Ya'll I can NOT wait to for October!!
I'm babysitting/having a best friends day on the 4th with my sweet "niece". Her brother and I start calling our special fun days "Best Friends Day". AddiCakes had been included, but we've never had a one on one day. I'm very excited!!! She cracks me up when we talk on the phone. She's developing such a big personality!
They next day the bestie, her hubs, the niece and nephew and I will meet up with my love in Indy for a Children's Museum adventure. I've never been, but I'm pretty excited.
The next weekend my love and I are off to my home town for The Fall Festival. The 2nd largest street fair in the US!!! He's never been. All my Evansville people know he's in for a treat!!! I'm excited!!! Yummy food, rides, THE MOUSE GAME!!!! Eeeks. Excited!!
We also have a possible wedding venue in mind. We are going to check out that tommorw possibly. My lovely fiancé is getting pretty into wedding planning mode. It's adorable.
I adventured to the downtown Farmer's Market today with Brad's mom, aka Momma Bear. I loved it!! Yay for new things!
Ok lovelies. Hope you are all having a happy fall!!
XO
TaraPants
Saturday, September 28, 2013
Tuesday, September 24, 2013
Adventures In: Wedding Venue Heartbreaks!
Okay okay.
I know I said we weren't making any official wedding plans yet, but I have started informally looking around at venues.
I'm going to have to sell a kidney on the black market to pay for a wedding!!
I've found a few venues that I LOVEEEE then I get their price sheets, and I fall over dead.
One place for the room and the food alone (no chairs/no tables/no liens/no soup for you) was $10,000. Yes 10 freakin' grand! FOR A BARN!!!!!!!!!!!!
Wedding venues be straight TRIPPIN'!!!!
Please please anyone give me suggestions for venues in the Indy/Bloomington area that won't make me have a stroke when I see the price tags.
Darn me and my champagne dreams on my beer budget!! :)
Anyhoo-- happy Fall to my lovely readers!!
This is my favorite season!!
I'm super pumped to head back to Evansville for the Fall Festival!!
XO-TaraPants
I know I said we weren't making any official wedding plans yet, but I have started informally looking around at venues.
I'm going to have to sell a kidney on the black market to pay for a wedding!!
I've found a few venues that I LOVEEEE then I get their price sheets, and I fall over dead.
One place for the room and the food alone (no chairs/no tables/no liens/no soup for you) was $10,000. Yes 10 freakin' grand! FOR A BARN!!!!!!!!!!!!
Wedding venues be straight TRIPPIN'!!!!
Please please anyone give me suggestions for venues in the Indy/Bloomington area that won't make me have a stroke when I see the price tags.
Darn me and my champagne dreams on my beer budget!! :)
Anyhoo-- happy Fall to my lovely readers!!
This is my favorite season!!
I'm super pumped to head back to Evansville for the Fall Festival!!
XO-TaraPants
Friday, September 20, 2013
Adventures In: Wedding.... Dreaming?
Yes it's true I've already started having wedding dreams.
We aren't officially planning anything yet, but I've had at least 2 dreams.
The first one is fuzzy.
In the one I had last night everything was going wrong. OH NO!
I didn't have enough time to plan things, it was my wedding day, and none of the projects were done. I didn't have time to craft all the thing I wanted to. I was asking family members for help, and they wouldn't help me. It was bad news bears.
Lets hope that this is NOT for shadowing of how things will really go down. It can't be. I'm too anal about things being on time/planning etc.
It's just funny to me I'm already having wedding dreams.
I wonder how nuts my dreams will get once we set a date, and really get this wedding planning show on the road!!
Any other brides/brides-to-be have wedding dreams? Nightmares?
XO
TaraPants
We aren't officially planning anything yet, but I've had at least 2 dreams.
The first one is fuzzy.
In the one I had last night everything was going wrong. OH NO!
I didn't have enough time to plan things, it was my wedding day, and none of the projects were done. I didn't have time to craft all the thing I wanted to. I was asking family members for help, and they wouldn't help me. It was bad news bears.
