well

in the last post i sounded like a crazy witchey woman! i realize that the important part of the wedding is actually getting married to an amazing person! i'm very very lucky. i couldn't have asked for a better honey.

18 days to go

we are really hurdling fast towards that wedding now. it's been fascinating to watch exactly how fast time really does fly. i can only image how much faster it goes when you have children. we are currently in the middle of RSVP and seating chart hell. i normally wouldn't have done a seating chart, but i was told by someone that it is considered to be a very thoughtful gesture to the guests. well that, AND the fact that there will be some folks there whom i just do not even want the off-chance happening that they could end up sitting at the same table. also, who are these people that do not rsvp? seriously? and it's fine if you can't make it, really, yes, we want you there or you wouldn't have received an invite, but don't leave us hanging. that puts us in a precarious predicament, we either include you on the food count, the chair and table count on the off chance that you MAY show up OR we don't and while it's true that the caterer always makes more food, so you'll have food to eat, there will not be a place for you to sit or something to sit on. and then WE look like the jerks, i can just hear it now "i can't believe you didn't include me, as IF i would miss this..." then i got a call from the linen people, ugh, i can't even type about it. to think, at one time i wanted to be a professional wedding/party planner. really? well maybe it would be easier if it wasn't my wedding.

25 days to go now....my head is hurtin' mighty bad.

Got 25 days till the wedding. Insanity ensues. It’s all a blur up to this point and I’m sure the next 3.5 weeks will be a blur as well. Last weekend was the respective bachelor/bachelorette parties. B went to New Orleans with some of his fellows while my amazing lady friends took me out for a night on the town. First stop, Max’s wine dive, for wonderful conversation, food and wine, of course! ;-) Then on to Spotlight Karaoke, to continue the drink-a-thon and sing! I had a fabulous time, I drank too much and spent most of Sunday in between naps and food times on the sofa. Ugh. I don’t see how folks do those the day before the wedding, or even the WEEKEND before, I’ll need these next 3 weeks to re-coop! All is coming together though, still need a few things but for the most part it’s all taken care of. I can’t wait for it to get here, while we’re not taking a honeymoon immediately, we are taking the week after the wedding off, to bask in the glow of newlywed bliss. Thanks again to my lovely ladies, you sure know how to make a gal feel special.

i'm quite certain

that i could build an entire room around this chair. that is how much i love it. it will be mine.

brent was worried about what i'd do with all my time after the wedding was over. well, project re-furnish/re-decorate house will be on. took brent to look at some couches over the weekend. this is what we found.

these are some headboards that we agree on, they're at target. and the last one at west elm.

wow. it's a blogging trend.

so, i've long been told that i'm obsessed with couches/sofas. and i do admit that i have an affinity for them. and i am currently in the mindset of painting the kitchen three shades lighter than it currently is, more of burnt orange than a red. i'm also in the frame of mind that i want new bedroom furniture in the master. i want something vintage with a padded headboard. b, being the wonderful man he is, of course, leaves the decor to me. so while i was hunting down bedrooms, i ran across some sofas that i now am in love with. and while i'm being honest here, i've been wanting a new sofa for quite some time, and a new sitting chair. anyhow. here are some of the beds and sofa's i've run across. i actually kind of want to move again JUST so i can start over with a clean canvas. ha!

wanting, needed, to justify this spending.....

not that i've purchased these items, but i want to, badly. if you've not checked her out, do so. Rachel Roy.

Another one bites the dust.

Another year that is! I’m officially 30 years old. And I can say that it doesn’t feel any different than 29. Perhaps I’m focused on the wedding and school and so this isn’t the biggest thing happening right now. I will say that I feel much more inspired, more inclined to push harder to accomplish my life goals and the goals of my soon to be hubby. Turns out I’ve only got 16 more classes to finish my degree, I thought it was 18, so that’s great news. Then only 6 more for my minor, so 22 total, I’m hoping to be done in 2.5 years. That means that I will have to take a summer session here and there and potentially bump my semesters from 9 hours to 12 because at the rate I’m going now I wouldn’t be done until close to 34 and well that would make B close to 40 and I’d like to have a year or two of no school to spend time with him before the talk or thought of children is a constant thing.

On another note, I’m still training for the half-marathon in January and doing fairly well. It will get harder to do once the semester presses on, but I’ve got to make myself do it. I’m looking at bikes too. I can’t decide if I should get just a plain bike or (huffy as my friend at work says) or a nicer bike. Max says that it’s better to have more bike than you need, and I have to say I agree with him a bit. What if one day I decide to do the MS150, I’d need a good bike that is good for street/gravel AND that is good for long term rides. But I just love the idea of getting a bike that is an old school cruising type bike with a basket on it. Decisions, decisions.

Lastly, I got some really great news yesterday. A place I’d interviewed with some time ago (almost a year ago) called and asked for another meeting. Said they were looking to do something soon. Yet, another decision to make. I love the folks I work with, really, some of them are like family to me and I have leeway here, plus seniority, great salary, OT and tons of PTO, but the fact remains that I’m at the top of my game here. There is nothing new for me to learn or new for me to do. This place would be a great opportunity for a change and to learn new skill sets. So is safe and slow the way to go or do I change it up? Maybe turning 30 and getting married is enough change for one year? Any advice is greatly appreciated.