We Saw The President

The last 24 hours have been pretty exciting over here! While Mr. SE and I were driving home on Tuesday, we noticed police officials putting up caution tape around City Park. It's right across from our condo, so naturally we were intruiged. We changed clothes really quickly and headed over to the park, where some students informed us that the President was coming. WHAT?!?! We knew he was speaking in Boulder that night, but apparently City Park is the best place for them to land their fleet of helicopters, including Marine 1. How exciting!

Well we waited for 2 hours on Tuesday night and it finally got dark. Around 8pm the fleet finally landed, but we could barely see anything. Regardless, it was super cool to be that close to amazing aircraft like that-- right in my "front yard". Fast forward to Wednesday morning, when we were trying to leave for work. There was a blockade again, and from our building we could see all of the helicopters were back in the park (they'd taken off to Buckley Air Force Base the night before).  Since we couldn't get out and go to work, Mr. SE and I took advantage of the situation and waited 30 minutes to see the President. And that we did!

If you look at my pictures, you can see sequentially he's walking from the limo on the right to Marine One. Clicking the pictures will make them bigger. Hello, Mr. President! 

Live Performance

Mr. SE and I before GAGA

It's been about a year since the Lady Gaga concert to end all concerts, and today I was thinking about music. Not any music, the music that makes you want to stand up and sing along at the top of your lungs. Surrounded by a crowd. Here's some of the sings that I definitely want to hear live sometime in my life

1. Ben Folds, Army

2. Paul McCartney, Hey Jude

3. Elton John, Benny and The Jets

4. Billy Joel, We Didn't Start the Fire

5. Madonna, Like a Prayer

6. Neil Diamond, Sweet Caroline

7. Journey, Don't Stop Believing/Anyway You Want It

8. Michael Buble, Everything

Do you have a mental list of songs you'd die to hear live? Or did you get to go to a concert where they played one of your all time favorites? I know Mrs. Smith and I had a blast singing Gaga at the top of our lungs!

Denver Boot Camp

Y'all I've posted about Denver Boot Camps before (unprovoked) and I'm about to do it again. If you're in the Denver area, cough cough Brit, please give this class a try. There's all kinds of different rates, whether you want several months unlimited or to go class by class. Let's do the math:

$45/m, up to 5 days a week, for one solid hour of butt kicking = way more valuable than your gym membership where you putz on the treadmill for 30 minutes without being exhausted.

I'm lucky enough to go with the same two girls regularly, and it's a fun activity for us to to together. We decided instead of going to happy hours during the week, we'd pony up the cash for boot camp and get in shape instead. It's something fun for us to do together, and we're getting in shape. Holler!

Virginia Tech

I can't believe yesterday was 5 years since the horrific rampage at Virginia Tech. Several folks from my high school were victims, including one that I knew personally. Never forget.

We Remember
Reema

Chambray & White Jeans

Chambray & White Jeans by missse06 featuring mid rise skinny jeans

I put this outfit together for a bride consult last week, and it made me so happy. I'd seriously wear it several days in a row if my friends wouldn't start to question my hygiene habits. Look for me to repeat this one again in a couple weeks!

House Progress: We Have Walls

Tea Bags& Hot Water: Getting Real

image via here

It's time to get real. I'm really stressed, worried, and have been grinding my teeth a lot (as a result of the aforementioned emotions). I'm about to pull back the curtain and reveal some big insecurities here on the old blog. Mr. SE and I accepted an offer to move to Denver, and within 4 weeks we were packed up and driving across the country. Sure, we owned a home in Nashville and had a solid network of friends. Surely, we'd be able to sell the house within a couple months and make new friendships. Well, the friendship part has come easily. People in Denver are SO nice; and not the sometimes nice of the south (I believe they call it polite) where they're nice to your face and not behind your back. Genuinely nice. While I miss my friends in TN dearly, I'm comforted by the relationships I've been able to create in the past 3 months. And things have been going great with my business, 3 brides on the books already for 2012 and we weren't expecting anything until spring 2013! But there's this one thing that's holding us back...our house.

Y'all. If our house doesn't sell in Nashville we can't close on this new house in Denver. It's like this big fat bully that's riding us piggyback. Our first realtor wasn't really pushing the house, and took a really passive approach to getting it sold. Look, we're not "thinking" about moving-- we packed up and moved across the country, so please bust your buns to sell my house! So after 60 days on the market, we withdrew our listing with that realtor and used a referral from our new realtor here in Denver. The new realtor had back-to-back visits in the first two weeks, but now it's slowed down a bit. Mr. SE thinks it's because of tax time, and that tours will pick up again when folks start getting their refunds.

And me? I'm frustrated, grumpy, and this is a completely sour topic. I'm worried that if anybody else asks me if we "at least have any offers" I'm going to bite their head off. Hello? If I had an offer we would've sold the house! Clearly you have no experience listing a home from 2008-2012. Kthanksbye. I'm trying to stay positive, I really am. But every day I'm dying to get a "showing" email or some sort of head's up that a sweet family is putting an offer on our home.

Here's where you come in. Please send us whatever form of encouragement suits your soul-- prayers, burying a St. Joseph statue (my mom suggested this), house selling dances, positive vibes, or any other ritual you prefer. Please just send it our way.

Thanks for allowing me to get real on here. It's not normally something that I do, since I try and keep the blog more upbeat. Promise I'll try and be back to fun posts tomorrow.

*Update** 

I added a link to our listing in case you know someone in the market in Nashville

http://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/4272-Rachel-Donelson-Pass_Hermitage_TN_37076_M85816-05125

Thomas Kinkade

Do you like Kinkade artwork? I loved his paintings, ornaments, and note cards-- especially the ones for Christmas. The pictures were so cheerful and depicted a wonderful vision of life. Apparently Mr. Kinkade started falling off track before his death, and I'm a little sad at the way the media is tarnishing this man that's just passed. So I'll just post a picture of his and say how beautiful it is.

House Progress: April 6th

As of this morning, we have a couple new photos to share! You can see that the storage part of our basement is covered, and they've filled in the dirt around our foundation.

And while the building is carrying on at the homesite, Mr. SE and I have been in the design center making a bevy of choices. Here are some of our selections so far! Let's start with the kitchen today...

Drumroll please! We went with the white cabinets in Maple Chiffon, the style is Portrait by Merrilat. The island will be the same color shown here, Kona. 

via pinterest

Coincidentally, this photo also highlights some of our other selections:

Mohawk Kahala Bamboo floor via Pinterest

Rectangle industrial LB-1300 sink

Bianco Antico via Pinteresthttp://pinterest.com/pin/20829216996757364/

What do you think of the kitchen choices so far? 

Sephora 15% Off Sale

Sephora is having a killer sale right now-- 15% off for all Beauty Insiders. If you're not a Beauty Insider already-- why not? The deals are amazing and I love getting freebies on all online purchases. The great part about this deal is that it's not limited to one time use. I used it over the weekend in store, and yesterday online. Mr. SE is getting into somewhat of a skincare routine himself, so the purchases weren't all for me! Here's what we picked up--

Caudalie Fleur De Vigne body wash

Bumble & Bumble: Let It Shine Shampoo

Bumble & Bumble: Creme de Coco

Philosophy Senorita Margarita

Jack Black All-Over Wash

There are two days left in the sale. Do you have any product recommendations that I need to try?