one year wed

yesterday...May 22, 2011
i have officially been married to Mr D. for an entire year!
an amazing year
a stressful year
a hard year
a year full of change, love, new adventures, and old dreams

i can wholeheartedly say that our first year was not "really tough"  like alot of people describe theirs.
sure we had our moments
but we have both grown so much and it was honestly amazing.

i figured in honor of this day i would post a few wedding pictures!

me as a bride

mr D as a cute groom

ready to see each other

love this

the first kiss

sitting where he spent most of his time the first 4 months we were dating

I LOVE HIS FACE IN THIS

Mr D and his ladies

me and my men

the whole party

Mr D claims this is what he gets for marrying a farm girl - picture in a corn field

my amazing kickers

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

now trust me i could have added WAY more pictures.  but these are the highlights :)
it was a perfect day and i can not believe it was already a year ago!


i am happier than ever and am so glad to be married to Mr D.
maybe someday yall can hear our "story"
trust me it is a good one ;)

until next time - dueces

B-E-A-utiful

well today was far from what i had planned in my little brain...well really...i didnt have much planned.
it started by letting...(more like forcing) myself to sleep in. (8am baby)
i then prepared myself for that terrible, dreadful, not so wonderful part of my day.
that is right....the dentist... (and YES i did floss last night :) )
i was VERY pleasently surprised to have Coach (high school xc and track) walk through the door of the dentist while i was waiting.  
yes i know that sounds really lame, but it was so nice to see a familiar face in this town
i was then brought into the yuck room...and to my surprise...it went amazingly!!
well of course it hurt, like always, but i was told multiple times that i had beautiful teeth! (rock on)
i was also told that i was lucky because most people go to college with no cavities and come back with alot; yet..i still have ZERO.   (go me!!)
my dentist himself told that he really hopes i smile all the time because my teeth are B-e-a-utiful!  (ok he didnt spell it out...but i thought it was necessary)  

YOU BE THE JUDGE

(and yes iam cheesin...big time)

and sorry about the lighting...

 

so once i completed that dreadful part of the day i was off to the library to get my self a new book, (since i finished my last one in 4 days)  (yes people I KNOW, i need a job)

got my self 4 books and off i went...home home home

once home i found myself doing something i didnt know i could do. organize my brains out.  

i seriously spent at least 3 hours standing at our kitchen island reorganizing our files and going through every homework assignment and notes i had taken since 7th grade through high school.  (yup i know...you are thinking...REALLY you still had all that???)  yeah i admit i DID save it all.  but today i parted with at least 3/4 of it!  GO ME

and then the BAD of the day started.

i found a bill in the bottom of the box of papers...GREAT

it was from ACS education.  it informed me that i was 80 days past due on my student loan payments...UH WHAT....excuse me???

i just graduated LAST week..and this is happening already?!?!

so i called up this company and tried to set them straight, after over a half hour with some lady that barely spoke english, she informed me that there was nothing she could do for me. 

(now in my defense...(for those of you who dont know)  as long as you are a full time student you should not have to be paying loans back...AND i was! )

so i resorted to calling MNU and being like...PLEASE HELP ME!

he was very helpful (AND SPOKE ENGLISH...go mnu)

while on the phone with him i was so mad i started to cry...no he didnt hear me cry...i was quiet.

but he told me what to do and that he would help me fight it if this first option did not work.  

so started the process of what he suggested.

(insert  random events of the afternoon)

then me and mr D went on a nice bike ride...lets be honest...iam SOOOO out of shape.  i though i was dying.  really. sad. 

so we sat down to watch the tube after the ride and my phone started ringing. 

it was a number who has been trying to call me for about a week now.  

i answered and it was the national student loan center....(great i thought, here we go again)

the nice man (who spoke english)  informed me that ACS had informed him that i was past due on my payments.  thanks ACS

so i told him the dealio. and i told him that ACS said i had no options.  

he was like they didnt offer you a

ha yeah i dont know what the word was...i was like uh NO. so he offered to connect me to them directly and help me through it... (GO NSLC)

and within 2 minutes i had gotten rid of having to pay the loan today.  YAY

that was the wrap up!  

i was so happy how things worked out and am pretty pleased with my day...in the end.

although it was hard seeing the end when i was stuck talking to very unhelpful people all afternoon

i seriously apologize with how lame this post was...but i needed to get that nastyness off my chest!

