This week has sped by. Tuesday I spent some time with Dustin at work again and then we headed to Bone Fish to celebrate Angela's birthday. It was fun, and we had some great fish to eat.
On Wednesday, Angela came over to hang out and meet Quinny. The Quinnster warmed up to her immediately. She performed all of her tricks and cuddled up with her on the couch. Later I met with Kelly and her aunt to order the flowers for the wedding. I am hoping that they find something close to what I want. I met Dustin at Karate and then we came home to eat roast. When we got home we found a big surprise. Quinn had gotten out of her cage and decided to play with everything she could get her paws on. Clothes were on the floor, one of Dustin's shoes were in the comforter, and a bag of sour cream and onion chips were on the floor. She tore into the chips, but she didn't like them, because they were all pretty much there. Also, my bobby-pins were spread all over the floor and clothes were spread throughout. She didn't really rip up anything; she just spread it around everywhere. I guess because none of our stuff was ruined, I found it pretty funny. I guess we know that she can't really be trusted on her own. On the bright side, she didn't pee or poop anywhere!
Thursday was a lot less interesting. I spent the day at home chatting online with Dustin, trying to make decisions of what songs to use for the prelude. I know we needed to start the music about a half an hour before the wedding. I spent the rest of the day watching Buffy. I met Dustin after work at Wal-Mart and then we came home for a quick dinner and off to Karate. I ended up falling asleep to season one of Louis and Clark. By the end of the day I felt pretty stressed because I felt like the day was wasted. I didn't get nearly enough done.
Today however, my plans include lots of laundry to get ready for guests who arrive on Wednesday. I also plan to repot some plants and possibly clear off the wreck of a kitchen table that I have. Maybe I'll even get started on cutting some ribbon for the favors before I go to Karate. We'll see how much I actually get done. Wish me luck.
Friday, June 10, 2005
Tuesday, June 07, 2005
Wedding Errands
On Monday I woke up early with Dustin so that I could go to work with him. His bosses were headed to Bloomington so he had the office to himself. After stopping at Live Wire for a vanilla latte and an apple cinnamon scone, I headed to his office. Dustin had some accounting to do, so I caught up on my blog, made important phone calls for the wedding and emailed friends and family. When I am home all day by myself, besides laundry, I don't seem to get very much done. Usually I get caught up in Buffy, walking or laying out and don't really do anything for the wedding that is in 18 days!!!! However, at Dustin's work, I actually made it a point to make my phone calls to confirm information with the park and photographer.
Later I read a pretty good chunk of Maximum Ride- The Angel Experiment by James Patterson. I love his When the Wind Blows series and this one is good too. It is a teen book, which I like because it has more humor. What I don't understand is why Patterson would put out a book that had the same character's name and many of the same problems as another of his books and yet say they are completely different characters. In this case, Max is the main character who is a genetically enhanced by scientists to be part bird. She is friends/family with other kids that are the same way. In When the Wind Blows, Max is a girls who has also been mixed with a bird by evil scientists and has a flock of friends with her. Both books have a set of twins as part of the flock and another male human/bird that is a crush for Max. And always they are trying to escape the evil scientists. I just don't get why Patterson doesn't say they are the same Max. Instead he writes a side note to the reader saying that yes the idea did come from those books, but most of the similarities end with her name, Max. Well, I'm about half way through and I can't help comparing the two and intertwining them in my head to be the same. Hopefully as I keep reading I be able to distinguish the two.
Back to my Monday...
Dustin and I then hooked up the projector to watch X-Men and played around on the internet the rest of the day. We came home to our Quinny and found bride and groom shirts that my brother had made for us. It was very sweet. The rest of the evening we decided to start season one of Angel. It was pretty good. It doesn't compare to Buffy, but definitely has potential. We waited around for the Adelphia guy to come because our internet has not been consistent and ended up falling asleep to a Family Guy.
