I think I have finally gotten all the settings and design things the way I would like them for now! It's a bit of a learning curve - but I figured out how to get a blogroll in the sidebar, and pictures added, and even a "Subscribe with Bloglines" button. I'm feeling like hot stuff right now :) (Let's not disillusion me, okay?)
Next on my list - surely there is an easier way of posting pictures than uploading to Blogger every time. Flickr, maybe?
Sunday, July 29, 2007
Saturday, July 28, 2007
Well here we go!
First of all, my fabulous husband, John, deserves a huge thank you for making my beautiful banner! I tried my hand at creating one myself, but I have little to no artistic talent - fortunately for me, John knows his way around Photoshop! I also tried to get permission to use some pretty photographs from various places, but no luck. If you're interested, though, this guy is super nice and has some beautiful prints available! My favorite is "Calla Lilies at Duncans Landing, Sonoma Coast, California." I want this for Christmas, y'all. ;)
I hope that this blog will chronicle my journey into becoming (or at least getting a little closer to becoming) the wife, mother, and lawyer I want to be - a Southern lady, a loving wife, a better cook, a less haphazard homemaker, and a confident professional. And eventually, a mom. I can't wait for that one - but it will be the longest wait of all, I think.
So how about a brief bio (shall we disclose up-front that I'm a bit long-winded? Laziness has tempered this flaw since law school, but not done away with it entirely!) of your blogmistress? Try to contain your enthusiasm - I know it's hard!
My name is Megan, I'm 22 years old, and I married the love of my life (man of my dreams, best friend, every other cliche imaginable goes here), John, on March 10, 2007. We've been together since August 2004, but we've been friends since I was a freshman in high school - back in 1999! We met because I dated his best friend, who ended up being the best man at our wedding - that always makes for a good story! John and I are pretty much a classic case of opposites attract - I'm high-strung and high-maintenance, while John is a huge nerd with a crazy sense of humor and is as easy-going as can be. One family member once compared us to a terrier and a basset hound. I'm not very funny - but I have my moments. I'm always pretty darn pleased with myself whenever I get a big laugh out of John.
This is John and I at our wedding.
John lived on a boat when we first started dating and works in nuclear security - I'm fairly certain one of his happiest days (except for when you married me, buddy!) was when we got our(now 10 months old) puppy, Biscuit, about a month ago. I am a huge cat person - we have two, Hedwig and Chewbacca (guess which one I named? Only slightly obsessed with Harry Potter here.) - but John wore down my will to resist! We picked out a beautiful name for her, Dixie Kate, which I gave up on the condition that I never ever have to hear her real name - GRAVY Biscuit. That condition was TOAST (ha ha - toast, biscuit, get it?) in about two days. Gravy Biscuit - gah!
This is Chewbacca and Hedwig. We found them when they were 6 weeks old in the treehouse behind Matt's house (the best man at our wedding). They had a brother that we put back in the treehouse - I still feel bad about that, even though his mommy came back to get him. I also have a cat named Mitzi that lives with my dad.
This is Biscuit. Her eyes slay me!
I'm a dual British/American citizen - I LOVE England. John and I have considered living there after law school - but you can't "transfer" as a lawyer there until you have two years of experience. My mom was British (from this village), and she passed away when I was 15. That's probably one of the "life events" that has most profoundly affected who I am - I can't imagine how different my life would be if she had lived. My dad and I have a very strange relationship, and he's moving to Pennsylvania as soon as he sells our house (the only one I ever lived in!). I have three half sisters and a handful of nieces and nephews there. John's family is amazing - I am so lucky to have married into them!
This is my dad and I.
I'm starting my second year of law school in August, and I'm working right now (and through the coming school year) as a law clerk at a Fortune 500 utility company. The work is always different and very interesting - I think I was incredibly lucky to get such a great job for the summer after my first year! Having decided to get married (and then done so!) during the second semester (I'm only a little crazy, apparently), my grades took a bit of a nosedive - we'll see what happens for next summer. Interviews start next month, which is completely insane to me. Hopefully someone will want to hire me!
