So, we finally got Stef married off. First, the rehearsal went long as people were stuck in traffic due to I-70 being closed because of an accident. We had fun though. The rehearsal dinner was at another church down the road. Jerry and Jane had food catered in that was excellent.
The 8 wedding colors didn't look that bad as they were spread out. The cake was the only detail that was truly odd. And if you didn't know if was supposed to be a city building with windows, it might've looked OK. Janelle, Traci and I were in pretty bad moods Friday and theirs didn't improve much Saturday. I tried to just ignore her so I could stay in a good mood. I got some ideas out of it though, so that's a plus. I was disappointed that I didn't get a picture with just Stef or Stef and Josh. Shaun and I are going to make an effort to get one with each of our attendants separately and together. We didn't get a chance to sign the guestbook either. I think we will bring ours to the rehearsal dinner so that everyone gets a chance to do that. We have been having a hard time find a big enough autograph mat for 200 people. Alas.
So, apparently Stef says she will never do that again... course that's the point. I hope all works out well.
Friday, July 15, 2005
Tuesday, June 28, 2005
Stef's Bachelorette Party
So, Stef is getting married in 4 days. (We're getting married in 60). Janelle, Traci and I wanted to give her this awesome party to really celebrate the death of her bachelorettehood. She wasn't having it. She basically turned down every cool idea we had. SO, we decided not to tell her what we were doing, and told her to show up at my apt at 6:30. (Needless to say, I didn't leave Lafayette from my shower until 5:50... but who's counting. Oh, and we made it on time). We did a toast, and then headed to Jillian's where we ate and had a few drinks. Stef played Shuffle board with Angela and actually liked it. Then she looked bored, so we decided to head back to the apartment. Now, Stef had wanted a "spa" theme, so Traci and Janelle found some homemade recipes online for various facial treatments. They picked this oatmeal, honey and pineapple mask. It was disgusting. I was the guinea pig. They didn't crush up the pineapple very much so it was running down my hair and into my ears. I was shrieking the whole 10 minutes. Oh, and it looked like baby barf. The second batch Traci crushed the pineapple more, so it was more sticky than anything else. I got out the foot bath that Shaun bought me. It was a huge hit! We snacked and played "Question Jenga" where you pulled a block out and then handed it someone who you wanted to hear their answer to that question. It was quite enlightening. We went to bed at 4 AM.
Stef, Angela, Traci and Janelle woke up at 8:30 and went to Starbucks and came back. Krystal and I slept through it all. We awoke at 11 to find them all going to lunch. We decided to stay up and through some lasagna in the oven. Later, Traci and Janelle came back and we went swimming. It was so hot out, and the pool felt so nice. She came back, showered, and went to Cheeseburger in Paradise for dinner. Krystal and I split the Not to Particular burger which was quite tasty. Traci and Janelle split the shrimp appetizer and a Cheeseburger in Paradise drink. I also got one, but for some reason they gave me the large, and gave them a small one. I thought I was going to die. Luckily Krystal help me drink some of it.
Stef, Angela, Traci and Janelle woke up at 8:30 and went to Starbucks and came back. Krystal and I slept through it all. We awoke at 11 to find them all going to lunch. We decided to stay up and through some lasagna in the oven. Later, Traci and Janelle came back and we went swimming. It was so hot out, and the pool felt so nice. She came back, showered, and went to Cheeseburger in Paradise for dinner. Krystal and I split the Not to Particular burger which was quite tasty. Traci and Janelle split the shrimp appetizer and a Cheeseburger in Paradise drink. I also got one, but for some reason they gave me the large, and gave them a small one. I thought I was going to die. Luckily Krystal help me drink some of it.
"From My Shower to Yours"
Renee and Krystal threw me a bridal shower on Saturday. I had a blast. We played this game where everyone got their plate as they arrived and wrote on the back how they knew me. Then after everyone had arrived, they gave their plates to me, and I had to guess who they were. Then I gave them their plate back, and they would have their piece of cake. I only missed two... and they were both hard. Then we did a "Shaun & Adrianne Trivia Quiz." I got them all right! Ma won. She said, "I've known Shaun for 25 years, and Adrianne for 7, so I better win!" It was pretty funny. We visited and ate cake. We drank memosas and punch. Then it was present time. I haven't sat in front of a crowd and opened presents in a long time. It was quite the odd feeling. But we got lots of cool gifts. It's had been so long since I registered I had forgotten what I registered for. We received: an electric wok, spice rack, bar caddy, spice gift set, fondue set, iron, spritzer, ironing organizer, tupperware bowl, garnisher, canister set, clock, picture frame, crock-pot, oil & vinegar set and a wooden salad bowl set. Most of the stuff was stainless steel of course! I handed out little bath salts wrapped in toole that said, "From my shower to yours." They were so cute. I have more I'm giving out at my next shower. I think everyone had a great time. Thank you Renee and Krystal!!!
Forgot...
I see I forgot to mention that Charity & Steve arrived back Tuesday evening to find their apartment had flooded. Also, they learned that the people they bought their house from would actually like to move out sooner than they had originally said. So, maybe this will work out in the end.
Friday, June 24, 2005
"What Happens in Vegas Stays in Vegas"
That is... unless it's too funny not to share!
So our weekend began at 5:30 Saturday morning at the sound of Shaun's phone ringing. He doesn't here it; I shove him, and his torso disappears off the bed. He comes up with phone, but it's stopped ringing. "It's just Dan" he says. Well, that means I need to get up. Then Dan calls to say they are on 465, so I have just 5 minutes to get up. I walk outside to the car. I'm starring up at the tree thinking there are a lot of birds and that all the apt's on the other side are shaded. I don't notice that Dan & Jen drove by, got out of the car, and were walking toward me. We laugh and I get them to the airport to see this huge line. So, I go back home, try to go back to sleep, and when the alarm goes off I tell him about this huge line and that we should get there a little early. Well he rushes me out the door and I wind up forgetting a few things.
When we arrive at the airport we don't know where to park. We ended up in what I later learned was Business Class $8 a day parking. Alas. So, we have a lay over in Minneapolis, and arrive safely in Vegas around 5. We are starving at this point because Northwest doesn't give you snacks. Instead they charge you for a $3 snack. We waited for our luggage to come around the carousel for 45 minutes. Then we get on the shuttle that took Dan and Jen over an hour, but luckily only took us a half over to get to our hotel on. As we are deboarding, we call Dan who tells us that Charity and Steve missed their flight, and won't be arriving until Sunday morning.
We arrive at the hotel to find Dan and Jen asleep. They get ready and go to the Celine Dion concert that Dan later described as phenomenal. (This is the only woman he pays to see all weekend, and she kept her clothes on). Amy arrives an hour late around 10 and we walk down to Treasure Island to meet Dan and Jen halfway. They do a show there, which was pretty dumb, but the fire part was cool. We went back to the hotel and went to bed.
Sunday we get up and Amy, Shaun and I head to the pool for some peak sun time exposure. We are called by Charity, who has now arrived, telling us to come get our luggage because we are changing rooms. Apparently we had paid for a room on the top floors and they had put us on the bottom. So, we go back, get Dan and Jen and all of our stuff and get ready to go. We go to Arby's for lunch, which was only slightly overpriced. Then, we went to a Native American shop and I bought some sunglasses, a necklace and matching earrings that I wore the rest of the trip. Then we took the bus down to the other end of the strip and we all walked back except Charity and Steve who took a cab. We walked into most of the hotels on the one side of the strip.
So Monday is where the real fun began. Charity got the brilliant idea to rent a vehicle and drive to the North Rim of the Grand Canyon. Sounds easy enough. We also wanted to go to the Hoover Dam, but this is in the opposite direction. So, we get up early and head out around 9am for the Hoover Dam. It was quite fascinating and we took most of the tours and tons of pictures. We head back to Vegas and stop and In and Out Burger due to Shaun's nagging request. I got a double double no bun. It was quite good. No one else was as impressed as us, but what are you going to do. Well, it's 3pm and we are now heading for the Grand Canyon. Now, we have asked several people at the concierge desk, gas stations clerks and the like how long it will take to get there. We heard estimates anywhere from 2 1/2 to 6 hours, with 5 hours being the general consensus to get to the South Rim. Well, we don't have 11 hours to go on this trip seeings how it's already 3pm. So, we opted for the "shortcut." Now this shortcut is on a "partially paved road." Oh, what the hell, let the adventure begin!
We start out on a fully paved road, but with no lines. But it has guard rails, so we think... this isn't so bad. Then... the road becomes unpaved, but with pretty nice gravel. We pass one truck who is stranded, but he's on a cell phone. We're thinking... hey we have cell phone service... can't be that bad. Then... then road becomes more narrow and more dirt, less gravel, no guard rails. Getting more skeptical. Two and half hours later, we have passed a total of 2 other trucks with drivers waving and laughing at us... this should be a sign. Next we starting seeing huge yellow road signs that read, "PRIMITIVE ROAD: ROAD NOT REGULARLY MAINTAINED. CONTINUE AT YOUR OWN RISK." Does this stop us?? Of course not! Forge ahead! So, now it's 6:15pm and we see this school house. We get out and learn that the last resident of this county was in 1988, with a population of one. This school house hasn't been used sin 1991, but had burnt down in 2001 and was rebuilt with donations. It was very cool, and we were taking all sorts of pictures since this is the first piece of civilization we've seen in 3 hours. The men look at the map and determine we would have to go as far as we've come to get to the Grand Canyon. Did I mention it was 6:15pm? So, Shaun and I try to convince everyone that the sun sets early in the desert and that we don't have time to go that far. Well, there's another sign that reads, "Whitmore Canyon 15 miles." Well, 5/7 vote was taken to forge to Whitmore Canyon. You can guess who the 2 that didn't want to go were. That's right... the bride and groom. Course, truth be told, Shaun and I wouldn't have even began a journey on a road labeled as partially unpaved. But, when there a group of you it suddenly seems like a good idea. Well, the road got a lot worse, and there were a ton of cows. Oh, and there were so many jack rabbits. We almost hit a dozen of them. So, anyway, we almost drive off a cliff and this is where Shaun and I determine that we've had enough and it's time to turn around. So, Dan decides to go 60 mph all the way back. Oh, and did I mention that we were in a mini-van! It was quite scary. So, we make it back 11:30.