Later I read a pretty good chunk of Maximum Ride- The Angel Experiment by James Patterson. I love his When the Wind Blows series and this one is good too. It is a teen book, which I like because it has more humor. What I don't understand is why Patterson would put out a book that had the same character's name and many of the same problems as another of his books and yet say they are completely different characters. In this case, Max is the main character who is a genetically enhanced by scientists to be part bird. She is friends/family with other kids that are the same way. In When the Wind Blows, Max is a girls who has also been mixed with a bird by evil scientists and has a flock of friends with her. Both books have a set of twins as part of the flock and another male human/bird that is a crush for Max. And always they are trying to escape the evil scientists. I just don't get why Patterson doesn't say they are the same Max. Instead he writes a side note to the reader saying that yes the idea did come from those books, but most of the similarities end with her name, Max. Well, I'm about half way through and I can't help comparing the two and intertwining them in my head to be the same. Hopefully as I keep reading I be able to distinguish the two.
Back to my Monday...
Dustin and I then hooked up the projector to watch X-Men and played around on the internet the rest of the day. We came home to our Quinny and found bride and groom shirts that my brother had made for us. It was very sweet. The rest of the evening we decided to start season one of Angel. It was pretty good. It doesn't compare to Buffy, but definitely has potential. We waited around for the Adelphia guy to come because our internet has not been consistent and ended up falling asleep to a Family Guy.
Monday, June 06, 2005
The Weekend
Friday
I got up early and headed to my hometown of Brandenburg to help my mom with my cousin's rehearsal dinner. Once I finally got there, we loaded up the trailblazer and headed to my aunt's, where the event was to happen. We went ahead and set up tables and began cooking. Rain kept pushing us back because the dinner was supposed to be outside. However, my mom had no "plan B" for if it were to rain. My aunt's house really isn't big enough to hold tables, chairs, and twenty to thirty people. Luckily sprinkles past and the sun came out just as the soon to be bride and her bridal party arrived.
Saturday
Ron, Mom and I made it to the wedding and met Dustin, Kelly, and Jarred at the church. The wedding was nice even though the fundamentalist church thinks women are second class to men and that people with "secular" jobs are sinning. The wedding however did bring up thoughts of how many things I have left to do before my own wedding which as of Saturday was only 21 days away. I started to get stressed and making list after list of things I must do before the big day. After the wedding and cake, all six of us (plus Jack) headed for Richmond. Ron and Mom decided they had better get him measured for his tux before they ran out of weekends. That night we ate at Outback. Gotta love the dark wheat bread, and went back to Dustin's and my house to play a game. However, little did we know that having Jack, Sam, and the Quinnster all together in one room would be enough of a hastle that games couldn't be played. I must say that Quinn is very rough with other dogs. I think she is so jealous and protective that she growls, barks and fights with any dog that gets anything she doesn't. Jack and Quinn do not play well at all. However, for some reason Quinn tolerates Sammy and even likes to playfully wrestle with him. All I can figure is that Jack is a couple of years old whereas Sam and Quinn are both puppies. Maybe they just don't want to play with the old guy. Later after Ron, Jarred, Kelly, and Sam all went to sleep, Mom, Dustin, and I stayed up sorting out our vows. It is so hard to pick the things you want said at the wedding. I kind of wish that David, out preacher, would just do it how he sees fit. That lasted until 1:00 in the morning.
Sunday
We woke up and went to Cracker Barrel with Mom, Ron, and Jarred. We ate some yummy breakfast and then headed back to drop of Jarred and get the dogs to head to the park where the wedding will take place. Ron wanted to get a better idea of what he was working with on the gazebo and we wanted to check out where we should put parking signs. A couple of little kids came over wanting to pet Quinn and Jack. I was a little worried since Quinn had never been around little children before. I wasn't worried about her growling or biting, but I was worried about her jumping. Quinny acted wonderfully and just sat as they petted her and complimented her bright blue eyes. Mom, Ron, and Jack left for B-burg from the park, and Dustin, Quinn, and I left for home. Dustin and I spent the rest of the evening watching Van Hellsing, Bridget Jone's Diary, and a couple of hours of Animation Domination. Jarred joined us to watch Simpson's and Family Guy and they headed home. Dustin, Quinn, and I went to bed falling asleep to season one of Futurama.
