Background I've known Grace for over 8 years now, and it only took me about one of those before I realized I was going to marry her. The first time we talked about marriage, Grace was in the middle of arguing with her roommates and took two hours to reply to me. I definitely thought she was coming up with a sneaky way to let me down easy. But as it turns out, she actually did still like me, and now she's stuck with me forever. (Jokes on her.) But in all seriousness, Grace has been an amazing partner for the past 8 years we've been together. I've been asked by Grace to write about our proposal from my point of view. I'm not the professional blogger here, so don't be shocked if my post isn't up to par! And sorry I didn't include any outfit photos either. The Proposals That's right...the proposals. Like any good fiancĂ© to be, I had some elaborate scheme filled with cute photos, a romantic place, and some quality time together. So naturally after intense planning, secret keeping, and finding people to help me set it up, both of the plans fell through... For those who don't know, I went to Western Washington University for college, which is up in northern Washington. … [Read more...]
Quick Trip to Portland in a Mazda (Wedding Planning Update #2)
A few weeks ago, I planned to head south to visit my parents and run some wedding errands. My parents live in a city right across the Columbia River from Portland, Oregon so we do all of our shopping there. (Hello, no sales tax!) Whenever I plan to go visit my parents I always have to get creative about my transportation. It's not so close that I can just take public transportation - but there are definitely options, like taking a bus, train, or even plane. They're not very flexible options though and when I get to my parents' house, I never have a car to drive! (For those of you that don't know, I got rid of my own car when I moved near downtown Seattle.) While I was planning this trip, I was thinking just how convenient it would be if I could drive myself down so I could make my own schedule. Plus it would give me the freedom to drive around town once I got to my parents' house. I ended up having the awesome opportunity to drive a 2018 Mazda6 Signature for my trip! To be honest, since I don't have a car and don't drive often I was a little nervous to drive a new car but it was so easy to get used to. I immediately felt comfortable after driving it for a few minutes and … [Read more...]
I Tried Classpass for a Month and This Happened…
To preface this post, this is completely not sponsored. That would be super awesome but nope, I am a regular paying customer! I wanted to also share a little about myself before I tell you about my experience with Classpass. If you're not here for any personal deets, I totally get it, scroll down to the next heading below! I've almost always been less-than-average at being active. I didn't grow up consistently playing a sport so other than dabbling in swim lessons and playing one horrible season of high school tennis, I just didn't exercise often. As a result, my body wasn't strong and my endurance was really mediocre. The cycle of not trying to get better at a sport or working on my endurance turned into me disliking any activity because I wasn't good at it then that turned into me being bored by exercise. College was the very first time I actually went to the gym but it was occasional at best. I remember how accomplished I would feel afterwards but my goodness, it was just so boring. My saving grace is that I would bring my phone and watch Netflix while on some awful cardio machine. Looking back at that now, I'm laughing so hard at myself. (It could also be that I'm watching … [Read more...]
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