Lets hope that this is NOT for shadowing of how things will really go down. It can't be. I'm too anal about things being on time/planning etc.
It's just funny to me I'm already having wedding dreams.
I wonder how nuts my dreams will get once we set a date, and really get this wedding planning show on the road!!
Any other brides/brides-to-be have wedding dreams? Nightmares?
XO
TaraPants
Thursday, September 19, 2013
Adventures In: ioS7
So here are my thoughts on the new IOS7 for iphones.
XO-Tara Pants
I like several of the features, however the overall look, to me, is cheap and ghetto. Honestly, it's just so basic- not what I'd expect from Apple!
Here's what I am loving though (so far)
iTunes Radio: hello no ads. So long Pandora!!! I'm really loving this!
The fact that you can open the flashlight from the home screen. Came in super handy last night when the boyfriendy fiance fell asleep before me!
I haven't played around with it much, but so far I do like the camera changes, and the way the "MOMENTS" and "YEARS" are organized in the photo albums. That's pretty cool to look at.
The way the windows are organized in Safari are pretty neat. But nothing to write home about I guess.
I like the weather app a lot more too.
To be fair I only have a 4 so some of the changes/updates I'm not privy to.
Anyhow.
I really have no clue why I wanted to write this. Just sharing my thoughts with the world :) (That and I'm super bored at work today!)
Have a lovely day!
XO-Tara Pants
Sunday, September 15, 2013
Adventures In: Nashville
So I had this massive post started about Nashville. But, honestly who is really going to read all that nonsense.
Quick review.
Trip down fun, lots of laughing, talking, singing along with the radio. Felt like it went by quick.
We ate awesome food.
The Dog of Nashville
Blvd. Nashville
Monelle's (with my beloved former RA!! Thanks again Kricia)
We saw awesome sights.
The Strip
Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum
The Blue Bird Cafe
Antique Archeology (will always be special to me)
The Ryman
Etc.
The Butch Walker concert was amazing. As always. Just amazing.
Met cool people in line!
The hotel sucked. The pool was closed. Thank goodness the neighbor hotel let us swim. Super relaxing.
The trip home was fun. Stopped at
Sad Sam (fireworks and souvenirs)
Lost River Caverns
The National Corvette Museum
That's a quick summary of our amazing trip. Even if he wouldn't have popped the question it would have been one of the best trips ever. We both needed to get away. We had fun focusing on us, relaxing, sight seeing, and officially taking or relationship to the next level. I'm so blessed!!!
I'll share a few pics I have on my phone, the rest are on the computer. I'm slacking on posting them, but I will soon!!!
Xo TaraPants
Sunday, September 8, 2013
Adventures In: SAYING YES
Now this is the story all about how..... I GOT ENGAGED!!
OH MY GOODNESS friends, I can't believe I'm typing those words. Me, engaged. WHAT?
It's true.
Let me tell you lovely folks how this all went down. It's a pretty fun story, and really it fits BRad and I pretty perfectly.
So.. it was July 20th (ish) and Brad and I were having dinner. I think I blogged about this already. He texted me to ask if I wanted to go look at e-rings. I was over the moon excited about that. Well we went to look. We both fell in love with a ring and band. I was told to leave this store. Enter thoughts of OMG YAY OMG OMG I'm getting engaged at some point in the near future. OMG I'm so happy. Etc.
Cut to about 45 mins later. He calls me to find out where in the mall I am. I proudly show him the present I bought him. And casually mention, "did you find a present for me". AKA-- where in the French is my ring :) He tells me the financing didn't work out. I think umm what, you have super credit. But he goes on to say something about how he just got a limit on a credit card increased, and was just pre-approved for a home loan so those things probably caused him not to get approved. I bought it. Seems legit. Credit card companies are weird/I don't really understand them. BUT hey at least we are heading in the right direction. I'm excited.
