moments and rambles on a friday afternoon!

lots of snappable moments in my life these days. and rambles that go along with them.  thanks i-phone for being such a good friend and helping me capture the little things that help to trigger that ole memory of mind. i have a lot of stuff in my brain lately, but  id prefer to remember all, thank you.

so there's been! sunday lunches with stones mema and fam. and cute little moments caught by the paparazzi between the two that make me happy. a good bit of movie nights for us people who don’t really watch movies. but movies we watched! combined with Netflix. and when i say netflix, i am speaking of one show, and one show only. Dexter.  i know the cold weather and the snow days a couple of weeks ago had a whole lot to do with sucking us back in.  we finally finished the series finale of dexter. and after the final ep concluded... if i am being honest... i was mad!! both stone and i. but me more. i just sort of sat there. blank faced. and actually really regretted watching the show to begin with!! it consumed so much of our tv lives and nightmares (mainly mine) and the ending. blah. so many questions Hollywood!! So do I recommend. let me marinate on that question. now. we did watch a real life movie the other night though! dallas buyers club. because after the Oscars, and us really not knowing one movie they were speaking of we made a list... and that movie.. really good. disturbing. sad. brings so much attention to the aids disease and its history. and on another note, jared leto?!! well, i.... certainly did not recognize you.

also, little stops to whole foods, and cupcake admiring. and on friday nights, they have a live band!! did you know that?? it's the place to be, clearly. this is also a really good indication that we are getting older, because it was a really fun, good vibin place to be.

and then a bunch of stuff with my fiancé man and my puppy boy! we like to call the top parking deck of our apartment charlies urban playground. and i give all that cleverness to stone. he said it, and after laughing i thought... um you are so right. char's been living life with his new fishy bro who happened to come out of the bottom of his man cave the other night, most likely because of the blue skies and sunshine that was seeping on in. that's my guess. and as of last night, we are weekend puppy sitting for my bff's dog, who is a model pup! such a good good girl. and her and char!! so much love between the two! 

and just a bunch more! a family din at stone's brother and wifeys house which was aaaamazing. and some bridesmaid crafting on my part, which i can't believe it, i finished and finally gifted to those sweet faces. [minus one. still trying to figure out how to get it to her in Minnesota but ooooo i will!]

plus some snow. rain. sun. pool weather [ehhh, for those brave enough to sunbath when its only 70 degrees. that would be me. and char] cuddle up do not leave your house weather. and whole mix of good and bad bits of weather that is really keeping us on our toes. so hey spring! hurry up!!!

an engagement party!

a pic my sister snapped of us.  perfectly captures how we felt!

last saturday, austin and i were thrown the very best engagement party thanks to two of my sweet bridesmaids and my maid of honor sister girl who flew in all the way from Boston! and it was one of my most favorite nights, ever.  

so much thoughtfulness went into it all. i mean... so many details. new and old pictures of us hung down the staircase. the most amazing food display with girl food on the left and boy food on the right. [eeeven with gender appropriate drink dispensers..!!]  those girls, so brilliant! they even had confetti with our names all sprinkled around. so much thought and love into the little things, right down to the cups for well, beer pong! because i mean, i'm marrying a former baseball playing guy - with lots of former baseball playing friends, and they get competitive those guys! with their impeccable aim and throwing, so this game, they like. so anyways, the cups. my sister had made them in boston and brought them all the way to atlanta - all decorated like a groom's tux and a brides dress! so clever!

i am all about the little things, all about them. so seeing all these little bits, and more just killed me with such happiness. and to have our most favorite friends in a room all together!!! [minus some! and family of course] it was so much fun. pluuus they so sneakily had a game for us to play. one where austin and i were seated back to back - each holding the others shoe and one of our own. we were asked a bunch of questions and in order to answer me or him - we held up whichever shoe. you know.. who is the better driver [him], who is more likely to be running late [um me], who is more creative [me], who is better at keeping secrets [him] etc etc!  i think we were pretty point on!

it's so special to celebrate such big life things with the ones who mean the most. people who have been there from the beginning, the ones who love us so much, encourage us, support us, inspire us. we felt really, really loved. which is the best way to feel. always.  austin and i kept talking about how fast the night went. how it went from seven in the evening to one in the morning, just.like.that. and how our wedding day and night will fly right on by!

and personally?? that night just gave me a little glimpse at how magical our wedding will be, to be surrounded by all those sweet faces and MORE?!  it's going to be mind-blowingly awesome. aaand i get to marry my best friend. sign me up! 


