Weekending....

Today, I am linking up with B Loved Boston and Champagne and Suburbs for Weekending...

{FRIDAY}

After a very fun but exhausting field trip to Canobie Lake Park with the summer kids, I was ready to relax Friday night. I made an easy, but summer dinner (grilled sausages, pasta salad, and sauteed zucchini and summer squash). After dinner, I made fruit salad and monkey bread to bring to my in-laws' annual fish fry. Once I was finished, my husband and I watched "Unbroken." I actually really liked the movie. That genre is typically not one that I would gravitate towards, but I had been hearing good things about it so I wanted to watch it. Overall, I would recommend watching it. 

  

{SATURDAY}

My husband and I headed to my brother-in-laws house for the majority of the day for the annual fish fry! There is nothing better  than eating fresh steamers, grilled fish, and lobsters in the summer. Not only was the food delicious, but it was so great to see my in-laws, nephews, and niece. The weather was great too. It was a little cloudy and on the cooler side, but when the sun came out it was perfect. We came home and were in bed before 10-- we are living on the wild side ;) 

{SUNDAY}

Sunday, I slept in and it felt wonderful! I think I really needed it since I haven't been sleeping well the last few days. I seriously need to get one of those pregnancy/body pillows. Everyone I know says that the pillow is worth it-- and honestly right now I believe them! After a great morning of sleeping in, my husband and I decided to organize the office area and basement. Easier said than done! It took the better part of the day -- and to be honest-- my husband did most of the work :) After organizing, I did some major cleaning. It always amazes me how much dirt and dust can collect in a short amount of time! 

The rest of Sunday was spent enjoying the sunshine, and watching movies/shows with my husband. We watched "Two Night Stand," which was actually a pretty good movie (unexpectedly). We then watched the newest episode of "True Detectives." Man-- that show is intense! 

I hope you all had a great and restful weekend :) (I can't believe it's over already).....only five more workdays until the next one! 

Weekending....

And another weekend in the books. Man-- can we slow down time just a bit? I feel as though the weeks are just coming and going, along with the weekends. Could anyone else use another weekend day?! I know I could ;)

Today, I am linking up with Champagne and Suburbs and B Loved Boston for Weekending...

{FRIDAY NIGHT}

• Friday night, my husband and I hung around the house, made panini wraps and watched a super intense (but amazing) documentary called "The Jinx." If you have HBO, you must put this on your watch list. It is about Robert Durst, a millionaire suspected of multiple murders across the United States. The documentary is very well done, and the first episode gets you hooked right away. 

{SATURDAY NIGHT} 

• We woke up to about an inch and a half of snow. Ugh.....again. Good news, the snow melted by the afternoon! 
• Saturday morning/early afternoon was spent grading...so much grading...it never ends!! 
• As a break, my husband and I went out to do some errands at Target and Home Depot 
• Saturday night, my husband worked on house projects (new lights and new key lock pad) while I graded some more 

{SUNDAY}

• After church Sunday, my husband and I headed to our nephew's birthday party. It was so nice to see my husband's side of the family and spend some quality time with them!
• Sunday night included more grading, but also some relaxing in there too :)

I hope you all had a great weekend, and you are all ready for the week :) Here is to the first real week of Spring! 

Being Married: Post 1

Since returning from Christmas break, so many people have asked how the wedding was and how it has been being married so far. We celebrated our one month (well we didn't really celebrate it- so much as to notice the date) anniversary this week, and due to how many people have asked me that question, I figured I would try to explain it on here as best as I can. My hope is that even if no one reads this blog, I will at least be able to look back on these posts in the future and reminisce about the early days of our marriage and how I felt. Since we are also starting to plan our future (to include babies of course!), I think it will be so nice to re-read these posts 5, 10, 15 years from now to see how much has changed in our lives. I will break down the wedding and our marriage in a few consecutive posts, and I may even go backwards a little bit and talk about when we first met. This is our journey, our love story, and I am sorry to say , it is going to be out of order ;)-- but I promise you it will be a fun read. Enjoy and I hope you can follow my tangents!

Part I: Preparation for the Wedding

Jim and I were married on December 12, 2014-- why no one told me that the date  PROBABLY , DEFINITELY, wasn't the best choice for a wedding I am still not sure (j/k ;)--kinda). All I remember is thinking in the summer how far away the wedding was, and how I just wanted to speed up time. There were three weddings in my family last year: my sister's, my aunt's, and mine. In addition, Jim and I attended two other non-family weddings, and by the time fall came around, we were ready for ours! No matter how many people tell you that the planning really doesn't become intense until the month before the wedding, you still don't believe it until you are in it! Our biggest countdown to the wedding was not actually our wedding day, but Thanksgiving-- we knew once Thanksgiving hit, it was going to be full steam ahead for the wedding. Those two weeks from Thanksgiving to the wedding were a whirl-wind-- I hardly remember what I taught, I hardly remember what we did to prepare. And just like everyone always tells you, everything fell into place. Everything was set to go-place cards, favors (thanks to my family!), table names, memory table pictures, bridesmaids gifts, etc. If I am honest, I did not enjoy planning my wedding. Crazy, right? Isn't everyone supposed to love every minute of planning? Choosing all of the details? Getting all creative? Not me! I just wanted to be married to Jim-- sure I cared that my flowers went well with my dress and my bridesmaids dresses, but the specific flowers? That's why I had a florist! Well-- my uncle did my flowers-- but you get the point. Did I care about what my cake looked like? Not really-- I chose the simplest pattern, and had everyone especially Jim ask me if I was really sure that is what I wanted. Did I care what color the napkins were? No! All I cared about was that on December 12, I would marry my best friend, my partner in life, the guy who always has it all together, the guy that can calm me down when I start getting stressed. I am not saying that the details aren't important, or that if you like planning all of the details than you are missing the "bigger picture," all I am saying is that for me, the best moment of the day would be reaching him and seeing him at the altar.