white hairs February 3, 2010

I’ve noticed I’ve got white hairs that grow out of random parts of my head.   Lately my bangs have a few here and there giving the appearance of “natural highlights”. (haha)  Guess i’m growing old at 22.. almost 23 t-minus 7 days.

My stomach pains are still lingering.  I’ve been trying my best to not eat gluten… but may have slipped up when we went to disneyland last week.  I ate gumbo steak soup and a few bites of busters clam chowder, I shortly after got my typical stomach ache that lasted the next 3 days followed by 2 days migraines.  as you can guess.. we only lasted at disneyland a bit longer after eating i then needed to get home and try to sleep it off.  BUT we did buy passes to disneyland so we can go as often as we’d like.  Seeing as to how i get healthier and can handle the rides.

I’ve been on a reading kick.  Mostly of Nicholas Sparks novels.  Cliche?  Maybe.. but I don’t care.  I read Dear John first.  Read it in 2 days.  Now I’ve started The Last Song and REALLY cannot wait to get home and snuggle up in bed with husby and read our books.  Next I’ve been told I need to read “The Help”.  My SIL Susan has given me The Guardian as well and has a few others that we’ll be rotating around.  It feels good to finish a book.   Especially since I haven’t read a book since high school…maybe I should admit that.  High school just ruined reading for me…

So since my 23rd birthday is approaching I am trying to decide what I want for my birthday.  Buster will not let me say “I don’t need/want anything.. just you and my health”.  Tonight we shall go to urban outfitters and try to find the bag I’ve been wanting for a while now.  Cross your fingers it’s still there.  Anyhow… off to do some hair and spend the afternoon feeling healthy! (it’s what I’m hoping for)

LOVE some of these outfits before… mmhmm..

dreamin.. January 12, 2010

fashion design school is my latest dream.  i keep thinking about how amazing it would be.  i really think i’d love it.  i’m not too old yet.. right?  that may come off as a shocker since i may not be super “fashionable” to some people.  i think after designing my wedding dress it sparked a lot of interest.   i realize after looking at every inch of Shabby Apples site i missed out on this [http://www.shabbyapple.com/t-daretodesign.aspx] now that would have been an awesome opportunity.

[[few photos below of wedding biz]] feast your eyes peeps!

i’ve been on the hunt for really cute boots.  my two biggest problems are a. all shoe places seem to be out of size 9 in all the boots i want and b. my legs are so skinny the boots don’t quite fit right.  where oh where should i look?  i’ve gone to every shoe place in the mall multiple times i’m in need of the “secret” to finding amazing boots.  ebay?  suppose i should start looking there.

tabitha’s salon makeover makes me want to be back in the salon SO bad.  but i also really do enjoy my current job and the pay sure does make it that much more appealing.  ah. someday i suppose.  i want to take some cutting classes to further my education.  i’m going to start looking.  so many things i want to do.  there’s still time…

goal setting soon?  i think so. it’s been a while and i have so many new goals and dreams…

wheat, rye, and barley January 10, 2010

so i’m going to try this year to be better about blogging.
i think it will be a good way to just let all my thoughts out.
a lot has happened since the wedding and i haven’t posted once since i even got my real ring.
well.. wedding day. rained and poured all day long.
our outdoor reception didn’t happen.  i had a stake center reception.
it was beautiful still and of course an amazing day.
we went on a cruise to Mexico for the honeymoon.  stopping at Cabo, Mazatlan, and Puerto Vallarta.
it was so relaxing with lots of amazing food.

now to explain the title of this entry…
i have been sick since my wedding day up until about a week ago.
i felt like i had the flu everyday. super intense and sharp pains in my stomach.
it finally reached the point where i couldn’t even sleep through the night.
i thought it possibly could be appendicitis so after the christmas break when we finally came home from phoenix..
i went to the ER to find out what was going on.
i had blood work.. an ultra sound.. and a few other tests.
i got a shot of antibiotics in the butt and they gave me some pain killers for my stomach ache.
by the time i left.. after racking up my $4k hospital bill.. they said all the tests looked normal.
“but here are some antibiotics and pain killers anyway those should get you feeling better..”
um NOT.
the next day i went to see a holistic health doctor.
she did muscle testing on different parts of my body to find..
I’M WAY OUT OF WACK.
she advised after all the info i gave her that i go on a gluten free diet to test for gluten intolerance/celiac disease.
so now i’m beginning week three of my gluten free diet.
i have been taking a bunch of supplements to help straighten me out and felt a big improvement the first day.

it’s hard to switch your diet when your favorite foods include wheat ingredients.
i’m still in the transition and it’s still hard.
i’ve had lots of good friends reaching out and sending recipes.. THANK YOU!
i swear i will start to cook, even though buster doesn’t think i have it in me.

i don’t normally make new years resolutions.
and i’m definitely late on thinking about them but i think my biggest one is to start reading again.
i think high school ruined reading for me.. as silly as that sounds.
i just started reading a book buster had called “uglies” and i’m really loving it.
i want to finish it and move onto the next.
any easy reads you want to suggest to get me back into the swing of things – throw em’ at me.

