3 things

Ohh hey guys! I sincerely hope everyone had a great weekend :)  Make that two great weekends since it's been a while.

Do I have news for you or WHATTT.

Since I haven’t been blogging for a while now (got into a bad habit and couldn’t think of interesting blogging posts) I decided to make this one epic post about what I’ve been up to and to share some exciting news!

1.     1.) Bought my bridesmaid dress for my sister's wedding (big step in moving forward with the August wedding).  I know all the brides say this - but as the maid of honor this should really mean something - I really think it's a dress that I could wear again!! I'm so excited about it.

2.     2.) I'll be visiting California on Wednesday with my good friend Julia.  We’ve been going the past 2 years for the Director’s Guild Awards (do we have connections or do we have connections?).  This year we’re staying a bit longer to really take in all of El Lay’s beautiful sites and touristy spots.  The first year we went we met Cory Monteith from Glee:

And the next year we got our picture taken with the boy from the Facebook movie:

Both guys were so nice!! And I can't wait to see who we might run into this year! 

And this last one, #3, is huge…I’m not sure if you’re ready for this. You need to sit down cause you’re going to faint. This is the most exciting news I could ever share with anyone. I’M MOVING TO....drum roll please….

Yes, me, small town girl moving to music city of the world! I can’t wait to start blogging from there.  But I still have a while so I’ll try my hardest to live in the present. ‘Til then, will definitely try my darndest to start taking more pics and putting them up.  This blog is still a work in progress and I’m trying to figure out why exactly I started it….but, yes, definitely will be trying to snap more pictures.

So anyways, just wanted to say Happy Monday

we laughed, we cried, we DIYed

I'm not kidding when I say this weekend was one of the best!  I am loving 2012 so far.  Despite spending most of the weekend hours driving in the car with my mom and sis, the weekend of Jan. 5-8 will go down in books as one of the most entertaining.  So many times the three of us had to just keel over from uncontrollable laughter.  And tears, there were lots of laughing tears!    

And speaking of shirts.... my mom "re-fashioned" this number from GWill and please just excuse me if I start to wear it every day.  It took her a whole maybe 30 minutes (and that's pushing it) to put it all together she just zipped right through it.  I'm off now to find some more things for her.      

Fascinating Reflections

It’s three days into the new year now and I’m finally getting a chance to actually sit down and reflect on the past year.  While the last few days since I posted have been busy, wonderful, celebratory, and terrifying (might be posting about that later/probably not); 2011 was a year for me to grow and learn.  I treasure all of my 2011 moments.

Since I only started this blog a few months ago here’s a really quick recap of my year:

•  I moved out of my parents house
•  Started my Master's program
•  Made some of the most amazing friends
•  Roadtripped across the East Coast with my I-don't-know-how-she's-not-my-sister best friend who I talk about all the time on this blog
•  Went on dates
•  Engagement parties
•  Graduated with my Master's
•  Experience the worst kind of pain when my grandmother died in April

Like all years 2011 had its ups and downs.  For me personally it seemed like the ups were EXTREMELY up and the downs were EXTREMELY down.  But as I sit and think about how different I was a year ago today, I am happy with where my life is going.  Two-thousands-twelve is here and there’s no slowing down!  I know this year will bring challenges, WEDDINGS!!!! (lots!), a relocation, and I think maybe even a new puppy J  Will keep ya'll posted on that last one!