So, Shaun said "we've been in Vegas for 3 days, and we haven't even gambled yet." So, we showered and went down and gambled. I lost $7, and was quite pissed about it.
Tuesday morning we Shaun and Dan woke up and went to a poker tournament. They lost. Jen and I sat around and relaxed while Amy went to the pool. Then we all went to eat at the lunch buffet. Then mom and Travis came over. Mom was apparently doing very well at Bridge. How bizarre. We went to the M&M factory and a few other places we hadn't been before. Jen went back to the pearl place we were on Sunday, and bought a necklace and earrings. She said she was so excited she was going to wear them to bed. I bought a pearl necklace that I'm going to wear to the wedding.
We had dinner at the Blue Iguana. It was one of the best Mexican places I've ever eaten, and it had the best margaritas. We flew back, and arrived at my apt at 6am. Needless to say, I didn't make it to work Wed!
Thanks to Shaun, Dan, Jen, Charity, Steve and Amy for another fun "group vacation" and I can't wait for the next one...
So our weekend began at 5:30 Saturday morning at the sound of Shaun's phone ringing. He doesn't here it; I shove him, and his torso disappears off the bed. He comes up with phone, but it's stopped ringing. "It's just Dan" he says. Well, that means I need to get up. Then Dan calls to say they are on 465, so I have just 5 minutes to get up. I walk outside to the car. I'm starring up at the tree thinking there are a lot of birds and that all the apt's on the other side are shaded. I don't notice that Dan & Jen drove by, got out of the car, and were walking toward me. We laugh and I get them to the airport to see this huge line. So, I go back home, try to go back to sleep, and when the alarm goes off I tell him about this huge line and that we should get there a little early. Well he rushes me out the door and I wind up forgetting a few things.
When we arrive at the airport we don't know where to park. We ended up in what I later learned was Business Class $8 a day parking. Alas. So, we have a lay over in Minneapolis, and arrive safely in Vegas around 5. We are starving at this point because Northwest doesn't give you snacks. Instead they charge you for a $3 snack. We waited for our luggage to come around the carousel for 45 minutes. Then we get on the shuttle that took Dan and Jen over an hour, but luckily only took us a half over to get to our hotel on. As we are deboarding, we call Dan who tells us that Charity and Steve missed their flight, and won't be arriving until Sunday morning.
We arrive at the hotel to find Dan and Jen asleep. They get ready and go to the Celine Dion concert that Dan later described as phenomenal. (This is the only woman he pays to see all weekend, and she kept her clothes on). Amy arrives an hour late around 10 and we walk down to Treasure Island to meet Dan and Jen halfway. They do a show there, which was pretty dumb, but the fire part was cool. We went back to the hotel and went to bed.
Sunday we get up and Amy, Shaun and I head to the pool for some peak sun time exposure. We are called by Charity, who has now arrived, telling us to come get our luggage because we are changing rooms. Apparently we had paid for a room on the top floors and they had put us on the bottom. So, we go back, get Dan and Jen and all of our stuff and get ready to go. We go to Arby's for lunch, which was only slightly overpriced. Then, we went to a Native American shop and I bought some sunglasses, a necklace and matching earrings that I wore the rest of the trip. Then we took the bus down to the other end of the strip and we all walked back except Charity and Steve who took a cab. We walked into most of the hotels on the one side of the strip.
So Monday is where the real fun began. Charity got the brilliant idea to rent a vehicle and drive to the North Rim of the Grand Canyon. Sounds easy enough. We also wanted to go to the Hoover Dam, but this is in the opposite direction. So, we get up early and head out around 9am for the Hoover Dam. It was quite fascinating and we took most of the tours and tons of pictures. We head back to Vegas and stop and In and Out Burger due to Shaun's nagging request. I got a double double no bun. It was quite good. No one else was as impressed as us, but what are you going to do. Well, it's 3pm and we are now heading for the Grand Canyon. Now, we have asked several people at the concierge desk, gas stations clerks and the like how long it will take to get there. We heard estimates anywhere from 2 1/2 to 6 hours, with 5 hours being the general consensus to get to the South Rim. Well, we don't have 11 hours to go on this trip seeings how it's already 3pm. So, we opted for the "shortcut." Now this shortcut is on a "partially paved road." Oh, what the hell, let the adventure begin!
We start out on a fully paved road, but with no lines. But it has guard rails, so we think... this isn't so bad. Then... the road becomes unpaved, but with pretty nice gravel. We pass one truck who is stranded, but he's on a cell phone. We're thinking... hey we have cell phone service... can't be that bad. Then... then road becomes more narrow and more dirt, less gravel, no guard rails. Getting more skeptical. Two and half hours later, we have passed a total of 2 other trucks with drivers waving and laughing at us... this should be a sign. Next we starting seeing huge yellow road signs that read, "PRIMITIVE ROAD: ROAD NOT REGULARLY MAINTAINED. CONTINUE AT YOUR OWN RISK." Does this stop us?? Of course not! Forge ahead! So, now it's 6:15pm and we see this school house. We get out and learn that the last resident of this county was in 1988, with a population of one. This school house hasn't been used sin 1991, but had burnt down in 2001 and was rebuilt with donations. It was very cool, and we were taking all sorts of pictures since this is the first piece of civilization we've seen in 3 hours. The men look at the map and determine we would have to go as far as we've come to get to the Grand Canyon. Did I mention it was 6:15pm? So, Shaun and I try to convince everyone that the sun sets early in the desert and that we don't have time to go that far. Well, there's another sign that reads, "Whitmore Canyon 15 miles." Well, 5/7 vote was taken to forge to Whitmore Canyon. You can guess who the 2 that didn't want to go were. That's right... the bride and groom. Course, truth be told, Shaun and I wouldn't have even began a journey on a road labeled as partially unpaved. But, when there a group of you it suddenly seems like a good idea. Well, the road got a lot worse, and there were a ton of cows. Oh, and there were so many jack rabbits. We almost hit a dozen of them. So, anyway, we almost drive off a cliff and this is where Shaun and I determine that we've had enough and it's time to turn around. So, Dan decides to go 60 mph all the way back. Oh, and did I mention that we were in a mini-van! It was quite scary. So, we make it back 11:30.
So, Shaun said "we've been in Vegas for 3 days, and we haven't even gambled yet." So, we showered and went down and gambled. I lost $7, and was quite pissed about it.
Tuesday morning we Shaun and Dan woke up and went to a poker tournament. They lost. Jen and I sat around and relaxed while Amy went to the pool. Then we all went to eat at the lunch buffet. Then mom and Travis came over. Mom was apparently doing very well at Bridge. How bizarre. We went to the M&M factory and a few other places we hadn't been before. Jen went back to the pearl place we were on Sunday, and bought a necklace and earrings. She said she was so excited she was going to wear them to bed. I bought a pearl necklace that I'm going to wear to the wedding.
We had dinner at the Blue Iguana. It was one of the best Mexican places I've ever eaten, and it had the best margaritas. We flew back, and arrived at my apt at 6am. Needless to say, I didn't make it to work Wed!
Thanks to Shaun, Dan, Jen, Charity, Steve and Amy for another fun "group vacation" and I can't wait for the next one...
Saturday, June 11, 2005
77 Days to G-O
So, we mailed the wedding invitations today. A little early, but now they are out of the house, and I'm looking forward to what recipes people will send us. I ordered a recipe card cookbook holder from Pampered Chef to put all these RSVP's in. We also ordered the shotglasses. They are quite cute, and should arrive in mid July. So, 2 more things checked off the list with only 47 more to go.
James and Angelina had a garage sale today. We only made a little less than $20. Alas. And we still have a ton of stuff. I guess I'm going to try and convince them to store it until they have their next garage sale over Labor Day weekend. Then we will have a bunch more stuff to sell. I came back and took a 2 hour nap... it was quite nice.
Dan defended his thesis yesterday. He did really well, and now has to publish a couple articles before he can say farewell to West Lafayette, IN and head to MN where he'll have to plug in his car. We went to Tony's and The Other Pub to celebrate last night. Jere and Lisa joined us for the occasion.
The Schafer-Lehnen family reunion is tomorrow. I'm so excited, even though I just saw most of the people last weekend at Bea and Bud 50th Anniversary party. I didn't really get to talk to them though. Then we're going to go to his dad's and drop off the digital camera that we and Kyle and Ashleigh went in on for his Father's Day/ Birthday Gift. Hey, doing it a week early. We were supposed to try and go golfing with my dad this weekend, but it's been raining so, we are going to try and do it the weekend after Vegas. Course my shower is that weekend, but hopefully we can fit it in Sunday.
We decided to make a trip to VA right after Stef and Josh's wedding. We are going to see Kyle for a couple days, then drive up and see Charity and Steve. They just bought a new house, so maybe they will be in it by the time we get there.
We went to meet with Dave yesterday for our final marriage counseling session, and he didn't show up. This was after we half wanted to cancel anyway since Dan wanted to go out to celebrate the completion of his master's and life with Dr. J. Alas. We drove for basically 2 hours for nothing. Linda was there, and didn't know what happened to him. She gave us a personality quiz that told us we are complete opposites. Nothing we didn't already know. But Shaun got to spend more time with Linda.
James and Angelina had a garage sale today. We only made a little less than $20. Alas. And we still have a ton of stuff. I guess I'm going to try and convince them to store it until they have their next garage sale over Labor Day weekend. Then we will have a bunch more stuff to sell. I came back and took a 2 hour nap... it was quite nice.
Dan defended his thesis yesterday. He did really well, and now has to publish a couple articles before he can say farewell to West Lafayette, IN and head to MN where he'll have to plug in his car. We went to Tony's and The Other Pub to celebrate last night. Jere and Lisa joined us for the occasion.
