Okay, so this isn’t going to be the most full-of-life post I’ve ever written, because for the past four days I have felt like I could puke at any moment. Now that you’re completely grossed out, let me just assure you that I am absolutely 100% not pregnant, which seems to be everyone’s opinion when you say you feel nauseous. However, I haven’t felt much like spending time writing (outside of work- and volunteer-related duties), so please forgive me if this isn’t as flavorful or colorful as my posts usually are. Sometime soon, though, I do have to paint you all a hilarious picture of my night last night – it was super crazy and full of coincidences. Like, out of this world. Alright, on with the show!
Things I Love Thursday
- These bear cubs holding hands. I found this on FB’s blog, but it originally came from Cute Overload. It reminds me of how Scout & Pepper look like bear cubs when they stand up on their hind legs and put their paws on the wall or bathtub.
GOSH!
- Finding out one of my BFFs and bridesmaids (Julia) will not be leaving for Italy (Navy husband) until AFTER my wedding!
- This quote, and all of Van Gogh’s love quotes. The man was a lovesick fool, but you have to admire his way with words. And a paintbrush, I guess.
“I feel that there is nothing more truly artistic than to love people.”
-Vincent Van Gogh
- Surrendering myself to the stress of wedding planning and going to get a real, honest to goodness massage at a massage parlor (is that what you call them? Sounds kind of weird saying “parlor” for some reason, what is this, 1924?). I don’t know WHY I don’t go more often! Oh right, the cost. Well, it was worth it. I’ll say that much.
- Substituting meals with snacks all day – and hello, why did I ever stop eating grapefruit? It is nature’s candy!! I love grapefruit so much! No sugar, pls.
- Minimizing my social networking circle on Facebook – which I wrote about more in length about here.
- This sweet shower display that I found on WeddingBee:
- Spending an entire week with our good friend Tyler who was in town from Nashville filming with Julian – would have been even better if his lovely love fiance Kayla was here with him!
- Being old and going to bed before midnight on a Friday, and waking up before 9am on a Saturday.
- FINALLY booking a wedding venue (HALLELUJAH!), having a very productive meeting with our wonderful wedding planner (Nashville brides or brides-to-be – you must use Austin Floyd, the woman is a God send), getting one step closer to finalizing details like dress, food, cake, guestlist and invitations.
- Oscar the Grouch – he is just awesome. Sure he’s full of nasty comments, but you can’t help but love him. Especially his ratty hair and the fact that he lives in a trashcan. I think I remind myself of him in the mornings.
- Finding an ancient folder of pictures from when Scout was only about 4 months old. She’s about half the size she is now and looks anorexic! She is such a cute baby.
- Comments from readers! Cannot tell you how much I love these. This is in no way a plea for comments. But I really enjoy reading valuable feedback on something I wrote from people I know and don’t know. It’s really awesome.
- Groupon. Especially the little cat with a gold blingin’ “GROUPON” chain that gives tips for how to get the most from your deals. If you aren’t using Groupon yet, you must must must sign up. Everyday they send you a wildly good deal, straight to your inbox, but the trick is, you won’t get the deal unless enough people commit to buying it and “tip” the scale.
- I’m not one to publicly talk about underwear or lingerie, but I have to say, everything at eberjey is adorable.
- Finally watching Glee – I’m hooked, and I’m only two episodes in!
Also, I’d just like everyone reading this to know that right now I’m currently listening to my fiance outside screaming “Where you goooing? Bye byyyyyyyye!” like a mentally handicapped person. It’s for a sketch, but I’m sure all my neighbors are thinking he’s lost it and are praying we decide to move out of the neighborhood when we get married. Which we aren’t.
It’ll be a lot easier on me (and you) if I do these more frequently rather than waiting until a month has gone by and the list of starred items in Google Reader is longer than my legs. Here are some of my favorite things I’ve encountered on the interwebs the last couple of days:
The King & Queen of LA Tech are having a baby! Congratulations to Sean & Laurie Percival, who announced they’re pregnant with a spawn today. Kudos to them for holding it in as long as they did, I don’t know if I’d have been able to do it! The news, I mean. I’m sure holding the baby in is a piece of cake.
What it costs to be me: Financial profiles of 5 women across the globe. General consensus is that the women who bring home the largest paychecks are spending more whereas the women making less each month are saving, saving, saving. Great read for anyone taking a fresh look at their finances in the New Year!
H&M New York busted for shredding perfectly good unsold clothing. In the name of all that is homeless – why destroy perfectly usable clothing when ONE THIRD of your city is in need? Bonkers. They’ve since apologized – but only after they were called out by the media.
“Uncertainty is the only certainty there is, and knowing how to live with insecurity is the only security.” -John Allen Paulos (tinybuddha)
Love this video Save The Date from Tim & Jane… maybe we’ll do something like that! After all, I am marrying a man who clearly knows his way around a camera.
Just a little disclaimer: I am currently in the process of importing and backdating all old TechDarling entries. If you notice a lack of content, broken links or missing images, please keep this in mind. All should be fixed up in the next couple of weeks, so thanks for your patience in the meantime.
I’ll also get this place lookin’ fly instead of all bland, BU-LEEVE me. It’ll almost look as good as this KaBLING ethernet cable I’m using to get this joint up and running.
I just took my first ever quiz on Facebook, and I have to say I’m quite pleased with the results.
The quiz was “Which Crazy Bitch Are You?” and I only took it because my friend Christie took it, and got Sylvia Plath, author of The Bell Jar. My results… were not so poetic.
Sarah completed the quiz “Which crazy bitch are you?” with the result Sinead O’Connor.
“You are one fierce bitch. You are very independent and will take no bullshit from anyone but your personality is actually sort of quiet and shy. You are a natural beauty and you are very comfortable with your feminity. You don’t feel the need to overdo it or go out of your way to fuss over your looks. You don’t want to distract people from what you stand for and the talents you possess. You are very idealistic and will go to any extremes to stand up for what you believe in even if it creates controversy and people don’t understand. Relationships can be hard for you sometimes because men feel threatened by you but time again they come running to you and realize that you are actually very sweet and motherly….until they cross you.”
Anyone who knows me, knows this is so. true. Plus, Sinead O’Connor is a kick ass broad. Consider this fair warning to any future boyfriends of mine who might be reading.
