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This whole wedding planning thing is...

fun
stressful
disheartening
exciting
awful
wonderful
neat
frustrating
fabulous
blecky
depressing
anxiety-filled
unbelievable
fabulous
grand

ALL OF THESE THINGS. And it changes by the hour. Seriously... like 6 hours ago I was super pumped about the wedding... the marriage... the husband... the everything. And about 20 minutes ago I was crying my eyes out because it's SOOO stinking stressful.

There's all these little things that keep popping up to worry about. Most of them are things that I can't just snap my fingers and make go away either... or at least they never seem like those things right at the moment.

I think wedding planning and marriage planning would be a WHOLE LOT EASIER if it didn't involve everyone and their dog. Like... if I had mad people skills, then all these little issues would go away... but because I don't know how to say the things I'm thinking without pissing someone off or stressing someone out or making someone angry... I just don't say them at all and it's blecky.

I vote that we go back to a bride, a groom, a priest, 2 witnesses and a Church.

MUCH MORE SIMPLE!

MONKIES! (not monkeys)

***side note*** Actually, I really think all this stress is definitely worth having all of Andrew's and my loved ones at the wedding and reception and dance. Because I can't imagine celebrating such a huge thing in life without all of y'all. But I just needed to get that little rant out to make the stress melt away so I could sleep. Yes. I'm much better now.

The first full week of Lent

Time to fast, time to feast:

Lent is a time to fast from certain things - and to feast on others.
It's a season we should
Fast from judging others, and feast on the Christ dwelling within them.
Fast from darkness; feast on the Light.
Fast from anger; feast on patience.
Fast from pessimism; feast on optimism.
Fast from worry; feast on divine order.
Fast from complaining; feast on appreciation.
Fast from fear; feast on unceasing prayer and faith.
Fast from bitterness; feast on forgiveness.
Fast from idle gossip; feast on purposeful silence.
Fast from self-concern; feast on compassion.
Fast from suspicion; feast on truth.

-This is taken from the West Texas Catholic, a newspaper of the Amarillo Catholic Diocese.

Lots of changes, old Max, lots of changes

Hello friends and neighbors,

In today's episode we'll be discussing how different life is about to become. For those of you unfamiliar with our show... we take a topic, beat it to death with a hammer, and the merrily continue on our way towards something less or more disconcerting.

In 64 days and 50 minutes from the time of this post, the wedding music will have begun. And I'll soon walk down the aisle to become a Mrs. Is anyone else a little concerned that it is already March? I mean... seriously... wasn't it just November a few weeks ago?

Now... I'm not getting cold feet or anything yet... but I am struck at how much things will change. Getting married means becoming a Mrs. Becoming a Mrs means living with a boy. Living with a boy means not living at the Daisy house. Not living at the Daisy House means 1 less person to pay rent there. One less person to pay rent there means the house might not be around forever. The house not being around means lots of changes for lots of people. And those people affect other people and more people and lots of people and... MONKIES! (not that it will affect monkies, that was just an explitive thrown in for dramatic effect)

Furthermore and without further ado, it's nuts.

In other news, Lisa got new glasses. So did Jose. And Andrew will get them on Monday. It is a SPECTACULAR week... get it "spectacle"... heh heh.

Hmmm... Well I've about exhausted my energy for writing blogtasticness for now. I shall leave and go back to work.

Cheerio!

Because Sara has neat things on her website

Thought it was neat... took it from Sara. :)

Four jobs you have had in your life:
1. Hotel chain call center phone rep
2. Manager assistant at car rental place
3. Marketing coordinator at an ad agency
4. Traffic director at a radio station

Four movies you would watch over and over:
1. Moulin Rouge
2. Pretty Woman
3. Wedding Singer
4. Thirteen Going on Thirty

Four places you have lived:
1. Williamsburg, KS
2. Andale, KS
3. Lawrence, KS
4. Wichita, KS

Four TV shows you love to watch: (I'm using only shows currently on the air)
1. American Idol
2. American Idol
3. American Idol
4. American Idol (this is really the only show I ever watch)

Four places you have been on vacation:
1. Montreal & Toronto Canada
2. Florida
3. Colorado
4. California

Four websites I visit daily: (or almost daily)
1. www.gmail.com
2. www.babeswithouttrying.blogspot.com
3. www.google.com
4. www.my.yahoo.com

Four of my favorite foods:
1. Mom's lasagna
2. Andrew's and my Salmon & Spaeztle dinner
3. Chocolate Chip Cookies
4. Kristi & Val's Sunshine Chicken

Four places I would rather be right now:
1. Cuddling with Andrew on a blanket at the park
2. At IHOP with Valpo
3. Having girl time with my roomies
4. Playing cards with my brothers, sister-in-law, Andrew, Mom & Dad

The Open Book Club

Tonight there were about 25 people at my house for the Sojourn Retreat Reunion party. It was a great time... and it made me realize just how fun and crazy my friends are. Like my heart just gets bigger each time they're all around cuz they're all so different and unique and wonderful... plus they're great huggers. Yeay for hugs.

But that is neither here nor there nor anywhere... because I had a much more interesting epiphany type o thing this evening. It's about being an open book.

Now i've always sort of been one to wear my heart on my sleeve. If I'm sad... people know it. If I'm happy... people know it. If I'm angry... people know it. If i'm pissy... people REALLY know it. And on top of that I general will tell just about anyone just about anything about me because I hit a point a few years ago when I decided that keeping things on the downlow was kinda stupid. So I decided to stop having secrets and I just started living outloud.

Anyways... this has taken me to a point in my relationships with people that even I'M not completely comfortable with what I talk about sometimes. For example, tonight toward the end of the evening when only a few people were left in the house, our discussion was centered on where Andrew and I should stay on our wedding night. Now normally... it wouldn't be a huge deal if people were just offering suggestions of places... but it was like a pretty detailed conversation... that people were actually pretty passionate about... and I was just sorta standing there wishing that everyone would just stop talking.

I was just struck by the ludiocrity of the situation. My life is such an open book that everyone can read it and everyone has something to say. It sorta grosses me out. At the very same time it completely amazes me because for so many people to know so much stuff about me, I must really trust them. And to have that many awesome trustworthy friends is a huge giant gift.

I think perhaps I need to work on my ability of keeping things to myself however because one of these days all this "stuff" that is being talked about now... is actually going to be happening. And I'm not sure I want to share something so personal and sacred.

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In other news... have I mentioned lately how utterly blown away I am by my fiance? Like... it really feels like I love him more everyday than I did the day before. I don't know how it's possible. Even when I'm so annoyed with him that I could just about scream, I still love him so so so so much. It's awesome. And in 10 weeks from yesterday, he'll be my husband. Far out.

Reinforcements Required.

Mostly I just need someone to tell me that I haven't screwed up in my statements. The second post on this blog is about abortion... anyone in the mood for a good argument?

BroadwayShow

Toodles!

Keeks

Congratulations Tom & Kim!

First comes LOVE...


Ah... sweet engagement!!


Then comes MARRIAGE...

Aren't they cute?? 

Then comes A ______ IN A ______ CARRIAGE...

I'll let you fill in the blanks. ;)

Suffice it to say that I'm SUPER DUPER PUMPED for September of this year!!!!