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1. Fall is finally in the air! yay!!!!
2. I have been exploring different adventures in cooking. We recently got our first crock-pot.  ( I know, I know-*gasp*) This means that I have made our first roast and potatoes! I added half an onion and some Mrs.Dash season to it. I was worried if it would even taste good but it turned out delicious. Another adventure is the chicken and dumplings I cooked tonight.  I used the Pillsbury biscuit recipe. I tweaked it a little, I cooked two chicken breasts and used that broth instead of buying canned broth. I also omitted the celery and carrots bc E doesn't eat them. I was really surprised and impressed by how tasty they are! (it helps that I prefer doughy dumplings)

3.Wedding prep. I am horrible at it. Thankfully, my mom is making me do things.
4.Have you ever wondered what happens if you wear metal in a MRI? Watch here!!
5.Eric & I took Emma to the museum this weekend. She had a blast.

6.Our cat is testing my sanity. She seems to be getting into everything lately. She looks so sweet and innocent. I am hoping she just has a bit more kitten to get out of her and will be calming down a bit. 

7.All day long I was at working thinking about how badly I need to clean...and then I came home...and didn't clean a thing...

8. Today my eye has been twitching. Of course I googled causes of eye twitching and quickly decided I am not an optometrist and need to leave google alone.

9. Emma often steals E's hat. She is too cute. 

10. I get into moods where I am absolutely motivated and inspired and times where I loose it all. Right now I have to admit that I am in a creative slump. I am hoping this weather will bring my creative spirit back into the light.  

xo-M

"The most important thing is to enjoy your life - to be happy - it's all that matters."
-Audrey Hepburn

last week

Last week I marked a huge event off of my bucket list. I got to see Garth Brooks play at Phillips Arena in Atlanta. It was literally my childhood dream come true.

IT.WAS.AMAZING.

 

"rear stage" doesn't seem appealing...until you are at a Garth Brooks concert.
props to Garth for the round stage and playing to all sides of the arena all night.

One of the best moments of the show was when Trisha came on mid-show to sing a few songs and seeing Garth step back into the shadows and watch her. He could have easily stayed in the lights and been a part of her set but he didn't. It was lovely to see the way he looks at her. 

xo-M

"If you like her and don't know her, you'll love her. If you love her and don't know her you're gonna worship her-she's the real deal"

-Garth Brooks (on Trisha Yearwood)

Inconsistency

Hello friends. 

I apologize for the inconsistency of my blog lately. Life has kept me quite busy.
(Also, it is highly possible I have been spending the free time that I do have playing minecraft with E.)

I am much more comfortable behind the camera lens. I hate being in front of the camera. I can't stay still or keep a serious face when someone tries to photograph me. Thankfully, my friend Josh pushed through my awkward nature and captured a few shots of me and E. Josh has been pretty rockin' lately..(more on that next blog post.)

Train track pics are cheesy, but a good kind of cheesy 

This would be one of the many shots of me failing at seriousness.

Josh made us stop at this spot. It turned out to be a perfect shot. 
(We were discussing if it would hurt to fall over the edge and roll down the hill)

Luna Stache.

Back in May, we introduced you to Luna. She was so tiny and delicate when we first brought her home. A few months later, Miss Luna is growing like a weed and has become quite fearless.

This was Luna when we first brought her home. We gave her a bath and let Joey, our Boston Terrier, get to know her. He had never been around cats so it was a great relief when he loved her as much as we did.

Don't let her sweet face fool you though, she gets into plenty of mischief.
The times when she wants to cuddle & is the sweetest cat in the world absolutely makes up for the mischief.

XO-M

"A happy arrangement: many people prefer cats to other people, and many cats prefer people to other cats."
-Mason Cooley

Thursday.

Whoa, is it Thursday again already?  Time flies. 

Let us catch up!!

E cut his hair & he is totally adorable.

I cut my hair too! 

I've been listening to A LOT of Ed Sheeran lately. I posted before about how much I love his voice, but I've had Afire Love and Thinking Out Loud on repeat for days. Ed has a way with delivering lyrics that is breathtaking. 

