LIFE LATELY // Q1 2024

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LIFE LATELY // Q1 2024

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merynmade

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April 30, 2024

reading

Planning

spring gardening, courthouse wedding, Grand Teton elopement and honeymoon, house

Watching

Jeopardy, University of Michigan football culminating in a national championship, many hours of Tik Tok per week e.g. color analysis, Mediterranean meal prep, hair tutorials, make up product recommendations

Cooking

pork carnitas, glazed apple dutch babies, lasagna soup, greek-inspired chicken and orzo bake (Dinner Tonight), hot honey chicken sheet pan (Dinner Tonight), chicken piccata, curried chili (Dinner Tonight), sour cream chicken enchiladas (Dinner Tonight), smoked brisket

Eating

Katalina’s in Columbus, Costco hotdogs and their new chocolate chip cookie (it’s warm from the oven!)

Drinking

Derive Brewing Company (Columbus), Combustion Brewery & Taproom (Columbus), Land Grant Brewing (Columbus), Inside the Five new Fieldhouse location

Creating

an intentional an authentic courthouse marriage ceremony

Housing

new outlet/electrical in the garage, Michigan inspired garage upgrade, bookshelf refresh, new dining room chair from Consign-It

Going

Biggby for black iced coffee, library for dozens of hold pick-ups, runs around the neighborhood, Defiance for Easter dinner

Traveling

weekend in Cleveland for the Brewology Beerfest at the Great Lakes Science Center, evening in Detroit for TP 30th birthday, weekend with AM in Columbus including beer fest at COSI and a pit stop at a cat-centric art gallery

Loving

fun citrus garnishes, blonde highlights, intentionally and thoughtfully weaving the details of our courthouse marriage and May elopement, 10 stone wedding band to represent our 10 year dating anniversary

Dreaming

of the initial moments of seeing Kyle wearing a wedding ring

Feeling

basically fine with COVID in January, anticipating TS11 – The Tortured Poets Department, in disbelief of our 10 year anniversary in May, nervous but excited for our upcoming marriage plans, patiently awaiting the arrival of our niece/nephew

Listening

exclusively Taylor Swift while running * outside *, new album Deeper Well by Kacey Musgraves, Alexander O’Neal’s album Hearsay

Celebrating

super bowl party, budding tulips, beautiful daffodils, early spring blooms

Learning

world geography, Vietnam War

Buying

floral swimsuit from Hollister, courthouse elopement dress from Abercrombie and Fitch, lip products and blush from Colourpop, dining room chair from Consign-It, chicken serving platter from Michaels, many wedding dress options from Lulus, ambient lighting palette from Hourglass, SKIMS shapewear, pink nail polishes from Olive and June, used books from Book Outlet (An American Marriage, The Mothers, All the Sinners Bleed, The Nature of Small Birds)