Mr & Mrs Smith

I have to admit, it's weird living in an apartment, a temporary space. We have all this mix-matchy stuff due to only beginning with what we had that got us by thus far. So it came down to craiglist to help us fill our temporary home, or not letting go of the mix-matchy stuff because hey, beggars can't be choosers, and we won't be beggars for long, or will we? hmmmm So we've finally pieced a few things together and will share our home, with you, our friends, who are always welcome, but will never come because we live so far and have only one bathroom and one real bed. It's expensive to visit DC, we know. Trust me, we know . It's not just a tourist trap. They trap tenants as well. Mr Smith is amazing and put up my frames for me . . . I know they are crooked, I fixed them after the photo This is on the left right when you walk in and before you hit the kitchen table.  Mr Smith loves the decor and thinks it really has a good purpose. We ...

I have the best husband. ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. yes, yes I do =) He's not perfect mind you. I probably get upset with him once a day, but mostly more. Sometimes it's me having expectations, being dramatic just for the sake of extra energy or insecure, but regardless we just get each other and love each other and it's amazing and I don't think it's something you can understand in words. You have to have your heart experience the smile that just appears from thinking of them. Honeymoon phase or not, we're holding on tight forever.

I've really wanted an all-in-one Mac for forever. Well, I always wanted a Mac and then I realized they have these all-in-ones now, so I now want that. Any way, it's hard though to justify the major MAJOR expense. Yeah, I have a significant amount of photos and I do a significant amount of edits, most of which I actually get paid for, yet it's still hard. Especially if Eric and I have different needs. We went to the store today and our experience didn't help the Mac cause. You know how they always have 50 employees on staff when you go in there? I always get overwhelmed with that stuff. Mac has a good thing with their image. Of course I know/have been programmed to think it's the most reliable and highest quality, but we asked the same question to three different people and we still didn't walk away with the correct answer. I don't even know what I want anymore. I don't think affording things will get easier. Maybe give us 20 years, but do I want to wai...

Because I'm a girl and I cared and thought about everything up until it was time to see it. It's just the general experience once it comes. I love how pinterest helped me plan my 3 month budget wedding. Molly Bowie is the best cake maker I know (seriously, exactly like the picture I sent her! and the custard cake part was sooo good! I mean, from my tiny bite. I so wish I could go back and have a piece!) I couldn't believe it turned out like I had envisioned. Everyone did such a great job at bringing everything together! Heather Loveland and Alycen King put together this wonderful menu and tons of people from the ward helped set things up. I owe them so much for making everything look and taste so wonderful! I of course didn't really get any of it, which makes me so sad. Isn't that the whole point of going to weddings? sigh. I did get the yummy chicken salad croissants! I made these for every table.  It gave us something to read o...

I wish I could explain it in words. Do you ever do that thing where you're listening to your ipod and you're surrounded by strangers and you're walking slow or standing still, so it seems, the world is just passing you by or is frozen. Again, my words may be failing me, but for a second, or a minute you're perfectly fine knowing you are found by everything that matters, but shadowed by bodies who know you no different than a blue pea coat and Sperry shoes.  I still remember sneaking out of our hotel that night in Geneva and taking my walk to the docks. It was near sun down and I was a little anxious due to the vulnerable position I could easily find myself in, a single young lady in a country foreign to her natural language, but I reveled in the thought that I was alone, yet I didn't have the feeling of loneliness. It was exciting to sit on the closed cafe steps and watch the street walkers pass me by. They didn't know I was a Mormon college student on tour...