apparently I'm only funny in my own head

Back story - I've been on loan to another dept for 6 months and I'm due to return the second week of Jan to my original dept.

We got an email that one of the ladies in my dept (my real dept) rearranged all the mailboxes in alpha order. It was a big praise email. So I thought I'd be funny and reply that she will have to change them all again in May.
This started a big thing b/c people thought I wasn't coming back to the dept until May.
Hello people?!?! I'm getting married and my name will change! You ask me every day how the plans are going. This is not a new thing.

Oy!

What is wrong with people?!?!

Ginny called me last night b/c she had a question for me.

Apparently, my dad was at the mall shopping and saw someone that knows both my mom and dad. Dad was telling this person (Ginny wouldn't tell me who it was) how excited he was about the wedding and how his only job was to look pretty, be at the church, and walk me down the aisle. To which this person says to him, "I heard her mom is walking her down the aisle." He was crushed!

Who does that to a person?? Even if it was true, obviously my dad didn't know, why would you say it to him? For the record, I want both my parents to walk me down the aisle. I hadn't mentioned it to Dad yet b/c I didn't think he would think it was a bad thing (and neither did Ginny) I just haven't had a chance to talk to him face to face when it hasn't been a holiday. I didn't want to bring up wedding stuff when we were celebrating other things. It's not all about me. :)

I think I know who started the rumor. I hope I can get Dad to tell me who told him. Mom is LIVID.

People are a$$holes!

Holiday Craft Party

It was AMAZING! I am in total awe of these women. They completely and utterly amaze me. I can't believe I know these talented women, never mind the fact that they are my FRIENDS! This was honestly the best holiday party I've ever been to. And, I love every gift I received. I don't think I've ever said that before. There's always one gift a party that you receive that you look at with a crooked head and say something like, "oh, um, thanks so much. You REALLY shouldn't have." Not one of those in this bunch!

~Here are some pics. ~


Joy made us all gorgeous lighted table top trees/centerpieces.



Danielle made us delicious banana bread and muddy buddies (not pictured - currently being eaten by Shawn)

Marianne made us CD's with all kinds of holiday music. She asked us on the sly what our favorite holiday songs were and included them all. There are some great favorites and also some I've never heard before which is cool. (CD is in my car) She also handmade us all soap. I can't wait to use it!

Sharon found out our favorite colors and crocheted us beaded bracelets!

Tricia crocheted us pins/ornaments in the shape of a basket with objects of our craft inside. Mine has Scrapbook stuff.

Erin made us each a different thing and she made me a felted bag. I am SO excited to have a felted bag!

We are all already thinking of what we can make next year. I'm not sure this year can be topped though. ;)

Ciao!

Great morning!!!

I went for my WW weigh in this morning. I wasn't very optimistic.
I had gained last time and that was BEFORE the Thanksgiving treats.

I lost 4lbs!!!

So that makes up for my gain last time and a little more.

What I was working on

Sorry to keep you in suspense. Here are the rest of the pictures for what I was working on the other day. It's a Christmas planner. I like it yet I don't. I find that it's not very durable. The paper is pealing already and I've only used it a couple of times. The problem is putting it in and taking it out of my purse all the time. I might have to Mod Podge it.

The other thing I don't like is there there are no pockets. I'm going to make some or see if Sara Binders has some. I want to keep receipts in them.

A little peek...

of what I was up to tonight.

6 Months?!?!?!?!

Today marks exactly 6 months until the wedding.

I will not freak out.
I will not freak out.
I will not freak out.
I will not freak out.
I will not freak out.


I have all the big things done. It's the little detail things that are going to drive me crazy.
What's left:

invitations
finalizing florist
tuxes
Limo
shoes
Honeymoon (the cruise we want to take has dropped $300! Woo Hoo!)
Gifts for everyone
hair trial
cake testing
Mom's outfit
Finalize guest list

I'm sure there are more things but I'll just stress myself out to think about them. ;)


Ciao!
losing weight to fit into my dress

The right direction...

The scale that is. It's finally moving in the right direction. After a few weeks of .6 losses and .4 gains I had a great weigh-in this morning. I'm down 1.2!! It's not huge but I so needed it for my self esteem. Last week was really bad. The gain itself wasn't bad (.4) but what it did to my psyche was horrendous.
I know that all this working out and counting points is worth it b/c my pants are all too big now. But not seeing the scale move is a hard thing. Yeah, yeah, losing inches maybe not pounds blah blah blah. ;) To help me out in that area I had Shawn take my measurements last week and I will take new ones every couple of weeks to make sure I'm seeing progress there. I have to anyway b/c the seamstress said I had to lose and inch and a half off my waist in order to fit into the dress I ordered.

oh, and I hurt all over. I took a cardio kickboxing class last night and it cardio kicked my ASS. Unfortunately, I think I have to take it every week now b/c it was an amazing workout. Damn you, energetic Cardio Kickboxing Girl!!!



So it's a slow race but at least I running forward now. ;)


Ciao!

I have a dress!!!!!!!

