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Wednesday, December 1, 2010
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We Finally got the link for the professional photos! I can't wait to pick up the CDs.. ^_^
Wednesday, November 24, 2010
Happy Turkey Day Eve..
We still haven't gotten our professional photos for the wedding. Chris and I really need to call them about that to find out when we will get them..
In the mean time I did go through the photos I got from my mother-in-law Donnamae and I've picked the ones I like the best and loaded them online to share.. I'm also finally getting down to business about sorting through the over one thousand photos we had from the Honeymoon..
We got all our thank you cards written and mailed yesterday. I'm happy to have that done. We also did our first "Date Day" since we got married. Chris and I both came down with some nasty colds and Chris actually got a sinus infection so we've been sick for the past few weeks. We are finally feeling better. So we saw Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 on Monday. I thought it was brilliant!
Anyway my main reason for this post is to share what photos I do have so far.. I'll work more on the honeymoon pics after work today so I may have more by Friday. I'll let you know when I get them all up. There are a lot to sort through.. I promise I'll only put up my favorites!
I really love my new work schedule and we were told Chris should *fingers crossed* be moved to the same schedule by the end of the year. I hope it works out I really do, It would be so much more economical for us since we are saving up for a house if we can carpool again.
Without furhter ado here are the photos! I hope everyone has a lovely Thanksgiving tomorrow!
Chris and I are spending Thanksgiving with his Dad's side of the Family. We will go have lunch with my parents on Saturday. Christmas Eve is with Chris's Mom and Christmas day is with my parents.. We'll get together with Chris's dad again after Christmas as I'm sure.
In the mean time I did go through the photos I got from my mother-in-law Donnamae and I've picked the ones I like the best and loaded them online to share.. I'm also finally getting down to business about sorting through the over one thousand photos we had from the Honeymoon..
We got all our thank you cards written and mailed yesterday. I'm happy to have that done. We also did our first "Date Day" since we got married. Chris and I both came down with some nasty colds and Chris actually got a sinus infection so we've been sick for the past few weeks. We are finally feeling better. So we saw Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 on Monday. I thought it was brilliant!
Anyway my main reason for this post is to share what photos I do have so far.. I'll work more on the honeymoon pics after work today so I may have more by Friday. I'll let you know when I get them all up. There are a lot to sort through.. I promise I'll only put up my favorites!
I really love my new work schedule and we were told Chris should *fingers crossed* be moved to the same schedule by the end of the year. I hope it works out I really do, It would be so much more economical for us since we are saving up for a house if we can carpool again.
Without furhter ado here are the photos! I hope everyone has a lovely Thanksgiving tomorrow!
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Chris and I are spending Thanksgiving with his Dad's side of the Family. We will go have lunch with my parents on Saturday. Christmas Eve is with Chris's Mom and Christmas day is with my parents.. We'll get together with Chris's dad again after Christmas as I'm sure.
Tuesday, November 9, 2010
Married!
I started my new shift at work today so I've already been here for over half my shift..its craaazy. What is more crazy is that I've been married for just over a week! The wedding was officially on Sunday Oct 31st, 2010 at 11am. I thought I'd be all freaked out and nervouse but nope I was too excited. Chris was nervous. His hands were still shaking even after the ceremony!
I hope to have pictures to share with you soon. So for now all I can do is really talk to you about it all.
First of all 3 of my best friends flew out for the wedding so I was able to see Cordy and her husband Chaim for a bit on Friday which was nice. We walked around the mall it felt like old times and Chris was able to meet them finally!! So happy! We had a lot of last minute errands that day to run. I really didn't think we'd pull it all off. We got home at like 9 that night.
We had the rehearsal at 11:30am on Saturday. It went well. We didn't think we needed all the parents there though so I felt bad because Chris's Mom and stepdad didn't come but everyone else did. They really didn't need to be there but it didn't look right. I wasn't expecting both my parents to come but my brother had missed his flight. He ended up missing the rehearsal dinner because of that. His lose it was fun. My mom wanted me to see as much of my friends as possible so Shayne and Aparna two of my best friends from college joined us at the rehearsal dinner. Shayne apparently really hit it off with Chris's Stepdad.. haha.
Chris, Justin, Kimi and I all go hotel rooms in Golden for the night before and night of. Justin wasn't feeling well after the wedding so they didn't stay that night, but it was nice staying so close and being able to ride up with them the morning of the wedding. We arrived on site at 9:30 and it took until about 10:40ish for me to get my hair and makeup done then I Had to get dressed and we got a couple of shots from the photographer of all of this.
I was so excited I thought I was going to cry before hand but the day of I just couldn't stop smiling all day! I had a lot of fun. We had one hiccup but its a story to tell. We had the fire alarm go off thanks to the omelete station! We had to all evacute the building and wait for the firemen to come. Chris and I got photos with the firemen though. So its a little silly story and nothing was really damaged they just had to move the omeletes outside.
Our cake was awesome! We have some in the freezer for our anniverary we will see how that goes.
Disney World was also amazing. I promise to have photos of everything to share as soon as I can get them up!
Our next big deal is buying a house. Thanks to some lovely gifts of money we recieved we are slightly ahead of schedule which puts us back on our original time table. I'm hoping by Feb to be moving. *fingers crossed*
I will try and keep you updated on everything as it happens!
I hope to have pictures to share with you soon. So for now all I can do is really talk to you about it all.
First of all 3 of my best friends flew out for the wedding so I was able to see Cordy and her husband Chaim for a bit on Friday which was nice. We walked around the mall it felt like old times and Chris was able to meet them finally!! So happy! We had a lot of last minute errands that day to run. I really didn't think we'd pull it all off. We got home at like 9 that night.
We had the rehearsal at 11:30am on Saturday. It went well. We didn't think we needed all the parents there though so I felt bad because Chris's Mom and stepdad didn't come but everyone else did. They really didn't need to be there but it didn't look right. I wasn't expecting both my parents to come but my brother had missed his flight. He ended up missing the rehearsal dinner because of that. His lose it was fun. My mom wanted me to see as much of my friends as possible so Shayne and Aparna two of my best friends from college joined us at the rehearsal dinner. Shayne apparently really hit it off with Chris's Stepdad.. haha.
Chris, Justin, Kimi and I all go hotel rooms in Golden for the night before and night of. Justin wasn't feeling well after the wedding so they didn't stay that night, but it was nice staying so close and being able to ride up with them the morning of the wedding. We arrived on site at 9:30 and it took until about 10:40ish for me to get my hair and makeup done then I Had to get dressed and we got a couple of shots from the photographer of all of this.
I was so excited I thought I was going to cry before hand but the day of I just couldn't stop smiling all day! I had a lot of fun. We had one hiccup but its a story to tell. We had the fire alarm go off thanks to the omelete station! We had to all evacute the building and wait for the firemen to come. Chris and I got photos with the firemen though. So its a little silly story and nothing was really damaged they just had to move the omeletes outside.
Our cake was awesome! We have some in the freezer for our anniverary we will see how that goes.
Disney World was also amazing. I promise to have photos of everything to share as soon as I can get them up!
Our next big deal is buying a house. Thanks to some lovely gifts of money we recieved we are slightly ahead of schedule which puts us back on our original time table. I'm hoping by Feb to be moving. *fingers crossed*
I will try and keep you updated on everything as it happens!
Thursday, October 28, 2010
Last few days = marathon of crazy
I figured because I've been planning this wedding since January that I'd be more calm now. Everything is set. I just need to pick up my dress on Friday and show up for the rehearsal, rehearsal dinner and the big day now. But my nerves.. oh my nerves.. I'm stressing about things I shouldn't be worrying about at all!!
I keep telling myself it will all work out and I'll be sooo happy come Sunday morning, and I believe it but its my nature to worry.
Chris and I are picking up his Tux tonight. We have to call the DJ and let him know three more song choices.
Cordy and Chaim arrive tonight. They are using a friend's house in Denver this weekend, I am so happy that they were able to do that, because of the Sabbath on Sat I'm going to see them tomorrow hopefully and then Sunday for the wedding. I also have only half a work day tomorrow. I was 2 hours short of a full day and I guess too many people took the day off anyway so half day it is. I also have to pick up my Dress and head band Friday and get my nails done, which the nails I'll probably end up going back out to do that evening. I have to call today and see if I can get an appointment.
Saturday Morning the rehearsal is at 11:30am because there is a wedding at the Boettcher that evening. Which is fine because then we could have the rehearsal dinner where ever we wanted.. so its a simple dinner at the Olive Garden at 6pm. Just family is invited. So Aparna and Shayne arrive around 2pmish so Chris and I are going to swing by and see them for about an hour or so that afternoon before running back home to get ready for the Rehearsal Dinner. Our plan is to Carpool with Kimi and Justin everywhere starting that night. They even are taking us to the Airport on Monday morning!
We have to be on site at 9:30am Sunday. The wedding starts at 11am and we'll be gone by 3:30-4pm because the wedding ends at 3. Then we'll go back to the hotel for a bit Cordy and Chaim hopefully joining us and then we'll go out to dinner. Then its back to the hotel with Kimi and Justin and just chilling till the next morning. Bright and early it will be off to the Airport! Disney World here we come..
We've already started packing this morning. I hope to finish by this evening. ^_^
I hope everyone else out there has a wonderful weekend!
I keep telling myself it will all work out and I'll be sooo happy come Sunday morning, and I believe it but its my nature to worry.
Chris and I are picking up his Tux tonight. We have to call the DJ and let him know three more song choices.
Cordy and Chaim arrive tonight. They are using a friend's house in Denver this weekend, I am so happy that they were able to do that, because of the Sabbath on Sat I'm going to see them tomorrow hopefully and then Sunday for the wedding. I also have only half a work day tomorrow. I was 2 hours short of a full day and I guess too many people took the day off anyway so half day it is. I also have to pick up my Dress and head band Friday and get my nails done, which the nails I'll probably end up going back out to do that evening. I have to call today and see if I can get an appointment.
Saturday Morning the rehearsal is at 11:30am because there is a wedding at the Boettcher that evening. Which is fine because then we could have the rehearsal dinner where ever we wanted.. so its a simple dinner at the Olive Garden at 6pm. Just family is invited. So Aparna and Shayne arrive around 2pmish so Chris and I are going to swing by and see them for about an hour or so that afternoon before running back home to get ready for the Rehearsal Dinner. Our plan is to Carpool with Kimi and Justin everywhere starting that night. They even are taking us to the Airport on Monday morning!
We have to be on site at 9:30am Sunday. The wedding starts at 11am and we'll be gone by 3:30-4pm because the wedding ends at 3. Then we'll go back to the hotel for a bit Cordy and Chaim hopefully joining us and then we'll go out to dinner. Then its back to the hotel with Kimi and Justin and just chilling till the next morning. Bright and early it will be off to the Airport! Disney World here we come..
We've already started packing this morning. I hope to finish by this evening. ^_^
I hope everyone else out there has a wonderful weekend!
Monday, October 11, 2010
Bridal Shower Pics!
I finally got my Bridal Shower photos and got them up! Feel free to check them out. I have lots more but I didn't think watching me open all the presents would be that interesting.
I can't believe how soon it is now. Our Bachelor/Bachelorette party is next Saturday already. Wow.
I can't believe how soon it is now. Our Bachelor/Bachelorette party is next Saturday already. Wow.
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Friday, October 8, 2010
23 more days!
So last Sunday was my Bridal Shower. I think it went really well. I enjoyed it. I'm still waiting for pictures from people. I've asked my mom and Donnamae to give me the pictures they took. I tried to take pictures but after the first few minutes there I put the camera away and just enjoyed myself.. The Shower took place at The Dickens Tavern in Longmont, C0. It has a neat history and there were ghosts in the old photos! It was totally my kind of place and the food was good so I've told Chris we'll have to eat there some time soon.
Here are the only photos I have:
Isn't my cake great! It came from a bakery in Fort Collins. It was very good too. I need to get more pics and as I do I will add them to that album.
After the shower Kimi and I went shoe shopping and got her some great shoes. I finally got word that my Dress is at the Bridal Store. So I need to go in before work tomorrow for a fitting. That was the only thing I've really been stressing over. I still am worried. Until I get the finished dress in my hands and can walk out with it I'll be nervous about it being done in time.
Chris and I were able to meet with our Officiant on Monday. That meeting went really well. We also met with the DJ and finished paying for him. He was a lot of fun to talk to and I was reminded why we picked him (aside from it being his equipment at the Boettcher). We also picked up the rings! I really like the ring we got Chris. Part of me feels weird because his is soooo different than mine but thats because mine are family rings from his mom. He still says we can get my rings of my choosing. I don't mind waiting a few years. Its not like the rings matter as much as who I'm with. ^_^ and I like the rings I have they are really pretty.
Here are the only photos I have:
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Isn't my cake great! It came from a bakery in Fort Collins. It was very good too. I need to get more pics and as I do I will add them to that album.
After the shower Kimi and I went shoe shopping and got her some great shoes. I finally got word that my Dress is at the Bridal Store. So I need to go in before work tomorrow for a fitting. That was the only thing I've really been stressing over. I still am worried. Until I get the finished dress in my hands and can walk out with it I'll be nervous about it being done in time.
Chris and I were able to meet with our Officiant on Monday. That meeting went really well. We also met with the DJ and finished paying for him. He was a lot of fun to talk to and I was reminded why we picked him (aside from it being his equipment at the Boettcher). We also picked up the rings! I really like the ring we got Chris. Part of me feels weird because his is soooo different than mine but thats because mine are family rings from his mom. He still says we can get my rings of my choosing. I don't mind waiting a few years. Its not like the rings matter as much as who I'm with. ^_^ and I like the rings I have they are really pretty.
I can't believe how close to the actual wedding we are getting. I have a list of things that still need to be done. I know it will all get done but I feel like I'm going to go nuts in the process. We haven't heard back from the florist about the changes to our order, we need to pick up the stuff for the favors as well as the last piece we need for the centerpieces, we need to go get our marriage licence and make a seating chart and make a few signs for the boettcher to help direct people where to go. >_<>
Well Back to work I go! Have a good weekend everyone!
