135. You Say It's Your Birthday!?

HAPPY BIRHTDAY CARRIE!

132. Christian Turns One

HAPPY BIRTHDAY CHRISTIAN

125. It Begins.....

thursday. the 7th of may 2009.


this was the first day of my two week and two day vacation. it also meant i had a lot to get done. and as usual i set out to do a ton and ended up accomplishing little. i wasn't stressed about the wedding persay - i knew everything would be fine. it was things like having the spare room cleaned before we left so we wouldn't have to return to a mess that were freaking me out. i literally felt like all of my nerve endings were just fried and crackling.....

by 11 that morning i was basically running back and forth between rooms and forgetting why i had run to the room to begin with. at this point we decided to we needed to take a break. we met up with chris's dad, his wife heather and aunt fran at the wedding shoppe to pick up tux's.


after we picked up tux's we went and had lunch at cafe latte on grand. i love that place! i was starving though which meant that my eyes were about three hundred times bigger than my belly and i ended up ordering too much food - sooo yummy though! after that we made plans to meet up with his family later that night for dinner at my parents (an event at which i forgot to take any pictures...).

once home again we finally managed to get everything packed. we double checked everything and thought we were good to go! got the car packed up to the brim and headed out only to realize that we had forgotten to pick up my dad's tux! luckily we realized this before getting too far away so we just popped back by the wedding shoppe and got it. then we were on our way to duluth! oh wait - right as we hit forest lake chris's sunglasses decided to break - so we had to stop and fix those....

it took a bit of fancy working but chris finally got them fixed and then we were off....again...for the second time that day! yay!

i made chris listen to one of the cd's we'd made for wedding favors on the way up. i'm sure he's going to be pretty sick of them soon - me on the other hand can't get enough. in fact - i'm listening to them as i type this out - making it a bit hard to concentrate but i can't bring myself to turn it off.....

okay. typing may become difficult. 'waterloo' is playing and it makes me want to dance and sing. it also makes me giggle and think of chris but i'll mention that in a later post. we finally made it up to duluth. and for some reason i turned into a tourist taking about ten pictures of the city as we drove in. we had to drive down superior street to meet his family so they could follow us up to my parents house so of course i had to take pictures of greysolon as we passed :)

and now 'you're my best friend' by queen is playing. luckily i'm home alone and singing to my hearts content - hopefully the neighbors don't mind! once we reached duluth we got his family up to my parents where we grilled some hamburgers and just spent then evening chatting. i've never seen my parents house so full of people! my grandma had flown in from kentucky along with my cousin and her boyfriend. chris's dad and heather were there. my brother (who had just graduated from college the previous sunday) and a few hours after we showed up kari and her boyfriend mark showed up!

later on that night we (chris and i, my brother david, arielle and josh, kari and mark) all went out for a drink. i had had my heart set on going to blackwaters - a new lounge in the greysolon plaza but i realized that my cousin wasn't yet old enough to drink so we headed down to luce instead. i know for the most part we were all pretty tired but we still had a good time.

i'd never been out drinking with my brother before. i'd seen him drinking before - an incident that happened years ago. he was playing edward forty hands with some friends. if you haven't heard of this it's where you duct tape a forty in each hand and then can't do anything until you've finished them. i was brought down to help them tape up their hands. a while later i stopped back down to loud chatter and then my brother saying 'dude! dude! that is my sister!' (i suppose you had to be there...)

this time around we just ordered a few drinks including a blow job for kari and i. we were unsuccessful in our attempts to down them in the proper fashion to which my brother could not believe. so i had ordered him one and he demonstrated - with a little too much skill i might add - how it was done. rather funny :) ah - and the phrases ' when david and....' i'll stop there. i need to write all this down in my journal before it leaves my overcrowded brain.....

oh yes. i ordered kari a red headed slut shot. (she has red hair) she loved me for this of course :)

after that it was time for bed with a busy busy day ahead of us..........

