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Our Wedding

Our wedding pics are currently being uploaded as I write this, more to come! 

Vintage is Classy

So the hubs and I (saying or wring Hubs is such a new thing for me! Takes some getting used to!) went to try out a groupon in Scottsdale, called 5th and Wine. This place served water in a vintage glass milk bottle! We were both so enamored by this, that we even asked our server about the maker of the glass and where they bought them from! Rick is always having to get up from the dinner table to get more to drink (we usually drink just water and iced tea)

He was immediately on board when I mentioned we should look for some for our house! 

The problem occurred when we went to the manufacturer's direct site. They only sell in Bulk :( :( 

96 bottles for $500 bucks? I don't think so! 

So I searched around on the web and found a company that sells the StanPac and was able to purchase a few individually! woo hoo! 

Anyone else go out to eat somewhere and fall in love with the dining dishes or glasses? 

Video from our trip

Facebook actually took down this video which really made me mad! They didn't take down the other Video Star video I made on my birthday so I'm not sure what the deal is. 

Anyhow, we only shot 2 small super short clips from our trip. Videos are such a pain to upload! 

This was 2 days before our wedding, when we actually saw Shipwreck beach for the first time. It was then we knew this was the beach we wanted to be married on! 




 
IMG 2207 from C Mae on Vimeo.

This second video is of my brother (he's 25) and is a self taught guitar player! He learned from YOUTUBE video tutorials! I mean really?!!? 

I'll explain more about the Ukulele later in another post, but I thought I would share this little diddy he played for us! 

We're Back!

Got home late late late last night and have only had 4 hours of sleep. Couldn't wait to go and pick up Aspen from Petsmart Pet Hotel. She went bananas! I have our wedding pictures from our Photographer already too! I just need about 10 + hours to find the time to share them and even go through them ourselves. I resume teaching on Monday, and haven't even been in my classroom to set up. That pretty much takes up my Friday (tomorrow) to play classroom set up catch up. 

Have so many blogs to catch up on, do forgive me I am going to try to get around to reading what I've missed while I was away! 

From Miss to Mrs.!

I just wanted to log in real quick and officially announce that I am a MARRIED woman now!

Our internet connection out on Kauai is TERRIBLE thus making it uber hard to upload anything to share with others! :( 

Here's at least one sneak peek! 

Olympics 2012

Gotta be real here.

I haven't fallen in "love" with the olympic games since these girls pretty much set the bar for the summer games
The Year: 1996

That's right the magnificent SEVEN! 

Amanda Borden, Dominque Dawes, Amy Chow, Jaycie Phelps, Dominque Moceanu, Kerri Strug, and Shannon Miller.

Check them out today! 

I'd have to say Shannon Miller is by far the most unrecognizable!

That's Amanda Borden at the mic, Shannon Miller is to HER left (our right on the screen)

These ladies are the Michael Jordans of gymnastics. ONE OF A KIND; ONCE in a lifetime.

I am looking forward to seeing how these ladies do:

The new olympic gymnastic team hopefuls.

Thanks Google for the picture, now if only I knew who the Frick these girls are? 

Like I said, I haven't followed the Olympics seriously since the previous dream team ruled.

Anyone else fall into this category!?

Go USA!

God Bless AMERICA!

If you really knew me

I chuckled to myself seeing "If you really knew me" go around on blogger. I swore to myself that I remembered doing a post on that a super long time ago! 

So I checked my archives and sure enough! I did this exact post TWO years ago! Whew!

So, if you are into the "if you knew me then..." posts going around, you can check mine from 2 years ago

HERE! 

I skimmed through all the things I wrote, and only one thing has changed from then-- I wrote "I wish I could give up tanning."

Yep I did axe the tanning beds over a year ago. No more for me. 

When "friends" are no longer so called friends anymore

The only danger in Friendship is that it will end. -- Henry David Thoreau

I never thought I'd lose my childhood best friend. The girl who I stood as her Maid of Honor in her wedding. The girl that climbed monkey bars with me and walked her dog when I walked my dog, down the street to hang out. The girl that swore we'd be in each others weddings no matter what. 

