Monday, December 23, 2013

It Was So Real


So my two best ladies took me out for a night in Georgetown to pretend a Senior Thesis was a figment of my imagination. It was truly wonderful to be with Shannon and Ines and to think about wedding things and not finals, and white dresses instead of senior year. 


We had such a lovely night on the town and it made everything so real. By that I mean that I wasn't just planning a Liturgy and Party but I was planning all of that for me? I don't know why, even as I type this I just feel silly but it really hit home, like out of the park, over the fence, world series kind of stuff.

 

So off to J. Crew bridal salon we went, because do you know Shannon and Ines?!?!?!?!?!?!?! It was actually surreal and even now I cannot put into words the emotion I felt. I had a complete blast but as soon as we left the store I felt confused or drunk as if I gave all the sanity I had left to that Bridal Salon in J. Crew Georgetown. And I did, and I had a week of psycho-Rylee during final exams to prove it.


So here are some of the many, many dresses I tried on. So many styles, so many fabrics, so little time, so much to do, I'd rather spend my day with you. Are you melting inside? Me too. I haven't picked one dress yet, but you'll know when I do and you can see it on August 9th.


Thursday, December 19, 2013

Fanksgiving


Like a sad little Murph, I have gotten lazy. But I am sorry blogoshpere, I did not mean to forget about you. So here's to Thanksgiving. I know, I know, Rylee it's December! but remember friends, don't judge me too hard because Fanksgiving was freaky, freaky late this year. Like way Freaky.

The weather that long weekend was brutal beyond brutal and we didn't get to head north like we traditionally do. Instead, my weekend was as follows:



 On Thanksgiving (yes Shafer, it is odd that Thanksgiving always seems to fall on a Thursday), we cleaned the furnace room because a happy day for the Magee's means a productive one. And then we were sent out to the "Black Friday" madness. Happy Thanksgiving y'all because Friday shop-to-the-death now starts at 2 pm on a Family day. What a sad, sad reality that is this country. And what a sadder life that I participated. But really. We were sent out for TVs and I bought myself some Tupperware. (Merry Christmas Tim!). So happy dayz, Walmart now makes me feel domesticated and stuff... America.


 Then we came home for our feast and everyone in our Fam gets a place card... and waaaaaaaaaay too much dinner scraps.


Grade school basketball tournaments are all the rage this Holiday season.


Channeling my brownie days with this piece of advice; make new friends. But keep the old. One is silver. But the other's gold. A circle is round. It has no end. That's how long I want to be your friend. Ba da boom with the best of the best.


So we met up with friends for a little bit of lazy competition.


And I have but one question for you, How do you like me now?!?!?!?


 Caleb started doing this, it was scary and way to much for us amateurs.


C to the A to the K to the E, that spells CAKE what what baby.


And at the end of the weekend I got to see Timothy. For 9 hours. He told me we would pull an all nighter so we could spend time together but about 3 hours in he starts snoring so that's good. Before passing out I made him pose for this rull ruff photo to prove that he was real, thanks hun, you're a trooper.

Stay warm South Bend.


Monday, December 9, 2013

Q: How many pics does it take to get a Christmas Card? (A Progression)

A:Too Many
(In reverse order and I am way too lazy to fix it)
Maybe you can scroll from the bottom? Or you can watch us descend into chaos?
 
 


















Have a Merry Christmas CUA, and travel safely back home this week. Praying for y'all and your exams.
Love,
The House
 


Tuesday, December 3, 2013

Thankful for's...

I am settling back home after being home-home for a weekend. It was such a wonderful family weekend and I have so much to be grateful for. So I thought, after closing out this Thanksgiving holiday, I would give you all a list of things that I am appreciative for from the trip.

'njoy.

2013 Rylee's Thankful for's...

... studying abroad for giving me the ability to fall asleep before take off, wake up during drink service, and fall asleep again until landing. Even when I am not tired, without fail.

... flight attendants who go through the effort to personalize their script at the beginning of every flight. Imma hold off on my nap to listen to you, not because I like Star Wars (I don't.) but because I appreciate your creativity.

...snow.

... the presence of cheesecake in my life.

...cleaning the furnace room to give my dad the opportunity for a productive day and teaching the next generation of Magee's to not keep EVERYTHING (mom) and stay organized to stay sane.

... for a friend group that is split between competitiveness and indifference, and the non-judgement either way.

...also for friends who get me; because I wasn't going to eat a whole nother muffin but I didn't want to make you feel self-conscious so you're welcome/ I stink at all athleticism but still, How DO You Like Me Now?!?!!?

...snow plows.

...for younger brothers who are finally old enough to shovel the driveway themselves.

...professors who didn't give homework over break (as for the others... you know what you've done).

...leftover stuffing.

...access to a fully stocked kitchen.

...when all else fails, wine.

...to those lovely people who complimented my scarf today. I appreciate your appreciation of my Walmart fashion.

...sisters who give away good things. hand-me-up's are now officially a thing.

...Internet to text seesters who are very far away.

...9 hours with Timothy James. He said that due to our limited time we were going to pull an all nighter... By 3am this kid was snoring.

...trombone players.

...Walmart on Thanksgiving day, to show the humor that is America, it was a pleasure.

...the men who stand outside the door with bells for donations. People should ring bells more often.

...Jared jewelers for not judging my crazy.

...moms who drink wine with daughters.

...Crock pots on sale for Black Friday for ten dolla. holla holla dolla dolla.

...concession stand popcorn.

