Wedding Wednesday

Ok, so I have to admit that I stole the "wedding wednesday" from another blog I follow. I can't promise I will blog every Wednesday about the wedding but I can today because I have updates for you all. Try to conceal your excitement.

Today marks 5 months until we say our vows and say I do. I am getting more and more excited with each passing day.

Now for the updates!

1. My dress fits!!! Some of you may not know that after I got my dress altered, it didn't fit. It was too big. People told me that it wasn't a bad problem to have and I have plenty time to put some weight on. The other day I called my friend Emily and asked her to go shopping. Another problem I was having with my dress was finding a bra to fit where you didn't see it in the back. My other option was having a bra sewn in but I really didn't want that. Emily and I went to one of our favorite bargain stores, Dirt Cheap. If you have never been there, all I can say is come with an open mind and some time. Anyway we were doing what we do best, chat and shop. All of sudden I see this bra with a soft corset hanging there. I had to try it. What could it hurt and it was only 5 bucks! This made me want to go to Emily's house (that's where the dress is being stored) and try it on right then. That's what we did and BOOM. My dress fit perfect and so did the bra!! I did a little dance and then took pictures!

2. Our invitations came in! I am still in awe on how well they turned out. Megan Slaughter did an amazing job. If you or someone else is looking to get great graphic design work done you should look her up.

3. This is probably my favorite update for so far. I bought Adrian's wedding band!!! We went to Zales with another ring in mind and he saw this one and I have to admit, it looked great on him. After everything was said and done we both walked out glowing and talking about it. Then, we both remembered that we didn't take one single picture of it. So this picture is from the Zales website. It should be here in two to three weeks.

We are only 5 months away. That's 151 days! It's almost Christmas time and I can't help but this time next year we will be celebrating our first Christmas as a married couple! 

4. (Last one, I promise!) I am meeting with my flower lady after the first of the year! She isn't just any flower lady she is my cousin who rocks at floral design. I am excited to share my ideas with her and see what her magic mind can come up with. 

My blog will be one this year! Post to come! 

My prayers

I can't put this post off any longer. I've sat down and tried like hell  to wrap my head around what is going on in today's world. Unless you have been living under a rock, then I am sure you know what is going on. I can barely even type it.

*Insert lots of typing, and deleting here because I couldn't get the words to travel from my brain to my fingers. Like I said, still trying to wrap my head around it and it's not working.

On December 14, 2012, there was a school shooting in Newtown, Connecticut. A school shooting at an elementary school. Just typing this, words begin fail me and I start to tear up. I refuse to watch the news. Not because I don't care but because this hurts too much. Instead of dwelling on news channels to keep me informed, I pray.

I pray for the families who lost loved ones. I pray for the ones who sat in nearby classrooms hearing the sounds of echoing gunshots. I pray for the law enforcement officers and paramedics who arrived on scene not knowing what they walked into. I pray for the shooter's family. I am praying to the Lord to wrap these people in his arms to comfort them and hold them. I pray for our nation, because we all need it.

I will not go into political issues, gun control debates, or whether not the shooter had a disability. While these are important issues, they are not important right now. What is important is remembering those sweet babies and heroes who put their life in front of danger. And most importantly remembering that God is in control.

make over time

I felt like blog needed a major over haul. It needed to be redone from top to bottom. I finally figured it out, I think.

I always tell myself I can figure these things out and if I can't there is something on the world wide web that can help me out. In weird way blogger kind of reminds me of MySpace. Maybe it's all the HTML codes and the layout of it. Who knows! I know I can't sleep and it is frustrating! Thank you blogger app for letting me do this while laying in bed!

JAGS on 3

I wear many hats in this thing we called life but one that I enjoy a lot is coaching. I am the assistant coach to one awesome head coach and not to mention an amazing group of young ladies. This is my second year with the team and as always, it’s challenging. I listen to the senior girls talk about what they want to be when they grow up. What college they want to go. What dorm they should live in. It takes me back, even if it's just for a minute, to where I was when I was in high school. I enjoyed high school but I loved college. I loved the college town I moved to. I love the friends that I made. If it wasn't for that decision to go to that school, I wouldn't be where I am today.