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
Caroline and Jason McClain's First Dance
This was filmed from someone at my cousin Jason's Wedding this past weekend. I think it is so cool! It is a Peruvian Waltz. They lived in Peru for a while this year. I sadly missed the wedding but my Mom told me about it and it sounded wonderful.
We had meetings with the caterer yesterday for our wedding. We got a lot of stuff figured out including the table linens and everything. I am excited! Our theme is Autmun so that is the key if you come to the wedding. I think it is a wonderful setting for a fall wedding.
I found out from my mom a few more peoplet that are coming as well as some that are not. Those who aren't I didn't expect to come. My cousin Ali had a baby early this year and I totally understand her not wanting to travel with him, her husband is going to be away on business from what I understand. I'll get to meet her son one of these days. For now I can enjoy pictures people share ^_^
Just over a month left.. craaazzy!!
Sunday, September 26, 2010
5 more weeks!
That is right folks 5 more weeks. I've heard personally from a handful of people that they are coming. My parents should be on their way back from Alabama at this point so I'll be able to find out first hand if they have recieved any of the reply cards back from people.
Tomorrow we are meeting with the caterer to finish up stuff at the Boettcher Mansion and to pick out our linens and silverware and such. I am excited! We also get to show them our idea of the centerpieces. Chris and I will then just need to order the flowers and pick up the rocks we need.. lol.. for the centerpieces.. it will work with the location trust me!
5 weeks from now I'll be married and enjoying my reception at this time.. and 5 weeks from tomorrow I'll be landing in Orlando, FL by now. I am so excited about everything. Chris and I need to book a hotel room. For the weekend of the wedding. We've agreed to make it easy and stay together the night before the wedding. Once we arrive at the Boettcher though we wont see eachother till I walk down the aisle.. ^_^
I have to make table assignments, my mom said that even though originally we were going to just let everyone pick their own table she said some people might feel better if they know where they are sitting. I guess that does make sense so as I find out who is coming I'm going to start making a list of who should sit at what table. Then we need to get a bunch of little name cards and label them. Oh the fun. Haha.
In non wedding news Chris and I intend to try and go to the Zoo soon. We haven't been yet this year and with my new camera I am dying to go. I plan on taking it with me to the Boettcher tomorrow and try and get some shots if I can.
Also it seems I picked poorly in the football pool this week.. oh well its all in good fun.
Can't wait to see everyone!!
Tomorrow we are meeting with the caterer to finish up stuff at the Boettcher Mansion and to pick out our linens and silverware and such. I am excited! We also get to show them our idea of the centerpieces. Chris and I will then just need to order the flowers and pick up the rocks we need.. lol.. for the centerpieces.. it will work with the location trust me!
5 weeks from now I'll be married and enjoying my reception at this time.. and 5 weeks from tomorrow I'll be landing in Orlando, FL by now. I am so excited about everything. Chris and I need to book a hotel room. For the weekend of the wedding. We've agreed to make it easy and stay together the night before the wedding. Once we arrive at the Boettcher though we wont see eachother till I walk down the aisle.. ^_^
I have to make table assignments, my mom said that even though originally we were going to just let everyone pick their own table she said some people might feel better if they know where they are sitting. I guess that does make sense so as I find out who is coming I'm going to start making a list of who should sit at what table. Then we need to get a bunch of little name cards and label them. Oh the fun. Haha.
In non wedding news Chris and I intend to try and go to the Zoo soon. We haven't been yet this year and with my new camera I am dying to go. I plan on taking it with me to the Boettcher tomorrow and try and get some shots if I can.
Also it seems I picked poorly in the football pool this week.. oh well its all in good fun.
Can't wait to see everyone!!
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
Hair and Makeup Success!
So I had fun last night. Chris was a little frustrated just because we didn't get home until nearly midnight! Ugh, that was due to traffic caused by construction and our normal exit on I-25 was closed and we had to go up to the next exit and take another road back down. We also got a little lost in Golden because it was dark and the signs to get to I-70 east bound were confusing.
Still the appointment itself was great and I really liked the woman. Also I got bangs.. which will grow on me more I'm sure and of course grow out.. they look great with the hair for the wedding though.. lol.. and she colored my hair. I like it.. ^_^
This is a sample.. the back looks great too but I'll save that for the big day.. ^_^
The makeup around the eyes will be lighter because it will be during the day and natural lighting but I felt like a pretty princess hahaha..
But in general I am haaaappy.. ^_^
Still the appointment itself was great and I really liked the woman. Also I got bangs.. which will grow on me more I'm sure and of course grow out.. they look great with the hair for the wedding though.. lol.. and she colored my hair. I like it.. ^_^
This is a sample.. the back looks great too but I'll save that for the big day.. ^_^
The makeup around the eyes will be lighter because it will be during the day and natural lighting but I felt like a pretty princess hahaha..
But in general I am haaaappy.. ^_^
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
Tuesday, Tuesday
This weekend was actually very productive. 40 more days to go!
I met my mom on Saturday at Starbucks, mmm coffee! We were in search of some very specific things, jewelry, a wrap (in case it is cold, as it does tend to snow on Halloween), a head piece and shoes. I was excepting some success but we had total success. I also got to try on the sample of my wedding dress again! Sooo exciting. We found earrings and a bracelet at Macy's, a necklace at the Sterling Silver store, a wrap at Dillards, and shoes and a reeeeeaally pretty headband at Dina's Bridal. So I am not going with the flower on the side image I was thinking about (see the early hair post) but I am really happy with what I did find.
Things are getting really busy now, tonight I have my hair trial. She is only at the salon tues-thurs. We are meeting with the Boettcher Mansion on the 27th, as well as our caterer to pick linens. My dress ships on the 27th so I am hoping to be able to go try it on and get the hem setup on the 2nd. My bridal shower is on the 3rd and we meet the DJ on the 4th. We are doing our Bachelor/Bachelorette co-op party on the 16th. We have several people to pay between now and the 31st. I still have to work a lot between now and the end of Oct.
Tomorrow is the first day of Fall, but it still has been really warm out so I'm hoping that it means it wont be snowing on Halloween this year. We shall see. The weather here is always crazy.
Chris and I need to pick up the stuff for the favors and the centerpieces. We need to get gifts for people involved in the wedding. So much to do and time is starting to quickly tick by..
Oh I do have some new photos to share.. not many.. I looove my new camera though.. can't wait to get to disney world. ^_^.. my mom said she is going to use my camera at my wedding for me!!
Hope everyone has a wonderful week!
I met my mom on Saturday at Starbucks, mmm coffee! We were in search of some very specific things, jewelry, a wrap (in case it is cold, as it does tend to snow on Halloween), a head piece and shoes. I was excepting some success but we had total success. I also got to try on the sample of my wedding dress again! Sooo exciting. We found earrings and a bracelet at Macy's, a necklace at the Sterling Silver store, a wrap at Dillards, and shoes and a reeeeeaally pretty headband at Dina's Bridal. So I am not going with the flower on the side image I was thinking about (see the early hair post) but I am really happy with what I did find.
Things are getting really busy now, tonight I have my hair trial. She is only at the salon tues-thurs. We are meeting with the Boettcher Mansion on the 27th, as well as our caterer to pick linens. My dress ships on the 27th so I am hoping to be able to go try it on and get the hem setup on the 2nd. My bridal shower is on the 3rd and we meet the DJ on the 4th. We are doing our Bachelor/Bachelorette co-op party on the 16th. We have several people to pay between now and the 31st. I still have to work a lot between now and the end of Oct.
Tomorrow is the first day of Fall, but it still has been really warm out so I'm hoping that it means it wont be snowing on Halloween this year. We shall see. The weather here is always crazy.
Chris and I need to pick up the stuff for the favors and the centerpieces. We need to get gifts for people involved in the wedding. So much to do and time is starting to quickly tick by..
Oh I do have some new photos to share.. not many.. I looove my new camera though.. can't wait to get to disney world. ^_^.. my mom said she is going to use my camera at my wedding for me!!
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Hope everyone has a wonderful week!
Friday, September 17, 2010
Big Smiley Face.. ^_^
First off, I have had a cold all week and been really achey and cruddy feeling. I woke up feeling amazing this morning! So yay for that.
Second, I got a reply card given to me and it was a confirmed reply so I'm really excited now. Some one is coming to my wedding! Hahaha. One of guys we invited from work. Who we have known since we started is coming. Yay!
Third, it is friday and I get go home and have pizza. Hahaha.
Fourth, I am going shopping with my Mom tomorrow.
So I have lots to be happy about right now. Can't wait to get home. Chris had to stay home today because everyone is off on a fishing trip and one of the alpacas went into labor this morning right before we had to leave for work.
Its been a busy day and I am happy it is nearly over.
I can't wait to start hearing who is coming to my wedding!
Peace out everyone!
Second, I got a reply card given to me and it was a confirmed reply so I'm really excited now. Some one is coming to my wedding! Hahaha. One of guys we invited from work. Who we have known since we started is coming. Yay!
Third, it is friday and I get go home and have pizza. Hahaha.
Fourth, I am going shopping with my Mom tomorrow.
So I have lots to be happy about right now. Can't wait to get home. Chris had to stay home today because everyone is off on a fishing trip and one of the alpacas went into labor this morning right before we had to leave for work.
Its been a busy day and I am happy it is nearly over.
I can't wait to start hearing who is coming to my wedding!
Peace out everyone!
Tuesday, September 14, 2010
This might be easier..
I figured out it would be easier to share photo albums sometimes instead of trying to load individual photos because our internet here has issues..
..so some of those have been on here before but most have not. as I build up more photo albums I'll share more.. ^_^.. in other news we got all our invitations prepped yesterday and we are taking them to the post office this morning before work to get them mailed out. One more thing checked off my list and one less thing to worry about.. ^_^
So I am playing my first every football pool and I lost. But I did pretty well up until the games last night. I don't know why I picked the Chargers.. honestly.. oh well always another chance next weekend.. ^_^
Achilles started his advanced training last night. Only 5 more classes left. We did a review of heal and greeting strangers, as well as walking along other dogs. Achilles did pretty well. I plan on working more on his heal and stuff this week.. also he is getting really mouthy again so we need to work on that.
I've been doing really well with my exercise I worked out 6 days last week and so far 2 days this week. ^_^ I am seeing and feeling the difference too. ^_^ I can't wait to try my dress on again when it comes in. I hope I look great! It should be there in another 2 weeks.
Well gotta finish getting ready to go! Hope you have a wonderful week!
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..so some of those have been on here before but most have not. as I build up more photo albums I'll share more.. ^_^.. in other news we got all our invitations prepped yesterday and we are taking them to the post office this morning before work to get them mailed out. One more thing checked off my list and one less thing to worry about.. ^_^
So I am playing my first every football pool and I lost. But I did pretty well up until the games last night. I don't know why I picked the Chargers.. honestly.. oh well always another chance next weekend.. ^_^
Achilles started his advanced training last night. Only 5 more classes left. We did a review of heal and greeting strangers, as well as walking along other dogs. Achilles did pretty well. I plan on working more on his heal and stuff this week.. also he is getting really mouthy again so we need to work on that.
I've been doing really well with my exercise I worked out 6 days last week and so far 2 days this week. ^_^ I am seeing and feeling the difference too. ^_^ I can't wait to try my dress on again when it comes in. I hope I look great! It should be there in another 2 weeks.
Well gotta finish getting ready to go! Hope you have a wonderful week!
Thursday, September 9, 2010
Wedding Update
We sent our wedding invitations to the printer to have them print them up for us because our printer was curling the pages. Not fun. *Fingers Crossed* we get them back before Monday.
I'm trying to setup a trial run with the hair/makeup lady we are going to use. Also going shopping for something to put in my hair my next Saturday off which is on the 18th.
I am still kind of bummed that I cannot go to my cousin Jason's Wedding on the 25th. I just have so much going on here and I do not have the funds to fly to Alabama. I do not expect them to come to my Wedding either since they are so close together. Who knows though. They may surprise us and come.
I need to go get something to eat. I've been doing awesome with my morning Zumba and staying on program with Weight Watchers! Can't wait for my dress to come in so I can see it on me!
I'm trying to setup a trial run with the hair/makeup lady we are going to use. Also going shopping for something to put in my hair my next Saturday off which is on the 18th.
I am still kind of bummed that I cannot go to my cousin Jason's Wedding on the 25th. I just have so much going on here and I do not have the funds to fly to Alabama. I do not expect them to come to my Wedding either since they are so close together. Who knows though. They may surprise us and come.
I need to go get something to eat. I've been doing awesome with my morning Zumba and staying on program with Weight Watchers! Can't wait for my dress to come in so I can see it on me!
Photo Fun..
I have played with my new camera every day for at least a few minutes so now here are some of my favorite shots.. again this is with a Canon EOS Rebel XS with a EF-S 18-55mm IS lens.. Enjoy the beginnings!
This is Tigger, She was a bit close so the flash created shadows but this was the same day I brought the camera home.. Donnamae has a book I can read to help teach me..
I took my camera out back the second day I had it for some outside shots before work.. here is one of the barn kittens..
Triplicat! hehe.. bad I know.. all the barn kittens..
The girls all came out of the barn to see what was going on..
Yesterday Higgins was in the window contemplating outside and I when picture happy. This is my favorite and now the background of my computer.
This is Tigger, She was a bit close so the flash created shadows but this was the same day I brought the camera home.. Donnamae has a book I can read to help teach me..
I took my camera out back the second day I had it for some outside shots before work.. here is one of the barn kittens..
Triplicat! hehe.. bad I know.. all the barn kittens..
The girls all came out of the barn to see what was going on..
Yesterday Higgins was in the window contemplating outside and I when picture happy. This is my favorite and now the background of my computer.
Tuesday, September 7, 2010
Happy Day!
So we are getting closer and closer!
