Today is my last day at work before the wedding ... Kris and Chevy are getting on a plane tonight and will be here in the morning ... I can't fucking wait to see her ... it has been since March of 2001 since we last saw each other ... this might actually be the longest we have gone without seeing each other since we were 14 years old ... it is going to be great ... and tomorrow afternoon Heather will be getting on a plane to be here tomorrow night ...
the time is finally here ...
up until a few minutes ago none of this seemed real ... until Kris called and said she was packing cause they were going to the airport at 9 tonight ... then it hit me ... this is my wedding ... I haven't been working on all these projects for someone elses wedding ... crazy man ...
all the family stuff I am just letting go of ... there is nothing I can do and I can't spend my time worrying about other people ... they can worry about themselves ... what is done is done ...
I still have a ton of stuff to do but I will have a couple of days at home to work on stuff while Kris, Chevy and Heather are out sightseeing ... I am sure I will get everything done in time ...
Yesterday I went and had my eyebrows waxed and shaped for the first time in my life ... I felt so decadent and guilty ... like I really didn't need to be doing something so extravagant ... but I did have a gift certificate for it [obviously Kris was trying to tell me something] and they did come out quite nice ... but I don't think it is something I could actually spend money on on a regular basis ... just not my style ... and since no one has noticed I am thinking it wasn't too necessary ...
My dad is just getting over being really sick and it sounds like my mom might be getting it now ... that won't be good ... weather.com also is predicting rain for the whole weekend ... again, not good ... they are having a party the night before and planned on using their deck ... so just to be on the safe side I am stopping at CostCo today on my way home and buying a tent they could set up ... just in case ... neither need to know about it and if we use it great ... and if not CostCo will always take it back ... I would prefer that to happen but we will see ... at least the wedding and reception are inside the same location so once people get there they won't have to worry about going out in the rain ... schwoooooo ...
damn man in a few short days I am going to be a Mrs. ... who would have thought???
Tuesday, June 29, 2004
Friday, June 25, 2004
9 days till I get married
I picked a good time to blog again ... cause I have shit to get off my chest ...
I can't believe I spent a portion of last night telling off/arguing with my future brother-in-law's girlfriend, woops I mean fiance ... about the whole driving the father thing ...
I am pretty passive ... I don't let things get to me ... but last night I let it rip ... she and I went at it - IM style - about them not driving him down ... telling me she didn't want her fiance to be made to feel guilty for his decision ... and that the whole driving the dad down hinged on the very fragile and hard family dynamic dad has at with each of his sons at one time or another ...
I called her bullshit ...
I told her I never said anything to make him feel guilt ... any guilt he felt was self inflicted for making such a selfish decision ... and that he had driven his dad down here for the last two years on the same weekend so don't give me some "family dynamic" about the whole trip ...
She then said "I hope I can say this without offending you but if you are so worried buy him a plane ticket" ... my response - "ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ..."
I explained we spent a ridiculous amount of money for this wedding and that sure $150 wasn't that much for a ticket but that we were pretty tapped out ... and that this is what I meant when I said no one realizes there is a wedding going on that weekend and that it is ours ... we shouldn't have to be dealing with all this shit ...
eventually I told her I had nothing more to say to her and that I had to get work done ... it is just such bullshit ... I or David shouldn't have to be dealing with this ... and he is just so upset ... he sounds like a bride ... yesterday he was saying, "Fuck man everyone around us seems to have no idea that this is our wedding ... it is our one time to do something for ourselves and have fun. Everyone is trying to compete with the wedding and the 4th of July and I am fucking sick of all of it" ...
He is absolutely right ... people are asking all sorts of stuff of us ... planning their own events for that same weekend while everyone is here ... Yes I understand lots of people are in town but I know these people would be pissed if we had honed in on their wedding ... planning stuff for our kids or our birthdays or whatever ...
OK my tirade is over ... I have 9 days till I get married ... a million things to do ... so for now I am off to work ... if I get there early I can leave early which means I have more time to get stuff done ... :)
I can't believe I spent a portion of last night telling off/arguing with my future brother-in-law's girlfriend, woops I mean fiance ... about the whole driving the father thing ...
I am pretty passive ... I don't let things get to me ... but last night I let it rip ... she and I went at it - IM style - about them not driving him down ... telling me she didn't want her fiance to be made to feel guilty for his decision ... and that the whole driving the dad down hinged on the very fragile and hard family dynamic dad has at with each of his sons at one time or another ...
I called her bullshit ...
I told her I never said anything to make him feel guilt ... any guilt he felt was self inflicted for making such a selfish decision ... and that he had driven his dad down here for the last two years on the same weekend so don't give me some "family dynamic" about the whole trip ...