Jen & I for our first home game last year against CH. 

Jen & I have this thing we do on game day. We don't have lucky socks or habits that we do before a game. We dress alike. The girls have dubbed this ritual, "the twin swag." It may sound silly but we have matching outfits the day of the game. I think it mentally prepares through out the day. 

Our classic "twin swag" get up. Black pants. Purple Shirt. DC Vest. 

First play off game last year.  Yes, we won.

"SEW excited!!!"

Today is Thanksgiving! I am beyond blessed in my life and even though I never posted my "today I am thankful for" status updates I am thankful for so many blessings I have in my life. I am thankful for a lot of things in my life but I will not bore you with that. (If you guessed God, Family, Adrian, friends & Pancho then you are correct.) Now for the exciting news...thanks to Amazon and my lovely "beyonce" Adrian one of my Christmas presents came early... 

**drum roll please**

A SEWING MACHINE!!! 

I have to admit, I was a bit over whelmed when it first got here. So I just sat it on the counter and took it all in.

It was ordered on Monday, so imagine my surprise when it showed up on my door step Wednesday afternoon.

After the initial, "oh my, I really have a sewing machine in my living room." I got to work. I skimmed my  little miss crafty board on Pinterest to see if I could find those pins that would eventually come in handy. 

Macbook, Starbucks, & a Sewing Machine.

After searching Pinterest and not really finding something that helped me. I went to another trusted source. YouTube. YouTube taught me how to thread my machine and my bobbin. 

Some super cute fabric I picked up from Joann's.
(FYI the give a teacher discount!)

After searching through a dozen or so videos I found the one that really helped. Then I had to visit from my best girl...

It was getting late and she wanted to know what I was doing.

Let the mess begin......

Here are my two finished products. Both of these are on the same towel. I did ok, for a  newbie!

1st attempt. Straight lines are semi easy when you have a straight line.

2nd Attempt. My lines on this one are TERRIBLE. 

I only have 2 mini projects under my belt but so far, I am loving it. I have a looooong way to go and I am looking forward to this new hobby of mine. I have a list of things I want to make, but I have to remember everything takes time and practice. 

I am on the search for naming my new beauty. Here is the list so far:

Betty

Martha

BeeBee

Thelma

Hopefully the name will come soon. I hope everyone had a blessed Thanksgiving!

just call me sickly

I don't know what has happened to me this school year. It seems as if some time type of sickness was going around I got it. I had pink eye and missed 3 days of work because of it. It was my first time to ever have pink eye and let me tell you something about pink eye. IT. IS. TERRIBLE. I do not wish pink eye on anyone. There is only one other thing worse than pink eye and that is the stomach virus. Yup, you guessed it. I was struck with the terrible virus early Sunday morning. All day Sunday I was in bed going through every thing you go through while having "the virus." I went to work today (Monday) but I could only make it half the day. My hard headed self went to the doctor, got some medicine and I have been resting ever since.

On another note, I figured out to make my own header for the blog. This is an awesome tutorial and is pretty easy to do. You have to download Picasa to get to work. Picasa is pretty easy to use. My header isn't that great. Just give me some time and I will have it looking sharp!

A list of things

I can not believe NOVEMBER is here. This means life just got a tad bit busier. Here we go!

Soccer season is officially here! Games start next week and I am ready for the girls to hit the field!

I have never been more excited about Christmas! I already have bought 3 rolls of wrapping paper! (Thanks Dollar Tree!!) and I am working on a craft project soon as the blog is posted. Pictures soon.

Wedding planning is going steady. The venue is paid in full. I have FINALLY settled on an invitation design. They are gong to be beautiful. I also found out that David's Bridal is discontinuing the bridesmaid dresses I really liked. So instead of rushing to get my girls to buy them, I decided to wait until their new catalog comes out.

This month is also election month. I do care politics and where my country is headed but I will not discuss my views on here. I will say that students are off from school that day and most of the time I would complain about not being out with them but I am thankful for a day of work with no kiddos. Time to catch up on some work and clean the class top to bottom.

I would continue my list but I am ready to get this craft project going!

Happy Fall Ya'll!