So let's just pretend it hasn't been ages since I've written and get on with it. Everything is still on. The ball continues to roll. If there were a speed, it'd be full and ahead. The gosh honest truth is that most of the big stuff seems to be done and stress levels (at least wedding-related stress levels) are fairly low. Aren't I supposed to be freaking out and screaming at people and getting my nails done every other day? Not so far! Let's do this. Let's get "her" done. Let's get married, people.
I am in Portland after flying cross-country for the second time in as many weeks. This should be the last big trip for a while--maybe until the honeymoon (Hawaii, we hope!). I have to do a radio interview tomorrow morning. I get to phone it in from my hotel room, which is awesome and hopefully less fear-inducing than speaking into a microphone covered by a giant foam disk. I wish everything could be phoned in.
I will try to keep the blog rolling on a more regular basis, peeps, but there isn't much to talk or freak out about, which is saying a lot from my Libra self.
So I ask you, dear readers--that is if you're still reading at this point--do you have any questions for me?
Top 5 (non-wedding) material things that are making me happy at this very moment:
1. The rerun of the Office that's on my giant hotel tv (the one where Michael & Dwight go clubbing in NYC with d.b. Ryan)
2. My awesome hotel and the supernice people who work here (Hotel Monaco in Portland)
3. Do you know Kelly from the Office? Well, I found her blog and it turns out we're meant to be BFFs: http://thingsiboughtthatilove.com/
4. Knowing that at least if I have to travel tons, 95% of it is to supercool places.
5. The pizza and Oreos I had for dinner. I think Weight Watchers gets the finger when you've had this long of a day.
5.5. The impending arrival of my new iphone once the Man releases the new editions in a few weeks. Hurry up, iphone.
What's your current Top 5?
Thursday, May 29, 2008
Thursday, February 14, 2008
Sorry for the delay. I always have good intentions...promise! I am sitting solo in the Orlando airport post-work conference. A 2.5 hour delay on Valentine's Day is not fun, but a little sweet talk and a sly smile later, and I've been bumped to first class. Sweet. I am flying to Memphis (instead of B'ham) to meet Russ for the weekend. He has a gig there, and we're going to Elvis and rib it up in his down time.
I wrote the following almost a month ago but didn't finish and post. I am a traveling machine over the next few months, but it will hopefully provide the Delta and Hilton points to rock the honeymoon. Here is my latest dress drama (not really even that dramatic, but alliteration is my friend):
After two short trips out of town to quaint country dress shops (Jasper and Hartselle [Hart-sul, if you're nasty]), I came across this dress that consistently stayed my favorite on two separate occasions. This is hard to do, folks. The one pictured is "champagne," (was more yellow-y in person) but mine will be "ivory." You can't really tell the detail from the picture. My mom also swears it was more flattering in person, but that's the kind of thing cool moms are supposed to say. Anyway, I really love it. It's a little on the different side. Not the awesome, fun, vintage-y different I initially thought I would settle on, but the different that hopefully means every other bride won't be wearing it.
Two more cruel facts about dress shopping:
1) Wedding dresses are two sizes up from your normal clothes. Thanks, wedding mafia.
2) If you are 29 and in the non-"urban" part of Alabama, you will lap 98% of other brides in the store on the age race by a good 7-10 years.
Today [ed note: ok, a month ago] was the tasting at our wedding/reception site. It ruled way more than I thought it would, though it effectively used all of my WW points for the next year. The only gross thing: A station entitled "Utterly Delicious." It was a metal cage with pastry bags full of flavored cream cheeses hanging from chains. Folks, you don't taint cheese with visions of S&M. Utterly Delicious will not be invited to our wedding.
I wrote the following almost a month ago but didn't finish and post. I am a traveling machine over the next few months, but it will hopefully provide the Delta and Hilton points to rock the honeymoon. Here is my latest dress drama (not really even that dramatic, but alliteration is my friend):
After two short trips out of town to quaint country dress shops (Jasper and Hartselle [Hart-sul, if you're nasty]), I came across this dress that consistently stayed my favorite on two separate occasions. This is hard to do, folks. The one pictured is "champagne," (was more yellow-y in person) but mine will be "ivory." You can't really tell the detail from the picture. My mom also swears it was more flattering in person, but that's the kind of thing cool moms are supposed to say. Anyway, I really love it. It's a little on the different side. Not the awesome, fun, vintage-y different I initially thought I would settle on, but the different that hopefully means every other bride won't be wearing it.
Two more cruel facts about dress shopping:
1) Wedding dresses are two sizes up from your normal clothes. Thanks, wedding mafia.
2) If you are 29 and in the non-"urban" part of Alabama, you will lap 98% of other brides in the store on the age race by a good 7-10 years.
Today [ed note: ok, a month ago] was the tasting at our wedding/reception site. It ruled way more than I thought it would, though it effectively used all of my WW points for the next year. The only gross thing: A station entitled "Utterly Delicious." It was a metal cage with pastry bags full of flavored cream cheeses hanging from chains. Folks, you don't taint cheese with visions of S&M. Utterly Delicious will not be invited to our wedding.
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