Sunday the day of REST ............. OR panic attacks

I thought I should blog about this as many Brides I am sure go through this same thing. If not it wouldn't be surprising since I am a total control freak and tend to get stuck on things and think I need to make them perfect and change them..... For some of you this will come as no surprise, I would like to tell a little story of my first (OK maybe second or third) REAL FREAK OUT over my wedding.......


The day was this last Sunday. I was out for an exciting day with my Sissy and my strength (mother) the first time we have all been together doing wedding things. My Sissy decided she wanted to go to a wedding expo- in my head it sounded great, how fun to attend and help her out since I am mostly done with my theme and have a good idea as to how I am going to execute this whole thing! Nothing could go wrong, it would be fun to look at things for her wedding............ BOY WAS I WRONG!!!!!!!!


The only thing going to that damn expo did was freak me the heck out!!! I watched all the dresses on the runway, I looked a wedding boutique booths at other wedding dresses and about halfway through the first fashion show of dresses i broke out in to a sweat and my eyes started tearing up! I hated my dress I wanted a new one I was dead set on selling it and buying a new one. Side note- I am about 5 months away from getting married here and if any of you know it takes at least 6 months to get a dress in and even if you put a rush on a dress it still isn't guaranteed to arrive in even 4 months! But I was bound and determined through my panicked and stubborn self that this is what I HAD To do to right the dress wrong!!! So I texted a friend who had sold her dress online..... and knows of my anxiety attacks and kindly asked where she sold her dress. She directed me to a sight then proceeded to ask why I needed this- I then freaked out through text letting her know how much I hated my dress and I needed it out of my life forever..... Bug ( my friend) Kindly told me she would help me sell whatever needed to be sold and that she is the queen of sell your Sh** online... It was exactly what I needed to chill a little bit then she said one of the kindest things anyone could say to a person freaking out " Fer (pet name)You are beautiful and even if you wore jeans at your wedding it would be one hell of a special day" this would be the start of my unfreak! I was then advised to never go back to a Bridal Expo again... while they have a ton of ideas and everything I just don't know if it is worth it to go. So brides that mostly have it together STAY FAR AWAY!!!!

So there is my experience on what should have been a day of rest- I ended up at the end of the day need to medicate myself to go to sleep!

I woke up monday with a whole new appreciation and through other conversations with my momager and family it looks like i might just try to have loud statement pieces to accent and make my dress more "me/Diva"

Oh how I missed blogging!

Hello everyone!!!! I am so sorry it has been so long- I feel like there are a million things to catch up on so I guess this post will be pretty random, well more random that usual I guess I should say!!!!


First lets talk wedding bells!!!!
1. Bridesmaids dresses have been picked!
2. Rehearsal Dinner has been booked and menu picked!
3. Block of rooms will be released to guests this week, I am so ready to get this out and everyone booked!
4. Indoor decor is set.
5. Hair and make up booked- two of the best in the city, seriously I know some talented ladies....
6. DJ booked- be ready to dance your faces off!
7. We have someone to marry us! THANK THE GOOD LORD!
8. Photographer booked- so glad my BFF is the best photographer in KC and has hand picked people to help her since she will be in the wedding party herself! I will name her Talented- it only  makes sense. The condition we agreed to is that no one else but Talented is allowed to shoot me because I hate having my picture taken and for some reason it is hard for her to take a bad picture of me. Talented agreed we moved forward!
9. Day of wedding planner hired agreed to endless bottles of wine so that rocks, and all my vendors beware she is more organized and bossy than myself! I absolutely love her for that- I will name her Saint Organization!
10. FLOWERS- this was so fun I am so lucky to have 3 moms, My mom who I will call strength ( to be described later) my other mom who is more like a visionary- she is so creative and sees my vision easily, and of course my Momager! It was so fun I thought I was going to hate it and I loved thinking of new things and picking flowers out! AHHHHH
11. Wedding workout started!! 5:30am workouts have been a huge success! I am so lucky to have a MOMAGER. Yes you heard me my very own Kris Jenner Momager... she has been so helpful in keeping me on the right track of getting things done. Cardio is now wedding planning time- We run walk and talk everyday for about 20 minutes straight wedding stuff! Gets me on track for the day!



Cooking- I haven't made much progress but i will tell you a couple weeks ago we made some STELLAR chipolte impostor burritos! They were delish and i copied the recipe for the rice mine turned out OK- not great but it added great flavor- Puffin marinated the chicken for 2 days... Seriously Y'all we could have given chipolte a run for the money! I don't have a picture but puffin does and I will post it soon!


Life in general-

Well I guess I better give an introduction- To my mother Strength. She was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis. She is not going to be thrilled I am writing about this but frankly I want to share our experience. Strength is a stubborn woman any of you that know her will agree! Her job is challenging she is on her feet daily and non stop, she is exhausted after every day but goes back the next day.MS is a nasty disease that sucks your energy dry and leaves you in pain everyday. Strength is the only word I could think of that perfectly describes my mom. She has shown me a million times throughout my life that you cant let the bad times get you down, you have to power through them and make your own luck and happiness. Does she love her job NO,but she goes back everyday. So in this phase in her life while I cant feel what she is feeling I just try to be understanding and supportive and show her she is strong enough to fight through this just like she has every other tough situation that has crossed her path. I am pretty proud to call her MOM....

                                                                         (My strength)


The closer we get to the wedding the more blessed I feel. Everyone has their ups and downs and so far Puffin and I are navigating those with flying colors, nothing worth anything is every easy. I am so lucky in life at this point my job is good, I have the greatest house in the world and a very handsome puffin I get to wake up to every day! Since it has been so long since my last blog I think to narrate the last couple weeks I will just post a ton of pictures.... So for you entertainment pictures are below!

We stopped and had delicious burgers!!! ( at 12 am!)

My all time fav picture of Strength and MOMAGER!

Below is the Bride (left) and Talented (right)



MY PUFFIN!Oh I got bangs!

Well, I prepared 2 meals!!! Get down with my bad self!!

Well where to start...... I guess I will start by letting you know I successfully cooked a dinner for my parents, puffins parents, and friends of ours and NO ONE DIED OR GOT SICK!!!! That is a huge accomplishment. I decided to tackle chicken tacos that Rad Dad made the previous week, they were so good and made with all fresh ingredients. So Rad Dad came over about 1 hour before everyone was to eat and slowly instructed me through the recipe. What I learned- when I hold my own and show interest in what I am doing Rad Dad doesn't take over and do everything on his own,  how good it feels to cook a meal everyone enjoys, and receiving the compliments of how good the food is was fun too! Below are my SUPER FRESH CHICKEN TACOS.

Serve those with flour or corn tortillas and cheese and there you have it!!! BOOM CHICKEN TACOS delicioso.

I also last night by default ended up cooking as well, Puffin was suppose to make me Chicken Parm my all time favorite dish, and he ended up working late sooooo..... I said you know what I am going to give this a try, I was feeling confident coming off my last cooking success! He instructed me over the phone on the basics and I decided to give a whirl!

The picture on the left is the egg, flour and Italian bread crumbs, and chicken! Then the finished product! IT WAS SO GOOD, I DID SO GOOD! The chicken was perfect!

It also turned out to be a great meal that Puffin and I were able to talk over. It is so surprising how much we don't get a chance to talk about since we are both so busy ALL THE TIME. We had great conversation planned some stuff, and laughed a lot! You forget to slow down and spend that time together catching up and talking. I couldn't have asked for a more successful evening with my BEST FRIEND!!

He really is my best friend!!! XOXO

In a more random fashion I have a group of people that would like to be introduced- My Best friends we were named the Tripod a while ago and it has just stuck to us.... We have recently been doing a much better job of staying in touch and I love every second..... It is amazing how nothing changes and we are up to no good as soon as we say Hello.... We mostly keep up via Google hangout a feature on google Plus and it is so fun!!! Here is a screen shot from our most recent video chat!

Angels aren't we!!! I miss then everyday! So fun getting to catch up- stay tuned we have a project we are working on and it should be interesting..... However we are not sharing any details at this time until the project is in full motion!

Happy Friday everyone!!!

Closing was a mess, but we painted the bathroom!

It has been a while since my last update. Frankly I needed to cool down before I wrote what our experience was like moving in last Wednesday.

