Wedding Goodness

Well since I am an event planner everyday from 8-5 planning this wedding has been so fun!

Here are some wonderful ideas I plan on using for my big day!
All via, pinterest.com


Our wedding colors are going to be purple and silver
We have 6 bridesmaids/groomsmen and 1 flower girl and ring bearer

Finding Happy

Hello hello...yes I am alive and well and have a lot to update you all on!

Lots of changes have happened in my life...

• Josh and I got engaged on August 27th and will be husband and wife on August 3rd 2012!!!!

• As of October 31st at 7:00 p.m. I became a homeowner!!!!!!

We will be finally moving all the big stuff to the new house this weekend which means I will be able to start sleeping there!

Josh should be moving here very soon keep your fingers crossed for that


Overall life since moving back to Northeast Ohio is everything I have dreamed it could be. I was talking to my boss today at the airport this morning saying I never thought I would ever be this happy.

A lot (ok...all) of this blog has been a whole lot of me being miserable and whining and well that is going to change. I honestly thought about getting rid of the blog. Between work being insane, wedding planning and buying the house I just have not had time to keep up with reading and/or writing blogs but I decided I am going to keep up with this.
I know a lot of young woman struggle to find their place in the world and although I am still trying to find mine I feel like I have really starting living the life I am meant to live.

Since I have talked a lot about my weight watchers experience on here I will say that I have stopped tracking points pretty much for about 6 months and have not gained a pound! I am below my goal weight and am so happy with it. I bought a size small dress the other day...a small which is such unreal to me and have a total weight loss of 45 lbs!

I am in no way trying to be like oh look at me I am so happy, that is not my style at all. If you have followed and read my posts you know the past few years have been an incredible challenge and I want everyone to know about all the good stuff that is now happening for me!

I hope you will continue throughout this journey with us!

Thanks!

We're getting Married!!!

By far the best birthday/weekend I have ever had! More details coming soon!!!

Is August really 1/2 way over??

Where did the summer go? I mean seriously how is it August 19th and I will be turning 27 in 10 days? I am so not ready to say goodbye to this summer. I am sad I have been such a bad blogger but not sad that is was because I was out enjoying the only nice weather we see here in Ohio.

Last week I drove up to Toledo (on a school night haha) to see the rescheduled Lady Antebellum concert. And even though I had to wait an extra month (Hillary's grandmother passed away when they were supposed to perform in July) it was well worth the wait. I just love them and will be downloading their album 1st thing on September 13th :) So excited.


If you follow me on Twitter (@jessbay829) you know that my littlest brother was in the hospital this week. Thankfully he is home and recovering a little bit more each day. But let me just say listening to my sister say "I miss my mommy" followed by screaming for 4 hours the one night was NO FUN! Best birth control ever. I just wanted to say to her I miss your mommy too and cry with her cause there was just nothing else I could do :( But, all is well and good now.

In other holy Sh*t I am a grown up news...I went and looked at some townhouses last night..hated them but at least I met our realtor and gave her an idea of what I like.

Hope you are all doing well and enjoying the last buts of summer :)

30 Before I'm 30 Update

With my 27th birthday rapidly approaching at the end of the month I thought I would give an update on my list and well by update I mean a whole (maybe not entirely) new list. A lot has changed in my life since I wrote that list. I now live super close to my family, have changed career paths and have a totally different perspective on life, I feel. My goal for this list was always 2 things. 1. to push me outside of my comfort zone and 2. get me to do some things I have been putting off throughout my whole 20's. I am always open for new suggestions so feel free to leave some new ideas!


1. Write a book-even if I don’t publish it
2. Get Married
3. Go to California
4. Swim in the Pacific Ocean
5. Own a good set of dishes that match
6. Go Skiing (in the snow)
7. Run in a charity race
8. Organize all my stuff that has accumulated at my mother's house
9. Go to Washington D.C.
10. Learn how to make Buckeye Cookies
11. Learn how to make kolachi
12. Start working on Lauren’s life book
13. Go White Water rafting
14. Take my mom on a vacation
15. Get a tattoo to represent my family
16.Go to an Ohio State game at the Shoe
17. Buy a house
18. Catch a fish
19. Go Camping
20. Go to a winery/ wine tasting
21. Learn how to use Photo shop
22. Learn how to sew
23. Plant a garden
24. Go back to my undergrad to visit
25. Make a Thanksgiving Dinner
26. Go on a fun day/weekend trip with Josh and let him plan the whole thing (I am so OCD)
27. Have a fun spa weekend with my friend Kristen
28.Go to a water park
29.Go to a movie alone
30. Start an event planning side business :)

Great Weekend

This weekend was so much fun. One of my very good friends from grad school came to visit for our annual summer baseball weekend :) So we hit up a Cleveland Indians game on Saturday. I will be honest the game didn't get good til about the 7th inning but we won with a walk off home run...AMAZING!!! It was a really good time and I was super proud of myself for doing an illegal U-turn and avoiding the crazy traffic since Taylor Swift concert let out at the exact time the game did!

Sunday turned into a fun family day starting with my little sister's final t-ball game where she got a trophy and was super proud of herself. Then we went home and played in the slip and slide and I actually did it. I have never in 26 years tried a slip and slide and I won't lie it was a really fun time, until this morning when I woke up with bruises and soreness all over my body. Getting old is for the birds.



Aren't they just the cutest family ever?!?!?!? I am so stinkin' lucky :)

Hope you all had a great weekend too!!! Happy August!