As of yesterday, we are officially Aunt Mindy & Uncle Ryan! Ryan’s brother and his wife welcomed their first baby, Aubrey Marie, into the world! She was a perfect and healthy 8 lbs and 20 inches long! We cannot wait to meet her when we go back home and visit! We’re so happy for their [...]
Not only are we recent home owners, but also recent dog owners!!! :) Now we have 2 cats and 1 dog and our animals officially outnumber humans 3:2! At the beginning of April, we adopted a 2(ish) year old male Corgi who we named Jasper. Of course, we had to continue the gemstone theme with [...]
I know I’ve neglected this blog of mine and vowed to start blogging regularly several times, but it just hasn’t happened! Nonetheless, I am writing my highlights of 2012 because I love to look back on these! Here’s 2010 and 2011 in review. 2012 was all around an awesome and memorable year! Let’s just start with the [...]
Believe it or not, I’m going to celebrate this month of thankfulness before I move on to Christmas! Apparently the Christmas season now starts the day after Halloween instead of the day after Thanksgiving. I love love Christmas time, but I’m not going to rush it. Let’s take it one holiday/month at a time! Anyway, just a [...]
My Halloween in a nutshell – Ryan is still in Cape Town surfing with sharks and penguins. My Mom, Nour, and I went out and celebrated on Saturday night! Nour and I carved a pumpkin while she was here visiting. Tonight we dressed up my black cat Onyx like a pumpkin! He didn’t like it [...]
Ryan and I are an ocean apart for a week! I miss him already, but I’m SO excited he gets this awesome opportunity. He’s currently in Cape Town, South Africa on a “work” trip. I put work in quotations because it’s mostly play when the Woo ninjas get together. ;) (Last year they went to [...]
Ryan’s been in this apartment since last September (I’ve been here since January) and by the end of July, we had to decide if we wanted to renew our lease for another year. Things were crazy around that time with wedding planning, so thinking about moving by the end of September was a little overwhelming. [...]
I never thought I’d say this, but I became a vegetarian! This has evolved since the springtime, ever since Ryan and I watched the documentary “Forks Over Knives.” I say evolved because at first we were more like “flexitarians” (Ryan was much better than me). Eventually, I cut out all meat from my diet. Yes, [...]
Another “first” to mark off my list. Go to Disney World ~ Check! It’s just one of those things you have to experience in your life – “the Happiest Place on Earth.” Even though I wasn’t really looking forward to going, once I was there for the first time ever it was like I was [...]
I’ve subbed two days in a row this week and so far, so good! Of course, I am exhausted and not used to getting up early and working 8 hours. It’s nice to get out, feel productive, and make money though. As long as I stay clear of this measles outbreak in Indy, it will [...]