One might ask, where is all this stemming from?

Two days ago, I was watching Joel Osteen on T.V. Now mind you, I don't usually watch preachers preach on TV, after all I do attend church every Sunday! 

What caught me, was the quick little blurb that I heard him say. I then found myself sitting there for 30 min listening to his sermon. 

#545, Give the Gift of Yourself

Sometimes life gets busy, and it’s easy to put off connecting with those we love or show appreciation to others because we “don’t have the time.”

In this message, Joel reminds us that James 4:14 says our life is like a vapor. Life is short, and we don’t know what tomorrow holds. That’s why we need to make the most of each day. If you will learn to give the best of yourself consistently, you will live life with no regrets.

* The above blurb is taken from His website

Here's the clip that totally caught me and really hit me hard. 

http://www.joelosteen.com/Broadcast/Pages/ThisWeeksMessage.aspx

Sorry there is no direct video link you have to actually copy this link and go to his page to watch it. I highly recommend you do! It was very moving! 

I feel saddened as I have hit 30, because so many of my "friends" have changed. I know I have changed too, but not in the sense of KEEPING IN TOUCH. I feel like people just get so self absorbed that they really don't care if they leave you hanging. Literally. 

I mean I get it. life moves on.

People get married, parents retire, responsibilities at work increase, kids arrive, priorities change. They all demand time. Does this affect friendships? Yes and No. You still care. You still feel connected whenever you get talking, whenever you meet. But, you don’t meet often and you don’t get to talk often. Which is again okay.

It’s when you realize that you are the one who always calls, that it’s not okay. It’s when you realize that you are the one who always sends a IM, that it’s not okay. It’s when you start thinking before sending a IM, that it’s not okay. It probably means we have moved on. Does it? 

I caved and wrote an email to my so called "best friend" letting her know how difficult it was even for me to confront her on how "one sided" our so called "best friendship" has/had become. I'm probably crazy for doing it 7 days before my wedding. No one needs drama before their big day right? I just had this gut feeling that I needed to tell her NOW or never. 

Long story short, my "best friend" and I have really lost a lot of touch in the last year. For me, I felt a huge change the day AFTER she was married! Our "communication" became less and less. A few times I would just start off the opening sentence in an email to her stating, "Are you alive?" or, "I never hear from you." She lives back in IL, and I'm here in AZ. She recently had her first child in Nov, and since then, you could really say she has become non existent to me. I feel like I've done everything on my behalf to try to keep in touch! 

The last time I was home (Last July) I drove 50 minutes in a borrowed car to get together for a quick dinner with her. The whole time we were there I could just "feel" like she was antsy to get on her "way". Feeling this way really hurts. 

When is it time to let a "friendship go"? Was I right to throw in the towel right back at her? Using a phone or email is a two way street. I feel so sad about this. I never thought she'd NOT be there for me getting married. 

Thoughts? 

Eff Marry Kill: 1980s Edition

Men of the 1980s


Oh Michelle you never cease to disappoint me!!


Woot woot!


Brat Pack Edition


 My Picks:

John Cusack

Rob Lowe

Andrew McCarthy




If you haven't seen Breakfast Club, Sixteen Candles, Pretty in Pink, St. Elmo's Fire,
Say Anything, Mannequin, Youngblood, then you are MISSING OUT! 


These stars were considered the "brat pack" of the 1980s. Meaning they were "elite" and in high demand for movies during this genre. 

Back Then in the 1980s I'd Eff: Rob Lowe
Marry: Andrew McCarthy
Kill: John Cusack (only bec he was kinda dweeby in a lot of his roles then!)




Today:
Eff: John Cusack (Hello have you seen Serendipity?! Gosh I love that movie with him and Kate Beckinsdale!)

Marry: Rob Lowe 

Kill: Andrew McCarthy (he hasn't aged well poor guy...alcohol abuse over the years will do that to you)

Some of you know my little obsession with Rob Lowe. Seriously adore the man. He is a fave of mine from then to now. I love that he is POLITICAL and stands up for what he believes in! 

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Who would you Eff? Marry? Kill?