Fashion

this dress is absolutely gorgeous!

if i had $4,000 to buy it, i would totally

wear it for my twenty-first birthday :)

and i would pair it with these cute black pumps for texture :)

And this one would be perfect

for my honeymoon departure

from the wedding OR for the

rehearsal dinner :)

i'm finally letting go and moving on
for real this time





stupid girl.

past in the past.

birthday

so my birthday is coming up in a few months

so if you're looking for a present that will win

you my heart... or at least put you on my

love list

here it is...

louis vuitton, speedy 35

please and thank youuuuu!

true words.

Having a camera makes you no more a photographer
than having a hammer and some nails makes you a carpenter

EXCITING!

I HAVE SUCH EXCITING NEWS!

:)

unfortunately i can't share it with anyone

until either october, or after february...

depending on how things go... and to

answer that one big question that i know

is in your head: no i am not pregnant.

ps. dont's say prego or preggers; it's dumb.

and it irritates the shit out of me! it's PREGNANT.

oh, new jersey idiots...

this drunk ass idiot ran into our fence and my car at 3am. dwight let the dogs out because they were barking. then nathan got up to use the bathroom a few minutes later. he thought that koda was still outside, but he was just laying where he couldn't see him. well, nathan flipped on the back light and walked out to the back fence and heard something rustle and someone run away. so he went back to sleep. when we finally got up around 11am we were talking in the kitchen while i was cleaning. he said he thought that someone was trying to break into our house. i immediately asked where dwight's eclipse was parked. luckily, we had moved it into the garage in place of my car. i thought maybe someone had broken into one of the cars.  nathan went to check it out and this is what was found. (see image above) and the sad part was that the guy that did it lived two houses down and still had wood laying next to his car with complimentary damage to the front of his car. the police came out (a mighty good looking officer at that!) and we told him everything that happened. then we all walked down to the ally to the kid's garage, which was wide open with beer pong set up. the cop knocked on his back door (which you know isn't just a knock, knock, knock... it's like a pound, pound, pound with a little more space in between) and the kid took like three minutes to answer. he had a whole story to pop off for the cop. so he knew what was up.... now we're just waiting for the investigator to figure out what happened so either his insurance can pay for it or we can claim it on our renter's insurance.


sigh.

HILARIOUS!

so just to start off my post... i'll let you have a good laugh. :)

lol, the joy of owning a macbook!

so yeah, today has been super productive even though i accidentally went back to sleep after taking my first quiz for my online nutritional science class. but i got caught up on all of that work since being sick meant that i really didn't want to read 66 slides of notes for each chapter just to take a timed quiz on it afterwards. that's way too much work for being sick. just sayin'. hmm, but yeah! so i got that done and i bought a new pair of khaki shorts so now i have something cute to use as "dress up" bottoms that won't make me poor sweat (like jeans and jeggings would) in this texas heat. but i've also started working on my wedding portfolio... barely. i have to have a fake business layout of like my mission statement, decal, business card, and all kinds of things in addition to planning three weddings (one of which is with a real client). *note i am not planning a real wedding just yet, but i am using a friend to plan her wedding as if she were my client* i really hope that i can work enough hours with my nursing degree to keep up my state license and build either my own wedding planning business or photography business.... or both?! needless to say i have a lot of aspirations and goals. the puppy dogs have been well behaved ALL day, which was great so i could do homework, and i've gotten to spend a lot of quality time with nathan. ♥

today was a good day.

RANT!

I know photography doesn't always require originality as far as ideas for poses and things because you can google photos and be like, "Oh I love that pose!" and then relay that to the photographer. But it really pisses me off that people, or one person in particular, has to copy everything I do. Bitch, get some originality and learn what business professionalism is. Turning down a client because your competition sent them, then refusing to book an appointment because of the fact, is not good business. There are just so, so many things that have been added to the list since you've started this stupid rendezvous. Stop copying everyone else's life and live your own. UGH!

Sorry for the rant to my few followers and random people that I'm sure check my blog, but it was much needed. I swear, the nerve of some people...

