Recently, my cousin and her fiancee were engaged and we are so excited for them! They found a beautiful venue, which they *raved* about. When the owner found out about their sexuality, she told them that the place wasn't "the right fit." There was news coverage and reviews posted on their Yelp account and on their Facebook account. Family and ( Read more... )

After almost six months of being unemployed....

I have a job :) I start work with the city in a week and will be an intern for a while. I'm looking forward to starting up work again and getting more experience. And my commute is all of about three minutes... Five with traffic. ;) 

About 13 years ago, we lost both our grandfathers within 6 months of each other. Both losses were very hard on us, but we were fortunate enough to have such a great, supportive family and group of friends to help carry is through our time of need.

I was closer to my Papa (my Mom's father), because I grew up with him living 2 blocks away and we saw ( Read more... )

It's been far too long since I was in the habit of updating and I've seen it as a common trend amongst the other LJ users I follow. I imagine it was just one of those trends, but I will continue to post when I find the time and will cross-post on Facebook until some other trend starts up. ;)

It's now been just over 5 months since I was laid off ( Read more... )

Damn you, allergies!! I'm done with feeling like I need to sneeze all day.

I'm going to drown you in yummy snacks. Om nom nom.

I always find it much harder to be in a poor mood when the sun is out shining like today. Our yard is coming to life and I'm not shaking from the cold. My favorite time of the year is definitely summer due to the heat, but this is second best ( Read more... )

Dear Punxsutawney Phil,

You may be cute and fluffy, but your ways are mixed. If you see your shadow, it means it's SUNNY. So, despite what you said, I am going to say spring came early since it's been abnormally warm and my plants are blooming away.

Don't be mad, though. If I met you, I would pet you and snuggle you and take you home.

Love, Kelly

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So, Friday night we decided to have people over to try out some drinking games, since Trestin and I had never really played any except beer pong and just general hanging out. At one point, I decided to go upstairs and get Percy to bring him down and introduce him. Unfortunately, I slipped on the stairs coming down (likely would have done this sober ( Read more... )

Food Network + Good Book + Real Simple magazine + yummy pasta + chocolate cookie + comfy bed in Anacortes + Sister Act = EXCELLENT.

Trestin will be returning to the hotel in about 2 hours. The hotel is quite nice and the weather is perfect up here. I think being "trapped" at the hotel in Anacortes with no vehicle was a good thing for me because I'm ( Read more... )

Trestin took me to see Colbie Caillat, as a birthday gift, on Wednesday. I finally declared that I think I am getting too old for these concerts because I get grouchy at all of the teens and their ridiculous ways. This is also when my height actually makes me sad. We were towards the back and had two couples with very tall boyfriends decide to come ( Read more... )