All About Me

I figured I've been doing this bloggy thing for about a month now and I should let you all in on some random facts. I know most of my readers know that I love all things Maryland, the beach, my husband, and baby girl. I feel like I owe you all more than that. So here you go 20 random facts about me.

1. I love Bruce Springsteen. Like I'm totally obsessed. I've seen Bruce 11 times in concert. I've gone as far as Washington, DC to see him (and family). 
2. I've met Bruce Springsteen. Thanks to my bestest friend, Lauren, I stalked him down at his daughter's horse show and got a kiss on the cheek and this picture: 

3. I've been on "Ellen" at the Inauguration for Obama, I was dancing. It was awesome. 

4. I had my chance to meet the President before he became the President. It didn't work out, but I still got to stand on stage behind him and because of that I can now say I was within spitting distance of Barack Obama (woo!)

5. I love my job. I work in Admissions for my Alma Mater, Transylvania University.

6.  My gram is my best friend. She and I are ridiculously close. I can't imagine my life without her. 

7. I've been with my hubs for over 10 years.

8. I took way too long to graduate college.

9. I'm a proud member of Chi Omega Fraternity

10. Because of number 9 I force all owls on my daughter (legacy)

11. My sister is my other best friend. She lives up the street from me. Not for much longer

12. I've known my best friend (not by blood) since we were 6. We transferred into grade school 4 months apart. All total flukes. 

13. My husband and I went to Hawaii for our honeymoon and talk about going back almost daily. 

14. I used to still do say I would be on SNL when I grew up. I idolize the women that have been on that show. 

15. I majored in history in college.

16. I do nothing related to my degree now, other than enjoy it. 

17. Gettysburg, PA is one of my favorite places in America.

18. Harper came 11 days early... I loved her impatience. 

19. I took a personality test and my top trait is "Woo" it means I have an easy time making people love me... hehe

20. I am the oldest of 20 grandchildren. I like to run the show. 

So there you have it. 20 facts about me. More to come on another day. Also, one more day until the "Scandal" finale. Fun fact #21: I LOVE "SCANDAL"

#tbt

So for this week's #tbt I'm throwing back to some of the most fun parties I've ever been apart of! We're talking bachelorette parties people!! There is nothing better than a girls night (or weekend in some cases) celebrating the soon to be bride, catching up with some of your nearest and dearest friends, enjoying a cocktail or 10 all while making a fool of the bride to be! I love all the women who have allowed me to take part in their celebration dearly! So this one is dedicated to some of my favorite ladies! Here's looking at you: Liza, AGray, and Whit! Love you all to the moon and back!

My sissy and me at my Bachelorette Weekend in 

Nashvegas! 

Some pretty ladies at Liza's Bachelorette Weekend

in Chicago!

Liza's Bridal Party :)

All the amazing ladies who were able

to come to my B- Weekend in Nashville

Tay and me on the first night of Liza's Bachelorette

Weekend :)

2 Ladies I couldn't live without! Love my Whit and AGray. 

You can read all about Ash's bachelorette here

Some of my beautiful Chi Omega sisters in Nashville.

More of AGray's Last fling on that party bus!

These men frequent the streets of Nashville. Their shirts say

"Bang This"...

On AGray's Party Bus! We had so much fun

dancing the night away on that thing!

The Bachelorette with Elvis!

A classic "Bridesmaids" picture at Whit's Last Fling

My amazing girls. 

Chi Omega 'Til We Die!

As you can tell, I run with a crowd that knows how to have a good time. Now we're all married ladies but when we do get together, it is always guaranteed to be a night of many laughs and many drinks :) Happy #tbt to my faithful readers ;)

F U February.

So let's talk about this month. Yes we are 13 days in and it's already a month I'd like to erase off the face of the earth. Don't get me wrong, great things happen daily in my life with Harper and Hubs but to be honest, and that's what this blog is for, sometimes the bad is just shit  poop... I have a horrible mouth. So here is the list I sent my closest friends a couple days ago:

We're only 12 days into this shitty month and I have a list accumulating. I'm going to start it today and finish it on the 28th. Buckle up, ladies. 

