Wedding Blues

I read this article in Brides magazine a couple of months ago, about the Wedding Blues.The article stated that many brides go through "depression" after their wedding. The depressed bride becomes used to being the center of attention, being doted on for 6 months and when the last Thank You card is sent and all of the gifts are put away she is brought back to reality. My friends, I think I have the wedding blues! And not because I miss being doted on. After a wedding shower, 2 fun-filled bachelorette parties, and 2 amazing weddings, I am very glad no longer being the center of attention.

I think I have the wedding blues, because I have NOTHING to plan. While it was a bit stressful at times, I loved the planning that went into our wedding. I loved stalking Pinterest, The Knot and wedding blogs. It was a thrill finding a good deal on luggage tags, bulk candy, and canvas totes! Now I'm left with stalking Facebook and "window" cyber-shopping....B-O-R-I-N-G (and not good for my wallet).Maybe that is why I have a difficult time coming up with weekly blog discussions, because life is a bit dull? On the flip side when I was planning the wedding I didn't have time to blog. Would it be odd to blog about our wedding after the wedding? Oh the conundrums!!

Week 2

Here we are at Week Two and already I am having a hard time coming up with something semi-interesting to write about. How can that be? I tried recalling the past week, to see if anything interesting or entertaining happened and one thing came to mind.

I arrived at the office early on Saturday morning (I had scheduled a taxi to pick me up and take me to the airport) and by early, I mean 5 AM. Naturally I thought I would be the only person in the parking lot, but to my surprise there was an older gentleman standing in front of his convertible. I look closer and I see that there is a gorilla sitting in passenger seat! Yes, it was a stuffed gorilla, but what in the world is a 70 year old man doing at the Ford parking lot at the crack of dawn on a Saturday, with a stuffed gorilla in his car? A few minutes later a corvette pulled in the lot. I'm guessing these two were headed to a car show or maybe a parade? Who knows, but that was the last thing I expected to see.

Entertaining? Not really. Completely random? Yes. Hopefully next week's entry will have a bit more content, but I'm still on track with Resolution #1!

New Year, New Resolutions?

2011, gone, done, over, but where did it go? As I'm sure many will agree 2011 flew by and 2012 is doing the same! With a couple of life changes taking place, I decided to put off my New Year's Resolutions until Day 8. When pondering what I wanted to focus on in 2012 I realized that I've only ever kept my resolutions once, last year's resolution of making my now hubby breakfast and lunch every day. I was wondering what made last year successful? I think it may have been to due to the fact that I announced it loud and proud on the "world wide web". So not being one to tempt fate, here I go with my resolutions of 2012.

1. Blog, blog, blog. Yep, that's right for the 3rd time I'm going to try and keep this blog going at least once a week. 

2. Take better care of my teeth and skin. As you may recall, I had 6 cavities last year.  Both my mouth and my pocket book think it's a good idea to be cavity free in 2012. And taking care of my skin just makes good sense, although I may have started project "wrinkle prevention" a bit late....better late then never! 

3. Gym. Funny how that word makes me think "ugh", but Tyler and I got into a pretty good routine before the wedding last year and it's amazing how much more energy I had.

That's it, three resolutions....check back next week to see how they are going!

Tiny Prints celebrates the holiday season with great cards and great deals!

It's been a busy year, we got married! So, it was a pretty easy decision that we would use one of our wedding photos for this year's holiday card. The hard part? Deciding what Tiny Prints card to select!  I've been a fan on Tiny Prints for a while, they are known for high quality, great selection and always have great deals! But this year they were really in the giving spirit....Blog about their products and get 50 cards for FREE! Their selection is amazing, it's hard to narrow it down!


Here are a few of my favorites that I am considering: 


Love the white graphics that they incorporated on this card!





Who doesn't love this card's color combination?



Then I noticed their "Vintage" collection and fell in love with the pop of color this card provides!




Itching to start your holiday card? Head on over to Tiny Prints http://www.tinyprints.com/shop/picture-christmas-cards.htm and start browsing!

Fork in the road

Well, my whole idea of updating this blog of mine only lasted about 4 months and I'll be honest it wasn't 100% consistent at times. Its hard for be to believe that I went 3 months without  posting a blog. But, its true I went from Kellie's bday to Bryn's bday. Now what to do? Do I just make this a birthday shout out blog??? Or do I go back to my weekly posts about random facts and stories? Which route should I go?

Since I'm already logged in and typing, I feel as though I should include a random fact that I learned this week. Anyone have any idea how old William Shanter is? Yes, I am talking about Captain James T. Kirk aka "the guy from the priceline commercials".  This was brought up during lunch on Friday with a couple of co-workers and I thought late 60's early 70's. Well, it turns out Billy Boy is 80 years old! I was shocked, he looks pretty good for being 80. I didn't believe my co-worker, so I quickly googled it and sure enough, William Shanter was born on March 22nd, 1931!

Go ahead you can google it too! Tyler did :)

Happy Birthday Bryn!

I have this friend, her name is Bryn! Today is her birthday, so first and foremost Happy Birthday to my amazing friend Bryn!!!

Now you're probably wondering what makes her so amazing?

1. She has a pretty cool job, but can't discuss it with anyone. Sounds like a female James Bond to me...AMAZING!

2. She bakes the best cupcakes and cakes. AMAZING for my taste buds....not quite so amazing for my waist line.

3. She suggests we run a 5 or 10K....AMAZING, because now she is helping with that waist line issue her baked goods have created!

4. Let's say you have a wedding coming up and you are trying to find a great hair stylist, well sure enough she can work a curling iron just like the rest of the cast of Jerseylicious......AMAZING!

5. You casually mention you are thinking of creating a website. Four hours later you're receiving a link and she has already started the project.....AMAZING!

6. During Thanksgiving she enjoys white rice and adds gravy on top....AMAZING!

So I'm sure you now see why Bryn is such an AMAZING friend. Life in Nor Cal would not be the same if I had not met Bryn! Here are a couple of examples of some of the fun times we have had during the past 4 years!

This is Bryn......

Back in the day when we went and danced the night away in the city....wait that only happened once :)

Spending the weekend in Las Vegas!

Getting ready for our AMAZING Thanksgiving Dinner

Camping at Pine Crest Lake has become a yearly tradition!

Bryn inspiring me to run my first 5K!

At Nick and Bryn's Wedding!!! (I thought I should have one with the guys!)

Bryn throws a great Bachelorette Party!!!!

Happy Birthday Friend!

Happy Birthday Kellie!!!!!

In honor of Kellie's birthday here are some pictures of us over the year!

23 Years Old: Gilrs Weekend in Vegas!!!

24 Years Old: Jess and Kellie Meet
*Note: Oddly enough one of the few pics I have with Kellie in 2007, was taken by Jess. Thanks Jess!

25 Years Old: Wine Tasting in Livermore

26 Years Old: Kellie's last hours as a Burton



27 Years Old: The NorCal Ladies in Cabo for the Miyaloper Wedding

Looking forward to the pics that will be taken this year!

P.S. Kel, looking at the photos I noticed you are like a fine wine and get better with age!