MEET. LADY. BUG

Sigh

well, needless to say i haven't blogged in awhile (a month to be exact). well a lot has happened in that time. i no longer have a maid of honor, or best friend, for stupid reasons. but after looking back on what happened, i think everything will work out for the best and i'm happy about the decision. i mean if this is what broke up our friendship, then obviously something went wrong this past year or so. aaaand a few of us already know what that is. but anywho, i finished my first summer session and passed american public policy but i'm still working on my nutritional science class online because it lasts all summer long. EEK! so i'm basically taking nine hours for the second summer session. being sick has kind of put a damper on things though. nathan had an upper respiratory infection and it was beginning to get bronchitis, so he had to get an antibiotic and steroid shot in addition to two prescriptions. then a few days after he went to the doctor, i got sick! :( so i missed a couple days of class, but luckily dr. adams didn't take attendance the first two days i was sick so it wasn't held against me for my attendance grade. HUGE YAY! ugh, this week in itself has just been crazy. i had an amazing mini photo session with an amazing couple: jason and kasey. they are such an awesome couple and i'm incredibly happy for their upcoming addition to the family. :) ugh, they are just awesome! but anywho... i have a lot of work this month! i have several photo sessions coming up including maternity, head shots, and an event. i also have four weddings to plan for my portfolio, aaaaand a bunch of tests in there. not to mention my little brother, dad, and possibly my mom are all visiting at the end of the month for my brother's orientation at texas tech... and to help him move in with nathan and i. :) i'm sure we're all going to have a ton of fun! is it weird that all three of us get along so well? LOL! oh yes, and today was quite the experience. i know i'm jumping around and rambling, but it's okay. haha, well we're borrowing nathan's mom's rodeo because his dad wanted the impala back (so he could drive to el paso for cheap) so we needed another vehicle. and the gas gauge is broken so you have to use the odometer. well the first time we had to fill up, we went all the way to 340 miles. so of course when we were on the way to walmart, we ran out of gas on the frontage road. LOL, never a dull moment in our life. it was nice to see that people were kind enough to stop and ask if we needed help. there were five people that stopped to help. :) it was so nice! there was a time when my mom and i broke down on the way home from valley ranch and nobody would help us... twenty cars passed by and no one said a thing. and it wasn't like we looked like murderers or anything so it's sad that nobody stopped to help us. only in west texas are people kind enough to stop and help. this is the second time something like this has happened to me and i've had someone volunteer to help without asking for anything in return... it's genuine kindness. i am so happy i chose to come to texas tech. :)

like a lobster.

it's nice to be reminded of the fact that i have been blessed with such fair skin. well, some people call it blessed. but when you spend three hours at the pool, not wearing sunscreen is not a choice. sigh. so needless to say i am burnt like a lobster. maybe not quite as bad, but it's bad enough that after waking up from a short nap, i rolled over and immediately wanted to run to get some aloe vera on my shoulders. i was exfoliating my face after the pool,

no sunscreen = miserable.

late night thinking.

so i love watching my trashy shows; i'll admit it!

here are my "trashy"-ish shows that i love to watch:

• gossip girl
• real housewives
• orange country
• new jersey
• beverly hills
• atlanta (i only watch this one sometimes, too much ghetto
• audrina
• holly's world

mmmyeahhh :) i feel like i'm leaving some out but oh well! anyways, i'm

sitting here in bed watching rhonj and i start thinking "i wonder if other

people look at my life and wish they were me or had my life, like i wish

sometimes that i had other people's lives..." just a moment of reflection

i suppose. i mean, i'm sure it happens but i don't understand why some

people want the lives they want (that aren't theirs). ;laksjdf opinions?

CHIVALRY.

i am so blessed to have such an amazing man in my life that loves me so much. while we were out running errands, we had to stop and get gas. i was driving... so i pull up to the pump and naturally, nathan gets out, i shut off the car, and he starts pumping gas. a 90's country song came on the radio and i just started thinking about our relationship and chivalry. since nathan and i began dating the only time i have ever pumped gas has been when i have been driving by myself... even in bad weather he willingly steps outside of the car and pumps gas. it's such a small thing, but at the same time it says so, so much. ♥ i love my fiance.

MY MOMMY ♥

a chunck of my mom's email to a fellow veteran.

great words that bring tears to my eyes.

♥

MAKING PROGRESS...

the true cost.

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Nathan and I, and our families, are definitely saving a lot for our wedding. Even with my over budget wedding gown, we are still going to be blow the price for the lowest wedding cost, which is shown to be in Utah (about $13,000). I can't believe the average cost for weddings in New York City is $70,000. For that much, Nathan and I could have two really nice vehicles or even a huge ass downpayment on a large house in Plano or Allen. Jeeze!

DO IT FOR ME, PLEASEEEE! ♥

so i'm entered in a photo contest to win a free photo shoot with an amazing photographer in dallas.

i'm actually highly considering her for all of our wedding related photos.

but i'm asking you all to help me out by following this link and liking my photo!

http://tinyurl.com/3hnym4g

(i swear it's not spam or anything like that!) 

the winner will have the most likes by the end of the contest (midnight, central time in the united states, on tuesday) of everyone in the album. so far i only have five likes and another girl has twenty-eight. so i have a lot of work to do! and i definitely appreciate all of the help i can get! :) :) :)

SPREAD THE WORD LOVES! 

thankyouuuuuuuu♥

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BRIDESMAIDS :D

so i went to the movies with two of my great friends, heath and sarah. it's a big deal to go to the movies anymore because i have better things to spend ten bucks on. plus i typically just wait for movies to come out to redbox or netflix. i am so glad that i didn't wait to see this! :) the funniest part of the movie, in my opinion, is the whole first class plane scene. HILARIOUS! i definitely recommend anyone and everybody to see it. to me, it's kind of like the female version of the hangover, only no drugs and being a chick flick-ish type movie, there are sappy parts. but totally great! ♥

"it's not me..." HAHAHAHA