I pledge..

I think this is wonderful. Apparently it is causing a bit of controversy, for various reasons, but if it gets people to stand up and make a change, I am all for it.

I pledge to be more conscious about my environmental footprint. I have reusable grocery bags, it's time I start using them! No more water bottles either, refill and reuse instead. Recently, our apartment complex installed a "recycle area" next to the trash compactor, we have started to use it, but I am going to try to be better.
If we could all just take small steps, what a huge difference it would be! Here's to CHANGE!! :)

sunday random pic

In honor of my Mum being here this weeking to help me make HUGE progress on the wedding planning I present one of my most favorite pictures ever... :)

Mum & Dad at their wedding 30 years ago.. aren't they cute?!?!

this one is for dad...

“ The odds of divorce among women who married their only cohabiting partner were 28% lower than among women who never cohabited before marriage, according to sociologist Daniel Lichter of Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y.”
Read the full article here.


And he calls our apartment the "house of sin"! ;)

sunday random pic... is BACK!!

Would you be able to blog if this kind of cuteness happened to you everytime you opened your laptop?? I didn't think so..

Happy New Year!!

So here we are, a whopping 8 whole days into 2009 (and a mere 10 months until the wedding, for anyone who is counting), and I haven’t even wished everyone a happy new year! We’ve got big plans for such a big year, and I am very proud to say we are already on top of some of our big goals. So while I can’t speak for Bri, because he’s not one for resolutions, the list I have for myself is quite a big one. No worries though, he is getting dragged along in a few of mine as well. I certainly can’t have all the fun can I? So without further ado….

Get into shape (Well we are on our way, we joined a gym! Shocking, I know, but who wants to see a flabby bride walking down the isle?)
Get healthy (Ok, this is just mine and I have joined Weight Watchers! Sounds nuts because I don’t exactly have tons and tons of weight to loose, but for me it’s more about eating right and feeling better about myself. Don’t expect a weekly update on here with my progress or anything, but weight Watchers Wednesdays are becoming quite the big deal around here!)
Keep in touch (I like to think this means I will be remembering to send birthday and anniversary cards, but let’s be serious, I’m just trying to respond to emails and phone calls on the regular first. Oh, this will also include an increase in blogging. Man, I’m already slacking big time.)
Get organized (Not that our house is a complete disaster, but hiding behind some of our cute little bins and closed closet doors, there are some major disasters.)
Get motivated (I have big plans for my little project called ‘Baby Bubba Ink.’ If you got a Christmas card this year, you saw our first large production. A very lucky dad and brother I know also got some fantastic productions for x-mas as well. More on that later..)
And last but certainly not least..
Plan this crazy wedding and GET MARRIED!!

So what’s next? We are definitely starting to pick up the pace on the planning. You just wouldn’t believe how fast vendors book up around here! This includes a wedding show on Sunday (yay!), and meeting with a potential DJ on Monday. Then, next weekend my Mum will be in town for more meetings with potential vendors, and if all goes as planned, invitations will be ordered as well. And if that doesn’t make January jam-packed enough, the following weekend, Brian’s parents will be in town for a post-Christmas-Christmas! So our tree is still up and since I love all of our holiday decorations so much, I don’t mind one bit! Whew, it’s going to be a big month!

Since every post needs a picture, you will have to excuse me for the randomness of this one, but I just have to share. Before the holidays, on a randomly warm day Bri, Bella, and I all met up with our fabulous wedding photographer, Heather of Dolphin Dance Photography to finish up our engagement session. We originially were going to do pictures with Bella at the first shoot, but it was about a week after she was attacked, so she was still in the Doggy ICU, and in no shape to have her pictures taken. Trust me, she will let you know if she is in the modeling mood. So here is one of my favs, isn’t our gal precious?!

Please check out DolphinDancePhotography.com to see more of Heather’s amazing work!

Merry Christmas!!

Just a quick note to wish everyone a very, very merry Christmas! We had such a wonderful day, and are so blessed to have such amazing families! My parents have been here all week, so that is what we will blame for my lack of posting, despite my new laptop finally arriving!! Unfortunately though, Brian's parents were not with us today, but through the magic of web cams, it felt like we were all together! I will get pictures uploaded and post again soon , but for now, Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good night!! :)

No, we did not fall off the face of the earth..

I know, I know, you are thinking that I just might be the slacker of the century, but I promise, this hiatus has not been by choice. Unfortunately a few weeks ago my beloved HP laptop kicked the bucket (did this have anything to do with the bunk charger I have been using for the past year, well, yes maybe). I swear I go through computers faster than anyone I know. And while I could have marched right into our office and used Brian’s desktop OR laptop, we all know he is a bit of a computer snob, and the last time I used his desktop I unplugged something that caused lots and lots of damage to an external hard drive. Since I will probably never hear the end of that particular incident, I am now just plain scared to touch the thing. Trust me, the computers, turntables, and other DJ equipment are like his babies. If the apartment was burning down he would be hauling them down the stairs leaving Bella and I to fend for ourselves (just kidding Bri! But I know you would try to go back in to save your beloved toys!)

So I have been waiting very patiently for TEN whole days now for this beauty to ship:

That’s right, a brand spankin’ new, RED, Dell laptop. And Mum is getting a matching one (thank you Daddy-O for early x-mas presents!) But here I am, on my estimated shipping date, and my order status still says “In Production”. Turns out some upgraded part that I never understood, that Bri and Dad insisted I needed, is on backorder. This makes me a very sad girl, a sad girl sneaking to blog while at work. I will just have to continue to wait, but I promise as soon as that bad boy is delivered it will be back to our regularly scheduled blogging program.