She then said "I hope I can say this without offending you but if you are so worried buy him a plane ticket" ... my response - "ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ..."
I explained we spent a ridiculous amount of money for this wedding and that sure $150 wasn't that much for a ticket but that we were pretty tapped out ... and that this is what I meant when I said no one realizes there is a wedding going on that weekend and that it is ours ... we shouldn't have to be dealing with all this shit ...
eventually I told her I had nothing more to say to her and that I had to get work done ... it is just such bullshit ... I or David shouldn't have to be dealing with this ... and he is just so upset ... he sounds like a bride ... yesterday he was saying, "Fuck man everyone around us seems to have no idea that this is our wedding ... it is our one time to do something for ourselves and have fun. Everyone is trying to compete with the wedding and the 4th of July and I am fucking sick of all of it" ...
He is absolutely right ... people are asking all sorts of stuff of us ... planning their own events for that same weekend while everyone is here ... Yes I understand lots of people are in town but I know these people would be pissed if we had honed in on their wedding ... planning stuff for our kids or our birthdays or whatever ...
OK my tirade is over ... I have 9 days till I get married ... a million things to do ... so for now I am off to work ... if I get there early I can leave early which means I have more time to get stuff done ... :)
Thursday, June 24, 2004
Here is the scenario
Here is the scenario ...
You are driving to your siblings wedding ... it is about a 5 hour drive and your fiance is riding with you ... your father lives in the same area as you and he is 64 years old ... he too is going to the wedding ...
do you ...
A) Give your dad a ride
B) Make him drive all alone
In my opinion ... a good person would give their dad a ride and not feel inconvenienced by it ... I mean they are going from and to the same place and he is 64 years old ...
But if you are a guest at our wedding you tell your dad to find his own way to the wedding ... cause he doesn't like your music and you are just too selfish to give the man a ride!!!!
You are driving to your siblings wedding ... it is about a 5 hour drive and your fiance is riding with you ... your father lives in the same area as you and he is 64 years old ... he too is going to the wedding ...
do you ...
A) Give your dad a ride
B) Make him drive all alone
In my opinion ... a good person would give their dad a ride and not feel inconvenienced by it ... I mean they are going from and to the same place and he is 64 years old ...
But if you are a guest at our wedding you tell your dad to find his own way to the wedding ... cause he doesn't like your music and you are just too selfish to give the man a ride!!!!
Tuesday, June 22, 2004
just a thought ...
I've been thinking about it ... and the commercial for the birth control patch is on all the time ... and the women seem so happy and excited to be sticking a patch on themselves ... "ohhhh how easy birth control is now" ... but I believe a man came up with that idea so he could see that his woman is taking birth control ... with a pill a skeptical man could think she isn't "really" taking it ... because unless he watches her swallow it he can't be sure ... so it is a way for men to "tag" women so they know they are getting their dose each day ...
... like all we are thinking about doing is trapping that man into having a baby with us ... yea that is what we spend our time doing ... :)
just a thought ...
... like all we are thinking about doing is trapping that man into having a baby with us ... yea that is what we spend our time doing ... :)
just a thought ...
Sunday, June 20, 2004
new site design
Well a new site design constitutes actually writing something in my blog [the design is mirrored after all of the party favors I've made for the wedding] ... 2 weeks from today I'll be getting married ... I can't believe it ... at one point I never thought this time would come ... now to say I am two weeks away gets me nervous and excited ... excited to marry David ... nervous I won't finish all my projects in time ...
so any of you without a calendar ... two weeks from today is July 4th ... our countries independence day ... and Davids un-independence day ... :) ... as we celebrate our country becoming free David will say "I do" meaning no more freedom for him ... I kid of course ... we are really just doing it so he can get on my medical insurance ... :)
I am quite a do-it-yourself-er ... so I have made a million things for this wedding ... sure when it is all over I am going to have so much time for so many things ... but at the same time I think I will miss all the projects ...
things I made for the wedding:
CDs [we actually had a guy rip them and print right on the cd ... came out great]
CD covers
personalized matches [bought box matches and put my own stickers on them]
our invitation
program [still working on these]
little packets of sparklers
newsletter for out of town guests
bags for the guests hotel rooms
party bags for the wedding guests
silver tins for personalized M&Ms
stars covered in glitter for the escort cards
escort cards
all sorts of stuff ... even the list is starting to bore me ... hahahaaa ... every time I finished one project I would find another one to start on ...
my father has so kindly offered to help me today ... so for fathers day we are taking all the items that go in all the guest bags over to my parents house ... and we are going to fill the bags and tie the ribbon ... and I can leave them all over there ... which means we might actually be able to clean our house soon ... it has been a disaster for the last couple of months ... with all the wedding crap all over the place and all the blinds David needs to install for jobs ... it is a wonder we can even walk room to room ...
