Simplicity Gourmet

Last night we had a small dinner party with both sets of our parents at my parents' house. We won the dinner at one of the bridal conventions we went to when planning the wedding. It was a lot of fun, and a chef comes to your house and cooks everything for you, he buys the food, and he cleans up! He shows you how he cooks everything because he is selling the cookware. It's Simplicity Gourmet brand. Although it is a sales pitch at the end, he wasn't pushy at all. I didn't feel pressured. But the stuff is amazing, and we did buy one individual piece, and mom bought a set! Now we are set up in their referral program where you can earn points and get free pieces! So if anyone is interested in having a free dinner, let me know so I can refer you to our chef!

Paint, Pipes, and Paper (Toilet paper that is)

Well, we have seen a few, um, milestones? this past week. 

First, we found we have a leaky pipe under the kitchen sink. How did we find this? By filling up one side of the sink to the max to let some very dirty cloths soak of course! What does that mean? Max pressure on the pipe, and a very soaked cabinet underneath. Water ran out onto the floor, onto the rug, all over everything in the cabinet. Ugh. So, we just aren't using that side of the sink for now. Maintenance seems to be extremely slow around here. Doesn't Jesse look so excited to be cleaning up?!Second, we painted the bedroom! Although we love the color, we hate to paint. No, it wasn't that terrible. We got it done in a reasonable amount of time with only one gallon of paint, but the problem was the fumes and smell that lasted all night. We decided we didn't want to sleep in there because it was too strong, so we scrunched together on the couch. Not an easy task. Especially when Jesse claims he can't sleep any way except on his back! So after 10 minutes we decided to put up with the smell and went to the bedroom. :)

Now, third, we ran out of toilet paper! And of course no one ever notices they've run out until they need it right? That's all I think we have to say about that!

Also, we've been having issues with storage space since we have a tiny little closet and limited drawer space. Jesse remembered the "Wonder hanger" commercials, and wanted to try it. I was extremely doubtful about the product, but we went to bed bath and beyond anyway and got a pack, and what do you know, we actually do have about double the space now! I was so impressed I had to share a picture of our closet. Before we used the wonder hangers the closet was so packed you couldn't cram one more hanger in it. And we didn't even have enough wonder hangers to put all of our stuff on them, so we are planning to get one more pack, and they hopefully we will have even more space!! Yay!

Emily's Wedding!!

We spent this weekend in Kentucky for Emily's, my college roommate, wedding. The wedding was fabulous! And we had a great time hanging out with her and Joey the day before and the day of the wedding. Unfortunately I forgot my camera at home, but I do have a couple pictures of my bouquet (I was her matron of honor) and of a tall vase with lillies that was one of her centerpieces. It was a gorgeous wedding!! And Emily was sooo beautiful! 

 I hope she gets her pictures soon, and maybe I can post a couple here. We did get the photographer to snap one of Emily, Joey (her new husband!), me, and Jesse. I hope it turns out cute!

Photos!

Yay! Wedding pictures are finished! I only have access to the files online at the moment, which takes a little longer to get onto the blog, so I'll just post some favorites right now. Some of them have gray bars on them while I'm uploading them. I don't know what that's about. That's not how they really are! Promise! To see the rest of the photos, go to tylerandrews.com/caseyandjesse/wedding

Wedding, Jamaica, and the first days back!

Our first blog entry!!

This morning I cooked breakfast for the first time and I decided it made a good time to start the blog! I made banana muffins from a recipe Caitlin sent my way (Jesse's sister). She made it when we visited her in Austin, TX. I added walnuts to half of them for Jesse. I think they turned out well!

Ok, so the days before the wedding were crazy! Getting the guest book finished, the pictures printed, and trying to make lists so as not to forget to bring anything. Well the ink took 3 days to NOT dry in the guest book, the pictures used 4 cartridges of ink, and I forgot my petticoat skirt for my dress and ended up having to buy a new one. Jesse says his biggest worry on the day of the wedding was making up the bed-something that rarely happens. But the wedding went along perfectly! Walking down the aisle with my Dad was like a dream. The lights and the way everyone was arranged around the room. I'd change nothing! And then I saw Jesse! It was a bittersweet moment to go from Dad's arm to Jesse's, of course. Jason's message for us was great. He used a few questions he asked us separately about each other before to craft 

a few stories. It ended up that when he asked us about a funny moment together we told the same story about Jesse falling on a rug in my apartment when telling me it was took slick and someone might fall. Then pictures afterward took unbelievably long, but then we cut cake, danced, talked, and ran out through the bubbles! It was tough to get me in the car with my humongous dress! On the way home we made a stop at Starbucks. The day was just taxing! We needed a caffeine boost. Funny, no one in starbucks seemed like it was anything unordinary at all to see a guy in a tux and a girl in a huge white dress. The cashier looked at us puzzled and said, "Did you just get married or something?" No, we just like to wear this around? Anyway, the next morning our plane left at 6 AM to Jamaica. My mom and dad took us there at 4. Ick. On to Charlotte, NC, then Montego Bay where a bus took us to Ocho Rios to Sandals!

The week was great. Not too hot. Only rained twice for about 30 minutes. We went snorkeling. The reef was beautiful and the fish were so bright!

We also went to Dunn's River Falls for a climb. I thought I might die at times, but it was fun.

Otherwise we just hung out on the beach, at the pool, and ate! We had a honeymooner's breakfast one morning delivered to our room which we had on the patio. The pineapple there was wonderful. It was almost white. Not quite like ours. The banana bread was also great. It was a dark brown. Not what I'm used to making. And last, the orange juice they had was fantastic! It was maybe a little thinner than what we get here, but it made it so smooth!

We got back home this Sunday night after 13 hours of traveling due to layovers and delays. Jesse was not so excited about going back to work, needless to say. Who would be? I wanted to have breakfast for him Monday morning, but since we got back so late I didn't have anything to make! And I didn't have a car Monday, so I couldn't go to the store. Monday night we went to my Grandma and Granddaddy's house for dinner. It was good to see them. Then we did some laundry and headed home! I've been cleaning and organizing and decorating for a few days since I work a few hours in the evenings only. I even hung a mirror! :) (Making Dad proud) Tonight we'll be at the college class at Pegram to see everyone, and I'll be blogging again soon! Probably with less to say then. :)