That's just crazy talk!

Sucks being a woman. Why is it that our monthly “friend” as they call it, can be so mean? Sometimes I feel like it takes over my entire body. I get bad back aches, headaches, get bloated and I feel like crap. Not only does it take over my body but it seems to take over my mind as well. I’m exhausted, get cranky very easily, I’m much more sensitive and sometimes I get depressed – like this month. The last few days I’ve been so down that I just don’t feel like talking to anyone. I just want to go home, sit on the couch and watch my shows. I don’t want any interruptions and I just want to be sad. Which is what I did last night when I got home from work. I didn’t want to talk to Phil and he tried so hard to make me feel better (I feel bad for him around this time of the month). Nothing works. So I just sat there, watching Grey’s Anatomy, with my bowl of ice cream for supper, not talking to anyone. Why is it that our hormones go nuts this time of the month!? It’s not fair. Not fair at all.

I’ve gone back to reading books finally. After major wedding planning went into effect I didn’t really have time to read (basically all summer). Most of my reading I do on my lunch hour at work and my lunches were overtaken by the wedding. I either was searching for ideas for the wedding on my lunch or making calls to venders, etc. Even if I didn’t have any specific wedding stuff to do that day I was still on the internet doing wedding crap due to the fact that I couldn’t think about anything else (and I must say that I’m so glad I’m done with it). So, back to the topic at hand. I started my reading kick off with the Hunger Games. I loved, loved, loved the first book! I couldn’t stop reading it. The only part I didn’t like about the book was the way it ended. Obviously it was set up for another book. Good thing I had the second book and I went straight to that one. The second book was good as well but not quite as good as the first. Then I read the third book which took me the longest to get through. I liked it but it was not nearly as good as the first or second. I don’t want to give anything away so I won’t go into it. All I have to say is: I love Peeta! :) They decided to make the Hunger Games into a movie as well and the first movie comes out in March of 2012. :)

Now that I’m done with the Hunger Games I’m on to my next book. My friend, Loin borrowed me her book that she loved, Matched. I’m going to start reading that today. Apparently this one is a series as well. The second book comes out Nov. 1st. :) I’m pretty sure I’ll like this book as well.


Speaking of new arrivals – Coldplay, Mylo Xyloto comes out October 24th!! I’m so stinking excited for this CD. I can’t wait to hear when they are coming to Minneapolis for a concert. I’m definitely going! And maybe their Milwaukee and Chicago concerts as well. ;) ;) That’s how much I love Coldplay!


See, this is another reason why I love fall! Tons of good books, CDs and new seasons of my favorite shows come out! :)

Do dogs act out just like children when they don’t get what they want?

This morning I noticed the corner of the pillow was chewed up. I initially blamed the cat since it was such a small hole and she likes to chew on the edge of things. It irked me but I blew it off and went to take a shower. After I got out of the shower I opened the bedroom door and let the dogs come in and hang with me while I got ready (like I do every morning). I was in the bathroom doing my routine and looked into the bedroom to find this:


What a naughty dog! At first I couldn’t’ tell what it was but then I realized it was Winston’s bed and he is totally excited and chewing it to shreds. He hasn’t done this in a long, long time. We were even thinking that he has outgrown all of this bad behavior and were going to wean him off his kennel (he goes in his kennel while we are at work and at night). Guess not yet.

After walking out to the kitchen for breakfast I found an even bigger mess of fluff:


So, why do I ask if he is acting out? Well, he went to the vet on Monday for his rash and they told us that he is overweight. So, we have to start feeding him only 3 cups of food a day. I’m pretty sure we were feeding him twice that amount. So the poor little guy thinks he is starving. Another reason why I think he is acting out is because he has to be on antibiotics for three weeks. He gets two pills in the morning and two at night. We have tried everything to make him eat his pills w/out spitting them out. We’ve put them in his food, put peanut butter on them, bread, sandwich meat, etc. He eats the good stuff and then spits the pills back out. So I literally have to open his mouth and cram them down his throat until he is gagging and then hold his mouth shut until he swallows. So anyways, I think he is mad at us for withholding his food and shoving pills down his throat and that’s why he is acting out. This naughty stage better end quickly!