...volleyball madness with frands to show just how horrible we really are. It is a sad reality that I still only know how to serve underhand and am bruised after only 20 minutes of playing. But I hit the ball soooooooo.

...fountain diet coke from McDonalds.

...the woman who sprinted ahead of me and snatched the later flight/ plane voucher deal right out of my reach (I blame my short legs for a short stride) and allowed me the privilege of flying (for the first time ever) in first class.

...the man in 4B for not judging me too hard over my minor overreaction to the treatment people in first class receive (I was going to take a picture of my meal! but I refrained for all involved... but believe me it was majestic).

...when sisters like my clothes enough to borrow them and ask for fashion advice.

...IKEA for smelling good.

...and food. and friends. and family. How could I ever forget the reason for the season!?!?! Clearly I have much to be thankful for... I hope you did too. Enjoy your day.

Friday, November 22, 2013

In which I ramble and post no photos...

Sorry friends, I've got nothing for ya. Except a lot of me talking about a lot of nothing.

Yesterday was a rough day for me, but it infinitely improved because of my Renew group. These ladies can make me laugh harder than anything and anyone. I highly recommend that if you ever need a pick-me-up you join us for dinner on Thursday nights when we talk too much and eat even more. But seriously, shout out to the two who came last night, you don't even know how much I needed that joy in my life. Possibly my high for next week?

Then my other friends took me to Wawa. This is like yes. I cannot even begin to tell you how great of an experience it is to drive to Maryland's finest Gas Station/ Convenience Store/ Extravagant, life-loving, Gods gift to humanity and America kind of place. You don't need to buy anything in order to make a Wawa trip a good time, you just need companionship. or even not. I guess what I am trying to say is I love you guys and I am looking forward to many more wawa runs before graduation, you mean the world to me and Wawa hoagies don't hurt. #grapesnackpack

I am trying to get a blog post out of Tim on the engagement, he says he is working on it but I haven't seen anything yet so I'll let you know when I know. Keep those fingers crossed. In the meantime he is posting posts of his own... Tim's a brilliant theologian and his posts are much much less heretical than mine... (Proof I'm a pagan?). In his post you will find C.S. Lewis, better grammar than mine, complete sentences, complete thoughts, Theological reflection, and Jesus walking on water. They say opposites attract, check his blog to see if it's real. ((http://chestertonianlewis.blogspot.com/))

Wedding plans are coming along. It's going to be a joyous 8/9/2014. Tim tries to play it up that he doesn't care and he is happy with whatever I chose, but it's all lies. He is the most opinionated person in the world. Just because he doesn't tell me explicitly what he wants doesn't mean I can't tell. His phrase of the moment, "Rylee, are you sure you want that?" ... Thanks.

So enjoy your weekend. Off to see the Hunger Games: Catching Fire, because I am a High School girl.

Peace.

Tuesday, November 19, 2013

Other Things Happened That Weekend Too...

Country Roads, Take Me Home. 
In Tim's car. 
Love fall in the Bend, you don't appreciate it until you're without it. 


Tim and his future self. Because at Notre Dame they hire retired men to drive you in golf carts anywhere on campus... only at Notre Dame.
A simply demonstration.

 ...

Open Rehearsal: The Tim Kenney experience.
Look at that native South Bendian... You didn't fool anyone hun, we all know you never lived in South Bend, you're a Granger boy through and through.

So here's about the before the engagement extravaganza. That's a whole big story, two part ordeal, hold on to your seats. But hurry up and wait for that post. Now lets skip to the next day:



We never drank the Champagne Tim had for us the night before (you will find out more soon) so why not pregame with it? Classy college engagement right? We know.



And friends

And football.



And fall.

It was a blessed weekend. So good to be home in the fall. With Tim. and my fam. seriously so good.



And you might have seen this insta up a long long time ago (i can still remember) but Tim's the best of the best and took me to this classy establishment on the way out of town. HOTDOGZ4LYFE. helovesme.


Sunday, November 17, 2013

Fam Squad


 My fam squad came to visit me for my birthday a few weeks ago. The Magee's don't tend to do spontaneous so this short weekend was unreal. We are talking Lizzie and Ethan getting together, completely unexpected but a fan fave. It was so great that they came and I could not stop talking about it. 

So my birthday was 22, old but not but like old so it's weird. I don't know how I feel about it yet, give it a few more weeks. And my parents called me on Wednesday and said we are coming this weekend, are you too busy? Ummmm, NO! Hadn't seen 'em since June, all else could wait (including that ten page paper). They picked up my seester in Cincinnati on the way and it made for such a joyous 22 hours.

The Best.


Mads is rull into a movie, can you tell which one?



My momma loves IKEA, IKEA, IKEA! And we don't have one in the sprawling suburb in which I live, so come to DC and it gets thrown on the list imediamente. While there I got sentimental about Roma and our (Tim's) apartment dishware. Miss it, and him. Vino out of coffee mugs? I'd go back.


So the fam visiting was the best, I am so grateful and I love these people so much. Bah, now I want Thanksgiving to be yesterday so I could enjoy the joy.
My fave. Seriously.

(not pictured: the twins, mom has more pics but she's been in Ireland so I'll have to post them at another time. oh chwell)

P.S. fake Tim? I walked into the House for our community meal and was greeted by this thing. My community had made a birthday meal for me complete with all of my favorite things; hot dogs, three musketeers, double chocolate cake, and fake Tim. Then I sat next to him during dinner... freaking me out. what? you too? I thought I was the only one!