weekend recap

long weekend. picked up my wedding gown. lunch with jennifer and maddie. off to lexington. sorority house. babysit. lots of laughter with the lankster girls. movies, snacks, vomit, bath time, snuggles. bro time. hanging with barcs. apps and skinny margs. late night. early morn. sorority meetings. meeting baby ben. baby shower for austin. lots of cake. more meetings. never have i ever. visit from T. dinner at the local taco. best brisket taco ever. hangout with sisters. college sorority girl for a night. i am old. late night. early morn. more meetings. sewing lesson with loretta. made stuff for the wedding. back to louisville. home with my boys. big dinner at olive garden. kroger for "the cleanse" groceries. early bed time (7:30pm!). back to reality of being an adult after three days of pretending to be in college again.

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jet off to dallas. kisses from mr. brinkley. lunch with mom and greg. catching up. hanging out. nap time. shopping. mi cocina. margaritas and guacamole. more shopping. more eating. girls weekend. chit-chatting with my favs. wedding cake tasting. chocolate chip coffee cake. shopping with the girls. mom and pop candy shop. taco soup night. late night talking. new dress. bridal shower at the whiskey cake. lots of food. lots of presents. lots of people i love. short rain shower. nap time with 8 ladies. movie night: the proposal. early bed time. back to louisville. missed flight. late arrival home. pizza and snuggle time with my boys. bed time at 8pm.

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late nights. late mornings. magic mike. hanging with friends. special dinner. cleaning. started packing for dallas. lots of laundry. practicing with wedding decor. shopping. car repairs. taco bell disaster. snuggles with dalpal. watched olympic trials. high temps = being inside, ac and movies on sunday.

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how about a plain 'ol life recap, uh?

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we've been in louisville now for a month. it seems like life is moving at warp speed these days.

and there's no sign of slowing down!

things we've been up to:

work.
wedding planning.
fam time.
doctor appointments.
hanging with friends.
dealing with broken ACs.
visiting maddie. all. the. time.
sewing.
going to trader joes at least once a week.
walking all over crestwood.
fighting our HOA.
visiting lexington.
shopping.
decorating the house.
getting used to a bad job.
drinking two buck chuck.
finding our way around.
enjoying our DVR. seriously.
planning some summer trips.
loving every moment even when it's not perfect.

to be honest, it's not been everything we imagined, but when is it?

we're still so happy we moved and blessed beyond words!

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funday friday. slept in. ran errands. mexican lunch. visiting baby maddie. oaks party. late night. lazy saturday. crafting. sewing. derby. movie night. grocery shopping. trader joe's (love of my life. sorry T.). home run burgers and fries. cookout at the honadel's. cuddling with mad. late night after T got home. DVRing. wedding talk. life talk. a good night's sleep.

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more like a week recap. i'll be sharing photos from the last ten days do get ready for the mad chaos that was my life!!






1 & 2. last day with the girls calls for individual pics. so i can frame them and cry when i look at them because i miss them so badly.

3. why yes i had packed up all our kitchen stuff and so i bought ravioli in a can and had to use a straw to eat it. and that straw worked really well, if i'm honest.

4. movers. best $600 i have ever spent.






1. unsafe passenger.

2. i hate unpacking.

3. sad, drugged up dalpal.

4. my new job. more on that later.






1. making progress.

2. maddie was born. 04/24/2012

3. nothing cuter than him holding a baby!

4. i hung this huge and very, very heavy shelf all by my lonesome. this is really just to prove to josh that i did it.






1. chatting with mad after she got home from the hospital.

2. some crazy couch beast.

3. well hello dallas. he loves the plantation blinds on our front door.

4. i finally crafted something. it's only been since christmas. really.

see? we really have been crazy busy.

what you don't see is that we are completely done unpacking and decorating, i attended a birthday dinner and stayed out till midnight, have run numerous errands, spent time at dad's house, had a Mary Kay party and made it through several thunderstorms.

life never stops moving!

