Bridesmaid dresses

After much trying to save and upload picture links, I finally decided that the easiest way to show people pictures of what I have envisioned for bridesmaid dresses is to post it on my blog!

Source: oncewed.com via Angela on Pinterest

Source: Uploaded by user via Angela on Pinterest

Cramming

I'm trying to read this book at the last minute because we're leaving for a month in Guatemala on Saturday. That's right, THIS Saturday. And I know nothing about the place.

We're spending our month-long elective there in a medical Spanich program. It will probably be a good experience but right now I'm totally not happy about it at all. I'm stressed out about trying to get the house in order and get myself packed. Not to mention what I'm most worried about, which is poor Jipsy being alone by herself for a month because I can't find anyone to spend the night here at the house with her. She is just going to have someone to come by and feed her every day and it's really sad. I've been stressed out about this cat situation for months and I knew it would come to this: we're leaving this week and still don't have a good plan.

And I'm going to get eaten alive by bedbugs.

And I could have just done "research" for a month and spent the month resting and planning my wedding, which is a whole other saga.

Christmas Decorations

My first live tree! I got it at the grocery store down the street. Much thanks to my mom who has been giving me ornaments for years so that I would have something to put on it!

And below that is a very pretty live wreath that I got from Whole Foods.

This was taken at the Paris Bistro in Salt Lake City on Holland's birthday, December 15. His brother Rob and Rob's wife Rachel came down from Park City to eat with us. It was fun!


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Location:Princeton Ave,Salt Lake City,United States

Christmas Tree!

That's Holland underneath it. It was only after we finally got it all situated that we remembered we were supposed to cut the end off so it can suck up water!

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Utah Thanksgiving

So, for those of you who haven't heard, Holland and I will be working both Thanksgiving and Christmas this year. That's right, despite being senior residents, we got completely screwed on the schedule front. This has contributed significantly to my extreme burnout this year. But that's all I'm going to say about that because otherwise I get way too negative and this post is about something happy, which is that I managed to have a wonderful Thanksgiving in spite of being held against my will a bazillion miles from home. Behold:

That's brussel sprouts with parmesan cheese, heavenly hash brown casserole, sweet potato casserole, and dinner rolls made from scratch. AND a pecan pie.

Here's a closer look at Holland's beautiful pecan pie:

My friend Alicia made a turkey all by herself! It was gorgeous (and tasty)!


And here's Holland's also-beautiful homemade cranberry sauce:

We watched football and played cards and it was very nice.

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Roses

Roses in Holland's granddad's backyard, taken with my new iPhone 4S









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