Jewelry!

I have some really talented friends. One of them is a very talented Jewelry artist. she does custom wire wrapping. so when thinking of gifts for my lovely girls she was an obvious choice.  you can find her online gallery on facebook here!

 we went together to a gem store and picked up all the goodies for her to make her creations! Today she sent me pics of the final products. I just really had to share them with anyone actually reading my blog!

claimed by artist and bridesmaid Alyssa

 

claimed by my sister Imaan

claimed by bridesmaid Nedra

 claimed by my made of honor zainab

i am totally keeping my jewelry a secret. unfortunately it wasnt made by lys as i originally intended but its till very pretty.

Icepocolypse 2011

On tuesday we had a huge thunderstorm that quickly turned into sleet and then the roads iced over. The temperature has not been above freezing since then. Which means the treacherous black ice has made it impossible to go anywhere or do anything. This is the first time in my life that there has been 4 consecutive days below freezing in Texas. The chemical that we use to melt ice only works above 20 degrees. So the city has been shut down since tuesday. Today it snowed. almost a foot! in TEXAS!!

but with the city shut down i have been home for a week. stuck in my apt. with anthony.

now i know what youre thinking.." great here comes a post about how crazy shes going being locked up with her fiance". but in fact its the exact opposite! We have had a great very relaxing week with eachother. We've spent the week watching movies, talking, and when we want the occasional alone time we went to our separate tvs and turned on our xboxes. when we finally were able to go out today we actually decided to go together! we had a great lunch over at seasons 52 and then went shopping. anthony actually went shoe shopping with me! and i got a pair of killer gianni bini pumps for $20! now we're about to go watch another movie on netflix.

I'm so glad im marrying him. any other couple would be driving each other crazy. we.. are going crazy together. :)

If you're house was on fire

Everyone has been posed with the question, what would you take with you if your house was on fire? And they answer things like photo albums, phones, shoes, things that are important to us. Well tonight (its like 6:30) I got to answer the question first hand.

Calm down people my apartment did NOT burn down. But someone was stupid enough to let the fire alarm in the entire building go off. Don't know the source of it but itd had to be something dumb like leaving their toast in the toaster oven. Regardless, here Anthony and I were roused from our dead sleep into a sudden state of emergency.

We quickly got dressed, put on coats and shoes and looked around at what to take...nothing seemed that important. when it comes down to it everything is replaceable. I didnt go for my computer, or my camera, or my clothes, or my fave shoes because when it comes down to it, my renters and various types of insurance with replace all that. My Scrapbooks (while they do hold sentimental value all the pics are on facebook and can be printed again at some other time. The only thing i actually took with me was my cat and my fiance.

Thats what i would take if my house was on fire.... What would you take?