Jump to a few weeks later, on a Saturday, we head to the near by town of Crawfordsville to spend the day, explore, see a movie because I won free passes from a radio station. We had a fun day, went to this crazy round jail museum place, antique stores, etc. I was DYING of thirst. BRad, likely sick of my whining, pulls into Taco Bell to get me a beverage. We are waiting in what has to be the slowest/longest drive thru line EVER. I'm bored. I'm fidgety. I'm pressing buttons, wiggling around in my seat, I'm basically a 5 year old. THEN IT HAPPENS.
No he didn't pop the question at T-Bell. I flick open the glove box, for ZERO reason other than I'm still bored. Andddd... WOOP THERE IT IS!! The bag from the jeweler!!! I'm not sure who slammed the glove box closed, I think it was both of us. My hand fly up, and cover my mouth. I'm sitting there in shock, happiness, excitement, OMGness I ruined it-ness. I almost cried, because I was so very excited. My sweet BRad is just like oh no. He's sort of in freak out mode. He finally asks me, "do you want me to do it today, or stick to my original plan?" I tell him of course stick to his plan, that way something will still be a surprise. I felt really bad that I messed up his plan. But we laugh about it now. I would be the one to find my e-ring in a Taco Bell of all places. It's just so us. I'm so very glad it's something we laugh about now.
Actually oddly enough we had went to dinner at good ol' Taco Bell the night before and he gave me a sauce packet that said WILL YOU MARRY ME. Hahah maybe they will cater our big day! :) Just kidding!
So I spent a few weeks trying to get hints, etc. I even convinced him to go ahead and take my ring in to be sized before it was official so that I won't have to part with it once it's mine!
So lets jump to Friday September 6th. We are in Nashville to enjoy a mini vacation, and see Butch Walker in concert. We went to Antique Archaeology the store from American Pickers. I got out of the car, and walked ahead. He told me to stop and stand on the grass that was in the parking lot. I wasn't facing him, but I stopped and stood there, looking around. I turn around after a minute or two and he was standing there with the sweetest look on his face and a sign that he had made that said "PICK ME". OMG So cute! He bought a cute little hard shaped box that was on the sign too. I walked up to kiss him, and said "pick you for what" and he smiled even bigger. I was told to open the box, and there was my beautiful shiny ring!! I said YES!!!! And gave him another big smoooch. There was no big speech, but I'm sure I would have been a melted make up mess if that would have happened. It was sweet, and perfect. He told me over and over through out the weekend how much he loved me and what I meant to him, and we started using crazy words like fiance, and future husband/wife!!! :)
The next day, more than 24 hours later when we were driving home, it FINALLY clicked in my head why the sign said PICK ME..... we were at the American Picker's store!! Dingy me!! :) We cracked up about that aspect of the story :)
We also agreed on that drive that we would hold off making any big wedding plans until after the first of the year. We want to take time to enjoy this stage of our relationship. We don't want to rush into the stress and craziness that comes with wedding planning. Now of course I'll keep pinning things on my beloved (secret) wedding Pinterest board, and we'll discuss things I'm sure between now and then, but no plans will be officially made until after the holidays, and all that stuff.
Anyhoo-- that's the story of how I'm not a bride to be!!
Clearly I'm very excited, and so this story may not be the best written thing ever, but you can deal with that right? :)
XO
Tara
PS I was FLOORED to see that within one day over 100 people liked the first picture I posted of my ring on my facebook, it was my hey we are engaged announcement. We are feeling so loved!
OH MY GOODNESS friends, I can't believe I'm typing those words. Me, engaged. WHAT?
It's true.
Let me tell you lovely folks how this all went down. It's a pretty fun story, and really it fits BRad and I pretty perfectly.
So.. it was July 20th (ish) and Brad and I were having dinner. I think I blogged about this already. He texted me to ask if I wanted to go look at e-rings. I was over the moon excited about that. Well we went to look. We both fell in love with a ring and band. I was told to leave this store. Enter thoughts of OMG YAY OMG OMG I'm getting engaged at some point in the near future. OMG I'm so happy. Etc.
