I wanted to blog about this yesterday, when it actually was our first day renovating, but after hours of cleaning and stripping wallpaper, I was too exhausted! Oh man, we have a lot of work to do! But it’s all good… we got a lot done and I started to do a little decor/furniture planning/placement in my mind. And luckily, [...]

On Sunday I made my Confirmation. Yes, I was baptized and made my First Communion “on time” – as in, as a baby and in second grade, respectively. Yes, I began taking Confirmation classes when I was in 10th grade. No, I never finished them, and I was not Confirmed then. Yes, on Sunday I was about twice as old [...]

The other day, Audrey wrote a post listing 10 reasons you should be on Pinterest. Pinterest is an online pinboard to organize and share the your favorite images and videos from anywhere online. It also has a social networking component to it, so you can follow people and discover new things hand-picked by people who share your interests. It’s a [...]

Last November 4 – my 30th birthday, actually – Brian and I met with our loan officer, who happens to be a close family friend, to talk about buying a house. Then in April we began house-hunting. In August we were thisclose to buying a house, but the deal didn’t end up going through. But that was okay because a [...]

Brian and I are both homebodies by nature, so we really make an effort to make plans, especially on the weekends, to have date nights (or days) out. It’s a little easier in the summer because the weather is warmer and the days are longer… we, you know, want to be outside. When autumn comes around, it can get a [...]

It’s October 14, so do you know what that means? Yup… 9 months from today I get to marry this guy: This will be our view from our wedding reception at Bristol Yacht Club: I will let Jon Stewart demonstrate how excited I am:

In just a little over 9 months Brian and I will be husband and wife. I always thought the saying, “I’m marrying my best friend” was a little cheesy, but it really does feel like the right way to describe how I feel about marrying Brian. He is my best friend – the one with whom I can share my [...]