is it wrong to be in love

with our new shower?

i am not a shower fan. personally, i hate taking a shower because i have so much maintenance to do. but i am in love. it's like a resort shower, all glass doors and beautiful tile everywhere. can't forget the built in seating area when you get too tired from cleaning your ass and need a break.



the window is a nice touch too.

even colotte likes the bathroom.

moving on in....

this weekend has been incredibly exhausting, yet so worth it! we moved into our new house on saturday morning. we did the smart thing and hired movers. our yelp review will follow shortly. they were great and highly recommended.

thanks to a drunk jake and ryan, we got all our new ikea furniture assembled. i know matt preaches on about buying local, but we *heart* ikea. they really have some interesting and unique pieces.

sue and colotte are adjusting quite nicely. colotte had a rough first day but was doing better that night. both are underfoot at every minute, but they seem to be happy with the new space.

there is still quite a bit of unpacking to do. hopefully we can get it all done by this week. it's been surreal moving into a new place and leaving our old neighborhood. i will miss the far west neighborhood but change is good for the soul.

here are some pics. i'll add more once we get the rooms completed.

my journey begins....

my first crane. now only 1000 more to go!

origami wedding decorations

so i have been tossing around this lovely idea of folding 1001 origami cranes. it's supposed to bring good luck and all that wonderful positive energy to the couple.

http://pukashell.net/kimo/wedding/cranes.html

hooray!!

the ups and down of financial responsibility

ready for a sad blog?

after reviewing our financial obligations to our new house, i noticed the majority of the wedding money we saved will be gone. right now i am feeling a lot of anger and guilt for not being on top of the possible extra charges required to buy a house.

the last thing i wanted to do was put our wedding expenses on credit cards, but that appears to be our best option. it's funny that i am mad at our new house. i don't want it to interfere with my perfect wedding. i was so excited that we already had the money put aside and there would be no issues of financial hardships in the future. no water and bologna sandwiches for us! we could still go out for steaks and pay for our honeymoon in one night!

but now reality has set in. time to grow up and get rid of my monthly strut spending fees and whole foods lunches. *sigh*

i am done with zombie movies!

seriously. the last 3 movies have scarred me. my all-time scary movie has been "event horizon" for the longest time. now it has been replaced with "28 weeks later." i haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaate that movie with a passion.

"shaun of the dead" was pretty bad too. then tonight i add "i am legend." i don't want to spoil the movie but the sad part towards the end made me cry a lot. i think what i do is put myself in their position. that's what makes me so upset. like in "28 weeks later", i was so emotionally distraught at the beginning of the movie. his actions totally disgusted and scared me at the same time.

why am i even blogging this? it must be my fear of the zombies. blaaah.

house pics

we like to call the guest room "jake's room."

call me a grinch,

but i can't wait for sxsw to be over. i guess i'm not that cool to enjoy music-loving, drunk hipsters as far as the eye can see.

i think mono has made me grouchy.

for my wedding watchers...

i have updated my knot wedding page to google pages. i re-arranged some pictures and made it look nice.

the link is to your right. ---------------------------------------->

dress shopping was a success!

i just got back from dress shopping with nory. out of all the dresses, i found 3 i am in love with. i can't post them here because nosy matt reads this every one in awhile. sorry.

they are so amazing though. and i fit into all the floor samples, so i got to see what they really looked like on. hooray for mono!

we got the house!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

OMG OMG i am so happy. will post pics in a bit.

we are almost adults...

we found a house we love! let the bidding wars begin.

i don't want to ruin it with my gushings and all but we are excited and hoping for the best.

besides being sick..

i'm really not doing much of anything. i have been working on crocheting a blanket, but i ran out of yarn. jo-ann's is also out of the yarn so i have to order it online. blah. matt picked out some yarn today and now he wants me to make him a blanket. so that's my new project for the moment.

i'm just laying around, losing weight and looking yellow. i'm suffering from extreme heartburn when i eat. i get these sharp pains all around my boobs. it only happens after i eat, so guess what? i'm not gonna eat.

we just saw juno. it was very good. i like movies like that. kinda bittersweet.

we are meeting with a possible florist wednesday. then we will decide between our djs this week and almost have the majority of vendors booked. all i need to do is find a dress, and order the invitations ( i already have them picked out.) maybe rent some linens and that really should be it for awhile. then i can sleep.

my diagnosis has arrived!

for the past 2 weeks i have been suffering from extreme fatigue. of course when you have a history of anxiety/panic attacks this isn't a good thing. i finally bit the bullet and got some blood work done.

turns out i have mono. interesting..... wanna learn about my disease?

what is mono?

hella sweet!

look out austin! here i come, tearing up the streets on my new bicycle.

here is the site for the coolest bike in the world. electra townie

this is the bike i picked out today. totally sweet.




i can't wait for my ass of steel!

on a lighter note...

yesterday was a fabulous day for me. i get a treat from matt at work.



then after i get back from lunch i see this:



it's always nice to know you are appreciated at work by the ones that matter.

what an interesting world we live in...

-when we use blogs to show our ignorance.
-when we act like high school.
-when we think we are harmonious with the world and actually have no meaning of oneself.
-when we blog about our boss on myspace.
-when we think it will make an impact in any way whatsoever (besides this blog entry.)

i feel pity for you. pity for your ridiculous words. i pray i never act like you when i am 47. i hope you got some sort of satisfaction out of that rant of yours because i did.

i just saved $160. 2 names off the wedding list. thank you.

new projects!!!

look at all the new things i have made lately....

wedding talk

we just finalized our officiant yesterday. he's lovely. the link to his site is on our wedding blog.

it's finally finished!

my cupcake scarf (which has taken over 2 weeks to complete) is done. i gave it to haley for her birthday because i know she likes things like that.

here are some pics: