Herron to Rivera

First off, Holy Cow it's cold! Like windchill below freezing cold and sleet last night before bed cold. Perfect day to stay inside and...work on some wedding signs! Too bad I have work during the day though.  I've always been into the calligraphy/handwriting/art thing. I used to take art lessons in middle school, and at one point had a calligraphy and paint set. Things kind of shifted and I focused in another direction in the athletic world, so I never really got to "fine tune" anything. And then chalkboards and chalkboard signs became a "thing," Pinterest blew up, I got engaged, started gathering signs and practicing, and Devon caught wind and then asked me to do her wedding signs, and so sparked a hobby that was once long gone.    One of my faves ^ One side of the drink menu and supper menu (Babe's Chicken, mmm!) Now the struggle is finding something that I like for April. I kinda started several but lost focus on what type of color...

Burrrr! Today is a balmy 40 degrees outside-and I'm definitely not ready for it despite my scarf-wearing, boot shopping fashion choices since September, hoping to "force" Fall to actually happening, but now that it's here: go away! Or at least just get a liiiitle bit warmer, so I can still have fun in my dozens of scarves and boots, but not freeze my ass off. Ka-peesh? My parents like to kindly remind me of what's to come in December, since we are going to the Army-Navy football game in Baltimore. Last year in Philly was just awful (and by awful I mean freezing, rainy, icy, cold, hungry, wet, sweaty, repeat) but a blasty blast being in a new city and living through new memories being made.  Any hoo-Even though I'm not snuggled up at home on this festive Veteran's Day (thank you to everyone who has served!), warm in my bed, I still wanted to touch on some wedding related topics: vendors. This could also be fun to read AFTER the wedding in April, to loo...

Hola! No, I'm not Spanish or Hispanic by any means, nor do I speak the language fluently, despite my soon to be last name. I just happen to be engaged to a man who IS Hispanic , but sadly doesn't speak the language either. So I have to get the little sayings that I know in whenever possible, to try and at least fit the part. Comprende?  This is my first blog experience ever (except for good old Xanga from middle school days, but who is counting). I originally wanted to wait until I was preggo or something to document that journey, but let's be honest-that's not any time soon so my blog-lusting urge would have to wait at least a few years. So I thought it would be a neat experience to document my journey on becoming a full fledged Mrs. Rivera (how do you spell that? River with an "a"...duh!) since we are about 6 months away from becoming legal! You can get all of the details  here  on who we are, how we met, how we got engaged, etc.  First off...