i promise to make the next post more exciting...

until then

dueces

 

 

well i did the official move!
 a couple official moves actually!!!!
i have now moved into my new home in beautiful Pella, Iowa!
and i have also now converted my once Tumblr blog into a blogger blog!
I do admit both of those were hard moves...
but they are both over and done!  YAY
so that is the cause for the LACK of blogs recently.  
my bad 
i am so glad to be back in the blogging world.  it has been weird not spending hours trying to blog perfectly. but relaxing at the same time. 
i have survived.
so for the last week and a half my life in pella has been far from exciting. 
basically consists of me trying to get settled in, and sitting in my chair reading and watching the neighbors all day as kyle sleeps. 
but i cant complain,
it has been very nice to get to relax after 18 years of school
and now i have no idea where my life is taking me.
it will be interesting.
i will keep you updated :)
i just scheduled a dentist appt for myself for TOMORROW. 
what was i thinking?!
i do NOT want to go to the dentist. 
not one bit
but i guess it will probably be good.  i better floss tonight :)
i have already considered cancelling it. but i know i shouldn't!
so a cleaning tomorrow is for sure in store.

i will now be spending my evening catching up on my favorite website...PINTEREST!
while Mr D. sleeps and tater sleeps on the clean laundry!
have a great evening yall
dueces 

planning

well i finished all of my college finals…i feel like i SHOULD feel happy, and relieved.  BUT not so much, instead i feel…REALLY freaked out.  i will never be going to classes again, never going to spend my evenings doing homework, which is OK with me.  But yup, i will miss it.  sometimes doing homework it kinda…fun?  YUCK

SO…iam still here in Kansas until i finish my college career by graduating tomorrow.  so my lovely home hosts left and went to iowa for BEAUTIFUL Tulip time…

yup this is me being jealous!

regardless, this is my first year missing ALL of Tulip Time.  So here iam alone in a huge house.  and how did i spend my first afternoon of freedom? 
well how else…looking for cute ways to decorate my house, and amazing recipes to cook when i FINALLY arrive back with my hubs!

So this another picture post of everything amazing i found yesterday. 

this is a coat rack…iam not sure where there are other things hanging on it.  but i really want to make this.  i just need to find some old door knobs first!

this is amazing.  i am going to make this…except a D of course! :)

As stated in my last post i have an obsession with glass jars…that would explain why the center pieces at my wedding were mason jars! so when i saw this next thing i about DIED…i have to figure out how to make this!!! shouldnt be too hard!

this is adorable…but SO not me.  But still, the idea is what i like.  I am dedicated to making a menu at least a week in advance, that way we will not always resort to eat frozen pizza, and i will be able to cook!  I downloaded all kinds of free printable menu forms.  And instead of this high class board I am just going to cover a simple clipboard with scrapbook paper.  One for my menu, and one for my shopping list.  I am just a TAD excited.  Iam very ready to be in my new house cooking and finally getting to be a real wife!!
There are a ton of cute ideas for menu boards, so i will show you just a few of my favorites. 

this one is very simple and cute…i really like it, but i think i would end up makeing it more of a mess, then helpful. 

I love how this one has spots for the recipes included on the board.  Makes it very convenient. 

This is very very cute, i think probably my favorites.  But clearly I am a very simple perosn, that is why I am sticking with the clip board.  :)

I really like this one!  Very cute….but just a tad too big for my style.

I like how simple this one is! and how you keep everything all together. 

But I still think I will be sticking with the clip board idea.  here is a cute clipboard project. 

very cute!

I am very excited to get started on my projects!!

Enjoy

dueces!

distracted

today i have felt…well incredibly distracted.  which is proabably not the way i want to feel when it is finals week.  but i have now taken on the attitude of who really cares?!  i mean i only have on final left…and iam going to graduate. so why does it even matter.  terrible i know. 

regardless of all of that….today iam feeling the need for some ACCESSORIES.  I am gonna be strait up honest right now.  I have a slight addiction to head bands.  i love accessories for this reason…no matter how fat or skinny a person is, bracelets, necklaces, shoes, and mostly headbands will ALWAYS fit.  thank you Jesus.  so lets just sat i go a TAD over bored on the head bands.  but here are some things i want

Dude this is super cool, i am so doing this.  although i will need to hang it high enough to keep it out of the reach of tate.

corny, yes!  but i want to make them!!!

