Being a Grownup

Sports

Am I the only person who put the NFL out of their mind during the whole lockout? I feel like since there was a chance the season would be postponed or cancelled, I just stopped thinking about all things football. Now that the season will carry on as originally scheduled, I’m in a huge whole. Dozens if not hundreds of trades have gone down in the last week, and I have no idea who plays for what team any more. I would love to successfully defend my fantasy football league title, but I’m going to need to do a LOT of work to pull that off again!

Life

Ah, being a grownup. Every once in awhile, I’m slapped in the face with the fact that, yes, I am an adult. As if just my age isn’t enough to bring upon that realization, things like picking out dish patterns and new towels has become exciting.

Today’s excitement came in the form of new appliances. We’ve been having some problems with our refrigerator, and decided to replace everything. Our kitchen went from looking like this:

To looking like this:

In other life news… I haven’t blogged since the biggest life-changing event in my life. I’m engaged! Jess proposed back on July 1 and this month has been a whirlwind of venues, dresses, and color schemes ever since. He has definitely made me the happiest woman on earth.

Other

I’m an aunt again! My sister had a beautiful baby boy back in mid-June. He is perfect in every way. As you can tell, it’s been a very busy and blessed summer for me. Hopefully this will mark the first of  many posts, but who knows, life is for the living, right? Blogging is just the cherry on top.