First Dress Fitting.

My first wedding dress fitting is Friday.  Cue excitement and nervousness now. 

Definitely more excited to see it though.

Possiblity?

After realizing I need to finish the DJ reception planning sheet in the next week, I found a song that could be a first dance song contender for Sean and I.

A)  I love this song.  The Current plays it all the time.
B)  I feel like it's not super mushy so Sean is more likely to be on board.
C)  I love it.

Lunges and Squats.

When I've had to go to the bathroom or go and fill up my water glass in the kitchen at work, I've been doing walking lunges.  My booty hurts already.

Then, if that wasn't enough, I did some body weight squats at my desk before I sit back down. 

Random funny thing I saw online:

So true.

Have a good day!  Today is my Friday.  Joyous.  AND my mama is coming to visit today.

Bootsy cuteness.

Cuteness.

Sean took a picture of Boots relaxing.  Also, note the lemon hanging in the background.  She's so adorable.

Wedding Annoyances.

My biggest wedding annoyances (right now, it may change):

• People asking when the wedding date when you first get engaged.  Literally, right after.  
• People sending their RSVP back and saying they're bringing a date when their invitation did not say, "so and so and guest."  Frustrating.

That's all I have for now.  I just wanted to vent a bit.  That is all.

Summer Bucket List

My summer bucket list:

• Get married to my best friend, obviously.  That is happening anyway though.
• Learn how to french braid well.  I can sort of french braid, but I want to learn the real deal.
• Work on my awesome flip flop tan.  It's started already.

Exhibit A. Gross I put my feet on my blog.

• Pick a ripe lemon from my dwarf Meyer lemon tree.

My kitty and my lemon tree.

• I want to ride my bike 400 miles between Memorial Day and Labor Day.  Can it be done?  I don't know.  My goal is ride 5 miles per day, 35 per week.  I'm too lazy to add up how much I've rode already, but I will do at least 400.

Let's do this!

Pyrex.

I'm on the hunt for more vintage Pyrex.  I've decided I for sure want to collect yellow, green, turquoise, and pink solids in every size pan and bowl they made. 

Obviously, I'm still going to collect anything I can get my hands on, but someday I would like a collection like this.  Or this. So freaking beautiful.

Fat smash diet thoughts and feelings.

I've been on the Fat Smash Diet for the last week or so.  I started in phase 1 with lists of foods I can and cannot eat. 

My thoughts on this diet:

• Diets are silly.  I would rather be calorie counting.
• This experience re-affirmed why I want to lose weight.  Last Tuesday, I weighed myself for the first time in over a month.  The scale was up (no surprise there) and starting the Fat Smash Diet sounded great.  The next day, I was already down some weight.  I felt great.  But then there was a potluck at work and foods I couldn't eat.
• Basically, I'll be using what I learned while doing this.  Mostly though, I'm going to be more conscious of the foods I'm eating - like I was in the beginning. 

I'm hoping back on the lifestyle change horse.  Are you with me?

Garden pics.

Thanks to Sean for taking these pictures with his cell phone yesterday afternoon.

View of my plot from the corner.

Got these for Administrative Assistants day from the principals. The pot of flowers was so root bound that they were practically dying before I planted them here.  A new flower has just bloomed.

View from the north end of the garden.

Tomatoes and peppers.  There's one tomato plant that was broken by a big rain storm right after I planted them all.  The roots didn't die and it's starting to grow more.  It's in the second row - the one with no cage right now.

Gladiolus and a pepper that was pelted by the rain storm previously mentioned above.

My sunflowers.  They're getting big.  Or as Sean says, "They're giant."

Me and my garden.  What seems to be empty spaces has lettuce, yellow and green beans, and various flowers planted.

As you can see, my plot is full.  Well, full until the beans are harvested.  Growing right now is:

• Three types of tomatoes
• Jalapeno peppers
• One bell pepper plant
• Two cabbages
• Carrots
• Yellow beans
• Green beans - waiting to sprout
• Lettuce - waiting to sprout
• Two types of onions
• Peas
• Oregano
• Thyme
• Parsley
• Marigolds
• Mums
• Sunflowers
• Billy balls - waiting to sprout
• Jumbo zinnias - waiting to sprout
• Bachelor Buttons - waiting to sprout
• Gladiolus

Looking at this list, I realize exactly how much I have planted.  Whoa.

What are you currently growing?

Do Life Tour - Minneapolis

Last week I blogged about the Minneapolis stop of the Do Life Tour.  Below is a few pictures Katie emailed me from the night.

Katie with Ben Davis

Lilly and I

Katie's daughter Lilly and I were hanging out.  Katie says before this picture was taken she was smiling, but I think Lee (Katie's husband) probably said or did something she didn't like.

Me and Ben Davis

First day of school excitement picture

All in all, it 'twas a good time!

