Hair

I am so frustrated with my hair. It's short and I don't like it.

I should have NEVER listened to Ryan.

"you would look really nice with short hair"

LIE.

I miss my long hair!!!!
Anyways,
here's the dillema:
How do I do my hair for the wedding? right now, my hair is above my shoulders... :(

help, if you can!

Thank You!

How do you celebrate a 23 monthaversary?

You go get a marriage license!!!
Yesss, 23 months of enjoying my sweet handsome man :)

And we will be going to LA to get our marriage license!

I'm so excited!!!!

We will be getting married in exactly ONE month! ohhhhhh myyyyyy gooodness!

And I KNOW that time is going to fly because I'm going to be so busy!

Friday is my bridal shower with my girlfriends! :) I'm excited about that!
Ive been getting texts like "what bra size do you wear?" and "does ryan like gummy bears?"

lol.

yes, I know...my friends are fun. :) and crazy.

On Saturday, we have a wedding AND our engagement pictures in the morning.
I don't know what to wear.... :/

I'll update on what I decide to wear.

So anyways, I need help. I can't come up with a name for the new blog that includes Ryan...lol :)
I told him to think of names or else, I'm going to kick him out of my blog and it'll be called life as a wife.

So he's "brainstorming"....we'll see.

anyways, I have to go! byeee!

Here's an idea..

I'm just going to stop logging into my blogger account after 7pm.
This is what usually happens: I log on, read what my friends are up to...etc.
THEN....I look at what THEIR friends have posted. and it happens. I stay up till 2:30 reading all about newlywed couples and all the cute things they do together. It kinda stinks not having many newlywed friends who blog often. I would LOVE to have a ton of friends like my friend (accidental country girl) that are married and share so many cute ideas! anyways, I should probably stop stalking strangers. I'm probably the reason why they go private. haha. hmph. anyways, I should probably go to bed.

Oh! we got our furniture! well, most of it :) I will take pictures tomorrow and post them! :) Ry and I are going to start moving in some of our things into our Apt 15! The number 5 really likes us....2/5/9, 11/5/10, and last but not least: 2/5/11 woop woop.
Anyways, I'm excited. we finished painting and we're just fixing up some details. I'm not even thinking about the reception anymore...lol I'm more excited about our little place :) ok ok, bedtime.

Oh! the bleeding continues. :( help? I don't want to be featured on the show 1000 ways to die as the girl that died from having her period for 3 years.

No work tomorrow - YAY!
Dancing the night away tomorrow - Double YAY!
Spending another NewYearsEve with my Handsome Man - Yay times Infinity!

I'm really going to bed now....Goodnight! :)

The beauty of womanhood (dear men, do not read.)

Yes, that was written with a sarcastic tone. I'm only sharing this because im hoping some of you have had some experience with this issue. So here's my story:
I started birth control (loestrin24 fe) about 3 weeks ago, everything was fine, until last saturday. I started experiencing breakthrough bleeding, not spotting..it's like an actual period. So today is day 6 of nonstop bleeding. My placebos start in 2 days and then I start a new pack next Thursday. I don't know what to do!!!! If this is how birth control works, I don't want it lol. My coworker started the same pill 4 days before I did and she's experiencing the SAME thing! Ugh so frustrating. AnywAy, has this happened to any of you? If so...please help me! Thank you! :)

Not so good, very bad day ended well.

Yesterday was NOT my day! Well, kinda. I'm being dramatic :)
anyways, I came to work and worked. During work, I get news that the person who was going to do the draping for the wedding..is no longer going to do it. :( It was terrible. I was so sad that I wouldn't have the draping. I could look for someone else to do it, but they charge almost twice as much than what the 1st person was going to charge. AND I have a little over a month left, so there's no time to do it on my own. I've decided on an alternative route, I'm going to buy the paper lanterns that are lit and just hang them across. Hopefully that will look nice :) So that's my next Issue. Where do I buy these and how much are they going to be? I still dont know. lol I looked some up and then cost about 160 for 28 of them with the light included. I don't know if this is cheap or expensive... I want to go to DownTown LA, but its been raining for about 3 days straight! and this weekend is Christas, so they'll be closed. I D K what to do. uhm. oh yes, Ryan was supposed to pick me up at 6 to go get a gift for his coworker and I waited until about 6:30 and decided to call him.
"Hey Ry, where are you?"
"uhhhhh...uhmmm in my room"
YES. in his room. He feel asleep when he sat down to take off his shoes. that doesn't make sense...lol anyway, I was a bit upset. so he picked me up at 7 and we went off on our errands.
I don't stay mad for long. but here's a tip: If I am ever upset, just leave me alone. Don't ask what is wrong, don't try to talk to me about it right away, just leave me alone and I'll be fine in a few minutes. After a while I can explain everything, but at the moment..just let me relax. lol :)

On a brighter note, my aunt sent us some moneyyyy to buy our couches!!! yay! we have $600 to spend, I'm excited! so thats what we'll do today. I'm debating between two styles. Brown leather or Tan Microfiber. I like fabric better because it's more comfy, but Ryan likes leather because its easier to clean. any advice? let me know.

