Thursday, May 6, 2010

"All you need is love"

Bought our Preakness tickets last week, and getting excited this year to see some horse racing! Zac Brown Band, OAR and some other band will be performing. O and I have really been getting into Zac Brown lately. Here is a song that just puts me in that peacefully happy mood:

















"So we live in our old van
Travel all across this land
Me and you

We'll end up hand in hand
Somewhere down on the sand
Me and you


Just as free
Free as we'll ever be
Just as free
Free as we'll ever be

Drive until the city lights
Dissolve into a country sky
Just me and you

Lay underneath the georgia moon
Do all the things that lovers do
Just me and you

Just as free
Free as we'll ever be
Just as free
Free as we'll ever be
Ever be

No we don't have a lot of money
No we don't have a lot of money
No we don't have a lot of money
All we need is love

Free as we'll ever be
Just as free
Free as we'll ever be
Ever be

So we live in our old van
Travel all across this land
Me and you..."
"Free" Zac Brown Band

Wednesday, May 5, 2010

MJM Nightmare

About 4 1/2 months ago, a ring was ordered. Not just any ring, the ring Owen wanted to propose to me with. Today, I look down at my my ring-less hands utterly perplexed to how this whole experience could have gone so wrong.

I'll spare you all the gruesomely boring details, and just stick to the key points of where MJM screwed my wonderful fiance over!

Part 1: Ordering the Ring

*Owen places the order at MJM in January.
*Owen & Stef go to NYC for the weekend, come back to no ring. A week goes by, the ring was supposedly shipped, but was sent back to Ca when it "arrived" in MD.
----No calls were made, and Owen was home all day & no delivery trucks ever came by.

*Owen calls to complain & MJM reimburses his money, gives him a money credit on their site & promises to re-ship the ring.

Part 2: Something Fishy is Going On

*2 weeks go by, no ring.
*Owen calls to complain, he speaks with someone new. Someone who makes him new promises. Says it will take another 2 weeks for Owen to get the ring.
*2 weeks go by, no ring.
-----At this point there is a lot of conversation between MJM & Owen. MJM says that production is taking longer than expected. Owen is fed up, but wants to get this ring after the energy put into the whole process.

Part 3: Deception

*It March/April and Owen calls infuriated from being strung along after all this time.
*A woman at MJM proceeds to tell Owen that they had to let some people go, her assistants, because they had been misleading customers, aka F-ing with them & feeding them fraudulent information.
*The woman promises Owen they will make things right, and asks Owen to give them another shot.
*A new ring is promised to be made.
*2 weeks go by, no ring.

Part 4: Last Straw

*April: Owen calls everyday, checking on the status of the ring.
*When the ring is supposedly completed, Owen is given a working tracking number. The package has been picked up, in transit for delivery.
----we are sooo excited! FINALLY, we get our ring...so we thought.
*Tracking said package had been delivered. Yet, no package to be found. NOTHING and NO ONE had come by the house.
*Owen calls MJM confused with what has happened. MJM tells Owen and man by the name of Steven Thomas, signed for the package @ our desired location.
*No one by the name of Steven Thomas lives or works @ that address.
-------SOMEONE is F-ing with us.

Part 5: "Hold Me Back O"

*I call MJM to give a piece of my mind.
*Sharron, the woman Owen had been working with, says that the last she spoke with Owen was 3 weeks ago. No package was EVER attempted to be shipped to us. No ring was EVER created for us.
------ Here a big old F you to MJM!!!
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Shame on us for falling for their lies every time. We were blinded by the beautiful rings, and were getting stomped on in the process. They truly spoiled a beautiful event.

Owen and I never wanted to make a big deal of the ring, its a shame it came to this. BUT what is fun now, is that we can go look together!!

Lesson Officially Learned!

Tuesday, April 27, 2010

I'm in love

So new information has come to light about the "Lovely" photo shoot. I actually read the article this time. Lovely is a new beautiful dress shop in NY! I am completely in love, and will Hitch Hike my way to the store to find a dress if I need to :-)

Imagine this...




















How precious??

Lovely Life...

Yikes, so it has been ages since I did anything on here. But- it is mainly due to the fact I had absolutely nothing in the works. There is movement on the home front, and things are beginning to inspire Owen and I once again.

I saw this photo shoot by sweet little photographs posted on greenweddingshoes.com and had to snag it for our blog. Let's be honest, for the obvious reason, that it says "Lovely" over her head.

Friday, April 9, 2010

First Wedding Project

My first project is taking on the task of training Kensho to walk on a leash. If I can pull this off, the wedding ceremony will step up to a new level of class. :-)



















I haven't exactly run this by Owen yet, but once he see's Kensho's skills & how cute he looks in a tux, how could Owen possibly resist?

Thursday, April 8, 2010

Marriage Tips & Translations...

Does the minister/notary/judge hand me a Spouse Translator Book once I utter the words "I do" ??? Apparently people start speaking in coded language when they get hitched...








love you owen, look forward to all of our future coded sayings.

Inspiration: Colors of Nature

Love wildflowers...



Colors discovered by Vincent J Musi