Merry Christmas Eve!

Snow Day!!

We are on snow day #2 here in Madtown.  Yesterday, the blizzard dumped approx. 18 inches of snow on us.  Although it reeked havoc on the city, it sure is pretty outside :)

School was obviously canceled but even Fisch didn't venture to work yesterday. The day was spent cleaning, addressing our Christmas cards, wrapping presents, watching Christmas movies, baking, and ended with old fashions in front of the fire. It was a wonderful start to my winter break :)

 

Wedding Planning

So just to warn you all there is going to be a lot more wedding stuff on this blog from now on.  

Fisch and I have finally gotten this wedding planning thing started...you know, after 6 months of being engaged. 

My good friend Linda was in town for Thanksgiving and I was finally able to ask her, in person, to be a part of my wedding.  Since she is a follower of this blog (Hi Linda!) I wasn't able to share how I "popped the question" to all my lovely ladies...something I actually did in July at our engagement party.

Besides being pretty "stationary" for my "proposal", the paint strip also shows the color palette for my girls dresses.  They can choose their own dress, as long as it is one of those colors.

I think everyone enjoyed their ring pop as well ;)

W(ish)W: Adult Swim at the Madison Children's Museum

Saturday, Fisch and I went with our friends Alicia and Wade to the Madison Children's Museum "Adult Swim" night.  No, there wasn't a pool but there was a childrens museum absent of children and full of adults acting like children.  I was the best!

P.S. I also found out Fisch had never heard of folding a paper "hotdog way" or "hamburger way".  I thought that was universal knowledge! Blew. My. Mind.  

How did you learn to fold paper in elementary school?

WW: Happy Birthday Adriana!

Last Saturday, we celebrated Fisch's sister, Adriana's, 18th Birthday.  It made me feel old since I remember when Fisch and I first met we bonded over having little sisters in 4th and 5th grade.

Happy 18th Adriana!

Worldly Words of Love: German in Chicago

 

It's Thursday, Which means I am back with an installment of Worldly Words of Love.  Another one from Chicago.  Can you tell my cuz lives in Chicago and asks everyone she meets to participate? ;)

In case you missed what it's all about...  

Read about it here.

Pretty much the best engagement gift ever.

Enjoy!

 

  

P.S. If you have any wisdom to impart on Love, Marriage, or Planning a Wedding please leave a comment!  We'd love it hear it ;)

WW: A Plethora of Costumes

Sons of Anarchy: Mom, Dad, and my costume for last weekend's party.

YouTube Guy: Fisch won't allow me to put the guys real name because his videos are quite offensive.

Peacock: I really wanted to wear a tutu and a lot of make up this year after being Amy Farrah Fowler last year, which was funny but boring.

Loofah: Brye wins for most tulle used!

American Gothic:  The hosts of the party we went to on Saturday.  Very appropriate since the party was in a barn.  This was my favorite being the art teacher I am.

Happy Halloween!!

We Are Maze Masters

That's right... Brye, Fisch and I are now "Maze Masters".

On Friday night we drove to Lodi, WI to check out the famous 

Treinen Farm corn maze.

It took us around two hours to navigate the 15 acre maze. Thank goodness Fisch is a map guy! 

In the end, though, we were deemed masters of the maze...or so said the glossy, colored piece of paper they gave us ;)

Hope you had a good Halloween weekend!

Worldly Words of Love: Chicago

 

It's Thursday, Which means I am back with an installment of Worldly Words of Love.  In case you missed what it's all about...  

Read about it here.

Pretty much the best engagement gift ever.

Enjoy!

 

 

P.S. If you have any wisdom to impart on Love, Marriage, or Planning a Wedding please leave a comment!  We'd love it hear it ;)

A Birthday Get Together

Sunday, we celebrated my Grandma's 90th Birthday.  It was such a good day in so many ways. Beautiful October weather, yummy food, and reconnecting with family who I have not seen in ages.

Hopefully there will be many more birthdays to celebrate together :)

Happy Birthday to My Grandma

This beautiful lady turns 90 today...of course she would yell at me if she knew I just told you that.

My grandma is one of the people I love most in this world.  She is one of the strongest, fiestiest, prettiest, most loving women I know and I hope to be like her in many ways when I grow up.

Happy Birthday, Grandma!

Fill in the Blank Friday

Linking up with Lauren @ thelittlethingswedo

 

1.  One thing I plan on doing to relax this weekend is   sit here on the couch, eat mac and cheese, fill out "fill in the blank Friday", and watch The Wonder Years on Netflix.

2.  A big pet peeve of mine is  time left on the microwave.  It is the only clock we have in our kitchen but I know it is not :14 o'clock!   .

3.  I am really loving  my new Dr. Scholl's shoe inserts that give me arch support and heel cushion... Yup. I'm old. But seriously, super comfy.

4. The rain is   soothing, when I get to listen to it from the comfort of my couch snuggled up under and blanket but annoying, when I have to get from my car into school and my shoes are not water proof and I somehow step in every puddle on the way.

5. My favorite girly indulgence is  dresses and skirts.  I have a ton of them but I always find myself looking for more.

6. A song I always get stuck in my head is  ....why is it when you are trying to think of a song to get stuck in your head you can't think of one??.

7.  The best cure for stress is  comfy pants.  Seriously, never underestimate the power of comfy pants.

Happy Friday!

Worldly Words of Love: Chicago/ Green Bay

 

It's Thursday, Which means I am back with an installment of Worldly Words of Love.  In case you missed what it's all about...  

Read about it here.

Pretty much the best engagement gift ever.

Enjoy!

 

 

 P.S. If you have any wisdom to impart on Love, Marriage, or Planning a Wedding please leave a comment!  We'd love it hear it ;)

Our Weekend...

This picture of Penny pretty much explains what we did all weekend.  Fisch's Grandpa's funeral was on Friday.  It was a busy, emotional, and really just a long day. The rest of the weekend was rainy and cold.  We spent most of Sunday curled up on the couch watching paranormal investigation shows.  Really it was actually quite nice.

Worldly Words of Love: Chicago

It's Thursday, Which means I am back with an installment of Worldly Words of Love.  Since I missed last Thursday I have two for you today!

 

In case you missed what it's all about...  

Read about it here.

Pretty much the best engagement gift ever. 

Enjoy!

 

 

P.S. If you have any wisdom to impart on Love, Marriage, or Planning a Wedding please leave a comment!  We'd love it hear it ;)

W(ish)W: Poker Face

Last weekend, Fisch and I attended a Chili and Poker night at a friends place.  Chili and cornbread was delicious and even though I hadn't played poker in ages, hence the cheat sheet in the first picture, and at one point I only had 6 white chips left, I ended up winning it all.  Oh yeah... look at all those $1's! I was obviously very excited.

Where did all my hair go?!

(Haircut/Highlights by Bradley @ Hybrid Salon, Madison)

 

Oh yeah... I cut it all off because I was bored and needed a new look for Fall.  Change is good :)

WW: CO by Fisch

 

A couple weeks ago, Fisch went on a week long camping/bow hunting trip with his Dad to Colorado.  He didn't get the elk he was hunting for but he did get to shoot some gorgeous photos.

I am thinking we are going to need to get this one printed, like really big, asap.

10-1-12

Happy October!