Whirlwind

On Tuesday last week my computer crashed. I rushed it to the Apple store in Cincinnati. They tried to resuscitate it but it did not work. They told me they would have to keep it to work on it. I finally got my computer back on Friday. I know that's only 4 days but it felt like a lot longer. In those 4 days I got 2 jobs. Babysitting 2 adorable yet very loud and energetic little boys (aged 2 and 3) and working part-time at an assisted living facility as a resident assistant. I also finished all 20 of the table numbers for the wedding and cut out and assembled approximately 25 feet of pennant flags (apparently that's the official name) for the wedding reception. It was a productive week. And now I have a cold. Here's some pictures from my weekend.

Bonfire at my Grandma's...I promise there was fire in there.

I carried all this wood.

1 Cor. 1:25

I missed church on Sunday so I've been waiting for the sermon to appear on the website so I could listen to it. Going to church really balances me so I hate missing. Anyways this scripture really caught my attention.

"For the foolishness of God is wiser than man's wisdom and the weakness of God is stronger than man's strength." ~ 1 Corinthians 1:25

Meditating on scripture is something that I admittedly do not do often enough.
This would be a great verse to start with.

I love...

vanilla frozen yogurt with warm raspberry jam.  Yum.  I'm about to eat some.

6 Months...

Until we get married!!  It's actually less than 6 months now; it was officially 6 months on Saturday.  We have done so much but still have a lot of little stuff to do.  We couldn't be more excited!  Hopefully this time goes by really fast! 

Here are some pictures from our most recent engagement session.  Yes we had two.  

*Pictures from Nixon Photography in Germantown, OH.

Happiness.

Things that always make me happy:

Hot chocolate

This perfect-shade-of-pink lipstick that I found for like $1.99.  I'm more of a lipgloss girl but this just makes me feel better when I put it on.

Flowers.  I'm lucky that whenever I pick TJ up from the airport or he picks me up...I get flowers!

Sitting in church with TJ.  It's like everything I need in life is in the immediate area surrounding me.

Driving with my best girl friends and chatting about life and getting lost.

Diet Cherry Pepsi.  I know, I know. Artificial sweeteners.  It's good ok? I have to live a little.

Puppies!  My heart just melts.

Quotes about love. i love love.

The ocean.  but I'm learning to appreciate the beauty of the mountains.

When I twist my hair into a bun on the top of my head (and TJ calls me Lindsey Loo-Hoo) and when I take it down in the morning my hair is wavy and perfect.  (this only happens, oh maybe, 20% of the time)

When I hear of people who throw away their boring, conventional lives to pursue a lifelong dream.  So brave.

Menu

It's no secret to people who know me that I love making lists.  I also LOVE creating menus.  I love searching cookbooks and websites for new recipes.  Some have been complete failures (chickpea and broccoli casserole) and others have been pretty delish (chicken and peppers with balsamic glaze).  There's something very comforting about knowing exactly what I'm going to be eating that week.  I've been making menus for my family since I moved home so here's our menu for the rest of this week:

Tuesday: butternut squash risotto and fire roasted veggies with balsamic glaze (veggies from Trader Joe's; not everything needs to homemade right?)

Wednesday: Trader Joe's potatoes with green beans and mushrooms (love trader joes) served with scrambled eggs and wheat toast

Thursday: Tomato soup and grilled turkey and cheese sandwiches

Friday: margherita pizza and salad

TJ/Lindsey Time

The only time I seem to blog with any consistency is after I've spent time with TJ.  Maybe that's because it's the only time I have anything interesting to write about.  Here's a recap of our 2.5 days together.

Friday Night:  TJ was supposed to get in around 11:40 pm.  Official arrival time was 1:06 am.  Quite a delay.  We were both pretty tired but so happy to see each other.

Saturday:  Up bright and early for engagement pictures.  Yes, we already had some done but they came with our wedding package so we thought, Why not?  Ok, that's what I thought.  Thankfully I'm a lucky girl and TJ smiled through more pictures just for me.  After pictures, we had to book it to a catering consultation.  YUM!  We had salad, 3 different chicken entrees and 2 beef entrees.  The Winners were the salad and the stuffed chicken parmesan!  We still have to decide on a few more things but we're one step closer to finalizing the big wedding decisions.  After the catering appointment, we went back to my parent's house, hung out and had dinner with them: zucchini and asparagus, baked potatoes and chicken wings.  And wine!  Then we cuddled on the couch and attempted to watch a movie.  I fell asleep.

Sunday:  Breakfast with my parents: fruit salad, bacon and coffee cake.  Then we went to church.  It was so nice to go to church together.  It's one of the main things I miss about being apart.  After church we relaxed and looked through pictures.  Then we got ready and went to Mamma Disalvo's for dinner.  Even though our anniversary isn't until next week, we celebrated while we were together.  It was our one year anniversary (dating) and we realized that we will be getting married 1.5 years to the day after we had our first date!  We had a fun dinner together.  I got baked ziti and diet coke and TJ had spaghetti and meatballs and Mello Yellow (he had to settle since they didn't have mountain dew).  Then we visited my grandma and watched Iron Chef.

Monday:  Our last day together.  We hung out and had lunch at a little cafe.  We got cheeseburgers and split a strawberry milkshake (so romantic).  Then I had to take him to the airport.  I cried before we even left the house.

Ugh.  I hate the airport.