I have absolutely no idea what I want to do with my law degree - I came into law school passionately opposed to the death penalty and wanting to be a criminal defense attorney. Unfortunately, I just don't think I can afford to take that path right out of law school - especially with the crazy amount of student loans I'll have (I know this is completely unheard of right out of law school, right?). That's a bit disheartening, since I know in my heart I'll never do it if I don't do it right away. I also wanted to be in a courtroom no matter what - I was a huge mock trialer ("mocker") in college, and I loved it. It's only a minor technicality that I wasn't particularly great at it! I love my job, so I'm liking the idea of working in-house - we'll see, right?
This fall, I'm taking Business Corporations, Evidence, Professional Responsibility, Constitutional Law II, and Civil Procedure II. Advice (and outlines, heh) welcome!
I have two tattoos - a Chinese symbol that means "political" (a remnant of my former politically active liberal life...still liberal, no longer active) and two calla lilies. This is fairly out of character for me, only explainable by the lure of Asheville, NC's tattoo parlors when I was in college, the recklessness of two girls on road trip, and the fact that one tattoo is never enough. John has a Batman symbol on his arm - I am certain one day there will be more!
I love LOST, tulips, roses, fountain pens, Eminem, P!nk, office supplies, etiquette, grammar, the Rules of Evidence, apple juice, chocolate, banana pudding, pearls, Law and Order, CSI (LV and Miami), the Food Network (Paula Deen and Alton Brown!), Clean House, and the color pink. And long walks on the beach. No, really, I love the beach!
I am only slightly preoccupied with the concept of pregnancy, even though it will be a long time before I can experience it myself. I like to plan in advance. :)
I'm also a compulsive list-maker, and a bit of a neat-freak. I'm not religious, but I feel that I should be. Just like I feel that I should lose weight, stop swearing, learn how to cook, and be better put-together (read: drying my hair in the morning would be a good start) more of the time!
Well, John should be home soon, so y'all are off the hook from any more of my introductory novella. No one could possibly be this interested in me other than my husband (right honey??), but hopefully whoever ends up visiting my corner of the internet! He requested lasagna, I have to go get the Stouffer's out of the oven. :-D I work hard, obviously!
I hope that this blog will chronicle my journey into becoming (or at least getting a little closer to becoming) the wife, mother, and lawyer I want to be - a Southern lady, a loving wife, a better cook, a less haphazard homemaker, and a confident professional. And eventually, a mom. I can't wait for that one - but it will be the longest wait of all, I think.
So how about a brief bio (shall we disclose up-front that I'm a bit long-winded? Laziness has tempered this flaw since law school, but not done away with it entirely!) of your blogmistress? Try to contain your enthusiasm - I know it's hard!
My name is Megan, I'm 22 years old, and I married the love of my life (man of my dreams, best friend, every other cliche imaginable goes here), John, on March 10, 2007. We've been together since August 2004, but we've been friends since I was a freshman in high school - back in 1999! We met because I dated his best friend, who ended up being the best man at our wedding - that always makes for a good story! John and I are pretty much a classic case of opposites attract - I'm high-strung and high-maintenance, while John is a huge nerd with a crazy sense of humor and is as easy-going as can be. One family member once compared us to a terrier and a basset hound. I'm not very funny - but I have my moments. I'm always pretty darn pleased with myself whenever I get a big laugh out of John.
This is John and I at our wedding.John lived on a boat when we first started dating and works in nuclear security - I'm fairly certain one of his happiest days (except for when you married me, buddy!) was when we got our(now 10 months old) puppy, Biscuit, about a month ago. I am a huge cat person - we have two, Hedwig and Chewbacca (guess which one I named? Only slightly obsessed with Harry Potter here.) - but John wore down my will to resist! We picked out a beautiful name for her, Dixie Kate, which I gave up on the condition that I never ever have to hear her real name - GRAVY Biscuit. That condition was TOAST (ha ha - toast, biscuit, get it?) in about two days. Gravy Biscuit - gah!
