What to write about today?  Honestly I have no idea.  For the first time in a few weeks I feel pretty good my work.  I am almost caught up, AW starts tomorrow, and if things aren’t too crazy I might be able to really spend some time training AW properly.

Hurricane Earl is headed this way.  Well more towards the beach where M’s parents are.  M talked to his mom today and we are their “evacuation plan” should Earl head for them.  While I won’t be disappointed if he brings some rain our way, my heart will go out to a knottie whose wedding is scheduled in the Outer Banks this weekend.  I can’t imagine my thought process if I were her.

Way back when, or the mid-90’s, Hurricane Opal came up the Gulf Coast.  We lived outside of Montgomery so hurricanes were not super uncommon but  most of the time if they made it to us they had been downgraded to tropical storms.  Well not Opal, she rolled through the coast and pretty much took the highway straight to our town, 3 hours in-land and north.  I remember the lights went out as she rolled in.  The transformers on the power lines blew all night.  We had candles lit to provide light, which added to everything going on.  And when it would lighting the sky was green.  It was really quite amazing.  (I guess the algae from the ocean made the sky appear green?)

The next morning my parents and I hopped in the car to see what the town looked like.  Mostly there were a lot of downed trees but overall things weren’t too bad.  At least not that I remember.

It’s funny the nostalgia I feel as I sit here and type about that night.  While I couldn’t tell you the day or year or much more then green lightning, it brings back memories of warm fuzzy times.

I’ve been waiting for the netting to arrive so I can start my next DIY project, my veil.  Since M was playing golf yesterday I decided to run to Michael’s and pick up some supplies to work on my veil.  I’ve also decided I want to spice up my invitations a tad.  I’ve seen a few girls that have put a “belly band” of sorts around the outside of the envelope.  This adds a little color and also alleviates the need to run each envelope through the printer since you print the address on the label.

After cruising through the paper section I realized I couldn’t find any paper that would fit completely around the envelope.  I figured there had to be a product for this right?  Hell no!  As I was searching I started looking through the stamp section.  I decided that if I couldn’t find the paper I was looking for I could use a stamp on the outside.  Also this wouldn’t add any more weight to the envelope.  Well after about an hour of looking and searching I realize I can’t find the damn stamp ink.  What the hell Michael’s?!?!!?

At this point I’m so frustrated by my envelope fiasco I almost completely forget I’m actually there to find stuff for my veil.  I run over to the wedding section to look for a comb.  And wouldn’t you know, they don’t really have any combs.  Seriously?!?!?  So I head to the flower section, I mean they have flowers right.  Strike three!  This is just not my day to find anything apparently.  I finally just decide to run to Target.  Well they have nothing interesting in hair accessories either.  I end up buying a snap barrette, that might work and a drink.  I did manage to find a comb at the grocery store on my stop home.  *shakes head*

Today my veil netting arrived in the mail.  I’m pretty excited.  I don’t think it’s going to take very much to make what I want, plus I can add some crystals.  ;)  I’ve managed to work up a “new” plan which involves a trip to the Mall.  I figure if I can’t find something, anything, between Claire’s and Forever 21, it’s just not meant to be.  At least for now.  I know I still have plenty of time for this but I have the excitement now.

I mean can’t a girl find a glittery, sparkly, flowery hair piece?!?!?!  Is it really THAT hard!!!!

On the bright-side, AW officially starts on Wednesday.  Finally after a month I will have help and that gets a big fat YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thankfully it is Friday and my day is over.  This morning was crazy busy.  By the time I got everything taken care of it was time for lunch.  Then after my weekly lunch date with M, I only had a few hours to work.  We had an off-site meeting so the afternoon was pretty unproductive.

But really I feel like things are going downhill again with my parents.  I’m not really sure what happened last weekend while my dad was in town.  I was pretty upset that he was too busy to even just meet for a few minutes but I’m sure I did something wrong again.  I only say this because I haven’t heard a peep since my dad called to say they were too busy.  Granted I’ve been so busy and haven’t really put much effort into anything either but I had kind of expected him to call or email when he was back.  Nope!  I emailed about the snake in the office, nothing.  Emailed last night about something I had taken care of for them only to get a “thanks.”