I don't want to admit to anyone that I laughed really, really hard at a buzzfeed article..

but....(I will not admit how many of these I am guilty of)

25 Things All Basic White Girls Do During The Fall

OH! I get married in TWO months! eeeeeek!

 xo-M

"You may delay, but time will not."

-Benjamin Franklin

Sunday Selfie

It is cleaning day here at Mellyville. I am taking a quick blog/lunch break. The plan is to spend our morning cleaning our apartment. Hopefully this afternoon I can talk E into having a picnic downtown with me!!! 

I want to have the apartment in tip-top shape so that I can spend my afternoons this week editing what I have been filming (more on that later). 

xo-M

"Housekeeping ain't no joke."

-Louisa May Alcott

Addiction.

It is rare that I take to the internet to rant and express my feelings on very personal situations in my life. Today, I need an outlet to vent.

Addition changes who you are. It changes what you care about. It will make some do or say whatever it takes to get the next high. I have seen this first hand.

Unfortunately, E's oldest brother is struggling with addiction. He has a progressively worsening addition to prescription drugs. The past few months I have had an inner struggle with so much anger toward him.I see the pain he causes E. I see the disappointment and the hurt he goes through seeing his best friend deteriorate in front of his eyes. I see how much his mother hurts and how much she worries about him.I find myself the most angry at him for using his grandma for money. He will lie to her in a heartbeat and ask for money "to get my tooth fixed" or "I need to get a part for my car".  It is very hard for me not to harbor bad feelings.

Multiple attempts have been made to TRY to talk to him. Sober moments are few and far between. The few attempts that I have witnessed have ended with him pulling the poor, pitiful me card. "Everybody thinks I'm just worthless" or "I guess I'm just like my dad"  You are a grown man. You are your own person. You make your own choices. People think the things they do about you because of what you choose to do. You have a choice. You choose to continue this lifestyle.

With that being said, I can't begin to imagine the struggle of addiction. The pain of withdrawal and the daily struggle with sobriety seem are things I hope to never know.

It was not easy for me to sit down and write such harsh words about someone who I know on the inside is a good person. Take away the addition and there is a loving, caring, and wonderful person. I fear we may never see that person again.

xo-M

Sunday Selfie.

I have decided to say goodbye to Sunday Sounds. I have enjoyed sharing music that I enjoy with you all over the past six months, but I feel like it is time to move on. The plan is to stick to a Sunday staple for the blog....I haven't put my finger on what that will be just yet. I am taking Sunday Selfie for a trial run. The goal is to post a selfie with a story each Sunday.

I've been playing around a lot with my hair trying to figure out what I want for my wedding. I curled my hair this morning (sadly, they did not hold for very long). Decisions on my hair have proven to be the most difficult of the entire wedding process.

xo-M

"I like to walk around with bare feet and I don't like to comb my hair."
-Beyonce

Sunday Sounds.

Back to the Shack- Weezer

Every Stone- Manchester Orchestra 

I have yet to hear Manchester Orchestra sing anything that I did not love. Andy's voice is amazing. 

No Envy No Fear- Joshua Radin (live)

Sympathique- Pink Martini

This is one of the songs that I enjoy and E could go the rest of his life and never hear. I weasel it in every now and then. 

Flaws- Bastille (live and acoustic)

xo-M

"I would rather die of passion than of boredom."

-Vincent Van Gogh

The struggle is real.

At this current moment, I am resisting the urge to hop in my car and drive to Starbucks. I really want a peppermint java chip frappuccino. I try my best to occupy my brain when the cravings come on. I find myself wanting iced coffee or frappuccinos when I have a busy or bad day at work. I am pretty much a stress induced sugar devourer. So, instead of giving in to my urges, I am blogging.

I feel like the past few weeks have flown by so quickly. I manage to stay engaged in something most every night. Tonight, I have a few hours before E gets home and we go exercise. I am so thankful for these cool August evenings, they defiantly make my efforts at exercising outside more enjoyable.

[snapped on our walk earlier this week]

Thankfully, one bottle of water and a blog post later, my craving is gone. Cheers to more blogging and less frappachinos!

xo-M

"Idle hands are the devil's playground"

-Haziq Hamid