20 pound mark

Today I hit the 20 pound mark ... I have lost 20 pounds since December 30th ... which means I met goal one ... lose 20 pounds in January ... now on to my second goal ... lose 20 pounds in February ... of course this will be harder and I will have to step it up a notch ...


I found out today that at the Baltimore Convention Center the motorcycle show is going to be there Friday, Saturday and Sunday so I think I am going to take David tomorrow as a surprise ... the guys from American Chopper [Orange County Cycles] are going to be there displaying their bikes and I know David would get a huge thrill out of that ... :)


He started his first week at his new job on Monday and already he is going to Williamsburg VA for the second time ... on his first day he drove up there for a job and stayed in a hotel ... our schedule has changed drastically since he has to be at work at a scary early time ... today I borrowed a car so I didn't have to go in so early ... thank god ...


and all the wedding plans are coming together nicely ... later I'll have to post the picture my friend Bob drew for us ... it is awesome and I am using it to make personalized matches ... :)


OK I should get ready for work now ... I've been up for 3 hours already it is like my day is half way done and I haven't even really started ... :)

working on our invitations

The entire weekend has been spent working on our invitations ... I cut several hundred pieces of paper ... I punched 4 tiny holes in each of those 100's of pieces ... cut lengths of ribbon ... printed 100's of pieces of paper and got so frustrated with one print job that David is ready to smash our printer like in Office Space ... even though there were so many other things I needed to work on this weekend I feel a huge sense of accomplishment ... really got a lot done ... but at the same time it makes me curse the woman who we bought the supplies from because we were supposed to get this stuff before Thanksgiving and I didn't get it till something like January 7th ... I had 10 days off during the holidays ... I would have gotten into the groove of working on stuff and probably gotten them all finished ... instead I must now go to sleep since I have work tomorrow ...


oh I forgot everyone who was asked to pick a song for our CD party favor picked their song ... so we also figured out the order for the songs and got that put together ... woohoo ...


ok now it is bed time for sure ...

1 month

OK I only remained a non smoker for 1 month ... I am smoking again ... I just couldn't do both ... and dieting won the battle ... I know I will try again ... once I get some weight off and comfortable with the way I am eating now I will attempt it again ... but at this moment it is more important to get some weight off and look and feel good for my wedding ... but as they say every time you try to quit you get closer to succeeding ... besides I know I will have to do it soon ... at the end of this year we are going to start trying to have a baby ... :)

NetFlix

Since we have joined NetFlix I have been watching fantastic movies every weekend ... this weekend are retro movies ... we have Mouse Hunt [one of David's favorite movies] ... Pollyanna [which I just adore] and right now I am watching My Bodyguard ... this movie rocks ... I haven't seen it in ages but I grew up loving it ...


I think this weekend David and I are going to start making our wedding invitations ... kind of exciting and kind of a nervous prospect at the same time ...


ok so I think I am going to get started with the printing so I can figure out all I need to cut and punch holes in and all that fun stuff ... I will say I relish every moment of all this ... it is all a once in a lifetime experience :)

14 pounds

Well I am down 14 pounds in the last 15 days ... not too bad ... but it sure feels like I have been dieting longer than 15 days ... I am feeling good ... it isn't enough yet that someone would notice but there are few feelings as exciting as stepping on the scale each morning and seeing it has gone down ...


I have been craft crazy lately ... after the wedding I will either be burnt out on projects or will go into withdrawals cause my body will still be craving the craftiness ... this weekend I made silver stickers ... they are kick ass ... I made some that seal our invitation closed and cut them all out ... then I made about 100 tiny envelopes to hold sparklers in [I cut a piece of origami paper in half and then glued 2 sides of it to make a little envelope for the sparklers] ... then last night I made about 200 little stickers to put on the envelope to remind people to take them outside ... I am still in the process of cutting those out ...


my mom thought I was taking too much time to plan my wedding ... I think now she sees why we picked a date 14 months from when we got engaged ... she thinks I am crazy too for doing so much stuff myself ... but it sure is fun ...


I think I am typing now cause I am procrastinating going to work ... so I should just get dressed and get the hell out of here ... :)

David's tux

Today we bought David's tux ... we went to Men's Warehouse and I started tearing up when he was all decked out ... I've never seen him in a tux before and he looked so handsome ... it just made everything seem more real and even more exciting ... he got a beautiful tux with black suspenders, black vest and a long tie ... I'm just getting so excited I can hardly stand it ...

David is so kick-ass

David is so kick-ass ... he has been running his own business for a little less than a year ... he measures and installs window coverings ... well last month he applied for a job with a big company that does windows and flooring ... yesterday they called to say he got the job ... it is awesome ... company car ... great benefits ... tons of work ... and he can keep doing his stuff on the side after business hours ... how fucking cool is that ... he is just so excited ...


now I just keep reminding him ... tell them now about your honeymoon in 6 months ... make sure they know about it ... cause if I have to I will go alone ... :)

Bridezilla

Funny I should get a Bridezilla comment ... I have come to a conclusion ... when you are planning a wedding people are assholes ... now not everyone ... but many are and they force perfectly nice and kind women to become beasts ...


I actually interviewed a photographer that told me under no circumstances would she take a photo of each table ... this is my only required photo of the whole day ... to ensure that everyone that is attending the wedding gets in a picture ... and she said no ... I was flabbergasted ... it is my wedding and I am paying for her services and she can say the one photo I want she won't take ... so I sounded like Bridezilla whenever I spoke to a photographer ...


I also paid someone to do part of our invitations ... David and I have chosen to make our own ... but to save us a bit of time I hired someone to print part of it and drill holes and cut a section ... it was supposed to take 7 days and I ordered it on November 1, 2003 ... it finally arrived to me on December 30, 2003 ... WAY more than 7 days ... and it was TERRIBLE ... oh my god the holes were punched at different heights and different widths from the edges of the paper and from each other ... there was no way the 4 holes could have been more different from each other when they should have been exactly the same as each other ... and nothing was printed centered ... the tops and left side had way more "white space" than the right and bottom ... it forced me to become bridezilla waiting 2 months for something that was supposed to take 7 days and then to have it look so horrible ... I made her purchase more of the items for me and we will now do all the printing, drilling and cutting ourselves ...


I've also learned if you call to get a quote for something it is one price ... if you later call to get that same quote for a wedding it is 3 times the price ... what the fuck is up with that ... how right does that seem ...


so they make women become crazy while planning ... and each thing builds up a bit more and a bit more ... it is no wonder someone freaks out because the pink is the wrong shade ... they held it together while people did crappy work and overcharged them and didn't follow through and missed appointments ... now the pink is a bitch ... hahahahaaaaaa


I told myself I wouldn't turn this into a bridal blog ... but there is nothing else really interesting going on in my life ... although I have lost 11 pounds in the last 9 days so something must be going well with my diet ...


so if anyone feels like seeing all my dorky wedding stuff that I have been doing then check out: my wedding stuff ... we are making anything we can ... favors ... invitations ... I am doing all my own flowers ... stickers ... all sorts of shit ... so I would say if you are really bored it is a good place to check out ... hahahhaaaaaaaa

6 months

Six months from right now David and I will be saying "I Do" ... and will become husband and wife ... it is so exciting I can hardly stand it ... there is still so much to do in the next 6 months but I do look forward to every moment of it ... :)