We tried to make our invitations this past weekend but the paper was having issues with the ink from my parent's printer. Chris's mom is going to get a quote for us from her printer. It shouldn't be bad since we only need a small number and we have all the paper and everything. We hope to get them printed up this week so we can assemble them and mail them by next Monday.
I am still doing well with WW's I've lost a decent amount of weight since I started a whole 2 weeks ago. I've started working out every morning except Sunday now. I feel really motivated and just good in general.
We had Achilles sleep in our room the other day and it went really well so we may start doing that more and more and once winter comes we'll keep him in our room as much as we can to keep him warm, he doesn't have as heavy a coat as the other dogs.
One of the things I am really happy about is my wedding gift from Chris. At walmart yesterday we saw a deal we couldn't pass up. Chris bought me my new Cannon Rebel! It is the 10mp camera which is fine with me since I'm not a professional photographer. It came with an awesome camera bag and a 2GB memory card. All for the regular price of the camera itself. Chris said he'd intended to try and get me my camera before our Honeymoon and voila! Now what should I get him?? Oh dear.
I was so giddy yesterday but I didn't get to really play with it because it took 2 hours to charge the battery and his Mom had gotten new stuff for the Wii so we played frisbee golf and then after dinner we all watched The Hangover. Donnamae and David hadn't seen it before. Its so funny. We got The Hangover and American Werewolf in London on Bluray yesterday. I love that Walmart sells cheap ones now. ^_^
I'll share some of the shots from my new camera when I get them loaded on my computer at home. I was playing with it for a few minutes this morning. This was a really extravagant gift and I have no intention of asking for anything else for awhile. I need to pick up an extra battery for it and Donnamae who uses a Nikon and wants to start doing photography at least partially for a living has all kinds of recommendations for me for things to get.
I still carry my little 10mp Kodak Easyshare in my purse so if I see something I want to photograph I have something with me but when we go to Disney and for other things I'll take my new one. Like for my Bridal Shower.. ^_^
We are meeting up with the DJ on October 4th. My Bridal shower is the weekend right before that. We have a meeting setup to finalize everything at the Boettcher and another to see the caterer and pick our linens, we finally decided on our center pieces and our favors. I am feeling really positive about everything!! So it really is a happy day!
We tried to make our invitations this past weekend but the paper was having issues with the ink from my parent's printer. Chris's mom is going to get a quote for us from her printer. It shouldn't be bad since we only need a small number and we have all the paper and everything. We hope to get them printed up this week so we can assemble them and mail them by next Monday.
I am still doing well with WW's I've lost a decent amount of weight since I started a whole 2 weeks ago. I've started working out every morning except Sunday now. I feel really motivated and just good in general.
We had Achilles sleep in our room the other day and it went really well so we may start doing that more and more and once winter comes we'll keep him in our room as much as we can to keep him warm, he doesn't have as heavy a coat as the other dogs.
One of the things I am really happy about is my wedding gift from Chris. At walmart yesterday we saw a deal we couldn't pass up. Chris bought me my new Cannon Rebel! It is the 10mp camera which is fine with me since I'm not a professional photographer. It came with an awesome camera bag and a 2GB memory card. All for the regular price of the camera itself. Chris said he'd intended to try and get me my camera before our Honeymoon and voila! Now what should I get him?? Oh dear.
I was so giddy yesterday but I didn't get to really play with it because it took 2 hours to charge the battery and his Mom had gotten new stuff for the Wii so we played frisbee golf and then after dinner we all watched The Hangover. Donnamae and David hadn't seen it before. Its so funny. We got The Hangover and American Werewolf in London on Bluray yesterday. I love that Walmart sells cheap ones now. ^_^
I'll share some of the shots from my new camera when I get them loaded on my computer at home. I was playing with it for a few minutes this morning. This was a really extravagant gift and I have no intention of asking for anything else for awhile. I need to pick up an extra battery for it and Donnamae who uses a Nikon and wants to start doing photography at least partially for a living has all kinds of recommendations for me for things to get.
I still carry my little 10mp Kodak Easyshare in my purse so if I see something I want to photograph I have something with me but when we go to Disney and for other things I'll take my new one. Like for my Bridal Shower.. ^_^
We are meeting up with the DJ on October 4th. My Bridal shower is the weekend right before that. We have a meeting setup to finalize everything at the Boettcher and another to see the caterer and pick our linens, we finally decided on our center pieces and our favors. I am feeling really positive about everything!! So it really is a happy day!
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Gooooood Mooorning..
and now I have the Beatles stuck in my head.. don't you just love the way my brain works?
Achilles graduated intermediate training last night and on the 13th he starts the 6 week Advanced! It gives me time to get out there and work with him in more in the mean time. We were able to sign up since it is only a 6 week class. Otherwise last night would have been the end. We play Simon says last night and apparently a lot of what the Advanced class is is just games to reinforce things they've learned in the previous classes..
On the Weight Watchers front yesterday. I dipped into my weeklies already.. I figured I would have to. So for those of you who don't know how weight watchers works, the point is to take in less calories then you burn since that is the only scientifically proven way to lose weight. They have the points system to help make it easier on you (they also have the filling foods program but I've never tried it.. last time I was on WWs it was called Core). You get so many Daily Points(DP), depending on how much you weigh, how old you are, and how active you are, also if you are male or female, or breast feeding.. they take a lot into consideration when getting you started so you have the most success. Justin, my future brother-in-law, has a heck of a lot more points then I do. Anyway on top of the DP you get Weekly Points(WP) so that if you go out to eat or have some special event or just don't get enough from the DP you can still eat more without feeling guilty. You also earn Activity Points(AP) when you work out and you can eat those to. One of my mini personal goals I like is that if I use WP I try to have enough AP built up by the end of the week to balance it out. So far I have 8AP for this week and I've used 7WP.
I'm a little stiff this morning, I did over an hour of Zumba yesterday and so I just did the 17minute AB workout this morning.
That sandwich I had for lunch yesterday at 7 West was soooo good but I shouldn't have ate the whole thing at once. I was stuffed until about 7ish last night. Which is when we were in class. I ended up just having toast for dinner at like 8:30 last night with a glass of chocolate milk. I've learned though! And learning is important.. next time I'll eat half the delicious sandwich goodness and I'll save the other half for later.. ^_^
We were supposed to go see our caterer on Saturday but he isn't available. So my mom setup the meeting for the 27th of September. Chris is starting to get more worried about getting it all done then I am! I am trying not to stress though, I told him we are right on schedule and not to worry. Which is true!
Better go get ready for work. We have meeting this morning.. >_<
Achilles graduated intermediate training last night and on the 13th he starts the 6 week Advanced! It gives me time to get out there and work with him in more in the mean time. We were able to sign up since it is only a 6 week class. Otherwise last night would have been the end. We play Simon says last night and apparently a lot of what the Advanced class is is just games to reinforce things they've learned in the previous classes..
On the Weight Watchers front yesterday. I dipped into my weeklies already.. I figured I would have to. So for those of you who don't know how weight watchers works, the point is to take in less calories then you burn since that is the only scientifically proven way to lose weight. They have the points system to help make it easier on you (they also have the filling foods program but I've never tried it.. last time I was on WWs it was called Core). You get so many Daily Points(DP), depending on how much you weigh, how old you are, and how active you are, also if you are male or female, or breast feeding.. they take a lot into consideration when getting you started so you have the most success. Justin, my future brother-in-law, has a heck of a lot more points then I do. Anyway on top of the DP you get Weekly Points(WP) so that if you go out to eat or have some special event or just don't get enough from the DP you can still eat more without feeling guilty. You also earn Activity Points(AP) when you work out and you can eat those to. One of my mini personal goals I like is that if I use WP I try to have enough AP built up by the end of the week to balance it out. So far I have 8AP for this week and I've used 7WP.
I'm a little stiff this morning, I did over an hour of Zumba yesterday and so I just did the 17minute AB workout this morning.
That sandwich I had for lunch yesterday at 7 West was soooo good but I shouldn't have ate the whole thing at once. I was stuffed until about 7ish last night. Which is when we were in class. I ended up just having toast for dinner at like 8:30 last night with a glass of chocolate milk. I've learned though! And learning is important.. next time I'll eat half the delicious sandwich goodness and I'll save the other half for later.. ^_^
We were supposed to go see our caterer on Saturday but he isn't available. So my mom setup the meeting for the 27th of September. Chris is starting to get more worried about getting it all done then I am! I am trying not to stress though, I told him we are right on schedule and not to worry. Which is true!
Better go get ready for work. We have meeting this morning.. >_<
Monday, August 30, 2010
First Weigh In success!
I totally had cake yesterday at work. I tried hard to avoid it but chocolate cake with chocolate icing is way too tempting. Still today, on my first weigh in since rejoining Weight Watchers I was down 4.3lbs!!! Most of which I am sure was all the alcohol I drank on vacation but that puts me back on track and I am so happy!!!
I worked out extra hard today too doing over an hour of Zumba cardio dvd goodness. Which I think was really important because we are going out to lunch today with my future mother-in-law.
It is so nice to have things to do today that do not require us running around like crazy headless chickens for once. It is an almost relaxing day off!! The big day is getting closer and closer.. I can't wait. I found out when my Bridal shower is going to be. Its been so long since I've had a party in my honor before. I don't normally expect such things.
I am so glad I found Zumba. This is a workout plan I can really stick to. Chris came in from mowing the lawn while I was doing the Zumba Cardio Party and he laughed and was like "wow you are really getting into this!" I just smiled and said its soo much fun! I was out of breath so I couldn't really have said more I wanted to.
In weight watchers you set lots of mini goals to help you from getting discouraged so here are my mini goals:
-5% - basically I need to lose about 7.4lbs to reach this and I'm already half way there
-10lbs - 10lbs is about a dress size so I'm looking forward to this one
-10% - this will leave me with less than 10lbs till my final goal
-Goal - which for me is about 23-25lbs from my starting weight.
Other goals I have are to get toner and more fit and look smokin' in my Wedding Dress. ^_^
Wish me luck!!
I worked out extra hard today too doing over an hour of Zumba cardio dvd goodness. Which I think was really important because we are going out to lunch today with my future mother-in-law.
It is so nice to have things to do today that do not require us running around like crazy headless chickens for once. It is an almost relaxing day off!! The big day is getting closer and closer.. I can't wait. I found out when my Bridal shower is going to be. Its been so long since I've had a party in my honor before. I don't normally expect such things.
I am so glad I found Zumba. This is a workout plan I can really stick to. Chris came in from mowing the lawn while I was doing the Zumba Cardio Party and he laughed and was like "wow you are really getting into this!" I just smiled and said its soo much fun! I was out of breath so I couldn't really have said more I wanted to.
In weight watchers you set lots of mini goals to help you from getting discouraged so here are my mini goals:
-5% - basically I need to lose about 7.4lbs to reach this and I'm already half way there
-10lbs - 10lbs is about a dress size so I'm looking forward to this one
-10% - this will leave me with less than 10lbs till my final goal
-Goal - which for me is about 23-25lbs from my starting weight.
Other goals I have are to get toner and more fit and look smokin' in my Wedding Dress. ^_^
Wish me luck!!
Sunday, August 29, 2010
Sunday!
First off.. 62 more days!!
Wow almost 2 months left. It seems so crazy!! Going to get the invitations started next Saturday and will finish them and mail them that Monday I believe. So exciting! We are working OT to help make us some extra money. Thanks to living with Donnamae we have put away the money we need for the Wedding stuff and now we are focused on Saving for a down payment on a house.. ^_^
Now for some sadder news. Bandit has a really bad shoulder injury that was never taken care of like it should have. Donnamae and David waited for a long time thinking it'd get better on its own to take him to the vet. Now they will have to put him down because the vet said its gone on too long and there really isn't anything they can do. :( he is only 6 months old. It is really sad. The vet gave them some anti-inflammatories and told them to confine him for 2 weeks to a smaller area but David wont do it because it only was given a 2% chance of working. The pills will at least help him not be in so much pain for his last few days. They are going to put him down in 2 weeks time. So sad.. so sad..
Thinking about it just makes me all sad and stuff..
Wow almost 2 months left. It seems so crazy!! Going to get the invitations started next Saturday and will finish them and mail them that Monday I believe. So exciting! We are working OT to help make us some extra money. Thanks to living with Donnamae we have put away the money we need for the Wedding stuff and now we are focused on Saving for a down payment on a house.. ^_^
Now for some sadder news. Bandit has a really bad shoulder injury that was never taken care of like it should have. Donnamae and David waited for a long time thinking it'd get better on its own to take him to the vet. Now they will have to put him down because the vet said its gone on too long and there really isn't anything they can do. :( he is only 6 months old. It is really sad. The vet gave them some anti-inflammatories and told them to confine him for 2 weeks to a smaller area but David wont do it because it only was given a 2% chance of working. The pills will at least help him not be in so much pain for his last few days. They are going to put him down in 2 weeks time. So sad.. so sad..
Thinking about it just makes me all sad and stuff..
Friday, August 27, 2010
TGIF.. Maybe?
Hey Everyone!
Hmmm where to start.. I saw Bubba(aka Matthew) after Achille's training class but not with Achilles. Bandit and Achilles got into a fit before we left and so we had to take him home after the class because Bandit had hurt his foot. I know it sounds crazy to leave him with Bandit but they only becom aggressive with each other when people are around. Its got to do with how close in age they are in the fact that they are male. If Chris and I get another dog it will be a female. Everyone is saying it is better to pair a male with a female because they are not going to be aggressive towards each other. We shall see when the time comes.