i think its about time… September 14, 2009

I have been super super busy with work..planning.. work..traveling.. sleep.. eating.. and have neglected this blog I swore I’d keep up with.  Oh well..I’m not married YET so I don’t have to be an addictive blogger.. (J/K)

Last weekend Bus and I headed to Utah on Friday afternoon/night to spend the weekend with my sister Erynne and close friend Colbilyn.  Saturday I tried on some weddin’ dresses and then we had some Pizza Factory for lunch with Arica, Robbie, Erynne, Colbi, Buster & me!   Arica had Bus and I over for an “Earth” watching sesh while Drew doodled on this comp for school/work.  We went to Utah for my old roommate Hannah Scoma’s wedding so following watching “Earth” we headed to her wedding reception.  She looked gorgeous and it was good to be there on her special day even if just for a bit at the reception.  Buster and I got to spend lots of time with Erynne, Colbi, Sharee, Heather, Arica & Drew, Desi and her family, Rachael & Steve, and Tori & Evan.  I got to stop into my ol’ salon Stuart Fraser’s to see the old crew.  I miss bits of Utah lots.  Of course Tuesday morning Buster and I are up early and on time to the airport.  I had used a buddy pass from a sweet lady at our church-complications with the buddy pass, the Pilot whom I got the pass through hadn’t paid a yearly annual fee of some-sort and I was unable to board my flight until they paid it.  After many calls and no response I missed the first 2 flights.. and ended up staying til that night.  I fit in another trip to Zupas with Erynne and Colbi and then spent the day with Taylor Wilson while Erynne worked.

Got home late Tuesday night and of course spent the rest of the week until Buster came playing “catch up” on all the work since Tuesday is normally a big day so not making that flight had really set me back.

Buster came Friday and we went on a quest to find amazing vintage outfits (or an outfit just for me) to wear for our engagements.  I finally found the PERFECT dress at Flashbacks in Hillcrest.  $21.25 for the amazing pale yellow dress.  It was seriously exactly what I was looking for and in the perfect fit.  After that we tried out a place we’d never heard of “Which Wich? – Superior Sanwiches”.  UHMMM.. can I say.. best sandwich joint in America.  Look up a location near you.  After eating that deliciousness we ran on downtown to the Urban Outfitters.. and it failed me.  I was stressed because I wanted a backup outfit for pictures.  We eventually headed home.. slept.

Saturday-I was up bright and early to do some hair for Karen Farley, the boys played some basketball and I got my passport picture taken.  After Bus was finished with the intense basketball game we went on a search for more outfits.. nothing was jumpin out at us.  I bought red Toms.  Best shoe ever. (I’m wearing Gold Glitter Toms at my reception with my dress… have to!)  So we decided on our second outfits – Buster wore a blue, red, yellow, cream flannel with his brown Sperry Topsiders and I wore a brown tank with a cream sweater with my red Toms.  We bought 5 different colored baloons and then got ourselves all hot for the pictures.  We met up with Susan and Ryan and headed out to Grape Day Park to take some pics in our first outfits (Vintage Dress for me and Buster wore brown fitted pants with white shirt -no pockets and a brown skinny tie and his brown Sperry’s)  We looked good.  Did a few shots there then headed over to Kit Karson.  Exhausted from all our modeling skills we ate some Red Robin and called it a night shortly after.

[Sample for your eyes ]

Teaser Just one of our many engagement pics to choose frome..

Sunday we went to an early stake conference and then relaxed the rest of the day.  At night we spent time with Lauren and baby Jordan… Played a lil guitar hero and went over wedding plans/ideas..watched some of the wild VMA’s then headed home.

Monday (Today) I had to work for a couple hours.  Buster had an interview/meeting with a temp agency.  Then we went and submitted all my paperwork for my passport so we can go on a tubular cruise for a honeymoonish.   Jack in the Box was next so we could try out the Coke Freestyle machine with 125 flavors in a box! Touch screen and all… if you haven’t tried it out – find one near you and get hooked!  After that I finished up some work and then we headed to Susan’s to look at the hundreds of engagement photos and pick some of our favorites.  We decided we should probably go and register at Target (say it fancy) and of course that was really fun.. deciding what colors we’d want in our house. (WHERE WILL WE LIVE?!)  I sure did get tuckered out though!  We went and got the car detailed and headed home to relax for a bit before heading to our regular airport drop off. No fun.  We of course made time to hit up the “Which Wich?” in Hillcrest again and then did the drop off.  Soon [as in 2 weeks] Buster will finally get to live in San Diego.  THAT will be perfection.

Welp… aren’t yall proud?  PS the new USED album is pretty dang good.. I’m loving the song “Kissing You Goodbye”… cute in a twisted way.

Time to head off to dreamer land.  Nightyyyy.

The “Warped Tour 2009 Proposal” Story August 25, 2009

ohhh the EXCITEMENT!

Where do I even begin with this proposal story…

First off.. I wrote the WHOLE story out in much detail and then lost the entire thing… I will remember to copy the post and save it somewhere else before trying to “save draft” and having an error occur and losing it all!!! (and it was a long juicy post too!)

