Monthly Archives: January 2012

Moving. Preparation. And 19 Days.

I would usually apologize for all the personal, wedding-y, gushy posts recently. But frankly, this blog has just become a place for me to write about whatever is on my mind. I learned quickly that writing about things I had no interest in, or about things I had no passion for, got old very quickly. So, with that in mind, I shifted my focus and started writing about me and what’s on my mind at that time whether it be personal, professional, wedding-y, and whatnot.

Back on track.

I’m getting married in 19 days. Whoaly moly I can’t believe it’s almost here.

This is something I have thought a lot about lately – but throughout the wedding-planning process, so many people have asked me, “How’s the wedding planning going?” “What’s next on the wedding planning list?” yada yada yada. And all that is fine and good, but no one has asked me, “How’s the preparation for marriage going?” “Have you guys done any premarital counseling?” “Are you ready for marriage?”

Yeah, the wedding planning is fun and all, but honestly, the thing that’s been most important to me throughout this process is getting ready for our marriage. Yeah, the wedding is a huge celebration and amazing way to start our marriage. But the wedding is one day. Our marriage is a life time. Till death do us part. And that? Yeah, I’m ready for that.

Finances? We’ve talked about it.

Children? We’ve talked about them.

Communication? Check.

Putting Jesus at the center of our marriage? We’re ready.

So on and so forth. It’s been really important for us to talk about everything. There are no secrets. Nothing. We don’t know what marriage will bring us, what challenges we’ll face, and what we’ll need to work on, but we do know that Jesus, love, and a whole lot of laughter are at the center of it all. And in my humble opinion, if you’ve got those things covered, you can do anything.

I do have to say though, it all hit me this weekend when I moved out of my apartment. I’ve lived by myself in my little ol’ apartment in Carrboro, NC since I moved here in June of 2009. Seeing it all clean and empty (with HUGE thanks to my fiance for helping me… because I never could have done it on my own), it really sunk in that this is happening. That I’m becoming an adult. I mean, I’m already an adult, but when you’re married, I guess that makes you a real adult. But frankly, I’m okay with being an “adult” who is a kid at heart. You know, the kind of kid that eats Chipotle too often, drinks unhealthy amounts of Diet Coke, gets giggly and jumps on the bed when excited, could go to Chuck-E-Cheese every weekend and play Ski-Ball till she drops, and gets a huge kick out of feel-good Disney flicks. #NotAshamed.

John is okay with my ~~shortcomings~~ awesome qualities. I ~~like~~ love that about him.

And whoaly moly. We are becoming one in a short amount of time. And I’m going to live with a BOY. A stinky, messy, devastatingly handsome ~~boy~~ man. My best friend.

And I can’t wait.

It’s gonna be a stressful couple weeks… considering half of my stuff is at John’s, half of my stuff is in storage, and I have two suitcases and a car full of wedding craft stuff while I live with my dear friend Dani until the wedding. Dani and her hubs Keith are, like, WAY awesome for letting me shack up with them for a few weeks. So, yeah, I guess technically, I’m kinda homeless right now. Oh well. There’s a light at the end of the tunnel. And it’s a pretty flippin’ sweet light.

I, of course, had to take some pictures to remember my apartment by.

Bye D4, it’s been real.

That’s our self-portrait in my empty apartment. John wanted nothing to do with my nostalgia. One of the many reasons I love that man.

All for now.

xoxo,

Molly

I Need Assistance With A Real Life Math Problem

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I used to be an English teacher. I am terrible at math.

READ: T-e-r-r-i-b-l-e.

I still have to count on my fingers.

I need help with a real life math problem. Sure, I could ask people I know, but hey, I figured it would be interesting and fun to see what my blog readers suggest / figure out!

See that table? This is an example of the tables we are using for our reception.

Okay, here are the stats:

There are 11 pairs of two short farm tables together – each pair measures a total of 7′ long
There are 15 pairs of two longer farm tables together – each pair measures a total of 10′ long
We have 8 red tables that are 4′ long each
I have 11 rolls of table runner burlap. EACH roll is 9″x30″ (aka: 10 yards long)

Here’s what I need to figure out:

If I have 110 total yards of burlap – in what increments do I need to pre-cut the burlap in to utilize the burlap in the most effective way (i.e. not have a random 3″ or 6″ at the end of each roll that I can’t use)

Now, consider that each table the burlap runner won’t just go from end-to-end… it will need to hang over A LITTLE bit… now this is where the math really comes in.

So, who can help me? I need 11 runners at the same length, 15 runners at the same length, and 8 runners at the same length. All with 110 yards of total burlap to work with.

Ready math wiz-kids? GO!

MARRIED = One. Month. From. Today.

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February 18th, 2012. That’s one month from today.

I’m ’bout to get mushy, y’all.

A month from today I will walk down the aisle and marry a man who challenges me to be a stronger, better, and more godly woman. He makes me laugh. He doesn’t make me cry (unless I am crying from laughing). He helps me grow in areas where I am weak. He hugs me and tells me it’s gonna be alright when I’m being crazy Molly. He tells me I’m funny when I’m telling ridiculous stories (even though he probably zoned out 20 minutes earlier). He laughs at my jokes. He lets me cry when I’m sad. And he even let me watch The Bachelor on Monday night while I wedding crafted and only made fun of me, like, twice. THAT is love.

We talk about everything together. No matter what. And we don’t judge each other for our differences. And I hope, that at the end of the day, I do all the same things for him that he does for me. Seriously. I know it’s cliche / trite / whatnot, but he is my best friend and I know that God brought us together.

In fact, I have absolutely no doubt that God brought us together.

2011 was such an amazing year – personally, professionally, life-ly. I can’t wait to see what’s in store for 2012.

Oh, I also can’t wait to be in the same room as all of the people in my life that I love. AHHH. So blessed.

Okay, enough mushiness. Sorry.

Wait, no. Not sorry.

xoxo,

Molly

Excited + Grateful

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I am so excited for this weekend I almost can’t stand it.

So many of my favorite people in the entire world are coming to town for me. FOR ME. WHAT? That’s crazy. Tomorrow is my bridal shower and bachelorette party. I am so excited. SO. Excited. But the only feeling I have more of right now than excitement is gratefulness.

I am so flipping grateful.

Yeah, I’m ’bout to get mushy again.

First: my unbelievably amazing sister and awesome friend Kristin are throwing my bridal shower. Seriously, now, I don’t know details or what all has gone in to the planning, but knowing my sister, she has probably been baking / cooking / baking / icing / etc. all week long. You know, on top of being a mom of a 18 month old and wife. I am so thankful for my sister. Seriously. I don’t tell her often enough how much I love her or how much she means to me – I need to get better at that. I can’t wait to see everything that she has whipped up for tomorrow. And I KNOW there’s gonna be a delicious cake involved. There always is.

And then there’s Kristin. Kristin is a newer friend of mine but is equally awesome. She happens to be Dave’s wife… and Dave happens to be John’s BFF. Dave and Kristin also live a mile from John, so I’m pretty pumped that I’ll be living near them soon. Oh, and they also have a 20 month old. Kristin is opening up her home to me and my crazy friends for my bridal shower. She is awesome. Seriously.

Then there’s Janeberry, and Kelly, and Amy, and Katie, and Ashley, and my amazing bridesmaids who have planned my “bachelorette” party despite the fact that I told them that if any part of my bachelorette party involved sashes, things that light up, or anything that resembled a “part of the male body” – that they would be going sans-bride. That stuff may be totally fine for some people, but I am so not down with that for myself. I just care about spending time with the awesome women in my life who mean the world to me. Just saying.

Now, it’s no secret that I love performing and love to be in front of people. However, I have always had a hard time allowing other people to do stuff for me. I don’t handle it well. For some reason I start to feel undeserving and as though I owe people something. I ALWAYS prefer to be the hostess than the hostee. I love doing things for other people, throwing other people parties, and loving on people. It’s my thing. So knowing that all these people that I care so much about have done all this stuff FOR ME is seriously humbling and makes me… UBER grateful.

God has blessed me in so many ways this year – and I continue to be in awe of how much He continues to bless me through these amazing relationships I have with these women.

Okay, enough of the mushy stuff. I can’t wait for this weekend.

And, because if you’ve made it this far, you deserve some more crafting pictures. Just some sneak peaks of all the crafting that has been happening this week. Oh, and my dear dear dear friend Dani also deserves a huge shout out for crafting with me earlier in the week. She is GOOD with a glue gun!

I wanna know, what are YOU grateful for today? What are YOU excited about right now? Comment below with what’s really getting you going.