Jamie and John's Blog

We went up north yesterday for the third time and finally settled on a place. Check out some pics of our new house .

That's right.. we both have our Master's now! 6 years of dating and 6 years of college-not sure which is more impressive! Sunday is Graduation day and will mark John's masters in communication as well as my masters in secondary science education!! John will begin his job in Cincinnati June 2nd! We are looking for a place to live, planning a wedding and searching for a teaching job. I had an interview yesterday and hopefully I will know something in a few weeks. Finding a place to live is not easy when you don't know your way around.. our life together is going to be an adventure! As far as wedding plans go- Church/pastor: check Dress: check (and it is beautiful!) reception: check photographer: check Florist: check DJ: check Invitations: check To do list: Send out wedding invitations Get married Live happily ever after.

Don't let it fool you! Cake tasting sounds like a fun time, but let me tell you it is difficult. Just one bite of 10 cakes leads to an upset stomach that can't remember if white was better than chocolate or if buttercream tastes better than vanilla. One step forward, two steps back. Good thing I had John with me! He is so good at keeping me focused and not distracted by the massive amounts of cake. :) After some serious damage to our wedding diets, we finally decided. Glad to have that terrible task of eating wedding cake out of the way. Barb-sorry we forcefully dragged you along. It was a terrible job but someone had to do it. Thanks for the help. To everyone else- we look forward to watching you eat the cake that honestly took us way to long to choose.

Defended my master's comprehensive exams today. Passed. So glad to finally be done and get to relax and just wait for graduation. Sitting in a room with three Ph.Ds defending your answers to questions they wrote for you is quite an intimidating experience, but it was rewarding to be complimented on my speaking skills and performance in the defense. I can't imagine defending a qualifying exam for a Ph.D over more than twice the content with more than twice the expectations. Whew...glad it's over. Next step is to stress over getting a good job. never ends...

Our save the date magnets came in this week, so we're busy addressing envelopes and everyone can expect those within the next week, hopefully. If your save the date magnet is delivered to your neighbor or any other wrong address, it's because I addressed the envelope instead of Jamie and the postman couldn't read it...I tried to tell her. Also, my second annual climbing competition at the Johnson center was thursday night, and was a huge success. 76 competitors was 8 more than last year, and the prizes and donations were more varied and exciting. If you're in Lexington, be sure to check it out next year, even though I'll be gone. I know everyone from out of town in anxious to see the ring. It looks something like this , although this clearly does the real thing no justice, as I bought the most beautiful diamond in town. Finally here's a hysterical website I happened across this week. For those who know Everybody Loves Raymond , he has a new pet name for ...

Here's my first attempt at using Adobe Illustrator to design our own wedding monogram for the invitations, napkins, etc. I saw in a magazine that only 20% of couples design their own monogram... Leave some comments, let me know what you think and any other ideas you might have... THANKS!