Saturday 8am August 22, 2009

Woke up…brushed the teeth..got dressed and headed to Haley’s to pick her up. We dropped by the ATM for some cash money and started on down the 15 South. We dropped off the freeway to grab a healthy breakfast of Jack in the Box and then continued the journey down to the Cricket Wireless Amphitheatre. We arrived about 9:45 and waiting by the ticket lines for Micah Dean to bring us our “Vendor” passes. We started walking towards the chaos and Micah asked which bands we were wanting to see. I said “Saosin, Meg & Dia, and 3OH!3″. He said “I’m friends with the 3OH!3 guys, I could probably get us backstage for that set. (STOKED!) Micah then told Buster he had some “family stuff” he needed to talk to him about and dropped Haley and I off at the Tooth and Nail booth. (Truth: they went to the bathroom to talk about the engagement plans for later and ran into Nathaniel Motte-one of the singers of 3OH!3 and discussed plans for that day) We waited 10 minutes and when the boys returned we finished helping set up the booth.

We took a walk to check out the chaos and show times for the bands. Come to find out all of the bands we were wanting to see were after 5pm. We watched the skate boarders for a bit and people watched as we decided to leave and get some Panda Express and Motrin for my headache coming on. After lunch and 30 minutes of traffic to only move 2 miles, we got back through the gates and to the booth. Micah was gone getting lunch and Buster wanted to relax so Haley and I went to check out Chiodos. When we got back Buster said “Lindsay come with me to look at a shirt” and as we walked off he said “Micah just wanted to talk to Haley (ya know to flirt it up) so I told him we’d leave them alone”. (Truth: Micah was telling Haley the 411 of later events) When Buster and I walked back to the table Micah asked Haley and I to hand out these “Free Download Samples” magazines to the teenagers of warped tour, so off Haley and I went to hand out a couple hundred magazines to 13-17 year old teenagers stoked to get this waste of space magazine. (We targeted the kids with backpacks who were already collecting other useless junk) When we were just about done after our 3rd trip out Buster sent me a text telling me he’d meet me at Meg & Dia at 5:45pm. Haley and I waited and waited at the Hurley stage… and suddenly Bayside came on.. we were at the wrong stage so we found the right stage and there was no Micah or Buster to be found. Buster said Micah’s dinner was taking longer than expected and they’d make it over for the last song. We told them not to worry we’d just meet them at the booth after. (Truth: Buster and Micah were being interviewed by a girl for the San Diego Warped Tour blog and finished just before Haley and I returned to the booth)

Video of Interview and Proposal!

*interview starts about 1:35

We got back to the booth and headed to Micah’s tour bus to hang for a bit before heading to the 3OH!3 set. Micah finally told us we should head out to the stage to see if there was room for us. When we walked up Nathaniel Motte walked up to me and introduced himself (which I thought was odd since it’s not like he knew me or had any reason to talk to JUST me) we then were directed by Micah to stand beside the ramp onto the stage while the woman directing people on stage said we could go. She chose us as the first group to go, which confused me since we had been told we may not be getting on stage.

As we stood around waiting for the set to start Micah turned to us (directed at Buster) “This ain’t no pep rally” and then went on to say “Lindsay would be you be nervous to get up in front of this many people?” Acting all tough I said “Not at all.. I’ve been in front of lots of people at pep rally’s and stuff.” (Side note: there were thousands of people in the crowd!) 3OH!3 shortly after started their set and played a couple songs. After one of the songs Nat stopped and asked “So how many of you guys this is your first time seeing a 3OH!3 show tonight!?” and then continued on to say “Well I’ll tell you what, we got someone up here on stage.. Hey Lindsay.. I hear it’s your first time seeing a 3OH!3 show?” (side note: in Micah’s version of the video you see me look back at this point and say to the camera “You guys are so gay” because I was thinking at this point they were playing a joke on me and going to make me sing in front of everyone because of the conversation prior to all of this) I respond in a bratty way (since I have seen them before) “Sure.” Then he calls Buster forward and says “Tell everyone what happens at 3OH!3 shows.” Buster takes the mic. (This is when my heart starts racing.. I’m nervously glancing around- I don’t even remember what I looked at.. I knew what was about to happen and was anxious. Neither Buster or I remember hearing how loud the crowd was until we went back and watched all videos)

Video of Proposal Filmed by Micah

Buster then rambles for a bit about who knows what and then drops to his knee, pulls out a Green Watermellon Ring Pop and says “Lindsay, will you marry me!?!” I say “YES!” and now is the part where I wish I could have a RE-DO! I didn’t act nearly as excited or surprised as I really was. I was so caught off guard and nervous I acted awkward! We kissed and began walking back as Nathaniel Motte and Sean Foreman come over and hugged us and said congrats.

Video of Proposal Filmed by Haley

So… here we are now. Engaged to be married November 28, 2009 at 11am at the San Diego Temple.

A very special thanks to Micah Dean for all his help with the BEST proposal ever. You’re rad and awesome and all that jazz…

(Now tell me that is not the way to propose to Lindsay Chapman? That proposal=so perfect for me)

Buster on his knee..

I said "YES!"