we aren't having a really big wedding ... but the people that are coming I have known for years and years so that will make it so special ... friends of our family that I have known since I was 4 years old are actually making the trip from California ... it will be their first time in Washington DC ... it is so exciting people can do that ... and with it being a smaller affair I will be able to spend time with everyone here ...
shit ya know I can't remember if I had written about this but on May 19th my brother and his wife had a baby girl ... she is just the cutest thing around and every time I leave the house I want to buy something for her ... I might be going a bit crazy on the baby clothes thing but buying for girls is so great ... her name is Eliana [el E ana] and everyone calls her Ellie ... she is still keeping them awake all the time ... and you can tell they are very tired ... but goodness she is cute ... I can't wait till she is old enough to babysit and David and I get to spend an evening with her ...
David is very much on the baby train that is for sure ... he is ready, willing, and able ... although we won't have a honeymoon baby I think we are going to try very soon ... I mean shit he will be 40 next year and I will be 35 ... although most would guess we are in our late 20s which is nice ... but biology knows better ... it is fun seeing the stunned look on peoples faces when I tell them I am not 25 or better yet when David has to show his license to prove he isn't 27 ... which he had to do last weekend with my brother's in-laws ... they just couldn't believe it ... :)
well I am going to try and get better at writing again ... I know I have said that a million times but since the wedding stuff is winding down I might be able to ... besides I have a week between the wedding and our honeymoon ... we are taking a cruise out of Baltimore [woohoo no flying] ... going to a couple of stops in Florida and the Bahamas ... we haven't been on a vacation in 3 years ... it is going to be so nice to get away from everything and spend some fun time with each other ... I can hardly wait :)
so any of you without a calendar ... two weeks from today is July 4th ... our countries independence day ... and Davids un-independence day ... :) ... as we celebrate our country becoming free David will say "I do" meaning no more freedom for him ... I kid of course ... we are really just doing it so he can get on my medical insurance ... :)
I am quite a do-it-yourself-er ... so I have made a million things for this wedding ... sure when it is all over I am going to have so much time for so many things ... but at the same time I think I will miss all the projects ...
things I made for the wedding:
CDs [we actually had a guy rip them and print right on the cd ... came out great]
CD covers
personalized matches [bought box matches and put my own stickers on them]
our invitation
program [still working on these]
little packets of sparklers
newsletter for out of town guests
bags for the guests hotel rooms
party bags for the wedding guests
silver tins for personalized M&Ms
stars covered in glitter for the escort cards
escort cards
all sorts of stuff ... even the list is starting to bore me ... hahahaaa ... every time I finished one project I would find another one to start on ...
my father has so kindly offered to help me today ... so for fathers day we are taking all the items that go in all the guest bags over to my parents house ... and we are going to fill the bags and tie the ribbon ... and I can leave them all over there ... which means we might actually be able to clean our house soon ... it has been a disaster for the last couple of months ... with all the wedding crap all over the place and all the blinds David needs to install for jobs ... it is a wonder we can even walk room to room ...
we aren't having a really big wedding ... but the people that are coming I have known for years and years so that will make it so special ... friends of our family that I have known since I was 4 years old are actually making the trip from California ... it will be their first time in Washington DC ... it is so exciting people can do that ... and with it being a smaller affair I will be able to spend time with everyone here ...
shit ya know I can't remember if I had written about this but on May 19th my brother and his wife had a baby girl ... she is just the cutest thing around and every time I leave the house I want to buy something for her ... I might be going a bit crazy on the baby clothes thing but buying for girls is so great ... her name is Eliana [el E ana] and everyone calls her Ellie ... she is still keeping them awake all the time ... and you can tell they are very tired ... but goodness she is cute ... I can't wait till she is old enough to babysit and David and I get to spend an evening with her ...
David is very much on the baby train that is for sure ... he is ready, willing, and able ... although we won't have a honeymoon baby I think we are going to try very soon ... I mean shit he will be 40 next year and I will be 35 ... although most would guess we are in our late 20s which is nice ... but biology knows better ... it is fun seeing the stunned look on peoples faces when I tell them I am not 25 or better yet when David has to show his license to prove he isn't 27 ... which he had to do last weekend with my brother's in-laws ... they just couldn't believe it ... :)
well I am going to try and get better at writing again ... I know I have said that a million times but since the wedding stuff is winding down I might be able to ... besides I have a week between the wedding and our honeymoon ... we are taking a cruise out of Baltimore [woohoo no flying] ... going to a couple of stops in Florida and the Bahamas ... we haven't been on a vacation in 3 years ... it is going to be so nice to get away from everything and spend some fun time with each other ... I can hardly wait :)
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