| Tuesday,
September 28------->
+I just iced some chocolate cupcakes
for tomorrow's work function. I ran out of energy to mix up a colored
frosting for extra decoration.
Also, I am bored with the 4 decorating tips that I own. I must
expand my icing repertoire. AND, i want some better baking cups.
I got the foil ones this time, which i guess you aren't supposed
to have to use the cupcake pan with (according to the directions).
I like the paper cups, but when you use chocolate cake you can
see through it. Is it wrong to want my cakes to look perfect?
+My
random wedding thought of
late is... What happens to the trash that evening? Does
the place I'm renting have trash bags? Is there a special part
of the building that I need to place them or is there a dumpster?
I can't say I read anything in the Martha Stewart wedding checklist
about trash, but these things must be tended to!
Sunday,
September 26-------------------
+Yesterday, I submitted my paintings to
two galleries. I already got rejection email #1. Its a good feeling
- a feeling of accomplishment. The next step is to find about 50
other galleries to submit to, because you want to find a place
that might actually be a match, rather than just sending your stuff
off to some random places.
+My wedding dress is really and truly done. My
poor seamstress friend had to put up with some serious back and
forth on my part. I never knew I would be such a terrible client,
and I admit it gives me some deeper appreciation for my design
clients. Sometimes, it just ain't easy making up your mind. The
dress issue had to do with the hem. The dress, with my silver ghetto
heels, wasn't grossly long, just a little bit too long. But now
that its all chopped off, I can't imagine that I was ever going
to leave it that way. Now, I'm truly excited about wearing it.
And, I can walk in it! Hurray.
+Snail is making a rerun of his best curry dish,
that he made last sunday night. Is there any way in hell it will
even be half as good? Even if its half as good, that's still pretty
dang good and I'll eat it.
+I am having a rubber stamp made that matches
the theme of my wedding system, for the thank you cards. I'm going
to order envelopes and cards-- the same color orange that the envelopes
for the invites were. The stamp will be big enough to bleed off
the side, and I will use red ink. I'm a little concerned that its
not going to work because I think its going to be hard to get consistent
ink coverage on the stamp. Plus, I need a lot of them (about 50).
I'm going to test it out before I order the paper, because if that
doesn't work then i have to go to plan B, whatever that is. The
thing is that if I have something printed (kinkos again), I really
don't want to have to fold cards. Its a pain to fold cards and
get it right....which is why I'm buying prefolded cards and stamping
something on them. We'll see...
I am going to post a picture of the whole paper system when its
done.
Thursday,
September 23--------------------
+I will be seeing an orthodontist soon
for a braces consultation. I never had braces - my teeth are mostly
straight. But, lately, I've been biting my lip, mainly the lower
one. The last dentist I told that to said, "Stop biting your
lip, then." It wasn't until I was driving home that I realized
that he thought it was some sort of nervous habit, like biting
nails. Its nothing of the sort. It can happen at any time; mostly
when I'm eating. And then I end up with a sore lip that takes a
good week to go away - canker sores. It SUCKS.
I have no idea if braces will help or will be worth it. I know
that on top of my allergies and my stomach stuff, I don't particularly
want any other ailments to deal with - esp one that effects activities
like talking and eating.
God help me.
Tuesday,
September 21--------------------
+I
went into the bookstore today
looking for the new martha weddings magazine and some ideas for
reading material for some upcoming long airplane rides. You may
know that i am frequently tortured over what to read. I decided
to take a shot and ask for some suggestions. I scanned the store
for an employee that seemed most like me......skip mom lady, skip
70-year old lady......ahhhh, there we go....western shirt and low
rise jeans wearing gal with the multi-ear peircings and the sloppy
pigtails. I told her I didn't want any cheesy girl novels about
boyfriends and shopping. Those were her only guidelines.
After many good looking suggestions, I settled on one of many non-fiction
food books. "It Must've Been Something I Ate" -- written
by Vogue food writer.
As I left the store, all I could think was, "duh." I
mean, as much foodtv as I watch, it only seems perfectly logical
that I may want to READ about food also. This book will be like
one long bed-laying, tv-watching afternoon. Can't wait.
Monday,
September 20--------------------
+Not
bad for a Monday. I am home
from work and gym. Snail's making a yummy indian-inspired dinner
and his mom will join us. I just sampled the coconut rice and its
heaven. There may be some football watching this evening also.
I managed to somehow eat my way through the morning, but the only
really good thing I had was coke from McDonalds. Why does McDonald's
have such crispy good coke and why can't all fountain drinks be
consistently tasty? I had a positively FLAT drpepper at an irish
pub over the weekend. We were there listening to bagpipes. Anyway,
I've never been sure why that situation can't be managed a little
better.
Off to dinner.
