my visit to The Merry Sherwood.

May 26, 2010

Well it was finally the day to visit Merry Sherwood! I had my bridal planning book in hand, mom had her notepad and pencil to jot things down, and Alex was wearing clothes without any holes or stains. We were READY. As we drove up and around the driveway to park on the side of Merry Sherwood I was trying to imagine what my guests would think. I myself, who had already been there before, was once again impressed and reminded why this place was suggested to Alex and I in the first place.

We walked through the quaint little gardens, that had just been watered, and along the brick path and knocked on the front door. An attractive young spunky blonde woman welcomed us like she had known us for years. She let us in and told us a brief history of the Merry Sherwood. She told us that originally the house was built for a bride by the fiance to impress the brides family. I thought that was very cute in itself.

The caretaker gave us a tour of the entire house and showed us where the bridesmaids and I would get ready. Girls, this room is something to see. It is called the ballroom and it is quite beautiful. I have a feeling the photographer will want to take plenty of pictures of us primping in there. The guys would get dressed and ready in the library.

She also showed us a few locations where previous couples have gotten married but one spot really just screamed JAMIE. The actual spot for the ceremony would take place in this garden to the right of the house. It is surrounded by flower beds, enormous trees, and a few statues. i would make my grand entrance by coming out of the front door of the house around the wrap around porch and down the steps leading to the garden. It is a very dramatic entrance. I was trying to picture the entire bridal party and Alex standing up there and I was pretty certain this was the place where we should get married.

After the ceremony the guests would walk to the other side of the yard where a huge tent will be set up and where the reception can take place.

Well I hope I painted a lovely picture of what to expect for all of you that haven't seen it before. I hope you find it as beautiful as Alex, Mom and I did!

things i like

My blogs have been to serious and boring. I was reading a friends blog and she did a "things i like" blog so I think I will do the same!

-Tweezerman tweezers. I have literally owned the same pair of pink tweezers since I have been plucking my eyebrows. I bought them when pcity still had a Sally's beauty supply...

-Priscilla of Boston- look them up. Absolutely fabulous bridal and bridesmaid dresses

-Mac makeup- I could spend every dime on mac. I can go from drab and flaky to glowing and flawless. Mac had a hello kitty line of makeup at one point and the lipstick I bought even had hello kitty etched on the side of the lipstick. so cute

-Harney & Sons Tea- I had some of this one time at the Burke's house and I have been obsessed ever since. I really like the Jasmine flavored one in the purple package

-Sushi- I almost wish Alex had never introduced me to it.

-cowboy boots- I took a pair of Grayson's and now I wear them all the time. They don't even fit my foot right but they are so cute!

-buttery nipple shots- I am not even for sure what is in them but it tastes like butter and butterscotch deliciousness combined

-Sex & the City- Any Sex & the City fan knows why I am putting this....Second one comes out Thursday!

-ruby's. I am pretty obsessed with mine. I feel like I can leave the house looking like complete crap but somehow my vavavoom ruby makes me feel like a million bucks.

-fancy chickens

-you! thanks for reading :]

my weekend

For some reason this has been the most stressful week I have had in the whole year...which is crazy since this is my first week of summer vacation! I really just don't feel like getting into that but I will tell you what I did this weekend.

Yesterday I cut grass, sprayed roundup on the weeds, cleaned rabbit cage, vacuumed, and did laundry

Today I pulled a ton of weeds, cleaned the garage out, did more laundry, pulled all of my winter clothes out of the drawers and put them on the attic, and tonight Nicole came over and we had a rabbit play date.

Yea so that wasn't a very fun weekend but next weekend will be! I am going to visit Jess! We are probably going to our favorite store (forever 21), and ride horses, and go to a bar or club, and possibly get sushi knowing us. That is mostly just a guess of how the weekend will go but its a good chance we will do it all haha. I really am needing some best friend time :]

Well I am going to watch my new favorite show: Girl Meets Gown.

Oh that reminds me I am thinking of doing a blog of wedding dresses I like :] maybe I will work on that now

walkinn on sunshinnne

Seriously, I need to stop doing this to myself. Everyday I work myself to the bone. Today I got up crack of dawn, drug Alex to the Farmers Market and bought 4 herbs for the garden in Pocomoke, and 2 plants for the pots in the backyard. After I planted that stuff I cleaned out the garage until 6 trashcans were full. Then I finished organizing the shed. After that I went crazy and started pulling vines off of stuff. The whole yard is eaten up by these beautiful vines that just have to go. I got rid of about half of the grape vine, it had chocked out bushes and was starting to choke out a tree. By that point it was about 11 and I had pulled a muscle in my back and couldn't even walk hardly. Alex and I went home, showered, and then he took me out to Amigo's. Then I went to work the Third Friday Downtown at Parker Place and I just got home and did Internship Homework.