It also bothers me that my mom knows how upset accidents make me – I’ve been in 7, 2 of which totaled cars – and yet she can’t comment on that.  But it seems she can comment on everything else on FB.  Maybe I’m being a little bratty but it’s kind of annoying that she still doesn’t bother to ask anything about the wedding.  I mean nothing.  When I do talk to her or my dad I always make sure to ask what is going on with the house.  To see where they are.

I guess I’m thinking about it more since another girl on the boards is having issues with her mom.  Her situation is different, issues going on with her mom and step-dad, but it’s resulting in her mom telling her she doesn’t think she will be at the wedding.  I feel like I am starting to prep myself for this to happen.  I feel like my parents are going to put off booking their room and then come up with “we can’t come.”  I know the only thing that matters is that M and I are there.  But I can only imagine how I will feel standing at the end of that aisle looking out and seeing ALL of M’s family there and NONE of mine.

I did talk to my cousin in Paris the other night and so far she still plans to come.  She said it would be a few months before she would be able to really book the trip but if she is able to get off work she will be there.

I don’t really expect she will make it but I would love if she could.  Especially since we’ve really only gotten to know each other in the past couple of years.  Even though I wouldn’t consider us extremely close I feel like she is like a little sister.  I love her asking me questions and I love to give her advice, even if she doesn’t always listen. 😉

Well I think it’s time for pity party of one to start this fine Friday night but I’ve been meaning to write this all week so….

~k

Today has been a roller coaster.  I’ve gone from fire coming out of my eyes to tears pouring from them.  I’m not sure I want to talk about the fire because the post might turn into a full blown rant and that’s where I want to go right now.  Nutshell people can’t do their jobs therefore it makes it hard for me to do mine.  This encompass several things so I think it will do.

After a last minute error keying in an order and frantic call to a carrier, thankfully something they could easily fix, I ran out of the office a few minutes late.  I HATE leaving work late.  As a general rule I try to be out exactly on time if not a minute early.  🙂

But as luck would have it I guess it was good I was running a few minutes late.  I hit I40 with little traffic and was on my way.  I turned on to Edwards Mill, just like normal.  The light at Edwards Mill and Duraleigh always backs up traffic especially the left lane, where cars need to be in order to turn.  This is pretty normal so as I’m coming over the hill and see break lights I am pretty prepared to stop and to stop quickly if needed.  As I’m stopping I see the car in front of the car in front of me swerve left into the median and dust kick up.  I think the car in front of me went right (honestly I can’t remember) only to look up and see a motorcycle and rider on the ground.  I immediately stop a good distance back, hit my hazards and jump out of the car.  At this point there are several others out of their cars as well.  I have my cell and I’m ready to call 911 if needed.  As I get closer, the rider is moving and talking.  I hear him say that he was not hit but wrecked the bike.  I ask if I need to call 911 and his reply is no.  He lays there for a minute and then manages to get to his feet.  Thankfully he was wearing full motorcycle gear and didn’t appear to be hurt.  He was able to get the bike up and out of the road.  After a few tries he manages to get the bike to start.   I finally hopped in my car and moved it out of the road so traffic could continue.

Once the biker realizes the bike is fine he is ready to move it over to the side street.  A couple people manage to stop the oncoming traffic so he is able to safely get the bike across the street.  With him out of the way the rest of us return to our cars and continue on.

HOLY SH!T!!!  That really just happened.  And while I didn’t actually see the guy wreck it still rattled me.  I called M to tell him what had just happened and burst into tears.  I manage to get out that I’m okay and finally tell him what happened.

When I got home I recounted the event again.  We suppose the rider either couldn’t stop in time and laid the bike down or hit the breaks which may have caused him to lose control and fall.  Whatever happened he is lucky he didn’t get hit because as I was walking back to move my car out of the way I noticed blue paint on the pavement.  I stopped a good 15-20 feet behind where he was laying.

So for those who ride motorcycles please wear the gear.  The accident today would have been a much different scene without it.

~k

Happy Birthday baby Asher!  We are so glad you are here and we can’t wait to meet you!

Asher was born at 12:15 am August 25th, 2010.  Right on schedule actually.  I think it’s funny that we had dinner with Tracey on Saturday and none of us expected he would come on his due date.  But just like that he is here.  I am so excited to meet baby Asher.  He will be my first newborn to photograph.  I told Tracey that when I came to see him I was bringing my camera so we will see what happens.  I’m not sure when we will get to meet him, but I’m assuming they will be out of the hospital tomorrow.  So either sometime this weekend or one night next week we will schedule a visit.

