so long, farewell

Well friends, it's been a good run. real good.
This blog has suited me well since I created it a couple years ago.
Big thanks to all you readers (topping out at 5 right now ;)
I appreciate you all participating, supporting, and putting up with my posts.

It comes the time to move on now and to bid farewell....
a new blog has been created, which i will share my experiences of newlywed life, tying the knot at twenty, my personal style and things that seem to make Richard and I chuckle.
RIP to double dosage of cloud 9. you did me good.

Come follow me at kiss and now this! Recommend to friends, family (no creepers please) and others. I'm bound and determined to make this one a little more popular than last :) even though I did have the best readers. muah

mucho love
xoxo
{L}

HELP

i'm feeling a lifestyle blog brewing. writings about my personal fashion/design, adventures with mr. S, the ups and downs of newlywed life, and defying the ever so occurring question of "are you sure you want to get married so young?" yes. duh.

therefore, a new blog is in the works and i need YOUR help! i'm trying to think of a catchy title, which includes my future hubby. (im thinking mr. and mrs. S with a caption of: "it started with a kiss and now its come to this...) but need other suggestions.
help! help! help!
any and all ideas are greatly appreciated
much love
xoxo
{L}

livin the dream

a man
a bike
and his chick
it just doesn't get any better than this

pretty sure they are heading to wal-mart

thanks dad

this made my day

xoxo

{L}

i've got an interior crush..AND Richard and I have a HOME

it's official folks! 

Richard and I have a place to lay our heads at night, spend time together and cook delicious little meals! We closed on our condo last week and couldn't be more excited! It's literally right in between my parents house and JR/Laura's house (talk about convenient)

It's cute and adorable. Included? A tiffany blue toilet that i slowly growing on me, a grand bathroom with LOTS of counter space, a dressing area (childhood dream, just ask muzz) and antique light fixtures that make me die. We have cute old neighbors that "have been going with each other for 20 years" but live next door to one another and a big patio! Across from us is the pool, which I am pretty thrilled to lay out by this summer. On top of all of that, I am itching to move in and start decorating! 

i've got an interior crush on stripes, wallpaper and patterns in ever color right now. 

my Pinterest interior board is now overflowing...much like my wedding board. oh how i love you Pinterest. i'm gathering inspiration because i start painting next week. 

mark my words, one wall will have stripes. 

stripes stripes and more stripes

in love with the petite stripe chair

plumb walls

love the clean white cabinets

i think i'd be shot if i painted the floors with these chic black thick stripes 

but i do love the accent green lamp shades

so symmetrical and organized

xoxo

{L}

pretty wedding things

as stressful as planning a wedding has been (i never truly understood just how much work really goes in to your "big day")

i am itching for june 8th and can't wait to see all the planning and details come together

i love pretty wedding things

xoxo

{L}

53 days!

spring show 2012

i think i forgot over the winter just how much i really do love, love, LOVE horse shows. everything about them {despite the crazy early mornings} i just can't get enough of them. it helps when you have two of the most amazing horses who constantly try their hardest, are so sweet, and aim to please whenever they can. i just can't even put into words the love i have for them. even better? when you have an awesome trainer who pushes you to your greatest potential (including your horse) and great friends who are constantly making you laugh, giving you advice, support, and telling you to calm down when you seem to be just a little too uptight for your own good. 

wednesday was prep day. had two great lessons and couldn't wait to show thursday.  i even got so excited that i took a leap of faith and entered myself in the "open trainer class" .... i was feeling confident

until, 

 thursday afternoon when i had a very, shall we say, not so pretty lesson on bambi and immediately felt my nerves kick in with spaghetti limbs and all. i suddenly started to dread my upcoming classes later that evening and became a ball of nerves. 

eventually, i managed to pull myself together and calm down. after getting on bambi, warming up, and a quick pep chat from priscilla, i managed to enter my open trainer class and feel at ease. i felt a flood of excitement and soon realized how much i had so immensely missed showing since last September. 

surprise surprise. 

ms. bambi pulled through and we took the class by storm

and not to toot my own horn, but it was an amazing ride and i felt so proud of her and myself! 

priscilla just about shattered everyone's eardrums with her screaming when they called my number for first place...Winning! my victory pass has never felt so sweet.

it was the greatest feeling and 

i couldn't have been any more proud of my bam.

from there on out, the classes since then have seemed to fall together, pieces have taken there place, the trust is finally there and all my hard work and tears seem to be paying off. 

Richard and Zach came to watch thursday night which i absolutely loved! it's always fun to have spectators cheering you on.  

i can't even tell you how many people came up to me 

saying what a cute fiance i have and admiring my bling bling saying "oh...he's a keeper..."

(i'd say so myself...)

Storm and i have also been doing really well too. We've won all of our classes except one where we took second. 

i am proud of him 

he's always a trooper and one of the easiest horses i have ever had the pleasure of riding.

granted, he can be sassy but so easy going and laid back. he's just along for the ride.

.getting pretty for his class.

one of the best parts of shows are the wonderful friends that you get to spend time with. including this pretty girl below, Lizzy. She rode her brand new horse, Tess, and did awesome! She won her western medal class on jewel and kicked some serious booty. way to go my petite olive!

i also got to wear my new cowboy boots (they loooked new for about 10 minutes)

yeehaw

not so much anymore

lizzy slept on my lap....long days

bambi observed

and smiles were had

twas a great show.

thanks to everyone 

including my parents, trainers, richard, zach & his momma, friends and of course storm and bambi

<3

xoxo

{L}

zombie photoshoot

Mckel Schults sent this pin to me via pinterest....why didn't Richard and i do this for our engagements???
She found it and thought of us since she was involved in the conversation last week about what would happen if richard turned into a zombie and i was forced to kill him....

made my day
xoxo
{L}
p.s. to see the bigger version go here http://pinterest.com/pin/45106433738050477/?utm_source=sendgrid.com&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=pinterest.com