116. Thank You Bea Arthur

chris and i were out doing a bit of shopping today. as i got back into the car after running into a store he said he had some sad news. then he showed me his phone and there was an article. bea arthur passed away at the age of 86. it made me tear up.....


i have and always will absolutely love and adore The Golden Girls. always.


i remember in college my friend heather and i would take time each night and watch an hour of The Golden Girls and then an hour of Designing Women on Lifetime. now i watch each day after work on the Hallmark channel for an hour. doesn't matter that i've seen each episode a dozen times or more - i still love them! i own 3 seasons on DVD and can't wait to get the rest.


and speaking of those dvd's - chris and i are going to watch a few of the episodes in honor of dorothy. (chris likes them too!)


so here's to you dorothy. thank you for being a friend! you will be missed!


hmph. i don't normally get all sad like this about someone i didn't even know. i just really really loved that show. thanks bea.

100. Thank You

this past weekend was my first shower and also my bachelorette party. all hosted by my friend and matron of honor - carrie :)


it was AWESOME!


i have lots to blog about in regards to it and maybe even a few pictures to post. hopefully i'll have time to do that tomorrow night.


in the meantime i just want to say Thank You to carrie. i really don't know how to tell you enough that i had a fantastic time. it was way beyond anything i was expecting - awesome! i also want to thank everyone who came! i was really touched :)


more to come! :)

99. YAYness & Pizza!

YAY!


i escaped work! the numbess has started to seep from my brain! (ewww...don't think i like the word seep....)


now i can fully concentrate on fun things like.....


pizza. pizza and 7-up with grenadine. happiness.


the fact that KARI IS GOING TO BE HERE IN 5.5 HOURS!!!!

97. Maid of Honor

kari. my maid of honor. she's arriving tonight on a plane. from ohio.


i'm so excited to see her! it's been almost two years! that was when chris and i took a trip down there. the last time she was up here.....over 15 years ago!


and of course becuase i'm so excited the afternoon has decided to d-r-a-g by.....

74. Sun Status: Peeking

since i seem to be in the market for a bit of sunshine i've decided to go along with carrie and do this.


the first five people to leave me a comment will recieve something i've made!


the only rule is that you must make the same offer on your own blog


who doesn't love recieving a gift in the mail?

70. oh darling...

...please believe me...


gosh i love the beatles. love them. listening to them right now. been awhile since i rocked out to some music. did my little chair dance. wrote a bitchy blog.* oh wait.....


work has been okay lately. still not challanged. but still employed which considering the state of things right now is nothing to turn my nose up at. but today i did.


don't get me wrong. there are days when i love the fact that i get paid to crochet and knit all day. today was one of those days. but i didn't love it. instead i had this awful mind numbiness take over my brain. that kind that makes you crabby about pretty much everything. that was me today.


blah.....


i got home. threw my bags and coat and the floor. felt like i wanted to scream at something. someone. anything. instead i checked my e-mail (our internet has been down since friday night and just started working again today!). i got a lovely comment from my carrie in regards to my previous post. that made me smile and brightened my mood a bit.


then i went over and read dolce's blog. she had a lovely post about her husband that made me sit back and realize that chris was just like that. it made me smile. it also made me realize that there was no reason for the funky shit of a mood i was in. it made me appreciate him all over again. when he came out of the other room (where i think he had been hiding from me and my mood) i told him i was sorry for being such a turd. i love that man. a ton.


after that i continued reading her blog and realized she gave me an award for my blog. :) never had one of those. it made my day. i think she was one of the first non-real-life-friends to comment on my blog and i've been hooked on hers ever since. so thanks dolce! you are fabulous :)


and now i'm off to spend some time with that hunk of a man i'm engaged to! i had more to post but i'll save that for another time :)


*it's been brought to my attention (on more than one occasion and mostly by my mother) that i should watch what i'm blogging about. watch my language. yet she didn't mind (and in fact liked) the one blog i wrote that i deleted out of worry of offending her. hmm.....

60. Oh Lord.....

today i went and saw kelly (hi!) who i haven't seen in forever and a year it feels like! we played with the baby and talked about the wedding. i knew i still had a lot to do but wasn't prepared for everything she was asking me - but at the same time extremely thankful becuase i would have been clueless. she made me a to-do list and wants me to make progress on it weekly. hopefully i'll do it!
i did manage to get all the bridal party information sent out to everyone today which has been on my list for months! so very very very very slowly but surely.....


here is my list....


Working On:
Bridesmaid Dresses
favors - CDs
bridal party gifts
music playlist
slide show
thank you cards
registering
groom’s dinner
candy table
To Do:
Alterations
girdle/bra/slip
shoes
Chris – suit
groomsmen suits
menu
seating chart
invitations
wording of invitations
cake
jewelry
hair jewelry
Michelle’s wedding band
ceremony program
table #’s
Father/daughter song
centerpieces
mother of the bride dress
ring bearer pillows
flower girl dress??
card box
vows
wedding party song
announcement info
marriage license
garter
toast
ceremony specifics – readings?
guest book
ceremony wine
last name?
monogram
CD holder

49. Blah.....

have not posted in about a gazillion years - or so it seems. must get life in some kind of order. list of things i have needed to do but never seem to do are......


1. remember birthdays. i suck at this. i never get cards/gifts out on time. ever. facebook is making remembering easier. unfortunately i rarely log on to it anymore....


2. wedding stuff. still have not updated site. still have not written glowing things about my wonderful friends who are going to be a big part of that day (i love you all - really!). still have not sent out wedding parties information to other people in wedding party despite promising to have it out by last sunday.


3. have not made out a budget for chris and i. talk about it at least three times a week and have still done nothing.


4. exercising. i did it tonight and hope to do it more. cannot have back boobage on my wedding day. cannot.


5. applied for jobs. talk about it. have done nothing. how exactly i plan to move and pay bills without doing this is beyond me.


6. eat healthy. damn smarties. damn ice-cream with sprinkles.


7. not stress so much. (if anyone figures out how to do this please tell me)


8. clean out car. it's a mobile garbage can. gross.


9. learn how to fix mistakes in knitting. this way i'll avoid crying when i screw up.


10. figure out what i want to do with my life. preferrably before i die.


11. show appreciation for my friends more. it's all inside - tons of great ideas and sentiments - just need to start projecting them.


12. seriously stop stressing. i feel an attack of vertigo on the horizon and this makes me very unhappy (and sick)


that's what i got for now. must go drink lots of water before i get even sicker. damned ears.

13. And They're Off!

yesterday chris and i met bryan, kari, tory and their family at Running Aces Harness Park. we'd never been to the races and didn't quite know what to expect but ended up having a pretty good time :)

chris and kari learned how to place bets (kari was much better at this). i think she ended up actually making a good profit while chris and i - well....we did not...

watching their little boy tory run around was great! he is super adorable! (baby fever is coming back......) all in all it was just great to see them. i didn't get a chance to know them very well before they moved out to utah and now i wish they lived a bit closer. guess that just means that chris and i'll will have to plan a vacation sometime soon...after the wedding...and after the honeymoon..and after we have vacation time...and money...so...uh...come back soon Bryan & Kari! (it might be awhile before we make it out there!)


i also learned that the race track is a fantastic place to people watch. i'd go back again just to do that - you see all kinds there :)

12. Wandering....

today is one of those saturdays where chris works and i'm left to my own devices.


i woke up a little before 10 and have fallen into my normal 'chris works saturday routine' of knitting and watching history channel shows about nazi's or the bible (do they ever have anything else on?).


i'm attempting to get myself in 'DO SOMETHING' mode! cleaning. exercising. i got myself into the room where the treadmill is but then i sat down at the computer and started blogging. i really just want to sit and knit more - i know i'm accomplishing something by doing that but it doesn't really feel like it.


alright - enough talking. i must get on the treadmill (aka return to the couch and craft)!




p.s. hope you all had a wonderful 4th of july! chris and i spent the day visiting kelly and christian and then we saw chris's best man bryan and his wife kari. we did not end up seeing any fireworks - chris was on squad and so we had to stick pretty close to home. instead we watched the sci-fi channel's 24 hour Twlight Zone marathon. i love that show.