I Am Obsessed

I have many things I'm obsessed with. Photographs (particularly B&W, particularly Ansel Adams, particularly Richard Avedon, particularly Steven Vote). Baby Lips Peach Kiss lipstick. Shared Journals with Lys. Fall smells and colors. My wedding and engagement rings. The color yellow. Birds. Paper lanterns. Purple nail polish. Bico Australia Necklace Charms. Books. Knit tops. Grey flats. Maurices (which sells afore-mentioned knit tops and grey flats). Notebooks and pens (and pencils).

One of my many (many) obsessions is tea.

Thankfully my friend (and Lyssa's sister) Bee also has this obsession so we can talk about it all day long. As a wedding gift to Bee and her (now) husband, I went to this amazing store (which I've been in before but with my whole family so there wasn't much browsing time) called Teavana. Now Teavana is a tea lovers dream. It has every tea pot, every tea set, every tea thermos, every kind of tea you can imagine. It is amazing!!! I love love love going there. Any way... I got Bee (and her husband) a tea set and when I went to her house the night before her wedding we used it along with some amazing tea they got at Teavana (they are both tea lovers). It was great. I love tea and all and Bee got me this wonderful electric hot water kettle as a wedding gift to me, so I have instant hot tea the moment I want it, but fresh lose leaf tea is sooo much better.

 Here are some of the teas I'm dying to try:

Samurai Chai Mate Tea: http://www.teavana.com/the-teas/mate-teas/p/samurai-chai-mate-tea

Strawberry Paraiso White Tea blended with Precious White Peach White Tea: http://www.teavana.com/the-teas/white-teas/p/strawberry-paraiso-white-tea
and http://www.teavana.com/the-teas/white-teas/p/precious-white-peach-white-tea

Copper Knot Hongcha Black Tea: http://www.teavana.com/the-teas/black-teas/p/copper-knot-hongcha-black-tea

And

Joie de Vivre Herbal Tea: http://www.teavana.com/the-teas/herbal-teas/p/joie-de-vivre-herbal-tea?cm_sp=Recos-_-BlendsWShow-_-<%=index

And don't even get me started on German Rock Sugar!! Oh my gosh. It is sooooo good. Of course regualr sugar is fine, but german rock tastes amazing!







Ok, I'm starting to drool and I need tea, so I'm going to go finish my stuff now and then go home and have a nice cup :)

Much Love,

Fall {it means}

So... It's fall time again which means apple cider and pumpkin pie. It means that it's ok to drink warm drinks again (As much as I love an ice blended chai). It means knit tops and boots. It means blankets and books (not that I didn't already do the book part). It means dodging freezing rain and running helplessly into the library. It means open windows and colored leaves.

It means fall happiness!!

Sincerely {2}

Dear skin,

You used to be nice to me (well sorta)... what happened?

Sincerely,

I now have random oily skin

Dear cleaner commercials,

It doesn't matter which of you I use, my house doesn't suddenly become airy, bright and sparkly.

Sincerely,

I feel lied to

Dear movies,

You know how you always show the struggling couple and suddenly one of them get a great job offer? Please!

Sincerely,

Still can't find a part time job

Dear pet commercials,

I'm not allowed to have a puppy where I live.

Sincerely,

Tired of feeling bad for homeless pets

Dear make up commercials,

Doesn't matter which foundation I use, I'll never look like the gorgeously air brushed Kate Hudson.

Sincerely,

Still look like I have real skin

Dear Starbucks,

I have found a replacement. You refused to put one closer than forty minutes away so I've found someone else.

Sincerely,

I'm going to the Black Chicken later

Dear Orthodontist,

You know how you said my teeth wouldn't hurt as bad after four days and the pain should be gone in a week? You lied. I can chew bread now, that is true, but there is never a point in time when some part of my mouth is not in some way sore.

Sincerely,

Can't this go any quicker?

Dear people in the library with me,

It's supposed to be quiet in here.

Sincerely,

Shhhhhhhh

Dear readers,

Sorry for abonding y'all.

Sincerely,

I'll try to do better when we have internet.

Sunset

Tonights sunset was one of rare beauty.

The clouds were at a stand still but seemed to change their form right where they were.

I didn't edit the photo other than enhancing the blue of the sky a little bit. :)

Enjoy!

Schooling

School is going well. I am a tad behind due to wedding planning and taking place and there not being any internet at our house currently. Thankfully the school graciously gave me six more months to finish my studies. I am very thrilled about that.
I am now waiting anxiously to get my grade back from my newest submitted assignment. It was mostly about color and photo editing. Here are a few before and after photos from my assignment:

Before

After

Before

After

Before

After

xoxoxo,

Updates from Ri!

July 18^th 2012

It’s gray and dreary right now. The skies have just let lose what is promising to be quite a severe storm. I am sitting on the sofa drinking chai tea, thankful to have just finished a few thank you notes for belated wedding gifts. I should go bake cinnamon muffins for me and superman to eat for breakfast tomorrow, but that can wait a bit. He won’t be back for hours anyway, so I figured I’d post. Now, we don’t have internet at our house yet, so I’m typing this up and will post it when I have access to internet, be it at the library or at Mom’s Friday.

Being married is wonderful – maybe not perfect – but wonderful. Chad is such a sweetheart and an amazing husband. I hope every one of you girls reading this (who don’t already have an amazing man in their life) find someone as sweet and caring as my husband is.

So since the last time I posted I’ve gotten married, moved into a different house, legally changed my last name, gone to see the Biltmore(yay!), cut my hair, and got blue bands put on my braces J

Today I had my braces tightened, which is an experience that always makes me feel rather torn. I have an awesome orthodontist. He and his wife (who works with him) are so sweet. Such a cute couple! And they are so nice, I love talking to them and catching up. But – and there is always a but – my mouth is always sore after I’ve gone there (that or I’ve gone there because a wire came lose and is jabbing me in the cheek). Today he put on thicker wires (he’s been doing that, but apparently these are really quite thick) and they are going to make my mouth even more sore then the last time he tightened them. I believe it – I already hurt bad enough that chewing bread is very painful. Oh well, they said the thicker the wires the farther along I am in treatment – which is good. It means I’m just one step closer to getting them off, right?? Next time I go he’s gonna put on these rubber band thingys that are all attached and fit over the brackets. Not sure what they are called, but he said it would help close the remaining gaps from where they cruelly ripped pulled out four teeth to make more room.

Yesterday was peach canning day – I’m sure Mom will post about it at some point, probably detailed about how to can them properly and the exact light syrup recipe (which is something like 3c sugar, 9c water), so if you want more detail, her button is on the side bar J Anyway, it was fun, although we only got one canner load done. I think we’re going to do the rest of the peaches Friday along with canning our own Rotel recipe. We’re also going to have dinner with my Pawpaw.

I think Friday Chad and I may go swimming, or rather Chad will swim while I stay in the shallow end and try my best not to drown! I sink like a rock, it’s awful. I don’t have any float in me… He’ll hold me up to try and get me to float and the instant he lets go down, down, down my body goes! He’ll teach me eventually I suppose, he hasn’t let me drown so far anyway J

Well I best go – various household chores await me!

Xoxoxo,

more pics :)