Month: December 2011

My Mom’s Big Debut

- Melody

That fourth picture is my favorite of my mom. So pretty!

On December 11 mom, my little sister and I headed out to Elmwood Gardens for their first bridal show after “reinventing” themselves, so to speak. (My incredible mother designed their new logo that was seen on every nametag, folder, flier, and sticker at that bridal show. GO MAMA!) They added on another ceremony site so if there was any question of me wanting to get married again this solidified it. I want to get married again. (To Jason.. of course.)

It is so gorgeous out there. It’s not just our wedding location to me. It’s somewhere I’d love to live. I’d love to work out there in the gardens or even just cleaning the joint! It’s that beautiful. Even the 1.5 hour drive out is pretty. Trees, pastures, cows, winding country roads… reminds me of Laneville.

Back to my mom. 🙂 Since she is so awesome and has been building up a good reputation with the owners of EG, (since our wedding out there :)) she decided to join the bridal show with great success! People loved her stuff. And why wouldn’t they? It’s unique in the best way possible. 🙂 I was so proud of her that day! Putting herself out there and people loving what she had. That girl can draw!

Love you mom!

Merry Christmas!

- Melody

Happy Christmas to you all! I hope you are spending time with your families and enjoying this beautiful holiday. Right now, Jason and I are watching the NBA remake their debut with the Miami Heat and the Dallas Mavs! Woo! A little Christmas bonus. 🙂

So, what’d you get? What are you doing today? Let me know so I can be jealous 🙂

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!
Love you all 🙂

Holiday Plaid

- Melody

top: Target, jeans: F21, moccasins: Urban Outfitters, sunnies: F21

For our anniversary, my sister gave us a free photo sesh! We redeemed it partly earlier this week. I say partly because a big storm rolled in and ran us out of our location. I think we’re going to try and go back when we get together for Christmas. This is what I wore. In my head I was thinking of this engagement session. So adorable. I’ll be sure to post pictures when we finish!

MERRY CHRISTMAS! (eve!)

So Sorry…

- Melody

So sorry things have been quiet for about a week. I have many posts waiting to be written, but for now I’m recuperating from the week that was finals. I’ll be sure to post our Christmas decorations, our crazy shopping experiences and some outfits over the next few days!

Merry Christmas!
Love you all!

I Survived.

- Melody

If any of you are friends with me on Facebook you probably saw this post:

*(aaand I just realized I said “statues” instead of “status”. HA!)

The generous people at UT Tyler decided to try out something called “dead days”. AKA, the greatest thing ever. They are just no-school days before exams to give students a chance to catch their breath and study. It. Was. Glorious. I actually had three dead days because I didn’t have exams one day this week. I did an entire 10 page paper in 2 days, a history review full of essays, and studied like a crazy person while not eating. (I don’t think I had a consistent meal the past week or two.)

But Wednesday nearly did me in. I had three of my hardest exams in one day. I did have a chance to take one another day but decided to get them over with all at once. And I think I did pretty decent! On Thursday I dare say I made a 100 on the exam I took! I was so incredibly proud of it I should put it on our fridge. Forrealz.

Have you finished your Christmas shopping? Jason and I just started last night. I know. It’s awful. But finding free shipping coupons on the internet really makes you feel better!

Want to know a secret? We don’t even have a tree. My mom gave us one of those skinny ones with the real wooden trunk so we have that sitting in our corner. No ornaments, no tree skirt, no presents under it. Nada. We’re real festive.

(Look out for a new big post featuring Crumbs and Crayons!)

An Outfit and a Flood

- Melody


scarf: Old Navy, shirt: pacsun, skirt: f21, tights: target, boots: thrifted

Probably the comfiest outfit I’ve ever worn. That $6.50 skirt was really worth the splurge. 🙂

We’ve had a little bit of a ridiculous few days! Wednesday night Jason noticed the washing machine was cutting off and on. When I walked back to see what he was doing this is what I saw:

Oh. So that’s what the inside of a washing machine looks like. Apparently, that little magic switch that’s supposed to turn the washer on when you close the lid wasn’t working. So magic Jason fixed it.
While he did that Little Bit decided to explore.
So yay! It worked that night.

Thursday morning I heard water running but I shrugged it off. Partly because I knew Jason had started another load before he left but mostly because I was still asleep. A little later I still heard it so I decided to check it out. As soon as I looked towards the door I saw a black puddle in our carpet. All of my clothes that were waiting to be put away were soaked and stained. Our laundry room and butler’s pantry were FULL of water. I went to get the phone from the butler’s pantry and stepped in a half an inch of water. I was still in such a sleepy daze I didn’t know if I should scream or go back to bed. I was home alone and Jason was 35 minutes away in meetings. I frantically called him. He didn’t answer because of the meetings. So he texted me and I typed as fast as I could “EMERGENCY!” But coming from me, he probably didn’t believe me so much. I cry wolf a lot! Example:
Me: “EMERGENCY!”
Jason: “What’s up?”
Me: “We have no chocolate.”
See what I mean? So he calmly called me back after I told him there actually was an emergency. All he could really say was, “…sorry baby. I guess just start sopping it up.”

So I did. I grabbed EVERY available towel, only after strapping on my rainboots. They were immediately soaked. I grabbed the shop-vac. It worked for about 15 seconds then started shooting water out of the other end. Great. I opened the door in the butler’s pantry to aim the shop-vac outside and then it just quit working altogether. Even greater. I finally got all the water up and left for class.

Later that night, I realized that even more of my clothes than I thought were soaked and the water reached the edge of the bathroom. When Jason and I were drying it up he asked me, “You just wanna rip up the carpet?” Ok, sure. Why not? So we have a half wood, half carpeted room. I caught him tonight ripping up our bathroom floor.