Emily Marie is Me

ME THIS MONTH Oooooooh Maaaaaarch. You brought me food poisoning, my worst flare-up yet, and a stomach flu baby scare. All while I was trying to be good and exercise! But I'm a wimp and so those types of things just make me not want to do anything - so I don't. But you also had lots of fun times with friends and some interesting changes! Jonathan was called to be the executive secretary in our ward so we have a little less time with him on Sundays, but I think this will be good. Speaking of church, we're excited for conference and Easter this weekend! I'm super boring and so Daisy won't be getting a present-filled Easter basket (I didn't ever get one growing up and I turned out ok), but we did get her a new little bunny and we'll give her a book, so that's something I guess. We will be spending the weekend with family and I think that's the best part of a holiday anyway! Other things of note this month is the wonderful Oscars party hosted by th...

33. Decorate those birds (3/24/2018) I bought these birds at a wood shop's closing sale last year. I usually get craft stuff and never do anything with it, but I didn't want that to happen to these! And bam! Here they are, all done and matching a future comforter for Daisy! I'm really happy with how they turned out. I especially like the wing cut-outs :) Hooray for monthly craft nights!

4. Discover how to make my natural hair look good enough for a public appearance (3/18/2018) If you didn't know, my hair is not naturally straight. It's nearly always straight - but that takes blow drying it as straight as I can, then separating it into 2-3 layers and straightening it. While this can be pretty time-consuming for me, I just didn't know what to do with my naturally frizzy, wavy, super poofy hair! These pictures below show what my hair REALLY looks like. I parted it and brushed it once after I got out of the shower, then just let it air dry. And yeah. Definitely not straight. I knew that I probably needed to use some kind of product to tame it, but I didn't want to waste money on stuff that wouldn't work for me. Luckily, my fantastic sister-in-law Kenzie and my always awesome best friend Amanda let me borrow some curling sprays that they had. I tried all of these...(Pantene curling spray, tossd sea salt spray, TRESemme flawless curl mousse) ...

30. Get my real bra measurement and get at least two bras that fit (2/26/2018) I was in serious need of a new bra. I only had one that wasn't a nursing bra, and it was old. Like I wore it in high school old, and the underwire had snapped right before Christmas. It definitely didn't fit anymore either, and I didn't know my size to buy a new one! I had been "fitted" at Victoria's Secret right before I got married (she looked at me and told me what my size was), but that size didn't actually fit. I had a friend (thanks Sara!) suggest going to Nordstrom, and I was able to plan a trip up  to the SLC store around New Year's. It was a really great experience - the lady who helped me answered all my questions, actually measured me, brought me lots of options, and I now know my size! I am kind of cheap though, so I didn't actually buy a bra there. I ended up going to JC Penney a week or so later and searched through all the different styles until I fina...