nesting

You know that thing that pregnant women do at the end of their third trimester..nesting? well that's me, except i'm not pregnant... i'm obsessed with getting my house as clean and tidy as possible before i leave for a few weeks.

I've been dusting, sweeping, moping, laundry, and every other type of word used to describe actions of cleaning.

I'm happy to say that I feel like I'm accomplishing something but there are so many nooks and crannies that I feel like i'm leaving out.

Well, enough about cleaning. Here are the plans for the next 7 days!! ONE WEEK until our wedding day!!

today (friday the 21st of May)- picking up my dress from the cleaners for a whopping amount of money that i shall not even think about. packing because i dread packing so i have to do it in little increments. cleaning duh! and then organizing everything so that i don't forget anything at the house that we might need for the wedding ceremony, reception, or honeymoon.

Saturday 22nd of May *tomorrow*- possibly meeting with the person performing our ceremony to tie up loose ends and go over the order of service. loading up all of the JUNK for the beach house. my grandparents are leaving in the AM from Iowa to come for the wedding. I'm so so so excited. I love my grandparents and I'm really excited because my grandpa is walking me down the aisle and I talked to him on the phone the other day and he was so cute. He said, " Maybe, when we get there we can practice 'the walk' because i don't want to mess up or anything!" This was so so sweet to me because the only other person he has walked down the aisle was my aunt sis and she passed away a few years ago of breast cancer. I know this moment will be very very special for the both of us and i'm so excited! I plan on cleaning again tomorrow just because I cannot leave my house messy. I just can't do it..you never know who will stop by.

Sunday 23 of May- my grandparents will arrive in the darkness of the AM because they drive straight through! then we'll pack up my mom's house and ALL the wedding stuff... hang out with the fam and then who knows?

Monday the 24th- Isle of Palms beach house with the family.. simply just relaxing that day because it will only be me, mom, gparents, gma, and family later in the night.

Tuesday the 25th- picking up my cousin from the airport, beach/pool, double date night to who knows where but i'll be sure to take lots of pictures, then just hanging out with fam.

Wednesday the 26th- treating my mom to a spa day with my grandma's... beach/pool, family flies in, bachelorette party!!!!!!

Thursday the 27th- setting up in the afternoon, beach/pool, rehearsal at 600 then rehearsal dinner at 730. then home to the beach house to party for lauren's 21st birthday

FRIDAY the 28th!!!!!- Wedding day! bridal luncheon in the AM, then getting ready, hair and makeup between 230 and 330. pictures and then going to the venue at like 500!! Ceremony at 630 and reception to follow!!

Saturday the 29th - June? Sun Palace Resort Cancun for our HONEYMOON!

Osta La Vista Baby!! (ps please forgive my poor attempt at spelling how i pronounce!)

Enjoy

Jen

Wedding Vows=done!

Today, I didn't have to go to work which allowed me time to work on finishing up my goody bags for the bridesmaids!! I wrote my vows and I can definitely say they speak multitudes of why I'm so in love with my man. I'm starting to think this whole wedding thing might just be setting in!! That makes me super pumped!

The entire week everyone has been asking me if I'm nervous or excited and I just couldn't tell them. I wasn't nervous and I wasn't really even that excited.. it just hadn't hit me. It still felt like it was so far away. We started with 609 days until the day was here and I still felt like i was just waiting. But now, I've written my vows, I can envision the ceremony and the music and me and my dress and the girls and I'm soooo excited! I'm not nervous though. Everyone at work says if you aren't nervous then that means you are ready. Not to say that if you were nervous before you got married that you weren't ready but I do feel ready!

I have to work a 12 tomorrow and then I'll be packing and cleaning the house and meeting with the person who will marry us to tie but all the loose ends and then it's really wedding time. My family comes in on sunday morning and then we go to the beach house on monday and then cheryl and her boyfriend come in on tuesday, wednesday is a special day for my mom and grandma's and I, and then it's bachelorette party, and then thursday it's set-up, rehearsal and rehearsal dinner... then home to birthday celebrate for lauren's(another bridesmaid) 21st birthday because it's really on the wedding day and we have to make her feel special! Then it's wedding day!!! I feel like it's going to fly by now and I'm kinda not ready for that, which is a major change from last week when I was just ready for the whole thing to be over!!!

Cross your fingers... i have to pick up my dress from the dry-cleaners on friday and I'm hoping that it still fits, that it isn't damaged and that the CRAZY amount of money I spent to get a tiny little bit of make-up out of it will be worth it in the end.