1. MF'in scholarship days... I hate these. I hate coming in early after roughly 4 hours of sleep. One day I will just flip out.  

2. $400 electric bill... my house is 1200 square feet and is roughly 67 degrees. WTF am I paying to heat?!

3.I'm sick of pumping. I honestly think dairy cows get milked less than I do. #moo

4. Hubs got sick. 

5. I haven't had more than 3 consecutive hours of sleep in 3 weeks. I want to punch people on the reg now. Great.

6. Morning people. If you speak to me before I speak to you and it's before 9 am...I'm going to flip out.

7. Harper has RSV. I can't really make any snarky comments about this. I even bought some Swedish contraption that makes me suck the snot right out of her nose. It works like a charm but it's disgusting. 

8. It's still frigid. It was 60 degrees in Sochi today. It's 17 in Lexington. 

9. Bruce Springsteen is coming to Cincinnati in April. Hubby says we can't "waste" money to go see him. HOW IS IT WASTING MONEY TO SEE BRUCE!?!!?! 

10. I was supposed to go to New York next Thursday to see my dad and step family. Probably won't happen with a sick baby. 

11. Semen Buttface (this is an inside joke, but I'm sure everyone can find the humor in this.)

12. Update on sleep: I got 3 full hours last night. Combined. I love my daughter but I think she may be torturing me for secrets. I have none. 

I only have a list of 11 so far. I need wine. Let's start a petition for the caf to serve wine. Happy Hump Day. 

So there you have it folks, my life in a nutshell this month. I love my good days but I swear if I could get an IV drip of some straight vodka  Riesling right about now, I wouldn't complain. I hope your month is shaping up a lot better! 

So... How did I get here?

So over the past few months the past 2 years if I'm being completely honest have been pretty crazy for me. So crazy in fact I decided I needed to face the obvious and start writing them down! This first post is to give just a little insight into what this blog will chronicle... my wonderful, crazy, hectic and often times messy life! So let's jump in!!

Almost 2 years ago I married the man of my dreams. We had dated about 8 years before we jumped the broom so there was no surprise that we were getting married. It still remains in my top 5 favorite things. Realistically, it's number 2 just behind having our amazing daughter (but that's jumping the gun just a little, we'll get more to her in a hot sec!)

This is us on our wedding day:

April 14, 2012

We had an amazing wedding with some of our closest friends and family members in attendance. Our fairy tale began and we hopped a plane to Hawaii for our honeymoon and returned back to Lexington where reality hit us... HARD. See I had been substituting at a local school, trying to figure out what I wanted to do with my life and funds were starting to dwindle because of pesky student loan payments. {Guys, education is incredibly important but DO NOT take more money than necessary... you'll be paying off loans until you're 100.} I spent the rest of the summer trying to plunge myself into the real world and landed my current job at a local university. I love my job. I can't say enough great things about the people I work with and my boss. It truly is the best ever.

A few months into my job Hubs and I got the best surprise ever.

That's right people, Baby K was due to arrive

August 2013!

Now I'm not saying I was going to be on an episode of "I Didn't Know I was Pregnant" BUT I was about 2 months in before I found out. To spare you all of a long story, we were completely shocked I was as far along as I was but over the MOON excited. We spent our first year married planning for sweet Baby K (Harper Maryann now that she's born and a girl). It was pretty fantastic. I continued to get bigger and bigger and more and more uncomfortable until August 19th rolled around....

Boo Bear came into our world August 20th right

after 3 am :)

August 20th was easily the best day of my life... like I said earlier :). This little face has completely changed my life for the best. Hubs and I would spend our Friday or Saturday nights out with friends and now opt to hang out with Stinker Bugs and cuddle. You would think with the almost banishment of our social life our world would calm down but it has become just the opposite. Boo Bear, Stinks, Goof and sometimes ButtHead  has rocked our lives. We couldn't be happier but the stories we're creating are too great to not share! Welcome to the blog!!