hide yo kids, hide yo wife!

it's time for a best of youtube post that will do nothing but make you laugh!!!

i love when animals look like they're smiling

searching for love in all the wrong places

when i was little i believed in fairy tales and falling in love with the little boy you grew up with all of your life. then, i grew up...sorta. i then believed that i was going to fall in love with my high school sweet heart and we would go to the same college and live happily every after. although that does happen, it didn't happen for me. i actually remember graduating high school and feeling a little sense of regret that i hadn't found this high school love to share my college experience. then, i grew up a little more. i realized that life isn't always like the movies where you meet your future husband when you're still in diapers or in that really awkward phase of middle school or even when you're a know it all high schooler. of course by this time i figured i would be like many people and fall in love in college. but i went to ohio university, a school known for it's parties so needless to say, i wasn't going to meet my husband bonging beers or stumbling down court street. then, i grew up one last time. i learned that it doesn't matter when you meet that special person, it just matters that you do. maybe it will be at 5 years old or maybe it will be at 45 years old. all that matters is that you find them.
when did you find your special someone?

i love making cards... thiiiiiis much!

i have an obsession with making cards. they usually look like cards that someone would get a 5 year old with their bold colors and blocky lettering but i love making them! i love sending people mail so since matt and i started dating i send him a card every once and a while :) here is the first cards i sent matt when he was sick and i was wishing i could be in columbus with him to make him feel better.

i got the idea for the one i made today on pinterest. but i made it my own! i hope he likes it :)

the one where i'm thoroughly enjoying summer

although i no longer actually get a REAL summer ( i.e. laying by the pool, doing absolutely nothing all day every day ) i have been having a blast so far! i am finishing up my first round of weddings this saturday after a hot and sweaty six in a row. it will be nice to have a few weekends break before it starts back up again in july through september, yikes! so what have i been up to? my goofy friend erin was in town for a couple days so i got to see her for a little bit before she headed to seattle for a couple weeks. it's so good being around friends! i'm planning on visiting her in july at her grandma's in kentucky, can't wait for that! here's a typical picture of us from the night. do we ever take a normal photo? no. that's what makes us so special. :)

with summer beginning it means that matt has more free time too and i have gotten to see him three times in the past week! it's been so good just being able to spend more time with him. we have planned a trip to visit james at the end of august and i can't wait for that! we have gone through quite a few seasons of different shows over the past year of dating ( the office, psych, sherlock holmes, downton abbey, miss marple, poirot ) so we decided to start friends this summer ( one of my all time favorite shows! ) so we will be making our way through all 10 seasons hopefully by the end of summer.
what else is going to be amazing about this summer? so many great things are happening! i'm getting to see friends, spend lots of time with matt, go to kentucky, watch my best friend from growing up get married, spend time with my oklahoma relatives, visit james in san diego, shoot lots of beautiful weddings, enjoy fresh produce from the farm, and i could go on and on! i'm so excited for this summer and all of the great things it has in store for me!

grandparents say the darndest things: dope

we have started planting our yearly summer garden at my grandparents and things are starting to grow! 

tomato plant

this is corn seed. below is what this seed looks like when it starts to grow, a mini corn stalk!

okay so lets get to the meaning of this post, dope. no, i am not referring to any type of drug ( unless you consider yummy chocolatey syrupy goodness a drug! it is pretty addicting :) ). my grandpa has an unhealthy obsession with ice cream. when he's sick and doesn't have an appetite, he can always still eat ice cream. and his favorite kind is homemade chocolate ice cream. he doesn't like anyone else being in charge of icing and salting the ice cream as it churns and freezes. for years they had a hand crank ice cream maker but after breaking the handle last summer, we have resorted to a automatic one ( all of us who had to take turns cranking the old one are secretly over filled with joy inside saying yippee!!!! ).  anyways, my grandparents call chocolate syrup that you put on ice cream dope. it always seems to give people a chuckle when you hear a 90 year old asking "pass the dope?"

there'e a whole story behind this building. i'll get to it in another post!

a thank you to bigger road vet

bigger road vet has been so kind to us with our loss of misty. last week we received a sympathy card and today i came home to find a single rose on the doorstep with a card reading "in loving memory of misty." it's little gestures like these that make it so nice to know that she was in good hands when she passed.

no zit sherlock : the result

wow!!!! remember a month ago when i started the test? well, i can't believe how well bliss' 'no zit sherlock' worked on my face! so well that i want to get straight to the before and after photos :) and remember, no photoshopping here!

i'm totally grossed out by the before picture!!! it's so uncomfortable having an acne ridden face and i am happy to say, that is no longer me :) yes, i have a couple small blemishes still but i am completely okay with that if it means all other 239853459034 are gone! and also, i have an underlying condition that i don't think i can be pimple free until i get it fixed. i have recently been diagnosed with hyperthyroidism which really screws around with your hormones and of course the doctor can't get me in to prescribe something to whip it into shape until july, shrug. BUT i can actually go out without makeup and not be embarrassed, how awesome!

do how did i do it? i used the complete acne system and i will be honest, it got worse before it got better. i started out using all 3 ( cleanser, serum, and moisturizer ) twice a day every day but i soon realized it was too much for my face to handle. i then decided it was most likely the serum irritating my face so i started using only the cleanser and moisturizer in the morning and then all 3 at night. a month later, this is what i got! i have tried just about everything out there, even high end brands that i was suggested after a facial. but i can say i highly recommend this acne clearing system to anyone looking for one but you have to understand that with acne, sometimes using a stronger type can cause all of the impurities to rise to the surface and make it seem like you are breaking out again. but no worries friends, it will go away! you just have to be patient.