YeeeeHaaaawwww!

 

THIS is why I’ve been sore and bruised all over this week!

Now I can cross mechanical bull riding off my list of “Things to Do Before I Die”
(Although something tells me I just might be doing this again!)

Thanks for sending me a photo Miss Jess!

What are some things on your list of crazy things to do?

Giddy Up!

 Stephanie, my maid of honor, and two other friends (Rob & Bethany) celebrated their 30th birthdays this weekend wild wild west style, complete with mechanical bull! Despite Andy’s plea for me NOT to ride the bull (he didn’t want to chance me walking down the aisle with a broken arm) I couldn’t help
myself…and I rode it three times!!! They took it easy on me though so it was all good. I’m just a little sore today. Some of my friends got photos of me so I’ll have to try and track them down.

Of course I had to have a pink hat! I couldn’t find cowboy boots though so I
improvised with white go-go boots (not shown), which I’ve always wanted anyway!

How ’bout that cowboy?!

 

Even though you can’t see them real well, crafty Tara made her own blue jean chaps – hilarious!!

 

My girls for 20+ years! (I can’t believe I’m old enough to say that!)

 

Weekend Update

 This weekend is my last FULL weekend with no plans so I tried to cram in as much wedding stuff as I could. I had my final makeup and hair trial, got most all the gift bags packed (I will post photos after the wedding so our friends can’t be snoopy and see their gifts!), got my ring back from the jewelers, packed the bathroom baskets, and I finished my bridal banner! As always, for your viewing pleasure….

Andy’s is a titanium with carbon fiber inlay. Mine is diamonds and pink sapphires.

The ushers (Blake & Tyler) will carry this down the aisle in front of the flower girl (Aaliyah) right before I make my grand entrance. I thought this might help Aaliyah be less nervous since she will be walking not far behind her cousins.

And, how cute is this:

We got Booed!

This little bag was left on our doorstep Friday with a cute poem about Halloween. You’re supposed to go to the store (good plot Walmart!), get two new “Boo Kits”, fill them with treats (ours had this cute candy dish and mini Reece’s Peanut Butter Cups…hmmm, where did those go I wonder?!) then leave the bag on the doorstep of your friend/neighbor. It also has a door hanger you put on your door that says “I’ve Been Booed!” so people know if your house has been booed! 

I LOVE this guy!

We needed a shed for the new house. Partly because we want to give the dogs a scaled down (but still awesome) version of the old Puppy Palace. Mostly because we only have one 2-car garage and need the extra storage space. We found a decent shed for sale and brought it home. Andy was going to get a forklift to put it in place in the backyard. Our conversation went a bit like this:

Me: So, did you find a fork lift?

Andy: Nope.

Me: Okay. How are you going to get the shed off the trailer?

Andy: I dunno. I’ll figure it out.

Me: Is anyone coming over to help you?

Andy: Nope. I’ll get it by myself.

Me: Okay….how exactly do you plan to do that?

Andy: Don’t worry, I’ll figure it out.

Me: Okay….

~ A little later  ~

Me: So did you come up with a plan?

Andy: Yep. I’m gonna put some stakes in the ground here, put some straps there, pull the Jeep ahead and it will fall into place. The straps are going to pull the shed off the trailer and the stakes will keep it from falling over into the fence.

Me: Are you serious?

Andy: Uh-huh.

Me: That’s not going to work.

Andy: Yes it will.

Me: No way. Then what if it falls into the fence?

Andy: It won’t. But if it does I’ll fix it.

Me: Um, okay. I don’t know about this.

Andy: I think you should take a picture. This is blogworthy.

Me: You bet it is…let me go grab my camera.

Not only did I take a photo, I took a video!! I thought we might make it onto Most Funniest Home Videos or something once the shed slid off the trailer and into the fence….you may not believe what happened next but I’ll let you see for yourself. If you listen closely you’ll here Putter…I think he was nervous too!

Finally!

Only about 3 months after ordering and a month later than we expected, our new furniture is here!!

How FUN are these!?

I decided I needed some snazzy pink shoes for the wedding instead of the black shoes that match the bridesmaids. After no luck at a few stores I found these sparkly pink shoes at Dillard’s. The best part was that not only were they on sale…they were on clearance marked down to $5.99 from $89.00!! SCORE!

And We’re Back!!

My goodness. If I lose internet connection for a hour I go nuts. Can you imagine how I’ve felt all week without my website?! I had a little bit of free time and A LOT of stuff to tell you and photos to show you all but my server was down.

Good news is we’re back. Bad news is you’ll have to wait until I have some free time once again to post. LOL. Hopefully tonight.

License to Wed

Well we just checked off one very important item that I almost completley forgot about…getting our marriage license! THAT would not have been a good thing to forget. Yikes!

What are some other things I should be sure to get on my to do list before the big day??

RSVP Update

Invitations Sent: 214 (Approximately 468 adults & children)

RSVPs Received: 71 (120 accepts, 45 regrets)

Unknown: 142 (Approximately 303 people)

I sure hope I come home to a PILE of RSVP cards today! Tomorrow is the deadline I gave people so we’ll see. That’s A LOT of people unaccounted for. If I don’t get your answers in soon we may be short on the food (or possibly more importantly…beer!)