in a rut

lately, today mainly, i feel so uninspired and am suffering from a lack of motivation. the recent sunshine has been nice but i need it to start warming up! i think a change of weather, scenery and pace would do the trick. yes, i did just have a 4-day break from school, but even that wasn't enough. i want to start wearing summery skirts and eating shaved ice. i want to be at the end of my completely consuming stats project instead of the middle. i want to get back into our book that we've forgotten about lately.

i ran and went to a pilates class last night which was a much needed boost. i hope i really do follow through w/ my life-long goal and get certified to teach pilates one of these days. i also keep telling myself i'm going to train for a half marathon, then realize how much running sucks when 3 miles kills me. i just need to do it!

anyways, not too much going on with us. these are the things keeping me sane and happy these days when i'm getting so stir crazy and itching for something new!:

a fresh new color on my nails.

lucky lucky lavender is so pretty.

today i was staring at my nails so much in finance the kid next to me thought i was staring at my ring and asked if i just got engaged.

eddie had this delicious dish, chili spaghetti, ready for me when i came home from school today. he said it took him 2 hours to make it! i don't really know what he was doing that whole time but i didn't question it, it was so good and i was so happy he made it.

listening to lots of ingrid michaelson, regina, enya and good country.

i'm especially loving darius rucker- this

&

enya- anywhere is

(this link is to the video w/ lyrics if you wanna know what the heck she's saying)

I realize the world cup was last summer but i still listen to this song once a week cause it makes me so happy.

i could listen to these three songs on repeat for days. there was one point in my life when i taught relief society and tried to work anywhere is into every lesson.

another thing making me happy these days is the zumba class i hit up w/ jen or cousin carson once a week. it RULES

i keep trying to convince eddie i need these zumba cargo pants

this is my favorite dance

funny how after writing this post I'm already in a better mood. seriously, listen to the songs I've linked- you'll love them!

happy sumo

we seriously can't get enough of happy sumo's wine & dine after 9 deal.

this week we converted justin & elissa too.

justin & eddie have been friends for a long time. i remember going to eddie's apt the first year we lived in utah and thinking his roommate justin was hilarious. they've been off-and-on roommates until this past year when they both got married. they worked at several car dealerships together, and even started their own business together which made for some of my all-time favorite stories. we have game nights with justin & elissa once or twice a month. now that they see the beauty in the sumo deal we like them even more!

Be mine.

Happy Valentine's Day!

Eddie and I spent our valentine's night at school of all places. I know, so romantic. Well, we went to dinner first at India Palace, then we headed up to the law school. Eddie's been helping our friend Laura by being a witness for a trial competition team she's trying out for. He's so good at it. This was the 5th round and every single night the judges point out how tough of a witness he is.

After the first night I asked him if this made him want to be a lawyer. Super dramatically he spun around and declared "Nope! It makes me want to be a professional actor!" so funny.

This year I got a doz. gorgeous white roses & he got homemade bath fizzies w/

secret messages inside.

Eddie takes a lot of "soaks" so I thought it'd be perfect~

Here's a few of the things we've learned/ things about our relationship

as of our first {married} valentine's together:

1. We feel fortunate to be able to spend so much time together this first year. We realize it's rare to be able to spend 4+ hours a day together while we're just starting out and in the schooling years.

2. Eddie thinks I dominate the couch too much.

3. We constantly spill drinks in the living room.

You think we'd learn to only

have drinks at the bar.

3. We love sleeping in a cold room.

Even though it's freezing outside we sleep w/ our bedroom porch door cracked.

4. We love watching the following shows:

CSI/ NCIS LA/ lie to me/ modern family/ house

5. We watch at least 1 episode of something

every night before going to bed

6. We finished reading And then there were none together

and are currently listening to The Help on tape

7. We love driving up to sundance & park city

8. Eddie may be more baby-hungry than me.

He always wants to take the babies from me at church & he's so good w/ kids

I was tending my friend from the ward's baby the other day and we took a walk and ended up at our apt. She climbed right up on the couch and chilled w/ eddie it was so cute.

9. We have callings in our ward and

go to the same meetings together

10. We eat mac n cheese for most of our meals.

But Eddie loves when I experiment and make new things

11. I usually run in and tackle him if he's in another room than me

12. We aren't good at sticking to the budget quite yet-

we're seriously going to try harder

13. I've never laughed this much in my life.

I always knew eddie was funny but not like this

14. Our obsession with BYU basketball has reached an all-time high

15. We have 1 Prignano rule:

No texting while driving

16. Eddie's gotten really good at tickling my back

17. We think iphones are the worst thing for marriage

but we are addicted and can't get rid of them

18. He likes throwback mountain dew

and I like diet sprite

19. We play phase 10 or farkle (dice game)

every day with just each other

and get so competitive

20. I've learned there's more to life than shopping

and he's learned there's more to life than watching tv

21. our fav part about the day is still

"tell me 3 things you love about me" every night

22. Eddie loves our apt

23. We joke around most of the time

24. We both don't like folding laundry so

we make sure the other one's there to help

25. We have our own language

26. We text/gchat all day long

25. We were made for each other

i'm so glad i married my best friend.

as i wrote in his card, i can already tell that marrying him was the best decision i've ever made.

hope everyone had a day full of love yesterday~

superbowl 2011

we headed up to matt & erin's for the annual superbowl family party last sunday.

the food gets more and more delicious every year.

w/ matt's ribs and joe's pulled pork you can't beat it!

it's always a good time, we start looking forward to this tradition weeks in advance.

matt, andy, kat, emma

eddie, gpa, gma, joe

michael, carson & i w/ our favorite gpa

sam, josh & jonah

ruby!

the girl cousins

carson, me, allison & ruby, michael

thanks matt & erin! it was fun~

sick eddie

eddie was sick all last week. we're talking pants, shirt, sweatshirt, in bed with a blanket, comforter, extra blanket, house temp set at 72* and still freezing sick. he didn't leave the house monday-friday.

one night at 10 i went out to get him some more popsicles. i woke up the next morning around 7 and the entire box was gone! he told me he stayed up all night just eating one after the other until the whole box was gone, since he couldn't sleep and they were the only thing that made his throat feel better.

oh, speaking of not being able to sleep, all week he would get delusional and say "mare..." "hey..." every 2 minutes from like 5am til I got up. oh man. but i was so tired i was half asleep myself and didn't realize what was going on. all i knew was my sleep was being interrupted and i was getting annoyed, but couldn't wake up to do anything about it. so neither one of us really slept last week. looking back it's funny, but at the time i did not like it. i'm definitely glad he's feeling better this week!

I'm pregnant!

Just kidding. But if I was I'd want this rug:

in an all-white nursery kinda like this:

i've always had a thing for nurseries and like seeing how people decorate theirs.

i remember when this one made the blog rounds in 2008 and i fell in love:

this nursery is fit for a king.

or eddie & i

Golden Globes 2011

I know I'm way late in posting this, but I loved so much about the golden globes this year. For starters, I loved the ponytails. As Bazaar said, "glamorous ponytails never go out of style- they're youthful, fuss-free and flattering."

I agree. Maybe its because I resort to this hairstyle 4 days a week since I wake up too late to really do anything with my hair. Nonetheless, I loved them on the red carpet this year.

& two of my favorite dresses were...

Claire Danes

i love the simplicity of it

& Catherine Zeta-Jones

perfect color on her

so pretty