Weekend Wrap-Up!

What a weekend!

Saturday was relaxing... I got to watch the Olympics and paint my nails! Its the little things that keep a girl sane.  David and I also went to dinner with his wonderful aunt, uncle and cousin. I just love them! :)

 

My nails have a base of Essie's Ballet Slippers and Revlon's Stunning on top!

Sunday, I had a 3:30 pm soccer game. SO miserable. 100 degree Texas heat. YUCK. After cooling off and probably drinking a gallon of water, David, his co-worker Daniel, and I exercised our noggins by playing a trivia game called Pub Quiz! We don't really play for anything other than the satisfaction of getting a few questions right. Each team has a goofy/inappropriate team name and since the Olympics are currently going on, we decided our team name to be Olympic Gold Diggers (this is no reflection of our character whatsoever!) :)

After class today, I found that ants had infested my closet. Absolutely the worst place ever! Come on, ants, I spend a lot of time in my closet but I don't eat in there...

Luckily, Home Depot is 2 minutes away from my house and I got the hookup on ant killing! After clearing out all my clothes and spraying in every nook and cranny of my closet, I think I finally got rid of them! No idea how they got there but I'm hoping they're gone for good.

Now I'm going to try to plan out my dinner meals for the week... if anyone has any good suggestions let me know! :) Have a great week, y'all!

Holy Wedding Bells

So there are officially 156 days left until the biggest spectacle of my life: my wedding. Please bear with me while I freak the veil out.

According to TheKnot.com, I have 129 tasks on my to-do list. Some of the extremely blaring tasks I have yet to do (that is suggested for 4-5 months out):
-Plan out ceremony
-Finalize menu
-Decide on formal wear for the guys (try convincing your fiance to do this one.. ha!)

Planning out the ceremony is a huge deal! I feel like I haven't been to enough weddings to get a feel of what I want, just what I don't want... I'm not really feeling a unity candle or the unity sand thing, whatever the heck that is. Truthfully, the only thing that I have on my mind about the ceremony is having to stand in heels for as little time as possible. As long as we say our vows and we exchange rings, I'm blissfully content!

Of course, we will most likely want to spend a little more time at the ceremony to get our money's worth, so does anyone have any creative suggestions as to what I could do to fill more ceremony time?

Now, I have to admit, besides finding THE dress and going cake tasting, finalizing the menu has me PUMPED. Who wouldn't be? You get to taste pretty much the whole menu before you have to decide. So much for keeping to my bridal diet plan... As excited I will be to spill the beans (ha! get it? BEANS!) about what we decide, I'm gonna have to keep the food choices a secret for my guests!

Planning a wedding is stressful, and I have no idea what I would do without my momma because she has been a HUGE help. I'm thinking we should start a wedding planning company after all the research we've done! I've also been living on Pinterest since before I've gotten engaged, just getting all kinds of ideas for weddings, parties, future homes, etc. Most of these ideas are so totally unrealistic and I really feel sorry for David because he is going to have to keep bringing me down to earth and dealing with the aftermath of Jordan's Crushed Pinteresty Dreams... this is not going to be pretty!

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All About Jordan

Okay. Just when I need one more thing to add to my plate, here it is. Blogging.

I have decided to start blogging. This is a crazy part of my life, and I know I'll want to look back and remember this time! So, in essence, this is like my 5th grade journal, minus the part where I talk about how cute I thought (enter boy's name here) was.

About me, I have one year left in my Master of Agribusiness program. I still can't believe I have survived a year of graduate level classes on top of being a teaching assistant. Yeah, most of you instantly think of the grad students in the back of the room that never do anything, just put a check mark on your homework, and mess up grading your tests. Well, yeah, I do that too, but this class is not your typical class. I am one of three teaching assistants for an entrepreneurship (and yes, its taken TWO years to be able to type that word without spell check!) class that is a senior capstone course for Agricultural Economics majors. Most people roll their eyes and think, "please, I got a real degree..." Well I can promise you, it would be a walk in the park if it weren't for this class. Let me lay it out for you:
1. First day of class, hand out syllabus. 150+ page syllabus. (grin at the terrified looks on 128 students' faces)
2. Grade about 2-3 assignments per student per week.
3. Hold office hours and run a help lab. Fun, but irritating when you're trying to get work done and a student inundates you with a million questions.
4. Grade final projects of over 100 pages, in one week: Finals week.

So if you're still with me after my little rant and complaining sesh... I wouldn't trade this job for anything. It allows me to get to know the students (sometimes a little too well!) and the other two assistants are two of the best girls I know!

I'm also the oldest of four girls. Yes, my poor father. Don't worry, he has a boy dog, Duke! My sisters are crazy. Seriously.

Mariah is a year and a half younger than me, studying elementary education at Texas A&M, and has spend the ENTIRE summer in Zambia. She is working with Camp Life to minister to precious children that would never have the opportunity to hear about Jesus Christ if it weren't for special people like her!

Tara is crazy. Crazy talented, crazy smart, crazy cute. It's annoying actually. She is starting at Texas A&M in the fall and DOUBLE majoring in Honors International Studies and Economics. She has her own shoe painting business, and it is blowing up! Check it out here!

Melanie is ten years younger than me and she is going into the 8th grade. In my mind, she is still three years old with little curly pigtails and playing dress up in our old princess costumes. Mel plays french horn in band, is in running club and can make you laugh so hard with her accents.

I am so lucky to have sisters that I can laugh with, fight with, and terrorize our parents with!

So there is this guy, that somehow tolerates me enough to want to marry me, David. We're getting married in December and I couldn't be more excited! He is so smart, loyal, is constantly making me laugh and roll my eyes. We met our freshman year of high school but didn't start dating until our senior year. FINALLY, after almost 5 years, he proposed on Christmas Eve in front of our families and friends. I am looking forward to this new chapter of our lives together!