Wedding Stuff Update

I received my bridal shower invitation in the mail yesterday.  I'm really looking forward to it next weekend.  Like whoa, time is flying.  The wedding is nine weeks away.  Whoa. 

The RSVPs have been flowing in.  One of my favorite parts of the day is getting the mail to see how many RSVPs and who they're from.  I got the RSVP mom, thanks for mailing it even though I know you are coming. :)  I like the little notes that have been written on them.  Charlie was allowed to color on the RSVP before sending it back.  It is now hanging out our fridge since it is Charlie artwork. 

On Tuesday we got Sean's grandma and grandpa's RSVP.  Their name was on it, but they forgot to mark accept or decline.  Of course, we know they are going to be there.  I thought it was cute. 

Some things on my wedding to do list:

• Pew decorations
• Work on DJ music sheet for the reception - sent back by the end of June
• Figure out candles for the reception tables (pretty much done, I just need to buy the candles)
• Wedding programs - can't be done until right before the wedding
• Decide on ceremony music - a task for this weekend
• Finish making card box - requires power tools so I'll need my dad's help on this

I know there is more on my list, but my mind is blanking right now. 

What's new with you?  Are you going to be working on any special projects this weekend?

I know what I'm doing tonight...

So, this happened.

It looks like I'm going to Minneapolis tonight do a little jogging (soft j) and walking with the Ben Does Life Tour.  I think Katie should come with too.

I want to run again.

I want to run again.

I want to get up early in the morning before work and run.  I want to run in the quiet while the neighborhood is waking up.  I want to run and see people bringing their dogs out for their morning walk and potty break.  I want to run and only hear my footsteps on the sidewalk and the wolves from Como Zoo howling.  I want to run again.

I'm going to start running again.

To-do list update.

Last night I posted about things I needed to complete last night.  Let's see how we did, shall we?

• Treats for Sean to bring to work, check!
• Finish designing RSVP and map for wedding invitations, check!
• Bonus, I got them printed.  Over lunch I'm headed to the post office to get postcard stamps and then invitations can be mailed out this week.  Woo!
• Finish up baby gift... not check.  That is the only thing on my agenda tonight though.  Sean will be mailing it off tomorrow morning.
• Miscellaneous wedding projects... not check.  The card box will be completed this week.  Also, I want to get the vases used as table centerpieces spray painted the correct color.
• Cages for tomato plants are done.  Also over lunch I'm going to head to the garden quick (time permitting) and drop off the last of the cages and do a little watering. 

Side note.  I planted my tomato and jalapeno plants on Saturday afternoon.  Then, Saturday evening we got some crazy wind and sideways rain.  For a while, the rain was really coming down hard.  Luckily, only one tomato plant was damaged.  It was a roma plant, so I'm not too worried.

What's going on with you?

Things going on right now.

Things I'm working on all at once right now:

• Making treats for Sean to bring to work tomorrow.
• Finishing up designing RSVP and map for the wedding invitations so they can be mailed out this week.
• Finishing up baby gift for Rebecca, Sean's sister.  Baby Gutwin will be here shortly!
• Working on miscellaneous wedding projects.
• Finish making cages for my tomato plants -- only 12 more to go!

That's what I'm trying to complete tonight.  Do you think I can do it?

Aw, crap.

I just did a little math of when I need to send out wedding invitations and when the RSVP deadline should be.  If I make the RSVP deadline one month (four weeks) before the wedding and "they" say to send out wedding invitations eight weeks before the RSVP deadline.  The date I would need to send out the invitations is tomorrow.

Cue the swearing and freaking out in my head.

We're getting married 12 weeks from tomorrow.  TWELVE WEEKS.

We have a lot to do.  First though, I need to design the RSVP and map to be printed.  I need to do this stat.

Cue the freaking out some more.

My Bike Ride to Work

I timed myself going to work this morning.  I shaved off two minutes since the first and last time I timed myself.  Yeah!

Friday Favorites and Real Talk

Can we please talk about the fact that I have come down with a cold since coming home from Columbia, Maryland, for work?  I forsee this weekend to be a lot laying around on the couch intermixed with working on my garden.  Other favorite things, plants in my garden!

Things that have sprouted in my garden:

• Peas
• Sunflowers (I had more sprouted when I went there last week, I think a bunny had a snack)
• Carrots
• Onions (my dad gave me some of the onions he got from Travis)
• Daisies
• Marigolds
• Gladiola (only one so far)
• Spinach
• Lettuce

And I still have plenty of room to plant my 20 tomato plants and eight jalapeno plants.  I think 20 tomato plants might be too much.  Hopefully I can give some away to Katie when she gets home from her two week trip in Europe.

Friday Favorites.

• I've been working on wedding projects again.  A necessary thing.
• Gardening!

Honestly, I can't think of anything else.  I've got wedding and gardening brain.  Leaving for Maryland for work on Sunday.  I have to start packing and such. 

What are you up to?  Big plans for the weekend?

Thursday Funny.

Your welcome for this gem.