Headache

Man this week with work has been NUTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I have the worst headache right now.  I really want to take a nap, but I am going to walk the trail in hopes of getting rid of some stress. 

Today is a milestone in the engagement world.......we are out of the 200's.  We have 199 days until the big day!!!!! HOLY MOLY that makes me so nervous!  We have so much to do, yet don't even know where to start! ha Wedding planner Mom Barb has been super busy with work lately, so hopefully after this weekend we can get the ball rolling on wedding planning again! :)

I did however find a potential veil for the wedding! HaHa This was my mom's hat/veil for her wedding years ago!  Not sure that is the style I am going for!

Love,
Emily

SURPRISE!!!!

We just celebrated my mom's surprise 60th birthday party over the weekend in STL.  First off, I would like to explain how HARD it was to keep this a secret from my mom.  We text, talk on the phone or email MULTIPLE times a day!  We started planning this party a few months ago and at first it wasn't that hard, but towards the end I was going nuts trying not to give hints, spill the beans, or ruin the surprise.  My aunt & I talked/emailed a million times to make sure this was in fact a SURPRISE!!!!! I must say we pulled it off :)  YAY for us!!  My mom is so hard to surprise she knows EVERYTHING and knows when I am lying! ha  That is why I just never lie to her! ha She always said "If you lie you will get caught" True story!

SURPRISE!  Right when she walked in

My mom means the world to me.  She does SOOOOOOO much for so many other people it was def. long over due for us to do something nice for her :) She totally deserved it!  I would do it over and over and over again.  It was so much fun!!!!! It was a great night with so many of her grade school friends and our extended family :)  We had Lombardo's cater it and I could have eaten it all :) It was so yummy!

This little guy LOVES when people sing happy birthday to him, so he was loving that people were signing happy birthdy to MaMa :)  He even helped blow out the candles. 
A family tradition is to play the dice game at holidays/summer vacations.  So we decided to play on Saturday night at the party!  My mom won the first game!!!! WOOO HOOOO And my cousin Karrie won the 2nd game (double pot).  It is so fun and we get so LOUD and competitive! 

And.......the police showed up :)  Never a dull moment with our family! They said they thought there was a domestic violence....NOPE just the dice game!  haha

Mom we all love you and THANK YOU for all you do for all of us.  LOVE, your family!  

I was so excited Ryan's parents came to the party too!  We all had such a great time in St. Louis.  Sunday we had a "wedding meeting" my mom talked to much, I was tired & we still have a few things to figure out! ha All in all it was so good to spend time with both of our families and plan for next spring :)  Poor Ryan's parents they probably think my family is crazy! haha :) 

Have a great rest of the week.

Love,
Emily

Too much TV!!!

Ok people......I will be the first to admitt I watch entirely TOO MUCH TV!!!! We have DVR which makes watching TV go super fast, but we just DVR too many shows.  Thursday night is probably the BEST night on TV right now :)  Why you ask?!?!?! Jersey Shore (I am so lame I know), Ryan LOVES Big Bang Theory, GREY'S is back on tonight too!!!! Woooo Hoooo I was so addicted to that show in college and just started watching it again over the last season or so.....I have the BEST memories of our routine of getting ready, doing our nails, drying our hair, getting dressed and putting make up on during commericals so we were ready to go out the second the show was over at 9pm or 10pm. (cant remember) in college.  Having 3 girls live together and get ready and try to watch Grey's was a reality show in itself.  We could be as popular as Snooki :) HAHAHA

I always think about all the great times we had on Thirsty Thursday in college and how much I miss those days, but then I look back and know I def. had the best 4 years of college anyone could ask for and 4 years was enough!!!  HA  Time to move on to bigger and better things!  I have been going through old pictures a lot lately & they bring up so many happy memories and I am SO glad I take pictures as much as I do.  I told our wedding photographer I would take my own wedding pictures if I could. HAHA He probably didnt think that was funny. 