The Schafer-Lehnen family reunion is tomorrow. I'm so excited, even though I just saw most of the people last weekend at Bea and Bud 50th Anniversary party. I didn't really get to talk to them though. Then we're going to go to his dad's and drop off the digital camera that we and Kyle and Ashleigh went in on for his Father's Day/ Birthday Gift. Hey, doing it a week early. We were supposed to try and go golfing with my dad this weekend, but it's been raining so, we are going to try and do it the weekend after Vegas. Course my shower is that weekend, but hopefully we can fit it in Sunday.
We decided to make a trip to VA right after Stef and Josh's wedding. We are going to see Kyle for a couple days, then drive up and see Charity and Steve. They just bought a new house, so maybe they will be in it by the time we get there.
We went to meet with Dave yesterday for our final marriage counseling session, and he didn't show up. This was after we half wanted to cancel anyway since Dan wanted to go out to celebrate the completion of his master's and life with Dr. J. Alas. We drove for basically 2 hours for nothing. Linda was there, and didn't know what happened to him. She gave us a personality quiz that told us we are complete opposites. Nothing we didn't already know. But Shaun got to spend more time with Linda.
Sunday, June 05, 2005
Catch-up
Tons have happened with no time for blogging. Let me try to recap. Had my first dress fitting yesterday. Basically my tits need to be bigger, and my ass smaller. So, hopefully the next one will go better which is June 23rd.
Finally got the sermons I ordered today at church. Apparently they had some troubles with the CD burner. So, I can't wait to hear them.
Shaun got the invitations stamped and stuffed. So, we are just waiting to mail them now. I'm getting ansy, so we may do it next weekend.
Saw Charity and Steve last weekend, she brought the flowers. They look really nice. Mine is really heavy. Mom called to say she got her flowers done, and she should be mailing them soon.
Convinced Stephanie to come down randomly Friday after work. She got to meet Jen and Dan and Kathleen. She left, and everyone else stayed to play poker.
Saturday we ran by his dad's to get the deposit for Mt. Jacks. I finalized everything with them this week. We picked our meals and such. I'm very excited about the rehearsal dinner. They are letting us bring in a cake so we don't have to pay for dessert. We are having a champagne toast there and at the wedding.
Today we are going to Otterbien for Bea and Bud's 50th Anniversary party. Last Sunday we went to Gma Water's where Bob, Charlene, Bernie, Barbara and Aunt Mary were there. I told Cassie I saw a glimpse of what our lives will be like in 50 years as Barbara and Charlene were complaining about their husbands. I'm meeting up with Cassie on Tuesday. We have a lot to catch up on. She informed me that Uncle Kenny is having is annual schindig on June 25th, the same day as my shower. Of course no one tell me about this, so I have to hear about it from Cassie. I swear I'm the first to hear everything about Shaun's family, and the last to hear about everything from my own family.
My hardrive crashed on Tuesday while I was recovering my food poisoning from a Memorial Day cheeseball. What a disaster. The new one came Thursday and Shaun installed almost everything for me, but told me to bring my Dell discs down. Well, I brought some discs, but none of them were the ones I needed. Alas. Most everything was backed up and Shaun and Jere were able to recover my Pampered Partner files.
So, hopefully this week will go a little better. Dan defends his thesis on Friday, which mean he and Jen will be leaving us shortly. We have our last marriage counseling session on Friday. James' neighborhood is having a garage sale Saturday, so we are going to take some junk over for that.
Finally got the sermons I ordered today at church. Apparently they had some troubles with the CD burner. So, I can't wait to hear them.
Shaun got the invitations stamped and stuffed. So, we are just waiting to mail them now. I'm getting ansy, so we may do it next weekend.
Saw Charity and Steve last weekend, she brought the flowers. They look really nice. Mine is really heavy. Mom called to say she got her flowers done, and she should be mailing them soon.
Convinced Stephanie to come down randomly Friday after work. She got to meet Jen and Dan and Kathleen. She left, and everyone else stayed to play poker.
Saturday we ran by his dad's to get the deposit for Mt. Jacks. I finalized everything with them this week. We picked our meals and such. I'm very excited about the rehearsal dinner. They are letting us bring in a cake so we don't have to pay for dessert. We are having a champagne toast there and at the wedding.
Today we are going to Otterbien for Bea and Bud's 50th Anniversary party. Last Sunday we went to Gma Water's where Bob, Charlene, Bernie, Barbara and Aunt Mary were there. I told Cassie I saw a glimpse of what our lives will be like in 50 years as Barbara and Charlene were complaining about their husbands. I'm meeting up with Cassie on Tuesday. We have a lot to catch up on. She informed me that Uncle Kenny is having is annual schindig on June 25th, the same day as my shower. Of course no one tell me about this, so I have to hear about it from Cassie. I swear I'm the first to hear everything about Shaun's family, and the last to hear about everything from my own family.
My hardrive crashed on Tuesday while I was recovering my food poisoning from a Memorial Day cheeseball. What a disaster. The new one came Thursday and Shaun installed almost everything for me, but told me to bring my Dell discs down. Well, I brought some discs, but none of them were the ones I needed. Alas. Most everything was backed up and Shaun and Jere were able to recover my Pampered Partner files.
So, hopefully this week will go a little better. Dan defends his thesis on Friday, which mean he and Jen will be leaving us shortly. We have our last marriage counseling session on Friday. James' neighborhood is having a garage sale Saturday, so we are going to take some junk over for that.
Tuesday, May 24, 2005
95 Days To Go...
So, the countdown is definitely on as we are in the double digits with 95 days and counting until the big day. I must say that things are pretty much under control. Maria gave me the envelopes today, so I could mail the invitations any time. I think I will grab that stuff when I stop by the apt today.
Here at work we are ending the lease on the National President's apt and everyone can bid on the stuff and take it home. So far I have come away with all the liquor, a very comfortable recliner, some crystal candlesticks and a little electric skillet with a glass lid. It's all very nice. I'm especially excited about the recliner as we don't really have any place to sit at the house. I'm trying to convince Shaun to borrow dad's truck and bring some of this stuff up to the house. I would like to move the bed up there since I think the air mattress is giving me back problems. My back has been really bothering me the last couple days. I should prolly just go to the Chiro instead.
Since the picture frames are finished I really have no reason to not finish the table name card descriptions. Which hopefully shouldn't take me too long. I need to do some other minor things, and get fitted for my dress. Other than that, I think I'm all set. So basically I'm just coasting. Charity said the bouquets and boutineers are finished, so I'm excited to see how those turned out. Her cousin and one of her bridesmaids is just got engaged and is getting married the weekend after us. I wouldn't want to be her right now. Just starting this daunting process. Course she's actually excited, so that would probably help. And her and her mother agree on things I guess, and she is coming out to help her. It truly is a blessing that my mother moved when I got engaged. I don't think I could've planned this with more of her input.
I'm still thinking about cutting a few more people off the guest list. People that I've tried to call, and I haven't talked to in months. I'll run it by Shaun. Yes, I must say that I really can't wait til this blessed event is over with.
Here at work we are ending the lease on the National President's apt and everyone can bid on the stuff and take it home. So far I have come away with all the liquor, a very comfortable recliner, some crystal candlesticks and a little electric skillet with a glass lid. It's all very nice. I'm especially excited about the recliner as we don't really have any place to sit at the house. I'm trying to convince Shaun to borrow dad's truck and bring some of this stuff up to the house. I would like to move the bed up there since I think the air mattress is giving me back problems. My back has been really bothering me the last couple days. I should prolly just go to the Chiro instead.
Since the picture frames are finished I really have no reason to not finish the table name card descriptions. Which hopefully shouldn't take me too long. I need to do some other minor things, and get fitted for my dress. Other than that, I think I'm all set. So basically I'm just coasting. Charity said the bouquets and boutineers are finished, so I'm excited to see how those turned out. Her cousin and one of her bridesmaids is just got engaged and is getting married the weekend after us. I wouldn't want to be her right now. Just starting this daunting process. Course she's actually excited, so that would probably help. And her and her mother agree on things I guess, and she is coming out to help her. It truly is a blessing that my mother moved when I got engaged. I don't think I could've planned this with more of her input.
I'm still thinking about cutting a few more people off the guest list. People that I've tried to call, and I haven't talked to in months. I'll run it by Shaun. Yes, I must say that I really can't wait til this blessed event is over with.
Monday, May 23, 2005
Good Luck Kyle!
Kyle graduated from UTI and Volvo Safe this year and is on his way to a career at Phillips Volvo in VA Beach. I'm very excited for him... and proud. But, I'm also sad that he's leaving us. I've drove back to Lafayette today, and am going to drive again tomorrow to spend some more time with him before he goes. He came over for brat's tonight after him and Dad fixed my mirror. (Long story... card reader won). Ashleigh is going with him and is wanting to go back to school. I really hope she does. She just totaled her car last week, so is currently without wheels. Kyle is trying to sell everyone a Volvo now, and pretty much has me convinced. Maybe they could just send him to the sales floor when things are slow in the shop. So, I wish him well on his new venture, and can't wait to visit him in VA Beach!
Tuesday, May 10, 2005
So Intense
Stephanie came over for dinner last night. I made Salisbury steaks with baked potatoes with sour cream and little ears of corn on the cob. It was so good. Then we chit chatted and I showed off the proposal video, and other wedding paraphernalia . She left as Everwood was starting. It was so intense! Rose finds out she has cancer, Andy finds out he loves Nina, Bright finds out he likes Hannah, and that she still likes him, Amy doesn't tell Ephram that her mom has cancer, Ephram sold all his piano stuff to fund a trip to Europe, Bright turns down going with him to be responsible and go to summer school. Man, tons happened. Then I watched CSI Miami where Horatio and his sister-in-law find out that his brother might still be alive. Goodness.
So, tonight I think Beth and I are going to hit the gym. Carol and I went on a walk the last two days during lunch... every lit bit helps. Plus I haven't been in like 3 weeks. Tomorrow Krystal is coming over.... haven't seen her in weeks! And Thursday Shaun and I are going to Chicago for Kyle's graduation.
