That's just crazy talk!

I just got an email notifying me that my new Excel bill is ready and the due date is after the wedding! That’s just crazy. I can’t believe we only have two weeks left. Which also means that summer is basically over. This Friday is our last ½ day Friday at work. I’m going to take advantage of this and run a bunch of errands after work. I want to get as much errands out of the way as I can so I’m not running around like a madman the day before the wedding. There are a bunch of small things that I need to buy for the wedding and a few “thank-you” gifts. Other than these small details I’m am pretty much ready for the wedding! The only thing that is really stressing me out at the moment is the weather, fitting into my dress and getting everyone’s rsvp cards back – we are still missing about 35 people. Not bad since my last update was 49 people missing. So, I can’t do anything about the weather except hope for a nice sunny day. I started up my 30-day shred again so hopefully that will help me fit into my dress and I’m trying to eat better until the wedding is over. That means more chicken and veggies and no more ice cream! I gave a list of people for Rita to call since most of the missing people are from her side of the family and I’ve only got a few people that I need to call. Other than that, we are practically ready! We should get our marriage license in the mail tomorrow or Friday and then I can send that in along with our ceremony to the officiant. Then I’m meeting with the photographer next week, getting my hair cut and dyed next week and having the hair trial the week of the wedding. The next two weeks will be busy!

Off wedding talk – I came home after work yesterday and I didn’t realize that I would need a hazmat suit… Phil usually gets home before me but he went to the hospital instead to visit his grandpa. I bet he is glad he did because poor Winston had an accident in his kennel. Let’s just say he needed a very good scrub and his bed and his large bone were not able to be saved. Poor Winnie. I wonder how long he had to lie in his own poop, his own very large, very smelly poop. :`(

First of all, I have to say that the antibiotics that I’m currently on for my cough/bronchitis is tearing my stomach to shreds. I’m not kidding. As I’m sitting here typing this I can literally hear my stomach turning and I bet I could see it moving if I pulled my shirt up. It’s not happy. I heard eating yogurt helps so I’m trying to get some of that down – not my favorite food. But I’d rather force yogurt down then run down to the bathroom every 5 minutes. Anyways… enough about my digestive system and on to the next subject.

Two of my best friends got married last weekend. Their wedding was gorgeous and went perfectly and I couldn’t be happier for them! I’m so glad their wedding was first. :-) It actually made me less stressed out about mine. Things will go just fine even though they seem like they won’t! There are only 3 weeks and one day left until I’ll be Mrs. Kasinskas. There is really not a whole lot left to be done. Only a ton of small things but nothing big remaining. I just started bugging people who haven’t given me their rsvp card back yet. So far we have 121 yeses, 24 no’s and 49 who haven’t rsvp’d yet. So, I guess we invited more people than I thought. I think tomorrow Phil and I will head to the courthouse and apply for our marriage license. :-)

I had myself a busy week/end. Thursday after work Phil and I met with the lady at The Orchard for the wedding reception. We went over placement of everything/food/drinks/schedule/etc. I’m starting to get a little overwhelmed about the bill I’m going to get the day before the wedding and the day of the wedding.

Friday after work I ran to Wal-Mart to pick up 20 bags of mulch for the farm. After picking up the mulch I ran to Stillwater to pick up my wedding dress! Yippy!! I’m so excited to have it at home! Now I just need to try it on one last time to make sure it fits and will work with my shoes, jewelry, etc. However, I’ll need some help in that department since I’ve tried to put it on by myself and I can’t zip up the back. :-/

Then on Saturday I ran to Woodbury to finish my remaining errands since I couldn’t fit everything in the car on Friday with all the mulch and my dress. I had to run to Achievers for special pens/markers for the place cards and ink for the guestbook fingerprint tree. Then I ran to Kohl’s to try to find a different kind of spanks. I neglected to think about having to pee in my dress with spanks on that go down to my thighs and up to my bra. The only way I’d be able to pee with those on is if I unzipped my dress each time I had to go – which would mean I’d need help every time I go pee and let’s face it, I go pee a lot. So I decided to get a different kind that only was for my waist. I only needed them for my waist anyways since the reason for them is to hide my belly button from showing through my dress. After Kohl’s I ran to Home Depot to buy some flowers/shrubs for the farm. We are finally putting the final touches on the garden and it’s almost done!! After running errands I went home and cleaned the house a bit and then Phil and I went out for dinner.