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packing. packing. packing. last day with girls. party at little brothers. late friday night. late saturday morning. more packing. load up car. one more chance to watch the lankster girls (yay!). say goodbye. sleep in couch. movers arrive. all our stuff moves to louisville. clean the old place. see josh for two seconds. say goodbye. turn in keys. off the my last sorority meeting. business first. party second. dallas flirts with sorority girls. pizza and special desserts. laughter. say goodbye. off to our new place. chat with my second mother (myra). get lost for twenty minutes. finally home. unload car. T gets home from work. make our bed. make dal's bed. finally fall asleep. a long and a little sad weekend but also a start to something new and wonderful.

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quick shopping for besties babers. dinner alone, including wine and fritos. sewing. catching up on tv. early to bed. back to louisville saturday morn. signed my contract with my employers. house hunting. major bust (again.). lunch with T. running errands. babysat for a new fam. loved on twins all night. late night catching up with T and making plans for the move. short visit at the nursing home. lunch. besties baby shower. lots of people, food, cake and presents. felt maddie moving and kicking. T went looking for houses again. rush to get back to lexington. long sorority meeting. one night at home with T and dalpal.

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more packing. more cleaning. watched labyrinth while doing so. back to louisville. interview. house hunting. babysitting. bad case of the allergies. worry, worry, worry. got our save the dates, invites and rsvp cards. easter sunday. brunch. visit with mamaw at the nursing home. lunch with the sandersons. egg hunt. candy. chit-chat. back to lexington. nap time with T and D. sorority meeting. late night. couldn't sleep. watch law and order: svu. sleep like a baby because we're all under the same roof. back to work (only ten days left with my lankster girls). sunshine, a picnic and lots of laughter on this monday. hope y'all have a great week!

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friday night date night. hunger games. awesomeness. late to bed. early saturday morn. errands. lunch. moving boxes. walk with dallas. pack, pack as much as you can. basketball games. beat louisville. crazy lexington. sunday no funday. off to louisville at 4 am. T to miami. ash looks for houses. no luck. interviews. looooooooong monday. back to lex. dinner and basketball with my boys. last night all together for a little while.

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laying in the love nest. late night jj's for dinner. uk game. more car issues. job searches for ash. house hunting for a&t. sick puppy. new armadillo toy for the sick pup. 30th anniversary for my sorority. lots of alums. lunch. speakers. pictures. cute dress. visiting with friends. check mail. engagement photos in (!!!!!). upload to shutterfly. pick save the date photo. change facebook photos (duh). blog about it (you'll see it later this week). free chips and queso from chili's. ice cream sundae. grocery shopping. off to louisville. interview. house appointment. baby shower for lori. cutesy baby girls stuff. see bestie and her ever growing belly (hey mad!). uk game. back to lex. AOII meeting. watched music videos for hours with T. back to regular life (yeah right!).

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off early on friday. clean our super messy abode. double dinner date at our house. homemade pizza and wine. fro yo for dessert. crazy doggie play date. late bed time. saturday to myself. zumba. sewing. errands. afternoon nap with dal. walked the dog. watched svu. late, late dinner with T. up and at 'em sunday. off to louisville. baptism. celebratory lunch. gifts and cake. bridal show mishap. visit with dad and jillian. wedding talk. back to lex. sorority girls back from spring break. short meeting (yay!). snuggle and bracket talk with my boys. fell asleep while T was talking to me. busy weekend? i think yes. busy week? most def.

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off early on friday. bestie date with barcs. dinner and wedding talk. law and order: svu marathon (this is quickly turning into my friday night ritual. lame!). T finally home from work. early morning. T back to work. zumba. shower. nap with dal. cleaning and laundry. late night date with the fiance. spring forward. late, late morning. panera. fabulous spring weather. no jacket. grocery shopping. cutting, chopping, cooking. video games with T. walk with dallas. target run. quick dinner. over to barclay's. orange leaf run. pick up goodies from j, k & b (thanks y'all!). early bed time.