**more pictures to comeee!

hyatteverafter

we have a wedding website! yay! and they lived hyatteverafter :) its clever, right?! i think so. my sister came up with it actually and i just loved it right then and there. so there you go! technology is really the best and thanks to its wonderfullness, this little website gem allows us to share all the good stuff with fam and friends! full of lots of helpful info on accommodations and transportation etc. and a little bit of storytelling! i always love the storytelling parts. i'm a sucker for a good love story. and it was fun for me to get to read my stone's version of the proposal. see yall in september people we love! 

fish are friends! not food!

that face right up there! that is the face of my really happy little puppy who picked out [ehhhh with the help of his humans] his fishy brotha from another motha last night at his most favorite store in his entire, entire world!! petsmart! i recently bought this really neat glass/cement terrarium which i beleive was created to house indoor gardens which im all for, but this one, it sort of screamed, house a fish.  [i've had a fish or two in my days and i have always really liked to put them in vases or different pieces of decor rather than the regular ole boring fish bowls. so that probably explains my thought process there.]  my last fish lived for just about three long years and then one day! swimming, no more. which was kind of sad actually! even though i had gotten charlie by that time. but still! so last night, stone, char and i went to petsmart to help him find a new friend to keep him company while we are busy being adults during the work week.  i probably treat charlie  more like a little human but oh whatever, its so much fun. he likes to be involved with all household family decisions. so! that concludes our petsmart adventuring last night. and yes, its just some daily stuff from our world, but i mean, we really do have fun at a lot of places. eeeven the fish aisle of petsmart on a Tuesday night.

welcome to the fam, fishy! [who is a he!] we will name you one of these days 

v-day, year seven!

valentines 2014 came, went and was celebrated! colintines day is what my family prefers to call it, with my brother being born on that very day.  he enjoyed a very happy 26^th birthday dining with his band peeps at Cracker Barrel ha!  ooh, road life.  but really, that restaurant is gold. and i think my next birthday [or half] needs to be celebrated there as well.  so my valentine and i celebrated together for the seventh year in a row actually! i came home to a pretty rose taped to the front door and well that was a good indication it was going to be a fun night! flowers make me happy. and they made an appearance. and Chinese food dinner dates make us both extremely happy, so that’s exactly what we did. later that evening we met up with a few friends of ours and BOWLED. which we haven’t done in three million years but hey! so fun! and i was actually pretty good! until i just really wasn't at all. oh well. hope yooou had a veeery happy love day. 

snow apoc take two!

stone is my breakfast making extraordinaire 

it snowed! again! snow apoc take two! but this time, us atlanta people were much better prepared. and it really did help that we were all snug at home when the sleet and snow started to come down. and hard! both stone and i were off work for two days which we happily took advantage of. snow days with my boys, they are the beeeest. can't tell you how much i enjoy them. oooo and we had fun. with a lot of food and adventures and a looot of dexter watching. but also! one of those days, we decided to take a walk to walmart to buy more food for our bellies to consume when we just so happened to run into a friend of mine! who actually had the same idea and sadly reported to us walmart was closed. nooooooo! it never closes, we thought! but we decided to take a walk anyways since we were already bundled up and the world was looking so very pretty covered in my most favorite color [white!]  and much to our surprise!!! we spotted one bar/restaurant with an open sign all lit up! and i could smell food! so we veery slowly walked up, not really believing our eyeballs, and the door opened! and there was life! people! music! it was just too perfect. so we spent a good couple of hours there actually! making friends with the snowed in people and sipping drinks and even!! mozzarella sticks! and when my phone started to die... they let me charge it! so you know, best day ever.  snow apoc you were fun!! now bring me spring!

happy colintines day!

happy valentines day to all those people that make my heart the happiest! and a really happy 26th birthday to my favorite, only little brother, musician bee. so much loveeee!! and to my stone! my valentine for the seventh year in a row........ and now eternity! wooo! xoxo