UBER CUTE

iam SO figuring out how to make this, considering there was one at arie almost exactly like this for $17!!

those are all my inspirations for now…iam very much looking forward to being done with school in 2 days, now i can actaully start some of these projects!!!

LOVE IT

dueces 

dreamer

i have never claimed to be “in style”  or with the times…i blame this on the fact that iam from iowa, and grew up on a farm.  although i realize this is not a legit reason, it is my thinking.

this weekend i got the privilege going down town with my dear friends Amanda and Katelyn, they both will be working down town at KUmed and living down town.  iam really excited for them.  i have never had the dream of living somewhere like that (like alot of people i seem to be friends with)  i beleive my exact words to katelyn were “well i am just a little different than you guys”  but when i start thinking about it…iam a little jealous…but that really never has been my dream.  i can honestly say i dont know what my “dream” ever has been.  but regardless…i am still a tad jealous.  the apartment is UBER cute.  SO i guess i just need to be happy for them right now!! YAY katelyn and amanda!!   now i do admit that i have learned alot from these 2 girls.  before i have never been a girl to pull crap off the curb and redo it (i swear this is amandas pass time)  or to browse the internet for cute things to make for my house (this is SO katelyn)  but as i write i am browsing the internet and looking for things to make my new house a home.  CRAZY  i even drove around yesterday looking for stuff on the curb.  i appreciate everything i have learned from these girls.  and hope that i can keep learning and maybe someday claim to “be in style” like them :)

i HAVE always had the dream to have this kind of window seat…this one is adorable and i want it…now

i LOVE this…i blame the fact that iam like OBSESSED with “hoosiers”  is because of my mother…every time i see one i want it!

so since i have been a wife i have really wanted an apron to cook in.  (i am not sure if it is because i will feel like more of a wifey wife that way, or because i make a MESS when i cook)  regardless, i want one…and this one is cute….just in case anyone every wants to buy me one…i want one with a pocket…and one that is CUTE! :)

i know alot of people adore granite counter tops…and iam not saying i dont…but i LOVE LOVE LOVE this counter.  in my “dream kitchen” there will be at least one counter that is this wood!

this is so…me :)  anything that is wood and somewhat country is what i want in my house. 
yes i admit i have always had a dream to have a “fancy” “nice” home…but i am coming to realize that a home is what you make of it.  i can make any home what i want it to be.  so yes i still want a “nice” home…but i think what i need to do is decorate it nicely

i am going to go out on another limb and say that my obsession with glass jars is also my mothers fault.  if i could have THIS in my house my life would be complete.  (ok not REALLY, but this would be pretty awesome)

i can honestly say another one of my dreams is to have an amazing mud room. this one is pretty perfect…but i DO want mine to have red walls.

as you can tell… iam a total dreamer.  in my mind i constantly have ideas of how i want my future home, or what i want to be doing with my life, or what my kids will look like, or where we will be living in 10 years, or where we will retire.  Yes i know…ridiculous, but i cant help it.  iam a dreamer.  i think some times this drives Mr D. insane.  i think alot of times iam dreaming my way out of situations. regardles, iam going to doubt that this will ever change. so for now i will keep dreaming and planning!  :)

dueces

i love mexican food

as promised two posts ago i will show pictures from my weekend.  i didnt get to take as many as i was hoping, because my camera had low battery, so i got mad at it and rejected its presence, regardless, i got some good ones before i got angry!

these are the said supplies for the project me and melissa made. i dont have a good finished picture, but i will post one next week, you will all be VERY impressed, or maybe appauled.  (take your pick)

so my dearest friend katelyn and i went to our favorite place to eat…CHAPALA…for some reason we decided to document the eating :) so here is my eating picture

and here is Katelyns :)

this is what she ALWAYS does with her beans and rice…i make fun of her for it every time

this CRACKED me up…this is her chimichanga (which is what i get every time) except she just got beans in hers…we called it the bean pocket

my “little buddy”  not sure why he is doing a jacked up peace sign

me and katelyn at glow with the flow…this was BEFORE we totally over exerted our selves trying to be freshman again and doing the obsticle course…lets just say we were both sore the next day

well that is all the pictures i managed to capture this weekend.  sad…i know.  but that is ok.  i was going to go into more detail about some stuff…but i will save that one til tomorrow. 

thanks for reading…dueces