
1. Value your family, they're all you've got
2. I am embracing the location change, slowly
3. Choosing bridesmaids is harder than you think!
4. eBay= not so free gifts
5. Put the cookie down, seriously not worth the challenge of weight loss
6. Baby fever can be cured with the reality that I am not ready to be a mom

I am off to look at my new bridal magazine.... I really should just get subscriptions because this $7 per magazine is quickly adding up! Adios!!

PS... my lovely mother just came in and informed me she pretty much got me the deal of the century for a dj! I mean we're talking like 1/10th of the cost of the average dj! I am pumped!