I got up early and headed to my hometown of Brandenburg to help my mom with my cousin's rehearsal dinner. Once I finally got there, we loaded up the trailblazer and headed to my aunt's, where the event was to happen. We went ahead and set up tables and began cooking. Rain kept pushing us back because the dinner was supposed to be outside. However, my mom had no "plan B" for if it were to rain. My aunt's house really isn't big enough to hold tables, chairs, and twenty to thirty people. Luckily sprinkles past and the sun came out just as the soon to be bride and her bridal party arrived.
Saturday
Ron, Mom and I made it to the wedding and met Dustin, Kelly, and Jarred at the church. The wedding was nice even though the fundamentalist church thinks women are second class to men and that people with "secular" jobs are sinning. The wedding however did bring up thoughts of how many things I have left to do before my own wedding which as of Saturday was only 21 days away. I started to get stressed and making list after list of things I must do before the big day. After the wedding and cake, all six of us (plus Jack) headed for Richmond. Ron and Mom decided they had better get him measured for his tux before they ran out of weekends. That night we ate at Outback. Gotta love the dark wheat bread, and went back to Dustin's and my house to play a game. However, little did we know that having Jack, Sam, and the Quinnster all together in one room would be enough of a hastle that games couldn't be played. I must say that Quinn is very rough with other dogs. I think she is so jealous and protective that she growls, barks and fights with any dog that gets anything she doesn't. Jack and Quinn do not play well at all. However, for some reason Quinn tolerates Sammy and even likes to playfully wrestle with him. All I can figure is that Jack is a couple of years old whereas Sam and Quinn are both puppies. Maybe they just don't want to play with the old guy. Later after Ron, Jarred, Kelly, and Sam all went to sleep, Mom, Dustin, and I stayed up sorting out our vows. It is so hard to pick the things you want said at the wedding. I kind of wish that David, out preacher, would just do it how he sees fit. That lasted until 1:00 in the morning.
Sunday
We woke up and went to Cracker Barrel with Mom, Ron, and Jarred. We ate some yummy breakfast and then headed back to drop of Jarred and get the dogs to head to the park where the wedding will take place. Ron wanted to get a better idea of what he was working with on the gazebo and we wanted to check out where we should put parking signs. A couple of little kids came over wanting to pet Quinn and Jack. I was a little worried since Quinn had never been around little children before. I wasn't worried about her growling or biting, but I was worried about her jumping. Quinny acted wonderfully and just sat as they petted her and complimented her bright blue eyes. Mom, Ron, and Jack left for B-burg from the park, and Dustin, Quinn, and I left for home. Dustin and I spent the rest of the evening watching Van Hellsing, Bridget Jone's Diary, and a couple of hours of Animation Domination. Jarred joined us to watch Simpson's and Family Guy and they headed home. Dustin, Quinn, and I went to bed falling asleep to season one of Futurama.
Thursday, June 02, 2005
Presents in the hallway from Quinn
I have decided after the last couple of days that computers will be the downfall of human civilization. I hate that they are not consistent or predictable. For example for the past couple of days (when I haven'’t blogged) the internet has sucked. I could chat with Dustin online but I couldn'’t get websites to load completely or at all. It has been driving me crazy.
Today I woke up at 4 AM to let Quinny out and again at 6 to feed her. I hate that she has a new habit of waking up in the middle of the night to go "“potty."” I liked it much better when there was only one wake up call. I ate breakfast with my babe before he went to work and then hopped back in bed until 9. At 9 I woke up, let Quinnster out yet again, and ate some Fruit Loops dry while I watched some of season 4 of Buffy and chatted with Dustin online. The episodes were so funny that I kept watching them one after another until it was time to meet Dustin for lunch.
When returning from the Crapper Barrel I took a nap, and Quinn decided to let me know how much she loved being crated up by peeing and shitting in the hallway. Needless to say, she spent some time outside. I made dinner which consisted of a Teriyaki Beef mix in a bag and rice. It sucked so bad that Dustin and I couldn't eat it. We opted for
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