FirstSex.

You get to do that when you are married. My parents never taught me anything about it but I learned about it on my own. The kids in middle school told me all about it. But I'm not here to talk about the "how"...or "why"...or "who." Because the obvious answers to those are; the way everyone else does it, because i'm in love, and Amanda, respectively.

Im more interested in discussing the when and where. There is a long outstanding debate, and to keep it clean for the children I'll put it this way, Airport hotel? or Honeymoon destination? There are critical pros and cons to be weighed for either option. Most critically, Airport hotel is sooner. And I believe I have already submitted my due diligence in waiting long enough. Also, "it" could be made to be a part of the whole wedding ceremony and festivities. Unfortunately, those pro's that are in support of the airport hotel are also the cons for the honeymoon destination, and vice versa.

The ultimate advantage for the honeymoon destination is that it is, well, the honeymoon destination. Additionally, this likely means tropical weather with endless privacy, bottles of wine with a delicious feast afterwards. All of which are sure to make for an unforgettable experience! And to be honest, 24 years...what's one more day. Right?

It has been great to post about this! I'm sure I have affirmatively embarrassed Princess Amanda on this blog and will pay for it later. Until then, signing out, and if your married, go have sex.

KG

Gainful Employment / Titans

I recognize that those subject haven't the slightest thing to do with each other. But for the sake of not creating 2 separate blogs I will include them both on this post. Props to my honey for knowing just how to get me to start posting on here (mention football).

It agreement with Amanda it will be a fun football game this sunday. The Titans are forced with an extra challenge of having to prepare for 2 radically different offensive schemes, one led by the fleet-footed Vick and the other by the golden-armed Kolb. The verdict is out on which quarterback will be given the start on sunday.

Flip over the coin and the Philadelphia Fagles, oops, Eagles, will also be challenged not only by the obvious threats of Chris Johnson, but also the apparent resurgence of the Titans receiving core which has torched opposing defenses in recent weeks.

In sum, Titans 31-10. In other football news, Ben Roethlisberger is a closet homo.

Now on to the more important issue of Gainful Employment. If you haven't checked the news lately this hot topic is gaining widespread popularity. While on it's face it may not appear to effect many of you, legislators nationwide are predicting that the passing of the bill (which will be voted on in the coming months) will have a profound effect on our nations educations system.

The brief overview is this: The Department of Education, in response to a swell in the number of grad students NOT GETTING JOBS after graduation, is attempting to regulate for-profit schools (including for-profit professional schools). The regulations will force these schools to deploy more open and honest policies of publishing actual facts such as graduation rate, first-year employment, drop-out rates, etc. The regulations will also be more strict in handing out absurd amounts of federal money to kids who are obviously not going to succeed at the for-profit schools. The for-profit CEO's of these schools are fighting this tooth-n-nail because this means they personally will profit less at the expense of poor johnny who can't even figure out how to zip up his own pants yet he was granted $140K by the Fed after he was accepted to for-profit law school or medical school.

I would urge you all to learn as much as you can about this issue and if you have a chance to vote on this issue, please help continue to rebuild our nations morals and vote in favor of Gainful Employment. To embark on some self-learning you can check out 75 Federal Registry 43616 or click this link

http://www2.ed.gov/legislation/FedRegister/proprule/2010-3/072610a.pdf

Manda-- Sorry for being political. love you!

house dividedddd

Side note before I begin... our save the dates came in the mail and now my friends you can just put us up on your refrigerators and enjoy until MAY 29 2011! YES.

okay next... so when Kevin and I get married we are going to be a house divided. YEP. He loves himself some titans and I LOVE myself some EAGLES. I was born and raised a dire hard Philadelphia sports fan of everything. The eagles, the phillies, the76ers (but I hate basketball) and the flyers. Except sometimes I actually do really like the predators and doing fang fingers at the games. BUT, we will never be cheering for the same team. Sometimes I think we both secretly pretend we are cheering for each other's teams when they are playing, but I think it's only because we want to be sweet to each other, but really we could care less. He told me the other day that our kids would cheer for his teams because he is the man and the kids always side with the man when it comes to sports. I think that is FALSE. My children will be wearing tiny green eagles jerseys and singing

Fly Eagles Fly, On The Road To Victory. Fight Eagles Fight, Score A Touchdown 1-2-3. Hit 'Em Low. Hit 'Em High. And We'll Watch Our Eagles Fly. Just kidding, but maybe.. I will give them a chance to make their own sweet decisions. Just know that mommy buys the presents children. :) Yep.. let the life long different team rivalry begin. I love you Kevin Gavigan. :)

best days are photo days.