Adam found out he's definitely going and that he either has to be on a convoy (those things that get blown up all the time on the news) or law enforcement (sounds much less exciting, but more safe). So, we're praying for the second.
So, tonight I think Beth and I are going to hit the gym. Carol and I went on a walk the last two days during lunch... every lit bit helps. Plus I haven't been in like 3 weeks. Tomorrow Krystal is coming over.... haven't seen her in weeks! And Thursday Shaun and I are going to Chicago for Kyle's graduation.
Adam found out he's definitely going and that he either has to be on a convoy (those things that get blown up all the time on the news) or law enforcement (sounds much less exciting, but more safe). So, we're praying for the second.
Sunday, May 08, 2005
Good News and Bad News
So, good news first. Kyle got a job in VA beach at Phillips Volvo. They are paying his moving expenses and his new boss found him a 2 bdrm townhouse that's only $500/ month. Ashleigh has decided to move with him and maybe find a school to go to. He's really excited. He graduated this Friday, and Shaun and I are going up on Thursday to represent the family and celebrate. I'm so proud of him.
Bad news. Adam is being deployed to Iraq again in July. If that's not bad enough... he'll miss the wedding, and he was a groomsmen. So, Shaun is thinking about who he wants to replace him. He might have to go for training, even though he went through training the last time he went. Bill and Shaun and I talked about going to see him for a long weekend sometime between after June 12th. Course Shaun and I will be in Vegas the 18th-21st for our bachelor/ bachelorette parties so it can't be then. We've already booked the tickets.
OH, and Happy Mother's Day to mom, Angelina, Grandma Waters, Grandma Schafer, Ma, Grandma Sue, and all of you other mothers out there!
Bad news. Adam is being deployed to Iraq again in July. If that's not bad enough... he'll miss the wedding, and he was a groomsmen. So, Shaun is thinking about who he wants to replace him. He might have to go for training, even though he went through training the last time he went. Bill and Shaun and I talked about going to see him for a long weekend sometime between after June 12th. Course Shaun and I will be in Vegas the 18th-21st for our bachelor/ bachelorette parties so it can't be then. We've already booked the tickets.
OH, and Happy Mother's Day to mom, Angelina, Grandma Waters, Grandma Schafer, Ma, Grandma Sue, and all of you other mothers out there!
House Hunting
Shaun and I have been house hunting in recent weeks. Yes, this all began because my mother got the idea to sell her house. The one that Shaun moved all his belongings into thinking we were going to spend the next 3 years in. So, we found one last week we liked and then found one yesterday that we loved. It's out by Meijer, has a huge deck that extends past the master bedroom with another sliding glass door. It has vaulted ceilings, nice size bedrooms and kitchen, and it's in our price range. Plus the people are building and don't want to move out until mid-July, which is when we wanted to move.
So, then we're talking last night about possibly making an offer on this house, and discussing where we are going to come up with this money for a down payment, plus pay for this wedding. We have some people we could borrow from, but then we would just be in more debt than we are. And with me commuting to Indy everyday, my gas budget is going to increase significantly. Basically, we decided to talk to my mom and convince her that we need to stay there so we can use the next 3 years paying off debts and saving for a down payment. Because buying really doesn't make much financial sense. But, now that's we've been looking, I was getting really excited about owning a new home. But, if something went wrong with the house, we wouldn't be able to afford to fix it. So, Alas.
So, then we're talking last night about possibly making an offer on this house, and discussing where we are going to come up with this money for a down payment, plus pay for this wedding. We have some people we could borrow from, but then we would just be in more debt than we are. And with me commuting to Indy everyday, my gas budget is going to increase significantly. Basically, we decided to talk to my mom and convince her that we need to stay there so we can use the next 3 years paying off debts and saving for a down payment. Because buying really doesn't make much financial sense. But, now that's we've been looking, I was getting really excited about owning a new home. But, if something went wrong with the house, we wouldn't be able to afford to fix it. So, Alas.
Tuesday, May 03, 2005
Do you not see me running circles around you?
What exactly goes through Leonard's mind when he enters the domain commonly known as work? I mean really. The most the guy moved today was when I briskly walked by and he dramatically threw his hands down as if me jetting by would blow the papers off his desk! Well, Leonard, maybe if you actually did some work, there wouldn't be so many papers on your desk and then me walking wouldn't be such a hindrance to you.
I met with the National President today on 3 different occasions. I swear this woman never makes up her mind about anything until it's too late. This she hands me this article ripped out of a Sky magazine (doesn't she know these things are free?) and says, "I would like something like this (commemorative gold coin) for the National Commandeers gift, but not exactly like it." Would someone like to tell me what the hell that means?
I met with the National President today on 3 different occasions. I swear this woman never makes up her mind about anything until it's too late. This she hands me this article ripped out of a Sky magazine (doesn't she know these things are free?) and says, "I would like something like this (commemorative gold coin) for the National Commandeers gift, but not exactly like it." Would someone like to tell me what the hell that means?
Meetinged Out
I wanted to get to work early this morning. Instead, I awoke at 7:20, got stuck in traffic, went to Starbucks and got to work at 8:05. I have just enough time to read my emails, check my voicemail, and yell at Leonard when I realize that I have a meeting at Worrell at 9 that I have to leave for by 8:30. I then read an email from Marta informing me that I'm now to take over all the purchasing, and that I can handle all the awards for convention. This is fine, but of course Rina has been doing the awards and I have no clue what's going on. And of course I have time to take over purchasing. After this email, I call Lucia and ask if she is ready to leave for our meeting. She says yes, so I go downstairs, only to find her on the phone. I'm wondering who she could be talking to when I realize it's Tony. So I walk to Tony's office and tell him to get off the phone so we can leave. So, we finally leave and then we get on I-74 instead of I-70 and wind up at the 4400 block of Post Rd instead of the 300 block. Get to meeting late. We're there for 2 hours. Get back to office only to find that Stephanie has already left for lunch and Carol is having leftovers from yesterday when we went to Old Pointe. I take one for the team, and ask Kay to go with me to Wendy's. Had an extremely crisp salad and a baked potato. Get back to office, read emails, look of faxes and answer messages. Lucia comes up to remind me that I have another meeting in 5 minutes with Von to discuss something I haven't had time to finish. Attend meeting to learn that it didn't matter because he had given me the wrong format to do it in. So, I got back to my desk at 2:30. Sat down. Sighed. Received phone call from Mitzi saying that I needed to get pricing on ribbons for event in Jan 2006. Can't this wait? Call from receptionist saying I have a fax. Thanks. Then I call and complain to the cubicle people who were supposed to dis/ and reassemble two work stations today and just came out and measured. Complained for 2 minutes. She said she would call back. We have an appt. for them to come out tomorrow and do their job. Called ribbon people. Then realized that the National President will be tomorrow and that I'm now included in that meeting so I can figure out what awards I still need to order. Not to mention that I have a Dr's appt in the morning and will be in late. Basically I'm fed up with meetings and petitioning to have them cease at once!
Sunday, May 01, 2005
Busy Weekend...
Busy weekend. Met with up Travis and Christy Friday night at Rheilie Brothers. It was dead, but it was good to see them. We were exhausted, so we came home and went to bed. Saturday we got up at 8am to take Marie to the airport. We had a nice chat on the way down and picked up a couple things at the apt. on the way back to Lafayette. Then we met with Dad and Valerie at LBC. This was both their first times. They loved it. Then we went and looked at 9 houses. We feel in love with one in Valley Forge on George Washington. That's a long street name to write, but the house is adorable and reasonably priced. Then I met up with Stef and Josh and Janelle while he helped Dan move Jen into his apt. We stickered some garage sale stuff and then went to Shaun's. We took them to LBC so Josh could have the best hamburger ever. He's obsessed with hamburgers and was a definite fan of their Angus burger. Then we went to Fantasy Gift Shop because Stef wanted to go. I still can't figure that one out. Then we came home and went to bed. We all went to church this morning, for a very good service and then swung by the house in Valley Forge. Then we tried to go to lunch at LBC, but forgot they were closed on Sundays, so we went to Arni's instead. I'm still full. Then Shaun went to his dad's to change is oil and Josh and Stef and I went back to finish stickering the garage sale stuff. They dropped me off at Bill's and then headed home. Shaun is now cooking steaks on the new grill and Bill is making fries and just finished with the salad. Hope I get hungry soon.
Thursday, April 28, 2005
Bereavement Day
So apparently you get 3 days of bereavement pay when an immediate family member passes away. So, I went to Stephanie's last night, help her drink a bottle and half of wine, and now I'm sitting at Shaun thinking about going to pick up/ look at my wedding dress b/c it came in yesterday. Yesterday was horrible. No, this whole week has been horrible. Talked to Stephanie and she said it's not getting any better so I guess I'm glad I didn't go in today. Well, Gma just called to say her and Marie are going to insurance company, so I guess I should leave.
Tuesday, April 26, 2005
Weird Ass Day
So, my day began with Shaun getting up at 8, leaving to go to PU to see his prof about this thesis he's supposed to be getting bound and turned in by Friday and I get in the shower. He calls to ask what I want from Starbucks. I say my usually, caramel Mocha, Non-fat with whip. He shows up with, well... I never quite figured out what, but I'm thinking a high-fat cappucino with caramel drizzle. So, then we head to the showing where everyone is asking me about my cervix. (For more on this event see blog below). Then we try to buy a ream of 20lb 100% cotton paper for his thesis. Staples only has 300 sheets, Office Max, Copymat, Follets, Kinkos and University Bookstore only have 24lb. So, we're thinking that we read the sheet wrong. No, we get back to the house to discover that we read is correctly, but on the website it says that it can be up to 24lb. So, we go back to Kinko's to get the paper. We get home, only for me to realize that I need to get my rent check from dad's because I won't see him again before the first. So, we leave, come back, pull in the drive for my mom to call and say that they are leaving and so I need to leave again to go to grandma's. I just want to go to bed.
