Thursday Giggles

Ha. Oh, the 90's. This was basically my childhood....

24 Dreams every 90's Girl Had

WGI Finals 2015

Happy Debbie Weekend!

This was the first time in quite a few years we didn't make it to Dayton for WGI finals. Instead, we had some of our best friends from Atlanta and Memphis come up to watch the live stream at our house. It was a glorious weekend that was filled with yummy food, shopping, antiquing, and pageantry!

We had a great time eating junky food and critiquing all design choices; as well as fan-girling over Aimachi. Truthfully, after many years of watching World class finals live, there is something to be said for being able to stay home and watch on the big screen. I didn't have to wait in line for the bathroom or for food. I didn't have to rush back to my seat for performances or fight crowds in the tent. We could talk and discuss our thoughts freely. I could leave in the middle of hotdog performances. Not to mention I'm not interested in the headquarters scene anymore.

The only downsides? No dip-n-dots and no crowd electricity. Oh well! I'm thinking the living room may be a great WGI party option. We had a wonderful time with wonderful friends, and I am thankful for that! :)

 My personal favorites from the evening....

Mechanicsburg High School and Pride of Cincinnati. Also loved Carmel, Aimachi, and Imbue. Great evening and great season!

Can't wait for 2016!

Landscaping Weekend

Since we purchased our house last year, we have had some big plans for our landscaping. This weekend it was finally time to put our plan into action. We started by digging out 6 bushes and some monkey grass left by the previous owners. If I was not a fan of monkey grass before,I REALLY hate it now. THAT was a serious project. (But it's gone, yay!) We trimmed the remaining hedges, weeded all the flower beds, and removed close to 100 20-pound bricks from those areas. 

Then the fun stuff.....

We replaced the bricks with about 100 20-pound grey retaining stones and then we replaced the old red mulch (yuck!) with new black mulch (yay!). We worked all day Saturday and then Sunday morning.  After putting weed killer, mulching around the trees, and edging the lawn, we finished up and we were able to hobble inside,sore, but happy!

Needless to say, I can barely move. After lifting and moving the bricks/stones, bending over, pulling, pushing, etc....I'll be lucky to get off this couch to go to bed! Haha! 

At least it looks awesome and I am so proud of our work!

Here is a picture from before....yikes

Another before

After---no monkey grass....minus two bushes here as well!

So much better!

So much better--this is before edging, but still! :)

Ugh

Everyone likes to win. No one likes to lose.

But I HATE when the loss feels like a cheat. Did Wisconsin play their absolute best last night? Maybe not...but neither did Duke. I can not get over the terrible officiating last night. It was completely disgusting.

I don't understand how a game can be allowed to get so physical ONE-SIDED. Unbelievable.

Insane mistakes (being out of bounds) and miscalls AFTER A REVIEW????

When Memphis lost the national championship game, it hurt. That's my school and seeing the guys who had been kicking everyone's butt all year really sucked. Watching Wisconsin lose was heart-wrenching. I don't think there was a group of guys who had worked as hard over the past few YEARS and wanted this more than they did. 

I'm just glad there are still organization like this school and group--what a great team. Thanks for such a great season!

VOMIT

On Wisconsin!

Even though shower weekend consumed the majority of my Friday and Saturday, I was able to catch the end of the Wisconsin/ Kentucky game. Of course, Mr. Tanner and I were completely freaking out the Badgers pulled the win....for many reasons:

1. Christopher went to University of Wisconsin.
2. I went to University of Memphis.
3. We both have a passionate love for sports--especially basketball (me for sure--KY born, folks)
4. We both have a passionate hate for Kentucky basketball. Why? Him- last years final four. Me- I went to University of Memphis. Do the math.


We spent most of our drive home Sunday trying to figure out how we could make a trip to Indianapolis work for the National Championship game.

Unfortunately, we just couldn't justify the trip because of annoying adult things like work and finances. However, we plan on being decked out in our Wisconsin red tonight to support the boys! All we need is cheese curds and Spotted Cow and it will be like we are in Madison!!!

If the Tigers can't Go, Wisconsin needs to be On! 

Shower weekend!

So this past weekend was bridal-shower-palooza!  We had a wonderful time showering the bride and spending time with friends and family. On a side note, I had SO much fun planning the lingerie shower that I've decided that I want to go into party planning. End of story! :)

Enjoy the pics!

Wrapping up the favors for the lingerie shower--I made the tags! :)

Signature Coop Card

Bridal Shower gifts display

Reunited!

The lovely bride and her sweet mama

The crew back together again

Bridal Brunch

Love these ladies so much!

Love

Lingerie Shower time--- I think the calendar says it all. WINK.

Drink counter

Champagne punch

Swanky's Taco toppings!

Lingerie Cookies- thanks to The Whimsy Cookie

Delicious yummys

Adorbs cake from Muddys
(I made the cake banner too---how craftsy, right??)

Sweet bride and her cake. This is right before we busted into it--ha!

Love chalkboards!

"Manties" game: because boys need lingerie too.

Food!

Like we didn't already have enough to eat--homemade fondue and yummy dippers! :)

Food Display- YUM

What a fun weekend! I have so many more pics, but I feel like this post was already on overload.

 Now it is time to gear up for the wedding, which means taping my mouth shut and no more eating! 

No, seriously.....

Happy Easter!

He is risen!

Happy Easter!