Its Official!!!

I now have my MRS. Degree!!! :-) The marriage license came in the mail, its all final now!!! Now comes the long, drawn-out process of name changing, which I'm starting today at 1:30p. Going to Social Security Office to get started! Yea!!!

Wonderful Honeymoon

Last Saturday, after a wonderful afternoon with friends and family helping us celebrate our marriage, my new husband took me to the Broadmoor Hotel in Colorado Springs for our wedding night. When we got there, they upgraded us to a suite, free of charge. It was a magical night!!! I would have liked to stayed there the whole week, but Sunday afternoon, we boarded a plane to my surprise honeymoon destination, Los Angeles, California!!! (Not Camp Swampee:-) We had a wonderful week being tourists! We went to Disneyland on Monday, Universal Studios on Tuesday, NBC Studios and a taping of the Tonight show with Jay Leno on Wednesday (I called my mom and gave away our secret because I had to tell her why I wanted her to tape the Jay Leno show Wednesday night), and Thursday we went to Venice Beach, I wanted so badly to play in the Ocean, but it was freezing!! It was actually warmer at home in Colorado all week than where we were in LA!!! But we still had a lot of fun, and started a lifetime of memories together as husband and wife. I thank GOD for bringing us together as husband and wife, for planning such a wonderful man for me to wake up with every morning for the rest of my life! I'll post more later, but wanted to get something posted for all those who were waiting to hear about where we went.

Auntie Again!!!

Doodlebug, my brother's third daughter, made her scheduled entrance into the world today just after noon Mountain time. She is 7 lbs 8 oz and 19 1/4 inches long and looks just like my brother in his newborn pics. Thanks for sending me the picture baby bro, so I could see her. I can't wait to meet her and hold her and spoil her too- just like my two other "bugs" :-)

Honeymoon?!?!?!?!?

He brought me to *#?@* Camp Swampee!!! I can not believe he brought me here for our HONEYMOON!!! I can't believe he thought I'd enjoy sharing a cot and a sleeping bag for our honeymoon! I hope this is all a bad dream- there isn't even running water!! I guess I shouldn't have let him plan this all by himself... now where did the mosquito netting go?? Camp swampee... Maybe it'll get better... I hope so... can it get much worse?...

Round Two...

My voice is back, my cold has broke. I am seemingly on the mend. You'd think that would be enough for a soon-to-be (in two days) bride to have to deal with.
But not for this bride!!!
Here's what the National Weather Service is predeicting for weather in my area tomorrow (the day when family/wedding party is supposed to arrive...)
"Friday: Periods of rain before noon, then periods of snow. The snow could be heavy at times. Some thunder is also possible. Areas of blowing snow after noon. High near 35. Windy, with a northeast wind 15 to 20 mph increasing to between 25 and 30 mph. Winds could gust as high as 40 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%."
I am FREAKING OUT!!!
Granted, it isn't supposed to start until after noon, but we are in a blizzard watch!!! I know Aprils in Colorado are volatile, and that's why we decided to have our wedding indoors and not out. But c'mon!!!- now it's threatening to cut off travel for family and wedding party. I pray it turns out to be less than predicted, or at least waits til everyone gets here. Please Lord, let it be okay...

WHY!?!?!?!?

Three stinkin' days before my wedding, and I can't talk... I am so aggravated!!! My throat hurts, and I've been coughing my head off. I know its not an infection (yet) so I'm trying really hard to use natural remedies to kick this. (Vitamin C, Echinacea, and such). And lots of prayer. Lord, I don't want to be sick on my wedding day- please take this away... And G was very sweet this morning and brought me a new "Reeses Peanut Butter Cappuchino" from the convenience store. It is soooo good! I am not one who likes coffee, but this tastes great just like a peanut butter cup- and the warmth is soothing my throat wonderfully. Thank you G ;-)
I went and tried on my dress last night. My mom did an awesome job on it!!! It is wonderful and I feel like Cinderella! Just a few minor adjustments, and it'll be all done! The only problem is I'm gonna have to go barefoot for the ceremony, my shoes make my dress too short. But I don't mind going shoeless- I'll be a lot more comfortable that way anyways!!!
Only THREE more days!!!

Goin' to the Chapel...

...And we're gonna get married!!! I can't believe it is only four days away now!!! I get to go try on my dress tonight, my mom made it for me. I am so thankful for her, she has been through a lot, and yet still insisted on making my dress for me. Thanks Mom! :-)

This Saturday, I am marrying the man of my dreams (and prayers- God has blessed me so much by bringing G into my life) I can't wait!!! We are keeping the whole day pretty casual, no tuxes, the attendants are wearing Khaki- the flower girls are wearing denim capris, t-shirts and flip-flops! I'm even wearing Sketchers sandals under my wedding gown :-) We aren't having a wedding cake, we are having cupcakes! (G and I spent an evening baking 394 of them a few weeks ago- they're in my parents freezer til Friday) And our dinner is going to be grilled outside right before we eat. Nothing fancy at all- just good times and company to celebrate with! I am glad because I am much more relaxed over my wedding than I was over my brother's. I knew I didn't want all that stress again, and while there were moments, overall the whole process has been pretty laid-back.

Friday is the only jinx in the whole deal. It's Friday the 13th. I am usually not superstitious about that, but I have been dreading this one for a while now. I pray nothing drastic happens. Especially since most of our wedding party will be traveling that day :-0

God please be with them all- get them safely to town so we can all have a good time and celebrate together.

And then Sunday, my husband and I will get on a plane for our honeymoon. "To where?" you might ask? I don't know!!! All I know is that we are getting on a plane, and I am to pack shoes that I can walk in (the rest of my wardrobe is pretty much the same all year round -except for adding sweaters and sweatshirts in winter- so its easy enough for him to not tell me anything else) I have a guess about where we are going, but really won't mind where we end up- we'll be together for 6 days with no work, no alarm clocks- just us alone together, that's all that matters! :-)

Now if I could just kick this cold I caught over the weekend (moving into our house in freezing temperatures and snow) I'll be set.

Only FOUR more days!! YEA!!! :-)

Moved In...

After a long, long, long, cold weekend, we got all our stuff into our house. It never made it above freezing all weekend, snowed Saturday night, and I lost my voice. But we got all our stuff into the house and out of our apartments. Thankfully. We have a lot more stuff than we thought. Now comes the task of organizing and deciding what to keep and what to sell in our garage sale. We are gonna have one heck of a garage sale- that's for sure... But I lost my voice, I hope that's all it turns out to be... I don't want to be sick this weekend for my wedding and my honeymoon...

Finally!!!

We are FINALLY homeowners!!! Seven weeks after putting in our bid, the papers were finally signed yesterday afternoon. It's official!!! Now I can get excited! We get to start moving today after work. We have tomorrow off, so we can move alot tomorrow, and will ge done on Saturday. Now maybe I can get some rest before my wedding (whis is Next Saturday- only 8 days away!!!) No more noisy downstairs neighbors after tomorrow!!! Yea!!! :-) I can not wait!

Try it again...

The bank says everthing is in line for the closing this afternoon. I pray they are right. It would be very, very upsetting to have to wait some more. And now my brother has started the same process where he lives. I just smiled and told him to expect long delays and not to get in a hurry about anything... he's already experiencing it too. :-)
I have learned alot through this process. And hopefully we'll remeber all this for the next time around...