I can’t imagine such a handsome little guy will be hard to photograph.  Let’s hope the photographer doesn’t screw it up.  🙂

~k

Thank god!  I guess I shouldn’t complain too much, the day started well and ended well really.  First off, this morning I got an email saying that my friend was starting to have contractions and that she would be heading to the hospital soon.  So hopefully baby Asher will be born soon (it is late afternoon now:) ).  Next we  found out there was ANOTHER snake found in the office last night.  Not in our room but in one down the hall.  SERIOUSLY?!?!?  The kicker, this wasn’t just your nice little average garter snake, nope, this was a baby Copperhead.  The guy who found it thought it was a toy until it moved and started hissing.  As you can see said snake was also killed in the office.  And well the damn thing really does blend well with the carpet.  Ughh!

After lunch things got a bit hectic and well let’s just say I am about ready to throw my computer at someone!!!!

Anyway, the after stomping my feet, M im’ed me to tell me I had a package!  YAY!  I knew EXACTLY what it was…..my brooches.  I couldn’t WAIT to get home to check them out.  And let me say they are beautiful!  I love both of them.  I think I made a great decision and for the price you can’t beat it.  They both look really nice and sparkly.  I can’t wait to get my dress so I can  see the whole look.

Oh and last night, I finally found the netting I’ve been looking for.  I was able to get a yard plus shipping for under $10.00.  I think this was really a great deal.  I can’t wait for it to come in so I can start my DIY madness again.

Now I think it is time for a glass of wine.  (Glad I picked up a bottle yesterday 😉 )

*** As promised, here is the brooch website http://www.fabulousbrooch.com/

~k

Friday night M and I were laying around on the couch watching tv when I thought I felt something odd on my lip.  Upon further inspection I realized I had a cold sore starting.  UGHHH!  This is pretty much my body’s way of telling me I need to chill out!  With everything at work being so chaotic and not feeling well I should have known this was coming.  I immediately went upstairs to put medicine on my lip in hopes I’d caught it early enough.  Well as luck would have it, by the time I woke up Saturday morning my lip was pretty swollen.  Honestly, I’m not sure what’s worse, the cold sore or the swelling.  I look like I got hit in the mouth.  On top of that my jaw and ear are now hurting.

Saturday night M and I joined a small group of friends for dinner.  And while I was unimpressed with dinner, it was nice to see everyone.  One of our friends is due with her first baby this week and I figured if we didn’t see her Saturday we probably wouldn’t see her until the baby was born.  I really enjoyed our night out, even if I did look like a got beat up.  🙂

Yesterday M and I got up and decided to clean some before we met my parents.  My dad flew in on Thursday and was flying out on Sunday.  I talked to him on Friday and said we’d like to meet them for lunch or something before he flew out.  I had just finished cleaning our bathroom when M and I decided to move the dresser upstairs.  I had just showered but was really ready to see how it looked.  Right after we’d gotten it up and I sat down to start my make-up I get a call from my dad telling me that he is just “too busy, too much going on” to meet for lunch.  Great!  Nothing annoys me more then getting ready to go someplace only to be told plans are off.  But mostly I was just really annoyed that he was “too busy” to see me while he was in town.  Even if only for a few minutes.  Whatever!

Needless to say M and I continued our little cleaning spree.  The house is nice and clean which always feels nice.  I wish we could find some sort of balance so the house doesn’t feel like a complete disaster after a couple of weeks.  I guess we will figure it out one day.

~k

Well a bee’s life is not for me.  My goodness.  If it wasn’t 10 things it was 20 other random things I was working on today.  I had hoped that since today was Friday I would have a nice calm day.  Too much for that thinking.  I feel like I barely got anything done despite being so damn busy.

M and I finally had a call with the wedding coordinator from the hotel today at lunch.  We found out the perks that were included with the number of rooms we currently have booked.  Hello free mani/pedi for the bride and half hour massage for the groom.  We also discussed our reception options.  While I thought I didn’t really want a private reception we are now thinking this might be a really good idea.  M and I will get to choose our wedding location and reception spot once we arrive.  We also found out that M’s brother can provide our ceremony music.  This makes me EXTREMELY happy!  Pat plays the guitar and I can’t think of anything better than having someone we love play music for us on this special day.  I had been worried the resort wouldn’t allow this but apparently it isn’t a problem.  YAY!