Anyway on Sunday we met up with my brother and parents at Borders and just kind of hung out for a while. We invited Bubba to see Scott Pilgrim vs the World with us on Monday. I loooved that movie! So Monday we went down and had brunch with my parents and Bubba, then we took Bubba to the Cherry Creek mall and got our movie tickets. We had like 2 hours to kill so the three of us just walked around the mall. The only decent store to look in was It's Your Move, I mean I would have liked other stores but not those too, LOL. We ended up getting starbucks and just hanging out till it was close the movie. We then got candy. Dear lord did we get candy. I'm swearing right now not to binge like that again any time soon. >_<
That actually brings me to my next news. I have officially joined Weight Watchers again. It worked really well the first time. I've gained about 20-25lbs back though since that first successful run, partly because I'd gotten sick and partly because I just stopped eating right and wasn't exercising. But I've been doing well with the exercise so now I need get back to eating better. Since I live in the middle of no where I am doing WWs Online this time. I think since I'm working out regularly that it will really work this time around. I tried it once before and didn't really lose much weight. I normally do better when I go in person. *fingers crossed*
Anyway I just wanted to stop in and give an update.
OH!!! Kimi got a dress!! I've only seen pictures but I think it looks really nice!! I am so excited!!
64 days till the wedding!!
Hmmm where to start.. I saw Bubba(aka Matthew) after Achille's training class but not with Achilles. Bandit and Achilles got into a fit before we left and so we had to take him home after the class because Bandit had hurt his foot. I know it sounds crazy to leave him with Bandit but they only becom aggressive with each other when people are around. Its got to do with how close in age they are in the fact that they are male. If Chris and I get another dog it will be a female. Everyone is saying it is better to pair a male with a female because they are not going to be aggressive towards each other. We shall see when the time comes.
Anyway on Sunday we met up with my brother and parents at Borders and just kind of hung out for a while. We invited Bubba to see Scott Pilgrim vs the World with us on Monday. I loooved that movie! So Monday we went down and had brunch with my parents and Bubba, then we took Bubba to the Cherry Creek mall and got our movie tickets. We had like 2 hours to kill so the three of us just walked around the mall. The only decent store to look in was It's Your Move, I mean I would have liked other stores but not those too, LOL. We ended up getting starbucks and just hanging out till it was close the movie. We then got candy. Dear lord did we get candy. I'm swearing right now not to binge like that again any time soon. >_<
That actually brings me to my next news. I have officially joined Weight Watchers again. It worked really well the first time. I've gained about 20-25lbs back though since that first successful run, partly because I'd gotten sick and partly because I just stopped eating right and wasn't exercising. But I've been doing well with the exercise so now I need get back to eating better. Since I live in the middle of no where I am doing WWs Online this time. I think since I'm working out regularly that it will really work this time around. I tried it once before and didn't really lose much weight. I normally do better when I go in person. *fingers crossed*
Anyway I just wanted to stop in and give an update.
OH!!! Kimi got a dress!! I've only seen pictures but I think it looks really nice!! I am so excited!!
64 days till the wedding!!
Sunday, August 22, 2010
Bubba Day!
I was so happy to see my babies yesterday when we finally got home. By babies I of course my my loving cat Higgins ( who currently is purring incessantly on my lap) and my loving puppy Achilles.
The trip home went smooth and we got back by noon on Saturday. Friday we wondered around town and I got some shots of the completely amazing views around Breckenridge. I really want to go up there in the winter but I dread driving there as I-70 is crazy enough without snow and ice.
We saw this snow blower attachment that they used on trains to clear the snow from the tracks. It was kind of neat and it was made in Patterson NJ! Hahaha. Chris thinks I'm silly because I get excited for things from NJ or Penn State. (the Broncos played the Detroit Lions last night and Derek Williams plays for the lions so I was excited)
Bubba Gumps was of course yum. I have fallen in love with Coconut Shrimp. Mmmmmm. I even ate a mussel something I haven't done in years. The hush puppies were delish as well. Chris and I love to order drinks off their menu because they have drinks you can get that then get you free glasses. We got 2 shakers and 2 pilsner glasses. The shakers came with a Hard Ice Tea and the Pilsners came from this really fruity drink that I really liked but seemed to never end.
Kimi and Justin left early which bummed me out but it still was a nice last day. We had homemade ice cream from Mimi's Cafe.. mmm ice cream..
Saturday Chris and I were very much ready to go. We were packed and dressed and had our coffee by 8am. We had to hang out though and help James get all his stuff loaded in his truck. We then said our goodbyes and were on our way back here with Mikey around 9:45 and even with stopping in Arvada to get some food made it back around noon. Go us.
Justin and Kimi stopped by with the boys yesterday afternoon too. They brought my Hot Shots Golf back too! Something we played a lot of over the vacation. I got my brother a really nice Key Chain that says "I <3 Bubba"
Here are just a few of my photos from the trip..
Before leaving to go to Breckenridge.. Chris, Mikey and Achilles on the trampoline..
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We followed Kimi, Justin and Mikey up there and Justin pulled out a little toy monkey and a little red car.. this was when we were nearly there..
This fox was there the night we got there and came back on Wednesday too..^_^
At Peak 8 on Tuesday, we played putt putt and did the rock wall and the alpine slide..
My first time ever on the chair lift!
View from the Chair Lift.. James and Mikey were on the one behind us.. and Kimi and Justin in front of us..
This was taken before dinner on Wednesday but after a few margaritas and long island ice teas.. lol.. we were still red from the sun on Tuesday.. everyone got a little burned at Peak 8
I'll leave it at that point for now.. I need to go finish up getting ready and head out. I'm hoping to get a few shots of my brother and me and such today.. so excited!!!
The trip home went smooth and we got back by noon on Saturday. Friday we wondered around town and I got some shots of the completely amazing views around Breckenridge. I really want to go up there in the winter but I dread driving there as I-70 is crazy enough without snow and ice.
We saw this snow blower attachment that they used on trains to clear the snow from the tracks. It was kind of neat and it was made in Patterson NJ! Hahaha. Chris thinks I'm silly because I get excited for things from NJ or Penn State. (the Broncos played the Detroit Lions last night and Derek Williams plays for the lions so I was excited)
Bubba Gumps was of course yum. I have fallen in love with Coconut Shrimp. Mmmmmm. I even ate a mussel something I haven't done in years. The hush puppies were delish as well. Chris and I love to order drinks off their menu because they have drinks you can get that then get you free glasses. We got 2 shakers and 2 pilsner glasses. The shakers came with a Hard Ice Tea and the Pilsners came from this really fruity drink that I really liked but seemed to never end.
Kimi and Justin left early which bummed me out but it still was a nice last day. We had homemade ice cream from Mimi's Cafe.. mmm ice cream..
Saturday Chris and I were very much ready to go. We were packed and dressed and had our coffee by 8am. We had to hang out though and help James get all his stuff loaded in his truck. We then said our goodbyes and were on our way back here with Mikey around 9:45 and even with stopping in Arvada to get some food made it back around noon. Go us.
Justin and Kimi stopped by with the boys yesterday afternoon too. They brought my Hot Shots Golf back too! Something we played a lot of over the vacation. I got my brother a really nice Key Chain that says "I <3 Bubba"
Here are just a few of my photos from the trip..
Before leaving to go to Breckenridge.. Chris, Mikey and Achilles on the trampoline..
.We followed Kimi, Justin and Mikey up there and Justin pulled out a little toy monkey and a little red car.. this was when we were nearly there..
This fox was there the night we got there and came back on Wednesday too..^_^
At Peak 8 on Tuesday, we played putt putt and did the rock wall and the alpine slide..
My first time ever on the chair lift!
View from the Chair Lift.. James and Mikey were on the one behind us.. and Kimi and Justin in front of us..
This was taken before dinner on Wednesday but after a few margaritas and long island ice teas.. lol.. we were still red from the sun on Tuesday.. everyone got a little burned at Peak 8
I'll leave it at that point for now.. I need to go finish up getting ready and head out. I'm hoping to get a few shots of my brother and me and such today.. so excited!!!
Friday, August 20, 2010
quick hello!
Today is the last day in Breckenridge and I just wanted to stop in and say hi. I'll post pictures and stories when we get back.
I'm looking forward to the wedding stuff that we have to do when we get back. I feel like this was a good getaway from reality and I'm ready to get back to work on planning.
We have to get out our invitations when we get back and I need to get adresses to my mom for the bridal shower, we need to let Kimi and Justin know who to invite to our bachelor/bachelorette shindig.. And just finish up some planning for the big day itself!! Nearly 2 months now!!
My brother is in town so I can't wait to get back and see him.
See ya'll when we get back!
I'm looking forward to the wedding stuff that we have to do when we get back. I feel like this was a good getaway from reality and I'm ready to get back to work on planning.
We have to get out our invitations when we get back and I need to get adresses to my mom for the bridal shower, we need to let Kimi and Justin know who to invite to our bachelor/bachelorette shindig.. And just finish up some planning for the big day itself!! Nearly 2 months now!!
My brother is in town so I can't wait to get back and see him.
See ya'll when we get back!
Saturday, August 7, 2010
Feels like a lazy Saturday...
Really though I got things done so I feel good. Plus having dinner with my parents tonight. Very excited. We are going out to eat!
Anyway Kimi and I went and looked at bridesmaid dresses and we found one we both like that they can get for her in black. I am really excited. No pictures to share though. We talked about a lot of other stuff going on and I really hope we do more stuff together. I'm looking forward to going to Breckenridge next week. One more week!!!! I am so excited. Last time I didn't really know Justin and Kimi that well but this time we know each other better and I am more comfortable and able to talk more.. which with me is a big deal because I tend to get really quiet and tongue tied.
I keep forgetting to call the florist. I really need to do that so I can book them! I showed Kimi some of the flowers and told her what its gonna look like. Less than 3 months now!!! Aaaaaah.
In other news Chris and I are right on track to get a house!!!! I am so excited. It is going to take us a few months to put together the money for the down payment but it looks like in a few months we'll be getting with started in really looking. We want to look at places in longmont and we've seen a lot of listings in our price range so I'm feeling very hopeful.
I have to get ready for dinner but I just wanted to stop by and let ya'll know whats going on. Does anyone have any tips for a first time home buyer? Let me know!!
I'm am going to try and keep posting more often now that everything is starting to come together.
Anyway Kimi and I went and looked at bridesmaid dresses and we found one we both like that they can get for her in black. I am really excited. No pictures to share though. We talked about a lot of other stuff going on and I really hope we do more stuff together. I'm looking forward to going to Breckenridge next week. One more week!!!! I am so excited. Last time I didn't really know Justin and Kimi that well but this time we know each other better and I am more comfortable and able to talk more.. which with me is a big deal because I tend to get really quiet and tongue tied.
I keep forgetting to call the florist. I really need to do that so I can book them! I showed Kimi some of the flowers and told her what its gonna look like. Less than 3 months now!!! Aaaaaah.
In other news Chris and I are right on track to get a house!!!! I am so excited. It is going to take us a few months to put together the money for the down payment but it looks like in a few months we'll be getting with started in really looking. We want to look at places in longmont and we've seen a lot of listings in our price range so I'm feeling very hopeful.
I have to get ready for dinner but I just wanted to stop by and let ya'll know whats going on. Does anyone have any tips for a first time home buyer? Let me know!!
I'm am going to try and keep posting more often now that everything is starting to come together.
Friday, July 30, 2010
August?!? Already???
So tomorrow will bring the end of July and make it about 3 months exactly until my Wedding day.. craaaazy.. as I mentioned in my last post I'm thinking about hair a lot lately. I have several things piling up on my To Do list for Monday inregards to the Wedding planning and to desire to buy a house. I am so done with renting!!
Work has been crazy lately as well, lots of people pulled for training and a few people leaving for new adventures (aka better jobs).. I've started reading again finally. I am an avid reader and was on a role by the end of March having read 23 books with a personal goal to read 100. Now it is very close to August and I've only read 1 more book. Granted that doesn't count the fact that I reread 4 books. 3 of which I had read only this past January. I think because the rest of my life is getting more and more crazy as time marches on to October, I've started reading again. I've also become fascinated by people who blog about books. It seems like such a brilliant thing to do.. and if only I had time to breathe, I might try it out myself. I know, I know you have all heard this before. What happened to my adventures in cooking? Sadly because I live with my mother-in-law to be I do not cook really. I made breakfast a few weekends ago though. Pancakes, bacon, and Eggs. Chris helped out as well. It was a good breakfast. Normally though we are too busy on our days off and end up picking up food and on work days we get home and heat up leftovers from what everyone else had.
I think hobbies are important. I think reading is definitely one of my hobbies and without such distractions from the day to day we would all go crazy. "All work and no play make Leah a dull girl" (We watched the Shining the other day)
There was a list of things to do to destress at the back of a bridal magazine I picked up a few weeks ago. I really need to grab more of those. The list was brilliant, including such things as blowing bubbles and trying on your wedding dress.. Stress is my enemy, as it is for most of us in this day in age.. I think its becoming more and more important to take a moment and just have the be your inner zen moment. For me its when I can stick my head in a good book for a few moments a day and forget reality.
Right now I am reading "The Dark Elf Trilogy" by R.A. Salvatore. Chris loves these books and I am greatly enjoying it. It is the beginning of a very long series. I've read another trilogy in this set that was written first but comes afterwards in the timeline of the world. If you like full on fantasy like Tolkien then I recommend this series.. Anyway my lunch hour is nearly over.. haha I started out talking about hair and now I've gone off on a lovely tangent about stress, hobbies and books.. let me leave you with a few images of hair styles I'm really liking so far.
Work has been crazy lately as well, lots of people pulled for training and a few people leaving for new adventures (aka better jobs).. I've started reading again finally. I am an avid reader and was on a role by the end of March having read 23 books with a personal goal to read 100. Now it is very close to August and I've only read 1 more book. Granted that doesn't count the fact that I reread 4 books. 3 of which I had read only this past January. I think because the rest of my life is getting more and more crazy as time marches on to October, I've started reading again. I've also become fascinated by people who blog about books. It seems like such a brilliant thing to do.. and if only I had time to breathe, I might try it out myself. I know, I know you have all heard this before. What happened to my adventures in cooking? Sadly because I live with my mother-in-law to be I do not cook really. I made breakfast a few weekends ago though. Pancakes, bacon, and Eggs. Chris helped out as well. It was a good breakfast. Normally though we are too busy on our days off and end up picking up food and on work days we get home and heat up leftovers from what everyone else had.