Our bed will be delivered on the 27th! yay! We have a stove! yay!
Our kitchen table won't be purchased until the week of the wedding. My aunt wants to buy it for us when she comes for the wedding. Did I mention how much I love my Tia? because I do. She's so crazy, but she's so nice! :)

Yesterday Ryan gave me this speech about how the draping doesn't matter and that the only thing that matters is that we'll be married...followed by a bunch of sweet stuff. I shed a tear and said "my eyeliner is bugging me" lol I don't cry often...only when I'm stressed or mad. I didn't even cry when he proposed! lol sad...I know.

Oh! the sweater party went FANTASTIC. :) We met at BJs and had dinner then went to Becca and Mahinor's place to hang out. Mahinor was my secret Santa and he gave me a CUTE white coat!!!! I wanted to buy this coat during the blackfriday sale at Old Navy, but I didn't have money! so I was sooo happy! Ryan loved his hoodie! Anneliese loved Ry's gift! overall, great Secret Santa! After that, the boys started watching TV and we went to Becca's room to talk about the wedding and stuff :) They are planning my Bridal Shower! I'm excited! [ So far, I'm having 3 showers] The boys snuck out and bought pizza and didn't tell us! but lucky for us, Becca's nose is crazy and she could smell pizza from a mile away lol. I love my friends!

Well, I'm off! I'm all alone at work, they all went shopping. :/

Bloggg is Moving!

Yes, Sad. B U T, It's only fair to let Ry in on all this fun I've been having. lol (he hates blogs) He claims that he reads mine, but he doesn't. It's okay.. So anyways, I'm working on the other blog, so I won't be moving just yet. I'm trying to make it not so girly and not as fancy as this one...because it was a hassle to get the font like this. lol but anyways, Here's whats happening:
After work I'm going shopping for a few last minute gifts and then Ry and I are going to game night with our friends Joe and Kristin. We *heart* them! They're married, so it's fun to be around them :)
Last night, I went to the LA temple with Nay! Ahhh I missed her so much!! there's never silence when we're together. Afterall, we're spititual friends. lol We were probably best friends before this world! She will be my escort!! I'm SO excited! And as a wedding gift, she wants to buy my temple dress! she's a sweetheart :)
*sidenote: I had a dream that my temple dress was see thru :/ *
So, that's what's happening. I'll come back and update about the new bloggg :)

A promise is a promise

and that is why I am here....at 11:32 getting started on my post. lol SO. here it goes.

I've been so busy!!!! Wedding planning is fun, but overwhelming sometimes. I still have to figure out my invitations...:/ any suggestions? here's what's done:

Cake
Location
Draping
Dress
Honeymoon
Food
Apartment
Bed
Stove
Kitchen Table [kind of]
Couches [almost]
Photography-Paid! :)
Favor Bags
And much more...

B U T.

There are a lot more things that have to be done!!!
I've been sick since last Thursday. I didn't go to work on Friday :/
And today, I was at work and my boss made me come home because I couldn't stop coughing. But anyways...here are some things I'm looking forward to:

Thursday: I'm going to the LA Temple for Baptisms with my dear friend Naomi. She's on my top 10 favorite people list. :) I'm so excited!!! She got back from her mission about a month ago and we haven't hung out yet, so I'm looking forward to it! Especially because we'll be at the temple!!!

Saturday: Ry's company party is that afternoon, so I'm excited because he gets his bonus! woop woop! After that, we're heading over to the annual SECRET [not so secret] Santa Dinner with my friends!!! It's so fun! It's an ugly sweater party and we stopped by the Goodwill today to buy some sweaters that are hidious. Mine has fishes...plants...and a sun lol yupp. Ryan got a baby blue and light purple sweater lol. I'll be sure to take pictures!!! I love hanging out with my friends :) This year, I actually WAS a SECRET Santa! I haven't told ANYONE, not even Ryan. he begged, tricked me, begged some more, and tried to get it out of me in many ways...it didn't happen. Yay. and I'm a horrible liar, so that's a huge accomplishment.

So yes, fun weekend ahead :)

Oh!!! we officially have an apartment!!!! I'll take pictures once its furnished, painted and all that good stuff.

Well, I think that should be okay for now. I'll come back to update more often.

It's now 11:44 and I have to work tomorrow...:/

Goodnight!!
-Steph