Last Wednesday went a little something like this, we woke up started packing up the pickup truck and the 26 foot uhaul. While packing we found out that the 2pm closing we were suppose to have would be pushed back. NO big deal we can just keep loading the truck and drive it to the house and wait. WELL they kept pushing it back and Puffin finally went and closed around 6pm...... Or at least that was the plan. Wells Fargo (worst company ever) failed to send finished documents on time and it went back and fourth and Puffin finally arrived at the new house with the keys at 10:00PM. So massive panic attack and crazy moving in began. Most of the furniture had been moved from the truck to the front yard and organized in a fashion to get it into the house as quick as possible! IT WAS CRAZY! BUT we are in and loving the new home. Oh and the newest addition also Puffins Present to me is a Keurig!!!! Below is my first cup that I brewed with that fantastic machine!!!

On to the bathroom- I am so excited about this work in progress. The pictures you are about to see below are just the beginning. We are changing the wall color from this awful adobe to a much richer dark brown- I LOVE IT! The cabinets will also undergo a makeover as well but don't want to reveal what changes will be made until they are finished. My wonderful father who will be referred to as "Rad Dad" helped me paint and also let me know I am terrible at cutting in and I go way to slow! I reminded him I am new at this but he just proceeded to take over and I became more of a "supervisor". This home ownership is really teaching me a lot and I cant wait to continue to improve my painting skills! Here is a small before and in process. Tonight we put on the final coat of paint and I will post that tomorrow or in my next post!

OK so there is the progress so far! I cannot wait to have this finished!! For your viewing pleasure here is a look from the upstairs over the downstairs living room!!!

SO there are a couple pictures of our new beautiful home! I will have more pictures of the kitchen and bedroom in the next post!

Side note- Nebraska Furniture mart is the greatest place on earth.... I learned I am Cray in that place! I say yes to everything!!! Happy Thursday!

Good News, great memories, and transformation begins

Well we CLOSE ON WEDNESDAY!!! Finally we have some closure to the ever long home loan process. It has been a long time coming and Puffin and I are so thrilled. (as soon as we can get pictures up I will post them) Here is the outside of what we will SOON call home!

Last night Puffin took me to a wonderful steak dinner at Texas Roadhouse- we always talk about going there but haven't had time to actually "go on a date" in about 2 months it seems like. So we went, I had fillet he impressed our waiter by finishing the largest bone in something steak smothered in cheese and mushrooms and onions. The waiter said "wow you finished it" like he was surprised- I started thinking to myself he would really be impressed if he knew what his old "football" eating habits were.


This brings us to the memories:

When I first met Puffin he was well training for football still and weighed about 35 more pounds SOLID MUSCLE he was the size of a refrigerator. My parents after meeting him for the first time, called me down the next morning and informed me " Puffin is on steroids. There is no way he isn't and you need to be careful." I let them know "they were hilariously delusional and Puffin is harmless and NOT on ROIDS nor will he ROID RAGE on me." This is a memory we often look back and laugh at. Mostly because over the next two months they learned his workout regimen and how much food he had to eat. The first time I watched Puffin Kill a 10 egg omelet loaded with potatoes, and sausage I about threw up. He was miserable but had to eat the calories to maintain his weight and muscles Below is a picture of him with only HALF of his body showing. I am 6'2 and he dwarfs me in this picture.

I also remember when we first moved in together and he realized I was not going to be the Paula Dean of the house and I am what some would call "challenged" in the kitchen. Shortly after that he took over all grilling and most of the cooking, I can make a mean salad from a salad kit. One of the reason I want to talk about this is as this blog transforms and develops I will focus on the fact that I am starting to enjoy trying to cook, and DIY projects and those of you that know me understand what challenges will lie ahead for me in this area what is a screw driver?.Those who don't know me I hope you enjoy watching me attempt to cook meals and get my hands dirty updating OUR NEW HOUSE!!!!

Growing up in my 20's

I guess I should take time to introduce myself. For those that dont know me My name is Meghan and over the next year or so there will be some big changes happening for me.

1. Buying a house with my fiance- We close sometime this week or next.
2. Got a promotion at my job- there is now 10x's more pressure than before.
3. Getting married April 6th 2013.

That being said I should introduce you to my Puffin- That is what I will refer to him as throughout posts.

Many people that know us well think we should have our own reality show. The most random things happen to us and we are the true epitotme of SOULMATES. Puffin has walked into my life an changed it in so many ways- but we will have a mushy post all about him later on in this blog journey!


The reason I wanted to start this blog is I feel as though almost any negative can be turned into a life lesson or a positive situation. Through this next year with all the changes I am sure there are going to be some seriously negative and challenging situations and I will have this to look back on and remind me there is always a POSITIVE! I am excited to share stories and experiences with everyone as we go through this journey of changes.