I’m just going to warn you now - this post is mainly for me. It’s kind of a diary so I don’t forget the details of our wedding - so you might get bored. I was going to wait to post this until I received my pictures from the photographer but that might be up to another 3 weeks from now. So, I’ll post pictures when I get them. Until then…

Phil and I got engaged 10.31.10 and married 9.16.11. The day we thought would take forever finally came! Let’s start out on Thursday – rehearsal day. Phil and I spent Thursday running around trying to get everything finished for the big day. We ran to Woodbury to pick up his tux, then ran to Hudson to do some last minute Wal-Mart shopping for things we needed for our honeymoon and the wedding and then to the grocery store to get the remaining food items we needed. Later that day we headed to The Orchard to drop off everything and pay for the food/alcohol (largest restaurant bill I’ve ever paid before, that’s for sure). After that we headed to the farm to meet all of our friends/family who were in the wedding (except Rachel and Val since they didn’t fly in until 8:00 p.m. and Patrick since, well he decided not to come). We finished decorating the farm (which didn’t take much), did a few quick run throughs of the ceremony and then ate some food. I was kind of a mess because I get anxiety over the smallest of things (thanks to my mother). I was trying to remember everything we had to do and figure out for the big day. Afterwards some of us headed to the Orchard to finish decorating. It didn’t take us long to decorate since we didn’t need to do much. Before we left I wanted everyone who was there to put their fingerprints on our guestbook (which was a painting of a tree that people would put their fingerprints on). It’s a good thing we tried that because the ink I bought didn’t look good. It was way to light. Then I started to panic, realizing that our guestbook isn’t going to work and we had no time to fix the problem. Then Phil’s cousin’s girlfriend said she could run to Woodbury and pick up some darker inks that would look good. Thank god for Katie!! She ended up picking out some awesome colors and it turned out perfect. After decorating we headed home to wait for Phil’s sisters and their other halves to arrive from the airport. Josh and Loin decided to come hang out with me while we waited for them since my nerves were high and I needed the company so I didn’t flip out. So they sat their listening to me vent about what was irking me. Phil’s sisters didn’t get to our house until around 11:00 so it was a good thing Josh and Loin came over to keep me company. We hung out for a little bit and then Phil had to leave (since we didn’t want to see each other on the day of – old tradition). Right before midnight I kicked Phil out and then we all went to bed (or at least attempted to go to bed).

Friday morning I slowly got up and then Loin and I headed to town to get my hair and makeup done. It was really weird getting my makeup done. I’ve never had anyone do that for me before. After I was all dolled up we headed back to my house where the rest of the girls were getting ready. We had some lunch and a few mimosas and then headed to the farm. They boys took their pictures first so they left right before we got there. Right when we got to the farm I got into my dress and then she took my photos and ones with my bridesmaids. Then we went to hide in the house until the ceremony. About a half hour before the ceremony I started to get really nervous and started to feel sick to my stomach. I wasn’t nervous about marrying Phil, I was nervous about all those people staring at me! So, the half hour before the ceremony was a blur to me. I know there was people coming up to me dragging me in every direction. First the DJ has tons of questions, then the photographer wants the rings, ect then family members came in and wanted to see me, then the DJ again with more problems, blah blah blah. Then it was time. I saw Phil out the window walking our mothers down. Justen and I were in the porch watching, waiting for our turn. He started to get emotional and then that made me emotional but I kept it together. It was difficult to be walking down the aisle without my dad but I wouldn’t have wanted anyone else to do it in his place. I remember walking down the aisle and not really paying attention to anything until I saw Phil. I could tell that he was “emotional” and then that made me tear up again. The ceremony felt like it went by really fast and really slow at the same time. My legs were shaking so bad because I was so nervous. I’m sure everyone thought it was because it was so chilly out but it was all nerves. After the ceremony was done I felt soooo much better! I finally felt like I could breath! After the ceremony Phil and I hurried off to take more photos of just us and then we got the whole gang together to take more. After taking all the pictures we headed to the Orchard. We got there a little ahead of schedule so we decided to get a drink and relax before the big grand entrance. When we did the grand entrance I asked that everyone “bust a move” when their names were announced. I’m pretty sure most of them did but unfortunately I couldn’t see them and didn’t get anything on camera. Anyways, after we made our entrance we sat down for dinner. The food was ok. I remember the taste test being better. Oh well. Lots of people said they enjoyed the food. After the food came the toasts. Jimmy P was Phil’s best man so he had a little speech and then Jewells, my maid of honor did her speech. We all know that I cry over anything and her speech made me tear up so there is nothing out of the ordinary there. Phil and I argued about who would do our thank-you speech and I won because Phil manned up and took the mic. After dinner we had our cake cutting and then started mingling. It was so good to see everyone. There were people there that I’ve never met (like Phil’s cousin from Washington) and people that I haven’t seen in years (like my godparents and Phil’s aunts/uncles from his dad’s side). The rest of the night I spent mingling, dancing and having fun! By 11:30 I was exhausted. I couldn’t have asked for a better night. Yes there were tiny mistakes all over the place that bugged me but nothing is ever perfect. All that matters is that Phil and I got married and all the people that mattered to us most were there to help celebrate our love.