Where is this post going?!?! Not sure! I just have a lot of random thoughts in my head right now.  So many emotions of the past, the right now & the future.  Earlier today when I realized Grey's was on tonight I just got to thinking back to college.  Not sure why I put those two together, but I do!!!   I will give you a little hint....I am going to try and use A TON of pictures for our wedding reception.  Not sure how it will all turn out, but my wheels are spinning in my head with ideas :)  Stay tuned!  So in a nut shell looking at pictures makes me go crazy with so many emotions!!! ha

How did I get all emotional about pictures & started talking about TV shows first?  This is how I operate lately and its making me think I am going crazy! haha  A good crazy, but crazy!

Have a great weekend!!!

Love,
Emily




 

Hog Wild Weekend

What a great weekend we had :) 

My friend Andrea came to visit this weekend.  I have known her for 20 years at least!!!  Probably the nicest person I know.  She is so sweet and so fun to be around!  We had a great time.  MINUS the rain.  Grrrr O well I know a lot of people who are praying for rain so maybe it wasn't that bad!

Friday night we just hung around our house and talked.  Saturday morning we were up bright and early....I mean EARLY.  6:15am early.  Ryan had his montly work meeting.  We saw Mike Rowe from Dirty Jobs & Kareem Abdul Jabbar.  I love seeing celebrities :) Nerd I know! Then we headed home and got ready to tailgate.  Of course as soon as we got out of the car to set everything up it was RAINING!  We ended up having a great time!!!!  Hogs are 3-0.  Big test this week though with Alabama.

Part of our tailgate crew

Thanks for coming to visit Annie!!! I had so much fun.  Come back soon!

Have a great rest of the week!!!

Love,
Emily

Scatter Brain

That is me!!!!  I have been sooo forgetful lately.  I think it's because there is SO much running through my brain right now I can't keep up and things just slip my mind.  With work and wedding planning my brain is at full speed.  Today I ran to Walmart and FORGOT my list.  That is NOT like me.  I love grocery shopping (weird I know) & I love going to Walmart with a list or I will walk out with more than I need OR forget things that I need.  Well today was the day I FORGOT things that were on my list (that was still sitting on my office desk when I got home) BLAH!  Another errand I planned on doing today was returning a shirt I got at Target last night for a different size.....well you guessed it I was out and about and my Target bag was still waiting for me on my couch.  BOO again.  I came home got the shirt, ran to Target and go figure they did NOT have my size.  GRRRR  So I just got my money back hoping the next time they will have it.  Or my mom can look at her Target ***hint hint Mom :) ha JK  

On top of this post being about my scatter brain it is just full of random thoughts as well!  So my mom mailed me a card this week (remember my love for mail) well I got a sweet surprise in my mailbox a few days ago with a Sonic gift card :)  WOOOO HOOOO Thanks Mom!!!! So after eating 6 meals OF THE SAME FOOD (left overs from Mexican Monday) I decided to treat myself to Sonic tonight.  HA what a loser I am.  Well guess what my friends.........when I was out running to Target and thinking about dinner at Sonic.....you guessed it.....My gift card was sitting on my kitchen counter waiting for me at home.  O MY GOSH seriously.....this all happened JUST TONIGHT!!!!! So again I ran inside, grabbed the gift card and off to Sonice I went.  ***my garage door opener is not working so every single time I had to turn my car off, take my keys unlock my house, grab what I forgot, lock my door, and then get back into my car.  What a pain in my butt.  It was all worth it bc my large cherry diet coke put a big smile on my face :) 

Last night I had a fun girls night.  I went to happy hour with a few girlfriends I have met through Ryan that work at Walmart with him (well kind of they all work in different departments) but still close enough! ha I wish I lived closer so I could hang out more with them.  Ericka, Michelle & I ran to Target  afterwards-  I know what you are thinkging 2 Walmart girls and Emily going to Target wont they get in trouble.  Ha We had a great time and I bought a few tops out of my comfort zone :)  SO proud of myslef.  Yes I even saw the empty Missoni racks! 