Going to do laundry!

Thanks and Enjoy,

Jen

T-minus 12

Quick post:

12 days and i'll be married!!

i'm pretty much turning into bridezilla at this point. only because i've gotten all my stuff done and then others haven't so i feel like i need to be stressed out and get their crap done.. not fair!

Right now I should be writing my vows and things about jason but i think i'll run to the pool instead.

tomorrow we are going to get our wedding license!!

Tues,Weds, Thurs i work and then it's off for 2 and a half weeks!!!

My family will be coming in starting sunday so i'm soooo excited!

I cannot wait to have the day here so i can put my dress on again!!! ps have i told you?? I LOVE MY DRESS. speaking of dress, i need to take it to the cleaners to get it cleaned.. just put that on the to do list..

programs are in the process of being printed, food is ordered... now we just wait on the weather man to make his predictions (which look like rain) and then calculate plan B!!! (which i have myself convinced that it never rains at 630 anyways... right?!)

well seriously.. i need a tan so i'm off to the pool!

oh, and last night my baby cousins came over (not really babies anymore they are 1o and almost 14..) and we watched movies and it was so fun! i miss them and they wanted to spend "quality" time together.. it was soooo cute. I made them look at my dress (i was totally excited) and they were like ohhhh, that's nice. I was like seriously.. just nice? and they had to remind me that they are just boys and don't get excited about this like dresses..

I'm going to try and blog often within the next week!! toodles

vows and other wedding stuff

Today, I am attempting to get started on writing my vows for our wedding. I don't know if the following will make me a bad fiance/wife-to-be but I am having a seriously difficult time doing this. We have been together 4 1/2 years and it seems like I've just become content with who Jason is.. like i've forgotten or pushed back out of my mind how amazing he is. I'm having such great difficulty putting into words how great he is. I can't seem to think of any characteristics that Jason displays or even any type of story that involves us. NOTHING. I'm blank as a sheet of paper at this moment.

Jason suggested I do these at the beach where I can feel as calm as a summer day but I'm scared to wait that long. I want to give him my best and that means I need to get started. I'm madly and deeply in love with him and I know him inside and out but why can't I put it into words?

So there. That's my frustration for the day... I've even put on sappy love songs but they just make me cry so I had to stop that. Oh well, I'll keep trying!

The wedding is something like 17 days away and I'm SOOOO excited. I LOVE my dress, LOVE my pictures, LOVE my venue and LOVE that it's getting closer and closer everyday. Things that I DON'T love.. there are still so many things to do, the ceremony planning is killing me because i've only been to a few weddings and only like 2 that i've truly paid attention, i have no rehearsal dinner dress, still haven't gotten things in the mail that are supposed to be here, and also I'm really leaving this wedding up to others and that SCARES me. I like to be in control and it just hasn't happened. I am praying so so hard that when I walk into my venue it's actually how I want it. If not, at least the cake will be good and i'll be married to my man!

toodles!

50 things about ME

1. I eat WAY too much salt. I practically lick it off of my plate.

2. I can only fall asleep if my ears are covered with a blanket.

3. I'm a night person, but dare wake me up early and you'll regret it! In fact, I work 11 am to 11 pm and told my boss that I can't do 7am to 7pm because I just can't function that early!

4. I LOVE salad. Salad with ranch dressing, greek salad, caesar salad, any salad!

5. I sing to EVERYTHING in the car.. Jason is always impressed that I know at least a few words in every song that comes on and if not i'll act like i do.

6. I strive to get what I want. Example: I wanted a chocolate lab so I looked on craigslist EVERYDAY until I found the one I wanted and called the lady MULTIPLE times until she let us come get him. Along the same lines, I had his name picked out and was convincing Jason that Huxley was his name LONG before we got him!

7. I don't socialize... it's just not my thing. At our wedding showers, I begged Jason to stay close to me so I wouldn't be left alone with people I didn't know.

8. I have a mole on my "lower back"

9. I have waxed my stache since I was in high school.. oh, the pain to be pretty when you have dark hair

10. I don't like to be spoken over, so I tend to get really loud when I want my point heard.

11. I have SERIOUS road rage. Jason says there is no way we will ever put a Jesus fish on the back of my car.

12. I eat chick-fil-a WAY too much.

13. sweet tea is my weakness

14. I really enjoy being crafty, i'm pretty good at it too!

15. I can't stand when the towels in the linen closet are folded differently. They all must have the folded edge pointing outwards.