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tornado weather. off work early. cancelled meeting. T off in eastern kentucky. worry. phone chat with all our parents. check on schwab. made it through alive. just kidding, nothing happened here. late dinner. law and order: svu marathon. sleep in saturday. lunch and errands with barcs. visited my sorority girls at dance blue. jamba juice run. games at home with T. free pizza for dinner. downloaded lots of new music. late night. up and at 'em sunday. clean house. mall time. new link pants and owl vase. grocery shopping. food prepping. nap and UP watching. dinner and brownie making. AOII meeting. walgreens run. chat with momma. home for some snuggles and sleeping. back to work with snow all over.


happy monday y'all!

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worked late friday night. i ate at subway. i hate subway. early bed time. up and at 'em saturday. clean house. run errands. walk dallas. new blog design. shopping with barclay. nap time. get ready. night out (finally!). late mexican dinner. chaperone sorority date party. downtown with friends after. early morning bed time. so worth it. sleep in sunday. grocery shopping. new dress. new book. lazy sunday afternoon. silly fam photo shoot. AOII meeting. off to bed with my new book. T off to bed with his new tablet/game thing. dalpal off to bed with his baby. night night. ready to start a busy week.

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a friday night date with myself. tv catch up. ww burrito. snuggles with dalpal. early wake-up call. off to louisville (again.). mccalisters deli. wedding planning. invitation meltdown. bridezilla moment. giant chocolate chip cookie to ease my pain or maybe T's pain. back to lexington. date night. yummy tacos. movie time. honeymoon planning. most productive sunday ever. workout. take care of dog stuff. clean entire house, top to bottom. go to grocery. meal plan for the week. first AOII meeting. homemade pizza for dinner. help T with most difficult job app ever. ten minutes of snuggle time with dallas. second AOII meeting. home before 11pm (yay!!!). asleep as soon as my head hit the pillow.

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friday funday with the girls. shopping. nails. clean the house. laundry. pack. seven year anniversary. i love you T. early spin class. lunch with T. drop dal off at kennel. pick up cupcakes and cake from brooke. off to louisville. stop in shelbyville to talk with caterer. finalize plans for invitations. mall time. meet up with joe and alex (yay!). run errands around louisville. check in at the sanderson resort and spa. get ready. party time! lots of family. lots of friends. games. cake. catching up. music. presents. too much wine. late, late night. six hours of sleep. watch cailou with sweet b. say goodbye to greatest hosts ever. drive back to lex. pick up a sleepy, calm, worn out dallas. nap time. four hours later get up. eat for the first time that day. more napping/lounging. sorority meeting. four hours later back in bed. chit chat with T about how awesome our fam and friends are and how lucky we are to have them and each other.

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on to plan b,c,d and e. a whole lot of nothing. no serious plans or commitments. lots of lounging. singing to the dog. cuddling with T. sweet whispers about the future. worries about change. stress about leaving things behind. learning to say "no" when i just can't do any more. online house hunting. wedding gown shopping with barclay. new dress for engagement party. being nostalgic. feeling like i'm back in the sorority. oh wait, i'm 26 and an adult now, so no, i can't have a bottle of wine on a sunday night at 11 pm because i just got out of a four hour meeting. or can i?

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birthday weekend. movie with the girls. dinner with barclay. celebrations. chocolate cake. off to louisville. family birthdays. yummy food. gifts. antique sewing machine. family heirloom. meeting with our wedding photographer. party. party. party. rescheduled portofinos. too much to drink. too much cake. sunday funday. lunch out. errands and shopping. new make-up. new purse. nap with dallas. dallas jumps out of car window. AOII meeting. more birthday celebrations. late night chit-chatting with T. lovely weekend. 26 is going to be great!

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shopping. ihop late breakfast dinner. late night catching up on my shows. sleepover with barclay. early morning. gym time. barclay's back. another cats victory. visit with jon and katie. hugh jass burgers. dinner with friends. meeting bullet. seeing barclay's apartment. lazy sunday. more wedding planning. dallas and bullet meet for the first time. drinks in the afternoon. AOII meetings. late night chit chatting with T. lots of snuggles and plans. sweet dallas kisses. hello monday!