Tonight I am cleaning house, doing laundry, waitng for the dishwasher to finish - fun fun fun! Not!

My friend from home is coming to visit this weekend!!!!! I am sooooooo excited.  She will get to experience her first Razorback game on Saturday!  Woo Pig.

My little buddy starts his first day of "school" tomorrow.  I am so excited for him and pray he shares and is nice to the other little boys and girls.  Ha He is going to LOVE MDO (mother's day out) I know it.  Hope he gets a good nights sleep tonight. HaHa I always remember being SOOOO excited for the first day of school I could hardly sleep.  That was when I was younger of course, that did NOT happen in college! lol



Stole this picture from my SIL



Have a great weekend everyone!!!

Love,

Emily

Sorry for a lack of real pictures but I keep forgetting to take pictures when I see people.  So not like me!

Mexican Monday

Wheeeewwww who is glad Monday is over?!??!! Me me me.  Mondays & Tuesdays are ALWAYS so busy for me with work.  I dread it but then again I kind of like it, bc the rest of the week (hopefully) can calm down and not be so crazy. 

I read an article today.....I mean I think I get probably 20 wedding related emails a day from various sites....HAHAH It said "Wear clothes you are comfortable in & wear on a regular basis.  Don't go out and buy a whole new wardrobe"  Well since I do work at home....I wear shorts & t-shirts EVERY DAY!!! Pretty sure Ryan and the moms would not approve of this attire for our engagement pictures! lol  As I wouldn't either.  It made for a nice afternoon laugh!  We hope to get our engagement pictures taken next month....we want the leaves to change to pretty fall colors and the weather to be cool (since we both sweat a lot) the cooler weather is just better for Ryan and I. 

Tonight I am being the hostess with the mostess and having friends over for Mexican Monday!!! I am really excited.  I love cooking and I love when our friends come over :) 

Have a great week.

Love,
Emily

p.s How cute is little B at a High School Football game last Friday?!?!? We skyped last night and I just can't get enough of that little boy.  Miss him sooooo much!!!!!

Football, football & more football

Friday night we watched Football.  Satruday we watched Football and today; well I refuse to watch football! haha (not a fan of the NFL)

Friday night Ryan and I went out for date night :)  Whenever we are home I NEVER cook on Friday nights.  I just refuse! ha We went and had sushi.....it was soooo good and I had been craving it for a few weeks.  After eating I asked so kindly if Ryan would help me with a DIY project for our wedding that I found online earlier in the week.  He agreed!!!  We headed to Lowes, Hobby Lobby, & Walmart.  I was SO excited to get home and get to work.  The first batch of "wedding crafts" were def. trial and error and I know now what to do and not to do.  It's a good start though!!!!  We then stayed up and watched the Mizzou vs. ASU game and I fell asleep bc it was on soooo late.  I woke up Saturday morning to find Ryan sleeping on the couch with every light on and CBS Game Day on the TV! ha  I think he was dreaming about football.

Saturday I did not get out of bed until NOON....O my it was glorious!!!! We have been traveling or gone on the weekends so much recently it was time to slow down and relax.  Ryan smoked some ribs & other meat and I ran a few more errands.  Then it was HOGS FOOTBALL TIME!!!!  The smoker was going, college football was on tv & Ryan and I were hanging out drinking a few beers.  LIFE WAS GOOD yesterday!!! :)

Hogs WON!!!!  52-3 How cool is that Hog in the middle of the field in Little Rock :) The whole stadium was Red, White & Blue.  So neat to see.

                                                             
                                               9/11 - God Bless America & Never Forget

I remember 10 years ago I was in Coach Palmer's class at Nixa High School when the 2nd plane hit the tower.  We were watching it all happen on TV. 

Have a great week!

