Picture of the Week- Almost there!

 

What's left of the 365 day post-it count down calender

 

The blocks at Jenny's shower.

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Quote of the Week- Maya Angelou

"My great hope is to laugh as much as I cry; to get my work done and try to love somebody and have the courage to accept the love in return."- Maya Angelou

 

This made me want to cry!

 

And Bonus Angelou (if I had the diamonds clip, I would show it, but apparently we are the only ones that remember it)-

 

"I 've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel." - Maya Angelou
 

"One isn't necessarily born with courage, but one is born with potential. Without courage, we cannot practice any other virtue with consistency. We can't be kind, true, merciful, generous, or honest."

 

"History, despite its wrenching pain, cannot be unlived, but if faced with courage, need not be lived again."

 

 

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3 Things I Love Today

1. This Baby block baby shower cake-So cute. The blocks are made out of rice krispy treats so they can be perfectly square. Jenny saw this and knew she wanted it, and she even found a tutorial online to help the cake ladymake it just the way she wanted it. I like that about Jenny- she knows exactly what she wants and she isn't afraid to tell people.

2. Sheetz- truly, all other gas stations in the world do not compare. Nothing else comes even close. You have to love a gas station where you can get an MTO or an actual selection of fruit. I stopped in today for a bottle of water, and my dad and I stopped yesterday for a snack, so I have been to a Sheetz everyday thus far.

3. Jenny's prego wardrobe- How cute does this girl look? I love it! She has been a very cute pregnant lady, and she really has embraced the belly, which I am pretty sure is the key to prego success.

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Weddingness- Top Ten Wedding-related Websites for Planning

10. Emmaline Bride-Emmaline sometimes has cute posts, but mostly they schlep for a bunch of independent (read- mostly etsy) sellers. If you have something in particular in mind, sometimes you will have better luck starting here and then getting linked over to Etsy.

9. The Perfect Palette- This blog is the best for the very beginning of your wedding planning, when you are trying to figure out exactly what you want the feeling to be. She even organizes her blog by color, so if you have one color that your really love you can start thinking about combos. I personally think that color is the heart of all happiness, so people should really keep it in mind when they are making those big picture decisions in the beginning.
8.WeddingBee-I have to say, I never really navigated WeddingBee as I site on its own, but if you type in an angsty question on Bing, often weddingbee chats will be the first thing to come up. It is nice to realize that other people are going through the same thing, hearing these things won't matter in the long run, and even hearing actual solutions! It helps for making decisions and moving on.

7. Style Me Pretty-  Pretty classic WeddingPorn. Nothing too outside the box, but the photos are beautiful and they put up more than anyone. You can definitely identify the trends by going through the pictures.

6. Love my Dress wedding blog-Great British wedding blog- since they are European, you of course can count on them to be super fancy and fashion forward. This blog also is great because it offers a lot of different body types without congratulating itself for doing so. If I wanted to see what a dress looked like on a model, I would just look at the pictures with models. I like seeing women with curves- even more so, I feel like this blog is encouraging because it is mostly women who are genuinely cool with who they are and choose dresses that correspond accordingly. They show off their bodies and personalities in a way that you can go through the blog and see a ton of women who look amazing, but you don't want their look, because they totally look like themselves.
5. Ruffled- Wedding Porn if your favorite store is Anthropology. Also, if you want all of your wedding pictures to look like instagram. In all seriousness, their photographs are often so pretty. They also talk about people's song choices and which have reminded me that we will never be cool enough to be on this blog.

4. Green Wedding Shoes-A little bit quirkier than Ruffled, and they often feature cool how to's which are very simple and useful.I have so many pictures saved from that site. My favorite part is where you hear the couple's favorite memory and advice for the big day. So important to see what people can come up with while simultaneously maintaining having a life and being a couple.
3. The Knot-sign up. If nothing else, you will love actually getting to check things off their online task list. It shouldn't be as satisfying as it is, and yet, I love it. Also a good choice for etiquette advice. Or you can read some of their chatboards if you want to feel better about your dramas.

2.Pinterest- Pinterest is a clear window into every woman's psyche, but it also can be very useful in early brainstorming phrases. My main advice would be to use the search as much as possible, rather than just browse the wedding section. That area gets repetitive (really, how many of the cutesy picture of bridesmaids butts do I need to see? definitely between 0-1), but if you use it to look up retro hairstyles or wedding shoes, you will be impressed with things you find. Remember, it's all about maintaining inspiration!

1. Offbeat Bride- When you are going through the heavy blog, always always always check Offbeat Bride. First of all, some of the ideas there inspired the ideas we are most proud of in our wedding. Way more importantly, you need to see the 99% of the content you would never use, because it is totally them, not totally you. I mean this as much as I have meant anything in planning- the more you can throw out what you should do for what you want to do, the happier you will be not only with the wedding but just enjoying the planning itself. Even if you don't want a super retro backyard lesbian polka dot wedding (I mean, I do, but I get not everyone does), this blog and all of its super fun posts serve as constant reminders and inspirations to do what is actually true to yourself and your relationship. They also write great, very thoughtful posts on everything from brides who want to wear their glasses to secular wedding readings and more. Plus, it is just way way more fun than other blogs. If you want to wade in, try following them on Pinterest, and just see how many of their ideas you love, you closet nerd!

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3 Things I Love Today

1. Leonardo's Pizza- Delicious. Even better because it tastes like home. It is probably a sign that after oodles of hours of travel, we went directly to the Restaurant, leaving my wedding dress and all of my luggage in the car.
2. Being sick of bridal magazines- Maybe this is warped, but at least right now, I feel ready to move on from them and I am pretty excited about what we came up with. No etiquette tips or ads for dresses necessary, because I am happy with our choices!

from prettycleverfilms.com

 3. Having a new laptop so I can watch movies on airplanes! Today, between naps, I watched Top Hat. It is no Swing Time, but it was fun to watch something I wanted to on a plane!

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3 Things I Love Today

1. Cutest Wedding Present Ever- My friend Mandy (from Vienna, but lives in San Jose now) gave us our gift tonight and it is so cool! She painted our robot stamp on a plate with our wedding date, and I love it! Just too cute! Will post picture when I get less lazy.

2.Tutti Frutti Yogurt in Sunnyvale- 3 years ago, I would have been outraged to be offered frozen yogurt instead of ice cream, but now at the height of the wedding diet, it was such a welcome treat. This one is super cute, kosher, and features all soy bean-based yogurt, so I get to feel really healthy, even as I add choclate chips and cookie dough! Despite the super Caliornia-ness of the whole enterprise, pretty much every flavor we've ever tried has been delicious and there is always one sad and bored teen working there (so it is pretty similar to most ice cream places). This is one of those things I hope we stick with.

3. Going home tomorrow!! Eeeep, I feel like there is so much to do, but I am happy to get going and put my feet in the mighty Allegheny.

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Paolo Nutini - No Other Way at Montreux Jazz Festival, Stravinski Hall 7...

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