Wednesday, January 28, 2009

Weddings are too expensive by Kelly

Weddings are too expensive. I am having a very cheap wedding and it's still too expensive. I used to be very against having a dj. I figured I would use an ipod. Then I realized that was a very dumb idea. How would we be able to time what songs get played when? And I don't want to have to create a playlist. That's no fun. So we hired a dj.

I went to go look at flowers last Sunday. I didn't think to check to see if they were open though. I guess you need to make appointments to look at flowers. Who knew?? So hopefully I can take care of that this week.

I bought our invitations. I highly suggest getting your invites through PaperFavors by Kim. It's an Ebay store. She is incredible. And definitely not a lot of money. Like it's so cheap it's insane. Cheap in a good way of course. Not cheap like tacky. Kelly

Tuesday, January 20, 2009

Progress by Kelly

I woke up way earlier today than normal. I woke up around 11 AM (I don't go to bed until about 4 AM so I am allowed to sleep late). I debated on going to Target for no other reason than wandering around because I was bored. Instead I came upstairs and my mom and I worked on wedding details for about four hours. I feel much better now. I think we got a ton done. Originally I had said all of our single friends could bring a date. After realizing our guest list is already at 350 I decided noooooo way. Single people can meet other single people. So no guests for the single people. Sorry. For the record, there is no way all 350 people will show up. Jake's parents are throwing us a reception in Tacoma so I am inviting all of the people that are going to that one to Chicago also. Now it is 5:30 PM and I'm once again bored. I think I will now go to Target. Kelly

Tuesday, January 13, 2009

Withdrawals by Andrea


For Christmas, my grandma got me the coolest coffee/tea/hot cocoa machine EVER. It's one of those uber modern single-cup brewers with a menagerie of flavor options that come in these cool little pods that you can order online. I am in love! So for the last couple weeks while I've been spending a lot of time at the condo, I've been sufficiently caffeinated and overly hydrated...hey, I had to make sure it works. But this entire week I will be staying at home (mom & dad's)and I'm already going through withdrawls. Not so much from lack of caffeine, but just the comfort of knowing that my fabulous hot beverage miracle machine is sitting at the condo...lonely and unused. Dre isn't a coffee/tea drinker. He'll occasionally have a cup of hot cocoa, but he's just as happy with Swiss Miss or Ovaltine as he is with the fancy expensive double chocolate Godiva gourmet mix that I bought especially for the new machine. So now I'm sitting at my parents' house staring at their complicated grind 'n' brew contraption, confused and thirsty.I miss my Keurig...and my memory foam mattress. I guess this is what happens when you start nesting before you actually live there full time. Le sigh.... Andrea

Wednesday, January 7, 2009

FREAKING OUT!!!!!!! by Kelly

So I've been very carefree about this wedding. I don't see the point of getting stressed out. Or I guess I should say I didn't see the point. As soon as New Years hit, I realized I'm getting married this year. Not only this year, but in 3 and a half months!! That's so soon!

How am I gonna lose all this weight? Why haven't I ordered invitations? Why don't I have flowers? Why haven't we registered? WHY DON'T I LISTEN TO MY MOTHER??????? Kelly

Fitting In by Kelly

I just spent the last two weeks in Tacoma with Jake's family. We have been going there for the last three years for Christmas. Normally we go to Florida for New Years to be with my family but this year we didn't. The two weeks flew by. It feels like I never left. It took us three days of sitting around the airport to finally get out of Chicago. It was right when the ridiculous storms hit and it was negative 40. Gotta love the weather here.

There were also storms in Seattle so between the two places it took us awhile to get out. So I guess gotta love the weather there too.

Christmastime is nice around their house. All of the grandparents come over on Christmas Eve for dinner and we open a few presents. Then on Xmas day, we go to his grandma's house and open some more. Then it's nap time (for me anyway). After nap time we go to his aunt's house for dinner. Then back home to do whatever.

It was nice. His family is amazing. I feel like I fit right in. I tend to be pretty quiet which works out nicely. They all talk so much it's hard to get a word in. His grandpa and I usually just sit around watching people and laughing.

Every year Jake and I say that no matter what, we won't get each other anything. Last year he gave me a Blackberry and a Nintendo DS and said it was for my birthday. I'm happy this year he didn't cheat. Kelly