Love
Emily

MAIL

Call me crazy.....but I LOVE getting mail.  I love going to the post office.  I love sending mail.  For my love of getting mail I know bills come along too.....it really doesn't bother me to get bills, I mean we all have to pay them to live in our houses, drive our cars, have heat in the winter, stay cool in the summer (that is another post in itself), talk on our cell phones, watch TV & just live life.  So my daily walk to the mail box during my lunch break is fun for me! ha Where is this post going you ask?!?!?! I went to the post office tonight to mail a few things and I love that people in a few days will get a little "treat" in their mailbox :)  I hope it puts a smile on their face!  My grandparents used to send me mail ALL THE TIME!  I think that is where my love of mail started :) 

My dear friend Melina gave me wonderful advice on Sunday night......get rid of clothes you have not worn in a year...."Emily you are a hoarder"  haha I have clothes that I NEVER wear and are just taking up space (aka my closet broke last week) so today I went to Plato's closet and sold some clothes :)  I am going to use that money and buy a new shirt! HA The 12 items I sold will get me maybe 2 new shirts....whatever its better than nothing! I am going to donate the rest or try and find a consignment store in the area. 

I then ran to Target to look for something for my SIL, since the Springfield Target didnt have what she was looking for.  I didnt even shop for me :(  It was crowded and too many people trying to buy fall clothes and I am still not feeling well so it was a quick trip.  (Ryan would be so happy) 

Had some soup for dinner and now am going to relax and watch some TV while laying on the couch.  I really should take some medicine, but dont think we have any.  ha

Getting closer to the weekend!!!!

Love

Emily

Labor Day Weekend

What a weekend we had!!!!  If you know Ryan and I at all you know we try and do as much as possible on the weekends.  We drive A LOT and it doesn't really bother us. 

Friday night we went to a Missouri State Alumni event at Pinnacle Country Club.  Then drove around the golf course and looked at the million dollar houses dreaming one day we would live there. HA yea right! It was pretty cool bc the LPGA is about to have a huge golf tourney there this week I think so it was neat to see it set up for the event. 

Saturday morning we were up bright and early to start tailgating for the first Razorback game!  I had to run to Sam's & Walmart so it was a bit of a crazy morning getting all our food, cooler, tent & chairs ready.  BUT it was all worth it. 

The game was a blow out but we still had fun!!!!

Sunday we were up around 8am (not ideal after a college football game) but hey we had places to go and people to see in Springfield :)  We were suppose to go by the church we are getting married at but that plan changed and we ended up helping my brother, SIL & B get his new play set.  We then met some college friends for lunch.  Kent and Angela just had a sweet baby Cole. 

We then headed to Nixa to spend the day with my parents and brother's family.  We played OUTSIDE ALL DAY!  It was glorious & Brennen had a blast!!!!

Ryan and I then went out to dinner with friends I have known since grade school & went over to Andrea's house to hang out. 

Monday we just hung around my parent's house (while both bathrooms are getting a make-over) so it was a little crazy at times, but I would expect nothing less from my fabulous fam :)  B & I took naps Monday afternoon & then played again in the back yard!  He is one active little toddler that is hilarious!!!!!

We headed home late Monday afternoon and all I wanted to was lay on the couch and enjoy the last hours of our 3 day weekend, BUT Ryan suggested we go look at a few house in NWA.  We tried and only lasted a few minutes (thank goodness).  I crashed when I got home and caught up on some DVR :) 

Tonight I am feeling a little under the weather.  It is totally allergies and I am not liking it at all.  I am on day 3 of wearing my glasses BOO & my throat has hurt all day.  I will survive and am still enjoying our AC OFF & WINDOWS OPEN!!!!!!!!!  We went from record heat to record lows....now wonder I am getting sick.  Crazy crazy crazy weather.  I am praying for all those affected by the fires in TX that is so scary. 

Have a great week.  YAY for it being Wednesday tomorrow.  I LOVE 4 day work weeks! 

Love
Emily