Favorites

     I spent this morning soaking wet, strapped down to a plastic board. I put my life into the hands of young lifeguard wanna-be’s as they perfect the art of backboarding a mock spinal injury victim {yours truly}. I’m either very brave or very stupid. I have been a lifeguard instructor for about 4 years and I’ve had some close calls. When the kids in my class are testing out, I will be their ‘victim’ for the backboarding portion of the exam. Please note that the ENTIRE body gets strapped into the board {this includes the arms and hands!} making it impossible to free yourself in case the board gets flipped upside down, or just dropped all together. I’ve survived both. I’m also smarter. I now NEVER allow the lifeguard trainees to strap my hands in, so I can easily unsnap the other straps and make a get-a-way when {it always happens once} they can’t pull me out of the pool. And these kids get it easy too… When I became certified as a lifeguard, I had to rescue a 250 pound man.  Anyways, I digress. My only point in this paragraph was to say I’m tired and I would like a nap. I have a habit of writing opening paragraphs that have nothing to do with the intended blog subject. Although those amateur lifeguards wore me out today, I’m on a blogging mission. I’m on a blogging mission for a commenter who said “Please keep writing!” So, this blog post is for you, commenter :)

     Ever since I have registered for my upcoming wedding, and since picking out a place to live, I’ve had decor on the mind. Interior design, personal style, colors, etc. Mainly because, being so indecisive, I had no idea what I wanted. Well, Etsy rescued me. My friend Elizabeth sent Marcus & I a really neat engagement present and when I asked her where she got it, she told me all about Etsy. And now I am hooked..clicking on one favorite after another! Since discovering Etsy, I now know that I favor blues, greens, and whites. I love a touch of yellow or pale pink, too. I like antiqued furniture/accessories and have a thing for nautical decor, birds and bikes. My hope is for a fresh, bright, colorful home with a touch of shabby chic. Truthfully, I’m sure my new little home will look more like old couches, faded rugs, mis-matched furniture and tacky decorations ;) We’re just starting out here!

    So, without further ado, meet some of my favorite Etsy favorites!

Poetry Bloggin’

Writer’s block and wedding planning has tried to keep me away

but I’ve missed this ‘ole blog and wish I had to time to stay

Instead of photographs and laughs, I’ll simply have to summarize,

All that is old news around here, and what is on the rise!

 

Last week was all about wedding invites, it was quite an ordeal,

addresses, handwriting, labels and stamps… I was  glad when they were all sealed.

Wedding details still hard at work with sashes for bridesmaid dresses,  dinner buffet menus to plan,

mass music to pick out,  bakeries to visit and flowers to hold in my hand.

 

I’ve snuck in time for babysitting jobs and baby showers,

lunch dates with friends and Adoration hours.

A James Taylor concert was the highlight of my month,

no matter that Marcus & I were the youngest in the bunch.

 

An engagement shoot with yellow flowers and a bicycle built for two

Pre-Cana counseling and apartment hunting, it’s all so new!

Our sweet nephew turns one, with birthday celebrations galore,

while my friend welcomes her brand new son, who I already adore.

 

Okay, Okay I’ll stop all this poetry nonsense, no need to coerce.

Call it a stanza, a sonnet, iambic pentameter or blank verse.

Just whatever you do, don’t call it a haiku,

it lacked 7 and 5 syllable statements, so it just wouldn’t do. 

Playing Catch-Up

   I have to say, I’m almost embarrassed to show up here, after my sporadic blogging recently and all out absences. It’s not as if I have people sitting around waiting to for blog updates. Well, that is except for my little brother, who comes to me frequently demanding to know why I have not been blogging. I’m so famous.

What I have NOT been doing recently

1) Blogging

2) Taking Pictures

3) Learning to cook

4) Eating sugar

5) Tackling wedding to-do’s in a timely fashion

6) Cleaning

7) Scrapbooking

9) Brushing my hair

8) Saving money

What I have been doing recently

1) Thinking about blogging

2) Also, thinking about taking pictures

3) Contemplating getting rid of all my scrapbooking supplies

4) Working out…and not for the wedding, people. It is just that I have recently discovered a direct link between exercise and energy levels. I know, I know..a brand new phenomenon! I was seriously lacking in the energy department, so it was back to swimming and running. Hopefully this extra energy will yield blogging results. Or simply help me to make my bed in the morning. I would be satisfied with either.

5) Being swept off my feet by Marcus

6) Learning how to correctly address outer and inner wedding invite envelopes. If one reaches you and it is addressed incorrectly, it is probably one of my sisters’ faults. Certainly not hasty, careless me. And the same holds true if you find messy handwriting. That is definitely my sister’. Have I mentioned how grateful I am for their help?!

7) Falling in love with Cheesecake (which is why #4 ain’t gonna do much for me)

8) Thinking about writing a book.

9) Changing stuff on our bridal registry 3 times a day. Oh, to be indecisive.

10) Enjoying lots of coffee and lunch dates with amazing, supportive, beautiful girlfriends

11) Going to baby showers. Every other weekend. Really looking forward to lots of babies this summer. Hooray for pregnant friends!

12) Missing my blog.

13) Missing my brothers. My big brother, sailing the seas on the USS Enterprise, being a handsome Naval Officer, and the younger one..away at Ohio State, being a handsome JUNIOR Naval Officer.

13) Feeling bad for my readers when I don’t post any pictures with my blog posts. Strange, I know..but I feel some weird guilt when I post without any photographs. Not that my pictures are anything special, but they’ve got to be more interesting than my writing!

So, as you can see, I HAVE been doing more than I have not been doing. I think, anyways. I’ll keep working on it, and be back to report.

As for now, it’s back to the invitations.

Love,
Laura