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One Week

I am now at the one week to go before my life changes. This is a great life change :) I am so lucky to be with my perfect match. We're definitely not perfect, but I feel that we are perfect for each other. I can't wait to embark on this new and permanent change. I am so proud of us :) But as the week winds down to the big day, I have all these emotions. As most people have told me, it will be a roller coaster of happy, stressed, sad, and hopeful. I'm on this roller coaster now. It's such a big build up and I am so excited. The stressful part is getting everything together. The sad is sometimes having a mini identity breakdown. (I really need to start practicing my new last name in cursive!) The hopeful is what is in store for us. I love Jared so much and we are going to have such an eventful life! It's hard to be patient LOL.

For all you marrieds that read this, I want to get some comments on how to approach this upcoming week. Take a hot bath? Dance all around the apartment? Lock myself in my room and pray? LOL If you have any great advice on relaxing and pampering myself, please share :) A manicure and pedicure is definitely in the works this week :)

In one week, go Team Brown!!

March Madness

Hey folks, it's been a while. I've been super busy with the new job and getting things ready for the wedding. 25 days away!!! I am super excited. We've had pretty much all our meetings with the vendors. The money is almost saved up. I can't wait to marry Jared!

I feel like this year is gonna be a great year with changes. As of today, I found out we will have some challenges coming up, but I believe it's for the better. Our chances of getting a house this year are pretty much at 1-5% now. This does suck, (definitely more for Jared) but why rush something if it is not the right time. This year we need to focus on our relationship, school, work, and definitely make time for the beach :)

And now for some fun goals for the year! I've been engaged for 14 months so of course wedding planning was my hobby of choice. This year Jared and I decided to get some more hobbies going. I bought a driver for golf so we can play together. (And by play I mean swing a bunch and hit the ball a couple of times). I want to take photography lessons and maybe even intern a couple of times under a photographer. We even want to take Italian lessons too! There is so much to learn and so many places to go to take classes. I think we are education junkies LOL

Here's to the fun in 2009!

Snow Day

Wow! Ok, I was the first to admit that there was no way in H*** that it was gonna snow. 1-2 inches? Please! But the weather proved me wrong! Not only did it snow, but it snowed for almost 6 hours!!! I had to work today so I couldn't play in it :( But I did get to watch it fall outside and blanket everything. It was awesome. Here are very limited pics I took:

Yay snow!

Hello Kitty!

I just want to take a second to talk about my cat Gracie. A few facts about her:

-She was born on September 19, 2007 (per the vet). My birthday is Sept. 20th. AWWW!

-She is a female calico. Most female cats are mean. Almost all calico cats are mean. There are almost no male calicos. Hence, most female calico cats are mean. Gracie is mean! She has a very funny attitude.

-She is a touch me not. She doesn't like to be touched a lot. She does however, love to sleep on our bed every single night.

-She LOVES the shower! Seriously, every time I get out of the shower, she jumps in. She comes out all wet, but loves it!

-She's very sadistic with her toys. Several of them have been found amputated and their insides removed. She makes sure to rip the eyes off first!

-She is in love with Jared. She likes me ok but has to be near him at all times.

-She knows the word eat and sleep. She's very responsive.

-She has the biggest eyes I've ever seen on any cat.

Enjoy these pictures of my baby :)

Choosing Happiness

Ok, gotta brag about this author again. I received "Choosing Happiness" by Alexandra Stoddard this past Christmas from my family. I love her work! She makes it ok to be happy. Especially in this day and age, we are so accostomed to feeling bad about being happy. There is always so much to do and we feel guilty for taking time out for ourselves (why are we one of the only countries that don't mandate time off? Many countries require their employees to take at least 2 weeks off, some a month or more!) She talks about taking care of yourself. Finding the good in everything and truly owning your happiness. As many people know me, I like to be happy. I want to feel good.

I did something that would be perceived as stupid last month. I quit my job. Without another lined up. Not a very society thing to do. I was unhappy. I was not sleeping. I became anxious on Sunday around 1pm just thinking about Monday. I was not happy. I took a chance, what felt like the right chance to me. One day after quitting I got an interview...the next week I was working full time with a pay raise and reduced rent. EVERYTHING HAPPENS FOR A REASON! Always trust your gut.

Sorry if this is preachy, this is coming from the heart right now. I'm sleeping great! I feel like a weight is lifted off my shoulders. Am I in my correct path? Who knows. What I do know is to trust my feelings and everything will work out.

How about them apples? :)

Wedding update and such

First of all let me say thanks for putting up with me while I change my blog background a million times! There are so many cute things that I can't decide on just one!

My second randomness is to tell my friend Kelley to feel better! She has pink eye, that sucks :(

My third randomness is to congratulate the McClures on their beautiful baby boy. Everett is such a sweetheart.

Finally wedding update!!
-I am almost done with the invitations. It took forever but hopefully I can get 90% of them out by Friday! We got them at party city so they are not super fancy; but I love the way they turned out.
-We need to finish getting our favors. We have about 4 more things to buy then that should be done. Bridesmaid and groomsmen gifts are bought and delivered!
-It's about time for all our final meetings with the DJ, photographer, and caterer. I'm gonna try and get them all done by mid-March. I'm super excited to talk to the DJ. There are so many songs I want to boogie to that night!
-We have three sessions left of our premarital counseling. I am so glad we did this. Jared and I have been together for almost 6 years so we can pretty much share anything with each other. However, these sessions have really opened our eyes as to what marriage truly is. It will be hard work but if you are willing to do that, the relationship will be so rewarding. I've learned so much (and it's gotten me even closer to God).
-The dress is having alterations done and I pick it up in a couple of weeks. I miss my dress!!

This Saturday is my first shower. It's a "naughty" shower with lots of my college girls. I cannot wait!!! Is it Saturday yet?

I have a few more updates, but will post them when they become more concrete...so stay tuned!