I think hobbies are important. I think reading is definitely one of my hobbies and without such distractions from the day to day we would all go crazy. "All work and no play make Leah a dull girl" (We watched the Shining the other day)
There was a list of things to do to destress at the back of a bridal magazine I picked up a few weeks ago. I really need to grab more of those. The list was brilliant, including such things as blowing bubbles and trying on your wedding dress.. Stress is my enemy, as it is for most of us in this day in age.. I think its becoming more and more important to take a moment and just have the be your inner zen moment. For me its when I can stick my head in a good book for a few moments a day and forget reality.
Right now I am reading "The Dark Elf Trilogy" by R.A. Salvatore. Chris loves these books and I am greatly enjoying it. It is the beginning of a very long series. I've read another trilogy in this set that was written first but comes afterwards in the timeline of the world. If you like full on fantasy like Tolkien then I recommend this series.. Anyway my lunch hour is nearly over.. haha I started out talking about hair and now I've gone off on a lovely tangent about stress, hobbies and books.. let me leave you with a few images of hair styles I'm really liking so far.
I haven't decided if I want it down, up or a mix of both. But I know I do not want a veil and I like the flower/feathery look of the clips in these styles. I'd love to hear any input!
Now I shall go back to my book until my lunch ends.. ^_^ I hope everyone has a great weekend!
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Picture Post!
I am at work and for the moment at least its not terribly hectic so I though I'd try using the internet here to load some pictures that I've been wantint to share.. ^_^
I also need to talk hair. I am not sure what I want to do with my hair for the big day.
But first! A few pictures I took last weekend..
I didn't take many shots in Estes Park .. this is one of better ones.. Since the tours were sold out.. I plan on taking more next time when we get an actual tour .. I did read an entire pamphlet on the hotel that was neat.. it told you what ghosts haunt the place and everything!
Anyway now on to hair.. there is a woman that will come to the wedding location and do hair and makeup. Since I am getting married at 11am on a Sunday this is perfect. I need to call her on Monday to setup a consult. I want to have an idea about how I want my hair and stuff though by then. So for the rest of this week I'm going to be looking at hair styles. I'm not sure if I want a full Updo or a parial updo since its going to be early in the day. So many little things to think about still..
I'm really not feeling well today so I may take a short day today but well see..
I also need to talk hair. I am not sure what I want to do with my hair for the big day.
But first! A few pictures I took last weekend..
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| Kimi and Achilles sharing some love: 7-24-10 |
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| Chris and Achilles just chilling on the lawn: 7-24-10 |
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| Sam & Aiden in the pool w/ Mikey watching: 7-24-10 |
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| Stanley Hotel in Estes Park, CO |
Anyway now on to hair.. there is a woman that will come to the wedding location and do hair and makeup. Since I am getting married at 11am on a Sunday this is perfect. I need to call her on Monday to setup a consult. I want to have an idea about how I want my hair and stuff though by then. So for the rest of this week I'm going to be looking at hair styles. I'm not sure if I want a full Updo or a parial updo since its going to be early in the day. So many little things to think about still..
I'm really not feeling well today so I may take a short day today but well see..
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
What Happened to July?
July will be over in a few days. I really can't believe how fast time flies!
I've had a lot of fun this month. I kept meaning to come on here and share everything with all of you and I just never got the chance until now. Now that I am really getting up at 6am everyday to do Zumba. Thats right, Chris's mom got Zumba for us to use in the mornings. Today, in all honesty was the first actual Zumba morning. Sunday and Monday was the first part of the dvd that teaches you the steps it takes an hour to go through and is a mild work out because it breaks it all down. This morning we did the basic 20 minute work out. We now do that one every other day for a week or so and then we can either do the weight loss routine or the toning routine. I'm thinking of trying both. Its fun and the 20 minutes went by pretty quick and I didn't feel like I was going to die so yay!
Achilles is now half way through his Intermediate training class. Only 4 more to go! We are going to do the advanced one in September. I want to get in as much training as possible with Achilles. He is already 62lbs and only 7 months old!!
My parents ordered our cake and Chris and I saw the florist yesterday. I really loved what they came up with and I'm hoping to use them. Chris's mom had offered to pay for the flowers and this is a bit more I think than she wanted to pay but we told her everything it included. We'd already decided yesterday if she doesn't want to pay for all of it we'll figure out a way to cover the difference.
My bouquet is going to be a few shades of orange, a little brown, and some white to make it pop. Its going to be really really pretty. Kimi's is going to be a mini version of mine minus the white. Then Chris's boutineer is going to be a white daisy with some orange petals around it to make it match my bouquet and the others are just going to be simple orange circus roses.
This is an Orange Circus Rose:
Anyway I am very excited. When ever something comes together for the Wedding and we can cross it off I'm very happy.
I scanned our Save the Date Bookmarks into my computer awhile ago. The internet here isn't too good so it is having issues loading a larger image - here is a small picture of what it looks like.. I am really happy with how the came out.. I realize a lot of people I know don't read but that is okay. I use one myself! We have a lot left over because we ordered 50. Counting Dates and couples we are inviting about 90 people and excepting not all of them to actually come.
Kimi and I are going to look for a dress for her next weekend that I have off. So in just under 2 weeks. I am excited! Again.. haha!
This past weekend we celebrated Chris's birthday. It was fun and on Sunday we went to Estes Park to walk around and have lunch and go see the Stanley Hotel. Unfortunately we didn't realize how busy it would be and didn't have reservations for the tours. So we'll have to make another trip. It would have been so much fun to get married there. But to elope with 18 guests is like 5000. So I'm happy with our choice. This way we can have friends and family celebrate with us. Oh! on that trip I did something else completely new. I tasted Jerky. Not just any jerky either.. it was Kangaroo.. how random and crazy is that right? I recently tried fish too and confirmed my dislike of fish yet again. Bleh. I'm trying to be more open minded and try new things when the opportunity arises.
I have to run off to work soon. I promise to try and write more often. Perhaps every Monday again like I originally intended. Now that the Wedding is getting closer and our vacation in August is nearly upon us things are happening a lot faster.
We have to meet with Joshua again from the caterer to pick our linens, We need to design our center pieces and officially book the florist. We also need to talk to the DJ and setup our music. Which reminds me I need to send my Mom the information for the photographer. We have another Payment due by the First of August. We'll be nearly finished paying for him after that!
On the Knot.com they have a budget calculator and we are dead on with the photographer so I'm happy about that.
Oh! One more bit of news. The company I work for finally started doing Merit raises again. Considering that last fall they were doing furlough days this is big news. It was a small raise but any raise is good! Chris and I are going to Wells Fargo on Monday to talk about pre-qualifying for a mortgage. I'll let you know how that goes too next week!
Ta ta!
I've had a lot of fun this month. I kept meaning to come on here and share everything with all of you and I just never got the chance until now. Now that I am really getting up at 6am everyday to do Zumba. Thats right, Chris's mom got Zumba for us to use in the mornings. Today, in all honesty was the first actual Zumba morning. Sunday and Monday was the first part of the dvd that teaches you the steps it takes an hour to go through and is a mild work out because it breaks it all down. This morning we did the basic 20 minute work out. We now do that one every other day for a week or so and then we can either do the weight loss routine or the toning routine. I'm thinking of trying both. Its fun and the 20 minutes went by pretty quick and I didn't feel like I was going to die so yay!
Achilles is now half way through his Intermediate training class. Only 4 more to go! We are going to do the advanced one in September. I want to get in as much training as possible with Achilles. He is already 62lbs and only 7 months old!!
My parents ordered our cake and Chris and I saw the florist yesterday. I really loved what they came up with and I'm hoping to use them. Chris's mom had offered to pay for the flowers and this is a bit more I think than she wanted to pay but we told her everything it included. We'd already decided yesterday if she doesn't want to pay for all of it we'll figure out a way to cover the difference.
My bouquet is going to be a few shades of orange, a little brown, and some white to make it pop. Its going to be really really pretty. Kimi's is going to be a mini version of mine minus the white. Then Chris's boutineer is going to be a white daisy with some orange petals around it to make it match my bouquet and the others are just going to be simple orange circus roses.
This is an Orange Circus Rose:
Anyway I am very excited. When ever something comes together for the Wedding and we can cross it off I'm very happy.I scanned our Save the Date Bookmarks into my computer awhile ago. The internet here isn't too good so it is having issues loading a larger image - here is a small picture of what it looks like.. I am really happy with how the came out.. I realize a lot of people I know don't read but that is okay. I use one myself! We have a lot left over because we ordered 50. Counting Dates and couples we are inviting about 90 people and excepting not all of them to actually come.
Kimi and I are going to look for a dress for her next weekend that I have off. So in just under 2 weeks. I am excited! Again.. haha!
This past weekend we celebrated Chris's birthday. It was fun and on Sunday we went to Estes Park to walk around and have lunch and go see the Stanley Hotel. Unfortunately we didn't realize how busy it would be and didn't have reservations for the tours. So we'll have to make another trip. It would have been so much fun to get married there. But to elope with 18 guests is like 5000. So I'm happy with our choice. This way we can have friends and family celebrate with us. Oh! on that trip I did something else completely new. I tasted Jerky. Not just any jerky either.. it was Kangaroo.. how random and crazy is that right? I recently tried fish too and confirmed my dislike of fish yet again. Bleh. I'm trying to be more open minded and try new things when the opportunity arises.
I have to run off to work soon. I promise to try and write more often. Perhaps every Monday again like I originally intended. Now that the Wedding is getting closer and our vacation in August is nearly upon us things are happening a lot faster.
We have to meet with Joshua again from the caterer to pick our linens, We need to design our center pieces and officially book the florist. We also need to talk to the DJ and setup our music. Which reminds me I need to send my Mom the information for the photographer. We have another Payment due by the First of August. We'll be nearly finished paying for him after that!
On the Knot.com they have a budget calculator and we are dead on with the photographer so I'm happy about that.
Oh! One more bit of news. The company I work for finally started doing Merit raises again. Considering that last fall they were doing furlough days this is big news. It was a small raise but any raise is good! Chris and I are going to Wells Fargo on Monday to talk about pre-qualifying for a mortgage. I'll let you know how that goes too next week!
Ta ta!
Sunday, July 4, 2010
Happy Day of Independence!
Today is as good as any day to sit down and reflect on whats been going on in my life. I haven't written in a few weeks and so I do have lots to share.
First off though Happy 4th of July! Its a bit gloomy out here and I have to work today but its all good.
I think I am going to have to go back in and try my dress on again. I may be needing a smaller size if things keep going. I'm down another 1.5lbs over the 5lbs I was told to lose. I've been trying to use my elliptical so that I can feel good in my bathing suit and summer clothes. I am to be honest, very self conscious about my appearance and always have been. I gained a lot of weight when I was in college and then lost all of it and then some in the year or so afterwards. Since then I've put some of it back on and I'm trying very hard to loose it again, but without the assistance of Weight Watchers this time around. I would love to be, by next summer what I weighed again at the end of 2007. I was tiny for me at that time.
Anywho, Wedding wise we got our save the dates out. I love them and I am using one of the extras as a bookmark, which is what they actually are. We also discussed the cake with my parents and decided to go with Das Meyer. We're all so busy in general and we loved the cake they had so it just makes sense. I hope everyone else enjoys it as much as we do.
It is now just over a month before our trip to Breckinridge! I am really looking forward to this trip. I could use a real vacation.
Living on the ranch has been a real adventure. I am getting up at 6am everyday on the dot, without an alarm. Life starts early here and it is sooo quiet at night that I just fall right asleep so I'm not complaining. We had our first real adventure in ranch life on Friday morning. Everyone else had already headed off to work and we were just about to when Buddy, the laid back rough collie, started barking at the Alpacas. Something didn't look right. We determined that the younger boys had gotten in with the girls. It was good it was only the younger males. They are only just old enough to be breeding. Chris, myself and his mom who came rushing home from work had to wrangle them all back in to their own paddock. It was interesting. Chris and I ended up 10 minutes late to work that morning! I guess I'm becoming a country girl after all!
The internet here is really sucky so I can't post pictures this morning. (the downfall of country life) but maybe tomorrow I'll do a photo post to show some more of whats going on.
We went to the flea market in denver last weekend and saw Young Frankenstein on stage in Denver. It was amazing!! I couldn't stop laughing! Not to mention that the guy that originated the role on Broadway played Dr. Frankenstein! He was on Desperate Housewives, the pharmacist, and other movies before too so I recognized him. That was a real treat thanks to my parents!
Next Saturday we are going to the Renaissance Faire with Chris's dad. I am excited. Chris's Dad is hopefully finally going to meet my parents too. Can you believe it. Nearly 4 months away from the wedding and they've never met!
Anyway I have to get going. We have to head out for work soon and Chris wants to hook up my printer.
Happy 4th again!
First off though Happy 4th of July! Its a bit gloomy out here and I have to work today but its all good.
I think I am going to have to go back in and try my dress on again. I may be needing a smaller size if things keep going. I'm down another 1.5lbs over the 5lbs I was told to lose. I've been trying to use my elliptical so that I can feel good in my bathing suit and summer clothes. I am to be honest, very self conscious about my appearance and always have been. I gained a lot of weight when I was in college and then lost all of it and then some in the year or so afterwards. Since then I've put some of it back on and I'm trying very hard to loose it again, but without the assistance of Weight Watchers this time around. I would love to be, by next summer what I weighed again at the end of 2007. I was tiny for me at that time.
Anywho, Wedding wise we got our save the dates out. I love them and I am using one of the extras as a bookmark, which is what they actually are. We also discussed the cake with my parents and decided to go with Das Meyer. We're all so busy in general and we loved the cake they had so it just makes sense. I hope everyone else enjoys it as much as we do.
It is now just over a month before our trip to Breckinridge! I am really looking forward to this trip. I could use a real vacation.
