Lilies are done!!!

Hours of folding later, we have completed a huge project! One hundred and sixty beautiful origami lilies!!!!

So proud of us :)

Now, on to the candleholder favors. Whew, it's neverending!

RIP Michael Jackson, Farrah Fawcett, and Ed McMahon

Tough times. The deaths of so many legends in one week. Two in one day. It's unbelievably sad. No matter what you think of the personal lives of these people, the contribution to music and television is incredible. They will all be sorely missed.

4 Years!!!

Of Alex and Grace today!!! So happy! It's been an awesome four years :)

YAYYYYYYYY!!! That is all.

Oh, hump wednesday...

You're back again so soon?

I feel like the weeks keep rolling by and rolling by. Where did 2009 go? How did it get to be halfway through already?!? Oh well, I guess a lot has happened this year so far and there is much more to come.

Last night, Alex and I went to the Palace International in Durham for Alex's birthday dinner. They serve African cuisine and it was phenomenal. Great ingredients, simple flavors, good food. It was so nice to try somewhere new (for me) and to celebrate his birthday!! Yipppeeeee!!!

This week is going to be a fun one - tomorrow is our anniversary, Friday we go to the movies, and then this weekend is free for any and all activities we see fit. We are slowly coming to a point where we are almost done with origami lilies - whew! That has been a huge project.

Oh, and p.s. - check out the alchemy section on etsy. It is where you can request that people make you items and they bid on it and tell you what they can do. I posted for a handmade guestbook yesterday and had 9 responses by the end of the day!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ALEX!!!

It is Alex's 25th birthday today!!! Yippppeeeee!

So excited that I get to spend another special day in his life with him. Probably a pretty low-key birthday. Great dinner at the Palace International, maybe a couple drinks, then our house for relaxation and love :)

This is a fun week because we also celebrate our four year anniversary on Thursday at the Melting Pot! Yipppeeeeee

ode to the mouse

Grace arrives home
Twas a Thursday night
She's feeling so tired
And something's not right

The house is a mess
She's goes to the kitchen
She's going to clean
And try not to start bitchin'

What does she spot?
The blender soaks in the sink
It was full last night
Of a yummy drink

She pours it out
It's time for a clean
Out flows a dead mouse
How Gracie does scream!

Why, dear mousey
Go into a blender full to the brim
When you are just a small mousey
And it appears you can't swim

I'm sorry you're gone
I'm sorry your life has ended
Bye bye to my blender
And the drinks it would have blended...

I am getting lazy about this...

So, I am sending out my shower invites today. BTW they are totally cute. Red with pink polka dots, my favorite.

What else is new? Scrad just left for Kennesaw so now the house feels a little emptier.

Oh, that's right, the Athens trip!!! So much fun!! So happy I got to spend time with Megan. I love that girl! Her family is pretty awesome too. The show on Saturday was a big success. Alex and Scrad played a couple acoustic songs at the beginning and Alex was so good. I love to hear him sing.

The shower was fun, we played baby games, and chowed down, and drank a bunch of beer. Athens folks are like family to me and it is so great to visit them and be a part of anything important going on in their lives.

Shower favors

My Mom is throwing me a shower at her house on July 25th. It is going to be an English Tea Party theme.

My sister came up with an awesome idea for guest favors - go to a flea market/thrift store, but some teacups, get English candy and fill each teacup with it and then wrap it up all pretty. Simple but fun and in keeping with the theme! Love it :)

Thanks Loola!

The plan for the weekend!

Can't wait until this weekend!!!

Tomorrow, I drive down to Lilburn, GA to see my best friend Megan and I cannot wait :) We are going to go get dinner or drinks or something and just chat it up. It is always so mentally rejuvenating spending time with her, so I am super duper excited.

Saturday is our friend David's art show at Flicker Theatre in Athens. Meg is going to come to it with me - so I get my fiance, my best friend, and tons of our close friends all in one place at one time. YIPPPEEEEE! Plus, Alex and his groomsman Adam might do a couple acoustic songs which would be awesome!

Sunday is Emily and David's baby shower. Emily is now about 7 months pregnant and they are having a shower at her home. Emily and David are going to be awesome parents :) Can't wait to spend time with them and help out where we can.

Monday - we drive home and I get to relax because I am taking the day off :)

So much fun stuff in store.

Hump Day

I am a little cranky today. Work related - don't want to get into it on here. I am just aggravated by people at times.

Side note - 4 MONTHS TODAY!!!!! That is all the time left before the wedding.

List of to dos:

Finish lilies
Finish favors
Hair and makeup trial
Shower
Book car rental
Book El Convento
Get wedding license
Send invitations
Fittings for Alex and groomsmen
Pay off rings
Buy all the rest of the centerpiece materials
Make signs/seating cards etc.
Finish getting presents as thank yous
Find guestbook

I am sure there are tons of other things I am forgetting....

oops - been a little absent

Not sure why I haven't been updating the blog. I think I've just been a little exhausted lately.

So - updates - Picked up my dress and went to see Olga. She is an incredible seamstress and I am totally confident that she is going to do wonders with my dress. She is also making my veil and doing all the alterations for only $225. Not bad, right?!

We went to a reggae show last night, Easy Star All Stars, and it was super fun. Lots of dancing, great crowd, and the music was phenomenal. So, so much fun but now I am exhausted at work after only getting about 4 1/2 hours of sleep.

What else is new?

Ohhhh - I booked one of our honeymoon hotels - Hix Island House on Vieques off Puerto Rico. Go check it out - http://www.hixislandhouse.com/ - we are staying in La Casita!!! I cannot wait!!! Only 4 months and 2 days until I am a married lady!

YAYAYYAYAYAYYAYAY!! Can't wait to be Alex's wife :)