11/4/13

One Year Anniversary

Sunday was our one year anniversary. I can’t believe its been one whole year since our wedding. I can’t believe we’ve been together for almost 6 years either! 6 years!? It’s crazy.

Our weekend started bright and early Saturday with a bike ride at Jonathan Dickinson State Park. I only managed to do one full lap. Riding my bike reminds me how out of shape I am. I get very frustrated with myself and then I start doing worse. I just need to keep working at it, and maybe one day, I can complete 3 laps without dying!

After riding our bikes, we hurried home and and got ready for the Florida Brewers Guild Beer Festival. We were asked to help serve beer for Bx Beer Depot.

This was the first year for the Beer Festival, and the turn out was small. For the people that attended the event, it was perfect. You didn’t have to wait in long lines for beer. I enjoyed it because we were able to interact with people longer, and I was able to promote The Barley Dolls more!

It also allowed us to sample more beer. Funky Buddha’s No Crusts was AMAZING! It tasted just like peanut butter and jelly!

This festival was only Florida Brewers. About 30 brewers attended the event. I was really surprised with how many brewers we have in Florida. We’re moving up in the craft beer world.

After the Brewers Guild, we went to the Improv. The comedians had me in tears multiple times!

It was definitely an action packed day.

One Year Wedding Anniversary

Sunday, we were up bright and early. I was getting ready when Huck handed me a box wrapped in magazine pages. I thought our mountain bikes were our anniversary gift to each other. I did NOTHING for him. I felt so bad.

When I opened it, I felt a million times worse.

Huck bought me a new lens for my camera. I didn’t even make him a card, and after I seen my new camera lens, a card seemed to fail in comparison. I usually make Huck something for special days, and I feel like I really dropped the ball this time.

After we finished getting ready, we had breakfast at Berry Fresh. We split a giant Cinnamon Roll and the MexiCali Hash. Their serving are HUGE!

Yes! This is a half order!!

After breakfast, and did some shopping. Huck’s mom and niece came into town Sunday. They’re staying with us all week.

We walked around the toy section for a long time trying to find Mack some toys. We don’t get to spoil her very often. We bought a small doll house, Playdough, Bubbles, Coloring Books and Crayons, beach stuff and a kite. That should be enough to keep a 3 year old entertain for the week, right?

They arrived around 3PM, and we headed to the beach.

Mackenzie and Huck had a great time!

She wasn’t happy when it was time to go.

After they went to bed Sunday night, Huck and I enjoyed a beer from our wedding. Huck and his buddies brewed a Pumpkin Porter a few weeks before the wedding and we handed them out as wedding favors. Most people eat one year old cake, we enjoyed year old beer… Much better!

We tried the beer against this years Pumpkin Porter. We drank our beers out of the glasses Gump gave us as a wedding gift. It’s the Mr. and Mrs. Hucklebuck Brewing goats his buddy drew for him.

We enjoyed our beers on the balcony while looking at our wedding album. We reminisced about our wedding day and the crazy year we’ve had.

It was an interesting first year of marriage. We’ve traveled more this year than any year we’ve been together. We worked together without killing each other, and we realized that not working together sucks. We’re reminded how much we mean to each other. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, this man is my world.

I’ll leave you with my Facebook status from Sunday:

Happy 1 year anniversary to the man that makes me laugh, loves me almost as much as I love him , and spoils me way more than I deserve. He’s my partner in crime, my best friend for life, and the one that makes my life complete. You are my whole world, and meeting you was the best thing that’s ever happen to me! Packaged deal for life!

03/19/13

I DO! The ceremony recap

Here are a few of my wedding related recaps:

Last time, I left you with me looking out the window at my soon-to-be husband.

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02/24/13

The Wedding Post- The Before

I have received all my wedding pictures, so I can finally do a few wedding recaps. Huck and I originally wanted to elope. After talking with family, we decided to have a wedding in Florida. I knew it would be hard for everyone to make it to South Florida, but it was harder for me to plan a wedding in GA without being there.

Our wedding was very low key. It was definitely not a typical wedding. There was no cocktail hour, we served tacos, and as someone pointed out, we did not have live music at the reception.

When we started talking about our wedding, we both said we had no desire to have an expensive wedding. When I first set our budget, I laughed at myself. I thought there was no way we could do it, but we managed to come in under budget.

We had a beautiful setting, I had my moms dress redesigned, and I married the best thing that every happened to me! It was perfect!

Wedding Morning

Due to multiple reasons Huck and I decided we would break tradition and spent the night, before the wedding, together. We’re not very traditional anyways, but I originally didn’t want to see each other. It was nice not sleeping in an empty bed, though.

I asked everyone to be at our house at 8AM to start setting up. I woke up between 4-5AM and couldn’t go back to sleep. I checked the weather and the forecast was sunny and 75! A brides dream.

At 8AM, on the dot, I called everyone to see where they were. I got a little stressed when I found out everyone was still sleeping. I paced around the house until 9AM when everyone arrived. My grandmothers, mom, sister, aunt, cousin, and Huck’s mom and sister, helped setup the clubhouse.

