Engaged!!!

So the big news is.....we are ENGAGED! We're getting married! So weird! But so exciting and awesome!

Okay, backtracking....
Josh and I went to Asheville, NC last weekend. We decided about a month or so ago to do the weekend trip, and then Josh planned it out from there. And he did a fabulous job.

Although there were just a few complications at first. We stopped to get gas. Then we stopped b/c I had to use the bathroom. Then we stopped because the car was billowing smoke. Ugh. Yeah. Super fun. So after two auto parts stores and two hours of Josh being super-mechanic, we were up and running again!

We got to Biltmore House, which is absolutely beautiful and also the largest house in America, around 1. FYI, the house was built in the late 1800s by 27-year-old George Vanderbilt as a summer house. Crazy. Anyway, we booked our tour of the winery and our tour of the house, grabbed some lunch, and then checked out the gardens. Then Josh suggested we walk to the top of lawn #2 in front of the house. (The lawns are each a good football field in length.) There's a little arbor situation with a statue at the very top. When we got there, he got down on his knee and asked me to marry him. It was amazing and wonderful!

So now we're engaged and getting ready to start planning a kick-ass wedding!

Here's some pictures from the weekend:


The car after it stopped smoking, pre-mechanical magic.


Driving the ridiculously long (3 mile) driveway to Biltmore


Biltmore House from the end of the first lawn


My ring and Josh's dirty car-greased hands


We're engaged!


The statue at the arbor


View from the house up to the arbor


Bad picture of our super cute hotel, the Princess Anne Hotel


Another bad picture of the hotel


Trying to hike on Sunday before we were rained back into the car

Boca Boca

These are a bit late, but I've been busy people.

Pictures from my quick trip down to Boca Raton to visit Grandmom. Aunt Wendy and Sydney were there too!


Syd, me, and Grandmom


Sydney and Aunt Wendy


Grandmom and Marty


Syd loving her corn at the flea market


Me and Grandmom


Farmers market at the flea market

Dogs everywhere, rejoice!

So after 2+ years, yesterday I finally finally received real actual finished samples of the dog collars and leashes I designed!

Well, not completely finished. But damn close! They're not exactly the correct sizes and they'll still need a Fifi Runn label. But that will come.

Next steps are having Josh shoot them, designing a sales piece, figuring out which stores I want to try and sell them to and then doing a full production run - lots of work ahead of me, but yay!