Good-bye Grandpa
My grandma's husband died Saturday. Donald Waters. My grandparents had been married for 10 years in February. He has been a grandpa to me and a dad to my mom and sister. They had a pool that I and my friends would swim in. He is the best husband my grandma had. On their 3rd date he knew he wanted to marry her. They were so cute together and I think my grandma thought they would get older together. He was 73. Today was his showing and funeral. My mother and Aunt Re said some touching words. His granddaughters spoke also. There wasn't a dry eye in the place. Shaun said it was the most depressing showing he's ever been to. Then at the funeral, someone passed out and the ambulance came. My cousin Laura ripped off her jacket, stormed over and said, "I'm a nurse, out of the way!" I told her we were proud to call her family. So, there was no service and we all went to the Eagles to eat. I am so full I'm uncomfortable. This is why family is a bad influence.
Wednesday, April 20, 2005
"I'm not even supposed to be here today"
So, I came into work this afternoon after Leonard told the receptionist that I wouldn't be here. I've been here a total of 1/2 hour and I've already heard, "You're not supposed to be here today!" Well, stop giving me more work to do so I won't feel obligated to come in today. I heard that the whole 4 1/2 hours I was here yesterday too. Too funny. It's nice that people care that I probably should be at home resting, but then if I want to come in I should feel like I won't get kicked out. Now that I see all this work on my desk, I'm thinking "I'm not even supposed to be here today." Alas.
Lucia came over last night for dinner. We had turkey with gravy, mashed potatoes, a very yummy salad that she made and apple crisp that was so good. Lucia is moving out on her own after living with 3 other ladies in June. I told her to be prepared to be lonely, because I sure was when I first moved out by myself. She is realizing that she doesn't have anything: flatware, plates, furniture. I went through that once. Hard to believe, I had so much stuff, but not the things I needed. I'm trying to come up with some things I could give her to help her out.
Lucia came over last night for dinner. We had turkey with gravy, mashed potatoes, a very yummy salad that she made and apple crisp that was so good. Lucia is moving out on her own after living with 3 other ladies in June. I told her to be prepared to be lonely, because I sure was when I first moved out by myself. She is realizing that she doesn't have anything: flatware, plates, furniture. I went through that once. Hard to believe, I had so much stuff, but not the things I needed. I'm trying to come up with some things I could give her to help her out.
Tuesday, April 19, 2005
Weekend Happenings
Saw Stef on Friday. We went to Josh's band contest, they got gold. Stef bought me a caramel mocha and a 7 layer cake. Stef's boss and her husband bought us dinner. Sat. morning we went to IHOP with her mom and Aunt Diane and Diane bought lunch. I came back because I thought Travis and Christy were going to come over, and Kathleen was going to stop by. Didn't see any of them. Krystal and Chris came over and we went to the canal. Chris paid for a paddle boat. Then we went to Krystal's and Chris made steak, with baked potatoes and salad. Shaun gets home Sat. night. Sun we woke up and went shopping. Shaun bought new golf clubs. I got a new tennis racket for $2.35. How exciting. Mon. I had my surgery. I went to work today, and everyone yelled me and told me to go home. So, now I'm at home waiting for Lucia to come over for dinner. I guess I should figure out what to make.
Friday, April 15, 2005
Co-Workers
So I have this co-worker who frequently asks whether you like her or not. One of these days I'm going to write yes or no check boxes on a sheet of paper, check no, and give it back to her. I mean your 62 years old and you are still worrying about the dumbest things. And I'm sorry, if you have to ask, the answer is no.
So, went to Wendy's with Carol for lunch. It was quite good and Carol bought, so it tasted even better! That is the 2nd time I've been there this week. Carol and her husband work at Conner Prairie and help with tours and such. Currently they are doing the "Follow the North Star" where you are a slave and there is a slave master that takes you to the auction to be sold and then you travel to freedom. At the end the slave master reads off statistically which people would've drowned or made it to safety. It sounds very interesting. She said she could get me tickets if I wanted to go sometime, so I think I will have to check it out.
I think Leonard is wearing off on me. I feel like to doing absolutely nothing. I'm thinking about seeing Stef tomorrow and my new shirt I'm wearing, and how tasty my lunch is. I have tons to do, just no motivation to do it. So, this must be what it feels like to be Leonard.
So, went to Wendy's with Carol for lunch. It was quite good and Carol bought, so it tasted even better! That is the 2nd time I've been there this week. Carol and her husband work at Conner Prairie and help with tours and such. Currently they are doing the "Follow the North Star" where you are a slave and there is a slave master that takes you to the auction to be sold and then you travel to freedom. At the end the slave master reads off statistically which people would've drowned or made it to safety. It sounds very interesting. She said she could get me tickets if I wanted to go sometime, so I think I will have to check it out.
I think Leonard is wearing off on me. I feel like to doing absolutely nothing. I'm thinking about seeing Stef tomorrow and my new shirt I'm wearing, and how tasty my lunch is. I have tons to do, just no motivation to do it. So, this must be what it feels like to be Leonard.
Travis
So Travis finally created a blog! I'm so excited, even though it may only last a week before he gets bored. You may visit his blog here. I thought it was absolutely hilarious and I really hope there are more posts to come. And as for "Who would read this shit?" I would Travis. And come to think of it, you read mine.
So, Travis and Christy are coming to Indy today to celebrate Christy's birthday. Hopefully I can hook up with them for dinner or something tomorrow.
So, Travis and Christy are coming to Indy today to celebrate Christy's birthday. Hopefully I can hook up with them for dinner or something tomorrow.
Thursday, April 14, 2005
Happy Birthday & Anniversary Shaun!
Today has gone so slowly. Every time I looked at the clock it felt like 2 hours should've gone by and not 20 minutes. Alas. Leonard was also moving slowly... not a good combo. At least I got quite a bit finished.
Shaun's coming down for a little bit tonight before he leaves for the happening town of Columbus, OH for the ANS conference. He and Dan have to present. Yeah for them.
Today is Shaun's 25th birthday and our 7th Anniversary. Hard to believe... but I'm so happy that we're still together. I love you honey!
I actually went to the grocery store again last night. So weird. This is becoming a regular thing. I got everything on sale including some sour cream potato salad, hoeny roasted turkey and nacho cheese (even though I still have 1/2 a container at home). It really is cheaper.
Shaun's coming down for a little bit tonight before he leaves for the happening town of Columbus, OH for the ANS conference. He and Dan have to present. Yeah for them.
Today is Shaun's 25th birthday and our 7th Anniversary. Hard to believe... but I'm so happy that we're still together. I love you honey!
I actually went to the grocery store again last night. So weird. This is becoming a regular thing. I got everything on sale including some sour cream potato salad, hoeny roasted turkey and nacho cheese (even though I still have 1/2 a container at home). It really is cheaper.
Tuesday, April 12, 2005
Monday News
So I'm playing Miss Match-Maker this week. See I'm sitting in church on Sunday and while I'm supposed to be praying about things I'm thankful for, I'm think... Allen and Stu. And I'm in pray, so this must be a sign from God. See, Allen is my 48 year cousin and Stu is my 49 year old co-working, both of whom have never been married, no kids, gainfully employed and own their own houses. Oh, and they both love Sci-Fi. So, I'm convinced this is a match made in heaven. I sent Stu and picture of him today and she whispered to me how nice the picture is. I've called our Aunt Bea (Mrs. Gossip) and she called Allen's sister Regina to get more dirt. I'm still awaiting a call from her. Stu is now glowing... as am I. I really hope this works out.
I've been fairly productive today, although I still have yet to mail my taxes. Yes, I realize that today is April 12th and I have only 3 days left. I did manage to bring them to work, but forgot my W2's. Alas.
Leonard decided to grace us with his presence today. So he's finally working on rearranging the 4th floor which I wanted finished like 2 weeks ago. Instead we been bombarded with various other projects.
Talked to Stef last night before I worked out. She and Josh are doing a lot better and I can't wait to see her on Friday night. We're going to see Josh's band play and then skip out and have some much needed girl time.
Krystal came over last night. We were trying to find the video with my whale watching footage on it. I couldn't find that, but found all the Christmas footage since 2000. And then we stumbled upon "Moments from the Guenther-Henson Household." We started to reminisce about the fun times we had and how we sometimes miss having a roommate. Soon, I will have a great roomie... Shaun :)
I've been fairly productive today, although I still have yet to mail my taxes. Yes, I realize that today is April 12th and I have only 3 days left. I did manage to bring them to work, but forgot my W2's. Alas.
Leonard decided to grace us with his presence today. So he's finally working on rearranging the 4th floor which I wanted finished like 2 weeks ago. Instead we been bombarded with various other projects.
Talked to Stef last night before I worked out. She and Josh are doing a lot better and I can't wait to see her on Friday night. We're going to see Josh's band play and then skip out and have some much needed girl time.
Krystal came over last night. We were trying to find the video with my whale watching footage on it. I couldn't find that, but found all the Christmas footage since 2000. And then we stumbled upon "Moments from the Guenther-Henson Household." We started to reminisce about the fun times we had and how we sometimes miss having a roommate. Soon, I will have a great roomie... Shaun :)
Sunday, April 10, 2005
Sunday Night Already
I really don't know where the weekend went. So we met with the house lady. She is very nice and Shaun said she is exactly who you think of when you picture a realtor. But she is very "in tune" with Lafayette and I think will find us something great. We drove around for nearly 2 1/2 hours looking at possibilities in different areas of town. We are thinking an existing home will be cheaper than building. So, Saturday night I had planned a surprise party for Shaun at BW3. It went very well. The following people showed up to congratulate him: James (co-planner), Angelina, Jere, Lisa, Anna, Ian, my dad, Valerie (a.k.a. Vicky), Renee, Courtney, Aunt Dink, Kyle and Amy. So a pretty good turn out... and best of all, Shaun was surprised. We stayed until about 9:30 and then went to Travis' for awhile. There wasn't much happening there and we were getting up for church this morning so we left around midnight. Church was very good this morning. There were actually two songs we knew. Today's sermon is the first of a 7 week series of the 7 T's. Today was Thanksgiving. He read off a lot of statistics of how many people are hungry, homeless and that one million people won't be alive at the end of the week. Scary really. So, basically we should be thankful because we don't know what God has in store for us. This also tied in with last week's sermon on not worrying and giving your worries to Christ. So, I'm excited to hear the next 6 sermons. My dad's neighborhood garage sale is in a few weeks and I really need to work on getting things stickered and sorted. Alas. It's been so nice the last week, but it's supposed to rain this week, so maybe I will get more done. I still haven't mailed in my taxes. Yes, I realize that the deadline is this week. I'm even getting money back. I don't know what my deal is. Well, hopefully I will get a lot accomplished this week... and I can blog.
