Good Friday - Not THE Good Friday

So I'm heading up skiing for the weekend, got a room, about to rent some skis...life is good. Will miss the bish though.

The big story from the last couple of weeks is I did a shoe drive for Haiti at work. The email I sent out circulated around the whole company it seems and I had people I've never seen dropping shoes off in my cube. I was surprised my cube didn't smell like feet the whole time, or maybe I just got used to it. Anyway, I collected about 150 pairs of shoes for Soles4Souls which distributes gently used and new shoes all over the world where needed; and they pledged over 250K pair to Haiti. Since it's pretty tough to build a home without shoes, I'm pretty proud of myself. No back to work.
cheers!

Wow, it's been almost a year!

Looking back, I can't believe my last post was February 9th of 2009. On New Year's I gave a passing thought to starting to blog again, as it is a nice memoir of what goes on in my life, and here I am, only 29 days later feeling positive and relaxed after the roller coaster of glee and funk that was 2009 - mostly glee but some heavy funk.

Married life has been wunnerful, though not much different than before we said "I do" and I promise to post some pics of the honeymoon soon. We did have to officially split the holidays and tried to do so in a way that our most important events are spent where we want to be. This means, every second TG we switch off having it with my family or Gus's, Christmas Eve's at my parents', Christmas day with his family, and New Year's eve is all ours to do what we want. Oh, and I face the daunting task of changing my name...which I have to wait for until I have no outstanding plane tickets in my old name. Which right now would be March.

Speaking of plane tickets, this last weekend was spent in Napa at a bachelorette party for my good college girlfriend and her close 7 friends. I flew in to SF and took BART to her house where a ride picked us up to La Casita - a holiday house with 2 bedrooms and a pull out couch. At max I think we had 3 people/bed after some of the single ladies brought home random guys. It was a little crazy and debaucherous, complete with a toe sucking threesome and lots of toplessness. I was a good girl and even drove some one's car home after the weekend when she was still drunk in the morning. Not that I didn't drink my fair share but it's all relative. The wine tasting was fabulous and while it rained on and off in CA for the last 2 weeks it cleared up for our Saturday tasting. We got a driver and car and rode around in an Escalade - I could get used to that. Saw a double rainbow.

This was the first weekend Gus and I had spent apart and I missed him and the Bish so much that I was anxious to get home on Monday morning, and after being dropped off at the wrong terminal, arriving at the right gate sweating buckets, waiting for a delayed flight it was nice to enjoy the flight and look forward to waiting for my hubby on the pull in lanes of DIA pick up. But I didn't have to, he had parked and met me at the terminal with a flower and a smile and I melted to be home. Aaaaaahhhh.....Thank you Gus, you're the best.

Helloooo?

Anyone still here?

I know, it's been months and nothing! nothing! In the past couple I've been swept away in a whirlwind of wedding planning, cleaning, work and holidays. It's been great but time is flying by so fast that sometimes I feel like I haven't even enjoyed it enough. Christmas came and went in a blink and was really nice with the family, and I didn't even take the time to make any solid NY's resolutions which is pretty much a tradition of mine. And now I've also missed Chinese NY's which I always consider a second chance.

I even took a long hiatus of planning during the holidays but now it's time to dive in again. Next up - finding, DJ, band and officiant. Any DJ/MC recommendations are more than welcome. And I have to get my STD's done (teeeheee) and I promise I will indeed start working on my wedding website and fill it with good cavity causing sugary stories and updates. Please don't hate me!

Tootles!

Wedding Countdown Blog

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Slowing Down

Things are finally slowing down at work and I have time to stop and think. I'm sad about the summer flying by and I've only been to the beach twice and haven't worked on my tan much or drank on a patio almost at all. This is unacceptable and hopefully things are changing this weekend.

Part of the reason is all this getting engaged and moving business - which I haven't blogged about because of time. With my boring life, if there was ever a time for drama and stress worthy of blogging about that could possibly have enough action to be worth of a book deal, this was it and I didn't even have any time. Perhaps I will find some time to write about it soon.

So it's mid July, and I've been working on the house, lawn and beer belly. I woke up this morning excited for the weekend, and then - horror of all horrors - someone asked me if I was pregnant this morning. Yes, some a-hole at work, who has a wife and should know better, tried to subtly ask me if I was with child. Hell-to-the-no! I don't even think that I look it! But considering already existent insecurities this did take me down a notch. I refused to let it bug me more than 5 minutes and swore to work out like usual.

At the gym, I realized I forgot my shorts - and yes peeps - ended up working out in skirt.

This weekend I have Saturday to myself, although I might be playing limo driver to my Gus and his drunk friends to and fro Mile High Music Fest. If not I'll see my parents. Then Sunday, we have VIP tickets to the same Fest!!!!!!!! I'm including the lineup - and will update on all the performances I see. Who are some of these people? I've always wanted to see DMB - asaaah.

Then playing hooky on Monday and going to Water World. If you are in the area, you should totally play hooky and join us. Cheers!



Dave Matthews Band
John Mayer
The Black Crowes
Rodrigo y Gabriela
Flogging Molly
Colbie Caillat
OneRepublic
The Roots
Leftover Salmon
Martin Sexton
Pinback
Flobots
Ingrid Michaelson
Grace Potter & The Nocturnals
Brett Dennen
Rose Hill Drive
Tea Leaf Green
The New Mastersounds
Ferras
The Whigs
Alberta Cross
Serena Ryder
The Photo Atlas
Samantha Farrell

Dear God

Thank you for the wonderful gift of PMS. And my fiance thanks you too. NOT!

Sooo Busy, Sooo Much to Do

And no time to work on the house! Work is just one thing after another - blogs are short! Wedding planning is not moving along! I need some chocolate.....and I don't even like chocolate. But I've been craving just a little morsel, like a Kiss that I could just press up against the roof of my mouth and melt with my mouth heat, slowly digging my tounge into it's rich chocolatey goodness.....WHERE IS IT?????????????

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