15: Chinese Tangram

Today in my honors forum class at the beginning my teacher handed out these Chinese Tangrams/puzzles. You have seven pieces and you have to make a square with them. No gaps and you have to use all the pieces.
I fiddled with mine for a few minutes and then stopped working hard and worked smart. I googled "chinese tangram" and the first picture that came up gave me the solution. :)
Today's lesson: Be resourceful!

14: Taco Stand Goodness

Mmm. There is this little taco stand that sets up outside a mechanic shop/tire store down the street from Chase's apartment where they only speak spanish and they take cash only. They are some of the best tacos I've ever had. SO GOOD.

We Love the Taco Stand!

13: Reception Maps & Decorations

Today we got some of the decorations for the reception. These Chinese paper lanterns. :) I love them!

I also took the time to create a map for the reception location and print them out and cut them up!

12: Cloudy Blue Sky

It's not as easy to tell in this picture but today as I was driving to church the sky was all grey with clouds at the top but closer to the horizon it was clear skies and SO blue.

11: Arizona Deaf & Blind Community

Once a month I go to the ADBC meeting and spend time talking and interpreting for the deaf and blind. They have elected officers, and run meetings with minutes and everything. They plan outings sometimes and love to chat and have lunch together. :) It requires a lot of patience but it is a good experience. :) Today was the February meeting.

We have our meetings at a building called the Disability Empowerment Center. It's a nice, new building and pretty cool looking, and user friendly! :)

 

 

 

10: Juice Jar

Ok, so I'll admit I didn't really take a picture today. I spaced it. Well ok I took a picture but not with the intention of posting it to here. I took it to show my mom later. I was at Costco getting the wedding announcements printed and while waiting I was wondering and saw this and thought to show it to my mom in case she though it would be good to have at the reception. :)

9: Lemon Bars

One of my all-time favorite desserts is Lemon Bars. So Good.

8: Wedding Shoes - Something Blue

Today I went looking again for my wedding shoes. It's been tough since I have such strict guidelines for them. I need a very strange shade of blue that not many things come in, they need to be about 2 in. high (3 or 4in. is too much- makes me to close to Chase's height), and I have to love them. So far I've found pretty much nothing. Most of the time just finding the right shade of blue is asking to much, then to make sure I like the style and they are just the right height, well that's just ridiculous. So today as I went out looking again, hoping there would be more options since it is getting closer to spring which means more bright colors and less dark winter colors I really only found one pair that was the right color, but they were probably 3 in., not super comfortable and not a style I really loved. So I passed on those at DSW and figured I'd go next door and just check at Kohl's. Well they had ZERO blue heels of ANY shade. Pretty much everything was black and brown. I think I saw one pink heel in the whole place. Then as I was about to leave I walked by the street shoes, and lo and behold I saw converse in pretty much the exact color I wanted, and hey they're flats which means definitely not too tall! :) So these my friends, are my wedding shoes:

P.S. They are going to be my something blue. :)

7: Cut Up Wedding Dress

This is one of the most nerve-wracking sights I've ever seen. :/ Because the wedding dress I fell in love with was strapless we bought it with extra length and are using the extra length for my mom to build it up so it has a higher back, straps and sleeves. It is looking great so far (the top part), but when I take a glance at the train of my dress and see jagged cuts it makes me SO nervous and anxious. I can't wait til it's hemmed.