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11/8/12

My Wedding Dress and a Million Tacos

I received a few pictures from Joe and Virginia last night, so I thought, I would share the before and after pictures of my wedding dress.

I originally wanted a lacy wedding dress. Something like this…

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I told my mom, and it has always been her dream for one of us to wear her dress. The top portion of the dress is lacy, so she decided to mail me the dress to do whatever I wanted.

Huck and I went downtown and had a few beers one night, and I came home and tried it on. I thought “Maybe I could make this work”. Again, I had been drinking

The Original

Originally, it had puffy sleeves and lacy and bows across the front. It looked pretty on my Mom in the 80’s, not a 2012 dress, though. My mom also wore a hop shirt under the dress. Very Southern Bell.

The first thing Yen at Alterations by Yen (Highly recommend her!!) did was cut off the sleeves and puffy lacy on the front.

She took some of the extra material and made straps.

I could not believe how great the upper part looked once she made the straps. The only complaint I had was, she took in the top too much and then we couldn’t take it out anymore because of the lacy. I was left with a top that was a little too tight and it puffed out at my hips (which are already big)

She replaced the liner because after 28 years, it had a yellow look to it. She made it slimmer through the bottom but still keep the length of the train.

I think we both looked great in the dress. The day I finally brought it home, I cried. The dress isn’t exactly what I wanted, but I knew how much it meant to my mom and to know I had a dress that my mom wore on her big day, meant so much to me.

I just thought about it, and my mom was only 17 when she got married (crazy right), and I was 27.

The look on her face, when she realized I keep the dress the same, minus the top, was priceless!

This pictures was taken at the spot where Huck proposed!

FOOD

For our reception, we had Tijuana Flats cater the food. It started as a joke because we eat tacos 1-2 times a week and love Tijuana Flats. We were waiting in line one day, and I picked up there catering menu. The prices were cheap, the food is good, so we decided Tacos it was.

We ordered enough food for 60. We received enough food for 100! After the wedding, we had 40+ hard shell tacos, left. Plus meat, cheese, and veggies. After two days, I wanted the stuff out of our house. Our neighbor was nice enough to take it to work with him, but he left some of the hard shell tacos.

Huck wanted fish tacos last night, but I just couldn’t stand the thought of anything Taco. That is how this recipe was born.

Taco Shell Crusted Fish

Makes 4 Servings.

  • 4-6 Taco Shells- Ground in the Food Processer.
  • Flour
  • 1 Egg- Whisked
  • 1 tsp Garlic Powder
  • 1 tsp Ground Jalapeno Powder
  • Salt and Pepper to Taste
  • 1 1/2 lb White Fish- I used Cod
  • Oil
  • 1 Can Black Beans
  • 1/4 Cup Salsa
  • 2 Cups Cabbage- Shredded (I used a Cole Slaw Mixture with Carrots)
  • 1/2 Cup Pineapples
  • 1/2 Cup Sour Cream
  • 1/2 Avocado
    • Add oil to pan to coat the bottom. Heat over medium.
    • Add flour to a bowl, egg to a bowl, and ground taco shells to a bowl. This will be your breading station. You can add seasoning to each bowl, for layers of flavors.
    • Season fish with seasoning.
    • Dip fish in flour and dust off extra. Then, coat in egg, and taco shells.
    • Add fish to oil being carful not to splatter the hot oil.
    • Cook 3-4 minutes. Once crust is golden brown flip and continue cooking 3-4 additional minutes. (times vary depending on thickness of fish)
    • Combined beans and salsa. Warm beans in a sauce pan over medium low heat.
    • Combined shredded cabbage and pineapples.
    • Combine sour cream and avocado and stir until smooth.
    • Mix together sour cream and cabbage. (I topped mine with a dollop of the sour cream because Huck usually complains about sour cream but he ended up eating some too and liked it)
      • Serve over black beans and topped with cabbage and pineapples.
          • ENJOY!!

I have been avoiding night time pictures, but this was so good, I had to share!!

Huck said this was on his top 5 favorite recipes list, now

11/5/12

The Best Sleep Ever!

After multiple nights of less than 4 hours of sleep, last night, I had 9+ hours of sleep! Uninterrupted sleep. No waking up thinking about what I need to do. It was glorious!!

Tonight, I thought I would share a few pictures from the wedding.

Our Beach Party with my bridesmaid.

Some of the ladies helping me setup the clubhouse on Saturday morning. Huck’s mom and sister, my grandmothers, mommy, Tabby, and my aunt and cousin all came out to help.

I had a vision, in my head, of what I wanted the tables to look like. I told the girls what my ideas were, and they just ran with it. It looked amazing!!! Exactly what I wanted.  

 

Every Bride should have Taco Bell and champagne before her wedding. And flowers in a wine bottle. 

 

My Mommy’s dressed looked so good once I got a tan.

The pretty tree we got married under.

I have only seen my dad twice without a beard. He is going to look so weird in all my wedding pictures!