Friday, April 08, 2005
Insanity!
So I've been working every night until 7pm and I've been so busy while I'm at work that I've almost forgotten to take a lunch. So needless to say, there's been no time for blogging. So, other than working, I've been hanging out with "my new best friend" as everyone is calling her. Her name is Stephanie, and she's a co-worker. I went to her house for dinner last night, and we had several glasses of wine with our tacos. She just bought a new condo... it's very cute. Shaun defended his masters thesis today. He did great, and even thanked me in the acknowledgments. I love him. So we went to Tony's to celebrate and saw Jere and Lisa there. They were going to go to the "Wine Tasting on the Wabash" thing. It sounded so fun. I tried to convince Shaun to go the last two years, but I guess it's like the carriage ride... I will have to be on my death bed before I get to go. Alas. So we're meeting with Jere's realtor (who is also a friend of the family) tomorrow at 2 and are going house shopping; I'm very excited. So, I will keep you posted...
Tuesday, March 22, 2005
I am Woman... hear me roar
So I basically rock. My former boss took 6 months to look over a deal for new copiers that save us money, and get us an additional copier and still didn't know what to do with it. I look at it for a week. Take another week to write a proposal as to why we would be idiots to not take this deal and to talk it over with the powers at be. And this week, that's right, today, Tuesday, I got the powers at be to sign this proposal and we are getting are 3 new copiers on Monday! Plus I'm saving the company $200/ month. Basically we are getting 3 copiers for $200 less than we are paying for 2 copiers right now AND the price per copy went down from 1 cent for one and 2 cents for the other to 0.007 cents per copy for all 3 copiers. Why didn't we do this sooner?
I met with a vendor today who might be able to design our brochures for $350 instead of the $400 Lucia found. (And that was the cheapest). More money saved. (Why can't I apply more of these principles to my personal life...) They might also do some branding for us that Lucia and I think needs to be implemented pronto. We get a new National President every year, that comes up with a general theme, and then a membership theme. How are we supposed to put out a consistent message about our organization when what we're saying changes every year?!? Well, we can't and that is why no one outside our organization knows what we do. Hopefully we can remedy that.
Came to Lafayette tonight because I had forgotten my phone charger and my battery was about to die. I treated Shaun to Don Pablos. Silly me says, "Oh I think I'll get a salad so I don't have any leftovers." I took 2 boxes home... full... and none of it was Shaun's. So much for that.
So I'm winning in the basketball tourney competition I orchestrated at work. I need to say this now, so after Thursday when I'm not winning, I won't feel so badly. There are 6 people playing; 3 of us are tied with 42 points, but I'm the only one with all 4 Final Four teams left. Everyone else picked Wake Forest, so they are down at least one. Good thing I don't know anything about any of these teams.
I've had so much work to do this week since I missed 3 days last week that I worked 10 hours on Monday, and 8.5 hours today. Plus I brought stuff home to work on, which has left no time for blogging. Good think I get paid overtime. Guess this makes up for laying on the couch dying for 3 days. Well, better get to some of that work I brought home...
I met with a vendor today who might be able to design our brochures for $350 instead of the $400 Lucia found. (And that was the cheapest). More money saved. (Why can't I apply more of these principles to my personal life...) They might also do some branding for us that Lucia and I think needs to be implemented pronto. We get a new National President every year, that comes up with a general theme, and then a membership theme. How are we supposed to put out a consistent message about our organization when what we're saying changes every year?!? Well, we can't and that is why no one outside our organization knows what we do. Hopefully we can remedy that.
Came to Lafayette tonight because I had forgotten my phone charger and my battery was about to die. I treated Shaun to Don Pablos. Silly me says, "Oh I think I'll get a salad so I don't have any leftovers." I took 2 boxes home... full... and none of it was Shaun's. So much for that.
So I'm winning in the basketball tourney competition I orchestrated at work. I need to say this now, so after Thursday when I'm not winning, I won't feel so badly. There are 6 people playing; 3 of us are tied with 42 points, but I'm the only one with all 4 Final Four teams left. Everyone else picked Wake Forest, so they are down at least one. Good thing I don't know anything about any of these teams.
I've had so much work to do this week since I missed 3 days last week that I worked 10 hours on Monday, and 8.5 hours today. Plus I brought stuff home to work on, which has left no time for blogging. Good think I get paid overtime. Guess this makes up for laying on the couch dying for 3 days. Well, better get to some of that work I brought home...
Sunday, March 20, 2005
I can't believe they lost!
This is a phrase I've been hearing frequently this weekend... mainly from Shaun. More upsets today; hard to keep up. I'm actually anxious to get to work tomorrow and see how my bracket looks. Hopefully I'm not doing to badly. I also want to see how everyone else's bracket is shaping up. Beth and Shaun are ready to burn theirs.
We went to Shaun's dad's for dinner. He made baked spaghetti with garlic bread and salad. He also baked an apple pie for dessert. It was so good. I took home lots of leftovers for this week. I can't turn down free food. Bill was watching the NASCAR race and J. Gordon was in the wrong place at the wrong time and end up in the "multi-car pile up" which was a disaster. He finished, but was down over 75 laps. Some rookie won... and then I heard again, I can't believe he won.
So Krystal and I are all packed and ready to head back. Going to visit with the sweetie a minute as I feel he's been glued to the tube all weekend... and his thesis is due in a week.
We went to Shaun's dad's for dinner. He made baked spaghetti with garlic bread and salad. He also baked an apple pie for dessert. It was so good. I took home lots of leftovers for this week. I can't turn down free food. Bill was watching the NASCAR race and J. Gordon was in the wrong place at the wrong time and end up in the "multi-car pile up" which was a disaster. He finished, but was down over 75 laps. Some rookie won... and then I heard again, I can't believe he won.
So Krystal and I are all packed and ready to head back. Going to visit with the sweetie a minute as I feel he's been glued to the tube all weekend... and his thesis is due in a week.
The Facebook
So I've been introduced to this concept called "The Facebook." I'm still not completely sure what it is, but apparently you can post things about yourself and meet others through it. Then if you're a member you can "poke" someone, and then they "poke" you back. I'm not really sure what this accomplishes, especially since I don't really liked being poked, but whatever. Anyway, if you would like to see what this looks like, visit my friend Travis' Facebook to get a better idea.
They're Done!
We finished the invitations at 10 PM today! We celebrated with a big bowl of chocolate ice cream with hot fudge. Oh, it was so good and was exactly what I was craving. I'm so excited, and they look so great. We took the first batch over to my grandma earlier. She showed us the shower favors she's working on. I picked out this little bath chalk square that she's wrapping in toole and tying with a ribbon. I'm attaching a note that says "From My Shower To Yours." I thought this was very cute, but it took me a few minutes to explain to my grandmother and great-aunt that this was a play on words. Oh dear. So, the invitations are finished, and I'm very excited.
On an unrelated note, Wake Forest lost. I'm a little sad, although Shaun had them going to the Final Four, so he is understandably upset. I have Louisville in the Final Four in that part of the bracket. Shaun's bracket has more black marks than yellow ones... that's not good. I'm not sure how my bracket looks as it's at work, where I haven't been since last Tuesday. Oh well, I'll find out Monday.
Gas is very expensive. Krystal and I drove all over today trying to find the station with the best price. I finally went back to the place I was originally where is was $2.01/ gallon. Good grief.
Well I'm off to bed as Krystal, Shaun and I are going to church in the morning.
On an unrelated note, Wake Forest lost. I'm a little sad, although Shaun had them going to the Final Four, so he is understandably upset. I have Louisville in the Final Four in that part of the bracket. Shaun's bracket has more black marks than yellow ones... that's not good. I'm not sure how my bracket looks as it's at work, where I haven't been since last Tuesday. Oh well, I'll find out Monday.
Gas is very expensive. Krystal and I drove all over today trying to find the station with the best price. I finally went back to the place I was originally where is was $2.01/ gallon. Good grief.
Well I'm off to bed as Krystal, Shaun and I are going to church in the morning.
Saturday, March 19, 2005
To Do's:
Krystal and I worked on the shower invitations last night. We began the evening with 22 completely finished and ended with 36. But all the brides are colored and our names are written, so all that's left are the cakes. Basically not very much and we should be able to finish them today so I can give them to my Aunt Mary.
So I think I've officially made Shaun and Krystal sick. They both woke up sniffling and coughing. Oh my. I'm sorry guys... if it's any consolation; I'm feeling better.
Krystal and I have to go to my dad's and unload my car full of wedding stuff so Shaun can fit in there. James called at some ungodly hour this morning to inform him that Meijer has PS2 games on sales. Was that really necessary?
Then Stef calls at 9:50 (no one I know would call me at that hour) and leaves me a voicemail saying she realizes it's early, that's I'm probably not up and should be getting my rest and that's she's in Indy and will call later. Again, was that really necessary?
Shaun's neck has been hurting him something fierce. So last night, he decides to sleep on the heating pad, on HI, sans shirt. Needless to say, he woke up with BLISTERS all over his back. Not one of his better moves. I'm waiting on an IM from my mom to see how to treat him. Poor guy. And to top it off, his neck still hurts.
Shaun made Krystal and I cheesy eggs with toast this morning. It was so good. I love him.
Well I better get started on my to do list while I still have some energy.
So I think I've officially made Shaun and Krystal sick. They both woke up sniffling and coughing. Oh my. I'm sorry guys... if it's any consolation; I'm feeling better.