This is Chewbacca and Hedwig. We found them when they were 6 weeks old in the treehouse behind Matt's house (the best man at our wedding). They had a brother that we put back in the treehouse - I still feel bad about that, even though his mommy came back to get him. I also have a cat named Mitzi that lives with my dad.
This is Biscuit. Her eyes slay me!I'm a dual British/American citizen - I LOVE England. John and I have considered living there after law school - but you can't "transfer" as a lawyer there until you have two years of experience. My mom was British (from this village), and she passed away when I was 15. That's probably one of the "life events" that has most profoundly affected who I am - I can't imagine how different my life would be if she had lived. My dad and I have a very strange relationship, and he's moving to Pennsylvania as soon as he sells our house (the only one I ever lived in!). I have three half sisters and a handful of nieces and nephews there. John's family is amazing - I am so lucky to have married into them!
This is my dad and I.I'm starting my second year of law school in August, and I'm working right now (and through the coming school year) as a law clerk at a Fortune 500 utility company. The work is always different and very interesting - I think I was incredibly lucky to get such a great job for the summer after my first year! Having decided to get married (and then done so!) during the second semester (I'm only a little crazy, apparently), my grades took a bit of a nosedive - we'll see what happens for next summer. Interviews start next month, which is completely insane to me. Hopefully someone will want to hire me!
I have absolutely no idea what I want to do with my law degree - I came into law school passionately opposed to the death penalty and wanting to be a criminal defense attorney. Unfortunately, I just don't think I can afford to take that path right out of law school - especially with the crazy amount of student loans I'll have (I know this is completely unheard of right out of law school, right?). That's a bit disheartening, since I know in my heart I'll never do it if I don't do it right away. I also wanted to be in a courtroom no matter what - I was a huge mock trialer ("mocker") in college, and I loved it. It's only a minor technicality that I wasn't particularly great at it! I love my job, so I'm liking the idea of working in-house - we'll see, right?
This fall, I'm taking Business Corporations, Evidence, Professional Responsibility, Constitutional Law II, and Civil Procedure II. Advice (and outlines, heh) welcome!
I have two tattoos - a Chinese symbol that means "political" (a remnant of my former politically active liberal life...still liberal, no longer active) and two calla lilies. This is fairly out of character for me, only explainable by the lure of Asheville, NC's tattoo parlors when I was in college, the recklessness of two girls on road trip, and the fact that one tattoo is never enough. John has a Batman symbol on his arm - I am certain one day there will be more!
I love LOST, tulips, roses, fountain pens, Eminem, P!nk, office supplies, etiquette, grammar, the Rules of Evidence, apple juice, chocolate, banana pudding, pearls, Law and Order, CSI (LV and Miami), the Food Network (Paula Deen and Alton Brown!), Clean House, and the color pink. And long walks on the beach. No, really, I love the beach!
I am only slightly preoccupied with the concept of pregnancy, even though it will be a long time before I can experience it myself. I like to plan in advance. :)
I'm also a compulsive list-maker, and a bit of a neat-freak. I'm not religious, but I feel that I should be. Just like I feel that I should lose weight, stop swearing, learn how to cook, and be better put-together (read: drying my hair in the morning would be a good start) more of the time!
Well, John should be home soon, so y'all are off the hook from any more of my introductory novella. No one could possibly be this interested in me other than my husband (right honey??), but hopefully whoever ends up visiting my corner of the internet! He requested lasagna, I have to go get the Stouffer's out of the oven. :-D I work hard, obviously!
Friday, July 27, 2007
Casting off!
In my first attempt at any sort of blog since they were in vogue in high school, I'm looking forward to the mental exercise of thinking about life from the perspective of writing about it - we'll see how I do! I'm quite new at this - so pardon the dust!
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