Now all I have to do is sit back and watch the months count down.  I still need to find a bouquet and I think that I am going to make a veil of sorts.  Like a bird cage veil only it would cover a bun instead of my face.  I’ve found a few I like and I think I can make one pretty easily if I can find the right tulle.  So I guess I am now on a hunt for that.  Oh and hopefully my brooches will come in tomorrow.  *Crossing fingers** 🙂

TGIF!

~k

Well it’s finally Thursday and I must say I am feeling a little better about my current situation.  I am almost caught up, kind of, on orders.  I have A working on disconnects and well it’s THURSDAY!  I don’t feel as overwhelmed today as I have the past couple of days and it’s nice.  Oh and I am actually making time to blog.  YAY!  I feel bad I was such a slacker yesterday but oh well.

Since before I moved in with M, I knew the bedroom would be a challenge.  M, having been a bachelor for 4+ years, didn’t have much in the bedroom furniture department.  And while I had bedroom furniture, what I had would not have been enough to hold all of our stuff.  Plus it was more on the girlie side.  Hence it is now our guest room.  :)  Before all the wedding plans were put into motion, I had dreams of matching bedroom suites with perfectly matching linens.  Yeah, not gonna happen.  At least not right now anyway.  So I decided I would have to make do with what I could find.  This happens to be a chest of drawers, my chest of drawers from childhood, that I had been using as extra storage in my townhouse.  My mom has the dresser and maybe one day I’ll be able to actually get it back.  She says when the house sells!  Whatever.  Anyway, she had painted the dresser black so I asked for the color so I could match the chest of drawers.

This weekend I decided I would tackle painting the chest of drawers.  M and I headed to Lowe’s, picked up some paint and then I searched through the various knobs and pulls trying to find something I liked that wasn’t too expensive.  After finally making up my mind it was time to paint.  OMG it was hot on Saturday.  I managed to get the drawers painted but not the actual chest.  On Sunday I made M move the car and help me get the chest in the garage.  Much better.  Still hot but not nearly as bad.  So now sitting in our downstairs hallway is a fully painted chest of drawers.  I am hoping that we will put it upstairs tonight.  If only I could get the dresser I would be set.  Almost.  M even said I could paint the bed if I really wanted.  Which may actually happen once I have the furniture upstairs.  He has, however nixed my new bedding idea.  Apparently paisley is considered floral.  We will see who wins that one.  😉

Yesterday I didn’t feel so well once I got to work so I ended up coming home and trying to work from home.  It is only ALOT challenging.  Not really trying to get the work done but mostly the fact that at work I have 2 monitors and at home I have 1 laptop.  Not so easy I tell you.  Plus feeling like crap doesn’t really help.  This means not only am I days behind, I am still days behind.  I decided that I would stay late if needed in order to get caught up to Monday.  Thankfully I was able to get all the orders in from Friday and was out the door at 5:30.

I feel like I’m treading water and just barely keeping my head up.  I just wonder how much longer I can keep this up.  Tonight my neck is in knots so I asked M to grab a diet coke before he left the office.  Random request?  Not if you have a bottle of whiskey in the cabinet ;)  Anyhoo, this drink is pretty strong so one should do just fine.

In between chaos and borderline insanity, M forwarded me an email from his grandmother.  She received her save the date.  She said that she was very happy to get it and had it displayed on her fridge.  :)  So I guess that means the UK folks should have their save the dates.  I must say I’m pretty impressed it only took a week.

Oh and in other wedding related news, I found a website with cheap brooches over the weekend.  And when I say cheap I mean CHEAP.  Most of the brooches are under 10.00.  With prices that good and flat rate shipping, I kind of went overboard at first.  I added all the ones that caught my eye to my cart.  After looking at them for a few days I finally narrowed it down to two.  I wanted three but M wasn’t too keen on that idea, hehe!   So I was finally able to narrow it down to two that I really really liked.  One will go on the sash of my dress and the other, if not too large, I’m thinking I might put on the stem of my bouquet.  Really it will just depend on what they actually look like when I get them.  But if they look as good in person I will post the link on here.  Not that anyone really needs or uses brooches anymore but you never know.

Here’s hoping this week flies by!

~k