38 days until the wedding

Crazy goings on in my life. We had a great weekend. Ashley's wedding was Saturday afternoon. It was very pretty. It's amazing how fast it's over after the months of planning. I'm sure it's somewhat of a relief though - done, check it off the list! We had previously invited friends over for Sunday which ended up conflicting with a going away party for my niece, but we decided to fore go the party and enjoy some of the weekend at home. Good food, good friends. Came to work Monday to a power outage - no computer, no phones. it was frustrating to just sit, so I stuffed my wedding invitations and cut out photos of the boys that I've been carrying around for 2 months. left work and headed to a ballgame, 2 actually. When we got home, we realized there was a plumbing issue. Love Muffin can fix it - it happens frequently. Only problem, my dad borrowed his auger so he needed to pick it up. I told him to take care of the house issues and I'd go to the games. Lovey called me during the game to tell me he got home and there was no electricity. WHAT? We get home after a long, tiring day to no electricity and I was not a happy camper - actually, nobody was. About 11 we decided it was time to go to the hotel. What a day!

School's out, for ..... summer!

You wouldn't know the boys were excited about this last day...I had to PRY them out of bed this morning. I think R got up the 5th time I asked. We're planning some fun things for the summer, six flags, drive in movies, beach vacation, wedding, lake weekends. I'm stoked!

RELAX

I'm so excited that we have no baseball, no tear jerking graduations, no school functions, no fast food, no bright orange nacho cheese, nada tonight! Love Muffin is cooking chicken on the grill and I'm making fresh corn on the cob. Yum. How I miss "normal" food. We've basically been living at the ballpark lately, but that's what you do when you have 3 boys!

Children=happiness, love, caring, laughs, tears, learning, craziness, messy house, a brain that doesn't ever turn off and a heart walking outside of my body - I wouldn't change a thing for those boys of mine!

Fabulous Friday

Woo hoo - I did it again, remembered my password. Go me!




Yesterday was interesting. While I was working in Dallas with no rain and bright blue skies, a tornado was tearing through Midlothian and Waxahachie. The schools were on lockdown until the watch/warning passed. My nephew was driving & took this photo. It's both cool and scary at the same time. Luckily no one was hurt, but I answered 20 questions last night about tornadoes and was I 100% sure there would not be one after we went to bed.

We really didn't have plans for Saturday so it wasn't a big deal with J asked if the kids could spend Friday night & be with him for a birthday party for their cousin on Saturday. We do have company tickets to the Ranger game on Sunday. I'm super excited about seeing Josh & Ian. Huge crushes!

I was planning to take a little trip with my future MIL to see some wedding decorations tomorrow morning, we though 10 or 11 at the latest but she told me today it would be closer to 12 or 1. That kinda doesn't work. I was going to start marking some stuff off my wedding to do list and run errands since the boys wouldn't be with me. I was thinking we would be done before noon so I could do my thing. We'll see how the morning progresses and how far I progress out of bed!

Speaking of...I have been so tired lately. Last Friday night I was supposed to go to a GNO party at a friend's house but came home and crashed, like I laid on the couch watching tv at 6:15 and woke up at 8:15 to move into my bed. I feel like such a slacker, but I really can't help it.

My neice is getting married the first weekend in June. I hope to get some ideas for my big day :-) She got her dress yesterday and its being altered now. Talk about last minute plans. We're having a bachelorette day next Saturday. food, shopping, pedicures -- what more could a girl want? It will be fun!



If the rain from yesterday dried enough, we're playing ball tonight; otherwise, I'm probably lounging on the couch.

Oh -- big news! Almost forgot. Since I'm 57 days away from the big day and I've done absolutely nothing to prepare my flabby body to be 100% focus if just for a few moments, I'm busting out the cookbooks. Oh yes my friend, I will be "eating clean". I've done it before....for a week...dont' judge. I have ZERO willpower. It's fruits, veggies, lean meat, whole-grain carbs only, no candy, no Dr. Pepper, no sweet tea. :-( okay, this isn't looking so fun. Eat to live, don't live to eat! Right?

Amazing

Amazing that I was able to log in/ For whatever reason, I NEVER can remember my blogger passcode and have to reset it about 3 times a month.

Things are pretty normal in our household. Baseball games, rained out baseball games, time at dad's, attitude problems, wedding planning, wedding stand still, family problems, remodeling the bathroom, low water pressure, sick kid...green snot. Oh, the life I live with four boys. Never a dull moment and I assure you that quote is SO true! They went skinny dipping Monday. 5 boys in the pool, skinny dipping. Love muffin thought it was odd, but they were laughing and giggling as they splashed into the pool showing the "hump back whale".

Finally Friday

Good day, grumpy mood. Last night/this morning were pretty emotional for me -- as far as my kids go. A mother is instinctively the protector and when I feel like i have no control or the issue is out of my hands, I get a little freaked out...okay, a LOT freaked out.

I'm wearing a maxi dress today that I bought a few weeks ago. I put it on this mornign with some wedges and hated it -- I think it's meant for flats, which puts me back on wedding shoes...I want flat wedding sandals. There - done - decided! Now I still have to find them.

I ordered some books on amazon last week and they started rolling in on Wednesday, so I began reading a book called "I Will Carry You: The Sacred Dance of Joy and Grief". My SIL lost little Logan over a year ago so the story is somewhat close to my heart. One of my favorite bloggers commented on it and gave it kudos. I read the first chapter online and was hooked. It's not only about losing a child, but also about faith and how God heals. I'm a few chapters in but it's not a long book and I plan to finish it up this weekend.

Busy weekend ahead. Our flooring will be installed today so we'll start putting the house back together and maybe rearranging, but definitely, reorganizing. I want to register at Target this weekend for our wedding, look for clothes for the groom & his buds, see a movie "The Back Up Plan", crawfish boil on Saturday night and maybe, just maybe get a little rest *sigh*.

Shoe Obsessed Bride

I'm getting back to blogging!

I've got a wedding coming up and so much going on with planning and all. What's my biggest issue, you ask? SHOES! I'm completely torn! On one hand I want something super trendy cool...like me (ha), on the other, I need something practical and heel-less aka wedges and most wedges are cork-styled which look a little too casual for a bride.

I found some hand painted works of art which I nixed because, well... I think they may be too "over the top". What do you think? For whatever reason I am completely obsessed with peacock colors, don't hate - I just like green/blue and the feather looks very majestic. I've even considered a feather for my first tattoo (don't tell my mom).








THEN....I decided I could create the masterpiece myself since I can't find exactly what I want. I found this DIY version from wedding bee



So for now...I'm moving on to another wedding related project: hair accessories, music, candy bar, groom attire, etc.