Krystal and I have to go to my dad's and unload my car full of wedding stuff so Shaun can fit in there. James called at some ungodly hour this morning to inform him that Meijer has PS2 games on sales. Was that really necessary?
Then Stef calls at 9:50 (no one I know would call me at that hour) and leaves me a voicemail saying she realizes it's early, that's I'm probably not up and should be getting my rest and that's she's in Indy and will call later. Again, was that really necessary?
Shaun's neck has been hurting him something fierce. So last night, he decides to sleep on the heating pad, on HI, sans shirt. Needless to say, he woke up with BLISTERS all over his back. Not one of his better moves. I'm waiting on an IM from my mom to see how to treat him. Poor guy. And to top it off, his neck still hurts.
Shaun made Krystal and I cheesy eggs with toast this morning. It was so good. I love him.
Well I better get started on my to do list while I still have some energy.
Friday, March 18, 2005
Yea Krystal!
So Krystal finally took my advice and created a blog that she will hopefully give us all lots to read. It's entitled Little Moments from KH.
Speaking of Krystal... we're working on Shower Invitations the other day (which have taken us about 3 solid days and we may be 50% finished), and we are listening to this very random mixed CD she brought over. This was filled with such classics as Billy Idol, Van Morrison, The Righteous Brothers and Paula Abdul. OK, first let me back up, my dear friend and bridesmaid Stef wants Matchbox 20 to be played during the receiving line at her wedding. Josh, her fiance, as well as every other living soul thinks this idea is... well, not good. I understand that their first date was to a Matchbox 20 concert, but that's a BIG transitions from Rondeau and other Classical favorites. So, anyway, back to the story. So, we're sitting there and Krystal is like, no, hold up, this is going to be my receiving line song... Paula Abdul's "Straight Up Now Tell Me." :) I love her. Now I just have to suggest this to Stef...
Speaking of Krystal... we're working on Shower Invitations the other day (which have taken us about 3 solid days and we may be 50% finished), and we are listening to this very random mixed CD she brought over. This was filled with such classics as Billy Idol, Van Morrison, The Righteous Brothers and Paula Abdul. OK, first let me back up, my dear friend and bridesmaid Stef wants Matchbox 20 to be played during the receiving line at her wedding. Josh, her fiance, as well as every other living soul thinks this idea is... well, not good. I understand that their first date was to a Matchbox 20 concert, but that's a BIG transitions from Rondeau and other Classical favorites. So, anyway, back to the story. So, we're sitting there and Krystal is like, no, hold up, this is going to be my receiving line song... Paula Abdul's "Straight Up Now Tell Me." :) I love her. Now I just have to suggest this to Stef...
Sick AGAIN
I think there's something seriously wrong with me as I am sick again!!! I have acute bronchitis with influenza... lucky me. I missed the last 3 days at work and still feel pretty weak. I was, however, feeling well enough to run a few errands and visit the female doctor for the annual exam. I mean I might as well go when I'm foggy and don't know what's going on.
So, as a result of missing work this week I missed Beth's lasts days at the ALA. The girls threw her a good-bye party complete with Hello Kitty napkins and plates. (Her favorite) She was so excited. I'M SORRY BETH! (But's it's not like I'll never see you again as you are a Bride's Helper!)
So, as a result of missing work this week I missed Beth's lasts days at the ALA. The girls threw her a good-bye party complete with Hello Kitty napkins and plates. (Her favorite) She was so excited. I'M SORRY BETH! (But's it's not like I'll never see you again as you are a Bride's Helper!)
Monday, March 14, 2005
Productive Weekend
This was definitely one of my more productive weekends and Monday's in awhile. I managed to get all of Stef's invitations and RSVP's cut. I designed by RSVP's and have a template. I sent out invitations for my Market Day Gourmet Party. I traced the corner for all my invitations and found a method that will work well to get the corners cut. Breakfast, shower, and dinner with Stef and Josh went smoothly and successfully. Worked on the Awards database.
Then today, I caught up with Krystal about her weekend in Terre Haute. I got useless UPS Bob in here to attempt to fix the computer and wound up getting a new PC, and began entering all the addresses back in. I helped sort the mail for the whole building. Ran quite a few copy jobs. And took care of some wedding planning.
Yes, all in all I would say I have been ultra productive... just in time to go home and work on my shower invitation. How did I fill my time before all this wedding planning?!? I really don't remember.
Then today, I caught up with Krystal about her weekend in Terre Haute. I got useless UPS Bob in here to attempt to fix the computer and wound up getting a new PC, and began entering all the addresses back in. I helped sort the mail for the whole building. Ran quite a few copy jobs. And took care of some wedding planning.
Yes, all in all I would say I have been ultra productive... just in time to go home and work on my shower invitation. How did I fill my time before all this wedding planning?!? I really don't remember.
Saturday, March 12, 2005
Invitations
Do you realize how much work invitations are? And not only that, but how many different kinds there are? Rehearsal dinner invitation, wedding invitations, shower invitations. Then there's the RSVP's and the thank you's. Plus, after you design the thing (which takes weeks) then you have to cut them. So, I've been cutting my invites as well as Stef's. Basically the paper cutter and I have gotten to know each so well, that I could care less if I see it again for another few decades. Basically I'm saving boatloads of money by making my own invitations and such, but the headache it's causing me is making think it might've been easier to outsource the job.
Access: Friend or Foe
So, until Beth and I were forced to create an Awards Database, I loved Access. It can do basically anything you want, look anyway you want. It's great. But lately, especially since Beth is leaving me and we are forced to create this thing in record time; I hate it. It's not cooperating at all. Just when we think we've fixed it, we haven't. We tried unbound boxes, text boxes, look-up wizards... nothing is working. So, I think I'm about to tell them all they will need to hire someone else expertise on this one because we're through.
Friday, March 11, 2005
Big Steps (and little ones)
So I got a raise... finally. I'm excited, but hoping for more (of course).
I went grocery shopping... AGAIN!!! This must be a new record. Shaun and I made hamburgers with mac & cheese with tater tots. I dipped my tater tots and mac & cheese in A1. Shaun said that was quite possibly the grossest thing he's ever witnessed. Then, the fact the I eat cold mac & cheese came up, and he said I'm the ONLY person in the world that eats mac & cheese cold. I'm looking for another.
I picked up my bridesmaid dress for Stef's wedding. I tried it on; it's too big. Which is good and bad. The color is not as bad as I guess I thought it was, but I still doubt I'll wear this thing ever again.
Shaun and I had a successful pre-marriage counseling session... more things to think about. Only 2 more sessions left!
I went grocery shopping... AGAIN!!! This must be a new record. Shaun and I made hamburgers with mac & cheese with tater tots. I dipped my tater tots and mac & cheese in A1. Shaun said that was quite possibly the grossest thing he's ever witnessed. Then, the fact the I eat cold mac & cheese came up, and he said I'm the ONLY person in the world that eats mac & cheese cold. I'm looking for another.
I picked up my bridesmaid dress for Stef's wedding. I tried it on; it's too big. Which is good and bad. The color is not as bad as I guess I thought it was, but I still doubt I'll wear this thing ever again.
Shaun and I had a successful pre-marriage counseling session... more things to think about. Only 2 more sessions left!
Wednesday, March 09, 2005
Ramblings
I've been sick the last 3 days. My head feels as though it's not really part of my body, but merely floating above my shoulder. Yet, at the same time it feels very heavy. Basically, I'm just sick. I missed work yesterday, and then get to work today to have Leonard tell me both copiers are down. I mean, I leave the guy alone for one day... and look what I come back to. Then, I spent most of the day getting yelled at for being there and everyone telling me to go home, so I did at 2:30. Since then, I haven't been able to sleep and have a throbbing headache.
I actually went grocery shopping the other day, believe it or not. You probably don't believe it, and that's fine, just ask Shaun. I bought things that actually go together, and things I could take for lunch... what a concept. It's worked out quite well. Of course Monday the Papa John's truck came, and I had to stop. I don't think I've mentioned the Papa John's truck before. This truck parks in our parking lot and sells medium pizza's for $5! What a deal!
The Schwann's man comes to work and brings your order directly to the fridge/ freezer. Now they have this system where you can place your order the day before online and then earn points for free stuff! What is there not to love about my job.
Speaking of my job, I went to an interview Monday for a different job. Turned out to be not what I was hoping for... alas. Well... off to try to take a nap.
I actually went grocery shopping the other day, believe it or not. You probably don't believe it, and that's fine, just ask Shaun. I bought things that actually go together, and things I could take for lunch... what a concept. It's worked out quite well. Of course Monday the Papa John's truck came, and I had to stop. I don't think I've mentioned the Papa John's truck before. This truck parks in our parking lot and sells medium pizza's for $5! What a deal!
The Schwann's man comes to work and brings your order directly to the fridge/ freezer. Now they have this system where you can place your order the day before online and then earn points for free stuff! What is there not to love about my job.
Speaking of my job, I went to an interview Monday for a different job. Turned out to be not what I was hoping for... alas. Well... off to try to take a nap.
Friday, February 25, 2005
Thank you to Bob and Sandra
So, my cousins Bob and Sandra gave us a week of their time share so we could go to Hawaii for our Honeymoon. I went over there the other night, and Bob called the company... and they had a place open in Princeville, Kauai! Apparently this is the most beautiful place on earth! I'm so excited, I can barely wait til Aug!!! It has 2 bedrooms, a full kitchen and living room and a whirlpool spa. And no, you don't need to come with us... but we'll bring you some pictures.
Monday, February 21, 2005
Productive day
I woke up just 3 hours ago, but have managed to accomplish quite a few things already. My Grandma calls at 10:30 to wake me up and ask when I will be getting up because she has some ideas, and wants to take me shopping. Oh my. So get up and get ready and she picks me up. We went to O'Charlie's for lunch where I realized she misinterpreted what I was looking for. See she asked to help with something, so I asked her to research bulk picture albums that I could get engraved. (I'm obsessed with this engraving idea). Well, she thought I wanted little picture albums, but I wanted like 8 X 10 frames. So, we left (took Shaun some soup) and headed to the dollar stores. We found these really cute picture frames that were only $1, but they didn't really have anything wedding related. But, I was looking for bulk travel size shower gel so that I could use it for my shower favors. I wanted to put a tag on it that said, "From my shower to yours!" Too cute. Well, instead, I found these little square bath things, that will serve the purpose. My grandma offered to wrap them in toole and add my note... I think they are going to be so cute. I also found a really pretty candle I think I might use for Jackie's candle. So, all in all, a very productive 3 hours!