I can't believe it! I actually bought my wedding dress. I LOVE it!!!! I never thought I'd pick a strapless. I really didn't think my mom would "let" me. She thinks I'm too big. Well, we realized that sometimes less is more. ;) I love the fact that it's modern yet timeless. I don't think (or hope) that someone is going to look at my dress and say, "Oh, you got married in 2007." It gives me a Cinderella feeling.
Now I have a lot of work to do. They let me order it in a size lower than what I measured at. Basically, I have to lose an inch and a half in my waist. The saleslady didn't have a problem with me ordering it smaller b/c I told her I was on Weight Watchers. She's also on WW. She was so cute. HAVE TO STAY ON PLAN!!!!

The best part of today was when my mom was writing out the check and she asked the saleswoman what day it was. October 28th. Well, that's my Nonna's birthday. I looked at my mom and my eyes welled up. I said, "How awesome is that?!?!?" My mom didn't think I'd remember. The saleslady thought we were nuts. LOL!!!
I feel really badly that my grandmother can't share this with us. But this makes us feel like maybe she is.

I'm trying to stay positive

I was down .6 this week at weigh in. This is after skipping last week, eating A LOT of junk (including Hooters wings and fries), and I have my period.
It's just really depressing when the people sitting around you lose 3.6, 4.8, 5.2.

I'm going to stay really strict this week and see how it goes. I was even going to cheat and have a steak and cheese sub tonight. I'm still going to have it but I'm going to work the rest of my daily points around it.

Tonight is the meeting with the florist. She was Andrea's florist too and we loved her flowers. I hope it goes well.


Ciao!

Bridesmaids Shopping Day!

Today was our first trip out looking for Bridesmaids dresses. It was also the first time my girls all got together. We (or at least *I*) had the BEST TIME!!!!! I honestly didn't know what to expect but it was so much better than I could have imagined. We were laughing and joking the whole time.
They even all agreed on a dress!!!
The one bad thing was that we forgot to take a group picture. :( They promised me that next time we will.
Here are some funny pictures from today.

I need to have a Cranky Pants moment

So far today I.....

-forgot my vitamin
-forgot my breakfast
-forgot my lunch
-thought my outfit looked cute but the more I look at myself I either look like a boy or pregnant
-thought I screwed up a whole cycle of testing which wouldn't win me any points in trying to get a new job.
-and I ate a big corn muffin from Dunkies.



The rest of the day has got to get better!!!!!!!


-Ciao!

Happy 3rd Birthday, Travis James!!!

Today is Shawn's nephew's 3rd birthday. We had his party yesterday. He is VERY into Thomas the Train. I think he only opened one gift that was Thomas. He was so cute. As soon as he opened a gift he wanted to play with it. The next gift couldn't possibly be as cool as this one he just opened!!! Here are a couple of crappy pictures that I took.
Come on people, don't put the kid in front of the really sunny sliding glass door. Don't you know it messes with my pictures?!?! ;)

Ciao!

New Babies!!!!!

Later afternoon saturday, Shawn and I went to visit Pam who had given birth the day before. As we were walking to the Maternity ward I saw Uncle Jimmy and found out that Julie had delivered 5 hours ago. 2 babies for the price of one visit!

This first picture is my new cousin Alexis Josephine. She was 5 hours old when I took this picture. I'm hoping that's why her face is squished.

The second is, Timothy James. He was a day old and GORGEOUS! Sarah was wearing the cutest "I'm the Big Sister" shirt.
On Sunday I visited Danielle and Craig and of course little Cameron Douglas....who is a doll!!!

Bazzill wants to say HI

(sorry it's a little blurry)

Family Picture

Every year on my Dad's birthday we take a family picture. It used to be just me, my dad, and my sister Jenn. Now we have boys in our lives and they get in the picture. blech! LOL!!
Personally, I think this should be a holiday tradition where we are dressed nicely but who am I? Next time I'm going to set up a tripod or something so we can have Ginny in the picture too.

So here is this year's picture. Aren't we gorgeous? ~eyeroll~

Happy Birthday Dad!

I paid off a credit card!!!

Whoo Hoo!! Go me!
One down 2 more to go. I am so excited. One less bill a month...but no extra money b/c it will be going to the other cards.

Happy Dance!!!!!!

Weigh in

Had another good weigh in today. I'm down another pound and finally got my 5 lb bookmark!!! (had a rough few weeks in between)

Random Pictures

taken with the D70

You should be able to click on the picture to see it bigger.

John Harvard statue in Harvard yard (colorized black and white)

Random statue in Harvard Square that always intrigued me

Water fountain in front of one of Harvard's libraries

Moooooooooom!!!!

Obligatory flower shot

Ciao!

Happy Birthday Shawn!!

As usual, Shawn's birthday was all about Star Wars. From my he got all 2 or the 3 original movies on DVD and a Darth Vader bobble head pen. We also wen to the Comedy Connection last night and saw Chris Porter. My mom gave him a big Darth Vader Pez (see horrible picture), a dashboard Darth Vader, a Darth Vader Bobble Head, and the last original SW movie on DVD.

All in all I think he had a good time. Happy 33rd!

Ciao!