Living on the ranch has been a real adventure. I am getting up at 6am everyday on the dot, without an alarm. Life starts early here and it is sooo quiet at night that I just fall right asleep so I'm not complaining. We had our first real adventure in ranch life on Friday morning. Everyone else had already headed off to work and we were just about to when Buddy, the laid back rough collie, started barking at the Alpacas. Something didn't look right. We determined that the younger boys had gotten in with the girls. It was good it was only the younger males. They are only just old enough to be breeding. Chris, myself and his mom who came rushing home from work had to wrangle them all back in to their own paddock. It was interesting. Chris and I ended up 10 minutes late to work that morning! I guess I'm becoming a country girl after all!
The internet here is really sucky so I can't post pictures this morning. (the downfall of country life) but maybe tomorrow I'll do a photo post to show some more of whats going on.
We went to the flea market in denver last weekend and saw Young Frankenstein on stage in Denver. It was amazing!! I couldn't stop laughing! Not to mention that the guy that originated the role on Broadway played Dr. Frankenstein! He was on Desperate Housewives, the pharmacist, and other movies before too so I recognized him. That was a real treat thanks to my parents!
Next Saturday we are going to the Renaissance Faire with Chris's dad. I am excited. Chris's Dad is hopefully finally going to meet my parents too. Can you believe it. Nearly 4 months away from the wedding and they've never met!
Anyway I have to get going. We have to head out for work soon and Chris wants to hook up my printer.
Happy 4th again!
Tuesday, June 15, 2010
Things Are looking up..
The move went as smoothly as we could expect considering the horrible weather this past week. There is a load in my Jeep still that needs to go into storage and a small pile of things in the apartment. We are pretty much settled in and things have been looking up.
I am learning to deal with Achilles not being allowed in the house. He gets a long really well with Bandit and Buddie so I know he is not so lonely. Now that the weather is nice again I plan on starting to take some time everyday to spend with him outside and play and train.
We also have been enjoying the Wii. Donnamae and David have Tiger Woods for the Wii and we found out we cannot add profiles because they already have 4 but we just hooked our Wii up and have been playing that. It is so much fun. We also are enjoying the Wii Resort game they have.
Randy, Chris's uncle, was able to fix my eliptical so Donna and I have been using it. Chris says if I lose weight and my wedding dress needs alterations we'll pay for it and not to worry. I was able to fit in my dream dress on Saturday. Not only did it fit it fit better all over! So my bust was just right too haha we were all dumbfounded! I put half down on it and I can't wait for mine to come in!
We really are going to be able to save a lot of money living here. We are so confident we are looking at buying instead of renting a house. Fingers crossed!
We still need to order flowers. I think on Monday I'll call this florist I wanted to try and use and see if I can setup an appointment. We have a meeting at the apartment that morning to find out what we need to fix to get our deposit back so I'm hoping it isn't too much. If we could get our deposit back that would cover the DJ in itself.. haha.. also we turned our cable box in today and they said they owe us 9 cents.. haha..
Higgin is adjusting, unfortunately Tiger, Donna's cat isn't too thrilled that Higgins is there so he is living solely in our room for now. She still has a kitten that she is watching and they actually got her spayed on Sunday so I'm not suprised she is so territorial. I am hoping in a week or so that things will calm down and he can roam the house.
All and all it is an adjustment but things are looking up and it is only for a few months.. ^_^
We got almost all the Save the Dates out .. only a few stragglers we need to mail. We were missing about 8 addresses but we have almost all of them now so yay! I hope everyone likes them and is able to use them. I think the book mark idea was a good one.. ^_^
I am learning to deal with Achilles not being allowed in the house. He gets a long really well with Bandit and Buddie so I know he is not so lonely. Now that the weather is nice again I plan on starting to take some time everyday to spend with him outside and play and train.
We also have been enjoying the Wii. Donnamae and David have Tiger Woods for the Wii and we found out we cannot add profiles because they already have 4 but we just hooked our Wii up and have been playing that. It is so much fun. We also are enjoying the Wii Resort game they have.
Randy, Chris's uncle, was able to fix my eliptical so Donna and I have been using it. Chris says if I lose weight and my wedding dress needs alterations we'll pay for it and not to worry. I was able to fit in my dream dress on Saturday. Not only did it fit it fit better all over! So my bust was just right too haha we were all dumbfounded! I put half down on it and I can't wait for mine to come in!
We really are going to be able to save a lot of money living here. We are so confident we are looking at buying instead of renting a house. Fingers crossed!
We still need to order flowers. I think on Monday I'll call this florist I wanted to try and use and see if I can setup an appointment. We have a meeting at the apartment that morning to find out what we need to fix to get our deposit back so I'm hoping it isn't too much. If we could get our deposit back that would cover the DJ in itself.. haha.. also we turned our cable box in today and they said they owe us 9 cents.. haha..
Higgin is adjusting, unfortunately Tiger, Donna's cat isn't too thrilled that Higgins is there so he is living solely in our room for now. She still has a kitten that she is watching and they actually got her spayed on Sunday so I'm not suprised she is so territorial. I am hoping in a week or so that things will calm down and he can roam the house.
All and all it is an adjustment but things are looking up and it is only for a few months.. ^_^
We got almost all the Save the Dates out .. only a few stragglers we need to mail. We were missing about 8 addresses but we have almost all of them now so yay! I hope everyone likes them and is able to use them. I think the book mark idea was a good one.. ^_^
Tuesday, June 8, 2010
New Adventures of a Future Green
So We are moving on Saturday. I am unsure about the future now except that I am still very excited to get married! Only 145 days to go now!
Finally got the save the dates in the mail yesterday from our photographer. I started working on getting them all in envelopes but I realized I packed my address book! I emailed my mom about it so she can get me addresses and I reminded Chris I need his family's addresses.
In other news Achilles graduated from Puppy class! We also found a class on Mondays so we can go back to the same trainer in July for his intermediate class. I really am happy about that I didn't want to have to go to a different trainer.
I also am going on Saturday to pick up our signature matte and the two 5x7s we are giving to our mothers. I loved the idea of a signature matte. You may never look at a guest book but this is something we'll hang up on the wall. Its our favorite photo from the engagement session and its going to be an 8x10 with a white blank matte around it for our guests to sign. Since our wedding is going to be under 100 people we thought this would be nice.
I made my first roasted chicken today. I am really curious to see how it tastes.
I better go eat!
Hope all of you are doing well!
Finally got the save the dates in the mail yesterday from our photographer. I started working on getting them all in envelopes but I realized I packed my address book! I emailed my mom about it so she can get me addresses and I reminded Chris I need his family's addresses.
In other news Achilles graduated from Puppy class! We also found a class on Mondays so we can go back to the same trainer in July for his intermediate class. I really am happy about that I didn't want to have to go to a different trainer.
I also am going on Saturday to pick up our signature matte and the two 5x7s we are giving to our mothers. I loved the idea of a signature matte. You may never look at a guest book but this is something we'll hang up on the wall. Its our favorite photo from the engagement session and its going to be an 8x10 with a white blank matte around it for our guests to sign. Since our wedding is going to be under 100 people we thought this would be nice.
I made my first roasted chicken today. I am really curious to see how it tastes.
I better go eat!
Hope all of you are doing well!
Thursday, June 3, 2010
Movin' and a Shakin'
So A lot has been happening in my life lately.
First off.. 149 days till I get married!
Okay now on to real news. My home computer went and fried itself the same week I was in training at work so I went a week without a computer! Crazy I know. I learned it is very annoying to have to correspond to emails via a blackberry curve. I really need a new phone but I'm probably going to hold on to this one for a while.
Chris and I have been intending to stick it out with our current apartment for another year. Mainly because our lease is up this month and we didn't want to try and move when we have so much wedding stuff going on. BUT the rule of 3 has hit us and we've made a big decision to move in with Chris's Mom, Donnamae for a few months.
First chris has some hefty bills that came up unexpectedly, a speeding ticket, and some unplanned but necessary medical things, then he blew a tire which we still need to replace, and finally this past Saturday we got a notice from our apartment complex that said they found out we have a second pet (we only have claimed Achilles) so they wanted a deposit for the second pet. Between wedding expenses and all this little fun bits we've decided to get out of dodge and save some money.
We are estimating that this will up our monthly savings by about 400 dollars. So by the end of september we hope for 3 things, to have the money for the dj and what we are going to pay for photography wise put aside, to have enough money for a deposit on a townhouse/house rental that has a fenced in back yard, and to have the money to buy a new mattress.. anymoney left over we intend to use towards our vacation in August and our Honeymoon.
Chris is also going to put is Harley up for sale again because he'll be at the same location that the bike actually is stored. *Fingers Crossed* we can sell that stupid bike and up our savings.
Neither of us reeeeally wants to move but its what is best for us at this time.
Hope all is well with you guys!
First off.. 149 days till I get married!
Okay now on to real news. My home computer went and fried itself the same week I was in training at work so I went a week without a computer! Crazy I know. I learned it is very annoying to have to correspond to emails via a blackberry curve. I really need a new phone but I'm probably going to hold on to this one for a while.
Chris and I have been intending to stick it out with our current apartment for another year. Mainly because our lease is up this month and we didn't want to try and move when we have so much wedding stuff going on. BUT the rule of 3 has hit us and we've made a big decision to move in with Chris's Mom, Donnamae for a few months.
First chris has some hefty bills that came up unexpectedly, a speeding ticket, and some unplanned but necessary medical things, then he blew a tire which we still need to replace, and finally this past Saturday we got a notice from our apartment complex that said they found out we have a second pet (we only have claimed Achilles) so they wanted a deposit for the second pet. Between wedding expenses and all this little fun bits we've decided to get out of dodge and save some money.
We are estimating that this will up our monthly savings by about 400 dollars. So by the end of september we hope for 3 things, to have the money for the dj and what we are going to pay for photography wise put aside, to have enough money for a deposit on a townhouse/house rental that has a fenced in back yard, and to have the money to buy a new mattress.. anymoney left over we intend to use towards our vacation in August and our Honeymoon.
Chris is also going to put is Harley up for sale again because he'll be at the same location that the bike actually is stored. *Fingers Crossed* we can sell that stupid bike and up our savings.
Neither of us reeeeally wants to move but its what is best for us at this time.
Hope all is well with you guys!
Saturday, May 22, 2010
Nearly Summer!!
Hello All!
162 days until the big wedding day!
Chris and I are both stuck working today. It is a day to be sitting by a pool with a good book. I kid you not it is about 80-85 degrees outside right now! 3 more hours here too! Blah.
To help pass the time We spent the morning talking Music. We wanted to start getting a list created of what we want to have played at our wedding. Our DJ has a website where we can see the whole song list. They also have a list of the top 400 songs. We browsed the top 400 song and picked a lot of music. So we are going to try and cut it down by telling him we like these bands, but we also would like these songs to play. Hopefuly by doing that we can cut out songs we don't really really want to hear so he isn't playing one giant playlist. We want a good variety.
Example of songs we like:
Baby Got Back - Sir Mix Alot
Its Five O'Clock Somewhere - Alan Jackson & Jimmy Buffet
She's Everything - Brad Paisley
White Wedding - Billy Idol
Livin' On a Prayer - Bon Jovi
.. we like fun peppy songs and stuff that is a little silly - we want everyone to have fun after all!
Some Bands we want to hear:
The Beatles
Queen
Bon Jovi
Sean Paul
Shaggy
Shakira
David Bowie
Goo Goo Dolls
Brad Paisley
George Straight
Michael Buble
.. so a good variety really.. ^_^
Our song is going to be "I'll Be" by Edwin McCain
our intro is going to be the begining of "Shipping Off to Boston" by Drop Kick Murphy's
I want my father/daughter dance to be to "I loved her First" by Heartland
other than that idk! I think we want to do the money dance because it is a fun silly thing, we still have time to figure it out. The DJ, Ken had told us he'd get intouch about a month or so before hand to get all the song stuff figured out.
That just makes me think, EVERYONE wants to get with us a month or so before the wedding to work out the final details. That is why I really want everything booked now so we can relax this summer. September and October are going to be craaaaazy! I'll just have to hold on and try and enjoy the ride.
Hope ya'll have a nice weekend and if its hot where you are stay cool!!
162 days until the big wedding day!
Chris and I are both stuck working today. It is a day to be sitting by a pool with a good book. I kid you not it is about 80-85 degrees outside right now! 3 more hours here too! Blah.
To help pass the time We spent the morning talking Music. We wanted to start getting a list created of what we want to have played at our wedding. Our DJ has a website where we can see the whole song list. They also have a list of the top 400 songs. We browsed the top 400 song and picked a lot of music. So we are going to try and cut it down by telling him we like these bands, but we also would like these songs to play. Hopefuly by doing that we can cut out songs we don't really really want to hear so he isn't playing one giant playlist. We want a good variety.
Example of songs we like:
Baby Got Back - Sir Mix Alot
Its Five O'Clock Somewhere - Alan Jackson & Jimmy Buffet
She's Everything - Brad Paisley
White Wedding - Billy Idol
Livin' On a Prayer - Bon Jovi
.. we like fun peppy songs and stuff that is a little silly - we want everyone to have fun after all!
Some Bands we want to hear:
The Beatles
Queen
Bon Jovi
Sean Paul
Shaggy
Shakira
David Bowie
Goo Goo Dolls
Brad Paisley
George Straight
Michael Buble
.. so a good variety really.. ^_^
Our song is going to be "I'll Be" by Edwin McCain
our intro is going to be the begining of "Shipping Off to Boston" by Drop Kick Murphy's
I want my father/daughter dance to be to "I loved her First" by Heartland
other than that idk! I think we want to do the money dance because it is a fun silly thing, we still have time to figure it out. The DJ, Ken had told us he'd get intouch about a month or so before hand to get all the song stuff figured out.
That just makes me think, EVERYONE wants to get with us a month or so before the wedding to work out the final details. That is why I really want everything booked now so we can relax this summer. September and October are going to be craaaaazy! I'll just have to hold on and try and enjoy the ride.