I can spend hours upon hours in fields of cotton, on top of barns, petting pigs/horses, and feeding COWS (which are my heart y'all) all for the love of photos with my BFF for LYFE rebecca june. I mean really, we run out in to the middle of streets in DBURG or sit on the edge of the Mississippi River, or drive in snow storms just to capture an image that we hope depicts the lives we live and the fun we have together. Photo days are the BEST days and I am so glad the RJH loves them as much as I do. When we were driving today Kevin and I were talking on the phone and I explained to her how Kevin has said he has no desire to run in a field of wildflowers and take pictures with me... sad for me but I guess it's not so manly after all. Can't wait for the fun we are going to have taking engagement pictures and wedding pictures. It's like pulling teeth, but it will be so worth it in the end. I showed Rebecca, Kallima Photography today and she said it's perfect. I said I know. Been stalking her for 3 years now and I can't wait.

i work hard for the money.

no seriously I do. Like I work 7 days a week and make poverty level. Thank you age 24 and a degree in the arts. You gave me a creative mind and 4 school years filled with what I love to do most, only to leave me high and dry and in the real world called LIFE. But with all that said, ask me if I would change a thing? Go on, ask. Well I will tell you the answer. Nope, I wouldn't.

I loveeee love love, teaching dance and if I could do it every day full time I would in a heartbeat. Unfortunately the world is not hurting for modern dance teachers and if they are, there isn't much mula to put towards it. But I love it. And I'm working on my pilates certification right now, to go along with my dance teaching and man, oh man pilates has helped me find every little muscle my body contains. It's intense and worth it, but it's time consuming and the certification program is a lot of money that I work for every day and then turn around and spend. Anyways, needless to say, I better be in dang good shape come May when I get married because I will have just finished level 4 and in that level you are hanging upside down on the trap table doing reverse pushups. YES, that will be me.

Anyways, regarding the wedding planning, it has taken a somewhat backseat to life. I figured 7 months, I'm good.>> BAHAH yeah right, I know I have to do it but since I just had to go to Miami for level 2 training I had to focus on working out. Now back to wedding... Can't wait to see the invitations the talented Mrs. Shinnick had come up with.

Ok okay, yeah I love my fiance.

Good way to end it right?

seek up.

I really need to pick out bridesmaid dresses. I really need a passport. I really need to do a lot of things, but everything is just going to have to take a backseat for a little bit. Kevin told me that I could delegate some responsibilities to him, but I'm not a very good delegator. If I do it myself, then I know it gets done. If I leave it to others, then I have no control. I can delegate to my mom because she is just like me. 5 mins later she has done what I asked. I really only trust her. I think more so than ever and especially being older now, I have realized that my mother is one of the most incredible and selfless people I know. If I can be half the person she is, then I am off to an okay start. I am blessed and all over the place in this entry. Yep, it's true.

Oh man, can I please fastforward 7 months?

eat drink and be merry

oh so the best surprises in the world are when people you don't see very often come in for a visit. This past weekend, Kevin decided to come home and man, oh man, I was so very excited. I had to work a lot, but seeing him is better than not seeing him. On Monday we went to Loveless cafe with my parents and his parents and it was oh so nice. We had about a ten minute debate on whether or not the biscuits were some of the best we ever had, but other then that the families get along. Such a blessing, yep it is. We also went to the Frist center to see the Chihuly and Couture exhibits and guess who's idea it was? I'll give you a hint.. in the relationship I'm the artist dancer and he is the sports analytical mind.. so who's idea??? Oh right, that wasn't a hint because Kevin suggested it. I might have stopped breathing for a minute and I did have to ask if he was serious, but yep it was all in real life yall. And his little artistic heart painted himself a picture with watercolors.

I loved it. everything.

Need to order save the datesssss... we made them this past weekend.. next on the list to do.