Monthly Archives: February 2008

So this is growing up?

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I’m embarassed to even admit how excited I am about possibly getting a new oven. Is that the ultimate sign that I have officially grown up and am becoming domesticated? I thought Marriage was supposed to do that but I still have two more months before that happens and I’m already feeling a little on the old lady side. Did I ever mention that when the weather goes from warm to cold over night I have lots of pain in my knees for a few days? More on that some other time. I think I can only handle one old-lady thing at a time here!

I don’t know if I ever mentioned it but about 4 months ago our oven passed away. It was really sad and I was and still am quite angry with it for just going like that. I mean, we just bought this house last May and not even 6 months later it bites the dust? Pretty rude if you ask me!

Thanks to Home Depot, we may be getting that beauty over there on your left. Thanks to their credit card, the 12 months no interest and the 10% sale right now! We went in store and looked at it this afternoon and it is just as pretty as it looks in the picture, if not better. The only problem we have run into is that the oven in our house right now is a drop-in oven and we really want to purchase a slide-in one. There will be some wood cutting and tile cutting to get this new bad boy in but I am determined to do it!

So hopefully this time next week I will be baking delicious dishes in my new oven.

Because if I have to cook one more thing in my TOASTER OVEN it will not be a pretty sight!

The “Daily” Grind

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I haven’t been feeling like Gene and I have been getting enough time together. We were both sick for a good week to two weeks which yeah we were together a lot but not in very forgiving circumstances. And yeah we live together but it is possible to see someone every single day but not spend good, quality time with them. We’ve been either sick or on the go trying to get Wedding Crap taken care of.

Tonight we are going to go register at Target and then come home and hang out. I’m really looking forward to this! And then of course tomorrow is Valentine’s Day otherwise known as Hallmark’s Number One Profitable Holiday Ever so we will be having a [hopefully] romantic evening together with lots of quality time.

It is just way too easy to get caught up in the every day routine and forget about stopping to actually enjoy some quality time together. Luckily between the two of us we are usually really good at balancing being Best Friends and Love Birds at the same time.

A Wedding Checklist

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Got a couple of things accomplished and a few things pending but almost completed…

  • Tuxedo’s ordered! Only had to order 2 but we got Gene’s Brother’s measurements (he is out of state) and got his ordered so those are done! Here are the pictures I could find online that closely resemble what the tux will look like:

  • Printed both the Invitations and Reply Cards! All I need to do is decide if I’m going to do any decorations (like ribbon) on the invites themselves and then print the envelopes up!
  • Registered at Bed Bath and Beyond. Going to do some “small” registry stuff at Target and Aamazon.com and call it good. Target’s return policy sucks a fat one so I’m going to try to not register too much stuff there. Got a LOT of stuff on our list at BBB though, so I’m really happy about that!
  • Hair appointment for me, Layla (bridesmaid), Maggie (bridesmaid) and Jocelyn (flower girl) is scheduled. We have to be there at 8 AM! Ohmygosh.. That means I have to keep my hair looking nice ALLLLLLL day until the event at 7 PM that night!

It’s only a few things to mark off my list but a few things is better than none. I’m working on trying to find a free marriage counseling class. In the state of Oklahoma, a marriage license cost $50 and if you take a state sanctioned marriage counseling class they will subtract $45, so you can get the whole thing for $5! I’m not that bummed about paying $50 for a license that will legally wed us but I’ll try to get a discount if I can!

I now pronounce you Mr. and Mrs. Sickface

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I’m still alive but I wont lie, there for a while I wondered if I’d ever be alive again. I have been so ridiculously ill with some kind of almost-flu that I spent about 90% of last week in my bed, moaning and groaning while Gene took very good care of me. Used up about 75% of my PTO (that’s Paid Time Off, for you Stay At Home Ladies), I’m sure.. Which really sucks.

This could not have come at a more inconvenient time. I guess there is never really a convenient time to get sick but just two months before my wedding? And I still have so much to do? I haven’t even sent out invitations yet? Ohmygosh.

So I was really sick. So sick that I actually fainted/blacked out one night. Damaged a floor lamp in our bedroom in the process and also scared the ever-livin’-crap out of me (and Gene too). I don’t think I’ve ever really experienced a situation quite that scary before. I’m feeling better but still not well. Gene has been hit with the cold as well but he is trying ever so hard to not get it as bad as I had it. So far he has been stricken with just a few fever-ish moments, a cough, a sore throat and the obligatory runny nasal passage.

I hope in the near future I’ll have more wedding nonsense for you guys. I know coming up should be lots of talk about wedding favors, invitations and all of that.

Wedding Mambo Jambo

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The last few days have been very emotional for me. I keep going through these phases where I feel like I am losing every last ounce of patience that I have and then the next minute I am oogling over how cute or adorable my puppies are. I know it is strictly PMS but even knowing the cause of it doesn’t make it any easier to deal with!

So lessee.. We picked out our tuxes. The suite itself is chocolate brown with very faint vertical stripes. The vest is a pale pink that has swirly design on it, along with a white shirt and pale pink tie. Very handsome! We ordered the tuxedos and I can’t even begin to tell you guys how happy that I have that one aspect of this wedding over with! I can finally move on to the next thing, which I’m not really sure what that is. I know I need to register and pick out music for the night. We aren’t having a DJ or any of that nonsense. I want a quiet, whimsical and charming little night.

Today we had healthy Taco Salads for dinner and they are yummilicious! We took the doggies on a walk and we plan on taking them again tomorrow as the temps outside are supposed to reach the 70s again. Of course, after that it goes back down in the 40s and 50s and rainy. I really am sick of Winter!

Oh and my aunt went and got her daughter’s flower girl dress today. It’s a mini version of my dress. They live in Illinois so it kind of stinks that we are so far away. I miss them so much! But here is a picture of her in her flower girl dress.. I plan on going to buy the pink sash for the waste-line sometime in the next week or so.

My Flower Girl