Saturday,
September 18--------------------
+Today
we cleaned out the closet
that had so much stuff in it, you couldn't walk in anymore. I tossed
the last of my 80's and early 90's cassette tapes. Some great mix
tapes in there. I feel bad. But I can't possibly hold on to so
much stuff. And I can't say I've ever gotten rid of anything and
missed it. OK, ONE time we accidentally took our good boom box
to the goodwill. But other than that, my conscious is clear.
When I'm done digging through stuff like that, I feel kinda dirty.
My head is full of memories and thoughts and responsibilities from
a long time ago. I tossed some w-2 forms from my first jobs ( the
yogurt shop, the tax store ) and some student loan forms from college.
I found some postcards I designed from my first job at the tax
shop. I came across some 'graphic artist' wanted classified ads
from 95 when I moved here. {shudder} Its not that any of that was
bad times...still, i want to wash my brains out. Old photos
don't give me that feeling, maybe its just old paperwork.
+ I am enjoying seeing the rsvp cards coming into
my mailbox. I don't even care if they have a 'yes' or a 'no'......(well,
that's not ENTIRELY true. I mean, for the most part, I already
know who is and isn't coming)....I think its just fun to design
something, send it off and have people mail it back to you. Typically,
mailing is just a one way mechanism.
Tuesday,
September 14---------------------A Tuesday
+As
I was coming in from work
today, I tried to unlock the front door with my car remote. It
didn't work.
+It's rainy and gloomy outside. I fear that winter
will be here any moment and I'm not done with summer. We didn't
have nearly enough weeks of 100+ degree heat, which is the only
thing that makes me ready for winter.
+We got our first RSVP postcard for the wedding.
It was a Yes. Yeah!
+I am trying to go the whole week without wearing
jeans to work.
+I just made a sweet potato for dinner. I forgot
about my avocado. I hope I have room for both.
Monday,
September 13---------Dreamy Destination
 +We
will be traveling to Hawaii
for our honeymoon in early November. I can't hardly wait. Its been
way too long since I've been somewhere new and even longer since
I've been somewhere so extremely different and fantastic. I think
I may cry when I get off the airplane. We only have some of our
adventure planned out. I know we will have 5 nights on the coast
of Kauai right by some sea turtles. I think we plan to visit a
couple of other islands too. Have to see the volcanos. I'm born
to snorkel! I just know it!
Tuesday,
September 7
Is That Your Butt Or Is That The New Scent-Maker by Febreze?
+I
feel its my duty to share
this with you: Scent
Stories. Have you seen this ad?? You probably haven't unless
you've been watching What Not To Wear or Best of Martha
Steward Weddings....Anyway, consider yourself informed. And
at the risk of offending someone, I'm going to say that this is
the most lifetime network-watching, 25 cat-having, purple-hat wearing,
Jim Croce-listening thing I've ever seen. But, I'm no fan of "fragrances"
or "aroma-therapys."
You HAVE one!? I'll be right over.
Thursday,
September 2-----------UPDATE: Cake Topper
 +The
wedding topper is coming
along quite well. As you can see in this photo, I have successfully
intertwined our arms, which wasn't the easiest task. Next steps
will be to attach my other arm holding the bouquet, give Snail
a left hand and a bouteneeer. (if I have time, I'd like to move
his eyes a little closer together) I may also do more to decorate
the base and fashion some sort of veil on me for the final effect.
Notice my glitter-fied dress? If *ONLY* my real dress was made
of glitter.....
+With the big day less than 2 months away, I keep
feeling like I need to give up something in the name of perfect
skin or shinier hair.........Quit smoking. Eat more hummus. Give
up salt.......I think its those wedding magazines and sites that
have put that in my mind.
In my own weak attempt, I haven't had a dr pepper in 3 days and
I am making an effort to enhance my arm muscles. I'm also going
to try for plenty of sleep (um...already a priority) and try to
not be clumsy. Like, the other day I burnt a small place on the
top of my hand-- note to self: no burn marks on wedding day. Or
broken anything. Or ripped off finger nails.
Wednesday,
September 1---------------------Same Place, Same Crap
+Can
someone please tell me if
there is a difference between BedBathandBeyond and LinensNThings?
I'm trying to find a reason why I have two GIANT stores full of
the SAME crap, RIGHT across the street from each other. And it
would be one thing if it was two Container Stores or two Anthrolpologie
stores on the same block, cause then I would know what I was getting.
But, no. They TRICK you into thinking you might find one
thing at one store that you can't find at the other, but I promise
that I have never found that to be the case. In fact, the crap
is even arranged the same. Exactly the same. Couldn't they have
at least put the crap in different ORDER?!?!
It's true that they come through when I need something specific.
However, when I'm there to browse, hoping to come upon that fresh
and new item, I am let down. I am stupid for going in there. Next
time I want to wander, I will head over to TARGET
who always has something new to look at.
By the way, I am always trying to find plastic tv trays. We have
2 that i bought 5 years ago and love, but I would really like some
more. All they (BBB + LNT) ever have is the wood ones that are
heavy and unstylish.
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