Hope ya'll have a nice weekend and if its hot where you are stay cool!!
Friday, May 21, 2010
Oh Happy Day..
First off, 163 days till I'm Married!!!
Chris and I finally recieved the package for our Honeymoon today from our travel agent. I have about 2lbs to go to reach my 5lb goal still. I'm trying to get up and be more active. I still haven't been getting to the gym, bad I know, but I walked Achilles for a good 30 minutes this morning. I'm going to get back on the Wii Fit tomorrow too. I think in the long run the walking more and more is my main goal this summer to help with the wait loss and with my trip to Disney World in the fall. After all we will be walking all day for 4 days in a row during that trip.
We booked our meals yesterday! We are eating dinner at the Crystal Palace on Tuesday Nov 2nd at Magic Kingdom, on Wednesday we are eating dinner at the Garden Grill in Epcot, on Thursday we are eating at the 50's Prime Time Cafe (it was our second choice) but we've heard great things, Friday is our last full day and we are going to the Animal kingdom, we are having breakfast there at the Tusker House and then Dinner in Downtown Disney at the Raglan Irish Pub which we've heard rave reviews for. I can't wait! We will be arriving on Monday afternoon so we plan to just explore our resort that day. We are staying at the Coronado Springs. Saturday is when we leave and we are going to take a late afternoon flight so we can enjoy Downtown Disney some more before we have to head home. Trying to hit 4 theme parks in 4 days is intimidating but we are excited. If it was in our budget we would have loved to stay longer but the Honeymoon is being paid by my parents so we could only do so much.
The other good news is that we found our Officiant. He actually works with us. Original we asked a man named Scott who works here and is a minister. He is unable to do it because we are getting married at 11am. Another supervisor here is also ordained though and we talked to him and he said yes! David Herzog is marrying us! So excited!!
Oh! In regards to Disney. Our Honeymoon is setup with my name being changed since I am planning to legally change it. The package paper work said Mrs. Leah Green! That made me smile too!
I am having a great day really.. I hope it keeps going!
Chris and I finally recieved the package for our Honeymoon today from our travel agent. I have about 2lbs to go to reach my 5lb goal still. I'm trying to get up and be more active. I still haven't been getting to the gym, bad I know, but I walked Achilles for a good 30 minutes this morning. I'm going to get back on the Wii Fit tomorrow too. I think in the long run the walking more and more is my main goal this summer to help with the wait loss and with my trip to Disney World in the fall. After all we will be walking all day for 4 days in a row during that trip.
We booked our meals yesterday! We are eating dinner at the Crystal Palace on Tuesday Nov 2nd at Magic Kingdom, on Wednesday we are eating dinner at the Garden Grill in Epcot, on Thursday we are eating at the 50's Prime Time Cafe (it was our second choice) but we've heard great things, Friday is our last full day and we are going to the Animal kingdom, we are having breakfast there at the Tusker House and then Dinner in Downtown Disney at the Raglan Irish Pub which we've heard rave reviews for. I can't wait! We will be arriving on Monday afternoon so we plan to just explore our resort that day. We are staying at the Coronado Springs. Saturday is when we leave and we are going to take a late afternoon flight so we can enjoy Downtown Disney some more before we have to head home. Trying to hit 4 theme parks in 4 days is intimidating but we are excited. If it was in our budget we would have loved to stay longer but the Honeymoon is being paid by my parents so we could only do so much.
The other good news is that we found our Officiant. He actually works with us. Original we asked a man named Scott who works here and is a minister. He is unable to do it because we are getting married at 11am. Another supervisor here is also ordained though and we talked to him and he said yes! David Herzog is marrying us! So excited!!
Oh! In regards to Disney. Our Honeymoon is setup with my name being changed since I am planning to legally change it. The package paper work said Mrs. Leah Green! That made me smile too!
I am having a great day really.. I hope it keeps going!
Sunday, May 16, 2010
Sugar Rush!!
Hello All! Happy Sunday! I couldn't sleep this morning so I have been up since 5:30.. not exactly the best way to start my Sunday off but on the plus side I've discovered a lot of new HD channels. I haven't watched tv in a while. Only what we record really. I love the Green channel! Go Environment!!
That was all completely off topic. I am here today to write about Cake. Yesterday Chris, My Mom and Dad and I all went to Das Meyer Fine Pastry Chalet to try tasting cakes.
Das Meyer is this cute little house in a residential area off 64h in Arvada. It has a big parking lot and is apparently very popular. They do this really neat thing, every Saturday from 10:30am to 3:30pm, they told us to be there by 11 though. It was getting really busy when we left too so I'm glad we got there when we did. This Bakery has some amaaaazing cake flavors. We tried 11 flavors I think maybe more!! We know what we will do if we go with them. We want to see one more bakery to see if they can out do their flavors and/or give us a better deal. Our cake will be awesome though no matter what, because We are happy fun people and thats what we want in our cake!
Without giving away our choices these are the flavors we tasted yesterday:
-Strawberries & Champagne
-Toll House
-Creme Brulee
-Chocolate Bailey's Irish Cream
-Chocolate Carmel Royale
-Chocolate Lover's
-Peanut Butter Cup
-Carrot Cake
-Chocolate Raspberry Truffle
-Godiva White Chocolate Liquor
-Triple White
That is what I can remember based on reading the website flavor lists.
What I liked about this place was that the cake was not super sweet. The other cake I've tasted so far, which was back in February from A Matter of Taste, was a lot sweeter and that makes you not want to eat it so much. It was delicious but Das Meyer is winning out so far. Especially because of the main flavor we've picked are delicious, unique, and not over powering.. ^_^
Oh! On the plus side.. I weighed in yesterday, with 2 more weeks till my 5lb deadline I'm right on track. I was officially down 2.6lbs!!!
Off to make breakfast, do laundry and enjoy this beautiful Sunday!
That was all completely off topic. I am here today to write about Cake. Yesterday Chris, My Mom and Dad and I all went to Das Meyer Fine Pastry Chalet to try tasting cakes.
Das Meyer is this cute little house in a residential area off 64h in Arvada. It has a big parking lot and is apparently very popular. They do this really neat thing, every Saturday from 10:30am to 3:30pm, they told us to be there by 11 though. It was getting really busy when we left too so I'm glad we got there when we did. This Bakery has some amaaaazing cake flavors. We tried 11 flavors I think maybe more!! We know what we will do if we go with them. We want to see one more bakery to see if they can out do their flavors and/or give us a better deal. Our cake will be awesome though no matter what, because We are happy fun people and thats what we want in our cake!
Without giving away our choices these are the flavors we tasted yesterday:
-Strawberries & Champagne
-Toll House
-Creme Brulee
-Chocolate Bailey's Irish Cream
-Chocolate Carmel Royale
-Chocolate Lover's
-Peanut Butter Cup
-Carrot Cake
-Chocolate Raspberry Truffle
-Godiva White Chocolate Liquor
-Triple White
That is what I can remember based on reading the website flavor lists.
What I liked about this place was that the cake was not super sweet. The other cake I've tasted so far, which was back in February from A Matter of Taste, was a lot sweeter and that makes you not want to eat it so much. It was delicious but Das Meyer is winning out so far. Especially because of the main flavor we've picked are delicious, unique, and not over powering.. ^_^
Oh! On the plus side.. I weighed in yesterday, with 2 more weeks till my 5lb deadline I'm right on track. I was officially down 2.6lbs!!!
Off to make breakfast, do laundry and enjoy this beautiful Sunday!
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
Disney World Here We Come!
I know some will be disappointed that Chris and I have fully decided on Disney World as our Honeymoon destination. In the long run what really matters is what will makes us happy. (And we can still go swimming and such at the pool at our resort : P)
I am getting really excited. Not just about Disney World, which even if it was not our Honeymoon would be very exciting, but also about wedding plans. I was feeling very stagnate in everything and now things are starting to chug right along again. We are working with a Travel Agent on our honeymoon, we are going to a cake tasting on Saturday at Das Meyer: Fine Pastry Chalet .. they have really neat looking cakes on their site and the flavors sound delish! What is really nice is that they have an open house Tasting on Saturdays between 10:30am and 3:30pm. So that is what we are going to check out. This will be bakery number 1 of 3. Actually it is 2 of 3 because in February at the Bridal Show we attended I got to try A Matter of Taste, which I loved. If Das Meyer or the other bakery we will check out in 2 weeks do not surpass what I remember of A Matter of Taste we will get our cake through them.
Literally as I have been writing this I got an email from our Photographer. Our Engagement photos are online for viewing!! We need to pick a few to make actual photos but if you are curious you can see them at this site http://web.sendtoprint.net/proofbook/login.asp and the login is th(letters)0512(numbers ie todays date is 05/12)
Yet another thing to be excited about!! I could go on and on but I need to get home and take care of Achilles.. ^_^
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I am getting really excited. Not just about Disney World, which even if it was not our Honeymoon would be very exciting, but also about wedding plans. I was feeling very stagnate in everything and now things are starting to chug right along again. We are working with a Travel Agent on our honeymoon, we are going to a cake tasting on Saturday at Das Meyer: Fine Pastry Chalet .. they have really neat looking cakes on their site and the flavors sound delish! What is really nice is that they have an open house Tasting on Saturdays between 10:30am and 3:30pm. So that is what we are going to check out. This will be bakery number 1 of 3. Actually it is 2 of 3 because in February at the Bridal Show we attended I got to try A Matter of Taste, which I loved. If Das Meyer or the other bakery we will check out in 2 weeks do not surpass what I remember of A Matter of Taste we will get our cake through them.
Literally as I have been writing this I got an email from our Photographer. Our Engagement photos are online for viewing!! We need to pick a few to make actual photos but if you are curious you can see them at this site http://web.sendtoprint.net/proofbook/login.asp and the login is th(letters)0512(numbers ie todays date is 05/12)
Yet another thing to be excited about!! I could go on and on but I need to get home and take care of Achilles.. ^_^
Check out Leah and Chris
Presented By www.randallolsson.com
Monday, May 10, 2010
Photography fun!
Chris and I had our Engagement photo session this afternoon with Randall the photographer we've hired for our wedding day!
We actually both go hair cuts this morning, nothing fancy we both just needed a trim and luckily it came out really nice. At 4pm we were in Golden to meet the photographer. We did a few shots outside of the studio which is this really neat old brick house. We then went over to the river and took more pictures. The whole session took about an hour. Chris and I had a lot of fun. We feel really comfortable with him. He said the photos will be up by Friday online for us to look at so we can pick what we want. I am so excited!
We have Achilles' puppy training class tonight.
I had some camera fun today too.. what do you expect.. as the blog says I am a pathological picture taker!
On the honeymoon front we have decided on Disney World. We are big kids at heart and my mom told us we could stay at one of the moderate resorts so we are looking at the Coronado Springs Resort .. we've been trying to plan everything. Sadly Matt Guseman and his wife aren't going until January. Originally our trips were overlapping so we'd have met up and had dinner one night. They go a lot and we've been getting restaurant recommendations from him. I'm excited to go its been ages and Chris has never been. One trip there just the 2 of us will be fun. The next time we go to Disney it will be with the kids. I can't wait to have kids.. but that is for another day..
Oh! Good news! I lost 1lb total this week. I'm going to work harder and hope for better results by next weekend. Wish me luck! We are going to have a cake tasting next Saturday and plan on taking a nice long walk on one of the trails around here next Sunday. I'll have to post more photos! I'll also let you know how the engagement photos came out!
We actually both go hair cuts this morning, nothing fancy we both just needed a trim and luckily it came out really nice. At 4pm we were in Golden to meet the photographer. We did a few shots outside of the studio which is this really neat old brick house. We then went over to the river and took more pictures. The whole session took about an hour. Chris and I had a lot of fun. We feel really comfortable with him. He said the photos will be up by Friday online for us to look at so we can pick what we want. I am so excited!
We have Achilles' puppy training class tonight.
I had some camera fun today too.. what do you expect.. as the blog says I am a pathological picture taker!
On the honeymoon front we have decided on Disney World. We are big kids at heart and my mom told us we could stay at one of the moderate resorts so we are looking at the Coronado Springs Resort .. we've been trying to plan everything. Sadly Matt Guseman and his wife aren't going until January. Originally our trips were overlapping so we'd have met up and had dinner one night. They go a lot and we've been getting restaurant recommendations from him. I'm excited to go its been ages and Chris has never been. One trip there just the 2 of us will be fun. The next time we go to Disney it will be with the kids. I can't wait to have kids.. but that is for another day..
Oh! Good news! I lost 1lb total this week. I'm going to work harder and hope for better results by next weekend. Wish me luck! We are going to have a cake tasting next Saturday and plan on taking a nice long walk on one of the trails around here next Sunday. I'll have to post more photos! I'll also let you know how the engagement photos came out!
Monday, May 3, 2010
Monday, Monday..
Had a great Sunday! Got a free grill from my parents (score!!) and then got to take Achilles up to Chris' Mom's Alpaca ranch for a play date with their new puppy Bandit. Bandit is 2 months old and nearly as big as Achilles. He is going to be a monster! Haha.
As always though I have new photos to share!
Achilles trying to figure out how to get out of the back and up to us in the front..
Alpacas! All the girls and their babies..
Bandit and Achilles checking each other out..
Chris took this driving back from his mom's.. it was such a nice view on the way home.. it had threatened rain and stuff all day but that evening it was starting to clear up..
Going to bbq today to try out the new(used) grill and take Achilles for a nice long walk. Got his training class tonight.
So I believe I mentioned I need to lose 5lbs to get the dress I want right? 4.5lbs to go at this point. Need to work really hard this week to drop like another 1lb before Saturday. *Fingers Crossed*
As always though I have new photos to share!
Achilles trying to figure out how to get out of the back and up to us in the front..
Alpacas! All the girls and their babies..
Bandit and Achilles checking each other out..