And that is all I have. My photog said he would have a few pictures over to me before we go on our Honeymoon. I can’t wait to see them.

Once I get some more pictures, I’ll do a few wedding recaps. For now, I’m going to work on clean this mess of a house!

10/30/12

THE WEDDING IS CANCELLED

HAHA I got your attention!!

A few people have asked me about the game plan for the weekend. I figured I would put together a post so everyone will have an idea. Nothing is set in stone and may change. Well the ceremony shouldn’t change

Thursday

Bachelor Party in Downtown West Palm Beach

I am going to Kickball Thursday and then to downtown WPB after, for any ladies that want to go.

Friday

Around noon, I would like to take the photog and guys to lighthouse so they know where to setup the chairs and have an idea what to do.

4PM-Dark: Beach Party

Saturday

I’ll be setting up the clubhouse around 8-11:30 (Yes, I have the next few days broken up into times in my wedding planning book)

Pre-wedding pics will start around 4PM.

Everyone should be at lighthouse at 5PM. The wedding will start right at 5PM. I can promise you I will not be an hour late, like some of the people I’ve been watching on Bridezilla.

Reception and dinner will be at 630 at the clubhouse.

We have to be out of the clubhouse at 10PM, and anyone that wants to go out after the wedding can meet at Square Grouper in Jupiter. They are open until 1AM and Guanabanas, across the street, is open until 2AM. Everyone should go check out both places before they leave. 

Sunday

For anyone that would like to meet for breakfast before leaving to go home, let me know. I do not know how many people will plan to leave early.  

This one is still questionable. If anything, we can all meet at our house, and eat leftovers in the courtyard  

I hope this helps! Once everyone is here, we can discuss location of events more.

CAN’T WAIT TO SEE EVERYONE!!

10/24/12

I really am Excited!!

I wanted to say this so everyone knows! I really am excited about the wedding, and I’m really not as stressed as I may seem. I think because I blog about everything, it may not appear that way. And the occasional Facebook post venting about everything from my dress to my maid-of-honor not coming to the wedding, probably doesn’t help.

Besides the MOH stuff, the only other thing I have stressed about, is the reception site, oh and my dress. Originally, I thought it would be fine, but as our guest list got bigger, I got worried. I’m not worried anymore, though. After showing it to Jilda, she reassured me, everything would be OK.

Next comes the dress. Most brides buy a dress they love. They try on countless dresses until they find the one that fits them best. I choose to wear my moms dress. And it has come A LONG way from the 80’s dress it once was.

(This isn’t my dress but you get the idea!)

I went, Monday, for a fitting, and the lady made it to short. No big deal; she can fix it. I go back Saturday to pick it up.

I knew Monday wasn’t the best day to try it on though. I have been trying to get in touch with my Maid-of-Honor for a week and realized she isn’t coming to the wedding. She didn’t tell me that, but I know! That kind of hurts, but I kind of had a feeling this would happen.

I texted the other Bridesmaid that they all got a promotion! The ones that are coming are the only ones that matter!!

I’m so excited to see everything come together, I’m excited to see the look on my Mom’s face when she sees me in her dress, I’m excited to spend time with family and friends, I’m excited to become Huck’s wife!

I felt like I needed to write this, so everyone would know, I’m not the stressed Bride I may seem. I’m just a perfectionist! I’m not a Bridezilla who will be crying at the end of the night because everything was horrible. That’s not me! That doesn’t mean I will not cry, though

Anyways! Last night, Huck and I carved our Pumpkins.

I’ve seen a few pumpkins like this on Pinterest and thought they looked cool. I used an apple corer to punch holes in it.

Huck went with the Goat Head.

Then we started playing with the shutter speed.

Now, its back to work! 9 more days!

10/17/12

Feeling Guilty

I feel really guilty today. Huck has been coughing all night and all morning. HE NEVER GETS SICK!! Last week, when I wasn’t feeling good, I told him “You never get sick. It’s not fair!” In all the years we have been together, I do not think he’s had more than a sore throat. I, on the other hand, almost died twice from some really bad colds that progressed into more serious stuff. (I didn’t almost die, but I was sent to the ER because I couldn’t breath. I thought I was going to die!)

I hate seeing him sick, though. It makes me feel bad for him. I want to make him feel better. NOW!

I am happy, we both got our little cold now and not in a couple weeks, though. That would be horrible, Huck: “I (cough cough cough) Do (cough)!”

I’m hoping he feels better today!

I bet this will cheer him up! My office is in the living room. Oopie likes to lay on the couch beside me while I work. Here are just a few of the crazy positions I see him in. I can’t help but laugh when I look over and see him like this!

Really. He lives a hard life!!

Also, I’ll be happy when the wedding gets here, so I can clear out my dining room again. If you are close to Trader Joes, try their $2 wines! They are great! I’ve been enjoyed the white and red. 

Hope everyone is enjoying their Wednesday. I have to go to Homestead later I HATE THAT DRIVE! The further south you go, the worse the driving gets. I feel like I’m playing a game of dodgeball with the other cars. Hopefully, we can stay on the Turnpike.

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