So I’m on a skywalk… Truth is, I went to the Greater Des Moines Partnership photo shoot with my boss and when we arrived, they asked me to also participate in the photo shoot. I played the, “Who, me?” card while I was batting my eyes and fluffing my hair, but really I was thinking, “Heck, yeah me!”… Read More Wave When You Drive By
I don’t trust skinny people. If you don’t enjoy eating, then we have nothing in common and most likely can’t be friends. However, I recently bought the Living Social gym membership deal and last night I went to TurboKick class. Apparently, TurboKick is just kickboxing and no turbo. I loved the instructor because she was wonderfully crazy. She lost count,… Read More The Gym
I love me some Rachel Zoe. She is ba-nan-as about fashion and she is completely unapologetic about it. I can’t believe her TV series, The Rachel Zoe Project, has gone on for so long since she dies every episode, but I’m glad it has. Even though she gets a bad rep for being too thin or talking… Read More Rachel Zoe
I wanted to get married in my parent’s house because it’s my favorite place on earth. As I get older, going home just gets better and better. Even though I have my own home now, nothing will ever be better than pulling up my parent’s brick driveway and having the family dog greet me. Some days when everything in… Read More Going Home
I’ve decided to live in all things leopard print this fall and winter. The expensive looking kind. Not the cheap kind that looks like a bunch of coffee beans against sand. I’d walk down the aisle in leopard print, but apparently that’s frowned upon. Now, if I could just get my hands on the Kardashian… Read More Cat Woman
Well, MDGC friends, it happened. I got my first negative response to my blog. Naturally, I called my dad crying. When I started this blog, I was doing it just for myself because I enjoy writing and I needed something in my life that I could get excited about. Eric always reminds me that I write… Read More I’ll Take One Band-Aid and One Bud Light Lime
Eric and I recently bought this print by Austin Kleon for our bathroom. I love it not only because it’s true, but also because the newspaper article behind it is from one of my favorite shows, Modern Family, winning at the Emmy Awards.
A lot of people have been asking me lately what it feels like to be engaged. If I had a penny for every time someone has said, “OMG, aren’t you SOOO excited?!” then I could pay for this wedding and our honeymoon. Unfortunately, I don’t get a penny every time someone says that. Instead, I… Read More Engagement
For my birthday, I asked Eric to make me a painting based on Mila Kunis’ dress by Alexander McQueen at the 2011 SAG Awards. I’ve been dating him for a year and I just found out he could paint. I hope all the new things I keep learning about him are as awesome as this painting.
Des Moines is my favorite place on earth. Everyone is always trying to leave Des Moines after college for a big city, but I wouldn’t rather be anywhere else. All of my friends have moved away, but I know they will be back. I’m talking to you Jordan, Lexi, Mandy, Emily, Abbie. You’ll all… Read More Greatest City in the World