Hello ye faithful followers who clearly have nothing better to do. In honor of my upcoming marriage, I have created a new blog: http://jesseandisabelle.blogspot.com/. It seemed weird to have a blog about me when nothing is about me anymore, it's about us. It's been real. See you guys over at the new blog.
Check out the new blog!
Love,
Lizzy
Thursday, March 8, 2012
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
wedding planning, wooden mallards, and a lot of gratitude
Well, sorry it's been so long. I'm sure you are all being very understanding/kinder than I deserve about my absence, because wedding stuff is supposedly stressful/complicated. I have not found it to be so, quite honestly. I'm absurdly efficient and we've already put down the deposit for our honeymoon, ordered Jesse's wedding band (titanium with a rose gold strip, sandblasted finish) and are working on the custom work on mine (really thin rose gold band). My dear mother is insistent on handling the reception, which will certainly be lovely and I'm not really that worried about it. The temple appointment* has been made.
We took engagement pictures a few days ago, and it went surprisingly really well. We had the amazing photographer Heather Telford take our pictures, and although we are both awful at taking pictures/hate it, the session was actually pretty dang fun. It really was all Heather, we can't recommend her highly enough.
In fact, I have an awful lot of people to thank for all the help so far. Chris, the jeweler who kindly accommodated all of my one thousand questions and then custom requests for my ring, which is beautifully made and absolutely perfect. The lovely Carol, for putting up with my one thousand questions and custom requests for my wedding band. Our friends and families, who have all been so excited for us and willing to help us in everything we need.
I'm especially grateful for my fiance, who vacuums, and helps me do the dishes, and does not get angry when I win at Monopoly Deal three times in a row, and who doesn't think I'm stupid for that one time when I cried about pizza and it wasn't even anything to do with hormones. My fiance is probably better than yours, just saying. Okay, just kidding, but I'm quite partial to him myself.
The stressful part of being engaged has been being engaged. There are some serious forces out there who REALLY do not want us to get married. School is hard, and it's hard to be confident about myself and not just think I'll probably be a terrible wife and what is Jesse thinking! Marrying me of all people! And then spiral into despair. But don't worry. My jedi mind trick will defeat all the forces picking at my weaknesses to try and prevent me from the best decision I've ever made. Also, I get super duper distracted in class and almost never know what is going on when I'm called on because I've been spacing out for half an hour. So that's fun.
Anyways. Overall, being engaged is NOT all sunshiney rainbows. But it means I'm getting married, and that part, at least, is pretty. dang. great.
Hugs and kisses,
Lizzy ;)
*Jesse and I are both LDS (members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, or 'Mormons') and will be sealed for time and all eternity in an LDS temple.
We took engagement pictures a few days ago, and it went surprisingly really well. We had the amazing photographer Heather Telford take our pictures, and although we are both awful at taking pictures/hate it, the session was actually pretty dang fun. It really was all Heather, we can't recommend her highly enough.
In fact, I have an awful lot of people to thank for all the help so far. Chris, the jeweler who kindly accommodated all of my one thousand questions and then custom requests for my ring, which is beautifully made and absolutely perfect. The lovely Carol, for putting up with my one thousand questions and custom requests for my wedding band. Our friends and families, who have all been so excited for us and willing to help us in everything we need.
I'm especially grateful for my fiance, who vacuums, and helps me do the dishes, and does not get angry when I win at Monopoly Deal three times in a row, and who doesn't think I'm stupid for that one time when I cried about pizza and it wasn't even anything to do with hormones. My fiance is probably better than yours, just saying. Okay, just kidding, but I'm quite partial to him myself.
The stressful part of being engaged has been being engaged. There are some serious forces out there who REALLY do not want us to get married. School is hard, and it's hard to be confident about myself and not just think I'll probably be a terrible wife and what is Jesse thinking! Marrying me of all people! And then spiral into despair. But don't worry. My jedi mind trick will defeat all the forces picking at my weaknesses to try and prevent me from the best decision I've ever made. Also, I get super duper distracted in class and almost never know what is going on when I'm called on because I've been spacing out for half an hour. So that's fun.
Anyways. Overall, being engaged is NOT all sunshiney rainbows. But it means I'm getting married, and that part, at least, is pretty. dang. great.
Hugs and kisses,
Lizzy ;)
*Jesse and I are both LDS (members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, or 'Mormons') and will be sealed for time and all eternity in an LDS temple.
Thursday, January 19, 2012
i be gettin' marriaged.
Yes indeedy. It's pretty dang crazy. May 5th. 3 months and 17 days away.
Full story to come.
Love,
Lizzy ;)
Wednesday, January 4, 2012
i am probably not dead. probably.
Sorry I've been gone for so long. It's been a little crazy round these parts.
First of all, I survived finals! Barely, but I did. That's probably the best I can say about it, though. Oh well.
Secondly, I went to Tillamook, Oregon (yes, that is a real place and yes, that is where they make the cheese and ice cream) for a week to visit Jesse and his family. It was fantastic and I really liked Oregon, although it did pour and was extremely windy almost the entire time I was there. Tillamook is an exceedingly small town, so we didn't do a whole lot, but it was really a wonderful week. We visited the cheese factory, of course, and saw a lot of beautiful stormy beaches and stormy waterfalls and stormy mountains and stormy green everything everywhere all of the time. We also watched a lot of movies, and played Monopoly Deal at least a hundred times. The back of the box isn't kidding--that game is addictive. Also, I do not enjoy losing at it.
I'm happy and also horrified to say I was completely myself around Jesse's family--there were incidents such as me stretching in a really strange way and explaining this by saying, and I quote, "I'm releasing my inner osprey." Yes, I know. Don't ask me where I get this stuff, it's somewhere in my brain and I definitely don't live there. Who would, it is full of rubbish.
I loved Jesse's family, and it was a fantastic break of a week. Really.
Sadly, school starts today.
Love,
Lizzy ;)
First of all, I survived finals! Barely, but I did. That's probably the best I can say about it, though. Oh well.
Secondly, I went to Tillamook, Oregon (yes, that is a real place and yes, that is where they make the cheese and ice cream) for a week to visit Jesse and his family. It was fantastic and I really liked Oregon, although it did pour and was extremely windy almost the entire time I was there. Tillamook is an exceedingly small town, so we didn't do a whole lot, but it was really a wonderful week. We visited the cheese factory, of course, and saw a lot of beautiful stormy beaches and stormy waterfalls and stormy mountains and stormy green everything everywhere all of the time. We also watched a lot of movies, and played Monopoly Deal at least a hundred times. The back of the box isn't kidding--that game is addictive. Also, I do not enjoy losing at it.
I'm happy and also horrified to say I was completely myself around Jesse's family--there were incidents such as me stretching in a really strange way and explaining this by saying, and I quote, "I'm releasing my inner osprey." Yes, I know. Don't ask me where I get this stuff, it's somewhere in my brain and I definitely don't live there. Who would, it is full of rubbish.
I loved Jesse's family, and it was a fantastic break of a week. Really.
Sadly, school starts today.
Love,
Lizzy ;)
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