11/21/09

We're hitched now!!! Leaving for our honeymoon in the morning. We will be enjoying the (hopefully) warm weather and beaches in Florida. We are hoping to get some fishing, sightseeing, and relaxing alone time... tall order, but we aim to fill it!

Thank you to all who supported us over the past 3 1/2 years, who celebrated with us in body or spirit, and who assisted in every single last crazy whim that accompanied our wedding day. We love you all!!! :)

2 weeks to go

Well, as I'm sure you can see by my title, there are less than 2 weeks to the wedding. Please excuse me while I take a moment...

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ok, now that my moment is over... here's what we've been up to: most of my clients have realized I am going to be gone soon and have piled the work on me (such I have noticed is the same for any vacation I have ever taken from work). I have been doing wedding stuff in between appointments (running errands and picking things up) and working until pretty late in the evenings. Jeff typically has saved me some dinner to warm up and I fall into bed, exhausted, soon after. Also, I havce been sick for the past month and finally took the time to go to the dr... After a stern lecture and much head shaking, she sent me and my severe sinus infection and bronchitis out the door with some fairly strong antibiotics. Today is the first day that I've really felt like being up and around, so I hope that continues.

Jeff is now starting to get sick... I know, I know, we both need a dr on our staff to see about everyday up until the wedding. He's got mostly headaches and scratchy throat stuff going on, so I don't think it's the same thing I had. Hopefully, our first wedded kiss will not contaminate the other!! :)

We are also hard at work getting out those early bird thank you notes... the notes we ordered are pretty stinking cool, if I do say so myself and I have really enjoyed getting to use them. :)

Also, as I'm writing this, Duncan is trying to steal the Halloween candy Jeff has stockpiled so all MUST be well here are home with him. He is quickly growing into a fine young man. As of his last vet check, he's 26 lbs, which is double the weight of last month... he is a healthy, growing boy.

Well, I hope you can make sense of my random, rambling thoughts. Now time to focus a bit more on getting some wedding stuff done. :) Hope all is well with you and yours.

Birthday weekend

Happy Birthday to me! Getting older was never so much fun! My friends and family all drove into town from Spearville, Topeka, Ottawa, and yes, even Olathe. :) In addition to all of the birthday festivities, Jeff and I had our bachelor and bachelorette parties.

Now, I happen to think that Jeff and I operate a little differently than the rest of the free world. For instance, while many take the "bachelor/ette" parties as an opportunity to "have one last night out on the town," Jeff and I marveled at how each of us informed our attendants (independently of each other and without previous conversation with each other regarding this viewpoint) that our parties were more of a "celebration of the exciting ways our lives were about to get better." Like I said, we operate a bit differently.

Here is a picture of my attendees standing in front of our sober ride in full bachelorette get-up:



Also, as of yesterday we were at the 3 week mark for the wedding... AAAAAAAHHHH!!!!! You know that feeling when you are going somewhere, and the faster you try to go, the slower you end up going? Like spinning your wheels in mud... yes, that's how I feel wedding planning is going. I'm working on the checklists, but it just never seems to end. I know it will be fine int he end. I just keep telling myself that all we need is Jeff and I, 2 witnesses, and a priest, and at this point no matter what all of that is covered. We've even got the marriage license to make it all nice and legal. So repeating this should bring about less stress on the whole ordeal, right...??? Um, I'll repeat it A LOT more times this week and let you know next weekend... :)

Also, we spent our Friday evening having a "Housewarming Halloween" party for a few friends. It was, if I do say so myself, a FANTASTIC time. Jeff and I dressed up like Superman and Superwoman (originally planned for Jeff to go as Tinkerbell and me as Peter Pan, but we couldn't find a Tink costume big enough for him), and Duncan went as Spiderdog. We were truly an awesome crime fighting family this weekend. Saturday was Jeff's Uncle John's birthday, and we had a wonderful steak dinner at our place. Sunday brought all kinds of wedding errands, and I honestly feel a lot more calm about our upcoming nuptials. Now all we need is for things to keep happening as quickly as luck has had it today, and we are all set!!

Hope all is well with you and yours! :)