I AM EXHAUSTED!!! I feel like when I go to work at Parker Place I need to be on top of the world and have huge amounts of enthusiasm to match up to Anne! That woman has so much energy and it is exhausting to keep up with her...but I try haha. So anyhow I hope when I am in my 40's that I can have the zest that she does.

On Wednesday Mom, Alex and I are going to look at the Merry Sherwood. I can't wait! I officially get to start being the bride-to-be and I really really can't wait till we get married. What a change from when we first got engaged. We were like "yea we will be engaged for 2 or 3 years, no rush" now we are like "the hell with this lets elope" haha. We are like two peas in a pod and I have never felt more right about any decision I have ever made! I think this ruby ring sent from God was our sign :]

have an awesome weekend my lovely readers.

ps. final grades:

textiles II- A
historic costumes- A
pre-internship- A
Consumer motivation- B
Supervisory Mgmt- B
Sociology of food shelter and clothing- ? (they haven't posted yet but i think its an A)

porn

Day one of summer vacation consisted of shopping with mom and watching 3 hours of True Life on MTV. True Life episode one talked about people who were addicted to video games, next episode was people who were addicted to prescription drugs, and the final episode was people who were addicted to pornography.

All of the stories on their were very extreme but one that really hit me was this guy who was in his twenties who watched 5 to 10 hours of porn a day and when he wasn't watching it he was at the strip club getting lap dances!!! um pathetic. Let me describe this fetching young man. Short, goatee, crew cut, fitted hat worn to the side, big gold chain, humps over funny (probably due to sitting in front of computer for 5 to 10 hours at a time), tattoos of naked women on his body and wears slim little glasses OH and a pimp daddy fedora hat. He lives with his grandmother and drives a 85 Caddy. His free time consists of spending time at Spanky's (local porn shop), spending time at the strip club, and of course the rest of his day is spent in his computer chair.

Isn't that sad? Poor guy.

old journal entry

Tonight I was reading my journal and it always cracks me up to read this stuff I wrote 3 years ago. What a drama QUEEN!!! I mean it was only 3 years ago and I feel like I am a completely different person. I guess that is what happens when you grow up. My idea was to post a diary entry on here every once in a while! Just promise not to judge me because I was freaking nuts apparently haha. Oh and I am changing the names on here (except Alex & Jesse) just because I can see this somehow coming back and slapping me in the face. I am posting from the summer of 2007 which was officially the WILDEST summer of my life and I attribute that to the fact that Alex broke my heart in the beginning of it and I was doing anything I could to forget him.

Ok this entry is just flat out funny. I sound really full of myself and I was haha. I think this is why God made me gain weight. I can't even believe I am talking about 3 guys in this entry!

July 8, 2007
Ok Alex still hasn't gotten up with me. But hes old news...speaking of old news I gave Jesse a ride to peaches house tonight..and he was ignorant about it. Honestly, I only did it so he could see how hot I am haha. Yea and Isaac, I like him. Even though I keep hearing all this dramatic bullshit about him...I wish girls would just leave us alone and stop gossiping. Im going to Betsys now! Ciao

(I am actually proud of this next blog. I think I was starting to get a clue!)

August 5, 2007
The first step to getting rid of Jesse is to realize that I am co-dependent on him. I always use the excuse "I picked the phone up because we have always been there for each other" but you know what, he has NEVER been there for me. A part of him wears away at me and I need to figure out what it is about myself that keeps getting worn away by him. 30 years down the road he will probably be alone and sadly enough could be in this same position and I have no doubt that if I don't change he will keep doing this to me. Its not enough to vow to myself that I won't talk to him. I need to really work at it and want it. And I do want it. Co-dependent people thrive on co-dependent people. So I am getting rid of all my boy toys except Alex. There is no need to be seeing twenty guys. I need to learn to love myself enough to not need a guy to make me happy...except Alex. i really like him. haha. So thats my thoughts.

UM YAY goo Jamie. Maybe I wasn't entirely crazy. I can honestly say this is the last entry I ever wrote about Jesse.

Well more to come of this in further blogs. I think I can chalk these up as learning experiences!

ahh sweet freedom...or not.

I really didn't mean for my last blog to sound so evil...I think Alex is smart and is going to make the right decision.

So, I just took my last exam of my last spring semester EVER. What a weird feeling. I feel like I have no obligations, nothing to do, no homework to keep up with, I DONT EVEN HAVE NEED FOR MY LILY PULITZER PLANNER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! um this is fabulous. I could live like this forever. Free from all of my responsibilities and able to just kick back and live for me. Although I am already starting to feel anxious from the fact I have nothing to do. Maybe I will vacuum my car. Maybe I will write a list of what to pack for my trip to Jessica's house in 2 weeks, maybe I will cook dinner, do laundry, pull weeds, wash the windows, paint the shutters, vacuum the house, go to the mall, go to church, read a book, pick flowers, pluck my eyebrows...

I can't wait for school to start.