16. I'm guilty of pouting to get my way.

17. I hate putting away the laundry and the dishes.

18. I love Dog the bounty hunter.

19. I have 2 semesters left until I graduate with a bachelors of science in nursing degree.

20. I sat on a pencil in elementary school and now i'll forever have a blue dot on tail bone.

21. I gag really easily. Jason and his brother and I went out to eat and afterwards they started making gagging noises and I almost threw up.

22. Since we moved into our house, we are guilty of eating cookies and milk for dessert WAY too many times. my wedding dress will not be happy next month.

23. I'm pretty good at facebook stalking. (kind of weird admitting that)

24. I like organization. I color-code my calendar of work to do, highlight everything I do at work.

25. I'm very very bad at directions. I've gotten lost using the GPS.

26. I have really small feet and hands... like size 5 shoes.

27. I'm very clumsy.

28. Jason says I lack common sense, and I'd have to say I agree.

29. I think about our kids names and try to convince Jason that he likes them... most of which he doesn't.

30. I told Jason the exact look of the ring I wanted... and GOT IT!

31. I wear my rainbows everyday.

32. I hate carrying things while walking to the beach... it makes me so tired.

33. I set myself up for skin cancer... I go to the tanning bed, use tanning oil, and use very little sun screen. Once I got sun poisoning on my lips and they were swollen shut when I woke up. SCARY!

34. I've picked out every decoration in our house... so if you come over and you don't like it, just lie to me!

35. Secretly, I really want a tattoo on my foot.

36. I hate when people don't answer. If I call you, please pick up your phone. If I look at you and speak in your direction, please give me some sort of response.

37. I use to be good at basketball...

38. I've rocked the poof, side pony, and pebbles hair styles pretty good in my days.

39. I'm really into animal print.

40. When it's cold I feel the urge to pee. When I was a kid and we use to play hide-and-seek i'd always be the one that would have to pee.

41. I love my job! I work with newborns and I love them and the ladies I work with!

42. I'm improving my cooking techniques.

43. I like massages... A LOT! If i was rich I'd get a massage everyday!

44. I love rainstorms!

45. My hubby-to-be and I have been dating for almost 5 years, engaged for a year and a half, and will be getting married a month from today!

46. I love palm tree's. I like the SC state logo, I like palm tree's at the beach, our rehearsal dinner invites have palm tree's on them!

47. My ankle snaps, crackles, and pops like rice crispies.

48. I say some of the DUMBEST things. At one point I thought of making a book of all the dumb things i've said.

49. I love a good back crack.

50. I have a country accent and I love the south! (secretly i'm from the north and i love it there but I'm from the country north. aka Iowa so that counts for something)

the end. hope you enjoyed learning 50 things about ME!

relieving the stress!

I'm blogging today just to relieve the stress and to share what's going on in our lives!

School is crazy busy and I feel like I barely have time to breathe. School 5 days a week, work 3 days a week, and clinical 2 days a week = exhaustion. I am so so very ready for summer so that I can enjoy life with my hubby to be! He has been working and going to school non-stop and I am so very thankful for him! He's working so hard so that I don't have to worry so much about everything!

Our honeymoon cannot look more appealing at this moment! We're going to the Sun Palace Resort in Cancun for 8 days and 7 nights! I am looking forward to the quality time as a couple. Date nights.. EVERYNIGHT! Free food, entertainment, and excursions!

How's Huxley? My poor baby is teething and losing teeth. I wish someone would have told me that my little one would lose teeth like a little human being.. I feel like I need to be his chewy toy. He's growing like a weed. He is a little over 3 months and weighs 25+ lbs. Everywhere we go we hear.. that's going to be a big dog! We just smile and nod as if to say "Ya think?" And our dearest Huxley ate our photo album that we've had since we started dating 5 years ago.. we recovered the pictures but not so much the letters and dried flowers I've kept :( I'm so so sad but I'm more upset that he has been sick ever since.

Anyways, gotta run and do some HW we have a shower next weekend and I plan on blogging with some pictures!

Introducing... HUXLEY!

Here are some pictures of our little man! Some are from his first week at the house and the rest are from a week ago! We got him at 7 weeks and he's now 10 weeks.. It's amazing to see how much he's growing weekly! Enjoy!