Rehearsal and Dinner

We did our rehearsal on Thursday night because there was a wedding at our site on Friday (8/8/08). So here's my Dad walking me down the aisle:
This is me and Steven and my fake bouquet of ribbons :)
After the site, we headed out to Larry and Marlene's and got into limos that took us up 26 to the restaurant that we had dinner at. Here's me and my Mom and Auntie D

before the wine was really flowing:After dinner, we had our choice of 7 desserts, but Larry had one specifically designed for me, Carmel sauce, Carmel ice cream and a brownie on top. Little did I know that he had purchased this SUPER HUGE martini glass to have it fixed in. It was well played, Auntie D came over to sing Steven and I a "special song" and I was totally focused on her, then she stopped suddenly and this huge glass carmel awesomeness was in front of me. Here's a pic of me and Larry (the instigator!):

It was a super fabulous party and it was a great thing that it was Thursday because I think some of us were really feeling it on Friday (namely: me :) )

Next up, wedding!

The time is near...

So we're closing in on the big day. My dress is steamed and hanging up over the back of a door out at the farm, the tuxes will get picked up on Thursday and we're just going over scheduling and who will be where, when and how they will get there...whew!

My biggest to-do item this week: pack our bags for vacation. I know, its tough being us.

But Steven did go to bed last night with a little bit of a sniffle...let's hope that gets cut off at the pass before it blooms into a full cold.

The rest of our week is jam-packed with activities starting Thursday and going non-stop till we get on a plane Sunday AM...if you need to get ahold of us, email is the best way.

Hope to see everyone soon, and I'll be posting pictures as soon as I can, I promise!

Skinny pants/Fat days!?!?

So, I woke up this morning and do the standard "What am I gonna wear today" routine....

I finally settle on a pair of sort of "skinny pants" (the kind you wear when you're feeling really good about yourself, you know, not actual 'skinny leg pants'-yuck) that I have from J.Crew. I even managed to iron them this weekend. I put them on and I'm feeling pretty good. Accessorized and everything! I'm ready to go.

I get into the car, get to work early, I'm on fire today! I even notice that the pants are feeling a little loose, am I losing weight? Score! Have mini-bagel downstairs to celebrate (yes, totally defeatist)...

Then this:

9 AM- Get up to use the restroom at work and realize, oh wait...not losing weight, the button has just popped off! OMG! What am I gonna do...hike down my shirt and pray no one asks me to get up. Its not like they are gonna fall off, but here's this flap of material just hanging because there's no button.

9:05 AM-Alpha team starts mission: Find Button!

9:10 AM-Alpha team fails miserably. Even tried retracing all steps and checking car. Resolve to go home at lunch and change.

9:20 AM-Alpha team laughs uncontrolably at irony of wearing skinny pants and having "fat moment" of button popping off.

So yeah, I thought I'd share that...I have actually lost five pounds due to "wedding stress" diet, but apparently that was no match for the MIA J.Crew button!

Dude,...what the heck happened to my car?!?!

I'll start off by saying that I'm really mad...

When I got up this morning I just did not sleep well and was very grumpy and tired. I decided not to go anywhere or do anything and just sit around and relax. Which was fine until Steven decided to go to the store for stuff for dinner...

He comes back inside and says, "Someone vomited on your car"

I'm going to let that sink in here....

SOMEONE VOMITED ON MY CAR.

We've questioned moving before, that was before the thumbtacks that have recently been left behind our car, pets pooping on the sidewalks and no one picks it up, beer cans and boxes left in the back of Steven's truck, and we can now say that our car has been vomited on too. We took into to get it cleaned up at the local car wash and its fine...but still.

I officially think its time to move. I feel like we live in the slums of Lake O.

A rolling stone gathers no moss

That's what I've been feeling like lately. A rolling stone. We're so busy lately just getting everything finalized and it being summer and having things to do.

Since I wrote last its been a whirlwind of activities. Lists (I love my lists, but even I'm starting to get tired of them!) and check lists and to do items galore! Also, I had a shower and my Bachelorette Party this last weekend. It was an awesome good time and I'm really thankful to everyone who came and made it such a blast. It was a great send off for this old girl who never goes out anymore! We had fun dancing and doing shots (and yes, dancing on the bar!) but most importantly, I got to hang out with some of the coolest most special people I know.

Tara even picked up some extra special accessories for me to get the party started right!

In the midst of all this fun, Steven was off somewhere playing golf and Rock Band with Keith and Darren. This weekend, its my turn to sit back and relax whilest he participates in the shenanigans.

So now I'm down to packing up all the boxes to go to the site and printing all my lists, check list and to-do items and finalizing appointments and double checking reservations...but I just can't be that stressed, because ITS HERE! It is finally here and, really, haven't I been waiting long enough?

So I will leave you with one last question, lest the blog fall under my list "not that important" before the wedding arrives:

WHO IS READY TO PARTY?

These girls were born to party!

Time Flies...

When you're having fun!

I love my sweetie!

Today, Steven and I have officially been together for three years now! Go us!

Busy Busy Bees...

We have been so busy these last couple of days and there is really no end in sight!

Things are coming along nicely. On Friday I got my trial hair and make up done at Dosha. I'm really please with the way everything came out. I'm saving the pictures of the back so that you'll be suprised! It is really lovely and I am so diggin the way it came out. Yet another thing that was up in my head and I've now seen come to life!

So, beyond that...we spend Saturday working on stuff as well. I "quilted" some left over fabric from the favors into a little napkin for the program basket. You should make sure to check it out at the wedding, but not too close because I'm no quilting professional! We also had dinner with our videographer and spent some time at the farm with the fam.

Sunday we were having Keith and Darren over and right before they got there our phone rang. Our land line is pretty much only called my our Mom's and so I wondered which it was... It was the lady at Men's Wearhouse...calling to make sure we knew that only one person in our party had been fitted! I was like "Yes, we do know and we're actually on our way out the door to come in right now." How funny is that. We totally suprised the lady by then literally walking through the door about 15 minutes later for the fitting. It was great to get that done! The boys are so easy!! Then we chilled and did a little BBQ and watched Indiana Jones and talked. It was a perfect Sunday afternoon.

Now tonight we're meeting up with DJ and I've already had a call from the florist, so things are just hop, skip and jumping along! Only 25 days away!!