Chris took this driving back from his mom's.. it was such a nice view on the way home.. it had threatened rain and stuff all day but that evening it was starting to clear up..
Going to bbq today to try out the new(used) grill and take Achilles for a nice long walk. Got his training class tonight.
So I believe I mentioned I need to lose 5lbs to get the dress I want right? 4.5lbs to go at this point. Need to work really hard this week to drop like another 1lb before Saturday. *Fingers Crossed*
Sunday, May 2, 2010
Dress stress...
Hello All! Hope you are having a wonderful weekend!
So Kimi, my mom and I all went to Dina's Bridal yesterday and I tried on my dress to be again as well as another one that my mom liked. I did not put any money down to order it yet though. The reason I didn't is simple. No one is truly one size. When she measured me I turned out to be 3 sizes because I'm curvy. To save money on the dress that I want I need to order it as a petite, this automatically cuts 3 inches off the bottom so i don't have to get it hemmed. To order as a petit I have to pick one size and stick to it. If I order the regular size and then try and loose weight I can say hey I want to order this size instead but then I need a lot more alerations done. My issue is that when she did my measurements I came out an 8 on top a 10 in the middle and a 12 at the hips. Haha. I'm just your typical female. I'm barely the 10 and the 12 but its enough to cause issues. So the lady suggested I try and loose 5lbs and come back in June and I can try the dress on again and she'll re-measure me. We tried a 12 of similar styled dress and the only place it fit was the hips it was too big everywhere else so I don't want to order for my hips and pay a lot of money to bring in the rest of it. *Sigh*
In honor of my trying to drop 5 lbs I gave away a bunch of the cookies that Chris and I made. They are yummy so I don't mind sharing. I'm going to bring more up to Chris's mom's house today.
Kimi and Justin stuck around for a bit yesterday. We went to lunch at Old Chicago's and I got a salad. I'm so proud. I always go for the same sandwich, one I know is way to unhealthy from all my weight watchers books. I'm going to start referencing those books again to help me pick healthier foods, I also plan on using the recipe books I have from weight watchers. I think 5lbs is very doable. In truth I'd like to loose more like 10 or 15 but 5 is a very good start.
Going to pick up a grill at my parents this morning and then going up to see Chris's Mom. She lives on an Alpaca ranch. They have a new baby Alpaca, a new puppy and 4 new kittens there. We are taking Achilles so he can run around their backyard.
Hope ya'll have a great Sunday!
So Kimi, my mom and I all went to Dina's Bridal yesterday and I tried on my dress to be again as well as another one that my mom liked. I did not put any money down to order it yet though. The reason I didn't is simple. No one is truly one size. When she measured me I turned out to be 3 sizes because I'm curvy. To save money on the dress that I want I need to order it as a petite, this automatically cuts 3 inches off the bottom so i don't have to get it hemmed. To order as a petit I have to pick one size and stick to it. If I order the regular size and then try and loose weight I can say hey I want to order this size instead but then I need a lot more alerations done. My issue is that when she did my measurements I came out an 8 on top a 10 in the middle and a 12 at the hips. Haha. I'm just your typical female. I'm barely the 10 and the 12 but its enough to cause issues. So the lady suggested I try and loose 5lbs and come back in June and I can try the dress on again and she'll re-measure me. We tried a 12 of similar styled dress and the only place it fit was the hips it was too big everywhere else so I don't want to order for my hips and pay a lot of money to bring in the rest of it. *Sigh*
In honor of my trying to drop 5 lbs I gave away a bunch of the cookies that Chris and I made. They are yummy so I don't mind sharing. I'm going to bring more up to Chris's mom's house today.
Kimi and Justin stuck around for a bit yesterday. We went to lunch at Old Chicago's and I got a salad. I'm so proud. I always go for the same sandwich, one I know is way to unhealthy from all my weight watchers books. I'm going to start referencing those books again to help me pick healthier foods, I also plan on using the recipe books I have from weight watchers. I think 5lbs is very doable. In truth I'd like to loose more like 10 or 15 but 5 is a very good start.
Going to pick up a grill at my parents this morning and then going up to see Chris's Mom. She lives on an Alpaca ranch. They have a new baby Alpaca, a new puppy and 4 new kittens there. We are taking Achilles so he can run around their backyard.
Hope ya'll have a great Sunday!
Saturday, May 1, 2010
All Dressed up and no where to go..
I still have an hour until my appointment. Justin just called to get directions and let us know they are on the way down. We've cleaned the apartment, showered, and even Achilles got a bath. Higgins is hiding because its day time and we were cleaning. He really doesn't like the vacuum.
The other night Chris really wanted cookies. So we looked up a recipe online for sugar cookies. It was really easy to make the dough, but it had to sit for at least an hour in the fridge, preferably over night. He made the dough on Thursday night and I made the cookies on Friday night. We only have one cookie cutter though and it is in the shape of a person. My mom gave it to me when we made ginger bread cookies for Christmas two years ago. Chris told me he'd never made cookies before! I was in shock. I know he has done the ones where you break them off and put them in the oven but from scratch like this and rolling the dough out, never! The recipe made a crazy number of cookies so we are going to have plenty for a while! Hopefully Justin and Kimi will eat a few haha.
In the spirit of the donuts I attempted to make a few weeks ago I took pictures of the cookies. .
Chris making Cookies for the first time..
The final count.. I have no idea.. but this is after we ate a few .. they are really yummy!!
My mom just called and said she is on her way. I'm really getting excited. Not just for the dress but because my Mom hasn't met Achilles yet. She wasn't thrilled that we got him. I hope she likes him. Kimi and Justin were there when we got him but he has gotten a lot bigger since then!
Not sure what else to do while I wait.. its really nice outside today but cool.
Hope ya'll have a great weekend!!
The other night Chris really wanted cookies. So we looked up a recipe online for sugar cookies. It was really easy to make the dough, but it had to sit for at least an hour in the fridge, preferably over night. He made the dough on Thursday night and I made the cookies on Friday night. We only have one cookie cutter though and it is in the shape of a person. My mom gave it to me when we made ginger bread cookies for Christmas two years ago. Chris told me he'd never made cookies before! I was in shock. I know he has done the ones where you break them off and put them in the oven but from scratch like this and rolling the dough out, never! The recipe made a crazy number of cookies so we are going to have plenty for a while! Hopefully Justin and Kimi will eat a few haha.
In the spirit of the donuts I attempted to make a few weeks ago I took pictures of the cookies. .
Chris making Cookies for the first time..
The final count.. I have no idea.. but this is after we ate a few .. they are really yummy!!
My mom just called and said she is on her way. I'm really getting excited. Not just for the dress but because my Mom hasn't met Achilles yet. She wasn't thrilled that we got him. I hope she likes him. Kimi and Justin were there when we got him but he has gotten a lot bigger since then!
Not sure what else to do while I wait.. its really nice outside today but cool.
Hope ya'll have a great weekend!!
Friday, April 30, 2010
Flowers, flowers every where..
Maybe it is because it is spring, but I have flowers on the brain this morning. It is one of the last things we have left to do and it is kind of important. We've talked about buying the flowers in bulk because our caterer will cut them and put them in the centerpieces so we need to decide on how many we need and what kind. We then need to talk to a real florist about the bouquets and such. So right now I'm trying to get an idea of what I want.
Some ideas I kind of liked..
I've been collecting photos online for awhile now of things I like for design and such.. Need to figure out what kind of cake we want as well.. ^_^
I'll share more tomorrow maybe, dress shopping in the morning and then spending time with Kimi and Justin! Now, to get ready for work.. ^_^
Some ideas I kind of liked..
I've been collecting photos online for awhile now of things I like for design and such.. Need to figure out what kind of cake we want as well.. ^_^
I'll share more tomorrow maybe, dress shopping in the morning and then spending time with Kimi and Justin! Now, to get ready for work.. ^_^
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
To Go or Not to Go..
Chris and I have been discussing our honeymoon a lot lately. It is another wonderful gift from my parents. They said we can use money from the wedding budget to pay for our honeymoon because their honeymoon consisted of a long weekend in the Poconos. We had decided on Disney World ages ago. Now, concern about the budget has made us start looking for alternatives. I found out we could go to the Virgin Islands for about 300 less than the Disney option. How crazy is that?? We could also go to Ireland but then we'd have no money for food. Hahaha. We do intend to go to Ireland but maybe in a few years, for an anniversary.
My main dilemma is I love the idea of Disney World but now the Virgin Islands is also growing on me. I miss the beach. I miss the sand in my toes and the smell of the ocean on the wind. Do not get me wrong I love Colorado and would happily grow old here but the coast is in me and I need my fixes every now and then.
So now my question that I pose to anyone out there reading this.. should I stick to Disney or should I convince Chris we should go to the Virgin Islands, or someplace else exotic? I guess time will only tell!
Still need:
-flowers
-cake
-tuxes
-officiant
It is really warm in here so I can't sleep.. hopefully writing on the good ole blog will help clear my head so I can sleep. I am so excited for saturday! Going to put money down on my dress!!
My main dilemma is I love the idea of Disney World but now the Virgin Islands is also growing on me. I miss the beach. I miss the sand in my toes and the smell of the ocean on the wind. Do not get me wrong I love Colorado and would happily grow old here but the coast is in me and I need my fixes every now and then.
So now my question that I pose to anyone out there reading this.. should I stick to Disney or should I convince Chris we should go to the Virgin Islands, or someplace else exotic? I guess time will only tell!
Still need:
-flowers
-cake
-tuxes
-officiant
It is really warm in here so I can't sleep.. hopefully writing on the good ole blog will help clear my head so I can sleep. I am so excited for saturday! Going to put money down on my dress!!
Monday, April 26, 2010
It's my day off..
OMG.. I'm posting 2 days in a row! Well I figured I'd share the news. My mom said yes to the photographer and gave me the check to do the down payment. Now we just need to call him, pay him and set up a date to go do our Engagement photos!
We originally weren't going to do engagement photos. I didn't feel it was really important since its less than a 12 month engagement but my mom really wants one and I think Chris likes the idea of having a nice photo. That way it can be on our save the date cards as well.
Anywho.. in the spirit of booking the photographer. I'd like to share a few photos from the past few years.. after all pictures say 1000 words right? So this way all of you can get to know me better.. ^_^
This photo is of Cordy, my best friend, and me in Boulder back in 2006 when she came to visit... We were so young back then! Now she is married with kids and I'm on my way there.. ^_^
This is My mom and I at Rocky Mountain National Park, That is Bear Lake to be precise, also back in 2006. We were there to see the Elk.
It is a little blurry (that is what happens when someone unfamiliar with your camera takes the photo) Chris and I at the Aquarium in Denver, Co taken in 2008. That was a fun day. We need to go back!
This is one of my favorite photos that I took that day. I think it is really pretty. ^_^
Believe it or not, that is Bear Lake (same as photo of myself and my Mom) in MAY of 2008. The snow was nearly a foot deep around it!
This is my favorite photo of my mom and I, taken in December of 2008 up in Fort Collins, CO. We were visiting my cousins for the day.
This is Chris at the Colorado Renaissance Festival in 2009.. mmm turkey leg.. We try to go every year. I love it there and I am looking forward to it again this year.
So there you have it. I don't really have any new photos for this year yet. At least none I haven't posted yet.
I am going to try on my dress again on Saturday!! So excited!!! My mom and I talked about cake tasting again. We found 3 bakery's we want to go look at. Also I picked up my theater tickets from her today. Every year for Christmas my parents give Chris and I tickets to something, or a membership. We have a membership to the Nature and Science Museum in Denver, We got to see Phantom of the Opera in Denver (although I think I liked it on Broadway better ; P ) and this year we are going to see Young Frankenstein. Yes my friends, that is right Mel Brooks turned musical! It is a matinee so I'm hoping to make a lovely date day out of it in Denver. I'm already excited and it isn't until June 26th!!
Chris is about to make dinner so I'm going to see if I can help at all!
Hope everyone has a wonderful week!
We originally weren't going to do engagement photos. I didn't feel it was really important since its less than a 12 month engagement but my mom really wants one and I think Chris likes the idea of having a nice photo. That way it can be on our save the date cards as well.
Anywho.. in the spirit of booking the photographer. I'd like to share a few photos from the past few years.. after all pictures say 1000 words right? So this way all of you can get to know me better.. ^_^
This photo is of Cordy, my best friend, and me in Boulder back in 2006 when she came to visit... We were so young back then! Now she is married with kids and I'm on my way there.. ^_^
This is My mom and I at Rocky Mountain National Park, That is Bear Lake to be precise, also back in 2006. We were there to see the Elk.
It is a little blurry (that is what happens when someone unfamiliar with your camera takes the photo) Chris and I at the Aquarium in Denver, Co taken in 2008. That was a fun day. We need to go back!
This is one of my favorite photos that I took that day. I think it is really pretty. ^_^
Believe it or not, that is Bear Lake (same as photo of myself and my Mom) in MAY of 2008. The snow was nearly a foot deep around it!
This is my favorite photo of my mom and I, taken in December of 2008 up in Fort Collins, CO. We were visiting my cousins for the day.
This is Chris at the Colorado Renaissance Festival in 2009.. mmm turkey leg.. We try to go every year. I love it there and I am looking forward to it again this year.So there you have it. I don't really have any new photos for this year yet. At least none I haven't posted yet.
I am going to try on my dress again on Saturday!! So excited!!! My mom and I talked about cake tasting again. We found 3 bakery's we want to go look at. Also I picked up my theater tickets from her today. Every year for Christmas my parents give Chris and I tickets to something, or a membership. We have a membership to the Nature and Science Museum in Denver, We got to see Phantom of the Opera in Denver (although I think I liked it on Broadway better ; P ) and this year we are going to see Young Frankenstein. Yes my friends, that is right Mel Brooks turned musical! It is a matinee so I'm hoping to make a lovely date day out of it in Denver. I'm already excited and it isn't until June 26th!!
Chris is about to make dinner so I'm going to see if I can help at all!
Hope everyone has a wonderful week!
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