The week is ending on a really high note, because as of today we are officially done with calls and meetings for the wedding! Just the fun stuff from here on in. I have started working on our guestbook, which I’m going to scrapbook, I bought some beads and earring hooks for earrings that I [...]
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One month today until we’re married.
I’m processing a lot, thinking a lot about what all of this means – and so early in my life – but mostly I’m giddy and excited. Bachelorette talk has started, the bridesmaid dresses are in, and suddenly this feels like a wedding.
One month until 3 ½ years means husband [...]

I got into canning last year when I found a recipe for High Bush Cranberry Jelly that my grandmother used to make when she was alive. High bush cranberries grow rampantly at my grandfather’s farm (other side of the family) and though it’s a long process it meant fresh cranberry jelly with Thanksgiving & Christmas [...]
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She moved in with us yesterday…
She has some ‘ideas’ about making a wife out of me.
It’s like having a new baby in the house, I immediately took the dress to its ‘area’ and got it set up on the chair just like the saleswoman said I should….and then I had to post pictures of the [...]

The past few weeks, fiancé and I have been having a car debate. At the moment we have two cars – a 2007 Dodge Caliber (my baby!) and a 2004 Pontiac Grand Am that is finished its lease next month. Suddenly talk of buying the car out has been at the forefront of my mind [...]
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When we first bought the house I wasn’t sure about not having a stand up shower. I was very enthusiastic about the soaker tub, but the lack of a full shower….it left me skeptical.
But the moment I stepped into the bathroom after we bought the house, I was in love.
There is nothing that slows me [...]
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Somehow we have already had the puppies for nearly a month, and August 12th was the one month anniversary of our move into our first house. And we’re nearly one month out of the wedding. This summer has evaporated from under me faster that I thought it could, even with everything that’s going on.
This week [...]
