Tuesday, December 21, 2010

wedding chicks

Our wedding has been featured on weddingchicks.com! This is very exciting for me. I don't think Jeffrey fully realizes how big time it is. But he will, oh yes, he will...

Look what they gave me!

Today it will be up on the main page, but after that, click here to see the post. Feel free to leave a comment.

Blogwise, click here to see our wedding, click here to see the reception.

Monday, December 20, 2010

bye, bye evansville

As Jeffrey sat at our favorite Evansville restaurant, Ma T 888 (or China Bistro, for the unauthentic), last Tuesday, our conversation began by the obvious question: are we excited to move? are we ready to leave Evansville? will we miss it? The answers: yes, yes, HAIL NO.

Don't get me wrong, Evansville is cute--plus my family lives there, which was the only reason we were there in the first place. But Evansville lacks people between the ages of 18-25. I mean majorly. If you are not a student at one of the three universities housed by E-ville, fughetaboutit. Jeffrey and I are moving to Utah because we want to expand our social circle beyond my family, Stephen, and Michelle (not that they aren't wonderful--we will miss them so much! We tried to take Michelle with us, seriously).

So to commorate our six months in Evansville, Jeffrey and I decided that night at Ma T 888 to come up with a list of the top five things we will miss most about Evansville (friends and family excluded).

TOP 5 THINGS WE WILL MISS IN EVANSVILLE 

1. Ma T 888


I WILL MISS THIS MEAL SO MUCH.


2. Eddie


Okay, we couldn't think of more than two things. Sue me. 



In other news, Jeffrey and I went to Branson with his parents and had a terrific time! Jeffrey's dad bought cowboy boots, and therefore I inherited his old ones. They are fantastic. 

Jeff's parents bought me this sign:
 (those aren't the boots)

Jeffrey and Santa bonded.


Now we are hanging out in St. Louis until Christmas/New Year is over. And that is about it! Merry Christmas!

Sunday, December 5, 2010

week 6

It's official, we are moving to Utah. Now that Jeffrey and I have found a job, school, and apartment out there, are looking forward to leaving the midwest for a while.

Even though it took us (me) forever to find an apartment that exuded enough ambiance and cuteness, I must say that it was worth the wait/frustration. Behold, our new residence:

Well, it's in the basement. 
If you notice the large, awkward house behind ours,
it's actually John Taylor's old house. His wives
didn't get along, so they built a second 
house (ours) on the same lot. 
Or so they say.

A tour!
NOTE: we did not take these pictures.
They are the pictures from the current residents.

Our front door opens into a spacious lobby,
complete with a chandlier and coat closet:
Or, just the kitchen.
But it's so cute!
Look at the counter space! 
All of those cabinets!

Next, we have the bathroom.
I know, it may seem huge,
but it's actually smaller than it looks.

First bedroom.
My mom is under the impression that 
the entire family will be sleeping 
here when they come to visit. 

The spacious master bedroom.
I don't think the window placement could
get any more awkward, so 
I'm not quite sure what I'm going to do with that.

Finally, the little family room
for our little family.
 

And now what I have in mind (so far) to decorate
(images from designsponge.com)





So obviously I haven't gotten very far. What's nice about having zero furniture (or really anything not kitchen-realated) is that we can start with a blank canvas. I'm looking forward to finding items at garage sales and spiffying them up to looking cool. I'm also excited to buy our fish, Hades. Arkansas and him are going to get along just fine.