Mexico

OK, I'm not going to be on the Interwebs for long, but it is still early and I'm hanging around in my PJs and the sun has just finished coming up over the ocean. Which I can see from my room. Holy cow.

We are good and married and so happy that so many of our loved ones could be there to witness it. Now, we're winding down from all the planning. So far, Mexico highlights include: complimentary chocolate-covered strawberries (for honeymooners), guacamole made at your table, and not 1, but 2 iguana sightings.

All moons should be honey moons. Why do we need a crescent (well, Pilsbury rolls can stay), a gibbous...why must any moon wax or wane?

Image above of Trader Joe's Honey Moon wine. I rather like it for $5 a pop!

Ew!

I am so making this "swamp juice" for my kids one day. Gross!

Read it and weep (for real)

Raising a Princess Single-Handedly, by Simon van Booy, in The New York Times.

This author was just selected as our next book club pick. I think I will like his stuff...

Noooo!

First of all, Jeopardy seems to have changed the sounds they use to fill out the board.

Second of all, they just let a kid answer "asterisk" with "asterik." That mispronunciation is one of my pet peeves! And the fact that Alex Trebek considers it "an acceptable alternative"? My dislike of that man grows only deeper by the day. And I've been watching Jeopardy for years...

Yeah, I may only be 25, but I became a crotchety old lady quite some time ago. ;)

D'oh!

Just violated my own vow to never look for shoes in a shoe store ever again. Kinda bummed I wasted 1.5 hrs. bopping around town looking for a sizes 5.5 - 6, when there is such a thing as Endless.com with free overnight shipping.

NOW, officially, I will not shop for shoes in stores anymore. (Trying to get my mom to stop wasting her time, too—she wears a 5!)

Holy crap, my friends are cool

Finally caught up with my recently engaged friend Steph and found out that she's booked her wedding venue: the Newport Aquarium near her hometown in Kentucky. If their guest count falls within the accepted range, she and her fiancee David will be tying the knot in front of the shark tank. Awesome.

Life inspiration boards

Y'know those online collages of photos known as inspiration boards? Typically, they show ideas for decorating a room with shades of red or putting together a cool outfit or matching wedding elements. They are pretty nifty. Just came across this idea for life inspiration boards...to put in visual terms things that inspire you, things that you want to do, etc. Love it.

Genius idea via apracticalwedding via blogconqueso.