Saturday, February 19, 2005
Fun Nite at the Cactus
Kyle came into town last night, so we went out with him, Pechin, and one of their friends to the Cactus. Travis and Christy joined us later. (Travis has been asking me to mention him, and I finally have a reason). Shaun, Travis and Christy had been there on Thurs night, and Shaun had 12 rum and cokes and a shot. (So, he didn't drink last night). Anyway, so, Kyle is quite intoxicated before they even get to the Cactus, and then he consumed at least 4/5 more cups. Now a cup is really like 3 beers. Needless to say, Shaun drove him to dad's where he puked in the lawn. Travis bought me a cup, so I think I had 3/4 cups. I was definitely happy to be there. I had fun, and really didn't even have so much as a headache this morning... must've been all that water I had yesterday :) So all, in all, a very fun evening, and I got to see Kyle... he cracks me up.
Friday, February 18, 2005
View my websites
So I realized that I don't think I put my wedding website or my PC website on here. So here they are.
WEDDING WEBSITE
MY PAMPERED CHEF WEBSITE
WEDDING WEBSITE
MY PAMPERED CHEF WEBSITE
Update
So I survived the longest week ever. I worked almost 50 hours and wanted to get a little more done this weekend. I spent the last 2 days at Executrain for Advanced Access classes. I learned so much and it was so exciting! I went to lunch with Krystal yesterday and today since I was on the north side. Today I talked her ear off about Access. Poor thing. So, then I called Beth on my way to Lafayette to tell her about it (and she shared my enthusiasm - as this benefits her too). I also learned how to do macros in Excel, which then is practically the same in Access. I got my invitation design finished. One of my co-workers offered to do the calligraphy for the envelopes as our wedding present. I'm really excited about that. I almost have all the registry inserts cut (will have by the end of the weekend). Talked to Leonard... he managed to survive the mailing without me by have the "Friday 4" come up and help. Yes, Beth, Rina, Marty and Kay have come up the last 3 weeks to help out. Hell, I have to go and beg for help, and he just sent out an email and they came flocking... Well, he can ask for help from now on. I went in and talked to my boss and told her that I wanted a promotion, and something else to do because I'm bored and refuse to commute to Indy to do my current job. I got my bridesmaid dress ordered, as did Stef and Krystal. All very exciting.
Sunday, February 13, 2005
Turbo Tax
Shaun's dad bought Turbo Tax and was able to use it without a problem. I'm mean, it's pretty dumby proof. It gives you questions to answer, you hit next, and then you move to the next question. It doesn't allow you to do things that aren't acceptable and then it prints everything onto a nice little form that you can mail in. Well, my Ph.D. seeking nuclear engineering fiance didn't agree that it was easy. I'm sitting next to him trying to check our Pier One registry and he keeps asking me all these questions about every, single screen he comes to. So, I stop what I'm doing to help him. Needless to say it was quite the taxing experience, but it's all finished.
Registering
Well we registered at Pier One Imports yesterday. I think we are done registering for awhile... quite the exhausting experience. But we picked out our bedroom, dining room, and part of our living room furniture. I'm so excited. I'm still on the lookout for a black bakers rack that will hold stemware (as we have an obscene amount of glasses). Please let me know if you find anything fitting that description. Overall though I think we've had fun registering, and it's been an interesting experience to see just how different we are :)
Saturday, February 12, 2005
Ending to the Odd Week
So, I'm leaving work last night and I see my boss come out of her bosses office with the other big boss lady. Basically a bad sign. So, Carol and I are chatting in the parking lot and see my boss walk out with a box of her stuff. My thoughts were confirmed when I get to work today to learn "Boss is no longer part of our staff." What an eloquent way of saying you got canned. Needless to say, everyone was on pins and needles today, not to mention trying to go through the office and harddrive of the world's most disorganized person ever. I left a half hour late.
I decided not to let my horrible week ruin my date night with my finance. So, I get to Lafayette, and he takes me to Tony's. (Our favorite). We had the vegetable tempera appetizer, spicy tuna roll, and the steak hibachi dinner. It was sooooo yummy. Then he took me to see "Hitch" which was so funny (despite the fact that is stars Will Smith). Then we came home and watch "Numbers" (Shaun's new favorite show). This was definitely what I needed to end this week :)
I decided not to let my horrible week ruin my date night with my finance. So, I get to Lafayette, and he takes me to Tony's. (Our favorite). We had the vegetable tempera appetizer, spicy tuna roll, and the steak hibachi dinner. It was sooooo yummy. Then he took me to see "Hitch" which was so funny (despite the fact that is stars Will Smith). Then we came home and watch "Numbers" (Shaun's new favorite show). This was definitely what I needed to end this week :)
Thursday, February 10, 2005
"The Ultimate Wedding Name & Address Change Kit"
"Go from Miss to Mrs... with this easy and invaluable time-saving kit!" That's the book title for a book I bought recently. Who knew that such a jewel even existed. This book come complete with all the forms one needs to legally change her name. Also included is a CD with more stuff on it... exhausting really. So I guess now all that's left to do (besides get married) is decide what to call myself.
Tuesday, February 08, 2005
Friendships
Friendships are odd aren't they. They come, they go. They make you happy and sad. They are amusing.
My TPC director Diane has become a friend. I started out not liking her... at all. She was pushy, when I didn't want to be, but needed to be pushed. But she was supportive, and kind. She got excited for you when things went well in your life and especially in your business. Now she has left TPC, and our everyday lives to sell Market Day Gourmet. I really miss her.
Then my best friend emails me today to say she doesn't want to be part of my wedding or my life. Needless to say, I don't know what to do. I just can't see myself getting married without her. I feel as though someone has died.
Funny how life turns out.
My TPC director Diane has become a friend. I started out not liking her... at all. She was pushy, when I didn't want to be, but needed to be pushed. But she was supportive, and kind. She got excited for you when things went well in your life and especially in your business. Now she has left TPC, and our everyday lives to sell Market Day Gourmet. I really miss her.
Then my best friend emails me today to say she doesn't want to be part of my wedding or my life. Needless to say, I don't know what to do. I just can't see myself getting married without her. I feel as though someone has died.
Funny how life turns out.
SuperBowl XXXIX
So the grapejelly (& Heinz 57) meatballs were a huge success - with hardly any left. Shaun's chili and jamboli were also eaten in great bulk, but still a lot left over. I feel fine about the Patriots winning as Tom Brady looks like my friend Ryan; especially since he cut his hair again. I do wish however that I would've seen more of the game... long story. I saw the kick off and... well that's about it. I did walk by the TV randomly to see that the score was tied. But everyone seemed to have a good time, and enjoyed all the food.
Sunday, February 06, 2005
Tuxedos and Dress
So Shaun and I picked out the tux's and I ordered my dress yesterday! Such huge steps... so final feeling. Shaun's, our Dad's, and Grandpa's will wear a silver vest and tie that has black texturing. The Groomsmen and ushers will wear a red vest and tie with black texturing. The tux is a matte black with glossy black stripes of sorts. The shoes are two toned as well. Everyone is wearing a black shirt. I think it's going to look very sharp. I'm so excited!
Wednesday, February 02, 2005
Honeymoon Details
So Renee emails me today to say she's read my blog, but needs MORE DETAILS on this whole honeymoon situation, so let me try to help.
We went to the Bridal Show a couple weekends ago and filled out a card to win a free honeymoon to one of six locations in Mexico and the Dominican Republic. So I got a call last week that said we had to go listen to a presentation on healthy cooking and some pans and we would get a 3 day, 2 night stay in the resort of our choice. So we went to the thing, didn't buy anything, and got a trip. I looked up the flight information and Cancun has the cheapest flights, so we've probably go there. Now we have to worry about getting our passports. But the trip is all inclusive - including alcohol and all sorts of non-motorized sports such as snorkeling and parasailing. So, I'm still very excited even though it's not Hawaii.
We went to the Bridal Show a couple weekends ago and filled out a card to win a free honeymoon to one of six locations in Mexico and the Dominican Republic. So I got a call last week that said we had to go listen to a presentation on healthy cooking and some pans and we would get a 3 day, 2 night stay in the resort of our choice. So we went to the thing, didn't buy anything, and got a trip. I looked up the flight information and Cancun has the cheapest flights, so we've probably go there. Now we have to worry about getting our passports. But the trip is all inclusive - including alcohol and all sorts of non-motorized sports such as snorkeling and parasailing. So, I'm still very excited even though it's not Hawaii.
Saturday, January 29, 2005
Honeymoon
We won an all inclusive honeymoon package to Mexico or the Dominican Republic! I'm so excited! Shaun said we would decide where we go based on which destination has the cheapest flight. Oh, I can't wait! I was hoping we would win a honeymoon since the wedding fund is dwindling. I'll keep you posted on the latest.
Wedding Cake
So we met with cake lady today, actually Kelly's Cakes in Mellott and ordered our wedding cake. We met with Kelly herself, a more timely and thought provoking task than first imagined. We were there for nearly an hour and a half. But I showed her the picture of the cake I wanted from some magazine and the cake topper I chose from Crawford's Bakery and she said that was no problem. Then we got to taste different flavors. I knew I wanted red velvet, but wasn't about to turn down the opportunity to sample other flavors. Marble, chocolate, white... all very good, but red velvet is still my choice! I'm so excited!
Monday, January 10, 2005
Vegas Baby, Vegas
The jury's out... We're going to Las Vegas for our Bachelor and Bachelorette Parties! Details are up in the air somewhat, but I will keep you posted! I'm so excited though, as I've never been!
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