On Sunday Phil and I had more errands to run (I feel like I’m always running errands). We ran to Fleet Farm to get more dog food and dog toys that we hope Winston won’t destroy in less than 5 minutes. Then we ran to Menards to pick up some more pieces for our deck since the guy who helped us order the deck forgot to put a bunch of important pieces on our list. I ended up buying some more plants for the farm (good thing because we needed them). After running errands I met my aunt Laura at the farm and we worked on the garden for 3 hours. It is so close to being done and it looks great!! Tuesday I’m going back over there to finish with the mulch and then the only thing I’ll have to do is water! Over the next few weeks I need to water it pretty much every day until everything looks like it will live. Some plants looked pretty pathetic after being moved around and replanted.

This weekend my two very good friends are getting married! I'm so excited for them and I'm excited to take a break from my own madness and enjoy their wedding!! :)

Then Saturday I got to see my mom for a little bit. She went to the farm to see Justen and help me with the garden. So I went over there for a few hours and helped her weed, etc and we chatted a bit. She looks really good and seems to be happy again. I just hope it lasts.

Then Saturday night was my bach party! Lynsie, a/k/a “loin muffin”, came over after work and then Ashley, my brother’s girlfriend, came over around 4:00. Right after Ashley got to my house it started down pouring out which really sucks because they boys were working on the deck. Soon after Ashley got there we left for the hotel in Minneapolis. After getting a little lost we finally made it to the hotel (a little late which I’m sure Jewells was happy about). Right when we got to the hotel we started the celebration. There was beer, jello-shots (strawberry and champagne I believe – and were quite delicious), wine and champagne. Before we even left for dinner we were all feeling pretty good.

After getting ready we walked to the Hard Rock to meet my aunties and have some dinner. The food there is delicious! I love a big juicy burger w/fries – my favorite!!

After the Hard Rock we walked around and found some Irish bar and had a few drinks outside on the patio. After we had a few drinks it got really windy and started to sprinkle outside so we decided to head to an inside bar and this is when my aunties left.

I think we started out at Drink and then jumped to a few other places (Aqua, Envy, etc) and then ended the night at Drink. Here are some of my favorite pics of the night in complete random order...

The whole gang at the Hard Rock! I'll just introduce everyone here. From left to right - Sarah, Rachel, Lynsie, Jenny, me, Laura, Jewells and Ashley.

Before we left for dinner

Jello shots before we left for dinner.

Pole dancing?

Not quite sure why we were doing this

I'm sexy, real sexy...

So cool...

On our walk back to the hotel.

We are awesome...

All us girls.

Cleavage anyone?

Eventually the heals came off...

I'm pretty sure they had too much to drink ;)

Me and my aunties :) Laura is on the left and Jenny on the right.

At the Hard Rock

Yeah....

two for ones!

Sleepy time

Random guys that apparently thought we were cool.

Tid bit windy?

Shots, shots, shots, shots, shots, shots EVERYBODY! Well, for Loin and Ashley at least.

I have been watching The Secret Life of the American Teenager. I know, I know… I’m a little old to be watching this show but I can’t help it, I’m addicted! This show really puts things into perspective… I’m old. I can’t believe how immature and how irresponsible 16 year olds can be! I remember being 16 and thinking I was one of those “responsible and mature 16 year olds”. Looking back, I really wasn’t. Don’t get me wrong, I was more mature than a lot of other 16 year olds and thank god I didn’t get myself pregnant at that age but now I can see how stupid I was at times and how stupid they can be.

We have 1 ½ months until the wedding – plenty of time to get shit done but yet I’m stressed out about every little thing. Some days I feel okay and others I feel like the anxiety is taking over (like today). I hate anxiety… I get that from my mother. I get anxiety even when I’m running late. Actually, I get anxiety even when I’m going to be right on time (I like to be early for everything)! Why can’t I just stinkin relax and not worry about every little thing? I know the wedding will go just fine but I can’t stop worrying about it. My main to do list: pay vendors, finish picking out music for the ceremony/reception and send DJ our list and event profile, finish place cards (once I get all the rsvps), finish planning ceremony (vows, etc), finish garden at farm, make slideshow, and get marriage license. There are of course plenty of tiny things to do but those are the main things left. This weekend is the start to my wedding events - I have my bachelorette party! I cannot wait to celebrate with my favorite lady friends! Don't worry, I'm sure I'll have plenty of pictures to post next week. 45 more days to go until the big day!!