wedding programs world-life and whatnot

obviously i fell off the grid before the wedding because i was busy doing things like cutting my fingers open with kitchen scissors while trying to tie 200 black ribbons on 200 printed programs. steve’s and my wedding programs were a shameless DIY rip off of these programs from etsy. i loved the way they look, but I felt the call of the DIY fairy and believed programs were an appropriate place to try my hand (because if I totally screwed them up they were only programs after all… also there’s a pun in there somewhere about ‘trying my hand’ what with how much my hand was bleeding from that scissors hack job). the interior and exterior spreads i designed in photoshop, then i had them printed by uprinting, and then spent a couple evenings binge watching jersey shore and tearing through ribbon like it was my job.

speaking of things that are my job: let’s talk about the other reason i was so M.I.A. before steve and i tied the knot. since coming to texas i have more than 20 job interviews of varying nature, and let me tell you i am still really really sick of recounting the professional version of my life story (which is still ongoing as people at my new office introduce themselves). though some of the hiring (or not-hiring) experiences were more horrific than others and though i’ve had my hands full since the wedding trying to juggle offers, i’m finally standing on stable ground with an awesome marketing job at a construction company less than a mile from where we live (in houston a commute of this scope is kind of a big deal). i’m still getting used to going to work every day again (alas, no more leisurely days of late morning gym, early afternoon pool time with infinite jest, cleaning, errands, and dinner-cookin’… sigh… housewifery suited me) but i’m loving the chance to get dressed up again, and i love being up for espresso and green smoothies in the morning with stevedor.

on the subject of green smoothies both combos below (which really yield more like brown smoothies) are both super yum:

2 cups spinach

4 pineapple spears

3 cups frozen cherry berry mix

2 cups almond milk

&

2 cups spinach

1 orange

1 peach

1 pineapple spear

2 cups frozen berries

2 cups almond milk

now that our wedding is done it feels like steve and i are fresh turn of the century immigrants off the boat on the atlantic coast staring west across the country. between the move, the wedding, the honeymoon, and the job hunt it doesn’t seem like we’ve had a chance to actually think about anything else, such as “what do we do now?” now that we’re lucky enough to be two, happy, married, stable, employed, cat-owning adults in a fairly new part of the country the world kind of feels like our oyster, all we have to do is decide what kind of adventure to have next.

instagram dump and a little extra

yesterday was officially steve's last day of college, which means we are now going head first into a whole new chapter... and we couldn't be more excited!!

the weather has FINALLY been warming up around here too (though the day i wore that shirtdress it ended up snowing and i had to change into something warmer on my lunch break... you can't really trust the weather around here until mid to late june).

right now we are playing chicken with this move to chicago because steve is currently competing in a staring contest with another company and we're daring them to make him an offer he can't refuse.  if they do we'll be stuck in michigan for at least another year (boo) but there would be some pretty excellent factors that would definitely make it worth our while (some logistical details i'll tell you about later and y'know top notch health insurance and dollah dollah bills).

suffice it to say we're totally looking forward to whatever we're doing... even though we STILL aren't positive what exactly that is.

 for now i'm just going to soak up the longest stretch of sunlight we've had since october, the very temporary free time steve actually has for the first time in years, and keep rocking out to this song because, frankly, it makes me feel like a total badass.

p.s. if anyone knew how many selfies i take at work i would get made fun of so much.

drumroll please

badum badum badum badum badum.... steve has a job offer!

he is still waiting to hear from another company before anything gets officially set in stone.  with this in mind it's a bit too early for me to say more.

BUT

the official, vague, and abstract news is: we are moving out of michigan!  where?  

well that will depend... but for now, get ready for lots of posts detailing my mitten state nostalgia.  as thoroughly excited as i am for our next step, i have never been a permanent resident outside this state.  part of me is already missing my dear ann arbor and kalamazoo along with the beautiful people i have known in both places.  i am also genuinely worried my brain might fall out of my head if i live too far from lake michigan.

tahquamenon falls in the upper peninsula 

it's a funny feeling not knowing where you're headed, but knowing much more specifically all the things you will be leaving behind.  per steve and i's bargain, it's time to put the bottle of veuve cliquot i've been saving since christmas in the fridge and draft up an ann arbor bucket list.

i simply can't wait to see what's next!  for now, i'll kick off my michi-love with some more pictures from our trip to mackinac island and tahquamenon falls last summer with our very dear friends john and saki!