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 :)