Cut to about 45 mins later. He calls me to find out where in the mall I am. I proudly show him the present I bought him. And casually mention, "did you find a present for me". AKA-- where in the French is my ring :) He tells me the financing didn't work out. I think umm what, you have super credit. But he goes on to say something about how he just got a limit on a credit card increased, and was just pre-approved for a home loan so those things probably caused him not to get approved. I bought it. Seems legit. Credit card companies are weird/I don't really understand them. BUT hey at least we are heading in the right direction. I'm excited.
Jump to a few weeks later, on a Saturday, we head to the near by town of Crawfordsville to spend the day, explore, see a movie because I won free passes from a radio station. We had a fun day, went to this crazy round jail museum place, antique stores, etc. I was DYING of thirst. BRad, likely sick of my whining, pulls into Taco Bell to get me a beverage. We are waiting in what has to be the slowest/longest drive thru line EVER. I'm bored. I'm fidgety. I'm pressing buttons, wiggling around in my seat, I'm basically a 5 year old. THEN IT HAPPENS.
No he didn't pop the question at T-Bell. I flick open the glove box, for ZERO reason other than I'm still bored. Andddd... WOOP THERE IT IS!! The bag from the jeweler!!! I'm not sure who slammed the glove box closed, I think it was both of us. My hand fly up, and cover my mouth. I'm sitting there in shock, happiness, excitement, OMGness I ruined it-ness. I almost cried, because I was so very excited. My sweet BRad is just like oh no. He's sort of in freak out mode. He finally asks me, "do you want me to do it today, or stick to my original plan?" I tell him of course stick to his plan, that way something will still be a surprise. I felt really bad that I messed up his plan. But we laugh about it now. I would be the one to find my e-ring in a Taco Bell of all places. It's just so us. I'm so very glad it's something we laugh about now.
Actually oddly enough we had went to dinner at good ol' Taco Bell the night before and he gave me a sauce packet that said WILL YOU MARRY ME. Hahah maybe they will cater our big day! :) Just kidding!
So I spent a few weeks trying to get hints, etc. I even convinced him to go ahead and take my ring in to be sized before it was official so that I won't have to part with it once it's mine!
So lets jump to Friday September 6th. We are in Nashville to enjoy a mini vacation, and see Butch Walker in concert. We went to Antique Archaeology the store from American Pickers. I got out of the car, and walked ahead. He told me to stop and stand on the grass that was in the parking lot. I wasn't facing him, but I stopped and stood there, looking around. I turn around after a minute or two and he was standing there with the sweetest look on his face and a sign that he had made that said "PICK ME". OMG So cute! He bought a cute little hard shaped box that was on the sign too. I walked up to kiss him, and said "pick you for what" and he smiled even bigger. I was told to open the box, and there was my beautiful shiny ring!! I said YES!!!! And gave him another big smoooch. There was no big speech, but I'm sure I would have been a melted make up mess if that would have happened. It was sweet, and perfect. He told me over and over through out the weekend how much he loved me and what I meant to him, and we started using crazy words like fiance, and future husband/wife!!! :)
The next day, more than 24 hours later when we were driving home, it FINALLY clicked in my head why the sign said PICK ME..... we were at the American Picker's store!! Dingy me!! :) We cracked up about that aspect of the story :)
We also agreed on that drive that we would hold off making any big wedding plans until after the first of the year. We want to take time to enjoy this stage of our relationship. We don't want to rush into the stress and craziness that comes with wedding planning. Now of course I'll keep pinning things on my beloved (secret) wedding Pinterest board, and we'll discuss things I'm sure between now and then, but no plans will be officially made until after the holidays, and all that stuff.
Anyhoo-- that's the story of how I'm not a bride to be!!
Clearly I'm very excited, and so this story may not be the best written thing ever, but you can deal with that right? :)
XO
Tara
PS I was FLOORED to see that within one day over 100 people liked the first picture I posted of my ring on my facebook, it was my hey we are engaged announcement. We are feeling so loved!
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