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.

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!

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.

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!

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.

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?

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!

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.